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Democrat Strategist: Palin is a 'flaky intellectual lightweight'

Posted Aug 15, 2009 by Andrew Moran
On CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, long time Democratic strategist, Paul Begala, called the former Governor of Alaska 'half a whack job'.
Sarah Palin
by MBS1983
Sarah Palin was the vice presidential running mate to Republican John McCain.
"Here's the problem. He is trying to treat her like a serious person. She is not. OK? She is about half a whack job. She does not have the intellectual heft of Newt Gingrich or almost anyone else in the Republican Party, and I think she has proved that," responded Paul Begala on CNN to an article written on Politico, where Republican Newt Gingrich explained how the former 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin could repair her image.
Begala continued, "I admire Newt Gingrich for pretending that she is a serious person. But Sarah Palin has proven herself to be flaky and an intellectual lightweight."
As a counterpart, Conservative Journalist Terry Jeffrey gave Palin accolades in describing her as having "rock solid principles" and further added, "I think it's not proven she can go toe-to-toe with President Obama."