Uploaded November 2008 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Gov. Sarah Palin was the topic on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, MSNBCs new political talk-fest, when a verbal food fight broke out between Pat Buchanan and Lawrence ODonnell, a heated classic that builds to a hilarious crescendo. At issue was Palins celebrity status within the Republican Party and if its intact for a 2012 run at the White House. Palin returned to Alaska and spoke about the clothes shopping scandal even as adversarial McCain (reported as former Bush) staffers and Republican Party insiders continued to feud following the McCain-Palin campaign disaster. High-level McCain staffers attacked Palin for being a Wasilla hillbilly and for her alarming ignorance, e.g., Palin did not know that Africa was a continent or that South Africa was a country or that Canada and Mexico were partners in NAFTA. Apparently McCain and Palin were not as advertised. Media bias aside, we have to be smarter news consumers and read between the lines. Opinion derived from various news sources including an MSNBC segment featured in this video.
Gov. Sarah Palin was the topic on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, MSNBCs new political talk-fest, when a verbal food fight broke out between Pat Buchanan and Lawrence ODonnell, a heated classic that builds to a hilarious crescendo. At issue was Palins celebrity status within the Republican Party and if its intact for a 2012 run at the White House. Palin returned to Alaska and spoke about the clothes shopping scandal even as adversarial McCain (reported as former Bush) staffers and Republican Party insiders continued to feud following the McCain-Palin campaign disaster. High-level McCain staffers attacked Palin for being a Wasilla hillbilly and for her alarming ignorance, e.g., Palin did not know that Africa was a continent or that South Africa was a country or that Canada and Mexico were partners in NAFTA. Apparently McCain and Palin were not as advertised. Media bias aside, we have to be smarter news consumers and read between the lines. Opinion derived from various news sources including an MSNBC segment featured in this video.
