“This is such a weak field,” Fox News analyst Juan Williams, recently ousted from NPR for not fully toting the far-left line, declared during a Fox News Sunday discussion of potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates, prompting an appalled Bill Kristol to mock: “Yeah, President Obama had done so much when he ran for President. I mean, all of these guys are better qualified than Barack Obama.” Williams got in the last words of the December 26 segment, using them to deride Sarah Palin compared to Barack Obama: There is nobody out there except for Sarah Palin who could absolutely dominate the stage and she can't stand on the intellectual stage with Obama. That caused oohs from the panel and led host Chris Wallace to suggest “there’ll be a lump of coal” in Williams’ stocking. (Audio: MP3 clip ) read more
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On Fox, Juan Williams Calls GOP Presidential Field ‘Weak’ and Insists Palin ‘Can’t Stand on the Intellectual Stage with Obama’