Open thread: Palin vs. Gibson, round three; Update: I think Obama regrets not picking Hillary, says Palin
posted at 4:42 pm on September 12, 2008 by Allahpundit
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We’re two hours away from World News Tonight but the first excerpts are up and I figured you’d want a thread to comment. Interesting that they’re transcribing simple verbal hiccups like at the beginning here:
SARAH PALIN: It has always been an embarrassment that abuse of the ear form — earmark process has been accepted in Congress. And that’s what John McCain has fought. And that’s what I joined him in fighting. It’s been an embarrassment, not just Alaska’s projects. But McCain gives example after example after example. I mean, every state has their embarrassment.
Their description of yesterday’s interview is interesting too, which isn’t to say it’s incorrect:
The comfort she showed when talking about a proposed pipeline that would supply the lower 48 states with natural gas from Alaska, contrasted sharply with her generally rote talking points on national security during the day’s first interview with Gibson.
While we wait, here’s a new ad from Citizens United comparing her Iraq prayer to comments made by other “Christianists” through the ages.
Update: Headlines comments imported.
Update: Palin on Hillary: “What determination, and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way. She handled those well.” That’s a fortuitous soundbite, because it’s going to draw attention from what a friend e-mails to say sounds like “canned and evasive” answers on the other stuff per the excerpts. Click to watch.
Update: Dick Morris is already gaming out Hillary vs. Palin in 2012. Meanwhile, how stupid do you think Biden feels for having talked up Hillary himself a few days ago? He could have played the victim here otherwise; as it is, he’s basically forced to agree with her. An
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Dunno how she’ll look on film, but she sounds solid.
omriceren on September 12, 2008 at 4:21 PM
meh
ernesto on September 12, 2008 at 4:22 PM
What a stupid a** Gibson is. Does that make sense to anyone?
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Is Alaska a nation or a state? If it is a nation then Palin is a bit more than a governor, yes?
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM
She should have said … “I realized it wasn’t in the best interest of the country to accept it, contrary to Senator’s Obama and Biden who voted for it, and agaisnt parsing the moeny for Katrina relief”.
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Charlie is being an ass. I can tell this is going to be bad. Rich Lowry was on with Dennis Miller and he said that Charlie seems to be annoyed and disgusted with Palin. Doesn’t it show more than ever?
jencab on September 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I’m hoping this has been chopped too…
Sue on September 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I would encourage you to look at the transcript from Gibson’s Obama interview. TOTAL SOFTBALLS.
marklmail on September 12, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Anchorage vs. Anchor Rage.
Jim Treacher on September 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM
the avg. voter will see that I think.
That or they’ll buy the bs that Palin is highly unqualified, ignorant Hick that the idiot McCain recklessly picked for VP
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Yeah, I doubt Gibson mentioned that the two Dem candidates supported that project.
Heh – good one, Treacher!
CP on September 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM
And when he interviewed John Edwards after he’d been nominated for VP, he asked such hard-hitting questions as: Do those mean old republicans make you mad?
Typhoon on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Huh? She did fine. Very solid. Great to see someone finally making sense of the earmark issue. No one, not even Captain Anti-Earmark (our candidate) is suggesting that all projects ever funded by earmarks were crimes against humanity, or that it’s primarily the responsibility of state and local officials to judge whether or not moneys being provided them have been appropriated with adequate transparency. It’s a federal problem, and the attacks on Palin from Obamabiden, as channeled here by Charlie the Unicorn, have been nothing short of absurd.
CK MacLeod on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Meh, I’m glad Gibson is going hard on her… she’s doing ok… she needs to be broken in and have her weaknesses spotted out..
ninjapirate on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Most disappointing. Charlie is sounding like he’s on a mission.
petefrt on September 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Can you imagine the result if any journalist was 1/3 that antagonistic in an interview with the Messiah?
peski on September 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Looks better than yesterday, trying to trap her again, but from the excerpts, it looks like she held her own.
El_Terrible on September 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Look at Gibson’s first inerview with BO. It’s like a People magazine/love story puff job.
jgapinoy on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
She’s doing fine. All these issues have already been brought up by the MSM anyway.
lodge on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Yeah, like that would ever happen.
NoFanofLibs on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Y’know…she seems to never say y’know.
I think I’m in love.
Typhoon on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Brilliant Jim!
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Palin will only get better at these interviews over time. This will be the low water mark. She’ll get through it with a couple of bumps, Charlie will look like a jackass, and the rise in the polls will continue. Charlie is acting like a tool so he can show his face at the cocktail parties and say “I really showed that rube Palin didn’t I?”.
BrianBoru on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
On June 4 of this year when Ole Chuckie Gibson interviewed Barack Obama he asked him how his(Obama’s) grandma felt about his win. AND what she said.
Now- THAT is a hard news interview. I’m thinkin’ that ole Chuck has lost his edge.
ExTex on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Charlie is looking for a hatchet job, imagine the fame that would come with saving the Messiah.
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Of course Alaska needs more federal money per capita, because of the gargantuan land area it covers. 58 times more than Deleware, Joe.
jgapinoy on September 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
I think Gov. Palin is doing fine. She’s holding her own. We knew people would be aiming for her, and she’s standing her ground.
Enoxo on September 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Gibson is lost in a blizzard of words.
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM
somebody certainly needs to do a compare and contrast video of Gibson interviews, which should embarass him professionally.
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM
I have to say I’ve seen a lot of journalists do a better job of challenging an interviewee without seeming personally antagonistic.
DrSteve on September 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM
That, and clever. But why repeat myself?
Entelechy on September 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Precisely. This is the first interview. It was expected that she may stumble a little. She hasn’t completely struck out and created any gaffes. She’s a smart, tough woman… she’ll learn, adapt, and get even better.
For people like Obama, Biden, and even McCain… they’ve been at this for years so they really can’t adapt. And Gov. Palin is already above the curve of Biden, and speech-wise she’s above the curve of Obama. I’m loving her not stuttering and stammering with ‘uh’ and ‘eh.’
Enoxo on September 12, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Why doesn’t he ask hard-hitting questions to Obama.
Just like Hannity said, journalism is dead. Stick a fork in it. It’s done.
Oink on September 12, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Obama and Biden don’t have tough interviews like this, except on the rare occassion they go on O’Reily. Where they generally try to avoid
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I think she’s doing great — she goes right back at him. He’s a putz and she’s not standing for it. To me she comes off as courageous and is doing her job, that is, supporting the McCain POV on these topics.
D2Boston on September 12, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Just read the transcript from Gibson’s interview with Obama.
While Palin gets grilled, Obama got questions like, “How do you feel?” and, “Has it sunk in yet?”
Give me a break.
nickj116 on September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Gibson is being a total ass. He’s not even being friendly in the least bit or smiling even once. Even Obama joked around with O’Reilly. Yes, he does seem to be on a misssion.
CanadianGuy on September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Sheesh I know this suppoed to be a tough interview but dang. Try a non-Obama camp talking point Charlie, c’mon man. We judge earmarks on a per capita basis without even mentioning Palin has drastically reduced the amount of earmarks going to Alaska? Then I could say it is up to Sarah to make that point.
Theworldisnotenough on September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
all that matters is how Moderates view these interviews.
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I know this would never happen…but…wouldn’t be great if Palin kick Gibby in the balls just before they sat down for the interview and then ask him, Well Charlie, what’s your first question?
Old Hippie Vet on September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
He’d walk out. remember the 8 question presser?
Quisp on September 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM
“What doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger.”
- Sarah Palin
“Why did I just kill my career trying to destroy an obviously indestructible woman?”
- Charlie Gibson
econavenger on September 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Fact: she is doing great. It is just so frustrating to see a supposed fair journalist be so condescending. Sarah is like family to me and I would feel the same way toward someone treating a family member this way.
Hey Gibson, suck it!
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Allahpundit you gotta replay Charlie Gibson’s interviews with John Edwards in 2004. That will make for a very good compare and contrast post.
Theworldisnotenough on September 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM
That video made me cry, and I don’t even believe in God.
tommylotto on September 12, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Glad he asked about the bridge.
Spirit of 1776 on September 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Charlie Gibson is a second rate hack .
she shoots and she scores .
Mojack420 on September 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM
She looks hot on film.
ballz2wallz on September 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Doesn’t matter, He believes in you…
right2bright on September 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Hey Charlie? How much did Obama pay for your integrity?
GoodBoy on September 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM
I just read the slightly larger except on ABS… excuse me ABC.
Same as yesterday… it’s a quiz/ interrogation that has never before been seen in a political interview, much less any interview with a Democratic candidate.
This is not an interview, it’s Charlie Gibson conducting a one-sided debate of Democratic talking points that are restructured into closed ended questions.
Is he auditioning for Countdown with Charles Gibson with this garbage? Sure seems like it… his “questions” are taken word for word from Daily Kos, just like Bathtub Boy’s rants. I guess he saw the righting on the wall for Keef and Tingley and wanted to reserve his spot.
I loathe the media. Charles Gibson should be dragged out and shot like the communist traitor he is, right along with his buddies from MSNBC and CNN.
Damiano on September 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Gibson takes the context of Palins words as a Holy War.
Which is twisting the words.
Liberals don’t believe in god. At least our host Allah believes in something… forgive my assumption – or they believe anyone with any religious faith is an extremist.
Gibson should be reminded that there is one set of religious extremist that advocate violence and death to justify their morality.
Kini on September 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right”
-Abraham Lincoln
FiveWays on September 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Wow. I skipped the video at first because the “christianists” line (I’m tired of Andy), but I went back and watched it just now: terrific.
Spirit of 1776 on September 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM
I noticed that too Allah. Anything to make her appear stupid.
Wish they would give the same treatment to Obama.
Gibson: Senator, do you have any better idea than anyone else how this thing gets resolved?
Obama: Well, I , uh, er, – you see- I think it’s going to, uh, er, you know, get resolved by the American people. You know, we’ve had a vigorous, a vigorous, eh, contest with some great, you know,candidates.
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM
While waiting for the 3rd installment of Palin, anybody just catch Cavuto? He was covering Obama’s gaffe saying everyone in America would pay lower taxes than in the 1990’s under Bill Clinton. If that wasn’t bad enough, the Obama supporter Cavuto had on started to say President Obama and caught herself half way through. Hilarious stuff.
dugan on September 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Charlie Gibson interview with Palin is closer to O’Reily’s interview of Obama, than virtually every MSM interview with a Dem candidate they ever do.
How much power would the Dims have without the MSM?
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Allahpundit you gotta replay Charlie Gibson’s interviews with John Edwards in 2004. That will make for a very good compare and contrast post.
Who is John Edwards? ABC Interview-Nov 29, 2007
William Amos on September 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM
For those who wanna see the new stupidity from the UK against Palin:
http://www.t-enterprise.co.uk/flashgame/playgame.aspx?id=polarpalin
and they want to tell us who to be Pres.
Rbastid on September 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM
its too long, but would be an effective Ad buy for TV
the media must be thwarted or we are doomed
jp on September 12, 2008 at 4:57 PM
That video made me cry, and I don’t even believe in God.
tommylotto on September 12, 2008 at 4:50 PM
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Doesn’t matter, He believes in you…
right2bright on September 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM
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Couldn’t have said it better myself,…Thank-You.
christene on September 12, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Zilch. Nada. Nuttin’
That’s why McCain/Palin need to go directly after the media and call them out for their blatant Liberal bias. Take the message to the people. The people will agree.
FiveWays on September 12, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Gibson is the Dan Rather of 2008. Pathetic.
ErinF on September 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM
So far I’m delighted to see how bravely eveyone is dealing with the Gibson-ABC hatchet job. She’ll do fine. This is her baptism of fire and it will only make her stronger and more savvy than ever before.
Stay tough, fellow HotAirHeads. I’m in no mood to unleash my inner Patton like I had to last night. Man, was I wound up…I had to shoot several liberal neighbors so I could relax enough to fall asleep.
ManlyRash on September 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Point is made on ad length, but it’s a nice youtube ie grassroots video.
Spirit of 1776 on September 12, 2008 at 5:00 PM
dang, that Gibson/Edwards interview is a must see.
Journalism really is dead
jp on September 12, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Let ABC News know what you think of this interview! Not in their comments section, but at “contact us”. I’m on the team of “ask the hard questions”, but ask them in a respectful, honest, way. (without the condescending liberal agenda, please)
anniekc on September 12, 2008 at 5:01 PM
1. The percentage of voters who feel that the media is unfair to McCain/Palin has increased from 52% to 66%. Thank you, Charlie.
2. I think she did very well in these two exchanges. She stated her points clearly and conceded nothing.
3. Question: how can the blatant misquotes re: mission from God be publicized without appearing to whine? These, “Charlie”, are unforgivable. Surrender your journalist secret decoder ring.
horatio on September 12, 2008 at 5:02 PM
GIBSON: I saw you quoted somewhere as speaking rather admiringly of Mrs. Clinton, Senator Clinton, during the primary campaign. Do you think Obama should’ve picked her?
PALIN: I think he’s regretting not picking her now, I do. What, what determination, and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way, she handled those well.
kevinkristy on September 12, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Take that Barack America!
malkinmania on September 12, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Thanks for the head smack last night- Manly
It got my mind right again.
FiveWays on September 12, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Bush approval rating would be 25 points higher if not for the hatchet job media, and we wouldn’t be heading towards a weak stance in War on Terror.
some good news, I see the DVD “Obessesion: Radical Islams war on the West” is being distributed via several large Newspapers around the country this weekend!!! This is potentially huge, i think??
Charlotte Observer is one paper, wonder how Sammy Khan(the internet Jihadist that lives here) will think about this.
jp on September 12, 2008 at 5:03 PM
it certainly did according to his body language in last night’s interview. the way he didn’t look at her during her responses, fiddled with his note cards, constantly frowning with contempt. he wasn’t interested in what she had to say, only where can he try and find a gotcha. what a schlub.
Brass Pair on September 12, 2008 at 5:03 PM
The Citizens United video is great! I think that liberals are totally embarrassed by the history of faith in our nation. They want to pretend that the majority of Americans are existential athiests like them. They are so wrong!!
Dugan, I saw the Cavuto piece as well. Obama said “everyone” twice. I’m sorry that Neil didn’t ask the Obama girl, “Well, if you know his stated tax policies, and I know his stated tax policies, how come he doesn’t???”
MochaLite on September 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM
The 2004 Gibson-Edwards VP Candidate interview was even worse. “Did the RNC Convention make you mad?”
DrSteve on September 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Charlie Gibson with ted Kennedy
William Amos on September 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Contact the World News Tonight producers here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3271346&cat=World%20News%20with%20Charles%20Gibson
ErinF on September 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Exactly … Charlie is unknowingly doing her and McCain a huge favor (something he’ll come to recognize a little later down the road). Thanks Charlie! See you in November!
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
How’d I miss Round Two????
Blake on September 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Lefties are such frigging cowards. Even Daily Kos kool aid drinkers are complaining about Obama now that hes slipped in the polls. The only thing lefties respect are poll numbers months before an election.
Speedwagon82 on September 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Seriously, I wish McCain’s camp would quickly create an add showing Obama’s three successive press conferences following the Russian invasion of Georgia. I saw a clip from Friday, Saturday, and Monday, and Obama was so pathetic it was scary. And the last one, in which he finally came around to the position that McCain arrived at days before, was especially anemic.
Obama looked like a fourth-grader reading a book report written by a friend of his. You could tell it was something that a committee of his 300 crack policy advisers slapped together and handed to him 30 seconds before he spoke. Add that surfing picture of Obama that Hot Air always runs, and it should confirm that Obama has no idea what he’s doing.
BuckeyeSam on September 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM
yep, the video portion sounds much better
jp on September 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM
That Citizens United video was wonderful.
CP on September 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Hah.
Charlie Gibson thinks he’s Tim Russert resurrected.
Palin did fine. She didn’t field dress the Russert Replacement wannabe though, which is the only reason I give her A- on this test.
GulfCoastBamaFan on September 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Oh My Goodness! I just read the transcript of Gibson’s interview with BO in June 2008. You have to read it and compare…it is unbelievable the disparity. Allah definitely needs to do a post on the blaring differences in the line of questioning.
And I thought this was funny…exactly when is he planning on doing a town hall meeting???…tick tick tock…still waiting on that one.
GIBSON: John McCain has issued an invitation to do a series of town meetings (inaudible). Going to do it?
OBAMA: Oh, we’re definitely going to be doing some town hall debates. I look forward to, you know, having more than just the three traditional debates that we’ve seen in recent presidential contests, so I’m glad that he’s interested in doing it.
ConMom on September 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Palin did great on that clip about the bridge to nowhere. I liked that.
progressoverpeace on September 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM
For the Christian, it’s
One Nation, Under Siege
With Liberty and Injustice
For All but you God freaks.
Gimme a break. God is not passe; he is God. And whether you believe in Him or not, please respect my rights in that belief and respect for my belief. I’ll respect your right not to believe. And I’ll pray for you anyway.
Tennman on September 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Since Obama and Biden voted for it, doesn’t that make them a “national embarrassment” as well? But that’s not the type of question our fearless journalists are capable of asking.
flenser on September 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM
On the CBS Early Show this AM they had a body language expert to analyze Palin’s body language (slouching = not confident and/or unprofessional, hand gestures = defensive and/or insecure, also nodding yes when saying no = wanted Charlie’s approval).
Write up of the expert analysis here.
I didn’t watch the whole thing, so I didn’t see her analysis of Charlie’s body language. /sarc
rockhead on September 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM
To be fair, transcribing an Obama interview literally would make it unreadable. I’m not being cute. It would be like trying to read Macbeth in Gaelic. If they didn’t clean it up, nobody would read it.
Immolate on September 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM
hell, on video she explains well the difference between federal funding and shady earmarks/pork.
jp on September 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Charlie Gibson and Hillary
William Amos on September 12, 2008 at 5:09 PM
WTF?! It’s a puff-piece bio-pic!
Ya know, I didn’t think much of Gibson’s questioning during Palin’s interview at the time – but the contrast between his interview with Edwards and Palin is staggering. Unbelievable. I think it’s very reasonable to question Gibson’s motive/bias here.
dugan on September 12, 2008 at 5:09 PM
I did … the expert said Charlie’s body language suggested he was highly aroused. That’s why he was fidgeting so much.
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 5:09 PM
I listened to WLS-AM Chicago radio today, and the Roe Conn show (which is predominantly Liberal); I was sure he was going to skewer Palin. But to my astonishment- he was harder on Gibson! He also thought that this interview was going to back-lash on the media! And this from a station that is an ABC affiliate. I was amazed…..
FiveWays on September 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Has Dick Morris been right about anything since the mid 90s?
bj1126 on September 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Gibson Obama
William Amos on September 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM
ConMom on September 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM
watch the video, really is amazing.
jp on September 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM
If she was doing as crappy as the msm would want us to believe, we wouldn’t have more and more democrats announcing that they are voting for McCain/Palin.
Blake on September 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM
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