Sarah Palin Interview with ABC News’ Charlie Gibson
By Charles Lemos on September 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM in ABC News, Sarah Palin
SusanUnPC’s Notes: Memeorandum is tracking all of the press coverage of her first “big” interview. And don’t miss Larry Johnson’s post with transcript excerpts below.
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Here is the video of the first part of the interview Sarah Palin gave to ABC News’ Charles Gibson today. The interview covered international issues ranging from NATO expansion to Mideast policy especially US-Israeli relations and tensions with Iran to Iraq to the Bush Doctrine.
The interview also covered whether she was ready to be Commander in Chief. On that, she was unequivocal. She didn’t blink she said because one can’t. That was one of her better moments. Her other strong moments came in tackling her religious views and if US foreign policy is interwined with a mission from God. She quoted Lincoln and came out ahead. Her best moment, in my view, came in framing energy security as a national security issue. And she was able to hit home a number of points touting both her experience and her record on that front. Clearly on this score, she came out way ahead.
Where she faltered was on the Bush Doctrine, the policy that US adopted that espouses a unilateralist approach to foreign crisises where the US reserves the right to use military force at its will and in defiance of international law. I didn’t get the sense she understood what was meant by it. Undoing the Bush Doctrine would be one of my objectives for any incoming Administration. In the end, Charlie Gibson gave her his interpretation of the Bush Doctrine and she gave a measured response, definitely not as hawkish as one that current Vice President Dick Cheney would have given. It is clear that she still has some work to do on learning foreign policy issues and I’d be happy to help her work through them. On NATO expansion to Georgia and the Ukraine, for example, she should have noted that the concept of collective security has kept the peace in Europe since World War II and that it is in the interest of US foreign policy goals that democratic governments be protected. Freedom is never negotiable.
The interview was tough but fair. I’d grade her a B overall with a C on the Bush Doctrine portion but an A+ for the understanding that energy is our most vital national security issue at the moment.
I would like to hear O’Precious answer the same questions, presented in the same smarmy tone. Gibson was a bit hostile I thought.
My thoughts ,exactly. It would have been nice, at some point over the last 2 years, if Reporters and News Anchors had done their jobs instead of giving Obama a free ride. And he did seem hostile.
She is one tough CANDIDATE!!!!
Here is Sarah sending off her son and other soldiers in the Sept 11 Army deployment ceremony in Alaska:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KChyZLRc5CM
Aww, you could tell she was going to cry…that must be one of the hardest things. I remember my mother crying when I was leaving for Fort Jackson, and my father walking away. I think he knew if he didn’t I may not have stayed on that jet. I think one of the hardest things about being a mother from the day they are born, is in knowing someday you will have to let them go…
So what???? I cannot believe you are praising this anemic interview…you people are so filled with hatred towards Obama that mickey mouse would be qualified to you.
Just shut up.
Hmmmm, let’s see…
Mickey Mouse or the Obammunist? My vote goes to the one with the smaller ears. Yep, that would be Mickey
Nancy,
Did you see the Obama interview where he agrees with Bush and wants to put more troops in afghanistan?
How about Obama’s vote with the Republican majority and pro-life Democrats to have the federal court determine Terri Schiavo’s future rather than her family?
Do you remember a few years ago when the residents in Illinois voiced outrage upon learning that the Exelon Corporation had not disclosed radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants?
Well Obama took up their cause in public! Later, however, Obama rewrote legislation to reflect changes sought by Senate Republicans, Exelon and nuclear regulators. The new bill rewritten by Obama removed language mandating prompt reporting and simply offered guidance to regulators and allowed them to determine whether to report leaks.
If Obama is elected, sounds like more of Bush!
Obama loves those Republicans policies and energy companies. His actions show it.
Obama =Bush 3!
Don’t forget, that Exelon bill died in the end. It never went to pass.
He didn’t work with Dick Lugar to nail down loose nukes, either. Sam Nunn did in 1991. And Obama’s 2006 amendment specifically excluded them and turned out to be a bad idea. That didn’t stop Obama from taking credit for the whole bill while running for President.
Yes, Palin is a little green and the interview showed it. But this was her first outing. She’ll get better – and fast I think.
Gibson was superior and hostile, believing he was exposing Palin as an amateur. Her unabashed in-his-face can-do attitude further strengthened my faith in her.
Palin did not blink in the face of Gibson’s rapid-fire questioning even as she struggled with some answers. Oh yeah, she’ll get good at this. I’m looking forward to the Sarah Palin emergence as perhaps one of our most effective politicians.
(I’d like to see Obama’s first big time interview.)
Obama and Palin both are inexperienced, for sure. But I trust Palin’s instincts and her moral compass. I believe “the right thing” drives her more than political expediency.
With Obama, I trust him to do the thing that makes him look good and if he can’t figure out what that is on the spot, he finds a way to side-step the issue…the “present vote” method of saving your ass.
And lest we forget, Palin is running for back-up, Obama is going for top dog. Interesting how he seems to be competing with Palin more than with McCain.
This is so much fun. If Palin implodes this weekend (which she won’t), she will have already given me such pleasure…watching Obama & Company squirm – and watching her…well, just watching her.
Mickey Mouse would be a better choice.
Whatever..
The “Bush Doctrine” varies according to the eye of the beholder; Gibson himself reduced it to just one point.
Her responses regarding it were, in my opinion, good in the sense that she is as detached ideologically from the security dogmas of the Bush Administration as a Republican may possibly be.
Reason magazine had a good article on how she differs ideologically from the neoconservative wing of the Republican party. Radley Balko endorsed her as having a libertarian bent that has been long absent since Reagan and congratulated McCain on having chosen wisely by picking her as his running mate.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/128695.html
I am with you in all points. She was very careful not to trap in wrong interpretation of the Bush Doctrine. But she is carefully enough in distancing herself from the present administration at the same time holds to the integrity of facts and field intelligent hard judgment as point of reference in taking an action, whether diplomatic or military.
Mickey Mouse is an alias for Obama? I think you have the wrong rodent in mind.
Obama qualifications are more along the line of minnie mouse.
Nancy …. funny that you mention Mickey Mouse since your candidate has his ears.
nancy….
you’re right about one thing…
obama is not a loved candidate around here.
this is why i respect this place.
you…not so much
Micky Mouse would be better than Obama and as for attitude the thing is can’t you see your own hatred is a big problem. You as many Obama supporters are nasty and hateful and rude and arrogant and that is one reason many people are not voting for Obama. He can’t control people like you. You make him look bad.
We have reason to dislike Barry Hussein – HE IS AN EMPTY SUIT, LIAR, TERRORIST LOVING, RACIST SCUMBAG!!!!!!
hey nancy – so in your little brain Obama IS qualified as a Senator more so than a Governor? How interesting. And ignorant.
and you my esteemed obvious obidiot, are just as polarized, If Obamination had the same interveiw by the same person in the same arrogant tone, and same hostility, he would not have faired so well….but only liberals and left biased interveiwers can have valid opinions…..right?…….WRONG!
Kristol: The Washington Post Distorts Palin on Page One
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/09/kristol_the_washington_post_di.asp
MCCAIN / PAVLOV ‘08
You know, the Bush Doctrine question was a loaded one. It was always my understanding that the Doctrine was that we will make no distinction between terrorists and the states that harbor them. His speech to Congress after 9/11 laid out this policy — which is supposedly where the name comes from.
The entire notion of the Bush Doctrine is a media/academia created buzzword, as history is usually the judge on these long-term foreign policy goals of the US.
Add to that the Gibson got the real definition of the doctrine wrong — it is not that we can invade a foreign nation in a preemptive manner. It is that we will invade a nation that is known to harbor and fund terrorists. Gibson’s definition is the media’s definition, not anyone’s who is a serious student of international politics.
AND, we did not violate international law when we invaded Iraq. Not that the decision was a good one to invade them, but we did go in with a mandate of 17 UN Security Council resolutions which all authorized some amount of force. Furthermore, we had ample historical precedent for invading them despite the 17 resolutions, including Saddam’s attempted assassination of former Pres. H.W. Bush and repeated firing at US and UK aircraft enforcing UN mandated no-fly zones, both of which are ample grounds for a violation of sovereignty under the UN Charter.
Again, I’m not saying the decision to go to war was a good one, but it was completely justified under the standards of international law.
And Gibson came off as an arrogant prick — anyone could see that he was trying to “get” her. She did pretty well considering the hostility of the interview. Nothing a nice follow up with Chris Wallace won’t fix.
I agree, he was REALLY hostile. Who does he think HE is? Mr. Good Morning America?? He really thinks he’s some kind of hard hitting journalist.
Charles Gibson was a Washington correspondent for yearsand was agreat, hard hitting reporter. He also just happened to be likeable and that’s why he ended up on GMA before becoming the main anchor. Questioning his credentials shows that you are an idiot.
Gibson muscled out Elizabeth Vargas from the co-anchor slot when Woodruff was injured in Iraq. He made no bones about the fact that he wouldn’t stand in for Woodruff and stand by Vargas. She was pregnant at the time and decided to take maternity leave.
He was passed over for the anchor job after Jennings died – He was angling for it and insiders say it got ugly.
He’s another hack all too willing to carry water for his network bosses and side with any man that comes along.
I agree, Charlie Gibson (Mr. Goodmorning America) wouldn’t had used such an attitude with Obama as he did with Palin. I kinda wish Todd would knock the fire out of Ole Charlie, but I know Sarah could take him. LOL..But seriously, she did great.
Go to you tube and compare an old interview Gibson did with Obama. Very warm, and he wasn’t practically sitting in Obamas lap.
Gibson reminded me of Old Mr. Potter in “It’s a Wonderful Life”, when Potter he had George Bailey sit in a very low chair to make him seem small… Gibson positioned Ms. Palin too close to himself, and with his height and demeanor, it looked like she had been called to the principals office for a talking to! They designed this to belittle her.
This was no accident.
I would have been very uncomfortable, and I feel that he owes her an apology.
Great analogy!
What is it with the size of the chair people!! Are you telling me that if she had a bigger chair she would have given better reponses? With a bigger chair she would have known more about why we were attacked on 9/11? The Bush foreign policy? I don’t think Charlie can make a pitbull sweat as much as she made Palin sweat.
AMEN there melissa…very astute observation…riff
Well, to be techinical…the so-called “Bush Doctrine” was, in fact, the PNAC Doctrine. Or I guess one could call it the Wolfowitz Doctrine.
Bush was never smart enough to spell doctrine, much less create one.
Yea, the screams of “illegal war” never sat well with me. It was legal, but as you stated, that doesn’t make it right. I was never a fan of the Iraq war. Wrong battlefield.
we got other countries to get on board with us by lying to them: what is the value of a mandate we obtained by deception?
That’s exactly the issue, and this should be investigated and put right.
I disagree that the UN resolution gave the US the right under international laws to invade Iraq.
There were 17 resolutions and yes, 1441 when taken collectively with the other 16, did give us authority. If we did in fact violate international law, affected nations could have taken the case to the International Court of Justice. Denmark and Belgium also have provisions in their court system which could adjudicate the matter — in fact, many suits have been filed and all have been dismissed due to a lack of standing (i.e. there was no international legal violation and the US and its allies were practicing its sovereign rights under the Articles of the UN Charter.
The members of the UN Security Council could have come together and issued a formal condemnation of our actions (although that is all they could do due to our veto power). If they did in fact issue a proclamation without the support of offending nations, that would have been some evidence of a breach of international law. But, as the UN Charter is written, we did not violate international law. And law must be from some sort of custom or document — it can’t be made up whole cloth to suit a certain situation.
I Agree with you. Your right on the money.Thank You
Gibson is another sexist anchor — as most are.
Very superior. Very tiresome.
I don’t know if these sexist idiots are aware of the knee jerk reaction they are now provoking among many people — not just women.
To see this crap again after what was done to Hillary? This will send people in droves to the McCain/Palin ticket — and believe me, with the incompetent Obama and the uncomfortable I-wish-I-was-anyplace-else-but-here Biden to choose from on the other ticket, that ain’t hard at all.
Charlie was a pompous a##.
Charlie was a pompous a##.
First, I thought their chairs were too close. He was really in her space. It was like he was trying to dominate her. Gee, imagine a fellow attempting to do that?
Plus, the hostility of Gibson’s very first question set the confrontational tone. In essence, he was telling her that she wasn’t qualified. The NERVE!
That interview was more about his opinion than professional journalism.
I’m sorry to see Gibson lower himself like that,
“First, I thought their chairs were too close. He was really in her space. It was like he was trying to dominate her. Gee, imagine a fellow attempting to do that?
Plus, the hostility of Gibson’s very first question set the confrontational tone. In essence, he was telling her that she wasn’t qualified. The NERVE! ”
spot on… I noticed that thing with the chairs too WTF. plus no hi, how u doing… congrats on the job…how did u feel….did u and todd discuss it etc. Any bloody job interview was easier than that. It’s obvious he was out to get her, but I think Mccain people chould be more on top of this and at least control the setting a bit more.
furthermore why do they keep pressing her foreign policy expertise…that Mccain part of the ticket… I wish the Mccain camp would get on offense about that. It’s very obvious that the media are passive aggressive haters now
Obama’s angry that he had to pick Joe Biden to shore up his foreign policy experience, so he’s attacking McCain’s VP. The media is reacting with indignation on his behalf and going after Palin on this, because it makes Obama look more experienced in their mind. Except that Obama looks like a lightweight when he is compared to McCain’s VP. They’re just hoping she messes up badly enough to make McCain look desperate.
He is already desperate. In fact, it is reported that he has just ordereded “Foreign Policy for Dummies” to have her cram for the debates.
Regardless of the size of the chair, she should have been able to handle Charlie if she is running for Vice President. I don’t care how close the chairs are, if she is really a “pit bull in lipstick” should she be frightened of Charlie. If she is really as tough as she says she it should have been the other way around.
Gibson should not have offered up “hubris”. Didn’t help. And, yes, the chairs were too close, someone should’ve corrected that before taping.
Charles Gibson’s attitude during the interview was Not Acceptable. He came across as a hostile and arrogant. He also was quite confrontational and convinced me that intimidation was part of his agenda.
He should not have been chosen to for this interview ! He also added insult to injury by trying to diminish her experience and political decisions in being a Governor of Alaska.
My choice is now going in her direction!!
Just Imagine THE UPROAR had she answered a question ala the messiah ” Charlie to answer that question with specificity is ABOVE my PAY GRADE”
NOBAMA
Churl, You are so right.
Obama hardly ever has to deal with this kind of heat. I am so sick of the double standard.
The MSM blows fire at Hillary and Palin and asks Obama if he is comfortable… they do not want to hurt his delicate sensibilities.
These remarks are so off the mark I don’t believe it. she said she was a pitbull with lipstick, remember???? ABC was brutal in questionning Obama in some of the debates, as it was with Hillary. You think he came off as a bully??? that’s only because she COULD NOT ANSWER the questions and kept repeating her memorized phrases from Steve Schmidt – she DID NOT KNOW THE BUSH DOCTRINE!!! Excuse me – a sixth grader knows that. And she is totally wrong that ANY VP candidate (at least in the last 30 years) had not met a foreign leader.
So typical of you Obama haters….anything showing up the opposition as the idiot they are, you will blame on the other guy and call it sexist. pathetic.
No, she asked Charlie “in what regard?” She was smart enough not to give a yes or no blanket answer.
Oh, and please do go keep posting all over the blogs with your Palin hate. Because I am LOVING it. You are doing McCain’s job for him.
You are unifying and motivating the Republicans and Indies, and you are keeping the fight between your Prez pick and the other side’s VP pick. It is NEVER a good idea in politics to run against the VP, and it is making Obama look weak as hell.
Nancy –
Hate to tell you this, but apparently YOU don’t know the “Bush Doctrine” if you agree with Charlie Gibson – which you apparently do.
Comment by joe (above)
Fair enough, but shouldn’t she at least have known why we were attacked on 9/11? All the people who are defending her are in an utter state of denial. Yes the attackers were violent Islamic extremists. I think everybody knows that. Face it people! She may know what’s happening in the world but she does not know why it is happening. The only thing she knows about foreign policy is her canned response: “We should not second guess Israel.” Is that what she is going to tell the generals that may potentially report to her?
If it was wrong the wrong definition, should not Palin have corrected him? She looked as if she did not even know there was such a thing as the “Bush doctrine.” I think the pitbull is out of synch with the whys of foreign events.
Nancy, a stronger argument would be that “any sixth grader” knows that there are 50 states in the US, not 57 states as Barack has stated.
I might also point out that George Stephanopoulos had to correct Obama during an interview when Barack talked about his “Muslim faith.” George had to remind him that he is a Christian.
I dare say there are far more people who are more conversant with those facts than the “Bush Doctrine,” which, for your information, has a number of different definitions. Her response was quite appropriate given the question. “The Bush Doctrine” according to whose definition.
He did define it and she had a weak response. I have never seen a politician sweat so profusely as Palin, since Nixon.
You don’t know what the Bush doctrine is, Nancy, and it is open to interpretation, anyway. She was correct to clearly define it with him before going into her answer, otherwise she would have fallen into a trap. He was trying to tie her ideology to Bush’s and nothing more. She gave a decent answer.
This is in responce to all voters,you will get the pres. you desereve. america is at a very critcal point your kids future is at stake.in the year 2000 gas was 98 cents now it is over 3.50 think on about this. if you belive your candidate will really try to help instead of distract the choice is clear.
Sounded like an INTERROGATION.
How come Zerobama has never been hitherto, subjected to same?
“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!”
Charlie was pissy because they wouldn’t let him use the thumb screws…
New show:
“Good Grief America!”
LOL. And they compared Sarah to a dominatrix. She had this look on her face like, “bring it on, you SOB.” He was trying to break her.
Charlie tried to trap her on the Bush doctrine question. He wanted her to say I agree with Bush so the Dems could use it in a commercial.
No Robin, he asked a legitimate question and she did not know the question, let alone the answer. Small town mayor you know…..doesn’t read the papers much.
Did she say it was above her pay grade, Nancy?
I think you need to take your whack-a-mole gotcha (not) game to some other channel. You are only disclosing how defensive Obama has become. Do really want to keep doing that here, nancy?
Small town mayor? She is the Governor of Alaska you ignorant anchovy.
Watch it, the fools’ll think its another “Fish” allusion…
She answered the question correctly, you idiot. “All options are on the table.” Same as everyone else says, and she had to say it three times. Read the transcript.
Nancy, you and Gerry and Crystal M should go take a hike together – Preferably a long walk off a short pier.
I wager you had never heard of the “Bush Doctrine” before the interview. She answered him very well. You will not find two people out of ten who understand what the policy of President Bush intended and the media (Blitzer, etc.) named the “Bush Doctrine”.
I think you would be remiss if you thought you knew what a “small town mayor” is all about. Do not assume it is an easy job. Have YOU ever been a small town mayor? Nope, didn’t think so. You haven’t even been a dog catcher but from your spoutings here, that would be about all you’d be qualified for.
You’re way out of your league, kid, go home.
He already dealt with Gibson, it’s her turn now.
I thought the same thing! Why don’t these men get that! (I add I am a man married to a strong accomplished woman.) I hope it all backfires in their faces.
I’d love to hear Obama answer any hard question directly. Smarmy tones aside.
This wasn’t an interview; more appropriately, The Sarah Palin Interrogation with Charlie Gibson–what a pansy.
ABC and Mr. Gibson should be ashamed of this obvious slanted interview. Every question was aimed at tripping Ms. Palin. Even when she answered the question, Mr. Gibson continued with the question, trying to get her to say the words he wanted her to say. I will never listen to Mr. Gibson again without questioning his motive. I do not think he is capable of reporting the non-biased news.
The bots are busy saying she wants to go to war with Russia. Guess they don’t know that Bush, McCain, Biden and Obama all favored admitting Georgia to NATO.
LOL. You mean the bots will be focusing on the GOP VP candidate for weeks to come? Suckers.
Suckers. LMAO
Indeed.
The kool aid flavored kind. *snicker*
The bots are going to war against Palin and all other alpha women. What is so peaceful about this blood-thirsty Obama crowd? I seem to forget.
They thrive on blood and destruction when they had Hillary to silence and they thrive on blood and destruction now they are seeing their Chosen One falter again in face of another Alpha woman. They just don’t control the caucuses and the super-delegates anymore and they have no Plan B.
Their leader has failed them. They flounder — like stinky old fish.
It would not matter if she recited the Bush Doctrine while standing on her head – the media is out to get her and DailyIdiots are already saying she is a warmonger.
What the DailyIdiots fail to understand is that the average American is not as detailed about foreign policy as most political junkies. I would like her to be more versed in foreign policy but Obama who is at the top of the ticket is not any more ready to handle foreign policy either. Even with his 300 foreign policy advisors he is not ready for the job.
The Obama camp is going to try to spin this and try to get her off the front page so he can claim his rightful place as
KING OF THE WORLD —
NO OBAMA
MCCAIN/PALIN 2008
HILLARY WAS THE ONE – OBAMA IS THE ULTIMATE “TROPHY WIFE”
You Said it. I just hope people don’t listen to the so called media.
DailyKos and MoveOn.Org do not pick our President.
Didn’t help Kerry win last time either, did it?
I’d add that most people watching will be assessing her manner, tone, composure, etc. At this point, the only people who read Kos, Americablog, TPM (sadly, it used to be decent), etc., are the people who would vote that way anyway.
By contrast, athough most people here dislike Obama, there is a good mix of positions on whether or not to vote for McCain/Palin, and no one seems to belittle one side or the other on that issue.
But here’s what I’d like. I’d like to invite those arrogant assholes on the aforementioned blogs to a video taping and give them a current events quiz. I bet they’d screw up a good number of answers.
When McCain kept mixing up the correct names for the Czech Republic, and the leaders over at one blog were harping about that, I put up a ten question quiz and invited people to take it. So many names have changed in recent years that not even experts can keep up.
Gov. Palin has to face these kinds of questions. She has said she is ready to be president and she has to show some knowledge on these subjects. What do people expect? She was poised and came across well, but no one is going to throw softball questions at her the way they did with Obama. She has no friends in the media.
Palin is warming up well for the debates. She will do fine. This gal is tough. She is an Alaska chick and knows how to thrive when things get cold and rough. Bring ‘em on, bots.
I used to live on the Czech border and I remember when the nation split.
I used to hang in Prague and Pilsen and I still make the slip regularly.
Not every person has a photographic memory.
As to the so called “Bush Doctrine” I will wait a few years to see what the scholars decide to call pre-emptive strikes. The media coins all kinds of phrases and they do not necessarily apply for all of us.
Bottomline a free trader will not win Ohio, so there goes the election for McCain.
Bob Barr ‘08
Yes, because Barr has a fighting chance in Hell of winning.
Play the game or just stay home, spoiltard.
Obama’s counting on you, BTW. Obamatrons AND OBama are cheering on Barr & Paul to hand them this election.
Oh REALLY Redneck?
Hmmm – Polls show Ohio as RED…yes – RED…like your neck apparenly.
Might as well vote for Batman.
What the Obots don’t get is that the majority of Americans, at the end of the interview, said to themselves: “I want to hear more from her. I want to see more of her. I want to get to know her.” When the hell was the last time anyone wanted to hear more or see more of Joe Biden? 1976? And Oblahblah, he is way past winning any new converts. If your not for him by now, you’re like me- yell obscenities at the TV when he comes on, then immediately turn it off.
I’d say Gibson was condescending and abrupt and more than a bit hostile.
Charlie is afraid of Gov Palin. He was all hunched on the lower half of his body. He had his legs crossed and his crotch potected. Whaddup wid dat? Ahhhhhhh she hit it out of the park. Oboy. Now we have someone as smart or smarter than Hill and who stands up for America! Hey halleleiuha. This is one tough cookie who is a true patriot and ready TO SERVE AMERICA! Unlike Obama who wants to SERVE Obama. oBOY. Can’t wait until Bush is gone and Mac and company adorn the steps of the whitehouse. What a day it will be. Next step is to sign to be election poll watchers especially in Ohio. anyone in Ohio able to poll watch? Call you election office.
Whoa there, not smarter than Hillary, who can take anyone to school and then eat their lunch, but she’ll do fine once she gets comfortable with the talking points.
Awwwww was he mean to her? I’m sorry! We’ll try to dumb down the questions next time she is interviewed. We’ll even let her use a cheat sheet. How thoughtless of Charlie to ask such hard questions.
As some in the media have pointed out there were many Bush Doctrines. Sara should have just asked him: Which? Education, Economy, Defense?
But that is OK. She will have her defenders pointing out that Gibson is an idiot and one who lost his standing with that question alone. Just because some people labeled the preemptive strike statements from Bush as the “Bush Doctorne” does not mean that it is THE Bush Doctrine.
Push this back out there folks. That was an ambush.
I Agree that Gibson is an idiot. The media has been calling evil good and good evil and other lies.
Obama spoke in favor of preemptively invading Pakistan even after Musharaff explicitly said he opposed this and would regard it as an act of war. Under his government, Pakistan had been more or less cooperative, although billions of dollars in foreign aid were squandered on stockpiling weapons to use against India. We would not successfully find any terrorists without the ISS. I think she was smart to say all options were on the table, but she went on too long on it.
We don’t really know what the new Pakistani president will be like, but it is an unnecessary risk going into a country we’re reasonably friendly with that has nukes and a terrorist threat. It could potentially destabilize their government. I would imagine Pakistan would cooperate with us, if there were intelligence that supported a potential attack on the US.
Obama has stated in public debates he believes in pre-emptive war. You are right.
He agreed to invade Pakistan if he thought it was important to US interests, even if Pakistan did not approve. How much closer to the Bush Doctrine is that.
I remember this very well in his debates with Clinton. He admitted he was a war-monger who struck first and asked questioned later. Surely those clips of him war-mongering will be brought out now.
Look at that face and into those eyes. Would you sleep well at night knowing he was in the White House?
Obama Says He Would Take Fight To Pakistan
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 2, 2007; Page A01
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama issued a pointed warning yesterday to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying that as president he would be prepared to order U.S. troops into that country unilaterally if it failed to act on its own against Islamic extremists.
In his most comprehensive statement on terrorism, the senator from Illinois said that the Iraq war has left the United States less safe than it was before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and that if elected he would seek to withdraw U.S. troops and shift the country’s military focus to threats in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Obama’s warning to Musharraf drew sharp criticism from several of his rivals for the Democratic nomination, but not from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).
“It is dangerous and irresponsible to leave even the impression the United States would needlessly and publicly provoke a nuclear power,” Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) said in a statement.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, in a telephone interview, said that Obama’s threat, if acted upon, could inflame the entire Muslim world. “My international experience tells me that we should address this issue with tough diplomacy first with Musharraf and then leave the military option as a last resort,” he said.
Former senator John Former senator John Edwards (N.C.) said in a statement that he would first apply “maximum diplomatic and economic pressure on states like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia” to do their utmost to combat the spread of terrorism. He also challenged both Obama and Clinton to block a proposed U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, called Obama’s threat misguided. “The way to deal with it is not to announce it, but to do it,” Biden said at the National Press Club. “The last thing you want to do is telegraph to the folks in Pakistan that we are about to violate their sovereignty
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Yes, I agree Gibson seemed like he had a big chip on his shoulder. I hope Palin remembers her remarks that she is not out to prove herself to the Washington elite
I thought that Palin came across quite well, particularly considering the fact that Gibson decided to devote this first installment to foreign affairs, which seemed tailor made to try to trip her up at the get-go.
Her responses were crisp and articulate without any ums, ers, etc. (unlike someone else we are very familiar with). Congrats to Sarah on her “coming out party”. Interested to see more of what she has to say.
It is painful to listen to Obama when he does not have someone else’s speech written on a teleprompter. And his fake southern accent and lazy speech patterns to curry blue collar favor are insulting.
Agreed. This is the possible Vice President and he treated her like a hostile witness. She was classy and assertive…this is no wilting flower. She is professional and capable. The hardest question for any politician is personally disagreeing with your bosses ideas and assessments. If she were President, I think she would use force as a last resort, unlike President Bush.
This is a woman with 5 children. Of course she will be sensible when it comes to using force.
In a minute, they’ll be complaining that she doesn’t have the balls to defend America.
Who do you think Gov Easley and his wife from NC are voting for? Easley, a man’s man, loves strong women!
I felt the question on the Bush doctrine was one of the most loaded questions that Charlie Gibson asked. My thought was that he was trying to get an answer that the Democrats could run with in making Palin look like more of the same old “Bush”….From that perspective, I thought Palin did a great job on that question; she gave a direct answer yet made Gibson be the one to recite Bush’s doctrine.
I thought it was a fairly flawless interview considering the media has been Obama’s
dominatrixmistress for countless months.Gibson was trying to play the tough reporter but it just came off as another man frightened by a straight talking woman.
The Bush Doctrine? Come on Charlie. Was that to link McCain to Bush?
Whatever.
Sarah just proved she’s cut out to command.
I think it’s a fair question that could have helped voters decide how much like, if at all, the Bush and McCain administrations would be. Especially since Obama’s entire platform is “I’m not Bush” and “a black President would be cool.”
I felt she did understand the Bush Doctrine and was just doing as Hillary has done multiple times in the past. She would not be had by a gotcha question. And when she said, “His worldview?” you need to go back and look at her face. She was being more snarky then seriously questioning.
The thing that I like the most about Palin is that when you ask her a question, you get a straight answer. No “ummm” or “uhhh” every other word, no hedging or “nuanced” qualifications. You might not agree with what she says, but she gives it to you straight-up.
That is exactly what is great about her, she is definite and not full of bs. she did answer his questions the way she wanted to, but he isnt even the worst that will come. I think she needs to get even tougher. Come on, Sarah, we can handle it! Dont put up with their sexist claptrap.
the USA has aways had & used the military /semi-military option to intervene in things. Clinton JFK Carter -plus all Repub presidents.
Bush does not own nor did he invent that doctrine. Therefore the question labelling it as thus is erronous.
It does not mean it has been successful – it has its failures.
I think the “Bush Doctrine” refers to the concept of launching pre-emptive wars if there’s sufficient grounds to believe that a nation is harboring and/or aiding terrorists who intend to strike U.S. interests. In short, not waiting around for terrorists to hit us before we hit them. (For the record, I wholeheartedly agree.)
I’m guessing that Palin knows full well exactly what the “Bush Doctrine” means. She’s just smart enough not to fall into the trap that ABC News was trying to set for her to give the Obama campaign a film clip that they could then use to tie her and McCain to Bush.
I think the media is trying to crucify Palin like they have President Bush. He has made some mistakes but I can’t remember a President who hasn’t,and I have been voting for 51 years.
How about the Monroe Doctrine… that one has been around for a couple of hundred years… and what about Wilsonian interventionism of early last century? the Bush Doctrine really isn’t all that new… just an update of exiting US foreign policy established over two centuries.
and for a little light hearted label confusion… Progressives started with republican Teddy Roosevelt and the staunchest supporter of creationism in government was the democrat William Jennings Bryan.
Uh, regarding the Monroe Doctrine, I think you need a refresher course in American history.
The Monroe Doctrine was issued mainly to prevent European powers (most notably, Spain) from attempting to thwart the colonies’ independence movements and to prevent European powers (most notably, England) from attempting to take over any colony which managed to attain independence. (Spain’s power had essentially come to an end in the Western Hemisphere by the time the Monroe Doctrine was issued and the US was still very wary of the UK which controlled not only Canada but also many Caribbean islands from which military operations against Latin America could have been launched.)
Of course, a more sinister view of the Monroe Doctrine was that the US reserved the right to intervene in any matter in the Western Hemisphere. The only time that the Doctrine was seriously challenged was when the French set up a new emperor in Mexico (the US was rather busy with a little thing called the Civil War–the French-backed Mexican regime collapsed just two years after the US Civil War ended, even though the US’s actions were more talk than anything else). Monroe and his advisors never sought to actually intervene in the affairs of any legitimate governments in the Western Hemisphere (it wasn’t until the “imperialist” movement later in the 19th Century that the Doctrine’s negative side was invoked).
I agree with your thoughts totally. Palin worked very hard to not repeat Gibson’s words…because it was obviously a trap..even when charlie got snarky with her about “i’m looking for a yes/no answer,” palin stuck to her guns and answered the question how she wanted to phrase it. charlie is a smarmy, smug, self-righteous prick. you can just see him thinking how could this woman we’ve never heard of before be our next vp. oh…..but it’s totally ok to have a dull, lying nimwit become prez, simply because he’s biracial and supposedly has testicles. i can’t say this enough…i’m SICK AND TIRED of this double-standard sexist crap….what do we have to do to wake up these idiots in the media from their sexist, koolaid induced haze? god I hope mccain/palin win..otherwise we will be stuck in the 1950’s for countless more decades.
“you can just see him thinking how could this woman we’ve never heard of before be our next vp. oh…..but it’s totally ok to have a dull, lying nimwit become prez, simply because he’s biracial and supposedly has testicles…”
cc,
Well put. The whole tone of the msm is loaded with this sexist crap. I still love Newt Gingrich’s tirade at MSNBO reporter when he asked if Palin had enough experience. He really gave it to the guy.
It boils down to this: 0bama has no more experience than she does in foreign policy. And he’s at the top of the ticket.
Case closed!
She didn’t spill the beans on the National Guard / Russian border question. There is a lot more to her job description that she is saving for debates, I think.
I can see now watching the Nightline version that they did do a bit of editing that cast her in a less sympathetic light. Cretins!
well first it was clear she was nervous. I would be too after the shitstorm that the press has been sending her way for two weeks.
As to the bush doctrine, i thought she was pretty savy in forcing him to state it. It deflated the Bush Doctrine and she was even more savy to continue to insist that she would not give him a simple yes or no on it and insisted that no options are off the table.
SHe stuck with it and he seemed a bit upset that she wasnt willing to give him a yes or no.
The fact of the matter is that there is no yes or no.
In any event, it was a decent interview but what i didn’t like was that they kept cutting her comments off and going to the next question without letting her words flow through the argument she was making.
It felt like an interview in desperate search of soundbites.
Unfortunate. I always thought gibson had a better editing team than that.
Some Professor on Morning Joe said that she should have just said “I don’t know”. Right………that’s EXACTLY what they were all looking for so that they could endlessly pounced on her cluelessness.
I personally feel that the Doctrine question was vague — why couldn’t he just say, What do you think of pre-emption? I follow politics closely and I wasn’t sure what Charlie was getting at. The nitpicking that followed Sarah’s interview says more about the pundits than anyone else.
All I have to say is, You Go Girl!
We invaded Panama, Grenada, lots of Central American countries – all to protect alleged and/or trumped up US interests. Obama’s great god JFK invaded Cuba. I thought Obama loved everything JFK ever did.
I think he is being a short-term memory hypocrite if he attacks Palin on these hypotheticals. He actually supported and put on public record he loves invading sovereign nations. So what is his point?
Peace is far better and we all want it – this is not Obama’s unique piece of cake.
But for him to claim he alone is not the war monger when he reveres JKF who invaded Cuba and got us fully into Vietnam and who admitted he wants to invade Pakistan uninvited had better watch where he throws his next round of stones.
The press has never sat down and asked Obama so many questions about him and his qualifications. Give me a break, this was a farse.
I agree that Charles Gibson was condescending and even hostile. But if McCain died in February 2009 and she was then President, many foreign heads of state would treat her the same if not worse. It is still a man’ world, and a strong woman is forced to get along in it without compromising her femininity (acting macho.) I think that is the essence of gender equality and also what makes a compelling case for Sarah Palin after the trend of cowboy diplomacy. Obama is weak and effeminate which I take to mean he competes with women for the jobs where a “soft touch” is needed. Men like what women can bring to the table as negotiators and the inherent power of someone who is in touch with and confident in their gender. They also enjoy the privelege of keeping women down, so it makes more sense to promote minorities over “prime ass.” Women have never had much sympathy from other minorities, because we are seen as sharing the spoils with the oppressive class or white males. Minorities are rewarded, in turn, for bashing women, it seems. Women really are the nigers of the world. That was my rant. If Sarah Palin gets into office, it is a victory for all of us.
I think she will be a great 2nd in command and if need be a modern version of Margaret Thatcher.
Strong determined and no push over…
Plus she will be surrounded with the best military might and leaders who will support her and offer advice.
How the hell is Obama ready to be CIC he’s less qualified and more of a loose cannon than Sarah Palin
Naw, it is no longer a man’s world. Certainly not since Queen Elizabeth the First in the 1500’s. Wake up boy, you have been sleeping through the good parts. And that is why so many women in the US are so angry.
You don’t get to act out the Adam and Eve story here because we have moved so way beyond that nonsense. Nope, women did not come from men and it is not all Eve’s fault when the Adams of the world act stupid.
I’m not a “boy,” I’m a grown woman who has seen the struggles women encounter in this world. That is not to portray women as victims but instead to acknowledge that sexism is a real problem, and it is a bigger problem than many of us thought until this year.
The way I look at it — if anything happened to McCain, Palin could just get herself her own Joe Biden. Case closed!
I think that most of the American public who watch it will like her and not “Charlie.” He WAS a condescending smart snoot.
Yep, that’s the key. Gibson comes off as someone trying to trip her up with a rapid fire quiz show. This will simply feed into the accurate perception that the media is rooting for Obama.
It is healthy she did not get soft-balls. We all want to see her take on whatever comes. Glad this is how it all started. The snottier the interviewer the better.
Far better to see her in action against something like this, than letting someone play erstaz “girls rules” with her. That would be the last thing she needs at this point. She’s tough. We know this. Glad the first round was tough.
charlie started off with “can you look america in the eye and say you’re ready….” – would he have used snark like “can you look american in the eye” with its clearly intended undertone of come on now….if he were interviewing obama? we all know he wouldn’t have.
the thing about a blur of words, puleeze – obama answers EVERYTHING with a blur of words, but they don’t call him on it.
the mumbled “hubris” line was off the charts snark.
charlie gets an f.
Charlie sucks. Let’s bombard him with emails and demand he retire. He was all about foreign policy and weh need Palin for domestic policy. Someone has to do it. We haven’t been doing anything domestically since 9/11. I just love Sarah and everything she stands for. I’m ready.
This beats Allah, obama osama. Charlie trying to put words in Sarah’s mouth. Charlie is a fat pig. Look at his fat mouth. He acts like a cop talking to a suspect. He looks peeved. What’s his problem. Bombard the f’er with mail. Let’s tell him to get his fat head off TV.
One thing definately came out tonight, it was unscripted, had it been Bambi, it would have been a scripted Q&A.
Gibson tried to mess her up and she held her own, Bambi would have fallen apart.
I was suprised she didn’t attack Obama on certain questions like meeting forgeign leaders and travel, but she played a grown up responses, good for her!
Sarah plays tai kwon do: you take the enemy’s negative energy and deflect it back on them. She knows not to get into stupid punching matches. She takes the enemy down on their own turf. She is matchless.
I have never heard Obama asked anything resembling the questioning of Govornor Palin.What else is new?She did great and I am still impressed with Johns pick.
Gibson asked the question about her support of the Bush Doctrine as a pretty open-ended one, undefined in scope, intended to trap her. She demurred.
The practice of sequestering herself from the prying media during the week prior to the convention was a good cultural entry point.
Charlie and ABC were already ahead of the game in scoring the interview. He went for a kill with each of his first three questions. Palin is a skilled saleswoman and understands the tactic: “If I’m going to spend my money with you, young lady, you are going to have to show me you know what I don’t know about your product and won’t try to tell me what I know.”
She’ll be a perfect VP. She’ll chair the Senate sessions and tell the United States Senators when they may or may not speak and for how long. They’ll call her “Madam.” When the McCain proposals are ready for the road, she’ll deliver her presentation in a clear, easy-to-absorb style and sell straight. Moreover, with the TAXPAYER as the Power that Be, her openness to questions from US will get more respect than questions from the press.
Personally, I think that Gov.Palin held her own and answered the questions head on. I think “Charlie” tried his hardest to make her look unqualified.
It makes me a little sad. Yeah, she’s a damn sight better than Barky, who no one dares ask if he’s qualified. But guys, can you imagine our Hillary answering those questions?
Piece of cake for her. Remember her on O’Reilly? God, I miss Hillary.
Hillary has years of experience answering these questions and already knows the heads of state of over 80 countries. It’s a shame she’s out of the race.
She is way cute too. She is a total package more than Annie Oakley.
I read the transcript earlier, and it seemed to me that she was describing exactly what you say above. Not sure why you put it as if she didn’t.
PALIN: We cannot repeat the Cold War. We are thankful that, under Reagan, we won the Cold War, without a shot fired, also. We’ve learned lessons from that in our relationship with Russia, previously the Soviet Union.
We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.
GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO?
PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia.
GIBSON: Because Putin has said he would not tolerate NATO incursion into the Caucasus.
PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO.
Putin thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but…
GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?
PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to be expected to be called upon and help.
But NATO, I think, should include Ukraine, definitely, at this point and I think that we need to — especially with new leadership coming in on January 20, being sworn on, on either ticket, we have got to make sure that we strengthen our allies, our ties with each one of those NATO members.
We have got to make sure that that is the group that can be counted upon to defend one another in a very dangerous world today.
GIBSON: And you think it would be worth it to the United States, Georgia is worth it to the United States to go to war if Russia were to invade.
PALIN: What I think is that smaller democratic countries that are invaded by a larger power is something for us to be vigilant against. We have got to be cognizant of what the consequences are if a larger power is able to take over smaller democratic countries.
And we have got to be vigilant. We have got to show the support, in this case, for Georgia. The support that we can show is economic sanctions perhaps against Russia, if this is what it leads to.
It doesn’t have to lead to war and it doesn’t have to lead, as I said, to a Cold War, but economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, again, counting on our allies to help us do that in this mission of keeping our eye on Russia and Putin and some of his desire to control and to control much more than smaller democratic countries.
His mission, if it is to control energy supplies, also, coming from and through Russia, that’s a dangerous position for our world to be in, if we were to allow that to happen.
-End of entire exchange.
that was good, much clearer reading it.
I appreciate how many political blogs now link transcripts. It makes it more objective.
I just read the exchange. I did not watch the interview yet.
I’m speechless!
That was a damn good exchange on her part.
I’ve never heard 0bama say one thing that clearly.
Good God! And they’re calling her a war monger?
Un-freakin-believable!
I’m going to watch it myself to see the delivery and attitude of both Palin and Gibson. But her words sound awfully clear to to me.
Has Obama EVER sat through such a tough interview? EVER?
NO No NO & No.
Has Obama ever sat through such a tough interview? Don’t you watch FOX News? He sat through an interview with Big Bill…. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=LVV-10ZvE7c
How many frontiers out there, not counting the Moon?
Ummm, uh, er,…Give me a break. The racist dolt running for the Dhimmicrats has NEVER, and will NEVER, be questioned on anything. The One speaks, and the “media” pretends to sigh. Period. Full stop. I say pretends because everyone, including all those who will vote for this fraud, know that he is a pathetic figure. MTV has done it’s job well. An effete, faux elite, racist, terrorist-befriending, America hating idiot isthisclose to the presidency. Great job all…
I think she did quite well. As for the Bush Doctrine, I think she smelled a rat and a trap and held back.
Exactly!
Charlie Gibson = F
Sarah Palin = A
I went back and watched the video, and at one point it stopped and the look on Gibson’s face was horrible – almost filled with hatred and disdain.
Why did the McCain campaign pick Charlie Gibson I will never know. If you follow their website – it has not only become increasingly pro-Obama, but more sensationalism.
At one point, around 5 pm the website had Breaking News (red letters) under Palin’s picture stating Palin wants to go to war with Russia. My daughter had called me about the banner statement – I ran to the computer, and suddenly it was down.
It is one thing to be biased, but to distort and lie about what she said is frightening. This is supposedly a major news group. WTF is going on in this country?
Yeah, he was taking great pleasure in playing the macho man “gotcha” game. “Prove yerself, lady!”
Frankly, he made a fool of himself.
Yeah, there is a distinct “sorry little girl, but you’re not big enough to play with the boys” attitude about Gibson.
gibson an just a huge, sorry, a@@….and the mainstream media has been making a fool of themselves for months now. they don’t even check their facts…they run stories the national enquirer wouldn’t even publish…yet cover up real news americans need to know. as a former journalist who worked in both tv and radio news, I simply can not believe the networks are so UNTRUSTWORTHY. I’d be wanting to shoot myself about now…if I hadn’t found sanity on sites like this one and savagepolitics.com. thank you all for correcting the lies we see coming from the msm every single day.
I’m signed up to ABC’s Breaking News mobile phone alerts and I got one today
EXCLUSIVE: GOV. SARAH PALIN WARNS WAR MAY BE NECESSARY IF RUSSIA INVADES ANOTHER COUNTRY
This will make McCain’s poll numbers go up another 5%.
Well, yeah. If Russia were to invade a NATO member, then we’d definitely have to go to war with them. No questions asked. An attack on one NATO member is an attack on all NATO members. That’s the essence of the entire alliance. And soon both Georgia and Ukraine will be provisional NATO members, I’m betting. That pretty much leaves Belarus, China, and the “Stans” as the only countries Russia could invade and not have to wind up fighting the US.
Far better for Palin to face down a hard ball than a slow pitch at this point. Good work, Sarah.
Charlie looks
fatrolly polly. What happened to him? He looks like a constipateddickheadjerk.Charlie Gibson asked Palin harder questions then he ever would ask Obama. He should of had I love Obama written on his stupid forehead!! I tell you what this will go down in the history books with the media looking like a bunch of brown nosed asses!!
They are an embarrassment to the United States!
Go Palin!!! You did wonderful because that creep was trying to take you down.. Everyone email ABC and tell them what you think!!!
Charlie’s comment about “I was distracted by a blizzard of words” was just a total asshole moment.
Translation: “You wimminz yak too much.”
You have to wonder how some of these men treat their wives, the women they date in the privacy of their home. They’re not content to fan the fire, or to let it die down. They have to go in with a gallon of gasoline and throw it on it every chance they get. Then they sit back and scratch their heads, wonder how they got burned. And just, “Why are so many women angry?” Gee we don’t know…
maybe he likes a blizzard of “uhms” and “ahs” better, cause then he doesn’t have to pay attention and he daydream about what’s for dinner tonight.
I wish someone had told Obama long ago to quit stammering ummm uhh and just get to the fucking point.
I don’t think she faltered on the Bush Doctrine. Gibson was demanding a yes or no answer and she smartly wouldn’t give him one. She pushed back, and didn’t box herself in.
the abc blogs are on fire. I would guess around 75% blasting Charlie Gibson as being a disgrace and calling for him to be fired.
Excellent!
Wow that sounds like Obot tactics. Obots meat your counterparts on the McCain side. Bot wars have begun!
McCain doesn’t hire bots. That’s how Axelfraud made his name. Luckily, he has never ran a national campaign and is out of his league against Rove, Schmidt and Davis.
My daughter said Palin should take Charlie Gibson out on a hunt and see who the hell the man is!!! I tell you the Democrats are now pissing off the young women, too.
Her mama raised her well.
Tee hee, maybe Sarah should take Gibson “into a room until only one comes out” ………..
Tell us more. Dem elites (rich or poor) are pissing off every other compassionates Dem?
i’ll bet she never forgets what the ‘bush doctrine’ is.
it’s like that one question you missed on a test – you’ll never forget the answer to it
go sarah! good job!
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The ass wipes, and especially that tool Allahpundit, over at Hot Air, are actually arguing over how well she did. Good God. How f[EDITED]g well can you do in a situation that is 1) an obvious set up, and 2) something that B [EDITED] has never and will never go through? This is exactly what I’ve been screaming about since this thing started a gazillion months ago: we have let a glaringly unqualified dolt get thisclose to the White House because…….he’s [EDITED]! NO OTHER REASON. And now we are seriously going to debate how well someone as wonderful as Sarah Palin “handles” herself with the hostile MSM, while giving a complete fraud a complete pass? The sad thing is that 90% of you who think yourselves tough, and objective, and conservative, have fallen into the trap. A genuinely disgusting, wanna-be [EDITED] suckered you all. You are actually debating how she did and is she really qualified and did she prove herself….? Great job out there…
we don’t make agendas… we only fight them!
LOL. Deep down, they probably long for their Mitt boy. Remember, Palin has a history of going after Republicans.
good point(s).
If it was Obama, Gibson will first explain the Bush doctrine then ask him what he thinks about it.
That is the pattern with these members of Obama army.
Her answer on the Bush doctrine was a good one. If she answered it Yes or No, imagine the headline tomorrow. Way to go Sarah. Don’t let anybody “box you in”.
Deflect your enemy’s negative energy back on to him.
I seem to remember Obama struggled over a question on the Bush Doctrine with Gibson too. Obama said we have a right to go into Pakistan seemingly agreeing with the Bush Doctrine. Media Matters and the blogs had a hissy fit over Gibson’s handling of that question with Obama and tonight they are attacking Palin for not being sharp on that issue. Any one else remember that?
Charlie gets an ‘F’ and a trip to the outhouse for a good ol fashioned thrashing. He is clearly stepping up to the table to take his turn at trying to grind her under his thumb.
The tone of the questions, the rapid fire manner in which they are phrased, it almost seemed like he didnt want an answer, he only wanted to phrase questions that would make her look bad because they ‘alluded’ to something else. More bullshit from the msm, this season the entire msm should be marched outside in the snow and give a big birch whippin’
The Bush doctrine was originally ennunciated by the Nazis after they seized power in Germany in 1933. It says the fatherland has a right to attach any country they might be threatened with.
Under current UN law a country has a right to attach another nation if they are under immenent threat from that nation. Our invasion of Iraq was clearly a violation of UN law but the super powers are basically exempt from UN law. Small countries like Serbia, no such luck.
When she was pressed about troops entering Pakistan to go after terrorist against without the knowledge or approval of the Pakistani government, her answer was a firm, we have to go after them wherever they are. Gibson was trying to lead her into saying that yes, we will invade Pakistan, she was too clever to fall for that trap.
However, Gibson did come back and specifically mention the Warzistan province of Pakistan. At that point, I would have like to have seen Palin say, if Pakistan has lost sovereign control over its Warzistan province and it has bome under the control and authority of al-Qaeda or the Taliban or any other extremist group, then it has ceased to be Pakistani territory and our intervention into Warzistan would be justified to enable an ally to re-secure its sovereignty over its land.
Since the population of Pakistan is approx. 171 million, dolt, and the Paks don’t want us in there, I guess the cubs, brownies, boy and girl scouts, and the rest of the reserve troops going in really ought to pack their gummy bears and cookies.
A raid into Pakistan in July by US operatives killed 31 civilians, which prompted the Paks’ recent comments. Guess the civilians were attending a wedding party or something.
About Wednesday of last week The Pakistani government launched an offensive in the NW Frontier Region to engage AQ and Taliban operating there.
220,000 civilians started stampeding south.
This was reported in the Times of London.
No mention of this in the press here.
Very populated county.
You wouldn’t want to go in light.
Might get run over.
Of Course Bush and Bambi support this loonacy completely.
God knows who else.
would really like to hear her speak in tongues.
that would freak Barky out.
ROFLMAO
If it polled well, he might give it a shot, too. Obama would grab snake, run to the front of the church and punch his fist through a light bulb, if he thought it would give him Mississippi.
roflmao
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m already annoyed at Gibson. From the descriptions I’ve read, his transparent attempt to trip up Palin on the Bush Doctrine represents a true low for the media this election season. Normally wouldn’t reporter phrase the question more like this: “President Bush developed a policy for doing x,Y, or Z. Do you support this so-called Bush Doctrine?” (thereby giving the subject a clear point to address)
Why didn’t he just quiz her on random facts from the world of politics? Who’s the prime minister of Burkina Faso? What’s the number-one export of Namibia? What treaty ended the Crimean War, and what effect did it have on Russia?
What an asshat.
Energy issues are the underlying factor of terrorism. Palin was right. Great answer! And a rotten economy is the underlying factor of Democrat corruption. Clean these two things up and we are moving forward.
Reform! The down ticket is in a dead heat. giggle.
McCain/Plain 2008
So far, the reviews seem to be ok. I thought she did well with the comments she was going to be called to account for. Her Israel response was very similar to Obama and she got past Gibson’s ‘Bush doctrine’ gotcha. She seemed a little nervous (I can imagine her having to laugh afterwards and shake it off) but she impresses me.
Gibson was fine. He has always been condescending so I don’t know why people get mad. Obama people will say he was too soft, McCain people will say he was too tough. I thought it was a good job.
Jonathan Martin at Politico thought she did fine. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13393.html I understand her hard line answer on whether she’d second guess an Israeli attack on Iran. She has to show hard support for Israel, because some Jewish voters are hesitant to trust her, according to some articles I’ve seen. Secondly, as a matter of strategy, we want to keep Iran on their toes. What goes on behind the scenes in diplomacy is often entirely different than what appears on the surface.
She has previous statements that demonstrate her position towards Israel. It’s O supporters that bring up the guest speaker for Jews for Jesus at her church. Who knows if a better understanding of her position will shift those voters (FL) towards McCain.
It was pointed out that Gibson tried the same Bush Doctrine thing with O. (ht/TL)
Media Matters went afer Gibson for it: http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080001
I am delighted to hear that the ABC blogs are on fire and 75% appear to be calling Charlie Gibson on his smug, ass hat performance. I am delighted because that tells me that the Republican machine is on top of this and working. They are going to have Sarah’s back and they are not going to let anybody take her down.
jangles – it’s a SHAME that NOBODY in the democratic party did ANYTHING to help Hillary avoid that sexist/racist/lying treatment. We, her fans (repub/dems/indys) did but we’re not as powerful as the media or ‘the’ party. I love how the repubs – AND some dems/indys who like her and believe in her – are defending her and standing up for her – kinda like wagons circling her. And, it’s doubly exciting because Sarah seems like a GOOD, DECENT, MORAL, TOUGH, EXPERIENCED, PRO-AMERICAN person.
This is one election that I will remember for a LONG time.
Is the first video the same as it was shown on tv? It looks very choppy.
Gibson was very condescending!
Gibson is a constipated gasbag. He eats too at Mickey D’s too much. His has mush for brains.
Gibson asked Palin if she had been outside the US prior to visiting the troops in Kuwait and Germany, she said Canada and Mexico. How many countries had Obama been to on his own (without mammy or daddy) prior to his rock tour?? Pakistan?
She was asked has she met any heads of states, HOW MANY HEADS OF STATE HAD OBAMA MET BEFORE HIS ROCK TOUR?
Why are they asking the VP of the Republican party these questions and not the presidential candidate of the Democratic party? Hateful pricks.
I liked her subtle swipe at Biden by saying just because someone serves in Congress for 30 years and gets to shake the hands of lots of heads of state at receptions does not give them any foreign policy experience on their resume.
I thought that was a nice jab, too. She was calling Gibson a media snob.
“What an ass Gibson is. As an American I never forget to thank those, and the families of those who serve our country. Gibson could have acknowledged Sarah’s Son leaving for Iraq today.. ..”
And good point, esp. on 9-11 anniversary.
Did Gibson ask her how many heads of the household she has met and understood right here in America?
Enough of this shit…Obama has already said he would follow the Bush doctrine…watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WOFrEgRu4
The Bush doctrine has been defined different ways at different times. Chris Matthews even said as much right after the interview and the two guys with him acknowledged that Charlie was giving her a gotcha question.
They actually gave her high marks for the interview. I was surprised.
the a$$wipe wants his old job back
Probably does, that moron and his Leg will never be taken as a serious journalist ever again….if he ever was…but he wasn’t a joke like he is now.
Sarah did an excellent job of multi-tasking today. What an ass Gibson is. As an American I never forget to thank those, and the families of those who serve our country. Gibson could have acknowledged Sarah’s Son leaving for Iraq today.. ..
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS: Watching the news footage during ABC Nightly news of McCain and Obama at ground zero I noticed something very telling. McCain slowly leaned over and laid his rose to honor those who died on 9/11.Obama threw his.
Obama is a disrespectful psychopathic thug. A post above correctly stated him to be a “faux elitist”.
Nice image, but his actions really show he’s “street”
OMG! Oh no he didn’t throw the rose.
I am really losing it about this creep. He’s an embarrassment to AAs. Doesn’t he have any idea about protocol? But yet he’s trying to play it off like he has so much exposure and expertise.
But what can you expect from a guy who didn’t even go to visit his mother on her death bed?
Oh that’s right. He didn’t know how sick she really was.
His own mother?
Great excuse Bambi!
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“What an ass Gibson is. As an American I never forget to thank those, and the families of those who serve our country. Gibson could have acknowledged Sarah’s Son leaving for Iraq today.. ..”
And good point, esp. on 9-11 anniversary.
It seemed like that to me as well. He seemed in a hurry to leave or bored.
People noticed a lot of differences. The firemen gave a flag pin to Cindy and John McCain but not Obama. When McCain got a bouquet of roses, he held them up and beamed. Obama let his hang and seemed more interested in the crowd. He focuses on who is there at the moment.
Oh Cindy was there too? Oh I think she is a symbol of a true American. I mean she has the American spirit. Go Cindy…our next first lady.
Obama can’t go without telling the media what to ask him.That’s the difference of Palin-McCain. And if they go off line.Obama well but in a change the subject fast to well this person this and that person that.Huh?
As Michelle does on the view a list of questions they can only ask her.Gosh-Who are these people?
Are you kidding me? She wiggled around every single question she was asked. He couldn’t get a clear cut answer from her. To everyone whining that Charles was too hard on her, are you kidding me? If McCain is elected, she will have to answer questions FAR more difficult than that. These are questions we NEED answers to and they are too hard for her? GET A GRIP PEOPLE!!!!! I am astonished that Americans actually support her! It’s just crazy to me. Not only am I sad about it but I am IRATE! Did you learn nothing from the past 8 years?
Sara… Can you tell me in what years Obama and his mother where on food stamps ?
STILL WAITING SARA
Ehemmmmmm…….Those Indonesian wonder years ?
He said something to her on ONE question about being baraged by words, is your answer yes. ONE question. But you don’t get yes no answers from Obama on any question ey Charlie?
I don’t mind that his questions were tough. I think that’s best. This lady just got grilled by Charles Gibson…that’s more than Barack’s EVER done in all his time in this campaign. AND she did it on the day her son was to deploy to Iraq within hours of that interview.
Barack couldn’t get a sitter for the kids so that Michelle could come BE PROUD at Ground Zero!
Could you please give us some examples of these “FAR more difficult” questions that “we NEED answers to”?
Does she believe in Dinosaurs? Matt Damon really, really needs to know!
Yeah, that’s why we don’t want another puppet president, and Obambi is a puppet with pomposity.
What answer didnt you get? She was affirmative on the NATO question, affirmative on doing what ever we need to to protect american lives. the only question she did answer directly is yes or no can we invade pakistan and that is not a question you answer yes or no, they are allies which she acknowledged and so we work with them but then she said we need to do whatever we need to do to save american lives. that is the right answer. you, if you have any understanding of international diplomacy, don’t say you will invade or bomb unilaterally an ally (like Bambi said about pakistan, something biden chided him for) you say we work with our allies but leave all options on the table, she answered the question correctly (as opposed to Hussein). you are obviously ignorant of foreign policy issues.
Personally, I think Bambi said he’d invade Pakistan to make himself look tough to certain kinds of voters. This was when he was trying to make red states blue.
Clearly the Pakistani government has the inside track that he was just campaigning. Notice he didn’t say that about Iran.
Hmmmmmnnnnn
That’s also Brzezinski. The goal is to engage China nd Russia.
” Did you learn nothing from the past 8 years? ” Who’s the ” you ” in your question or are the assumptions on your part lacking in good faith to support egotism or devaluing human existence? I’d love to see how some individuals placate themselves to being subjected to millions of viewers who have seen this interview- You are neither judge or jury, place the ideals of fear in the backbone of all the lost souls from those 8 years in proper perspective then get back to the real deep rooted hostilities that have bombarded in the past week. I’m pretty sure you’d wiggle in defense mode too- sorry but the obvious fear mongering of some Obama supporters have turned propaganda inside out.
Sara,
Did you not learn anything from the last 19 months?
Apply everything you just said to Obama..the one running for President.
Exactly!! The koolaid is really bad stuff, they can’t think straight.
Sara hopefully barky will finally be asked some tough questions.
Such as: Do you have dual citizenship?
Sweetie, my memory goes back a lot longer than 8 years. I have been watching politics and international diplomacy longer than you have likely been alive.
You need to learn some history, and a little about both diplomacy and determent. As much as I hate Bush, my world does not revolve around him.
Sarah did fine.
Yeah, we learned we did not want another facist in the Whitehouse -NOBAMA!!!!
fyi – Brit Hume / fox panel gave her good grades on her interview – even Juan Williams.
I liked the interview. I thought Palin did a good job.
I’m happy because she stuck to her guns…..and she didn’t say: “uhhhhh….uhhhhhhh…..uhhhhh”.
Obama is hella annoying with as many “uhhhhs” as he communicates without teleprompters.
Can you imagine hearing those uh’s for 4 frickin’ years! That enuf is reason to vote against barky.
Sarah now has ONE MORE to the experience list than Barack Obama….She’s actually HAD a tough, VETTING interview.
Come on Barack, when are you gonna do one?
The videos aren’t loading for me. Using IE 7 and all I see are two black YouTube video screens. Anybody else having issues?
It’s an IE 7 thing. It’s fine with Firefox.
I hate firefox. I use IE and it’s fine.
Sarah Palin did GREAT : ) in her interview tonight WOW,if she wan’t married I would ask if she will marry me.
She is hot,then hot.
I did not see the whole interview but Palin looked a little nervous and rightly so. Doing interviews is a matter of practice not studying. She will get better and she needs to just relax and be herself.
However, I have never seen anybody interview obama with questions like that. Palin is being held to a much tougher standard because she basically stuck her thumb in the eye of the press during the convention with the “washington elite” comment. They were gunning for her. She will be back strong again. She needed to get one under her belt.
PUMA
I thought that when I just saw the clips but watching the whole interview I thought she did great. When you see the whole thing I think you will be impressed.
Charlie was incredibley haughty and condescending. Too bad he’s not as smart as he thinks he is. Word to all left-leaning interviewers: Bury the hatchet. You are not helping your cause by trying to demean this woman. Strap a brain on, and back off. Ask her concise, intelligent, tough questions. If she doesn’t have good answers, she will crumble all on her own. If you attack her, she is going to fireball right past you.
Gibson is prep school. Of course he is haughty with someone as public school scrappy as Palin.
There is a class war still coming out of the East Coast prep school crowd which is one more reason they took in Obama sight unseen – Prep and Ivy league loyalty regardless. Gather the wagons around the last vestiges of American privilege.
Suggestion: Everyone with a critique of the ABC interview by Charlie Gibson could log on to their site and join the roughly 75% negative comments, and help support the performance of Gov. Sarah Palin, especially in light of all the crap thrown at her lately. You all have really good, insightful comments – make it greater than 75%!
FYI – I heard that Rick Warren called Gov. Palin first, and she called him back, asking for scripture to help deal with all of the unfair, vicious attacks, etc. I.e., unlike some media accounts, she didn’t seek him out first. Hope he had some good chapter and verse to sustain her.
Post the link….I could dig all night over there to find the spot!
She handles herself well, but I am not sure she is ready for primetime. I hope she does a lot of studying and is better prepared for the debates.Charlie seems to have penis envy or something I can’t figure it out. The Bush doctrine question would have struck any thinking person as strange, it was posed narrowly despite it’s broad implications.
Prep school people always look down on public school types. They can’t help it.
ladies & gentelmen, this interview is a setup for the october debate,,,mark my words.
set the bar servicably low lul your opponent into thinking its a no brainer then explode far above it.
watch and see.
I think that the “Bush Doctrine” was a hoop he wanted her to jump into, and she didn’t give him what he wanted, rightly. She’s not a contestant on Jeopardy and he isn’t Alex Trebec. It would have made her look weak, like O’Reilly made Obama look weak.
I have travelled, and spent more time in more places than Obama – Germany, London, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Turks and Caicos, Canada, Jamaica, Africa, just to name a few. Does that mean I have foreign policy experience? For Charles Gibson and others to question Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience based purely on travels is ludicrous.
Webster defines EXPERIENCE as: 1) Participating in or living through an event. 2)Knowledge from doing.
Tell me, how is Obama or Biden more prepared than Palin? At least Palin has executive experience. Those who have served as Secretary of State can be credited as having foreign policy experience.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzI4OGRmYjcwMDliNDUyMjM0NzkyNDExNWJhZDY1ZmQ=
Funny commentary at NRO, crowing over the fact that Josh Marshall didn’t understand the NATO business. Of course we want those countries in NATO, because that makes NATO stronger. And she said perhaps.
I’ll say it again — Josh Marshall has flipped out.
Wow!! Very impressive Sarah!!! Is it just me OR did Charlie Gibson seem irritated…”his body language” that she nailed his “gotcha” questions…..
I liked her answer about the Bush doctrine. The way Gibson phrased it “Do we have the RIGHT” was looking for a gotcha moment. If Sarah had said “yes” or “no” she could not win. She gave a great response about not “blinking” when the US is threatened. I thought she did great.
Right. She was NOT going to be backed into a corner with a yes or no answer that could be used in a campaign ad against her.
I have been lurking here for a long time,reading great posts,and also reading the Obama people’s posts and realizing how close minded and stupid they seem to be. I’ve been a dem all my life, and am in my early 60’s, so this isn’t a new game to me. But, what has happened this election has been disgusting and disgraceful. The so-called Democrat party is NOT the true Democrat party.They have no honor. I heard Charlie Gibson grilling Gov. Palin, and he was a disgrace to whatever he thinks he is. I posted a response on ABC-the first time I ever voiced what I had been thinking for a very long time. I can not just sit back anymore and let them do their thing, and not respond. It may not do any good, but I feel better. I will go back to lurking on your great site. Thanks for educating people, and giving a place for all who are in need of finding others of like minds.
Welcome, Anita! I don’t post terribly often either, but I try to at least catch up on a thread or two whenever I get the chance.
It’s sure good to know, though, that there are soooo many of us who know what’s going on and see what has happened to our party and to our Fourth Estate. I’m sure everybody here would use different words for it, but as for me, I’m horrified, angry and scared.
Hi Anita! Totally agree Charlie was an ass! Glad you posted on AbC and I hope you post more often on this site.
I was a Hillary supporter who will not be supporting the Democrats this year. I’ll be voting for Mccain Palin and hope that the DNC will rebuild in the model of true Democrats.
Way to go, Anita. post again. We cannot be silent.
We will not allow the UNDERCLASS to determine the outcome of this election. The Dem base got kicked out of the party and a new younger set of dems has taken over and get this, they have no idea what the constitution is! Yeah right! The McCain meetups are attracting Obama defectors and they have no knowledge of the bill of rights or Constitution! Imagine that? Political retards. Oh well at least they are trying to learn and have left the cult. They are being deprogrammed.
Im a big supporter of Mccain and Palin. I want Palin to succeed and I think she will. I thought she did a well in the interview and I thought Gibson was fair in his questioning. These questions are what the american people want awnsered. O.K. I think she wasnt up to speed on the bush doctine but overall she was knowledgable on foreign affairs and national Security. She was asked to be v.p. about two weeks ago so she has alot to catching up to do. Hell, even obama made mistakes. When asked what to do about about Georgia, Obama submitted that we should go through the U.N. to handle the problem. What he failed to realize is the Russia is part of the U.N. and they have veto power. What I do expect is that Palin will mature every day and she will perform more interviews in the furure explaining her positions to the american people.
The Bush Doctrine?
Please.
No policy put forth by George W. Bush could ever possibly rise to such an exulted level to be called a “Doctrine”.
There is no Bush “Doctrine”.
Rather, only a flawed and bellicose policy decision which, once “W” is gone, will be relegated to the dustbin of history.
Sarah did just fine.
PUMA
Bush Debacle is more like it. Then again why would the Republicans acknowledge what these liberals sneered at as the Bush doctrine. They will say what doctrine? (which is what she did with a laugh).
Looks like Fox again brought out the truth,and the exact phrases of Sarah Palin./ Looks like a few networks are trying to configure what Sarah said.imo.
David Gergen on CNN stuck up for Sarah,and said,Not everyone,knows what the Bush doctrine is,because thats not what they call it.And said they shouldn’t hold that against her.
Also what she said about God,Kennedy,and two other presidents said the same thing.
I thought she’s a winner,
Go to Fox News Sean Hannity,has the truth imo
Charles Lemos writes “the Bush Doctrine, the policy that US adopted that espouses a unilateralist approach to foreign crisises where the US reserves the right to use military force at its will and in defiance of international law.”
“Reserves the right”? Hey boy, this ain’t a game of RISK. We didn’t need to “reserve” a right to have the American Revolution and we haven’t changed our minds. The crap you’re “espousing” about “unilateralism” is just modern partisan political labeling of normal sovereign policies that the party on the outs needs to invoke to regain power. Didn’t you know?
Yes, much to Charles’ amazement we can invade any country we like any time we like without checking with the hall monitors. We HAVE the right. Just the same every other sovereign country in the world. Whether they exercise it or not is their problem, not ours. If they need it explained to them… it’s probably not worth mentioning. What kind of rube are you? International law is observed as LIP SERVICE by everyone involved. When it comes time to throw it out the window – OUT DA window it goes! God, you must be bad at poker.
Charles also writes: “It is clear that she still has some work to do on learning foreign policy issues and I’d be happy to help her work through them. ”
Ah, no thanks genius scholar, we’ll take Sarah. One of you will be IN the history books. One of you only READS history books. Guess which? By the way, “collective security” has only worked because our Big Boy Billy Club is waving around in the background. Just like our flag. And please don’t quote me from your erudite and scholarly papers. George Washington would have used them to start a campfire.
Charles Lemos is one of the good guys – and I respect his opinion a lot. I read By the Fault every chance I get – very educational and full of great information – give it a try, pumapurr, I think you’ll like it.
P.S. He doesn’t like obama – at all.
I still though that was a fun and intelligent rant.
Fair enough. My apologies to Charles – I was being needlessly vitriolic. Having just watched Gibson treat Palin like no male candidate would have been treated, this PUMA was hissing and spitting.
For her, they pull out the Hardball Howitzer and then glare at her for daring to answer quickly and directly. Yet Obama will be treated to a nice slow game of T-Ball, and they’ll even help him hold the bat.
As far as her “stumble” on the Bush Doctrine (and it seemed Gibson stumbled when she turned it around at him), Bush HIMSELF would have fumbled around defining it. And stumbled on most of the other questions- we’ve all seen him at press conferences. But that doesn’t affect anything of importance to the nation.
His role, like Palin’s is not to be a walking encyclopedia- that’s what you have advisors for. But to be, as Bush himself has called it, “a decider.” And Palin comes across as being able to decide in a manner that will protect our interests. That’s what counts.
We do not want her for foreign policy. We need her to clean up Washington and get our energy plan going. Go Gov. Palin…our next Vice President of the United States.
OK…I watched the video and commented on the interview before reading all the comments. We are all on the same page….Gibson was a jackass!!!
I’m a staunch democrat…never in my right mind that I would consider voting Republican……..AND YES…the media continues to drive me to voting Republican.
mike — if they take out Biden and give the VP spot to Hillary I will still vote McCain/Palin. I have had enough of Obama.
me too. Dems are corrupt and need to lose big time. We are going to get our party back sooner or later.
She did really well. These were very tough questions. She did not blink once. He tried to trip her up. She is actually much better orator then anybody I have seen in a long time.
the only problem i think she needs to fix is to make her tone more conversational. It seemed sometimes as if she was reading a speech
Or just her speech one. Maybe this is why people tought she sounded coached. She thinks, like mny of us, the media is in the tank for Obama and out to get her. She doesn’t know these insiders well, and can’t sound familiar.
She sings when she talks. she is awesome.
Sarah was VERY uncomfortable because she knew she was in ‘enemy’ territory and this is all new to her. When she gets more used to ‘hostile’ interviewers, she’ll get better, imo.
Besides, I’m sure she was feeling a little down because her SON WAS LEAVING FOR IRAQ.
Sarah was VERY uncomfortable because she knew she was in ‘enemy’ territory and this is all new to her. When she gets more used to ‘hostile’ interviewers, she’ll get better, imo.
Besides, I’m sure she was feeling a little down because her SON – her FIRST born -WAS LEAVING FOR IRAQ.
I did miss all the um, um, um’s that we get with Obama interviews. At least, it wasn’t above her pay grade. Palin can always clarify tomorrow and say what she really meant to say was ……
I am so sick of Obama and the biased media.
For contrast here is how Gibson treated Obama:
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/03/07/obama-interview-abcs-gibson-imitates-saturday-night-live
Well, there you go, Charles Gibson has a crotch thing for Obama along with the other MSM people… is there like a musk, pheromones thing going on? Is he subconsciously viewed like a “femme” in some primitive primal way that they automatically become chivalrous….I don’t get it.
It’s that Tom Ford fragrance that smells like crotch.
That is hysterical. I had forgotten that. Thanks.
In regards to the issue of Palin on Georgia. She said Georgia should be allowed into NATO and if russia attacked Georgia again we would be obligated to help. As part of NATO agreement, any country that is part of NATO who is attacked, other NATO nations have the obligation to help. Now the media is making is sound like she is a war monger by saying she would go to war with Russia. I am disapointed in the media. There are obviously left wing byasses that want to destroy Palin by taking her comments out of context. I just hope people will look at news actively rather than passively remembering that some in the media have their own agenda who should be the next president of the U.S.
Well after watching the media destroy Hillary, it is not surprising what they are doing to Gov. Palin. The best way to get them back is to stop watching them, except for Fox, who really are giving the most balanced coverage this election cycle. Also by sending Barky to a huge defeat in Nov.
Don’t worry, they will continue to take her comments out of context, but people are on to them and are sick of them being in the tank for one barky who is a piece of shit. Don’t worry, Gov. Palin did great tonight and the media can twist it all they want, but people will see she is the real deal. The people will trust her and want to vote for her. Unlike barky, people feel like they can’t trust him, you know there is just something about him I don’t trust. Those are instincts and they are right on.
The GOP phone is ringing off the hook lately. Voters from every party are calling and remarking how much they love this VP pick of McCain’s.
I’m dreaming of the dress Cindy wears at the inauguration. Winter white? And I’m dreaming of seeing Piper Palin all prim and proper looking like a little doll. And I’m leaving my imagination open for the rest. People are calling Gov. Palin the next Margaret Thatcher. Does that ring a bell?
I thought she nailed the Georgia/NATO question. It was factually accurate and it shined next to Obama’s ignorant plan of going to the UN Security Council to get a resolution that China and Russia would have vetoed. I am not convinced that she flubbed the “Bush Doctrine” question. If she didn’t know then her answer was a sign of an instinctive understanding of the facts on the ground since 911.
A quick tour of some of the less reprehensible Obamabot blogs indicate a great glee because Sarah Palin flubbed in a couple of places. Proof positive that she is not ready for Prime Time. As if Obama is.
I agree that Gibson seemed hostile and even seemed to be rolling his eyes and moving in his chair as she was answering the questions. I thought she did a good job and avoided giving a yes or no answer to the “striking militarily Pakistan, I felt he was trying to goad her into saying yes.
She seemed nervous, but she never flinched or hemmed or hawwed when answering the questions. She is smart and a quick thinker, I was impressed.
She is what she says, a public servant, and someone who loves her country. I also believe what she says. She is authentic.
If she would have said ‘yes’ Obama would be off the hook. He mentioned it again at the convention. His goal is to goad China and Russia into war by engaging Pakistan. The ‘War on Terror’ is no longer an applause line. There’s a reason he keeps bringing it up.
I think Gibson was really condescending….like his mission for the whole interview was to trip her up and try to have some ‘gotcha’ moments. what a jerk! I think she held her own and proved she is as tough as nails!
Its a shame none of the media ever questioned Obama in the manner that Gibson is pressing Palin. Had the media done their job to begin with, things would have turned our completely different in this election.
I am not sure if the people who think she did a bad job watched the same interview. I thought she did just fine. She answered every questions with a good answer. But you know what the people who are voting for her only care what she said over and over again. We will do what ever it takes to keep the country safe. Everything else does not have a meaning to 90% of the voters.
Gibson needs to ask Sarah where he could get a pair of glasses. Those Thomas Edison glasses make him look like a pedantic sour-pour that he is.
Brilliant, brilliant act by the McCain to have her interview with him. IMO, this interview will definitely drive more women voters to the McCain camp.
I really made an effort to watch this with an open mind. After a while, what I saw was: (1) Palin was sincere, enthusiastic to step up to the plate, and did her best, plus she showed that she is an intelligent person, (2) Gibson looked like he rather be anywhere else but to be doing this interview. I didn’t see sexism. Rather I saw a large does of ellitist condescension. His face was full of disdain, and he was clearly not at ease being there.
Plus, this didn’t come across to me as an interview at all, but more like a freakin political science–international affairs exam. I saw that as very very disrepectful. I think the press and every voter is right to ask questions about her foreign policy views and experience, but this was not such an occasion, but a Goliath trying to show-off to David that he is not worthy to try to enter the circle where ellites hang out.
I think many many woman can relate to an experience like this. I’m sorry that Gov. Palin was put through such a distasteful experience, but it will definitely make her even more favorable in the eyes of women and working class voters. Good job McCain!
Spot on Candy. It WAS like an exam. As Michael Steele said on FOX: “Did you see his face. He was determined to grill her. When have we seen interviewers grill Obama like that?” Even O’Reilly gave him softballs.
fif – I heard Michael Steele say that, too, and I thought “YES!” – that’s what I thought, too! NOBODY has had such an ‘intense’ (hateful) look on their face(s) while interviewing Obama, but they SURE DO when it comes to Sarah (as they did with Hillary)! I LOVE Michael Steele – he notices the obvious things!
OMG, WTF! Charlie Gibson is such a blowhard!!!!! What was that? Did he EVER bother to ask BHO or Biden any of these questions? WOW. I don’t even know where to start. Again I say, WOW. I think she was pretty freaking good. nd I”m not even voting for her!
I’m voting for her with glee. May 31st & roll call did for me. No passive moves here. Full throttle ahead. Hillary’s gone. Forget it!
I watched the interview and Sarah Palin did a great job. Charlie Gibson tried to unnerve her and make her blink and she just focused on her points and did not hesitate. She obviously bested him and he could stand it. Sorry Charlie but you failed the test. No wonder no one watches the news anymore.
I’m watching the interview on Nightline now and Charlie Gibson is acting like such an asshole! Damn. You would think she was running for president. They’ve let Obama get away with much weaker responses to questions, but Charlie is on her ass! I guess we can expect to see the same hard-nosed approach when next Charlie sits his fat ass down with Obama.
I agree with you, Sugar, 100%. Sarah Palin has received 100 times more scrutiny than Obama. Has anyone checked on his “community organizer” history?
I am continually bemused by the press. I cannot understand why ALL of the MSM seem to think this guy is THE ONE. I just have to believe the American people will see through all the propaganda and recognize which candidate is ready to act as president on Day One.
How about sending reporters into Chicago… and find just one family who can say the “Wizard of uhs” make a significant difference in their lives. Not another “organizer” who says how great and wonderful he is… a real family in Chicago that will say… he saved our family from *. I think if there was one out there we would have already seen them.
Why don’t they interview some of the people from the housing projects that Rezko developed with the $14 million Obama steered his way? You know, the ones that have no electricity or running water and are condemned in Obama’s own district. His response: he “didn’t know about them.”
Well, that’s comforting. He’s either lying or incompetent.
It was $100 million. That’s nothing to sneeze at.
I have thought about that many times. Why aren’t they interviewing the people in Obamapin Head’s district?
Maybe its just me, but I still can’t tell what a “community organizer” does. Can anyone tell me what the hell a “community organizer” does that qualifies them to be president?
From Obamapedia.com
Does that answer your question?
Obama ran a get out the vote (GOTV) campaign to elect Chicago party hacks. He calls this “empowering the neighborhoods” to get in line for the public money piggy trough.
Apparently all the funded projects his crowd was able to get turned into frauds and more slums. It has been admitted his efforts were not successful.
They register voters. LOL Like when you write your resume? You make it sound good. Like a dog walker can suddenly be called an animal tecnician. Like that.
Make the title sound appealing. Jazz it up. It all amounts to the same duties. Obama collected voter registrations and called it a community organizer. LOL
yea, but she is very strong and persistent. Her answers also revealed much more depth and understanding in the Nightline version. Of course, that was edited out for the news broadcast.
There is no sexist bias in the media or in the Obama campaign, it has all been manufactured by the McCain and Clinton campaigns. Just ask Howard Kurtz:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091100793.html
You guys would vote for a broom stick if it had the endorsement of the Republican party. Watching that interview was like watching my brother’s 5-year-old kid trying to explain quantum mechanics. This country would be better off if McCain had just picked somebody off the street to be vice-president. Who is this woman? I mean, seriously, this is the best the Republican party has to offer (no Chuck Hagel, no Bobby Jindal, no one else, really????)? The only way Sarah Palin should ever see the inside of the White House is with a visitor’s pass.
Let us see. What do you have on your side? An affirmative action presidential nominee? Even with all his Ivy League (legacy seat funded by unknown God Fathers) education, he cannot hold a candle to her performance with all his stuttering and flip flops.
There is a lawsuit out that was served the DNC and Obama to provide his transcripts, thesis, all college and school records, medicals records, birth certificate and more. I keep saying he never graduated. He’s a liar. wwwobamacrimes.com or dot org
I guess when you drink the koolaid you see things differently. I watched the interview and I thought she did very well. Did not hesitate with any of the questions. You know what most Americans will take away form the interview is the following
“We will do what ever it takes to protect this country”
Everything else is just static. You really think most Americans care what really happens with Russia or Iran as long as we do whatever is best for us.
Bobby Jindal, another firtst term governor, or Chuck Hagel who was floated as a VP oick for Obama and could have a cabinet position?
No, we are voting a Republican ticket because we hate Obama. You got that?
No, this “country would be better off” if the DNC had recognized Hillary Clinton as the superior candidate.
Hannity, tonight, said that Hillary was the better choice for the Dems – a big KNOCK to Obummer! LOL! I’d LOVE for Obummer to appear on Hannity’s show – of course, he won’t!
I watched the interview on nightline and Gibson was an ass. May be Tim Russert’s ghost has got into him. Especially his question on Bush doctrine was like “Ha I got you with this one!” When I read the transcript before, I did not get the full effect of her response to that. Watching the video, I see that she had a laugh and knew it was a trap and skirted around it very well. She would not repeat the phrase, she would not even acknowledge it (some people are mistakenly inferring she did not know what it meant but I think they are wrong). Gibson was so persistent with so many questions, I dare him to do the same with Princess O.
I thought he was Russert-esque too.
He did not smile once and try to put her at ease even for politeness sake.
For some reason… he… “The One” is still their “precious”. Gibson gave “Emperor Obamacus” a pass… and yet he wants to be the one who “takes down” Palin. I guess that is the model now… they all will want to be the great hunter who fells the “hockey mom”.
Prep school people like Gibson are so inherently racist they don’t know how to act around black people. They are so afraid their racist nature will be exposed they bend over backwards to be shuffling and concillatory instead.
But prep school people hate women as people and have no use for them except in accessory roles, so they have no problem running rough shod over them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEnu89dxCY
This is the interview that Gibson did with Obama on his world tour….very cozy…
Just saw some of JM on the Presidential Forum and thought he did very well. Can’t stand to listen to Barry but I did about 30 seconds…if someone watches this later….please did I just hear him say “when I worked in civil rights in the Kennedy era”???He was born in 1961. Is he getting confused with Selma again. Did I hear it wrong?
I don’t understand why everybody is falling for this argument the guy was tough on her. So what SHE DID VERY WELL.
All the Obamabots would have you believe she did not do well but then again what else would you expect form them?
I guess we just want barky to undergo the same intense scrutiny and hold him to the same standards, no ummms and uhhhhs deleted. Not to mention slamming his outfit, his make-up (fall vs summer colours)and if he still has babyfat, ’cause ya know, breast feeding helps drop the baby weight.
The point is: he was very aggressive with her right out of the box, and they treat Obama with kid gloves. Can I get you a pillow Barry?
It’s not an argument, it is a fact as I see it. He was tough on her. go watch his body language as she is answering questions. He is literally moving in his chair, and seemingly rolling his eyes. Yes, she did do well, but people are pissed because they never interview Barky with anything but softball questions.
We have to remember that people will be voting for John McCain. The people who are voting for the ticket because of the VP could care less what she said about Pakistan. They are voting for her because they can identify with her. Plus does anybody really think that there are so many people out there who can’t make up their mind who to vote for. They go through this every year. Oh the swing voters they can’t make up their mind unit the last minute. I know people who take 30 minutes to figure out what they want to order from the menu. But at this point do you really think that anybody who votes would not have seen the menu for at least 30 minutes.
The MSM will never put Obama under such pressure. They are afraid of being branded racist or worse be singled out as the cause of Obama’s loss in November.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/09/11/palin-shown-lipsticked-pig-cartoon-three-days-obama-remark
Well, here is the source of the pig/lipstick comment. Pictures and everything.
Did you see the Nightline version of the interview? It revealed how selectively ABC edited the interview to make her look worse. Her answers were strong and more comprehensive, including the statement “I hate war. I don’t want war,” and then she included the statement about her son leaving. Her answers on a multi-lateral allied response to Russia was also edited, plus a phrase about all the officials that come through Canada that she meets with. Instead, they just included the sentence about heads of state. Agenda anyone?
I agree, the shorter ones on the news show were edited to make her look bad. The nightline one definitely showed a stronger performance. Our local news was even worse with the reporter editorializing by saying she struggled with foreign policy questions.
Having interviewed people for medical school and college, I can understand Charlie Gibson’s attitude. I try to keep an open mind during the beginning of each interview, but as more and more nonsense spouts out of an interviewee’s mouth, the more impatient I get and the more I try to direct interview back to my original question. It would seem to me that Mrs. Palin is either very evasive or very stupid. If this was one of my interviews, she would have failed.
How did Obama do in your estimation? Would you have considered his stuttering as speaking disability or his mental retardation?
Oh, look. There he goes!
So I guess when barky is interviewed you are on the verge of a nervous breakdown?
well Sarah is not running to be a brain surgeon however after 6 months in office she will have that down pat too.
Governor Palin to you obot.
Obama=Jesus?
charles=God?
*rolls her eyes* Ugh. Not another! Cya, gotta go batten down the hatches.
What a belligerent interview. Does Charlie get his paycheck from the DNC?
I can’t remember a politician from either party being grilled that way. Democrats realize that she is way too dangerous to their plans – they will stop at nothing to destroy her.
Hillary was treated just as horribly and as belligerently. Now you understand why we won’t support Barky and his in the pocket media outlets. Get used to feeling like this, I sure have. It’s horrible and no candidate should be held to such double standards.
I though Sarah did great answered the questions directly and didn’t fall for this trap. I’ll be happy voting for her and mccain.
Man they all seem so anxious to trip her up and yet not one of them ever took Obama to task for making the statement that he wont run for President because he thought he was not ready for the job.
There are clips of him making that speech and yet none in the media ever asked him how come within weeks he felt he was ready. I am so sick of the media, ABC from early as this evening had breaking news on their web site Palin say she will go to war with Russia, big headline on their blogs to feed the trolls so that they can comment and they did.
I know she has to do these interviews but they are so bias and unfair I really wish she did not have to do them at all because no matter what they will turn them on her.
We want Sarah to take on anyone. That will soon be her job. She will continue to do fine no matter who tries to best her. She is in charge. She sees them coming and she is on guard.
This chick was a championship basketball team leader. Obama just plays pick-up and changes the rules on the fly. Sarah is the proven warrior.
In this back and forth between Obama and Palin, McCain is looking more and more like the grown up, the more mature, and honorable presidential candidate. Like Bud White’s blog yesterday we have three VP candidates, Obama, Palin, and the inconsequential Biden.
Time to put away the Clinton kool aid kids. And I say that as someone who is one of you.
Sarah Palin was a disaster with Charlie Gibson. A drunk in the neighborhood bar would likely show more acumen about world events than she did. It was HORRIBLE. The Obamans will sleep easier tonight, I guarantee it. I don’t know how anyone could vote for McCain now. I’m writing in Hillary Clinton, as should we all.
Nice try, loser.
You know I’m right. I’m not happy about it either.
I wonder if you get paid over time when you have to work past midnight.
Are you serious Sam? You are an idiot! Go back to oblah blah land, we know you are shaking in your boots at the thought of Palin, why else wwould you be hear making such moronic comments?
Sorry, I am a Hillary guy all the way. But we’re in reality time now, and Palin is plain old fashioned unprepared and incompetent to do this job. The Gibson interview incontrovertibly proves that to anyone watching with an open mind.
Biden isn’t ready for the job, either. Most Americans have no respect for him. Worse, Obama’s just riding his coattails; peope think Biden will do the heavy lifting Obama has enjoyed throughout his career. Tell Hillary I hope she runs in 2012, and I’ll buy a book in the meantime. And I know she didn’t mean any of that “vote for Obama” shit.
Sam –
How do you interpret Palin as not being prepared when Gison is the one who cited Bush Doctrine INCORRECTLY?
No, sam bonner, Gov Palin was not a disaster. I am very pleased that Charles Gibson was tough on her, he should be, that’s his job. However, I have never heard these same questions asked of Senator O.
I’m very happy that you brought up drunk though, because here is your VP candidate. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TBNeNHHXEY&feature=related
You have to see it, gang, it’s gold.
New Acelfraud Talking Point. Claim to be a hillary supporter and get them to write in Hillary to minimize the Dems for McCain vote by half.
Sarah Palin did fine.
THe fact that you choose to disparage her interview so willfully indicates you lack the understanding to even discuss any of the points that were in the interview.
Please go back to daily KOS and look for that pregnancy suit.
Not a single answer she dilevered was wrong or bad.
She gave answers that a republican would give and kept her views in line with McCain.
She avoiding falling into the traps set for her on god and on the Bush Doctrine.
Gibson was trying to get her to agree to the bush doctrine while he showed he lacked a full understanding of what the bush doctrine is.
The fact that she asked him to clarify what he meant by the bush doctrine already has many in the intellligent political analysis world tearing into his explanation and applauding her for not falling into the trap barky fell into with the same question.
Did she seem nervous and on edge of course.
Where her answers bad? Hell no.
She isn’t going to give Hillary answers, she is first not a democrat and second not on the ticket for her foreign policy expertise but for her energy policy expertise.
You are just an obama troll suffering from Palin Derangement Syndrome.
The more the Obots and Otrolls and Onetnuts attack her the more support he will lose.
See you in november when the results come in and Barry goes back to the senate to try to learn to be a senator for the next 2 years before he gets booted out of office for non performance.
Troll. Scram. No one is listening to you people any more. Bye.
Write in daffy duck for all we care. You are still an obot who is politically retarded.
And I see many of you referring to Clinton as regards Palin. Please, don’t embarrass Hillary Clinton by in any way shape or form comparing Palin to her.
I know a lot of you wanted Palin to do well in an interview so as to rub Obama’s face in it somehow, but Palin was beyond bad. Her knowledge of world situations and events literally appears to be at about a tenth grade level.
There isn’t enough lipstick on earth to cover up the cavernous holes that are going to sprout up in her candidacy. Just write in Clinton and hope for the best.
Don’t forget to gargle before you kiss your wife.
Sorry but we don’t have t see it the way you do, Sam. Here’s the reality where I live. There is no writing in of Hillary on the GE ballot. So, I can’t “hope for the best.”
I have to vote for the most qualified ticket that is presented. It is NOT Obama/Biden. With Obama’s socialistic agenda and Biden’s big mouth there is nothing on the horizon but major trouble with those two.
So, for the first time I will cross the aisle and vote for a GOP president/vice president.
No, Palin hasn’t had the opportunities to be like Hillary, yet. Does that mean she isn’t up to being the quick study and able to fill the position of VP? NO.
No one compares to Hillary at this point. Or Bill for that matter. But the DNC chose to promote the socialist empty suit over the most qualified candidate and therefore left all of us with nothing.
I am so sick and tired of this Hillary talk, for god sake even if Obama win do you feel he is going to give Hillary the presidency in 2012, or that Hillary is going to run against him then?
I dont think so, so you are looking at 2016 my friend and Hillary may have lost the taste and flavor for politics by then so give it a rest and stop trying to pretend that this is about Hillary its not, you are a Obama troll in disguise.
You must really feel people are stupid, so take that nonsense somewhere else Sam
again, you dont know what you are talking about troll. Go learn about how nato works before you mimic the moron talking points they hand you on a piece of paper before they plop you in fornt of the terminal to slap the keys.
What knowledge of world events are you referring to idiot?
Can you say? Do you know?
Every one of her answers were correct and in keeping with McCains policies and the current situation.
What exactly is it you think she said that was so 10th grade?
You are truly a moron.
Note to Obama: Look we get it, we know you are a moron and me too everything as you flip flop and parrot other politicans talking points, but please take some of that hammas money and train your trolls for god sake, This is embarrassing!
Sam, don’t you have a club you can join?
You know,the one with the sign on the tree that says “NO GIRLZ ALLOWED”
I don’t agree with some of her views, like having Georgia in NATO. However, the clips show to me that she was well prepared and can hit “big league pitching.” The notion that she was some sort of Dan Quayle lightweight was and is fantasy.
Gibson was clearly trying to intimidate her with his body language.
More of the same. The same shit . Boundary violation. Back the F___k off Charlie.
I am getting ready to vote a straight republican ticket. This is war.
I have already made up my mind to vote straight Republican. I just don’t see how the DNC will wake up and stop giving us one looser after an other if we don’t punish them. Plus is not like they really did anything they promised to everyone in 2006.
I’d rather take Bush Doctrine over Obama Doctrine, which stipulates that the U.S. government hold talks with leaders from rogue nations without preconditions.
Personally I think that journalism today is dominated by a cloistered posse of agenda-driven, Ivy-League elitists. It must eat at their souls to have a potential VP be the product of, the horror, a state university. As a product myself of a state university, UC Berkeley to be precise, I find it insulting the implication that only those who graduated from Ivy League universities should preside over our highest offices. BTW, not everyone who went to those schools are actually smart, just look at Michelle “affirmative action” Obama.
Me. too. I’m a product of a state university – Eastern Washington University. I attended classes from private universities (Gonzaga and Whitworth) and I can tell you my prep/course work was far more difficult for EWU.
It’s a great balance that the erudite journalists have to recognize the rest of the nation in the form of Sarah Palin. She is America. Obama is a fraud and possibly not a citizen of the USA.
I, too, get insulted at the idea that my degrees are worth less. It isn’t about the school only. It’s about the character that is developed and the desire to be a lifelong learner that makes the person.
So far, Princeton and Harvard turned out two affirmative action turds in the form of BO and MO.
Don’t get me started…
Yes, that’s the dirty, little secret with Ivy League schools, that the hard part is getting in but once you’re there, it’s not as academically challenging as is presumed. It’s disgusting that Obama supporters and the sycophantic media are bringing up the fact that Palin attended a total of five colleges, like it’s a detriment to her character. They don’t seem to comprehend that to a lot of working class and middle class people, attending multiple schools in one’s college career is perfectly normal. That is simply the reality of working and putting oneself through school.
The only criteria once you get in and why you get is if your parents can keep paying the tuition.
And if your parents can be tapped to support the college Foundation.
To me, this will be forever remembered as the “Palin interrogation”…I wonder if Gibson will resort to waterboarding in part 2?
So different from the “Thank you for taking time to talk to us today Senator Obama, we know you deserve a nice long nap…”
sorry, I am a bit burnt
I think Gibson is giving her a real hard time and I think she’s just blasting back.
I really wonder if he’s going to ask Obama if he’s ready, didn’t he wonder or ask himself about his lack of experience?
Here is an interview (again) with Gibson, where he ask Obama about his experience. You will have to sit through a lead-in with lots of pictures of the world tour, but it is worth it to see how Gibson does not require an answer, but gently settles for a reassurance of Obama’s experience in world affairs. This stands in stark contrast to his lack of acceptance of anything Palin offered in evidence to her readiness. The bias is clear.
With Obama his demeaner is conversational, and warm, across a table. Not the toe to toe challenge we saw tonight. If he had only given her the same consideration and allowed the voters to make the comparisons…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEnu89dxCY
Why bother to ask Obama anything anymore. This is not all about McCain Palin. Obama is history. He peaked. He has no second act. No plan B. He peaked early in his own campaign.
He is just in a long slow slide now. Don’t bother. Just support McCain Palin as they are the future.
I really wonder how many people that want to say Palin did not do well can honestly say they knew or ever heard of such a thing as the Bush doctrine.
I will bet anything that number is very few that can say they have heard of this doctrine, I know I sure as hell never heard about it till tonight, of course all the intelligent Obamabot knew what it was ….yeah right!!!
You don’t know what the Bush doctrine is?
No wonder you support this dope. I hate to break it to you, but the Bush doctrine is common knowledge and anyone who is paying attention knows this or can at least give an educated guess.
That is the problem. Too many people are not PAYING ATTENTION.
Trully, and stunningly pathetic.
Odd that you didn’t bother to list what the bush doctrine actually is, what the four tenants or pillars of that doctrine are and which tennant of that doctrine Palin made a point of violating multipel times in asserting her belief that our security is of paramount importance in this dangerous world.
Clearly you are a moron too.
Let me help you
I will give you a hint.
Imminent Threat!
The new text talking point. I know what the Bush doctrine is. Obama will come out with some well written (not by him) speech on the Bush doctrine and try to pin the BD on McCain/Palin. Won’t work – Obama sucks!
McCain and Palin were ready. Palin kicked ass in that interview. More on Nightline if your on the west coast that’s in minutes!
I do, I do! So, would you please cite a source when Sen Obama was asked the same question or even commented on the Bush Doctrine? Thanks Alex.
How do we know that Sarah passed this test with flying colors?
This interview made no news, that’s how.
A quibble here, a quibble there, but nothing big, nothing earth-shattering, just some debate about the nuance of her answers/positions.
The meltdown the O-bots were praying for, simply did not occur.
Sarah – 1
O-bots – 0
Next!
PUMA
You cant be serious. This one has legs. I don’t know how you can watch that and not know that she shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the WH.
Enlighten me, the legs of which you speak?
Troll. We are serious. You came here and you know thiss. Save your “faux outrage” when you finally lose this November. You will need all you have.
[...] Sarah Palin Interview with ABC News’ Charlie Gibson [...]
I haven’t read such a load of crap since I read William Safire’s fawning book about Richard Nixon. She was terrible. Unbelievably awful. And I pray she will never come near the White House unless she is invited by President Obama to stop by for a tour.
I repeat:
SARAH – 1
OBOTS – 0
On to Round Two!
PUMA
WOW!!! From snippets I heard earlier about the interview with Palin, I was a bit concerned. But, when I listened to the whole thing… WOW!!! Palin ROCKs. No doubt about it. In two weeks, they come out asking her tough questions. And, to most she responds spot on. And, to the ONE question she doesn’t seem to grasp full-on at once, she takes command of in the end. That is true leadership material. And nothing I have seen from Obama in the whole time he has been campaigning. She is ready. And she is not even at the top-of-the-ticket. Not even running for President. She definitely is more ready to lead than Obama. And, I was for McCain over Obama before he chose her. Now, I know I chose right!
Sarah palin, the next katherine harris!!
I cannot believe how stunningly ignorant she is. What a dunce?
Palin is an insult to the intelligence of the American public.
All of you Obama haters need a serious wake up call. Obama is a BRILLIANT individual with clear knowledge, opinions and policy ideas on ALL the major issues.
Repeat after me:
The next president of the United States:
BARACK OBAMA
Ding, ding, ding…we have a winner.
SARAH – 1
OBOTS – 0
On to Round Two!
PUMA
I couldn’t agree more!
Go get a remedy for your PDS sweetie
Alex, are you using the alphabet to keep making up names here? Scram. You know you are not here to change anyone’s minds and you just want to troll. Go ahead, but stop wasting your time making up so many different names.
Alex,
Actually, your comments are an insult to the intelligence of Americans.
Obama’s Democratic Party: Home of Sexism, Misogyny, Racism, and the Glass Ceiling for Women
Obama could not have gotten a more anti-women opponent that will give him serious amunition. Palin is a gift, because she hate women, want raped women to be punished. Want to overturn Roe Vs. Wade. All the women groups is going to come out in mass to vote against this simpleton puppet being used, so they can just Pawn Alaska. Emily’s List, Naral, Plan Parenhood. Rapes were the highest in the Nation, and incest in Wassilla. She made them pay for their rape kits. Then she wants to take away free will, and force women to carry their rapist baby to full term. Her husband has got her real simple. She is Anti-American. She and all her self-hating women will be held up in front of the world on how much they hate their daughters, and liberties. They will prove that white women have ruined the world with their foolish fake humanism. Its a shame because many white women have sense. But the world will realize they are full of hate. A lot of it being self- hatred. These are the trash of the world.
I am not sure whats worse in your post, the ignorance the racism the sexism or the hate.
In any event…Buh Bye!
Mzrlene, you are a Hater, just like the rest of the Bots.