Anderson Cooper: You say this is leadership, but how is leading not leading? You say she’s leading by not leading. She’s quitting her job as a leader to do, I don’t know, speeches, a television show, whatever she chooses to do. But you can’t really call that political leadership.
Spokeswoman: Sure, well, do you say, then, that a point guard charging down a basketball court is not leading when he passes the ball, or she passes the ball—
Cooper: Honestly, I know nothing about basketball. All I know about is politics.
Spokeswoman: Well, let me tell you, when someone is driving down the basketball court, which is her analogy and I think it speaks well to where she is, which is, “I can’t effect change right now because of the political climate that’s there, so I’m gonna pass the ball. I’m going around it. We all still all have the same common hoop, but I’m going around the block. And I’m passing the ball at this time because it’s best for Alaska.”
Cooper: Wait— who’s— I don’t know who the hoop is or who the ball is. I’m confused by the analogy. But I’ll let it slide because I don’t know anything about sports. Is she planning on running for president in 2012?
I love you, Andy Coop.
- 2 years ago
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