Video: Palin on the Bush Doctrine, 9/11, and Pakistan
posted at 8:27 pm on September 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Yeah, he came off condescending and asked questions of her no one ever thinks to ask The One, like how many countries he’d visited before becoming a senator. The exchanges were chopped to a fine mince too on the editing machine, which is why I didn’t include the bit where he asked her what insight Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her into their actions and she said, “They’re our next-door neighbors. And you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.” Did she really give a non-answer that goofy or did they just smear her by editing it that way? I would have given them the benefit of the doubt earlier but not after botching the prayer quote.
That said, it’s pretty clear she doesn’t know what he means by the Bush Doctrine and can’t answer the Pakistan question in anything but platitudes about stopping Islamic extremism. Even the gimme about the 9/11 hijackers’ motivations comes out garbled: She’s trying to make the basic neocon point that terrorism is a problem caused by political repression and solved by democracy, but it sounds as if she’s trying to patch it together from mental index cards, which … may in fact be what she was doing. Or maybe she was just nervous. Or thrown by Gibson’s demeanor. Not good, whichever it is, but 99% of the people who love her won’t care and the 1% who do can probably be brought around with a good interview tomorrow and, especially, a good debate with Biden. Now, tell me how brilliant she was and how wrong I am.
Update: Meant to say, I think ABC inadvertently did her a huge favor in their choice of excerpts to highlight. She came off fine in asserting that she’s ready to be VP and in making the mundane McCainish point about admitting Georgia and Ukraine to NATO. The Iraq prayer segment was iffier thanks to Gibson’s distortion, but she did okay in connecting it up to Lincoln. Fearless prediction: The Democrats will make more hay out of the stuff you see below than the stuff ABC was touting earlier.
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Gibson: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine on foreign policy?
Palin: Duh? What’s that? What’s foreign policy? Energy, energy, energy…!?!
Good luck sister in the debate with Biden!
OBAMA/BIDEN ‘08
barry norris on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
I actually was hoping for a little more grasp of the issues. I might be one of those 1%.
knat on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
1 – “bush doctrine” is pretty broad
2 – charlie was tough but fair. he’s the best interviewer out there
3 – she was a bit off in terms of looking ‘presidential’
4 – it won’t matter, as long as there are no MAJOR flubs palin keeps her support and mccain hovers at 50% or so
battleoflepanto1571 on September 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM
“…it’s pretty clear she doesn’t know what he means by the Bush Doctrine”
Perhaps that’s a plus for her. :-)
dtestard on September 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Cuts the 3rd Bush Term bullshit off..
redrock on September 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Sure wish I could honestly oblige.
pjaromin on September 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
They’re our next-door neighbors. And you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.”
I disagree, this answer sounds solid. I don’t know that she needed to deliver a lecture on Russia’s role in the Artic region.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
AP: I didn’t see it except for the brief clips, and I thought she handled herself pretty well. I did get the sense that maybe she was trying too hard. Also, I read the transcript and it seems like it reads better than it sounding on the video.
Heck, this is all about stopping islamofacism, and my guess is that she would be relentless, that definitely did come across…
She’ll be fine.
joepub on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Obvious troll is obvious.
carbon_footprint on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
It sounded edited to meaninglessness, to me. It probably sounded patched together from mental index cards because it was patched together by crappy editors who made it sound that way.
DaveS on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
She did just fine. She jumped into the sawdust pit for a bare knuckle fight with the scurvy, leftist media and was able to crawl out on her own. She’ll do even better in the next rounds. Face it . . . Gibson did his best to trash her and he failed.
rplat on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Vid doesn’t play.
toliver on September 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
You mean the Biden that asked a man in a wheelchair to “STAND UP”? Keep shooting!
battleoflepanto1571 on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
She wasnt, and why?
Seriously Allahpundit, why are you internalizing this so?
bains on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
She was brilliant, Allah, and you were wrong.
There, I’ve done it.
And somebody tell Chuck Norris to kick this Barry’s guy’s ass.
km on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
she did fine and held her own.
To expect her to be flawless is to ignore the fact that her appeal is that she’s one of us and not some Meet the Press policy wonk that farts dust like Biden.
elduende on September 11, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Some gall you with that garbage son…considering Barry’s #2 can’t get his head on straight and has been busy pulling his foot out of his mouth ever since being named the donkey Veep nominee.
Haunchie on September 11, 2008 at 8:35 PM
They just asked McCain about the mayor vs. community organizer. Lady said, mayor more responsibility even then comm org?! Bah.
Spirit of 1776 on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
ouch
multiuseless on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
palin didnt do well. not enough to shut her critics up. of course that will never happen.
but she answered this question on the bush doctrine very uncomfortably.
maybe not knowing what the bush doctrine is could be a good thing. obama says she is probably more aligned with bush and cheney than mccain.
does this answer look like she’s for aligned with bush?
venicesurfer on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Bush Doctrine was all over the air waves all media…If you harbor or help terrorist, you are our enemy. It wasn’t that difficult to remember “your either with us or against us” that is a simple concept.
Dr Evil on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I see this thread has been completely infested and overrun with cockroaches and trolls.
rplat on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Trick question.
The doctrine has evolved over time. For instance, this was my first thought as to the answer schoolmarm Charlie was demanding:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/iraq/etc/cron.html
econavenger on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Give her credit, at least, at her worst, she can perform a mental search for her thoughts without descending into “Geeee…uhhhhh……ahhhhhh….ohhhhhhh……eeeeee.”
Pity that no politician can give the real answer to why the terrorists attacked us: they were actually doing what the Koran tells them to do.
It’ll be a cold day in hell when we have that kind of candor on the subject.
Hawkins1701 on September 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Now this is a very serious issue. Let’s be realistic, the Presidency is the most demanding job in the world, placing an incredible amount of pressure on the White House occupant. McCain’s age does mean that there’s a greater than average chance that the VP will assume the larger role.
As for tough questions, Palin has been hiding from the media for weeks. Gibson wasn’t going to be first reporter granted an interview only to throw her simple questions- that would have made him look like an idiot among his colleagues. No one knows anything about this woman except for people on the right who keep telling us that she’s a rock star.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Oh noes, Sarah “Bush” Palin doesn’t know what the so-called Bush Doctrine is. I guess she’s not up to code on all the, eh, code words that are used about Bush’s policies.
But she’s just like Bush, though. Yeah.
Seixon on September 11, 2008 at 8:37 PM
and yet charlie described it as ‘pre-emptive war’.. NOT what you are saying.
again, bush doctrine is pretty broad. ‘pre-emptive war’ could apply to NATO, the monroe doctrine, heck, even containment of the Kenan era…..
battleoflepanto1571 on September 11, 2008 at 8:37 PM
I think she did good. Gibson was fair but he certainly seemed condescending. The foreign policy stuff I thought was tough but McCain has the foreign policy cred. and she’s better on the domestic issues for me.
Keep in mind the VP debate won’t be all about foreign policy but she does need more work in the area as a whole. I think she’s gonna do just fine though.
uabalumn07 on September 11, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Can’t get the video to run, but one interview doesn’t a campaign make.
tickleddragon on September 11, 2008 at 8:38 PM
She knew what the Bush Doctrine was. We have all become conditioned to automatically associate negativity with Bush anytime the MSM uses the name. She simply asked for clarification. The Bush Doctrine could mean anything. Look it up on Wikipedia; there are about three paragraphs explaining it.
It was a gotcha moment and she played it very well.
Allahpundit: did you keep count of how many times she stammered or used “eh” or “uh”?
Zero.
Contrast that to a one minute response from Barry.
carbon_footprint on September 11, 2008 at 8:38 PM
What is it about Palin appearances that bring out the Obamatrons?
Anyway, she didn’t do as well as she could have. The Pakistan question was just silly, though – it was almost as if Gibson expected her to pull a Colonel Jessup and scream “YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT WE SHOULD INVADE PAKISTAN, AND WE SHOULD DO IT TOMORROW!”
Slublog on September 11, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I didn’t hear a duh? or what’s foreign policy? I heard someone trying not to get trapped. Admit it barry norris BHO didn’t know what he was talking about until AFTER he had the Intelligence Briefing from the WH about 3 weeks ago.
kareyk on September 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Geez. Even with the severe (and maybe questionable) editing, she was distinctly less than impressive.
Talbott on September 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Why’s Charlie badgering her about the right to go into Pakistan? Obama’s already said he would do it if he had the right intelligence, which is what Palin also said. What, he wants Palin to say no? Or to say yes, and then smear her as a war-monger, even though that’s exactly what Obama’s also said? Hum…
Seixon on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
You’re right. She should have answered by remarking on the superhighway of terror and the forced landing of helicopters from inclement weather.
Re: Bush doctrine, You underestimate. She wanted to know where his BD question was leading.
Spirit of 1776 on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I agree with Allah to almost. It is clear she was fishing for words. She knew he was looking for a gotcha and she was trying too hard not to give him one.
To use an old phrase: She was damned if she did and damned if she didn’t.
ukgoods on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
From Wiki:
The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.[1] Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate (used to justify the invasion of Iraq), a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way.[2][3][4] Some of these policies were codified in a National Security Council text entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States published on September 20, 2002.[5]
And she was soooo stupid for asking for clarification!!!!
Geez, the pessimism is thick.
carbon_footprint on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
That’s a good point. Her answer on Georgia- lets admit the country to NATO even if it leads to war with Russia- is the same type of reckless policy agenda that Bush has promoted. People who are so anxious to provoke Russia don’t appreciate that country’s history or understand how Bush’s policies have done just about everything imaginable to humiliate and inflame the resentment of the Russian people.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
AllahPundit:
According to your link at *cough*Wikipedia*cough*, the first sentence of the Bush Doctrine is as follows:
VARIOUS. Get it. VARIOUS.
fossten on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
So, before a candidate has all the intelligence data, information on backroom deals with governments etc., they should give a yes or no answer about crossing borders?
How is that any different than the bs thrown at Supreme Court justice nominees?
aikidoka on September 11, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I cringed throughout the Bush Doctrine segment. She was clearly floundering. She spent too much time throwing the “we have to stop Islamic extremist” line, rather than proving to me she knew what it would take to back that line up.
That having been said, I gave her a B- overall. Her self-confidence is inspiring. Still, I hope McCain survives the next 8 years, to maximize her in-office training period…
SCI-FI on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Not good. You can tell she was just tutored on this stuff recently.
lorien1973 on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I wish she would have just answered a bold “Yes!” on the Pakistan question.
If Obama can say it, why can’t she?
Marc01 on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Also, wouldn’t it be great if the Left goes on a tear for a week saying “SHE DOESNT KNOW MUCH ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH’S PRESIDENCY! SHE DOESNT HAVE A CLUE ABOUT BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY!!!!!”
…………..to which McCain kicks back, smiles, lights a cigar and says “EXACTLY”
…..and then the media realizes how they just lost yet another line of attack and wet themselves!!!
could this all just be…. a ploy???
ROVE YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!
battleoflepanto1571 on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Diamond in the rough. She did right by not committing to “Shall we invade Pakistan” and by maintaining the basic line that where American interests are threatened, all options are on the table. He was asking for a yes or no response, and either would have been a mistake.
I can’t speak to how aggressive the questioning was in comparison to Obama, because I just don’t remember all of his interviews. But Gibson had a quietly threatening manner about him — clearly he’s interviewed enough heads of state to believe he’s qualified to vet them. Despite my memory, I have no problem beleiving he never had that manner with Obama. That’s fine, because he’s just practice for her.
pomerpants on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
“Lost in a blizzard of words…” OMG…he did not say that! OMG!
SouthernGent on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I challenge anyone to show a hard definition of “the Bush doctrine” beyond “unilateral pre-emptive military action by the United States is a justified response to threats to her national interests or security”…..
clinton doctrine was: launch hundreds of ALCMS to look as though you are doing “something”….
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
This is ludicrous.
She is the Vice Presidential nominee. I don’t remember this same scrutiny from so many when John Edwards was running in 2004.
carbon_footprint on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
The woman isn’t stupid. I think the Bush Doctrine flub (cringe inducing as it was) was simply a matter of her not knowing the lingo. She clearly understands that Iraq was a pre-emtive war. She clearly agrees with it. She just didn’t put two and two together.
That editing sure was choppy…
VolMagic on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
I’ll take her every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Obama.
BuckeyeSam on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
As far as I know, the “Bush Doctrine” hasn’t exactly been codified. It has never been more than a broad concept. I challenge anyone to give a concrete definition of it.
redshirt on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Could have been better. Answer: Yes, we do have the right. In fact, if citizens residing in Pakistan are launching cross-border attacks into Afganistan, that’s an act of war. Obviously, we would rather see Pakistan control its citizens, but if the Pakistani government does not see fit to do so, then they have abdicated their responsibilities and it’s absolutely justifiable for the USA, acting in defense of Afganistan, to pursue any and all recourse up to and including war with Pakistan.
PersonalLiberty on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
I haven’t seen the entirety, only these clips.
Being a (new) supporter of the McCain/Palin ticket solely because of my across the board disapproval for the Obama/Biden ticket:
I was uncomfortable with her answers.
Albeit, she is under intense scrutiny and will be shredded by her detractors, she did sound better without the “Uhs and Ums” non-answers from the other ticket.
geckomon on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Better question: Does Bush 08, the “negotiate with Palestinians” Bush, agree with the Bush doctrine?
jimmy the notable on September 11, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Sarah did very well tonight. She is a strong candidate for VP.
The liberal lefties (many of them trolling here) will try as they might to disparage her – but the bottom line is she faired well. Solid performance. Clearly, she did a very good job.
dugan on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Plus the “Bush Doctrine” was bullshit. I couldn’t answer that myself, and don’t fault her for missing it. Aren’t those things assigned by History? Why can’t I define the Bush Doctrine as kicking ass and protecting the United States for 7 years, Charlie?
pomerpants on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I beg Sarah to read Robert Spencer and Steve Emerson.
Disturb the Universe on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Asking for clarification is one of the first amateur tricks you learn when stumped by a question.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
if she was going to screw up, pretty glad it was a screwup that showed she wasn’t Bush part II.
battleoflepanto1571 on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Admitting Georgia would likely have prevented Russian aggression.
Spirit of 1776 on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Is it an interview or an interrogation? Cause i’ve never seen an interview shot from this angle. It’s deeply disturbing, i don’t know if it’s the editing or the cameras.
Aristotle on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I hope McCain wins and enjoys his 77th birthday. She was wobbly, but got through it without committing a Gerry Ford level blunder. It was good to get her out there quickly, otherwise there would have been a build up of pressure from claims that she was ducking the press.
She needs more homework but they should have her do more of these.
dedalus on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
He had the right hair for the job and apparently that was enough.
aikidoka on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Nope. I’m pretty much with you.
Scary.
Typhoon on September 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Really? Name one policy that you think did that.
Slublog on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Even Allahpundit can’t do that. He (lazily?) posted a link to *cough*Wikipedia*cough* instead.
/eyeroll
fossten on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Guys, come on. She is clearly out of her element in foreign policy. This was not good; not good at all.
She doesn’t even know that we -are- crossing the border into pakistan already. That’s your answer there. Pretty simple, to me.
Given that she’s only been at this a few days, I’m being nice. If she flubs the next set of interviews….ugh.
lorien1973 on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
LOL well said. “Bush…I’m not familiar with who that is…? Could you clarify which Bush you’re talking about?”
jimmy the notable on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Yay you. In which of the 57 states will you be voting for Obama and Joe “7-11″ Biden?
capitalist piglet on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Sure, but it’s always a great way of defining the intent. Clearly it’s aimed to elicit a McSame answer. I would have been happy if she had just laughed and said I support a McCain doctrine, then said what she said.
Spirit of 1776 on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
So, I’m sure you’ll follow up with a favorable position on Bush’s job in the job??
Right??…
My ass…
BigWyo on September 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
She didn’t stutter or hesitate once. She hit a home run and then some.
roninacreage on September 11, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Plus: do you think Charlie got his nutroots cred back after his vicious, racist attacks on Othuga in the last debate?
VolMagic on September 11, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Um.. could we ban the trolls already?
Illinidiva on September 11, 2008 at 8:45 PM
That’s incorect, it has been codified. When the doctrine was established as official US foreign policy, it led to a huge national debate among military and foreign policy experts. Perhaps Palin is like George W. and isn’t very good at reading a major, national newspaper.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 8:45 PM
That said, I’m sure McCain and Co. are working with her to improve those answers, since these questions will all come up again.
But he said tomorrow is domestic policy; if she fumbles that, that’d do it. Pretty much.
lorien1973 on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
bayam- you’re right promoting freedom and democracy for all people is terrible and the people will not like it- pleez! If Russia is not a threat why/how would the Bush Doctrine inflame them? Freedom is the key and the answer not the problem. Maybe to a totalitarian regime but not the people. Ask anyone from a former Eastern Block country.
kareyk on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Says who? Are you an expert?
Do you have a link?
Sometimes asking for clarification is not an amateur trick. It is simply asking for clarification. Did you read the definition of the Bush Doctrine?
carbon_footprint on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Ap, what you are refusing to see is that Sarah is the sparkly candles on the cake. Sure it is a crappy cake, but the gruel offered by the other side is repulsive. And the more the opposing QB attacks our second-stringer only accentuates the differences. (really bad mixing of metaphors)
Unless you buy into the crap about the next president kicking off in the first week.
Yet even then, I’d rather an Alaska Governer than a entrenched Delaware Senator. (which one has more people? more importantly, which one has more national resources per person?)
bains on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
lorien, didn’t Bush just announce that incursion today? “Doesn’t even know. . . ” Ha!
pomerpants on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
The Bush Doctrine question was vague. It does have many facets, as well as what the media boils it down too.
Guess she’s not a Bush/Cheney bot though, if she didn’t know it spot on.
In any case, she made no serious flubs or misstatements. Certainly an okay interview compared to Obama vs. O’Reilly.
ZP on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Sorry AP, I have to echo your pessimism about that interview. It’s not that I have a problem with the content of what she said, or even whether it was too vague. It’s just that the delivery sounds very rehearsed, like she had a bunch of key phrases she was keeping in mind.
I don’t think this interview will sell very well at all, which is too bad, because my impression is Palin really is a bright politician who probably already grasps domestic issues more than well enough, and can probably pick up the foreign policy pretty quickly. But the tone is very much like Bush, who has a habit of sounding like he’s trying to get all his talking points in.
Then again, I was pretty pessimistic in 04 as well, for the same reasons.
RINO in Name Only on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
You don’t have to ban them, just ignore them. They get a rise out of all the responses.
VolMagic on September 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
This thread is filled with trolls.
See ya!
carbon_footprint on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
She didn’t come off great on the Pakistan thing, but she answered it like any politician. She’s not going to say “yeah, we can invade Pakistan”… who would be that stupid? Oh, wait, Barry did that didn’t he. But seriously, that’s what it was about… not making the same stupid kind of comment that Barry did, when we’re hoping to have Pakistan’s help. The difference here is that Gibson kept pressing her, where as you get that kind of answer from any Dem and the interviewer simply moves on.
But the real takeaway was the leg shots! Yow!
RightWinged on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Lol. ie George W is ignorant of a doctrine named after him because he doesn’t read the papers!
Spirit of 1776 on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Bush Doctrine:
Why should she answer that any way different than the way she did? It’s a trap to tie her to “the failed policies…blah blah blah”. She gave a decent answer that US has a right to protect our national interest pro-actively, or re-actively as we see fit depending on the threat. You can label that as whatever doctrine you want to.
Hindsight best short answer, “I believe in the McCain Doctrine”.
aquaviva on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Whups…
BigWyo on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
1-she’s runnign for VICE president, not PRESIDENT
2-THIS GUY is: Obama Again Calls for UN Security Council to Denounce Russia… Where Moscow Has a Veto
your move.
battleoflepanto1571 on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
My neighbor, obviously, lives next door… and no, I don’t know if he has any debts or if he beats his wife or whatever. Do you expect Palin to know specific for your eyes only stuff about Russia just cause Alaska is right next to it? Dumba** question, dumba** answer. So your next to Russia? Yeah, We can see em from our border… what about them? And Allah get off your horse. Just because you are purposely being contrarian doesn’t make you a sage or fearless.
Cardiganfox on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
I don’t like this small percentage nonsense, but at least she isn’t afraid to say Islamic.
Disturb the Universe on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Fire bullet into foot…
It’s been codified…in a major national newspaper? ROFL you idiot, you just admitted that the Bush Doctrine is a creation of the media!
*sprays Troll-B-Gone*
fossten on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
I wish I was joking about this, but AP you are an idiot.
I certainly hope the rest of America isn’t this stupid.
MobileVideoEngineer on September 11, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Well done Gov. Palin.
Allah, with love, your waffly wimpiness is hardly becoming… unless you’re Dem chick, and it were late at a party.
Damn.
Shivas Irons on September 11, 2008 at 8:48 PM
“Bush Doctrine” Is a load of bull****.
I’m more interested in the McCain Doctrine or the Palin Doctrine. Bush will be out of office in November. The Obama Doctrine is to stick head A in sand B and raise a white flag with your left arm while saluting with your right.
I wasn’t truly interested in this. At the end of the day, no matter how fair Charlie was, he will come off like a condescending prat because the editors will remove everything except the choicest loaded questions and idiotic garble, such as anything using the words “Bush Doctrine.”
If it were me, I’d have said: I support the “Victory Doctrine.” I support victory, President Bush supports victory. Insofar as the “Bush Doctrine” means victory without compromising national security or appeasing America’s enemies, I’m all for it, *this is where ABC editors would cut response abruptly* because that “doctrine” isn’t specific to Bush, it is specific to all American foreign policy goals.
Palin couldn’t “win,” the fact is, good as Gibson may be, his editors are low-class reprobates. Nothing good will come of this, either for Sarah or Charlie. It’s a stacked deck with marked cards.
BKennedy on September 11, 2008 at 8:48 PM
You are clearly a leftist fool for criticizing the great VP candidate. Don’t forget that the only difference between Palin and a mean dog is lipstick.
bayam on September 11, 2008 at 8:48 PM
True that. Hello Obama minions. And you have Joe to critique. You know Joe. He admitted he wasn’t the best choice.
65droptop on September 11, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Really link me a .gov writ on it please?
I can’t find it at http://www.bushdoctrine.gov like I can many other policypapers and historical documents
sven10077 on September 11, 2008 at 8:49 PM
I think most people who are not policy wonks or hardcore politics nerds like us probably would have trouble articulating what the Bush Doctrine is, and probably won’t care.
cyclosarin on September 11, 2008 at 8:49 PM
She’ll eat his ass alive. Biden is the only politician in the free world that can stick one foot in his mouth and the other in his backside . . . at the same time. Of course I suppose he could run over to Barry and draw on his vast knowledge of international affairs.
rplat on September 11, 2008 at 8:49 PM
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