Open thread: Palin on ABC; Update: Gibson distorts Palin’s Iraq prayer; Update: Video of Iraq prayer comments included in segment
posted at 5:20 pm on September 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
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We’re still an hour away from World News Tonight, but ABC’s already starting to tease quotes so we’re likely to see web video before they go on the air. Here’s your thread to comment. Currently bannering at their homepage:
EXCLUSIVE: GOV. SARAH PALIN WARNS WAR MAY BE NECESSARY IF RUSSIA INVADES ANOTHER COUNTRY
TV Newser has other quotes but so far they’re the most platitudinous platitudes. Stand by for updates. Exit question: When is it appropriate to mix medications?
Update: From what I understand, they’ll run part of the interview on the 6:30 news, then the rest on Nightline at 11:35. Use this thread for both. They’ll do another interview tomorrow and that’ll run mostly on 20/20 at 10 p.m., with other portions possibly to run on WNT and Nightline.
Update: Here’s a partial transcript. Good to see Charlie did his homework:
GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war?
PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.
GIBSON: Exact words.
PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln’s words when he said — first, he suggested never presume to know what God’s will is, and I would never presume to know God’s will or to speak God’s words.
But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that’s a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God’s side.
That’s what that comment was all about, Charlie.
GIBSON: I take your point about Lincoln’s words, but you went on and said, “There is a plan and it is God’s plan.”
Totally untrue, but that’s what he gets for relying on the Associated Press, which took the liberty of bowdlerizing her quote mid-sentence in order to make it fit the narrative they were trying to build of her as some fundie who thinks she can read God’s mind. Here’s my post on the subject from last Thursday. Read it and see just how egregious the distortion here is.
Update: They’re also exaggerating what she said with their teaser, which makes it sound like she wants to unilaterally guarantee the security of Russian satellites. Read the excerpt linked above and you’ll see she simply means admitting Georgia and Ukraine to NATO and bringing them under the aegis of the all-for-one principle, which is McCain’s position. In the meantime, here’s what she says we should do: “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.”
Update: Two clips are already up in case the transcript’s not good enough. Here and here.
Update: This doesn’t excuse them entirely since only viewers who were paying extremely close attention will have noticed the distortion, but ABC did show the actual 15-second video of her Iraq prayer.
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venicesurfer:
Oh, she knew what the Bush Doctrine was. No doubt about it. She was not going to walk into some trap being laid by Gibson about the Iraq war or any other preemptive war.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:10 PM
IS it just my TV or is McCain’s audio cutting out?
Chakra Hammer on September 11, 2008 at 8:10 PM
I was joking. I’m sorry.
Loxodonta on September 11, 2008 at 8:11 PM
The biggest contrast I see is the open ended vs. closed ended question. Obama fielded some hard questions, but he was given the opportunity to answer them with a statement, rather than ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Plus, there is a difference between hard questions and gotcha questions. Obama got hard questions, which allowed his to express his views on a subject. Palin got gotcha questions that there is no right answer and they were framed in a way to force her to chose ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Damiano on September 11, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Seeing as how her son is off to fight in a Bush Doctrine war, I agree with those who believe she knows exactly what it is.
Bennett on September 11, 2008 at 8:12 PM
It was on Fox. I switched to CNN.
backwoods conservative on September 11, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Our audio keeps cutting out, too. We have Comcast.
PBoilermaker on September 11, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Gibson looked like he was interviewing a friend in the Obama interview, but looked like he was facing a monster in the Palin interview.
Loxodonta on September 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Nah no worries, I apologize….we are on the outer periphery of Ike’s weather pattern and they canceled the boy’s classes tomorrow….I am deciding whether to stay or run.
I’ll likely stay…..”remember we are all on the same team here at scenic fort polk”….
sven<—–like a lobotomized Kennedy wehn speaking to officers and command group folks.
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
I have Direct tv and mine is too. (on fox)
artchick on September 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM
i dont think she did that well. the lefties will gang up on her AGAIN.
her first big interview was a bust.
im just being objective. the bush doctrine is a fundamental policy in our foreign affairs. she didnt seem like she knew what that was.
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM
I have Direct TV!
Chakra Hammer on September 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Is ABC going to post a transcript?
Loxodonta on September 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Given the creepy old guy vibe he was giving off tonight, I’m going to say…maybe.
Slublog on September 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Same here.. D-TV and Fox.. audio problems.. and “some” glitches.. Sheesh..
Chakra Hammer on September 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Why, oh, why do our people imagine that anyone in the LeftStreamMedia is gonna give them a fair shake? The only way to approach an interview with the LSM is to
assumeknow that the questions are going to be biased/slanted/partisan.The first thing one of our guys must do is attack the question. Then, after exposing or ignoring the biased question, an honest answer can be made.
To go into an interview like this and not expect tendentious questions is incredibly naive.
rocksandbroncs on September 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM
CNN is ignoring it…these are their current headlines…unbelievable…
Adviser: Palin told of ‘grave concern’ over firing
Bill Clinton predicts big win for Obama
Palin killed bridge, but kept the money
Ticker: Palin a ‘cocky wacko,’ ex-senator says
malkinmania on September 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Like the fact that Obama can’t pronounce “y” at the end of any word. Or won’t on purpose. Until he says Wasilly, of course.
Connie on September 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM
He tried to look like a professor lecturing a wayward student.
He needs to be slapped a few times. I think it’s appalling that liberal reporters are never, ever shown the respect they deserve. Instead, they’re always shown the respect they demand; nothing good can ever come of that.
logis on September 11, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Charley is reading questions prepared for him (probably), and the editing is being done by a team back home (almost certainly). Honestly, I don’t see any malignancy on his part (I have been wrong in the past).
This wasn’t, as I understand, a drive by interview–he spent the day with her, right?
So far, the main sources of unfairness seem to be the incomplete quotes used as background material, and editing.
Count to 10 on September 11, 2008 at 8:17 PM
what’s she supposed to say?
I agree 100%(which she probably does given her other rheotric? If McCain said don’t say that she’s trapped.
Frankly we conservatives should not join in the cutting of Gov. Palin there are plenty of moonbats to do so. Expend our effort pointing out she just had a far tougher interview than ANY Bambi faced or faces even vis a vis Rev GODDAMNAMERICA!
“Republicans Come Back with your shields or on them.”
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM
This is very much a “statist” forum. To China Olympic like for me. It’s all about government doing this and government doing that.
This is nothing but a pissing match to see who is the biggest nanny stater.
McCain should have declined this bullcrap session.
Is Obama in a “cone of silence” room?
roninacreage on September 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM
i dont think she knew what the bush doctrine was. if anyone has to question whether she knew what it was than she probably didnt know.
again, im just being objective. palin was bound to make a bust. you cant always be perfect in politics.
she could have done better.
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Watching the clips, Chuck seemed almost sheepish asking the questions.
Count to 10 on September 11, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Well, Andrew Sullivan thought Gibson was just too darn easy on Palin:
Huh. The fact that Sully isn’t in complete “IT WAS TEH SUXXOR WINGNUTS!!111!” mode meant it went pretty well.
Slublog on September 11, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Unseen- sorry for delay but posts are fast and furios- went to MM site for 1 minute- wow! send it to the campaign- very powerful. love it. “sends a tingle up my leg”!
kareyk on September 11, 2008 at 8:21 PM
It seems the left will never learn.
Gibson attacked, talked down to and bullied. Which would be fine if it weren’t so obviously one sided.
For being such experts at everything why haven’t they realized that attacking her only makes all of us stronger?
The only people on earth that are constantly surprised are experts.
Dorvillian on September 11, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Was he playing footsie too? And what’s with guys who cross their legs like a woman? Or do all elitist metrosexual “men” do that?
roninacreage on September 11, 2008 at 8:21 PM
*Steam coming from ears*
Does anyone know what this 9/11 “Service Nation” forum on Fox News with Richard Stengel and Judy Woodruff is? It’s a “day of national mourning and a day of national service” like…tutoring kids after school?
Are you kidding me?! 9/11 is many things, but it is not about tutoring kids after school (with Bill Ayer’s AARP approved textbook no doubt).
Buy Danish on September 11, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Youre not bein’ nuthin’. Venicesurfer is a lefty practicing deception here..business as usual
malkinmania on September 11, 2008 at 8:21 PM
For those that thought she was out of control: What interview did you watch? Out of control is when Obama was clearly tired and made the pig remark. That’s out of control. He needs some rest.
Sarah came off as tough, without going overboard. Her remark about how the Ukraine should be in NATO was dynamite. You cannot believe how that ONE remark lifts up Ukrainians’ hearts and gives them hope. I have a wonderful co-worker from the Ukraine, and you can bet people there are gonna get the news some way.
If Russia attacks a NATO country, we must come to their aid.
Russia will not attack the Ukraine if they know they are in NATO. Obama is weak, unlike Sarah. Strength PREVENTS wars, it doesn’t lead to war. McCain definitely knows this, and we won’t be galavanting all over the world with McCain/Palin at the helm.
Sapwolf on September 11, 2008 at 8:22 PM
venice:
I disagree. I did not get the impression that she did not know what the Bush Doctrine was. I did not get the impression that Charlie Gibson thought she did not know what the Bush Doctrine was. She wanted to know what he was getting at.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Is this Presidential forum’s audio cracking up only on FOX?
flyboy777 on September 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM
She’s not suppose to be worrying about the Bush Doctrine, her job is to promote the McCain Doctrine. Remember that they are being referred to as the third Bush term.
Cindy Munford on September 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Yeah she could have met the Bambi standard and stammered while “looking into the future” while stroking Charlie’s knee OR she could have held the dignity of her current office and office she is striving for an demanded respect.
I prefer, like her, the latter.
The only thing which would have made me happier was a headbutt and “f&ck you Charlie if Obama gets to iceskate on faith I’ll take “clerical perogative for 1000 alex” and moved on.
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM
No offense, dude, but you’re an idiot. The “Bush Doctrine” is just sort of a catch-phrase; it doesn’t have a single set definition, let alone one that “Professor Gibson” can give a pop quiz about.
logis on September 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM
i dont think she knew what the bush doctrine was. if anyone has to question whether she knew what it was than she probably didnt know.
again, im just being objective. palin was bound to make a bust. you cant always be perfect in politics.
she could have done better.
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Are you really that out of your mind….she knew exactly what he was asking. It was a gotcha question…she handled it very well. Interview was an A in my books….She did not blink..
unseen on September 11, 2008 at 8:24 PM
So tell me, just what is the Bush Doctrine?
Is it the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves?
or
Is it that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security of the United States?
or
Is it a policy of supporting democracy around the world?
or
Is it a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way?
You see, the term “Bush Doctrine” has been used for these and other ideas.
Just what is so obviously a “Bush Doctrine” that everyone should know?
bnelson44 on September 11, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Hey, HotAir gang, advise me. Should I try to watch this interview? I’m reading such mixed reviews here and at Ace, but the consistent thing seems to be that Gibson was not particularly fair. Is it worth the irritation to watch the interview?
Did they ask about energy at all?
Y-not on September 11, 2008 at 8:25 PM
She should have told Gibson she was not there to talk about the Bush Doctrine but the McCain Doctrine and then launched into McCain’s talking points.
Sue on September 11, 2008 at 8:25 PM
My take is that she didn’t do nearly as well as I expected.
However she didn’t do badly enough to hurt herself.
I don’t think she knew what the Bush Doctrine was and that was a pretty good-sized gaffe. But I think only political junkies caught it, or knew what it was either.
Other than that she wasn’t the poised and polished Sarah Palin I expected. She had a little of the look of a kid just called up from the minors facing a big-league pitcher for the first time.
So she didn’t hit it out, but he didn’t strike her out either. I’ll give her an infield single and say she’d got that first at bat now under her belt.
She’s got too much talent not to get better.
Typhoon on September 11, 2008 at 8:26 PM
practitioner of the Moby doctrine
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Seeing she busted out the Washington on the ‘under God’ thing and Truman on the exp, the other day, I’d say she knows a thing or two.
Spirit of 1776 on September 11, 2008 at 8:26 PM
This audio problem is bumming me out!
artchick on September 11, 2008 at 8:26 PM
The Bush Doctrine sounds like something the media created out of thin air. Who gives a crap what it means. Charlie. McCain will be in charge, not Bush.
roninacreage on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Sullivan’s just pissed that Gibson didn’t hold her down and extract a tissue sample.
Jim Treacher on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Some of you people are delusional. Gibson playing softball with Obama? Wasn’t he the champion of the right just a few months back when he “Took him to task” during the debates?
Typhonsentra on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Sue on September 11, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Yep, that’s what I said to.
Cindy Munford on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Venicesurfer:
She did not say that she did not know what the Bush Doctrine was. She was wanting him to clarify the question. The Bush Doctrine is not just about preemptive war. It is about dealing with threats before they grow larger. She made it plain that she did support taking out any country or terrorist organization that was a threat to th US. She made it plain that she supports democracy and the concept that all people are endowed by God {their creator} with certain inalienable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Of course she knows what the Bush Doctrine was. If she knows some obscure quote from Lincoln and the preamble to the Constitution she knows the single most debated, dicussed and criticized and talked about foreign policy doctrine in recent memory.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
The audio will be perfect when Obama comes out. Is he in a silent room?
roninacreage on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Yeah, but you don’t have to be a political junkie to know when someone is out their element.
terryannonline on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Oh, I didn’t think he did that badly.
Jim Treacher on September 11, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Yeah *gasp* he was the first newsie to actually scold Bambi a bit….go to youtube and watch the difference before you type about it….
“we shall fight in the shade”
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Ok here is my take…the trolls are out…this reminds me of the immediate reaction after her speech. Long time posters thought it was great…the trolls looked for things to pick apart….the interview as far as middle america goes was a hit…the trolls will try once again to tear ity apart but it was good. It was authentic…she did not blink…
unseen on September 11, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Was thinking the same thing.
artchick on September 11, 2008 at 8:29 PM
The Bush Doctrine has never been defined by the Bush Administration. The term has been defined by the left kooks and the media.
Palin answered the question correctly, without falling into the trap of them screaming “More the same!”
Enoxo on September 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Classic….why are we playing this game with Bambi again?
I thought today was “no politics”
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM
yes, we do. that half bun hair thing is fine for the trail, but that is not presidential interviewee. It does not say class, it says I’m trying to be comfortable when charlie was not going to let her be comfortable. She needed the bun and the clothes. that is her shield.
the color of that suit was really atrocious. I’m guessing they were desperately trying to tone down the sex thing, but good lord. Couldn’t they have gone with royalmuted blue or something?
For the record, I want McCain and Palin to win. That doesn’t mean just be the damn cheer leader. somebody has to call them like they see them. Are we just supposed to say “Oh, Sarah, you puked on the carpet. Isn’t that great!”
you want some more? On the trail, pointing fingers for speech giving is good to drive the point home. In a one on one interview, not good. Ever been in a room with your boss and have them pointing a finger at you? What did you think they meant by that?
Like I said, its the whole package. Now, I’ll withhold the rest of my comments until we see the rest tonight, but I’m telling you, more people saw those hackneyed pieces than will see the whole interview tonight.
what impression do you think was left?
I do think that McCain et al should smack charlie about the head for that freaking camera angle he decided to use for the teaser. That is pure D crap!
Kat_Mo on September 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Typhonsentra on September 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
No I think that might have been Stephie but more to the point I don’t think the Right championed the ABC team as much as the Left vilified them for the questions asked.
Cindy Munford on September 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Wow! I hate to be a bucket of cold water on this, as I really like Sarah. In fact, my wife is telling people that I “adore” her. That said, I did not think she did well at all. I’d give her a 3 on a 1 to 10. My wife gave her a 7. I thought she looked nervous, her lovely smile was no where to be found in the first segment, but it did come back and did a lot better in the second segment. I don’t think she was sand bagging on the Bush Doctrine. I don’t think she knew to what he was referring. The team blew it on not covering that with her. When he truncated her speech about the war being God’s plan, I was reciting the actual quote that she said as I sitting there watching her. Another instance where the team blew it, considering how much time it has received on the blogs. If she succeeded at anything, it will be to lower expectations for the debates or her next interview. I think Obama will have a bounce after this. Do I think any of this matters personally as a vice presidential candidate? No, as I think judgment is more important that answers to a “quiz,” as I saw it called here. I love her to death, but that was bad. Charlie Gibson was indeed condescending, and when he said he didn’t understand her answer about going into Pakistan, she should have just smiled and repeated what she said originally. Her first explanation was perfectly clear. It didn’t need any clarification, and it Charlie didn’t get it, which I doubt, he needs needs to find other work.
mwdiver on September 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM
p.s. i know a lot are pissed that i dare be objective. but i dont think she did that great. some answers were good. she seemed tense also. im still gonna vote for mccain. but you’re definitely gonna see the left go after her on this. but im sure it’ll backfire on them.
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Ya know, it’s easy to demonize Ch. Gibson and the MSM, but the real reason for discomfort here is that SaraCuda didn’t answer the questions all that well.
Yes, I know, FOAD, and all that. But she really didn’t instill any confidence. She had no idea what the Bush Doctrine is, until he explained it to her – she looked very provincial.
She’s great in the areas she knows, especially energy policy, but she is a neophyte when it comes to foreign policy, and it showed tonight. She aggressive and smart and an excellent person. I personally would not want her as a stand by president. Not yet. IT is too soon.
trailboss on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Charlie the turd digraced himself. I hope he had time in between to check exactly what she really said and then hits him with it. When she is VP no ABC interviews! Suggestion to folks at a McCain/Palin rally in the future – maybe it is time to rough up some of the press.
bill30097 on September 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
1. Charlie had to look at his own notes to explain his version of the Bush Doctrine
2. The Bush Doctrine is a creation of the media. Bush never came out and declared, “I have a DOCTRINE!”
Why should Sarah give a crap about what the media thinks of Bush’s policies?
fossten on September 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Grin. Well he has to face his peers. If Palin survived, it couldn’t look like it was from a lack of his trying. He has a reputation to uphold after all. As he was perhaps the last thing standing between her and the media having to take her seriously, he gave it the old college try.
All in all, I agree with you– he didn’t do that badly.
JiangxiDad on September 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
I’m curious as to the people who are posting tonite- did you watch the same interview I did?! Such criticism; Charlie Gibson behaved as a first class smacked ass- his demeanor was astoundingly condescending, and Charie is not that smart a guy! Sarah Palin was fine. She answered his trap door questions honestly, and with calm ease. I agree that the editing was horrendous! What exactly were they editing out? Again, did the Obama campaign send their minions out to dirty the blog, or are you all a bunch of hyper-critics?
anniekc on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Typhoon:
Another one? Honest to God, the idea that this woman did not know what the Bush Doctrine was is just ridiculous, as in absurd. There was no gaffe there.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
trailboss….exactly.
exactly what i found after seeing it.
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
I believe you should always check things out for yourself. It’s the only way to really form your own opinion.
The only exceptions I make are where money is involved. I will not put money in Michael Moore’s pocket to form my own opinion of his movies.
backwoods conservative on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
well then vote for her doppleganger Bambi for the top spot and hope O’biden is in bed with him and michelle at 0300 every night.
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
What are you smoking, man?
roninacreage on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
There must be a clip from ‘04 of John Edwards answering similar questions, I’d imagine.
Jim Treacher on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
You’re delusional. Go read the transcript and tell me which, if any, question was even answerable. Can you say “open ended?”
fossten on September 11, 2008 at 8:35 PM
I wouldn’t go that far.
I’ve seen some really, really bad interviews in my day, terry. She didn’t hit it out, but she wasn’t Dan Quayle either.
And incidentally, I thought I knew what the Bush Doctrine is, but after I made that post, I looked it up. Turns out there are elements to it and “which part? was a more reasonable reply than I’d thought.
Look, the main thing she was was nervous. She was pressing and not just letting it flow.
But all that really proves to me is she’s human.
But she’s got way too much talent not to get better. Just wait and see.
Typhoon on September 11, 2008 at 8:35 PM
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Darlin, it is subjective, don’t sweat it. I was only giving my opinion of the Bush Doctrine question. I am not sure any of us will have a real feel for this until we are allowed to an unedited version. I thought it was funny that the lefties felt this format was a trap but it seems to me that ABC has all the power. And it’s in the editing.
Cindy Munford on September 11, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Ha good to get in there that he wanted all those townhalls.
artchick on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I challenge anyone who is questioning her on the “Bush Doctrine” to give a summary of it enunciated by Bush himself as Powell did the Powell doctrine….
in essence it is whatever the leftoids want to scream Bush is doing wrong any day….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine
at most it means “pre-emptive unilateral force can be justified and must be engaged in to secure the US’ interests” of course AGAIN that is a newsie summary and not an enunciated Bush phrase.
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Most of the people here who are claiming objectivity are not objective, and deserve nothing more than to have their nuts chopped off.
Gibson was unfair, I saw it, everyone else saw it. And that is a fact.
Sakaki on September 11, 2008 at 8:37 PM
trailboss on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Then I guess you will be voting for Obama/Biden, but thanks for checking in.
Cindy Munford on September 11, 2008 at 8:37 PM
My preferred answer to Gibby’s little snipe at Palin about the blizzard of words:
“Well, Charlie, I’m sorry that my answer frustrates you, but since it’s such a broad, open ended question, a simple yes or no doesn’t do it justice. If you’d like to rephrase it into something a little more specific than the intergalactic scale with which you’ve presented it, I’d be happy to give you a yes or no answer.”
And then smile sweetly.
fossten on September 11, 2008 at 8:38 PM
You know what is interesting about Sarah’s words and the Ukraine is that the Ukraine has a woman for Prime Minister named: Yuliya Tymoshenko
She is attractive and I really believe that after the election, she should be the FIRST foreign leader to visit or meet halfway.
It would be an international sensation as another woman leader meets a kindred soul across the oceans and a new relationship is born.
WOW!
Sapwolf on September 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM
I both watched the clips and read the transcripts, and it comes out the same in both. She had no idea what Gibson was referring to – she thought it was Bush’s ‘world view,’ not specifically that the US has the right to pre-emptive attack or invasion.
It is called the Bush Doctrine because GW is first POTUS to explicitly state, and follow, it. It is a huge break from historical American views – we have always been attacked first.
Our gal didn’t shine tonight. Evaluate her, not Gibson. HE is isn’t running for VPOTUS.
trailboss on September 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM
It’s the subjectivist mindset: to the audience of that show (average age well over 60), this is by definition the Anchor Man’s element.
If you saw this clown on the street, and he came up to you and started to lecture you on foreign affairs, you’d probably call someone to get a net and take him away. But the target audience of all three alphabet network evening shows are among the most easily-controlled members of our society. They’ve spent their entire lives letting God-like Anchor Men dictate reality to them.
Remember, these people left Katie Couric in droves because the idea of listening to a bubble-headed anchor woman was utterly alien to them – after a lifetime of listening exclusively to the pontifications of exactly equally bubble-headed anchor men.
logis on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Ka_Mo:
And who died and made you the fashion God or Goddess? I liked her hair. She liked her hair. It is her hair. The woman is running for the VP and you are complaining about her hair?
How do I think she came off? I think she came off a lot better than the snotty man peering over his glasses like a pissy head master in some British boarding school.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Liberals are laughing over all the hand-wringing Republicans are doing over this interview.
Enoxo on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
The Questions she would have been asked if she were a lib on the Dem ticket and Obama was the Republican,,
-Gov. Palin, you have energized the Democrat party and many of your critics seem to be panicked at a woman on the ticket. You have experienced what many have called sexist attacks. How have you been holding up?
- Gov. Palin, your pick as VP has encouraged women around the world! You are close to breaking that glass ceiling that even Hillary Clinton has been, as of yet, unable to shatter. Do you have any encouraging words for the women of America?
-Gov Palin, your opponent, Senator Obama, has never held executive office and was only in the Senate less than a year before deciding to run for the office of President. Could you please share a little about the unique pressures you have experienced in executive office that your opponent has not?
-Gov. Palin, and thank you again for being here, you opponent seems to be running out of money, is behind in the polls and continues to have difficulty not putting his foot in his mouth. Your campaign, on the other hand, the donations are pouring in, the cheering crowds are nearly out of control with enthusiasm and some are actually calling you the next FDR! Care to give Mr Obama some advice?
And that is it! A conclusion to an exciting interview! This has been Charlie Glibson with the hope of millions of Americans, certainly the great hope of millions of women around the nation, history in the making, the next Vice President and most certainly at some point, the next President, the distinguished Governor Sarah Palin!
JellyToast on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Don’t you go calling me troll, doogie. I’m proudly independent enough to think for myself and vote who and where I think best.
Just because I haven’t fallen for the ditto-head group-think going on here around Palin, doesn’t mean I care a whit for O’Biden.
trailboss on September 11, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Exactly GOP gladiators have thicker armor on their backs than their fronts….why?
a) because their fans are all to happy tro join in stabbing them
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
trailboss:
Well I watched the same thing and I did not get that impression at all. The Bush Doctrine is not that simple and there might be times when she would think it would apply and times when she would not. It was obvious he was getting at something else. I saw it, she did too, and tried to make him ask the question in more explicit terms.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Tonight on the Nightly News as old Charlie was interviewing Sarah Palin the longer he talked the more distraught he sounded. He looked and sounded like he was enraged, but containing it. Was she too cool? Yup.
UnEasyRider on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
trailboss – you are a troll. Maybe sleeping out under the stars with the cattle too much?
bill30097 on September 11, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Liberals are laughing over all the hand-wringing Republicans are doing over this interview.
Enoxo on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Well if it was republicians doing the hand-wringing instead of liberal trolls I would agree with you. Since most of the hand-wringing is coming from “concerned” republicians (i.e dem plants) I don’t really see that as a problem…
unseen on September 11, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Charlene got her panties in a wad.
bill30097 on September 11, 2008 at 8:51 PM
So Palin says yes I support the Bush Doctrine and Charlie says, so if we have intelligence that Iran is up to no good does that mean you would strike that country first and without warning? And what if you were wrong??? Something like that. That is how these guys operate.
And I am not some ditto head either. I just think that some times people have unrealistic expectations about everything from fashion to diction to having just the right answers to all the questions at just the right time.
Terrye on September 11, 2008 at 8:51 PM
indeed….
CG: damnit she is not gaffing big enough
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:51 PM
But that is only one of many different possibilities for the meaning of that term. Look it up
bnelson44 on September 11, 2008 at 8:52 PM
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