My God, I can't believe she's doing worse in this interview than with Charlie Gibson's. I can't wait for the debate... it's gonna be ugly and delightful.

I love that this is in the horrowshow channel. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious and genuinely horrifying. Well, it still is hilarious.

Keith Olbermann should be put out of his misery from living in so much stupidity. He thinks Palin didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was, when Charlie Gibson (who was interviewing her) used the term incorrectly, and was trying to trip her up, and all she asked was, "In what way, Charlie?" It's perfectly fair to have antagonists define their terms before asking a question.

Keith is a f--king partisan hack moron worse than anything on Fox News.

Charlie Gibson caught up with her on her normal weekly patrol of the entire length of the pipeline. Called "Vigilant Front," Palin walks the pipeline and watches for signs of communist infiltration from the Western shore.

>> ^ElessarJD:
We all need to take a step back and think and stop just reacting, imo.


There are a lot of Ron Paul folks on here, too, who are not fans of non-answers to straight-forward questions.

How hard is it to say, "Yes, I believe there is a place for the Bush doctrine on the table of the 21st century leaders of the US. The preemptive defense has its detractors, but we have yet to experience anything resembling the attacks of Sept.11th again..."

... that was the crappy Republican answer I expected, but she not only failed to recognize that he was referring to preemptive strategy but tried as hard as she could to not really answer his second question.

>> ^ElessarJD:
I gotta say, I'm not much of a Palin fan, but I thought she answered the questions okay.

No, she didn't. Mr. Gibson asked essentially two questions:
- Do you know what the Bush doctrine is?
- Do you agree with it?

She completely failed on the first question as it was blatantly obvious she didn't know the answer. She didn't answer the second question at all, and instead prevaricated using the typical "extremist islamofacsists want to kill you. We can't take any options off the table" line. Saying that doesn't actually mean anything, as it gives no sense whatsoever of her approach to foreign policy. She made some statements indicating that military force would only be used as a last resort, but we've heard that one before - fool me once and all that.

I feel Sarah Palin's selection as VP candidate was both foolhardy and carefully calculated. McCain's people knew he needed the diehard base to win, so they couldn't piss off "values voters" by selecting anyone pro-choice or anything but an evangelical Christian. They also needed to try to woo Hillary supporters, so they needed the VP to be completely penis-free. In that regard, Mrs. Palin is the perfect choice - the more obviously qualified republican women are (as far as I can tell) all pro-choice. The foolhardiness becomes obvious when watching this video, or looking into her qualifications with any sort of critical eye at all - she's just blatantly not a good fit for the job.

I'm not a huge fan of Obama (amongst the initial candidates from the two parties, he would have been probably my fourth or fifth choice), but he has demonstrated some qualities that make him well-suited to the office: thoughtfulness and a solid understanding of the constitution. I'll happily give that a chance after these last 7.5 years.

Part 1 here http://www.videosift.com/video/Charlie-Gibson-Interviews-Sarah-Palin

>> ^ElessarJD:
I gotta say, I'm not much of a Palin fan, but I thought she answered the questions okay. She didn't answer directly which was a little annoying, but if anything Charlie seemed a bit crude and manipulative with his questions. How about a true neutral look at these people instead this constant media bias for or against someone?
Typically you get a good feel from commentors on this site about facts and views. On this specific post it seems like the liberal mindset is overwhelming and ready to fire. I hope it doesn't get worse as this election goes on here. We all need to take a step back and think and stop just reacting, imo.



boggle.

This cannot be said enough. Quayle the posterboy for unqualified at least had a law degree and elected twice to US House and US Sentate. The last moron this inexperienced was from Texas and political background just as Gov. (He also at least managed a baseball team, but that is probably like being mayor of Wasilla).

What kind of moron lists PTA and beauty pageants on their resume or campaign website????? Who BRAGS because they left the country once to go to Kuwait and see some of them "arabs". Yeee-haw. Go shoot some more wolfs and bears. She is like a parody of crazy Bush. Like Bush minus the years of coke and drinking.


>> ^T-man:
Min. qualifications for VP --&gt; --------------<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sarah Palin --&gt; --------------

I didn't watch it because debates these days pretty much suck. From what I've read, these dates were no exeption:

The Debate: A Shameful Night for the U.S. Media

Worst. Debate. Ever.

Lee Atwater Lives!!!

PA Debate Thread: The Horror: "This is the most disgraceful and dispiriting debate of all time."

Sweet Jesus, I Hate Charlie Gibson Democratic Debate Wrap-Up