Sarah Palin, Energy Expert?

By: Lowell
Published On: 9/15/2008 12:22:01 PM

This is beyond embarrassing: Sarah Palin claims she's an "energy expert," but she's NOT EVEN CLOSE to knowing how much energy her own state produces.

Watch in amazement as she argues that her state provides 20 percent of America's energy:

As Matt Corley observes the correct answer is 3.5 percent. Basically, if you double Palin's estimate and then double it again you're . . . still wrong. Also if you assume that by "energy" Palin in fact just meant "oil" then she's . . . still wrong since Alaska in fact produces about 14 percent of America's oil.

So...Sarah Palin is either off by a factor of six or possibly - if you're being charitable and assume she really means "oil" not "energy" - she's "only" off by 50%.  Either way, Sarah Palin doesn't know jack about the ONE THING she claims to be an expert on - energy.  Totally. Completely Unqualified. And just remember, John McCain put her on the ticket; what does that say about John McCain?!?

Comments



Never met any Foreign Heads of State. (Pain - 9/15/2008 12:47:04 PM)

The President of Iceland must not count...or maybe she thought Charlie meant the UNITED States.



interesting article here from huffington post: (sammi fredenburg - 9/15/2008 6:55:17 PM)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

blank slate.  tanning bed in the governor's mansion.  if half of american's are weighing in on this GOP team, maybe we need to concentrate of global issues because we may be part of them soon.  or our kids will.

sammi in seattle  



Nice pin ... (Indievoter - 9/15/2008 1:08:10 PM)
Do you suppose it's made from walrus tusk?


Media Matters eviscerates (Lowell - 9/15/2008 1:54:20 PM)
McCain-Palin on this one. See here for  the gory details. :)


Is my viewer broken ... (Glant - 9/15/2008 3:13:48 PM)
Or did she just completely ignore Charlie Rose's question.  He asked her about her National security credentials, telling her that John McSame had said that she had "command of the Alaskan National Guard and Alaska is close to Russia.  Are those sufficient credentials?"

Her reply "But it is about reform of government, and it is about putting government back on the side of the people."

Huh???

Was she answering an earlier question?  Maybe she has ESP and was answering the next question.  Whatever, she definitely did not answer the question she was asked.