Fact Check: Palin Wrong on Former VP Credentials

What’s new. Palin’s wrong on EVERYTHING. No wonder the campiagn left her hidden.

I can name tons of former vp in our country’s 236year history that have not met a foreign head of state.
This question was intended to be a negative attack on Palin kind of like PUSH POLLING.
Gibson was very condescending in tone & body language to her. It was not really an interview, more an attempt by the liberal media to try to stumble her.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB BY NOT TAKING THE BAIT.

This lady is wrong on many things especially policy issues, she has none just like her partner. Bridge to nowhere because she stopped construction. Lies to get someone fired nice girl isn’t she? 6 colleges in 4 years and an ex beauty queen just wonder what qualifies her since that is their chief complaint about Obama looks like neither one are either.

Cable news commentators are saying she did very well despite attempts by Mr. Gibson to try to set trap doors for her. They said she was smart enough to not take the bait.

Keep going ABC…..you only went far back to George Bush #41…..keep going back. Sarah Palin is not wrong.

Head of state in another country why bother with another country we have problems right here and she is a war hawk just like mcbush

CHARLES GIBSON WAS VERY CONDESCENDING & DISRESPECTFUL TONIGHT TO SARAH.
RESPECT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR BETW. A REPORTER & SUBJECT.
GIBSON NEEDS TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE & TAKE A REFRESHER ON JOURNALISM 101

I am not quite sure why she needs a ton of experience. Won’t she be obtaining that experience as Vice-President?
Of the candidates, the person I am not quite sure about as far as experience is Obama. How man heads of state has he been able to meet before he began running for president? If he states that his “executive experience” is running a campaign, then can’t Sarah Palin be expected to gain the same types of experience on the campaign trail?
One other comment from someone who isn’t writing on these posts daily but do read them… I think these posts are for intelligent and thoughtful discussion and not for people to push their narrow-minded views of each candidate. I can’t believe WORLD would post something like “she’s only in it for her sex.” Do you know how pathetic you sound? Go look in the mirror and look at what you have become.

mcbush picked a female to get the Hillary votes he just picked the wrong female there are others with more no how then palin

Ann FL: You are absolutely right and I am surprised at Charles Gibson for doing that. But Palin isn’t a dumb woman and will answer back. I cannot wait until she debates Biden. Obama lost all his debates and the forum interview. She will do great and run all over Biden.

Obama says…small town mayors, “trim trees, fill potholes, collect garbage” . What a SCUM bag elitist!

The meeting with a head of state is of relative minor importance compared to her endorsing George W Bush’s preemptive strike on Iraq.
Gibson should have asked her if it was acceptable to make up intelligence to justify killing and wounding thousands of innocent and whether a President that lies to star a war should be impeached.

VP nominees, not VPs.

i am not crooked enough to be involved in politics but i want to be informed an what is going to affect me , my town, my state and my country . I could give a poop what goes on in russia thats their business not ours. We would be better off cleaning our own back porches before we did it for the world. Clean up this country get every one working, get every one health care and start cleaning up the environment. And rememberf mc bush has a score to settle with vietnam.

Carl J
I think you need to return to grade school for extra lessons. One, on developing sentence structure. Two, the proper use of capitalizations. Three, recess and a nap.

Becca: The only reason world leaders want Obama to become president is because they want to deal with a minority like themselves and they think he is an easy touch. There are a lot of minorities in Europe and Obama fits the bill. However, he is not ready to run a country and I think they are aware of it. Of course, he has Biden to help him and he will need plenty of help.

Actually Tom, they went back to Mondale, who had. Spiro Agnew, probably not, but there’s a chance given Maryland’s proximity to Washington. Lyndon Johnson certainly. Richard Nixon probably. We know she tossed that answer out with great conviction but not a clue as to whether it was true. That’s going to be her MO I suspect.

She didn’t even know what the Bush Doctrine was. Good lord, we want this woman to be inches from the presidency? Nice caption for this though, “Moose in the Headlights”. That about explains her interview.

Never apologize its a sign of weakness and Repub’s will swarm on you.

NY times has called ABC News liars. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
from the NY Times
The network teased the interview on its Web site this afternoon with this eye-popping bulletin: “Exclusive: Gov. Sarah Palin warns war may be necessary if Russia invades another country.”
But the transcript showed that she was merely repeating Mr. McCain’s position and had not used provocative language. And we’re wondering if the McCain camp is reconsidering its selection of ABC, since it hyped the teaser to sound like Ms. Palin was ready to press the button.

Liberals says “She wants war with Russia”
If NATO members are attacked all the members are obligated to defend. It is in the treaty.
Go and ask the same question to Lord Obama, He will give the same answer.

I will attack Russia she proclaims and charges with saber drawn sounding the battle cry Money Money Money we need more Money.

This is absolutely ridiculous, and the Palin pick takes pandering way too far. What next? A lottery so that literally anyone can be VP? A few months ago I told a Republican friend of mine that no matter who wins, I’ll be proud of our new President. McCain’s VP pick, along with that “sex ed” ad he ran against Obama, has seriously undermined everything I respected about him.

Joe Biden can handle anything Mrs Palin throws out. Remember she has children and a job….Joe Biden raised his children, when his wife and daughter were killed in an automobile accident which makes him a great Mom…A great Dad…and a GREAT SENATOR. Mrs Palin does not have Joe Bidens experience in office nor as a Single Parent…If she keeps it up she will talk herself right out of getting elected and that might not be a bad thing….Women…Yak Yak Yak

She wants to attack Russia, with what will she attack them with?

Obama, Biden clearly don’t get the wisdom of George Kutloff’s “Don’t think of an elephant”.
More obviously, the Senator’s army of supporters
(40% of which believe the attack on the twin towers was an inside job) don’t even know the book exists or the wisdom it imparts.
So much better for conservatives. I’ve been watching elections for 48 years and have never seen an electorate so blindly torpedoing it’s candidate.
If Senator Obama can survive the suicidal tendencies of democratic voters he will have proven himself to be a candidate of extraordinary resiliancy.

I was just wondering if they need any lettuce pickers up in Alaska??

Seems to me Palin is just another Cheney only without experience. She’s hidden from public view until the exposure (damage) can be minimized or McBush needs a lightening rod to deflect. I guess some might say she is just another Cheney except with lipstick…

Oh, yeah…she’s ready…to pretend to be a “decider”…oh, wait, didn’t we just have one of those?

I’LL do the thinnin around here Bob-alueee and dooon’t you for get it.

That’s funny… I thought that the U.S. Vice President and President had been around longer than 32 years… I guess I ‘m WRONG about that too.

“Gov. Sarah Palin will make a terrific Vice President.
Barack Hussein Obama is toast, and he’s very scared because the main stream media, and all the king’s men, cannot put Barack Hussein Obama back together again..”
Are you watching the same election that we are? Palin just blew herself up. The people wanted to know what her stances are on the issues, and she didn’t even know what the issues were.

“Talk about VPs, She can always say she invented something as Gore did. The liberal media bought that jazz”
You do realize that Al Gore never claimed that he invented the internet right? Welcome to the world of the GOP, where they’ll take anything out of context (read “lipstick; pig”) and turn it around to use against you.

Did Obama ever meet with any head of state before he went on his world tour in July? Lets get a fact check on that!! and he is running for president not vice president Did anyone ever ask him that question, this is bull.

She actual believs were on a mission from God. How many times has she watched the Blue Brothers movie??? “Were on a mission from God” Jake and Elwood Blues she needs to acknowledge her quote.

John Adams had never met a head of state. Of course, there were no airplanes then.

Back to the cramming sessions for Palin. She gave generic responses showing at times uncertainty. McCain has made a serious judgment error with such an inexperienced person with this choice. Gibson exceeded exceptions with his questions.

Hallelujah. It must be Revelations! How does this presumptuous tramp expect to change Washington if she does not even know what “The Bush Doctrine” is? After all, it is the basis upon which this imbecile we call our current president waged an illegal war with a sovereign nation, trampled upon the Constitution of this country, compelled the Justice Department to reinterpret the Geneva Convention and has imperiled the U.S. to a point unforeseen before 9/11.

We want change. We want change. We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.
Let’s elect the newest member of the good ole boy network. We can put a old good ole boy next to him to tell him what to think.

forget INTERVIEWS, how about DEBATES
Will Sarah Plain be able to stand the heat? I am really tired of all this name calling, you can agree to disagree in a respectful manner after all we are All AMERICANS

Perhaps your historical research should extend past your own lifetime, dear. Your own slipshod research speaks to your agenda: Smear Sarah Palin at any cost. Who knew that agenda would besmirch your own journalistic credibility? Congratulations,you are now qualified to participate in the national news media and the death of integrity in journalism.
As for ABC NEWS—
Every woman in this country who has ever faced condescending, patronizing and snide sexual bigotry recognizes that “nice guy” Charlie Gibson personifies their own nasty experience in this interview.
Each and every disappointed Hillary supporter shares the pain and recognition of rampant sexism.

People are grasping at anything to try and justify such a pathetic performance.
The rest of your 15 minutes will soon be over. Perhaps a reality show would be in order?

Charlie was like so totally unfair to me. I mean, like, Thomas’s and Abe’s VP hadn’t met a foreign guy.

Sure I’m Ready- you are an idiot, if you disagree with the lady that’s fine, but there is no need to call her out of her name, this is the reason why people will get pissed off and vote for this woman regardless, because of idiots like you that can’t stick to the issues but makes this a female denegration match, you are doing a diservice to us all.

This reporter Lisa C. is probably getting herself into some embarrassment purposedly, for Palin to shine later. You cannot just do your fact-checking on 32-year period of a history of more than 200 years. Either you do a fact-checking on the entire +200-year history or you don’t. The fact-checking piece sounds very fishy. The Obama’s camp better not bite this bait.

Bulldog got spanked. Can lipstick cover up this debacle?

ABC probably justifies this focus on only one of the four candidates as providing us insights into this unknown aspirant — assuming we already know all we need to know about the other three. What ABC is actually doing is garnering great publicity for itself and elevating this unknown character to even greater national recognition — even if she does expose some of her weaknesses and flaws. Is this ABC’s idea of neutrality as a news network? I hardly think so.

I can name tons of former vp in our country’s 236year history that have not met a foreign head of state.
This question was intended to be a negative attack on Palin kind of like PUSH POLLING.
Gibson was very condescending in tone & body language to her. It was not really an interview, more an attempt by the liberal media to try to stumble her.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB BY NOT TAKING THE BAIT.
Posted by: Calston | Sep 11, 2008 9:30:54 PM
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Calson, I totally agree with your observation. Charlie Gibson’s body language and tone seemed determine to trap her on a question, and he could not. He even seemed impatient to let her complete her answer so that he could hammer her with a repeated question. She was steadfast and unflappable. She does not have to use umms and uhs to make a conversation on a subject. What does having met a head of state have to do with being able to do a job? Many members of Congress may have met many heads of state, but what does that say about leadership ability? Maybe, she needs a rock concert in Germany to qualify for the VP position, or even the Presidential position.
Go Palin!
McCain/Palin ’08

Todd Palin had better watch out, all those millionare Republican males have a stiffy for Sarah and they have the bucks to lure her astray.

When are you going to “fact check” Gibson’s error on his “exact quote” which was exactly wrong about what Palin said on whether the Iraq mission was from God?

“yes, she was wired and ready to go because after two week of being attacked”
Actually, the only thing that she’s been “Attacked” on is her views on policies and issues that actually matter. Everything else was fabricated by the GOP. How gullible are people in this country, I mean really?

This is beyond a joke now – she hasn’t got a clue! This was like watching an underqualified applicant BS their way through an interview. She didn’t even know what the Bush Doctrine was!! It’s only been the bench mark for our foriegn policy for the last six years! I have been a harsh Bush critic over the years but this farse will make me long for the Bush years if she even sniffs the Oval Offiice.

So what else would you expect from a member of the liberal owned media to say about such a non-issue such as this? If its Palin, its a “lack of experience” – if it were Biden, it’d be a “fresh, untainted perspective”.
c’mon media…better get your spin on better than that.

Sarah Palin’s lack of knowledge of world affairs is understandable. She has been focused on running her state. John McCain’s motives in selecting her as his running mate were not sincere but cynical.

Obama said in being a mayor as to helping in a city they ,have the hardest for they have to make sure all jobs are done like triming trees filling the pot holes making sure garbage is picked up he didn’t say THEY HAD TO DO IT JUSY MAKE SURE THE JOBS WERE DONE,,,,durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr like how you twisted the words and the meaning jerks like you make this election funnnnnnn

Obama Personally knows, terrorists, racists and a “God D’mn” America self proclaimed Rev. But No Head Of State Prior To His Mystical Magical Tour!!! Obama has Never Changed Nothing From The Ground UP!!!!

“Obama said in being a mayor as to helping in a city they ,have the hardest for they have to make sure all jobs are done like triming trees filling the pot holes making sure garbage is picked up he didn’t say THEY HAD TO DO IT JUSY MAKE SURE THE JOBS WERE DONE,,,,durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr like how you twisted the words and the meaning jerks like you make this election funnnnnnn”
I love when people make stuff up just to fuel a fight. Kind of like the GOP :D

Yeah it’s tough when someone actually asks softball questions and she is such a ditz she can’t answer them. She can certainly talk a line of BS, which seems to impress people like hannah. Guess a ditz can’t tell another ditz.

She’s just not ready to hold this position. She is wrong for this country and she is definitely wrong for women.
She walks all over her staff and her constituents and she’ll walk all over YOU. She does not care about YOU and she does not care about making this country safe and prosperous.
She will follow Israel into Iran and will sacrifice our troops, spend our remaining dollars and throw away what little respect we have left in this world.
Stop this ENDLESS war!
http://nosarahpalin.blogspot.com/

Charlie did everything, but put a leash on her!
You go Charlie!
But then again she’s the one who compared herself to a dog – woof woof!

and the title of this article as with alot of reporting is so misleading .. so gerald ford had no foreign experience? how about lbj? before he became vP how about truman or is that such a distant past that it doesn;t count anymore
and i can;t beleive i am defending ms. palin…
OMG

sokadija god forbid something happens to McCain, Palin would take over. Do you want this country in her hands, I don’t.

This has nothing to do with this topic, but there was no where else to post this. In the Cnn forum there was a debate between john and Barack, and Barack actually said that without government there would be no civil rights act. Excuse me didnt his camp rail on Hillary for saying that Mlk needed LBJ to the act past. That ticks me off.

It only took 13 days for her to utter her first non-scripted remark. And yes, it looked like she had a set of prepared answers for the most likely set of questions. I doubt her buddy Charlie is about to call her on any of the lies she’s been telling on the campaign trail, but again, I’m sure her handlers have a set of prepared answers for those.
And for those of you who don’t think Obama is qualified, in the 13 days Palin spent repeating the same lines, and trying to prepare for a single interview with a softball reporter, Obama has given 7 interviews, ranging from Letterman to O’reilly.
http://palincounter.blogspot.com/

just read some comments, did gibson actually say the “Bush Doctrine”?? Where did he even get that phrase, from airhair liberals. it’s unbelievable.

She was wonderful – just like a home coming queen. I don’t carewhat she knows, I like her glasses. I’m voting for Palin!

I have to give Charlie credit for doing a really good job in part 1 of his interview. He really pressed her on Iraq, the Bush Doctrine(which she didn’t know amazingly), and what the U.S. response should be to more Russian aggression in Georgia. I hope we hear questions about her stance on global warming, “Troopergate”, and other controversies surrounding her.

Umm, hannah…That policy was set in place after September 11th by President Bush. It basically states that if we have reason to believe that an attack will take place against us, that we have every right to make a preemptive strike against the “aggressor”. That’s how Bush was able to attack Iraq in the first place. It’s a widely known doctrine, and has been in place for the last 7 years.

Charles Gibson was rude. His facial expressions indicated he had had no respect for her and was there only to make her look as bad as possible. He USED to be a gentleman.
Gee, I never heard him ask OBAMA why he hasn’t released his birth certificate. That should be of major concern.

“Barack Hussein Obama is toast, and he’s very scared because the main stream media, and all the king’s men, cannot put Barack Hussein Obama back together again…” You’re right. God please bless America because we’re DOOMED.
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said ‘I do’ to? What
if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer
measured up to his standards?
What if Mich elle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain
killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? What if Obama were a member of
the ‘Keating 5′? What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election
numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive
qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when
there is a color difference.

Bill wrote “…And for those of you who don’t think Obama is qualified, in the 13 days Palin spent repeating the same lines, and trying to prepare for a single interview with a softball reporter, Obama has given 7 interviews, ranging from Letterman to O’reilly.”
C’mon Bill, those weren’t interviews, those were Obama love-in’s. I know factually that Letterman was prepared by Obamas staff before he came on the show.

Hannah, your racism is amazing. Why do people automatically go to the “muslim” thing? Since when did we abolish the Freedom of Religion? Stop being so damn hypocritical and try having an open mind to other cultures. Even if he were a muslim (which he’s not, as it’s been proven over and over and over AND over again), it shouldn’t matter. Don’t judge people based on their personal beliefs. That’s like me saying that, because I’m an athiest, that any form of religion is wrong and stupid and the people that practice it are all terrorists. Sounds kind of stupid doesn’t it?

“Mariann Pepitone” posted a load of BS above. “Mariann Pepitone”… now that’s a catchy little name. I am wondering how many Karl Rove operatives there are out there posting comments like yours, Miss Peppy Tone?
Where DOES Karl find people like you? He must go looking near freeway underpasses and flop houses, handing out joints and bottles of Thunderbird wine. When your senses are impaired, he drives you to the local library so you can use a public computer to post your garbage.
Check it out… almost EVERY post here that is defending Sarah’s “performance” is signed with a generic first and last name.
How fake is THAT????
I guarantee you people that 99% of those Pro-Sarah posts are FAKE. More Republican lies. Lies breeding like flies.

ok – now with the doctrine u can see the “eltism” coming out… why don;t u go to a “hick” town and ask them if they know the bush doctrine.. i’m pretty sure u would get blank looks, but say premptive strike and they will all understand u
speak “NORMAL” english and not “i’m better than u because i know all these terms”
and when u understand that u will understand the backlash starting against the DEMS .. how sad and i wanted to vote DEM oh well

Oh, Lisa, Lisa, Lisa…Sarah clearly said “if you go back in history” and not merely the last thirty years. I really can’t blame you for such blatant sophistry; Barack needs all the help he can get and you have graciously obliged…nothing new. Besides, since Barack obviously can’t stand toe to toe to McCain on experience, he simply has no choice but to mercilessly (and vacously) attack someone below his “pay grade.”

I got my absentee voteing form today. I can’t waite to fill it out so I can vote for McCain/Palin early!!

“speak “NORMAL” english and not “i’m better than u because i know all these terms”
Yes, because it’s elitism to actually put forth the effort to learn about things. You do realize that I’m poor, shacked up with my folks, working a crap job for 40 hours a week to barely afford my gas and student loans, 28 year old white guy right? Of course not, because you just assumed otherwise. Intelligence is not elitism, it’s our god given right. So try boosting yours, it actually feels pretty good. Oh, and btw. I lived in a “hick town” for most of my live, thanks.

WOW! Let’s just break down what Palin said:
1) Russia launched an unprovoked attack on Georgia.
- this is a BLATANT LIE, it is public knowledge that the Georgians attacked South Ossetia and began bombing Tsinkhali in an preemptive unprovoked strike, having in fact bombed the main hospital in the city.
2) War with Russia is an option on the table.
- is Palin diluted or just ignorant beyong comprehension? Have we not forgotten Sarah, that Russia is armed with roughly 5000 nuclear warheads?
It pains me to no end to hear all of this Russia bashing, when in fact Russia is not in anyway an aggressor. In fact, Russia had a duty ensure the peace in the region of South Ossetia, and was following the directive of a UN resolution to restore the peace and ensure the safety of Ossetians (most of whom have Russian citizenship). Also take into account the US’s new missile defense system which essentially boxes in the Russians in the west, you begin to understand why the Russians could get upset.
Palin’s comments regarding Russia are entirely unfounded and with regards to her proposition on war, is she attempting usher in a dreaded nuclear showdown with the Russians???

Since you lefty’s claim that she doesnt even know the Bush doctrine, how on earth do you expect her to be following the Bush doctrine?
Give it a sock. Take a nap, breathe deeeply and relax the mind :) you will need it November 5th to get over the hang-over from the cool-aid :)
McCain Palin in November
Registered Democrat fro McCain Palin :)

“Xander, are you an idiot, of course it was Russia that invaded Georgia. South Essetia is inside Georgia in case you think Essetia is inside Russia’s.”
True, but all signs point to Georgia provoking the attack. Remember, South Essetia wanted to break away from Georgia and rejoin Russia.

Bush Doctrine = Getting Bushwacked for the Last 8 years! Right? Vote for the Mavricks, They’ll Reform DC !!!!

“hmmm…Muslim is a religion, not a race. and yes, Indonesia would consider a Muslim country.”
What does that have to do with you being prejudice against the Muslim faith? Perhaps I said the wrong phrase to correlate with it, but the bigotry is there none the less.

I think they’re the perfect match. Both aren’t worth all the news headlines that they’ve been give since she was named McCain’s partner in crime! Sometimes I wonder is there a DEM in the race or not because from what I’m seeing on ABC and all the other news organization I really don’t think they care if a DEM is in the race or not. I think they want it to be all about the old guy and his golden girl!

we are now in a “beauty” contest. the neo-cons and “ditto” haeads have found their messiah. they could care less that she really has little knowledge of world affairs, other than one can see Russia from Alaska. She’s told her half truth so long, she now believes it. she’s no refomer, she’s vindictive and plays to the fears of those who have no clue…as evidenced by the comment above that no one would understand the question….bush doctrine?

Palin hiding from questions
Since her Sept. 3 speech at the Republican convention, Palin has not given an interview until the ABC interview and has been working with a number of Bush White House aides on getting her up to speed on foreign and national policy.
Palin has so far not faced the questions raised shortly after her nomination. She has repeatedly said she shut down the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” when in fact she was originally a supporter of it and still kept the funds for pet projects in alaska.
She has promoted herself as a governor against earmark projects, but her record does not indicate that.
Palin is also under investigation by an Alaskan ethics committee for her firing of the state’s public safety commissioner for allegedly not bowing to her demands to fire her brother-in-law.
Palin has also been quiet while campaigning, and has stuck basically to the same speech she gave at the convention.
Reporters have been told by the McCain campaign that all Palin flights are to be off the record, which some reporters have objected to.
There is no word when Palin will do more interviews.

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my dear friend xander.. if what u say is true about yourself.. then u need to grow up as my dad would say.. and by the way – so do I – the “hick town” thing… i know how to harvest corn, wheat, potatoes and many more as well as i have seen my grandparents kill various animals for survival.. and i can go on and on.. so do not make any presumptions about me and by the way I have an MBA to boot from a top 25 school
and guess what i also am an immigrant…
so go figure dude?
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I made no presumptions about you at any time. You were the one who was presuming me to be something I’m not by calling me an elitist. Sad to say, I represent much of the core of today’s Middle class, thanks largely in part to Bush. Those of us who couldn’t afford to go through with college, and ended up working a job scraping by to survive. I have tried my hardest to succeed, but with the rise of costs with everything, including my medical bills (had a few life threatening issues growing up, no biggie :P ), it’s gotten to the point where I feel down and out. The government has done nothing but made it harder for me to survive. I do not blame them fully for my situation obviously, but they haven’t helped it in any way. That’s why I am so interested in Obama. He seems to really want to change things. McCain? Well, he just decided to become an advocate of change to try to best Obama. I don’t see him making the changes needed to help me and the millions like me.
Wow, that was a rant…

This is for FAE, who posted the comment that Obama is an embarrasement because he won’t show a college degree….she’s an idiot….it FACT, not mcbush fiction, that he was editor of the HARVARD review.. and in case FAE thinks it’s elitist, Gdub was went to YALE…the difference is GDUB is not smart

Xander, rant all you want, good post.

I’m sorry did anyone ask John Edwards if one term in the senate where he did nothign but run for President made him qualifed, to be VP? Before that he was a trial lawyer. How does that qualify someone to be VP? Obama has done nothing but run for President as a one term senator.
Palin is more qualied than either one of them. She’s a governor. I guess being a one term do nothing senator qualifes you to be President if you are a man. But being a governor isn’t enough to be VP if you are a woaman.
Thanks for clarifiying that Charlie.

To Nancy Stump!
Right On!!!!!!

How about John Edwards? Did he meet a lot of heads of state as a trial lawyer?

A combination of utter inexperience and utter arrogance is about the worst possible combination I can imagine. Not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is would be bad enough, but saying unequivocally that Georgia should be in NATO– meaning we would now perhaps be in a state of war with Russia– and then without a beat saying that military action should be the last resort– shows a series of knowledge and logic gaps that ought to shake every foreign policy specialist, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, to his or her roots.
Maybe they can force feed her enough facts to skate through a debate, and maybe her self-confidence will still play well with many voters, but this first cut performance underscores our worst fears.

Another question that was not asked was the billing of the state for expenses when she was at home “Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has charged her state a daily allowance, normally used for official travel, for more than 300 nights spent at her home” The Washington Post he claimed the per diem allowance on 312 occasions when she was home in Wasilla and that she billed taxpayers $43,490 for travel by her husband and children.

It’s only fair. Until recently Obama could not name a single leader in a South American Country – and yet he believes we should all learn Spanish. Not him. Us.

the question is because in this present world, we need a vp with a world view.
evidently you can’t get that from a que card.
Palin looked like a high school student.
SCARY McCain wants to give her codes to the nuclear missles.

xander – my comment was not aimed at you , i apologize if you felt it was aimed at you…
As for obama, well what can i say… I do not feel he would change anything really, as my dad says they are all the same, and if anything handing everything to the democrats or be that republicans i think is a mistake, i like split govt,
obama reminds me of TEd bundy minus the killing of course, looks to good to be true.. while mccain, well he’s rough around the edges seems more real to me….
there are issues of course too that i disagree with OBama and mccain, but far less with mccain….
and it is true i was so looking fwd to voting dem.. finally getting rid of Bush.. but the choices the paries gave us .. just are lousy

“I can see Sarah Palin filling a similar
role if called upon.”
Yes, because we all know how well the Korean war turned out. Why do people think that the only way America can show its power and resolve is by bombing the crap out of someone else?

Palin is a Smart cookie and McCain is Sharp as a tack! ! Obama is well, ugh, um, ahh, well, and Biden is a bawlin’ all the time. Who do you want in DC? Obama/Biden Toast ’08′ – McCain/Palin Mavrick Reformers ’08′

i get the impression from her that in order to make herself look tough, she feels she has to talk tough. that may help you get elected but then what? we already have two wars going and john mccain has said he’d be open to bringing back the draft if we were in world war III. sounds like sarah palin is willing to get it started with russia.

I think Obama is right on the mark. I mean what else can the GOP do but put lipstick on a pig? I think McCain’s VP is a desperate attempt to repackage the Republican “Brand” in a new maverick mythology, which by all stretches of the imagination is entirely chimerical.
I think it will be difficult for Republicans to make any substantial arguments against affirmative action after this pick. Affirmative action not for individual uplift but as desperate political maneuvering is a cynical betrayal of principals to gain power.
One question – and please answer honestly:
Were Palin a man, would McCain have picked her? Point made.
…and now John McCain only wants to talk about Palin.
Why? Skepticism isn’t sexism…..
Do you love how the McCain campaign is exploiting women by his VP pick?
It seems to be working and it is a sign of how gullible people are.
Before Palin, McCain was no go for women. So the McCain campaign picks a woman with just about the same opinions and record as McCain, and women start falling in line? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
What does that say about Americans?
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Charlie cut the quote from “Let us pray that we are on a mission from God” to “We are on a mission from god”
He edited the quote! I guess I can skip the interview and get the facts from FOX reviewing the interview, if this is the way he’s gonna play. Truly dishonest reporting. By the way? Did Clinton have foriegn policy experience as a governor? Truman? Now let’s all recite the Bush Doctrine together!

Lisa Chinn does your history only go back 30 years, what are you 20. Charlie has been showing his high brow Prinston upbringing. You just think you are so smart. It was so transparant you were out to drill Sarah. Eventually you liberals will loose out. But don’t worrie Charlie you have already made your money. I wonder how all of the woman that have come out of your wifes school feel about you now.

I remember when Clinton and Gore were running. Al Gore was at Monticello. He pointed at a huge bust of Jefferson and asked “who is this guy here?”..everyone in the building knew it was Thomas Jefferson except Gore and the world didn’t stop.
Palin did a good job and Charlie was fair. All is okay.

It seems everyone seems to be forgetting is that Palin isn’t running for president, she’s running for VP and all that job requires is to get up in the morning call the white house to check on the presidents health. For those who say she was just following McCain’s talking points, of course that’s what VP’s do VP’s follow the president’s policies and talking points whether they agree with it or not. (Biden is doing just that for Obama even though during his run he disagreed with preety much everything Obama said) VP’s don’t make policy decisions – thou they get daily briefings – She has time for on the job training and will pick it up fast and be ready to be president in 2016 (or 2012 if McCain doesn’t run again).
If you are worried about McCain’s health, he’s 72 Reagon was older when he ran the 2nd time, and he still lived on another 20 years. McCain had many medical checks and all his doctors said he’s healthy like any other president to run. His mother is 96 strong and healthy. I presume whether you agree with him or not we all wish him good health. Nobody thinks he’ll drop dead on day 1 and should the unfortunate happen after a year or two in office by that time Palin will be very well up to speed and ready.
The bottom line Palin doesn’t NEED to be ready on day one. Obama does. Palin has time for on the job training. Obama Doesn’t
This election is not about if Palin is ready on day one its about who will be ready on day one Obama or McCain and we all know the answer to that! And that’s what the democrats are afraid of.

As I watch this from afar (thank God) I’m struck by how easy the American people are to impress and how you lack curiousity. “Obama’s an elitist.” What the hell does that mean? Are you threatened by him because you don’t understand what he’s talking about. You’re happy with the same old rhetoric you’ve been hearing for years that reinforces the same old nonsense about “America the Great” “Most Powerful Nation in the World”. Is that ALL you need from your government? I hate to tell you – you’re in rough shape.

Charles Gibson you are the worst person to have the privilege to interview maybe the next VP of this country. How dare you question the integrity of this PERSONALITY? Charles you are nothing, a bias among 10s of millions BIAS individuals. You are not a jurnalist, you just failed the status . Just because you are a LIBERAL-LEFTIST, and/or a CLOSET DEMOCRAT , you have no right to put imbecilic,ignorant,demeanor questions. You are a fat, obnoxious nothing compare to SARAH PALIN. Shame on you and the station.

No, ABC wrong.
re: VPs who hadn’t met with a foreign leader, Palin said “throughout history”.
Somehow, you decided there is a 32 year statute of limitations on history, and then said her facts were wrong.
ABC you are leftist sewage.

WHEN HAS OBAMA MET FOREIGN LEADERS BEFORE HE CAMPAIGNED FOR PRESIDENT?
WHAT FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE DOES OBAMA HAVE?
SICK, SICK, SICK OF THESE DOUBLESTANDARDS, ATTACK THE MORE EXPERIENCED WOMAN, YET LET THE OBAMA-TRASH WITH NO EXPERIENCE GET OFF SCOT FREE!
MEDIA….DO YOUR JOB, VET THE CANDIDATES, BUT DO IT FAIRLY!!!!!

“Palin has time for on the job training”
That statement right there scares me. It’s one thing to learn how to operate a piece of machinery with the “learn by doing” concept, but it’s another when you have access to the full command of our military forces. I don’t think that “learn by doing” would work too well if she suddenly decided that it was time to take on a large country like Russia because “it’s God’s will” or something.

Look, reality is this: regardless of the candidates sex, when you’re applying for a job you deserve to get it only if you actually have the knowledge base, skill base, and experience to DO the job. The “interview” (aka speech) might get you in the door, but if you don’t have the knowledge base and experience to do it, you’ll fail. That, my friends (as McCain would say) is reality. And Palin’s non-answers proved tonight that she doesn’t have either.

I’ll reserve full judgement till after I have seenthe FULL video. Otherwise, Palin showed a little slippage on the “Bush Doctrine” (I’m a political junkie and while I know the Monroe Doc I wasn’t sure anout the Bush doctrine) as sone as Charlie did follow up she got right on track witht he Pakistan follow up and while never saying we have the “RIGHT” we do always ahve the OPTION.

I love how people are attacking ABC because of this. If you people would take the time to read, it says “FactCheck.Org”. As in the unbiased (as far as I can tell) website that delves into the truth behind the fabrications. If you have an issue about this, take it up with them. All ABC was give you the interview you so desperately desired.

Charlie Gibson is one of the most reputable repporters/journalist known in this country. his experience goes back a long time. I have never known him to be biased in any of his interviews, nor reporting. we pretty much have seen him from once a week to every day within the past 15-30 years, and WE ALL KNOW THIS…let’s be truthful, and honest. The media/reporters know that S. Palin is good at defecting, and reflecting the truth in order to appear to be more experienced than she is…i would rather that she just come honestly about her experience, for she and Obama are the 2 candidates whose experienc level has been in question. but for her to pretend to know that which she doesn’t, and to attempt to convince the american people with llies is outright dangerous…especially since she torts herself to be this every day working mom who is for change, etc…she’s dangerous for she will lie continously about herself…deflecting the truth about herself…” you must not blink can be a dangerous thing, for it can promote one to take action that will most likey be regretted later…her ” cannot fail to blink is an unnatural way for a person who will have such power to think, and act…Bush failed to blink ( an act of thinking…which is so important in making the best decision for THIS COUNTRY) before going to war in Iraq. i’m tired of us…the USA overly involving ourselves in other countries afaires, and negleting ourselves to the brink of downfall.we can assure that we will continue to become a downfallen nation if we elect Palin/McCaine to the white house, for their views are consistant with a natural cohabitation in this world with other countries…we may be powerful, but if we’re alone, and isolated from the rest of the world order, we will not last very long…Palin deflects from the truth…that makes her a dangerous person to put in any office, regardless of her gender, religion, etc…

I would encourage everyone here to focus on the real issue: the dem’s PRESIDENTIAL nominee is friends with a proud, unrepentant domestic terrorist who created an organization that murdered two police officers and bombed numerous government sites from 1969-1973.
Obama befriending Bill Ayers simply so he could accumulate power means more than anything that Palin has or will do, unless it’s somehow revealed that she’s been slipping info to the Russians or something.
All members of the military, law enforcement, and their families/friends (translation: all the average Joe’s in America) should know that Obama does not care one bit about how many cops die. He cares more about being with the “in crowd” in the leftist Chicago political scene. The man is a disgrace.

Doreen – if she hasn’t travelled – how can she take an accurate view of the world to the White House? It was bad enought that Bush 2 had to rely on Condi for the simplest of foreign policy explanations, but to potentially become the second (or first) most powerful person in the world without any real idea of what the world is about could “only happen in America”. The world does not begin at end at your borders.

Xander and American voter:
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Charlie took it way too easy on her. And why, may I ask, did he not point out this information during the interview and correct her then. It was an embarrassing interview for her and it was frightening for our nation if she were to be elected. She and McCain need to stop the swagger talk about Russia and learn all the facts about Georgia instead of what their lobbyists are telling them.
Posted by: American Voter | Sep 11, 2008 10:22:14 PM
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American Voter: Just what are all the facts about Georgia and Russia? Which country invaded which country?”
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According to McCain (and his advisor, who happens to be a lobbyist for Georgia), Russia struck first. According to everyone else, Georgia provoked the attack. Take your pick.
Posted by: Xander | Sep 11, 2008 10:34:55 PM
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Xander: Thank you! I already knew the answer, but is it an invasion if one country crosses another country’s borders, kills people, and destroys
portions of their country?
So much for democracy! It appears Russia would like to reclaim former states of their old union, countries
they first overtook in past decades.
Palin was correct in her assessment of what being members of NATO means. We are not through with the old Soviet Union, like it or not. The future holds more serious decisions to be made on Russia’s behavior. Palin is well aware of the dangers we face.
Speaking of Vice Presidents, she has the fighting spirit and the strength of a Harry Truman who was a great Vice President and President. I wonder if he ever thought of having a rock concert in a foreign country in order to put foreign relationships in his resume!
Country First!
McCain/Palin ’08

forget the comparisons to past vp, how about presidential candidates..you do remember slick willy clinton, carter and even reagan. Wow, they were all foreign policy experts. She should have went on meet the press where at least the interviewer would have not had to prove himself. Gibson was acting like he was giving Palin a high school test and she unfortunately had to answer in kind. Duh, we know she is not a foreign policy expert, as she is not a washington insider, which is why we like her. On the eve of democratic senators and hollywood has beens remarks that barack is jesus and Palin is pontius pilot I really don’t think anyone cares if she knew the bush doctrine according to garp. The hate bush doctrine is now the hate palin doctrine…boy, aren’t we glad they have someone to trash so they don’t self implode..why, there would be no movies for us to watch. The louder you scream, the more I know she is the right one for the job..by the by, I work for a living.

Eddie,
I’m open, honest, a patriot, a mother, a wife and a public servant. Millions of us are.
Is that all it takes?
Oh, and the glasses!

Poor Sarah! Did the mean old newsman ask you serious questions? Questions that directly pertain to your ability to step in should the 73 year old head of your ticket drop dead a month into his presidency? How dare they do that! How dare the news media not follow the direction of the McCain campaign and show deference to Palin!
Palin is a goddess! She’s surely headed for sainthood! How dare they ask her questions about her beliefs and policy opinions!

She didn’t say many VP nominees during the last 32 years. She said many VP nominees hadn’t ever met a foreign head of state. Period. She told the truth and ABC is hell bent on trying to spin it into a lie. Shame on ABC. Why don’t they do the same to Obama. Why don’t they look into his time a Colombia University? Why don’t they ask him about papers he had written that seem to be lost now? Why don’t they ask more about his up bringing or why he changed his name from Barry to an Islamic name? ABC is like the liberal FOX News. Our news media is an embarrassment.

She is not ready, her responses clearly show that. She made statements of not having to have a big fat resume..so does would apply to Senator Obama also right? She said you can see Russia from an Alaskan Island? But did not answer the question. She is regurgitating facts she learned while being kept away from the media. The whole argument is if for whatever reason the President, whom ever that will be, is unable to fulfill his duties the VP has to be ready to step in. Cheney yes, Biden yes, Palin no.

Did Obama meet any head of state prior to his campaign?

“And she also said that she had already spoken to the Georgian head of state, so she is also no longer a “never met a head of state” virgin.”
Ok, I’ll stick around one more time. Damn my debating ways :P
Although I never said anything about the “head of state” issue, she did say that we will “probably have to go to war with Russia”. Now it’s one thing to say that we may have to resolve issues with a country, but to blatantly use the word “war” in itself is a descriptive meaning. You don’t say that we will NEED to go to war, because by far it should be a last resort. But the way she stated it, it sounded like “come on Russia, I dare ya! I double dare ya!” to me. We are already locked down in two conflicts (one of which should have been over long ago, since we shouldn’t have even been there in the first place), and getting set to move into Pakistan. We don’t have the troops to be fighing multiple wars here. All Palin would be doing is condemning hundreds of thousands of soldiers to their deaths. I have so many friends that are soldiers or wives of soldiers who are on their 2nd and 3rd tours of duty. That is just rediculous. We have taken away the National Guard, who’s purpose is to protect and assist our own country, to fight overseas. Lets face it, we’ve screwed the pooch here. And just to state facts here, Russia was not trying to “take over” South Ossetia. South Ossetia was trying to break away from Georgia to rejoin with Russia. Now yes, Russia may have invaded South Ossetia. Whether provoked or not is unclear. But Georgia decided to take it back, which is the reasoning behind the devistation in that country. The damage left by the initial wake was small potatoes compared to what Georgia did when they “reclaimed” it. And now we want to fight with Russia. Why? What impact in our society could this possibly have with us? It’s like Vietnam all over again. Lets just get involved in another “civil war”, and I’m using that term loosely in this case. It will only end badly for us. Pure and simple. And with that, I bid you all good night.

Let’s see.
John Adams. Did he meet with any foreign leaders prior to being selected as the Vice President.
Let’s see.
Harry Truman. Did he meet with any foreign leaders prior to being selected as a Vice Presidential candidate by FDR?

ABC News can from now be known as All Bull & Crap News.

Americans have become drooling, attention span deficit mouth breathers. The Repugnicons count on it and the racism most haven’t the courage to admit. At least the haters around here in Louisiana admit they could never vote for a “negro” (polite version). You hypochristian evilgelical talibangelists pretend to be excited when the Denali Hillbillies come on down with a neglected pregnant minor and promises that Alaskan oil will be your precious pocketbook’s saviour (the same pocketbooks the repugnicans have been terrorizing for 8 or more years).

Please, please help me understand why you think she’s brilliant…
She’s tremendously ordinary which is why y’all like her.

Let’s see.
John Adams. Did he meet with any foreign leaders prior to being selected as the Vice President.
Let’s see.
Harry Truman. Did he meet with any foreign leaders prior to being selected as a Vice Presidential candidate by FDR?

A Brilliant Woman, you’ve got to be kidding me. She is an embarrassment to women everywhere. 6 Colleges in 4 years,
rape victims paying for their own rape kits, wanting to over turn Roe vs. Wade.
Dems are worried, we are worried that this country is stupid enough to elect McCain/Palin. We are afraid of our sons and daughters dying in Iran. We should all be afraid, be very afraid.

CHARLIE GIBSON HAS SHOWN HIS TRUE LEFT WING COLORS. HE IS A SCUM BAG. HIS INTERVIEW WAS MORE LIKE AN INQUISITION THAN AN INTERVIEW. YOU HAVE LOST ANOTHER VIEWER!!!!

If you were to ask Obama if he had met a lot of bomb throwers—-he could mention many of the members of the community with whom he was working.
Too bad you lefty media members don’t care that you are giving a certified Alinsky commie who is allied with the Bomb thrower Ayers and his lovely bomb throwing wife Bernadette.
Too bad that you haven’t investigated Obama.
Sarah is more of a man than either of the two wimps you guys are putting up.

Yes there are 57 states in the Muslim states—-just like Obama said in refering to “my muslim faith”. It’s harder to tell if his true beliefs lie with the Alinsky communists or the Islamic radicals.

As an Obama supporter, this was a useless article. Unless you’re going to count all the Vice Presidents, there is no point in trying to smear Sarah Palin with a fact check that doesn’t fully check all the facts.
She showed herself to be ignorant or, to be kind, unsophisticated regarding foreign policy. She doesn’t need any more help.

JJ – how come no one ever mentions McCain’s membership in the KKK back in 1959-1961?!? THE ONLY AMERICAN TERRORIST GROUP – the KKK still around. black panthers — gone. all other black militant groups – gone. KKK – alive and well. And will be more than happy when one of it’s secret members becomes POTUS.
btw-a biracial man raised by 3 white people cannot and would not become a Muslim. Why are all neocons so dim witted?!?! Not the sharpest tool in the shed – eeh JJ? Graduate 5 from the bottom of the class like your racist KKK hero McCain?

HISTORIAN? Of What? Is this CAPS LOCK post of yours the sum of your political discourse? I’d wager you were one of the suicidal humps who waved a sandal around in 2004 chanting “flip-flop, flip-flop” at a decorated war vet in order to get a service avoiding, drunk and dull tool of Big Oil close enough in fixed polls so that, with the help of a zionist influenced media, his pals at Diebold, brother in Fla. and nazis in the Supreme Court could steal your democracy. How’d that work out for you?
Doubtless ol’ Charlie was your hero a few months ago when he and his little pal Georgie butchered the Dem. debates. ABC doesn’t care if you return to your regular viewing of the Cartoon/Military channels.
I move we require at least saliva tests before letting anyone vote.
Really disappointed in the number of women supporting these crooks merely because they might share a gender. Never mind she bailed out of catholicism and church shopped until landing in one that considers women chattel.
Not surprised hispanics lean that way, they are bigger racists than southerners…and that’s a fact!

Dominic and all of the others. THE REASON CHINN ONLY WENT BACK 30 YEARS IS BECAUSE WE DON’T LIVE IN THE SAME WORLD THAT WE DID 40-50+ YEARS AGO. The social/political dynamics have changed to the point that what was true in 1950 IS NO LONGER RELEVANT – duhhhhh

“world” – I fear for your lack of brain. Remember this, the liberal media sways the week of mind.

Did you ever notice how the neo-cons have to get mean. They cannot debate the issues. There only source of news is Hannity and Rush. Please tell me what has Palin done? Why do you all hate Barack? Is it because he is a smart black man? Why do you all insist on name calling? Why do you make up lies? Why is it OK to smear Michelle Obama? If anyone questions Palin you call it sexism. You are about attacking
people. I feel really sorry for all of you and I will pray for each and every one of you.

Cecilia said:
“Foreign policy is her weakest topic and from now on she will only get better and better.”
YOU must be joking! Foreign policy is one of the most important things that a President and Vice-President must know inside and out! You don’t learn foreign policy over night and it is not something that you learn by on the job training.
I am very fearful that most of the American voters are so very poorly educated that we might just end up with McCain and Palin – GOD HELP US!
Obama-Biden ’08

Palin surprised me. She did better than I thought she would… as it’s true she has been more focused on domestic issues during her time as AK governor (as all governors are, including Clinton, Reagan before they were elected president). I guess if those guys could do it, Palin certainly can.

“Vote For!!! McCain /Palin The Mavrick Reformers!! Also I hunted too And Here’s the Bonus…I Won the Turkey Shoot & I Was The Only Girl Shootin’!!!”
YeeeHawwww! maybe you can take the Turkey with you when you vote! Then there will be two turkeys in the booth!

Our high school football coach teaches sex-ed, it’s fun to watch the 13-14 yrs olds put condoms on the bananas, doesn’t mean they use ‘em.

Anyone who supports continuing the same insanity and who isn’t;
(1) filthy rich
(2) corporate thief (neither pay taxes)
(3) inbred Bush family member
is;
(1)insane
(2)hateful
(3)a victim
(4)a traitor
The old man is a curmudgeon PTSD suffering repeat cancer addled con who obviously got derailed from his “maverick” path and sold out to the neocons to satiate the ambition he admits in his biography is his motivation for running.
To the obtuse who doom us with their lack of historical knowledge please know
that Vietnam was only the battlefield. The war was between the U.S. and COMMUNIST China (BushCo partner with WalMart as their outlet). It was the commies that kneaded McCain’t's brain like silly putty. Can you say Manchurian Candidate?
Send the wealthy old man into the retirement home. Hope that alzheimers doesn’t confuse him as to which house that is.

“I fear for your lack of brain. Remember this, the liberal media sways the week of mind.” Why is that neocons can only repeat the same dribble that they hear their handlers saying? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A LIBERAL MEDIA – there never was!!! If there was, we would not have a media that 2/3 of the times they show African Americans it is related to a crime. Never mind that 2/3 of the crimes are committed by white people. So called liberals would not do that. You have demonized a word that simply stands for the best in Christian values; like “do unto others…” and “what you do for the least of my brothers…”. neocon motto “your on your own” “reward the rich for they are moral and ignore the poor – they are immoral. If they were moral, they would be rich” and the stupid Apalachian people go for that nonsense, because “at least I’m better than ni$$*%s.”

I was excited to hear that Charlie was so well thought of as being fair that he were given the first interview of Gov. Palin, but I was so very disappointed in his obvious attempts to belittle her tonight. Laugh’s on him, though!!! He just may have given the Hillary supporters the push they need!

On the question about U.S. troops going over the border into Pakistan. Does Palin not know current events?
U.S. troops crossed the border into Pakistan last week. And Pakistan is not happy about it. Just today, the Pakistan’s army chief said they will defend their country’s sovereignty “at all cost”.

lisahussein,
That was an outstanding post. I tried logic and even sarcasm on these people and it didn’t work. Now I’m building a guillotine.

Who the devil is Jimmy Garter. It is Jimmy Carter and yes he did meet heads of State. He met many as the Governor of Georgia. He was also a nuclear physics expert. I guess it really does
pay to keep your mouth shut and appear ignorant than open it and remove all doubt. Are you going to paint all the men as sexist except Rove and McCain?

As a GOVERNOR , she should have known about the Bush Doctrine.

There are tons of former VPs in our country’s 236year history that have not met a foreign head of state.
This question was intended to be a negative attack on Palin.
Old Charlie thought – “well, here’s a WOMAN, let me show how MACHO I am!”.
What a joke Gibson is!
He was very condescending in tone & body language to her. It was not really an interview, more an attempt by the liberal media to try to attcak her- unnecessarily.
Palin will be a great VP.
Voters are 100% sure about that.

Nit picking. Don’t let the MSM make your decision for you.

The choice is very simple here:
Palin: Journalism degree, sports newscaster on TV, mayor of tiny town, governor of least populated state for 18 months.
Obama: 1st degree in Political Science specializing in International Relations, 2nd degree in LAW (graduated Magna cum Laude, worked as a civil right attorney, taught Constitutional Law at the law school at University of Chicago for 10 years, 8 years as state senator, and now is a U.S. senator.
There is only ONE sane choice here…. Obama-Biden ’08
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This is definately a waste of time Writing this liberal smear. What she actually said was prior to being elected, many vp’s would have said the same” Get it straight or give it up Lisa Chinn!!!!

The more that you attack her, the more you drive people to her. So keep attacking. Hope, Change, unity and yes we can, is starting to get downright ugly.

Both McCain and Palin are cowards. They stand on a stage, attack and then retreat without talking to the media. Anyone can stand on a stage and tell half truths, lies and then not be held accountable for their actions. We as the people for whom they are asking for our votes, should demand they be held accountable. For if we don’t do that now, then what on God’s earth will they do, God forbid they are elected. Their message of CHANGE is communication which flows one way, THEIRS! Come Nov. 4th we as votes should send a claer message to them “Thanks but No Thanks” Enough!

It was obvious Charlie Gibson was looking for the big A-HA! Much to his obvious dismay, Sarah handled the interview beautifully, Good job Sarah!
Ignore the liberal smear!
McCain/Palin 08!!!!

Mack – I am not the moron here.
If McCain were to die the first week he was in office, or first month or anytime (of a heart attack, cancer, or gun shot, etc…) Palin would be president.
This is VERY important and it is shameful that McCain has been so very reckless in making his decision.

lisahussein,
You might add that Pap Pap McCain’t has bragged that he graduated near the bottom of his class. I guess being stupid has a certain appeal for those who don’t care about their country.
Gibson didn’t do anything wrong. These fools are upset because we had an almost unprotected peek at a truly clueless and unqualified, backwoods and out of touch, sub beauty contest runner-up and obviously irresponsible mother being passed off as a leader we should seriously consider.
Please let us hear and see more of her.
Bring on the debates and you misguided antiamericans better watch them.

Obama: Smart, driven, highly educated… but has FAILED to do HIS JOB. Voting “Present” 127 times gives him an “F”, and should have been FIRED out of the senate.
Palin: Smart, driven, not as “educated” as Obama but is a DAMN good governor, (not to mention her years chairing the OIL & GAS commsision). As governor she could NEVER get away with the kind of job behavior that people have allowed Obama.

Hey Mack, Not as reckless as having Obama in the white house! at least She has governed something, and Isn’t associting with known terrorists and the extremists like Jeremiah Wright. It is wreckless that this nobody-done nothing even received the nomination.
Keep attacking her liberals!!! scares you that McCain picked a real winner! Keep trying to dig up dirt or invent something to make your wallowing more comforting.

Are the Palin apologist going to throw a hissy fit every time she’s asked a tough question? Give me a break, the interview was handpicked by the McPander campaign and was largely softball questions. Just because Palin looked like a moose caught in the headlights doesn’t mean that it was the big scary media’s fault. Do you think Hillary would have had a problem answering any of those easy questions? Of course not. In his nineteen months on the campaign trail Obama been subject to 20+ debates, countless interviews and unrelenting media scrutiny, and passed with flying colors. If Palin is so ready to be VP why can’t she handle a single interview without her apologist having to come to her defense? Because she’s a joke!

“Hey Mack, Not as reckless as having Obama in the white house! at least She has governed something, and Isn’t associting with known terrorists and the extremists like Jeremiah Wright. It is wreckless that this nobody-done nothing even received the nomination.”
A voice of sanity, although I’m not sure why you’re attacking me.

Jim:
JUST READ MY PREVIOUS POSTS – AND WILL SEE WHAT IS RECKLESS AND CRAZY AND WHAT IS NOT

If I was the Truth Squad and we know who you are, please abandon ship now. Don’t let Palin bring you down in the mud, I wouldn’t risk my career for all her lies.

Are the Obama apoligists going to have a hissy fit every time Palin proves them wrong and throws egg on their face? This is getting quite predictable and funny to watch the democrats chances to further down the tank.

You can see Russia from Alaska. Boy, Palin sure hit that one out of the park.

Tommy this is not the democrats chance going down the toilet. This is the middle classe’s chance going down the toilet. If the NEOCONS want a history lesson I will give it. Suffice it to say that neocons campaign well, and govern like someone who barely graduated from elementary school. If you look back over the past 30+ years you will see that Nixon had the biggest deficit since the Great Depression and that Ford had the biggest deficit since Nixon. Reagan had the biggest deficit since Ford and GH Bush had the biggest deficit since Reagan. GW has made the biggest deficit since his daddy. Every single time the neocons get into office the middle class shrinks, the GDP goes down, the GNP goes down, the value of the dollar goes down and the deficit goes up. This is not my opinion. THESE ARE FACTS – GO LOOK THEM UP!! And then justify McSame and the mooseburger lady.

What are you talking about!!! Yet you would crawl on Obama’s back and crawl in some pakastani hillside cave to find Bin Laden right!!! that’s what he wants to do! We need to go after terrorist whereever they live and breath. We have made pre-emptive strikes in pakistan with pakastani permission. wtf are they going to do about it anyway!!! you would’nt agree to a pre-emptive strike within another countries borders to possibly save thousands of American lives?!! You need to wake thef*** up!!! These are differnet times we live in. Thank God for Bush having the balls to protect us while all the liberals including Obama and Kerry and the likes of them are not supporting our troops. Calling them warmongers rapists and baby killers. You really want this pansy ass in the White house????
Give me a break!

thanks Richard!

C’mon this is just nitpicking. You can’t actually expect a vice presidential candidate to tell the truth. She did the interview, you want honesty too. That’s asking way too much. Everybody back off and show Sarah proper deference.

This has got to be an experiment in which the joke is on the American people.WAKE UP AMERICA!!! WE ARE IN A CRISIS. The World is watching. Listen to answers concerning the issues ….Our Economy, Energy, Education,Medical Coverage,The war in Iraq and Policies abroad with World Leaders..It is not Charles Gibson job to be kind to the neighborhood Hokey Mom..but to give us more insight into a person the nation has just known for two weeks.As a political Candidate it is her job to put our fears to rest. However She has made us worry even more. She seems to be hiding from the press at every opportunity concerning the hard issue yet she shows up on womens magazines smiling..I am for womens right and want to see us advance in every way..but do they think we are just stupid…I have nothing about policies concerning the advancement of women…Alaska is a state where crimes against women are the highest,rape is #1 in the nation. I like Sara Palin as person, I think she’s great but not as vice-president when God forbids something unfortunate should happen and she goes in to use Hokey-mom solutions as commander and chief. STICK TO THE ISSUES!! We dont need a Paris Hilton Of Politics ( famous just for being famous)and no” (just any skirt won’t do) It is time for the United States to regain our place as respected Superpower. “Lets Not Be Distracted” Far tooooo many Americans have lost thier Homes (The American Dream).

Too funny! Your economy is in shambles, people are losing their homes, millions have no healthcare, the markets have gone down the toilet, jobs are being cut, oil is sky high, global warming is a huge threat to all of the above – and y’all are worried about the Terrorists?!
Brainwashing works.
You can lead an American to a conclusion but you can’t make him think.

“Too funny! Your economy is in shambles, people are losing their homes, millions have no healthcare, the markets have gone down the toilet, jobs are being cut, oil is sky high, global warming is a huge threat to all of the above – and y’all are worried about the Terrorists?!”
And praise to the heavens above we have been given Barry! He has all the answers! If he can get them out in between stutters.

Oil closed @ $102 today, is that sky high? I heard it was a 6 month low?

“Yeah – I’ve been wondering about.
Why is McCain considered a hero?
Because her survived? Lots of people do that.
I don’t get the American Hero thing. Seems like nothing but propoganda.”
Yes the real hero is Barry. He was able to survive a drug addiction. Just say no.

I agree it is NOT Gibson’s job to go easy on a VP or Pres candidate. I say bring it on. When they go over the line, the public will know when he does. No one will have a perfect interview. However, I thought Palin did quite well from what I saw. I want to see the whole thing though. At the same time, all I hear Obama in interviews spew the same old tired democrat ideas (MUCH more eloquantly than any other democrat I can remember). We ALL know he wants to raise taxes on MOST of us, including the middle class, to redistribute “wealth” and pay for more social programs that will only fail.

“take special not of the on that has the word H I S T O R Y in it. read a little, learn a little, get a clue…”
Is a 20 year membership in a racist church considered H I S T O R Y?

“Mack – you can’t get beyond Obama’s verbal hesitations. (“Stuttering is so nasty”)
How very grade school of you.
He may actually be thinking while he’s speaking, but we wouldn’t want that would we.”
He doesn’t do it when he’s reading from the teleprompter. Makes it seem as if he doesn’t have confidence it what he is saying.

It’s a darn shame that Republicans seem to want to defend this lady to the very end. She clearly is lacking, we knew this, but we have given you the benefit of the doubt for almost two weeks now — Now we truly know, she was pretty much crap in this interview and I get the feeling Gibson was being nice — although, she didn’t make any instantly disqualifying remarks, it’s clear they can’t let the press get to her, because she’s clueless and it’s just a matter of time before she implodes, with something really stupid, like taking us head long into a war with Russia, excuse me… where are those troops coming from? Sanctions against Russia… huh, you’re kidding right? You can see Russia from Alaska…riiiiight.
I’m not gleeful in her ineptitude, I’m just sayin’, she ain’t gonna cut it…
And it’s plain Un-American to continue to support a VP that is this inept, when dealing with a Presidential Candidate that could very well be two years into the last decade of his life — Isn’t this type of blind support, even though we could clearly see the man was a moron, that got us Bush.
You think people would learn their lesson — it matters who we elect President and in this case, it really matters who is selected as VP…

“Why do you choose to interpret his slower speech as an indicatin of a lack of confidence? He’s thinking while he speaks.’
It seems to me that he is choosing his words too carefully, almost like he’s afraid his true feelings may come out in his speech. He seems very confident and comfortable when speaking off of the teleprompter.
Bush is a terrible speaker both on and off of the teleprompter. He doesn’t convey confidence to me.

Not meaning to harp on this, but I just don’t understand how “stuttering” might affect policy development.
Which is the most important thing to voters – right?
Or am I overestimating…

“Not meaning to harp on this, but I just don’t understand how “stuttering” might affect policy development.
Which is the most important thing to voters – right?
Or am I overestimating…”
It’s just that he soars when reading off of the teleprompter and stumbles without it. No doubt that he is an intelligent man. His policies are too vague for me though and they are constantly changing. He’s changed his tax policy 3 times already.

But isn’t it better to have a leader who is flexible enough to change policy according to forces, who isn’t afraid to continue to strive for something better, something more.
Again, I reference Bush. His policies have been written in stone, destructive or not, he’s never wavered. That hasn’t been good for you people.

Happy to live in Canada
Can’t believe how stupid many Yanks are.
Yeah, she’s going to be your next VP.
And you’ll be the loughing stock of the world, heh

What ever happened to Barracuda? The pitbull with lipstick? She’s so tough with defenseless animals and armed with a gun. Oh, but when it comes to the *though* world of politics, foreign affairs and scary journalists, the Barracuda turns into canned tuna right in front of the cameras. No wonder her son Track Enfield Palin (his real name, check it out) is getting the hell out of here and deploying to Iraq. How much longer are Republicans going to embarrass us? It’s time for intelligent people running this country. Obama ’08

“But isn’t it better to have a leader who is flexible enough to change policy according to forces, who isn’t afraid to continue to strive for something better, something more.”
I would agree with you there, I just don’t agree with his policies and I don’t believe that he has the good judgment to lead at this critical time. And since he is woefully lacking in experience, there is no reason to take a chance on him. If you are not from this country then you just see the soaring rhetoric. He is using the same exact platform that the Governor of Massachusetts used to get elected and is turns out that it is all just words and nothing more.

‘It has not been nearly as bad as advertised… virtually everyone I know is doing much much better economically today than they were 8 years ago.”
I’m actually doing better than I was 4 years ago, although I’m still not back to where I was 8 years ago.

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What floors me, and most people who are not American, is that the neocons lied to the American people, tricked them into participating in an occupation (that will never end), gifted debt to several generations to follow, and continue to lie about it.
And the American people might re-elect the s.o.b.s who did this.
That’s pretty crazy.”
I don’t believe that McCain is Bush as some people will try to make you believe. He is no NeoCon. They actually don’t like him at all. He is definitely more moderate than Bush. He’s been to war and he says that he hates war and I’ll take him at his word.

PALIN IS A FAKE!!
Tonight softball interview by Gibson is probably making Tim Russert roll over in his grave!
All she did was show her ignorance and tried to answer questions by repeating talking points the McBush campaign has been tutoring her with for the past two weeks… Guess what “my friends” it didn’t work!!
She even repeated that BS about Alaska being close to Russia as supposed National Security experience?
Say Palin why don’t we make every little country out there a member of NATO. Then you and McSenile can make sure we get to go to war with those “godless” Russians!!
I bet you and your bible thumping church buddies in Wasilla would love that! Because then you can all play out your “end of days” BS while the nukes fall from the sky… You are a dangerous wacko!!
What a pathetic JOKE!!! I can’t wait until a few more reporters get a hold of this “American Idol Beauty Queen.” Maybe 60 minutes or Meet The Press?
After this one though McDummy will probably keep her locked in the closet until election day!!!
Let’s get some real leaders with brains in there this time… Obama/Biden ’08!!!

“What floors me, and most people who are not American, is that the neocons lied to the American people, tricked them into participating in an occupation (that will never end), gifted debt to several generations to follow, and continue to lie about it.”
Really? Lied about Saddam being a significant threat to the free world? In what way? No WMDs? Hmmm would not one consider chemical weapons a WMD? How many times do we have to wait for a crazy dictator to strike and how powerful to we need to wait for them to get before we are “cleared” to take care of business?

Unfortunately, most Americans are not only backwards and unintelligent, but also brain-washed and mind-controlled by the rich millionaires that run this country. Sarah Palin is a reflection of the decline of America and our sorry state of affairs. No wonder the Chinese and the Russians are laughing at us on a daily basis. Sarah Palin is a disgrace and she only made us even more embarrased with this interview. Sarah: go back to shooting wolves in Alaska.

Mack,
Your wrong, McWar is a trigger happy whack job, ready to push the nuke button if Russia dares to mess with his kooky friend in Georgia!
You know the guy that attacked south Ossentia in the middle of the night killing over 1,000 Russian citizens living there…
Then McDummy starts crying foul because the Russians came in to save their people from this crazy Georgian aggressor!
Admittedly the Russians went to far, but tonight in the ABC interview Palin refused to even acknowledge the fact that the Georgians struck first!
I guess that McCain top adviser, you know the one with the big lobbying contract from Georgia told her to say that FACT was false….
She’s a lightweight and you Republican trolls know it. A little more exposure by the press and that beauty queen is going to “flame out” in the night sky and come down to earth with a big THUD!!!!
Vote for real change, Obama/Biden ’08

Saddam was completely contained. He was no threat to anyone outside his own borders. There were no chemical weapons found. The UN weapons inspectors were saying months in advance of the first strike that the program was inactive.
This is well documented and easily otbainable. Why does it need revisiting all the time?
Also, do you really want to be a citizen of a country that demolishes a nation because of a threat. You guys need to chill.

“Mack,
Your wrong, McWar is a trigger happy whack job, ready to push the nuke button if Russia dares to mess with his kooky friend in Georgia!”
Hah! I’m sure McCain would much rather have peace and be able to be in bed by 9pm. He’s no war monger.

“Saddam was completely contained. He was no threat to anyone outside his own borders. There were no chemical weapons found. The UN weapons inspectors were saying months in advance of the first strike that the program was inactive.”
I’d agree with you there. I do believe that going into Afghanistan was the right thing to do.

Mack you think McCain’s trillion dollar tax cuts mainly to the top 1%, and his massive slashing of government programs, investments, and to possibly even social security is the answer? While roads and bridges are crumbling, people have no healthcare, and our education is falling further and further behind the rest of the world.
Now is the time for some serious investments in America.

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Mack you think McCain’s trillion dollar tax cuts mainly to the top 1%, and his massive slashing of government programs, investments, and to possibly even social security is the answer? While roads and bridges are crumbling, people have no healthcare, and our education is falling further and further behind the rest of the world.
Now is the time for some serious investments in America.”
I definitely agree that we need to rebuild our infrastructure, although the cuts are going to have to come from somewhere. We can’t spend our way out of this mess.

LOL Tom you’re killing me. So your argument is that despite the facts reported in newspapers, you believe the economy is fine because you saw a guy buying a plasma tv at the mall? ROTFLMAO

Could all that credit card debt that’s contributing to foreclosures be a result of a collective shopping addiction in a culture of dissatisfaction?

Check your timeline, Tom. He was contained after his attack on the Kurds and his invasion of Kuwait. He was contained for twelve years.

“I am saying that all the newspapers like to report is the bad news!!! Its pretty darn obvious, isn’t it?”
I definitely agree that the media prefers bad news.

“His bluster was mainly so Iran wouldn’t find out how weak he was. Saddam was running his country on an illusion of power”
Possibly partly so. Getting back to my original point – this was not a “Lie” by Bush. A miscalculation or perhaps some bad or misleading intelligence… but the writing was certainly on the wall and that guy Saddam was on probation already.

Are there actually people that think like this: that there was no history before they started paying attention?
Lisa Chinn, history didn’t start 30 years ago. Do you realize when you write stories like this that anything else you write afterwards will be discounted as either bias or ignorance?

Every Vice President in the last 30 years? Wow! Did anybody stop to count how many VPs that is? 5… Mondale, Bush, Quayle, Gore and Cheney. Why didn’t ABC News just say the last five VPs had met a head of state? Because saying 30 years makes it sound so much more significant? Another good example of Biased reporting.

I dont understand some people.When you are in an interview you get asked hard questions especailly when you are running for an important post like the VP.Just beacuse Sarah Palin’s answers didnt seem like much doesnt mean that the interviewer is biased.For Godsakes.If she cant answer Charlie Gibson with straight meaningful answers how is she going to face foriegn leaders.They might laugh at her stupidity.What could be worse than that.I heard in a news program her that most of her decisions in office are based on 5 minute discussions with her staff.She just makes it on gut feelign.i dont think you can handle foriegn policy like that.Criticism has to be given where it is due.Just beacuse she is a woman doenst mean she is shielded form answering hard questions.She is going to be the VP.There is no differnece if she is woman or not.She has to answer these questions without the republican party coming to her defence stating that this shouldnt have been asked and that shouldnt have been said.Go tell Putin that

LOL, Palin and McBush are like two peas in a pod! Both making the crap up as they go along! Funny thing is there are sheeple out there lapping everythign they say up. I just dont get it.
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Enough of the false cries of sexism.
Everybody sees through this. Even the people making the claims.
Let her compete as an equal if she wants to and, when the going gets tough, show she can take it like the men.
We cannot have a wuss crying sexism every five minutes in the White House.

All I can say is “stupid is as stupid does” She should have been holding a box of chocalets,sitting on a park bench, wearing a bow tie. I am disgusted, totally disgusted. Stop blaming Charlie Gibson for her lack of knowledge on the issues..

You guys kill me. A few months ago, it was “Boo hoo! The liberal media is playing softball with Obama! It’s a lovefest!” Now it’s “Boo hoo! Charlie Gibson was disrespectful! Interviewers should respect their subjects!”
Well, which is it, guys? I guess the only thing that would make you happy would be that Obama gets tough questions and Palin gets easy ones.

Calston,
I can name tons of former vp in our country’s 236year history that have not met a foreign head of state.
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Then you are talking pre 70′s. We don’t
live there anymore.

I really didn’t expect a truly objective
result from Charlie’s interview with Gov. Palin. So I was, frankly, somewhat pleased with what I did get to hear UNTIL the so-called “Fact Check” that followed. Talk about half-truths and mis-interpretations! The fact is, we’ve had 47 vice-presidents in our nation’s history, some of whom served two terms, so I counted them only once. That number, plus their opponents gives us quite a few individuals. Your so-called ‘fact-checker’ chose to go back over the last 30 years when we’ve had only 5 vice presidents (plus their opponents). Regardless of their experience or lack thereof with heads of state, that leaves a great gulf between the “many” that Gov. Palin referred to and the biased implication that your ‘fact-checker’ planted in a supposed fair and ballanced report.

This wasn’t an interview. This was a rehearsed speech by Palin. She had such a defensive posture during the interview. She was talking so fast you could barely understand what she was saying and I don’t think she understood herself. She did not pause to think about the answer to the question or quite frankly give Charlie Gibson time to complete one of the questions. This lady does not have the slightest foreign policy experience whatsoever to be considered to be chosen as VP let alone being one step away from being President of the United States. I mean people, lets put aside partisan politics here and truly think about how this will not only affect our lives but the lives of our children and grandchildren. Haven’t we suffered enough the last 8 years under the Bush administration with high unemployment, the economy in the tank, our military being stretched so thinly that it could break at any minute.

Several posters mentioned John Adams and a lack of foreign experience prior to nomination as VP.
Mr. Adams, the first VP of the USA, served the country as an unofficial Ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War (along with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin), appointed as Ambassador by the Congress of the Confederation from 1782-1788 to Netherlands and then to England.
In these times than as much as any other time in America’s history, the people we elect to our highest offices must have knowledge of foreign affairs and preferably some real-world experience.
It seems very telling when Palin is asked about defense policy and she answers (more than once) that her experience in domestic energy issues of Alaska is key to defense.
Gibson was fair and not the least bit condescending. Palin is not educated, not experienced and has no business being in a leadership position. She has no legislative experience either: how is she going to preside over the U.S. Senate?
It is the height of condescension for the GOP to believe that America will vote for Palin because she is a woman, that people who question her credentials are insulting her (just because she is a woman), or that Hillary supporters will suddenly throw out their principles and beliefs and vote for Palin because she is a woman.
Palin has done nothing for the past 2 weeks except spout parts of her prepared RNC speech. The GOP has played to the conservative base by selecting an anti-choice, pro-war, deficit hawk who will fall in lock-step with McCain as they continue the policies of Bush 43.
Defenders of Palin state that because she did not know what the Bush Doctrine is, she won’t follow it are ignorant or, most likely, expecting everyone else to be ignorant. This is the basis Bush’s foreign policy for the last 6 years; she should know it. Even if not knowing it by name, everything she said about Russia, Iran and Israel is a manifestation of the same narrow, myopic view of how the world must kow-tow to US superiority. It’s not only ingorance on the part of Palin and the GOP base, it’s downright scary and dangerous.

Just out of curiousity, when did Barack Obama first meet a head of state?

Did Obama ever meet with Foreign Heads of State before running for President? I don’t remember and have not been able to find out.

If Russia is so important, why not use Condi Rice as VP, she made Russian studies her major and she speaks friggin’ Russian! But no, let’s go with the wound-animals from helicopters, vindictive, two-faced hockey mom.
Putin, whom Palin would wage war with, is a seasoned, career KGB officer with a life of military intelligence experience and several actual military endeavors behind him. And you call that a match? Putin vs a 18 month junior governor who ‘hasn’t given Iraq much thought’? Did she even study political science at university?

I don’t think Obama met a head of state before this election. By the way, Palin was not wrong. The fact checker was wrong in taking part of what she said. She said through history I think there are VP candidates who have not met a foreign head of state. She did not say just of those currently living. By the way, there are presidents throughout U.S. history who have not met a foreign head of state before being elected. It’s really not a big deal about whether she has met a foreign head of state or not. Let’s examine the actual president nominees’ credentials on foreign affairs then – McCain versus Obama.

so many republican apologists…

The question is whether these other Vice Presidents met a foreign head of state before they were selected, not before they were elected. One might happen by Washington to say ‘hi’ in the next two months — it won’t make Palin more qualified.
@Tony — don’t you recall Senator Obama’s trip to Kenya? He spent some time with his father’s cousin, the Prime Minister Raila Odinga*. I believe he also popped in to say ‘hi’ to President Mwai Kibaki.
http://thehill.com/lynn-sweet/codel-obama-2006-09-07.html
* — who, OK, was in opposition then.

“SHE DID A GREAT JOB BY NOT TAKING THE BAIT. ”
Ha Ha, yeah, not knowing the answers was a really clever tactic!

ABC obviously prefers the Osama bin Biden marxist/socialist/terrorist-sympthizers than they do AMERICAN WOMAN!!!!!!!
Ban ABC! Ban MSNBC! They are all misogynist pigs!!!!

It is amazing to me that the author of this article misquoted what Palin said (that if you look back in HISTORY, other vp candidates MIGHT have given the same answer.) That is all she said. She did not say anything about living successful candidates, she did not say anything about vp’s in the last eight years. The article writers added these parts. Gov. Palin was 100% correct in what she said. This is proof that the media left and the dems are making thngs up to make her look bad. SHE ABSOLUTELY DID NOT SAY WHAT THEY SAID SHE SAID ABOUT VP’S HISTORICALLY!

Another really interesting part of the interview was when she was asked if Iraq was a task from God. She said “well i don’t know if that was exactly what i said…”
Gibson replied flatly, “Exact words.”
Terrible VP choice: http://tinyurl.com/5zr47h

I can’t believe this author is actually making up a big ole lie as she is supposed to be ‘checking Palin’s facts.’ The author says that Palin said: “many” other vice presidential nominees in history hadn’t met a head of state either.
Palin DID NOT SAY THAT! She said: “I have not, and I think if you go BACK IN HISTORY and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they MAY have the same answer that I just gave you.”
Nothing could be more accurate…100% accurate.
The author’s fact check is sorely lacking…she left out the MAY HAVE and she only checked a part of history. Shame on her for lying about what Palin said. But then, that’s the media for you these days!

Good grief! Was Charles Gibson mocking Sarah Palin’s religion during that interview? Or maybe trying to make her regret her faith in God, which she equates to believing in good? Thank God she believes in God. When I hear media ask questions like that I wonder what has happened to our country that Christian faith is frowned on by the media. I am so offended.

curious that Palin converses so casually about war with Russia, without seemingly to understand how catastrophic for the world that would be.
McCain & Plain claim many things that can easily be checked out and already have been proven to be false. Who knows what’s still out there waiting to be brought out into the public scrutiny.
One of the really good statements Obama made was that ‘they take pride in their own ignorance’. I for one, want intelligence and not dogma running the government. I don’t want metaphors to the America of bygone days… I want solutions and forward thinking willing to try new ways to solve problems.
The McCain & Palin campaigns seem to also take pride in their lies and ignorance.

I love how they go back 32 years and stop. Did they get bored with the research? How many foreign leaders did the governor of Arkansas meet and do business with before he was president? I have no idea … but I’m just asking. Yes, he went to Oxford, but how many foreign leaders did he meet while doing it?
The Bush Doctrine is if you are a country that harbors terrorists — you are also a terrorist. Regardless, of what Bush’s doctrine is or isn’t, the intelligent question for this Charles Gibson to ask is “What is the McCain Doctrine?” I am quite certain he has one. That is what journalists should be asking — but they are buying into Bush and McCain are the same (which is a ridiculous comparison and anyone who follows politics would know this).
Other intelligent questions to ask would have been questions about Darfur, Cuba, North Korea?
I am a conservative that does not agree with the lipstick ad McCain put out, but the Obama campaign calling it a smear is really the pot calling the kettle black — who turned McCain’s words around saying he thought the middle class is people who make over $5 million (this was clearly a joke, if you watch the interview) — AND the fact that he wants to be in Iraq for 100 years (also taken out of context). Politics is a contact sport, so if you are stupid enough to say it — the other side is going to use it.
Both sides distort one liners from the other side. Today there is a technology ad out from Obama slamming McCain when he can’t send an email. When you are president — YOU CAN’T SEND EMAIL ANYWAY! I am more interested in my president lowering corporate taxes on my small business from 25-35%, not if he can send an email.
And one more thing … Jesus was a community organizer? Pontius Pilate was a governor. (So was Bill Clinton.) Comparing the democratic nominee to Jesus is a losing proposition. Obama is not Jesus, not even close — and it is offensive to millions to imply as much. It is a losing statement to win independents and moderates.

I think the point is that she didn’t have to say other VP candidates haven’t met them either, because it makes her seem like she is making an excuse. Granted, it was an unfair question as Charles Gibson must have known that Palin had just recently acquired her passport, and Alaska is a rare stop for foreign dignitaries.

you’re right liberal feminist, it was stunt casting. mccain knows she isn’t qualified to be in the number 2 spot or number 1 spot. there were many other qualified experienced, foreign knowledged republicans that he could’ve chosen and he picks a beauty queen and hockey mom, small town mayor,1st. term small state governor? give me a break! i’m sure there’s alot of buyers remorse among the gop.

We know from 9/11 that bad things can happen early on in an administration.
The vice president’s main function is to take over as president if the president should die or be killed.
My issue: does Sarah Palin have the foreign policy knowledge to take over if the president should die and act nimbly to whatever foreign events might be occurring? Country First: is she really ready? It matters.

Uh oh…one thing is really clear about the Palin interview and people’s responses to it: as a nation, we’ve become dumber than ever. If you can’t look around and notice that the country is economically in shambles, and that this has been caused by the Bush policies of the last 8 years and you think that McCain / Palin’s “more of the same” is going to make your lives better…well, it’s just dumb and dumber all the way down…ask yourself why you’d vote for more policies that will repeat all the damage? If you think you’re not voting for more of the same trouble…think about all these choices in terms of economic issues, not personalities. If you haven’t noticed folks, our economy is falling apart…

Though Mr. Gibson was very mild, he came across as very condescending. He asked if she felt ready to lead. When she replied “Yes.” he asked her again about six times, as if he just couldn’t wrap his mind around the answer. He even explained the Presidency to her and asked her again. He came across as a teacher speakingto a not especially bright pupil. I half expected him to pat her on the head and urge her to run along home. O’Reilly’s interview of Obama, even though he challenged Obama once in awhile, showed more respect for Obama. I hope Mr. Gibson does better later.

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Bob, have you finished grade school yet? Bush is responsible for dummies who won’t study in school? Democrats want the voters to stay dumb, more democrat voters.
And the economy? If the economy was booming until last year, what changed? Come on, Bob? Any ideas?
Palin – 08

I weep for the future of this country, when literally millions of people think it’s “not important” that a VP nominee has NO CLUE about the single biggest change in foreign policy this decade. And the fact that some of you defend it by saying “I didn’t know what that Bush Doctrine was either”, well, first, you’re ignorant of world affairs, and more importantly, you’re not running to be second in command of the most powerful nation in the world. If she doesn’t know this kind of stuff, WHY IS SHE ON THE TICKET? What does she bring to the table that will help solve our growing problems here in America? A sparkling personality? The same “I’m absolutely certain and won’t change my mind, facts and reality be damned” attitude we saw from Bush for 8 years? What will we gain from putting this woman in power?
A recent survey by Gallup shows that voters who base their votes on issues go for Obama by 20 points; voters who base it on “personality” go by 20 points to McCain. McCain’s campaign manager himself said, “this election isn’t about issues”. Sarah Palin is the first American Idol candidate, but if she gets into office, she won’t be the last, and the US will continue its steady slide from superpower to second-rate. Who is the empty suit with vague promises and meaningless slogan, and who’s the guy with actual, detailed policies and plans to turn America around, again?
McCain has tried to plagiarize all the likable characteristics of Obama, and ignored all the substance. It’ll be a sad day for America if it pays off, but America will get the government she deserves.

Another classic example of how the liberal media skews the reality of the Q&A to push their warped agenda. FACT CHECK – the media is biased toward the left. Thanks for making it yet again so obvious!

leave her alone.your acting like we have had 1000 presidents in 30 yrs.stop being a band wagon jump cause mtv told to.

it’s ‘instersing’ ( as Bush would say ) that Republicans seem to be denying that they have been running the country since 2000.
It’s also amazing, that some would blame the Democrats from 2007 until now for whatever has gone wrong in America and the world.
Just remember Saint Reagan’s mantra:
“are you better off today than you were 4 years ago”? Most folks would probably say NO.
More deregulation and less oversight..that’s the Republican way, insure the profits and subsidize the losses to the tax payers while bailing out preferred corporations and letting the CEO’s still get millions while workers lose everything….. ahhh, the smell of ‘trickle down’ economics in the morning..
Republicans, you were running the show, you own it, be proud of where the country is right now as it’s your policies that got us here.

I didn’t realize the United States was only 30 years old. Thanks for the clarification.
:rolleyes:

Watching Gov. Palin was painfully ackward. I believe her ambition got the best of her when the VP position was dangled in front of her eyes. She is woefully unqualified for the position.
People ask what difference it makes that she hasn’t met a foreign head of state. From her demeanor so far, I would say a lot. We live in a global society where we need to know how to behave in a diplomatic manner to resolve differences. Gov. Palin has not demonstrated that type of behavior. She’s flippant and for me as a woman, I feel no respect for her. That’s a major problem. If you don’t think it matters, think about the demeanor of our great leaders. And Bush isn’t one of them.

Wow, people need to wake up on Palin. Thinking of handing our top office to someone who has no qualifications to run this great country? Please think again…Palin is a political gimmick to try to keep the current status quo in Washington! WAKE UP!

Lisa Chinn is a perfect example of someone feeding the masses what it wants with her deceptive practices.
Meanwhile, the Pro-Obama sheep come out in droves to divert the issue and point fingers.

I noticed that this article only referenced actual VPs, and not VP candidates. For just one example as to why this matters, which major world leader did John Edwards meet with before his VP nomination in 2004?

McCain had my vote…McCain lost my vote with Sarah…
She’s frightening. Obama 08!

“ABC News’ Lisa Chinn reports”?
No. That is inaccurate. It is unworthy of a once-great network.
Instead, ABC News’ Lisa Chinn distorts.
The headline of the article?
“Fact Check: Palin Wrong on Former VP Credentials”
Is that consistent with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
It isn’t even close.
Here is a quote from the article:
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Without digging at all deeply into Vice Presidential history (let alone all those who have been in Governor Palin’s situation, who have still been just candidates), how about Harry Truman?
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1670.html —
• “Truman was a veteran politician and legislator, but he had no experience with foreign policy, so he had to rely on advisors and his own instincts.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/video/truman_10.html#top —
• “Roosevelt keeps Truman out of his inner circle. When the president dies, Truman is nervous and unprepared”
• “He could never shake, Truman said, the feeling that the Roosevelt White House considered him ‘small potatoes.”
• “On April 12, 1945, Truman rushed to the White House. Franklin Roosevelt was dead. Vice president for just 82 days, Harry S. Truman was now president of the United States. He was frightened and insecure. ‘I’m not big enough for this job,’ Truman said.”
Despite all that, when that great icon of the Democrat Party, FDR, picked old “Give ‘em Hell” Harry to be his Veep, Truman didn’t do half bad.
For those who may not be all that familiar with his accomplishments, Truman:
• integrated our armed forces;
• put us into NATO;
• initiated a policy to contain Soviet communism, the Truman Doctrine of 1947;
• saw the Marshall Plan implemented:
• saved a million or more lives on both sides by dropping Fat Man and Little Boy; and,
• in correctly perceiving the challenge Stalin had issued when the Soviet dictator gave the green light to the invasion of South Korea, went to war, showing thereby the kind of toughness today’s Democrats, as a group, can only pretend to have.
Truman did a lot more, but that alone is a good list for someone historians label as “unprepared,” “insecure,” and having “no experience with foreign policy.” Did Truman meet with any foreign leaders before his election to the Vice Presidency? I don’t know. I couldn’t find any such events, but there may have been some. Obviously, however, any such meetings did not weigh heavily in the assessments of historians and biographers.

Over this side of the pond, we thought you guys had at last got wise, and were going to elect a human being again. Seems we might have got that wrong.

They definitely went far enough back to make a difference to me, what do you want to go back to times before the airplane? When traveling was done in horse and buggies? It makes a HUGE difference that she has not even left North America before last year, it shows an ignorance to other cultures. She could be president for christs sake, how could she possibly be expected to keep peaceful relations with other countries when she knows nothing about them, and is a trigger happy redneck??

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Talk about clutching to threads.
I know for a fact that George Washington never met with foreign leaders.
And Major is so right. Truman had run a habadashery (look it up, slimes) and couldn’t spell VP. But he turned out to be a damn good, damn important president.
PRESIDENT Sarah Palin. Just eats your guts out, huh democrat pukes.
Palin – 08

Exactly Keith. That’s the same “fanatical blind-faith” that many put in Senator Obama.
I agree, a lot of Americans are lazy and don’t research a candidate’s record and positions on issues. This occurs on all sides of the political spectrum. That being said, there are many voters that are well informed. Many voters look into the issues and candidates records. To assume that those who support and defend Gov. Palin (Sen. McCain for that matter) do so on blind-faith is terribly ignorant.
I’ve checked her record as governor, she is a reformer. As far as the foreign policy experience, the same can be said of Senator Obama.

To any who think Gibson was hostile toward Palin: You should watch the O’Reilly “interview” of Obama. THAT is hostile…

RE: Mike
“It amazes me so many of the liberals in this country, including Charlie Gibson, are so eager to dismiss as ignorant/stupid/unqualified anyone with whom they disagree.
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Really?……… so…
Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, Savage, Malkin et.al , are the very pinnacle of ‘intelligent’ analysis of domestic and world affairs and tolerance…
the real difference between the right and the left is the amount of invective and seething hatred the Republican/Neo-Cons have for anyone who is not ‘one of them’ or ‘think’ like them.

The Palin was clearly out of her depth during this interview and this was a “soft-ball”. Wait until Chris Mathews questions her.

A puff piece and she couln’t get that right…..and the Republicans want to sent her WHERE

Wow, and Republicans are worried about lowering the standards in schools??? If this isn’t an affirmative action choice I don’t know what one is!!

What a question .. Has Obama ever met a head of state? My gosh .. she has near the same credentials that Teddy Roosevelt had before he took office.
Go Sara go!

jk, rednecks

Once again, for the geniuses here who “know” Palin was right about “lots of VPs having not met foreign leaders”:
Cheney – met with dozens of world leaders as Secretary of Defense including Saudi leaders before Desert Storm
Gore – met with numerous world leaders while chair of the Governmental Affairs Senate committee and other congressional delegation trips
Quayle – member of Senate Armed Services committee, on several congressional delegations abroad
George Bush – Ambassador to China
Walter Mondale – spent much of his time in the Senate traveling abroad as chair of Intelligence Committee, met with NATO leaders on a regular basis
Nelson Rockefeller – Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs
Gerald Ford – traveled abroad numerous times while serving as House Minority Leader, met with leaders in Europe, Africa, and southeast Asia
Spiro Agnew – met with Western European leaders on trade negotiation trip while governor of Maryland
H.H. Humphrey – several trips to Western Europe on behalf of his chairmanship of the Select Committee on Disarmament
LBJ – long history of meeting with foreign leaders, most notably while Senate minority leader
Nixon – met with West German chancellor while art of Herter Committee on the Marshall Plan
Alben Barkley – met with Churchill to secure the details of the Lend-Lease Act
Truman – met with Churchill and other Allied leaders while part of the Senate Truman War Committee
Henry Wallace – met with south central Asian and Russian leaders as Secretary of Agriculture
Jack Garner – met with Mexican federal officials during World War I
Chuck Curtis – Met with French, Dutch, and British leaders in regards to defense in the Caribbean as Chairman of the Committee on Coastal Defense
Charles C. Dawes – Met the King of Sweden when awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (among many, many other instances)
Calvin Coolidge – cannot find any evidence he met with any foreign leaders prior to the Vice Presidency
…ok, so there’s one…
James Sherman – Chair of Committee on Indian Affairs (in 1900, the Indian territories were still considered to be sovereign, and thus he negotiated treaties with their leaders)
Charles Fairbanks – member of Joint High Commission which brought American and British leaders together with Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to deal with issues of land ownership in the Yukon
Theodore Roosevelt – met pretty much everyone
Garret A Hobart – Probably the closest analogue to Sarah Palin, spent most of his time in state government, but hosted “sultans and kings” at notorious parties in his Paterson, NJ mansion.
Adlai Stevenson Sr. – spent time in Ireland, but not sure who he met
Levi P. Morton – Ambassador to France, amazingly popular, secured the donation of the Statue of Liberty
Thomas Hendricks – met with French representatives in New Orleans but it doesn’t appear he met with any head of state
Chester A. Arthur – met Robert E. Lee, if you want to count that
Will A. Wheeler – now we’re starting to get into an age when international travel was not as easy
Schuyler Colfax – attended John A. MacDonald’s inauguration as first Prime Minister of Canada
Andrew Johnson – see above regarding Robert E. Lee
Hannibal Hamlin – Minister to France, negotiated the Treaty of 1831
John C. Breckinridge – Negotiated Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in Mexico City
William R. King – Secretary of Legation (aka Consul) to Italy and Russia
Millard Fillmore – no foreign leadership, but was extremely accomplished regardless
…two…
George M. Dallas – Ambassador to Russia
John Tyler – nothing
…three….
Richard M. Johnson – Met with Tecumseh, much to Tecumseh’s dismay. AKA death.
Martin Van Buren – Jackson’s Secretary of State.
John Calhoun – JQA’s Secretary of State.
DD Tompkins – Turned down a chance to be Secretary of State.
Elbridge Gerry – Delegate to France. It didn’t work out so well, if you remember your history.
George Clinton – Negotiated the 1783 treaty with Britain
Aaron Burr – Went all over Europe, played both sides of the French Revolution
Thomas Jefferson – Minister to France, Secretary of State
John Adams – Hung out with the King of France, obviously
…and that leaves us with a total of…THREE, only one of which was less than 100 years ago! Congratulations Governor Palin, you’d be history making in more than one way.
So, please shut up defending this statement, or at least educate yourself first…but then again, you don’t care, you’d rather hear yourself endlessly babble about how right you are about everything than actually learn something. But, that’s what McCain/Palin are counting on: an army of “useful idiots” who can be convinced to defend anything just based on the letter R after their name.

Love the exaggerated “Wrong” in the headline of this piece and the hidden clarification in the second paragraph – “oh, actually I meant wrong when it applies to the last five VPs only.” What editor approves this stuff before it’s posted??

“Love the exaggerated “Wrong” in the headline of this piece and the hidden clarification in the second paragraph – “oh, actually I meant wrong when it applies to the last five VPs only.” What editor approves this stuff before it’s posted??”
Amy – see my post and educate yourself…took about 10 minutes of Googling to find. Or just keep believing what you already think – ignorance is bliss.

For Marc:
Would you please cite your source(s)?
Was that your scholarship or someone else’s?
You say: “Walter Mondale – spent much of his time in the Senate traveling abroad as chair of Intelligence Committee, met with NATO leaders on a regular basis.” Which of those are you telling us were “foreign heads of state,” if you know?
Please note: these are sincere questions, and do not constitute a contention that you are in error, any more than they constitute a contention that you are correct.

One of us? Why does a president (I know she’s running for VP, but let’s face it, McCain’s going to die from an overdose of prune juice) need to be “one of us.” Personally I want the leader of the most powerful, nuclear armed nation in the world to be intelligent and savvy. We’re talking about a woman who went to community college and then an unranked, tier 3 university taking 5 1/2 years to get an undergraduate’s degree in… JOURNALISM!!!
This woman didn’t know what the Bush Doctrine is. She wants to bring Ukraine into NATO. She probably has no idea of the rocky (to say the least) nature of Ukrainian politics, the poor condition of their military, the fact that they only spend 1.1% of GDP on their military while the minimum threshold for NATO members is 2%. She probably also unaware of what percentage of the Ukranian population supports entrance into NATO (less than Bush’s approval rating). But let’s hypothetically say she convinces NATO to grant Ukraine membership and they accept. What do we do when Russia foments discontent, Yuschenko “disappears” and suddenly a NATO member state is lead by a government aligned with NATO’s primary adversary? Somebody tell me, because I don’t know. And neither does Palin.
Voting for someone who is “like me” is tantamount to saying that “I” have the ability to run the country. Frankly, the idea someone with my intelligence running the country is scary. Think of it this way, would you trust yourself to perform open heart surgery on a loved one? I wouldn’t, because I don’t have the education for it. How is the most powerful job in the world any different? For an average person to vote for someone on that basis is saying quite a bit about their ego.

Major, you are quibbling in an effort to win an argument at the expense of overarching issue. “Foreign heads of state” is meant as a meter for foreign policy experience. She hasn’t met with anyone of consequence is what everyone has been trying to get at. It doesn’t matter if the NATO leaders Mondale met with were “heads of state”.

Palin = Teddy Roosevelt?
OMG
Spin. Spin away.
Spin away any chance of recovering your credibility.

you people live in fantasy world crying about the government not doing anything and people losing jobs and there houses.Those job losses are for jobs no longer needed and the housing crisis is people who bought homes they couldnt afford.Obamas not going to change the fact the you people cant do anything for your selves anymore and take resposibility for you own actions including all the lazy drug using welfare people in america who have no desire to get a real job and work like the rest of us and by the way you democrats think im rich for making 50,000 a year.

Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the Right-wing American Enterprise Institute, said that under interrogation the governor showed “a series of knowledge and logic gaps that ought to shake every foreign policy specialist, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, to his or her roots”.

Art —
John McCain’s mother is a spry 96, and he has proved as few others have that he’s a lot tougher to kill than a lot of other people, so we don’t know that John McCain won’t out-live Sarah Palin, let alone that he’s “going to die from an overdose of prune juice,” or from any other, likelier cause, for that matter.
No President needs to be “one of us.” That said, it is very helpful to a President’s use of the bully pulpit if the public relates to their President and trusts her or him. That means it could have a large impact on great issues of state.
While it is just ducky to know what you want, personally, Art, Governor Palin has demonstrated intelligence and savvy, despite your implication that she has not. She has gone up against the old boy network in her own party and beaten them — twice. She has beaten Big Oil — twice. She has run a business. How elitist to criticize anyone as to where they went to college or how long they took to get their degree! Some of our greatest leaders have had less than stellar collegiate careers, and some of our greatest failures have been demonstrably brilliant, intellectually. By the way, have you thought through your evidently low opinion of journalists?
To me, it looked very much as if Governor Palin was unsure of what the “Bush Doctrine” is — or unsure of what Charles Gibson meant by the phrase. However, alternate explanations for her reactions are within the realm of possibility. More significantly, ABC’s Gibson and others in his profession — remembering that you, Art, apparently despise that profession — have had a whole series of “definitions” as to what constitutes the “Bush Doctrine.”
See: http://tinyurl.com/ — plus each of the following: 3u4kx8 and 65kf and ftcb2 and 3pbtch and 27dtn9 for support of this point.
Perhaps, though, Art, you would like to represent that you can tell us — with all the certainty you seem to feel Governor Palin lacked — what the next question posed to Senator Obama or Senator Biden comprehends before those two worthies ask for clarification, the next time they do so.
Here’s what I think, Art: Sarah Palin was far too smart to be duped by Charlie Gibson into answering without clarification a “gotcha” question as to something that has so many facets and about which there seems to be so much disagreement. Your contentions as to her knowledge of the facts you assert on the subject of the Ukraine may well be the case, for all I know. You say “probably,” yourself, however. That’s not a standard of proof in your book, is it, Art?
You ask, Art, “What do we do when Russia foments discontent, Yuschenko ‘disappears’ and suddenly a NATO member state is lead by a government aligned with NATO’s primary adversary? Somebody tell me, because I don’t know. And neither does Palin.” Excellent question! Has Senator Obama or Senator Biden been asked that question, yet? (I did not find a record of their having been asked, nor of any candidate having been asked that question about any prospective NATO member, ever, but perhaps I am not the best qualified to search for that answer.) I suspect diplomats have thought of the possibility. I suspect the agreements that govern NATO comprehend just such possibilities. I’m just guessing, though. You, by contrast, seem so certain that Governor Palin does not know. What would you care to offer as proof?

Sorry I meant to post foreign!

Palin’s plans to go to war against Russia will require the USA to REINSTATE the DRAFT so the necessary divisions can be fully trained and fully provided with all necessary equipment and arms.
McCain’s answer, given in a town hall is to REINSTATE the DRAFT to support the on-going wars in the middle east.
Add it up, many new divisions for the two fronts against the Russians in the Ukraine and Georgia and 6 divisions to support the troops rotating home from the middle east.
The Russian premier made a comment today IN RESPONSE TO PALIN’s comment yesterday.
HE SAID HE WOULD ADVANCE INTO GEORGIA AGAIN IF HE HAS TO DEFEND SOUTH OSSETIA FROM GEORGIA. And PALIN SAYS WE SHOULD GO TO WAR WITH RUSSIA IF THEY ADVANCE INTO GEORGIA AGAIN. Its all recorded.
Remember, Bush and Mccain opposed the new GI bill, because they did want anyone in the military to retire and come home to go to college. They know they will have to implement a draft and right soon.
REGISTER, and vote to end the regime of war as a political tool. McCain said recently that we need 100,000 more troops in the army. Under 36, you will be drafted. REGISTER and vote.

Back on the “quibbling” accusation you made, Art: here is the money quote, or, more precisely, here are the money quotes from the Chinn ‘reportage’:
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Quote:
Sarah Palin attempted to deflect a question about the fact she has never met a foreign head of state by saying that “many” other vice presidential nominees in history hadn’t met a head of state either.
However Palin was mistaken, at least where recent history is concerned.
Every vice president over the last 30 years had met a foreign head of state before being elected.
“Have you ever met a foreign head of state?” Gibson asked Palin Thursday.
“I have not,” Palin said, “and I think if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you.”
However Palin, who obtained her first passport two years ago, would in fact be the first vice president in 32 years who hadn’t met a foreign head of state, if she were elected.
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Note, please, Art, the many times the exact phrases are used, “Back on the “quibbling” accusation you made, Art: here is the money quote, or, more precisely, here are the money quotes from the Chinn ‘reportage’:
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Quote:
Sarah Palin attempted to deflect a question about the fact she has never met a foreign head of state by saying that “many” other vice presidential nominees in history hadn’t met a head of state either.
However Palin was mistaken, at least where recent history is concerned.
Every vice president over the last 30 years had met a foreign head of state before being elected.
“Have you ever met a foreign head of state?” Gibson asked Palin Thursday.
“I have not,” Palin said, “and I think if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you.”
However Palin, who obtained her first passport two years ago, would in fact be the first vice president in 32 years who hadn’t met a foreign head of state, if she were elected.
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Note, please, Art, the many times the exact phrase is used, “met a foreign head of state,” or, “met a head of state.” I count at least five, and that’s in a mere six sentences. Somebody was trying very hard to make a point, don’t you think?
I do, and it was in that light, together with the nature of the post I was addressing, that I posted what I did. Again, Art, under the circumstances, I hope you can see why I don’t think it is quibbling at all, both with the original article and with the post I was addressing.

To the proud Republican outraged that Barack didn’t produce his birth cert:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert
I don’t care whether Sarah Palin met a head of state of not. I care that she is a religious hot head who will lead this country into nuclear war and if we survive it, will do nothing to help the economy. This woman did not even know what the Bush Doctrine was. Anyone who thinks she is fit to lead is insane.
Alaskan Palin Page: http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm

the B.S. never ends:
this kind of stuff cheapens McCain’s history..
you can’t ask McCain any questions as the de facto answer by his surrogates is : ‘he was a POW’.
Just Wondering [Jonah Goldberg]
“Does anyone know why McCain doesn’t use a computer or email? As a couple readers suggested to me, it might be because his injuries prevent it. I mean he can’t lift his arms much higher than his chest and it looks like he has all sorts of other mobility problems with them. Maybe he can’t type or use something like a blackberry. I don’t know. But I hope the Obama campaign found out before they played the granpa Simpson card on McCain. I’d hate for Obama to be mocking a veteran’s disability to score cheap points. “

Obama has had 173 days experience in Washington DC, so the question shouldn’t be; is Palin or Biden more qualified? The question should be; is Palin as qualified as Barak Hussien Obama? I can’t believe this country would even consider a Presidential candidate (Obama) that is primarily a University teacher. You know what they say, those that “can do – do”, and those that “can’t = teach”. I appreciate teachers, but it doesn’t mean I want one leading the greatest super-power on the planet.

Truth Before Prophets: Don’t get upset because she accomplished more in her life than you ever will and Obama ever will. Because if he was a community organizer it was in the southside slums of Chicago. His neighborhood was a slum, run down ghetto before the city cleaned it up. For your information she answered every question without stuttering like Obama does when he is caught with a question he can’t answer quickly.

Natalie: Who cares about war. Whatever will be will be and you can’t stop it and neither can the president. I was young then when world war 11 broke out and that was some war. What are you afraid of. Obama would get us into a war quicker than Palin because he is stupid enough to make friends with the enemy that will laugh behind his back. He is the dumbest of the dumb.

Natalie —
If you’re still confused about what the “Bush Doctrine” constitutes, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine
I gave other links in a prior post, if you want to know even more.

Too bad the McCain Palin folks here ( person )
are so reluctant to deal with the out and out lies they are parading out. Palin & McCain have been exposed for the frauds and liars they are.
You folks can scream & yell and call fouls, but it doesn’t change reality.
re: “Mariann Pepitone”
“I don’t know if Chinn is born here but if not she better go back to her native country”
spoken like a true Repug, you guys are soooo ‘christian’ and xenophobic…
Now, if your really concerned the ‘real’ Americans, and, sending everyone else back to their ‘native’ country, there’s going to be a lot of folks leaving, including you.

GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT CAN DISABLE THE REPUBLICAN ENERGY CRISIS FRONT
Drill, drill, drill is the Republican ticket’s answer to our energy problems. While Palin basically said in her acceptance speech that, duh, republicans know there is a energy problem, she gave no legit progressive options for solving the problem. If this woman is their so-called expert on energy and her answer to the serious energy problem is so narrow focused to infer that oil is our only energy problem then the US has major problems. More drilling is a stop gap measure that merely delays real progress in breaking oil dependency by the world. However, in recognizing that there is a vast number of Americans who have been wooed by the “we-can-solve-our-own-problems” message and actually believe the Republicans have a novel approach, drilling in ANWR and the Gulf, to solve our problems; we, the more progressive, must now plan a nationwide and concertive effort to stop the madness. It is really rather a simply approach with a very strong and potential effect for change, and is based on simple supply and demand concepts. If Americans would cut back on the consumption of oil, i.e., less trips about town, fuel efficient car purchases and only filling up on gas when it is at its lowest cost, biking, electric lawn equipment, etc., we could cut the need for domestic drilling and force the price of oil down. When this happens the need for immediate oil relief does not become the topic de jour and fuel the republican’s daily dose of pain to americans. Obama and Biden can then actually force McCain and Palin to talk about real alternative energy policies where they will be exposed for their ineptness.

You know I don’t think Gibson wanted to be condescending. In fact, Palin is condescending when she answers Gibson’s question on going across the Pakistani border.
The question about meeting a Head of State wouldn’t be such a big deal if she had just simply said no and not been so defensive about it. If she had just said, “Nope, never met one till last year.” I would have just thought, well she’s slightly less qualified. Instead, she went on to make a presumptuous comment (not her first) about the majority of VP’s in our history. So not only is she less qualified, but she would also have us believe that because she’s less qualified, she’s qualified. Very Conventional Republicanism at this point. She’s a pro.

If the pubs want another 8 years of economic decline, alienation of foriegn allies, continued dependence on foreign oil, outsourcing of your jobs to foreign workers, government bail-outs for corporations that steal from the people, declaration of war based on fabricated intelligence, a President who thinks health care should continue to be dictated by the insurance companies and pharmeceutical industry, I could go on and on. The point is this country has been in a steady decline under the Bush administration and it is the same conservative thinking that will continue under a McCain/Palin administration. Granted Obama may not be the best choice for the Dems to have nominated but given the state of the country, as an independent, I have to go with Obama anyway and have faith his administration will error on the side of the people. McCain and Palin have already shown their hand with the lies they continue to spout even after they are exposed. It was lies that got us in the Iraqi war and continued cover-ups that keep us there. It is evident McCain will continue on this same course.

If something were to happen to McCain 10 days into office, is THIS the person we want taking over? I don’t want her giving the White House tour much less sitting in the Oval Office. We really have low expectations in this country. It’s almost as if the Republican party intentionally tries to find candidates that are the least educated and informed.

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I saw the Sarah’s interview with Charlie and read the transcript. Sarah answered Charlie’s question and gave a direct answer, NO. She went further to make a factually correct statement. Charlie was too intent on being RUDE to ask the appropriate follow up question. If you do not like the answer then next time have your political hacks as better questions. The insantiy of an alleged journalist blaming the interviewer for the shortcomings of a fellow journalist is STUPID!
The truth and facts just get in the way of Obama’s profits at ABC. What next, can we expect ABC to manufacture documents and report them as truth like Dan Rather and his producers?

I am saddend at the slanted reporting on this site. Try to sit back and take a look at what you are doing. I thought your job was to report fairly. I find your reporting is slanted. I feel the two campaigns are way to confrontational. They both should be concentrating on telling us the positive things they will attempt to work on as the President and Vice President. No more mud slining shame on you ABC

I may be mistaken but I thought she added that probably many recent VP’s had meet heads of countries because they were in the loop as already being in Washington politics. Could be wrong, I thought there were only 50 states not 57 with maybe a couple more as Barack Obama said earlier in the campaign.

Another election and another choice between the lesser of two evils, yet again. There’s a reason politician is a dirty word. You have to have a MASSIVE ego and no problem lying and telling people that you and ONLY you know what is best for them. I just can’t afford to move out of this country

majorundertaking:
John McCain has decided to learn how to use the internet. (from the N.Y. Times)
“I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself,” McCain told the New York Times in an interview that appeared Sunday. “I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need.”
Even so, McCain bluntly admits, “I don’t e-mail. I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail.”
The problem with you my friend and many others is that you don’t understand that one can admire John McCain for his service and sacrifice for America and still be critical of him.
He is an amazing and courageous American, but, … he’s not god.
It doesn’t mean he can’t make mistakes and say dumb stuff,.. he has, he does, and most likely he will continue to do so. It doesn’t mean that McCain and company aren’t blatantly, to put it mildly, telling lies.
McCain is a great American. When he uses his story as a de facto answer to questions or comments he doesn’t like,… that… is what cheapens his experience.
There is a difference between honoring someone for exceptional service to his country
and blind worship.

Ms. Chin,
Thanks first pointing out the obvious deflection. Then you did some research and that Palin “would in fact be the first vice president in 32 years who hadn’t met a foreign head of state, if she were elected.” Probably could have gone back at least fifty years found the only one that hadn’t turned out to be a lousy VP choice, Spiro Agnew. Anyone remember why Spiro Agnew left office?
Now if you go back before the era of the jet aircraft, I am sure you will find more vice presidents that did not meet foreign leaders.

Keep up the good work. Out Palin. Don’t be intimidated. Asking questions, hard questions, is your job. Resist the Rights efforts to demonize the media and intelligence.

Jerry asked, “If something were to happen to McCain 10 days into office, is THIS the person we want taking over?” I can assist Jerry with that. The correct answer is, of course, “Yes.” (That goes for 10 days, or any other number.)
Let us examine Governor Palin’s abilities by comparing them with those of her opponents …
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever run a business? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. She is the only one of the three with real-world experience running a business, meeting a payroll, and coping with the IRS and the multiplicity of other agencies as to the complexities of business taxes, inspections and regulations. She is the only one of the three who has seen first-hand, and dealt with, the effects of government policies vis-à-vis small business. That gives her a real and distinct advantage, compared to Washington insiders, those still wet behind the ears, or those in some cloistered ivory tower of academia. That is important because small businesses create the preponderance of jobs in the U. S. economy.
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever been in the military or commanded a military force? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. She is the only one of the three with real-world experience commanding any military force, whatsoever. While Vietnam was raging, the incredibly brave Joe Biden was getting a series of student deferments. Barack Obama, according to him just the other day, actually — once — considered serving in the U. S. military. That, alone, makes him a patriot, one supposes we are to believe. Why, the man is almost Kennedy-esque, no? To be perfectly frank, I suppose it is only fair to point out that no one could find any record of Obama ever having even so much as hinted at such a thing at any time in his entire life. That is, until his opponents were John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Clearly, of the three (Palin, Obama and Biden), it is she, and she alone, who has proved her fitness to be the commander-in-chief of any military force of any kind. Has she sat in some stuffy committee room, meeting with other Washington insiders, talking to hear herself talk? No. Instead, she has actually commanded the Alaska National Guard. That does not make her George Patton, or even John McCain, but it does put her leagues ahead of the decidedly dovish Obama and the remarkably reticent-to-serve Biden.
Lest we forget the contrast at the top of the ticket, when McCain, the warrior, came home from his captivity, he returned to school in 1973, attending Washington, D.C.’s National War College. Finally, in 1981, he retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain, having served his country since 1958. During his long and distinguished career in the United States Navy, John Sidney McCain III, son and grandson of admirals, was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. Let none doubt his heroism, his patriotism or his love of and service to his country.
• Have either Senator Barack Obama or Senator Joe Biden ever been a member of an important statewide committee? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. Sarah Palin has served as the chairperson of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska’s most valuable non-renewable resources. There, she made ethics her issue, and Alaskans sent her to the Governor’s office as a result.
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever held the executive office of even so much as mayor? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. Prior to her election as governor, Sarah Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council and two terms as the mayor and manager of Wasilla. During her tenure, she reduced property tax levels while increasing services and made Wasilla a business-friendly environment, drawing in new industry. She was elected by her peers to serve as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever held the high executive office of Governor, with the life-and-death responsibilities that entails? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. She is the first woman of Alaska’s eleven Governors. Under her leadership, Alaska invested $5 billion in state savings, overhauled education funding, and implemented the Senior Benefits Program to provide support for low-income older Alaskans. She created Alaska’s Petroleum Systems Integrity Office to oversee maintenance of oil and gas equipment, facilities and infrastructure, and a Climate Change Subcabinet to prepare a climate change strategy for Alaska. Palin’s administration passed major legislation that began a competitive process to construct a gas pipeline and overhauled state ethics laws. All that, and she has done it in less than two years! Is it any wonder her approval rating among Alaskans is 80%?
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever been a member of a very important regional or national committee, outside of their jobs as Senators? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. Sarah Palin is the chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multi-state agency that promotes conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while protecting health, safety and the environment. She also serves as chairperson of the National Governors Association’s Natural Resources Committee. A pattern has emerged with Sarah Palin: everywhere she goes, every job she does, people recognize her abilities and choose her for still more positions of high responsibility.
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever gone up against the old boy’s network? No. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. This is a woman who gets it done in what have previously been jobs held exclusively by men. Note that she is no affirmative action hire, either: she earns her way in this world with brains, drive, determination, competitiveness, hard work and guts. She is an extraordinarily admirable person.
Ask yourself how Barack Obama got into Columbia. Young Barry, as he was known when he arrived — http://www.oxy.edu/x7025.xml — studied literature, arts, philosophy and social science during his first two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Speaking of his time there, Obama said — http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan05/cover.php — “…he was still goofing off for the first two years of college.” Does that sound to you, contrasted with what Sarah Palin has done, like someone who earned his way into Columbia by the strength of his own accomplishments in the real world? If it does, you are seriously deluding yourself.
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden taken on and beaten both an incumbent and the establishment of their own party? No (at least to the best of my knowledge). Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Governor Palin. That is exactly the sort of willingness to take on the establishment of one’s own party that Washington, D.C. so desperately needs. Throughout her career that began in 1992, Palin has demonstrated real independence and the ability to do what is needed to bring actual change (as opposed to the kind that is mere sloganeering), especially on her hallmark issue: ethics in government. Sarah Palin well embodies the qualities we need most.
While we are on the subject of ethics in government, and while a Democrat Senate cleared Senator McCain of all wrongdoing in the Keating 5 Scandal, neither Joe Biden nor Barack Obama can claim to have clean hands. Between Biden’s utterly immoral plagiarism and Obama’s long and close association with that felon, Tony Rezko, the two of them do not come to this campaign with clean hands. Again, we see that neither the top nor the bottom of the Democrat ticket can match even the Vice Presidential pick on the Republican side.
• Have either Barack Obama or Joe Biden ever met any foreign heads of State? Yes. Has Governor Palin? Yes. Advantage: Neither side. Sarah Palin has met the President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnald Grimsson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Gary Lunn, and a host of other dignitaries from Canada, Russia, Japan and elsewhere. That was at the Arctic Energy Summit, organized by the Institute of the North and co-sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Arctic Council (of eight Arctic nations). Governor Palin had the honor of addressing the summit meeting. Obviously, she is not some total neophyte, as the Left attempts to paint her.
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Then again, Jerry, John McCain’s mother is a very spry 96 years of age. Perhaps you should worry about the possibility that Senator Biden may outlive Senator Obama, which would leave us with a noted plagiarist and foot-in-mouth disease sufferer in the Oval Office. Very relevantly, we should all bear in mind that Senator John McCain has already amply demonstrated a truly remarkable ability to endure almost unimaginable adversity, survive it, and go on from that to greatness.
If by some unfortunate chance, however, Senator McCain proves mortal before he leaves office, I am completely comfortable with Governor Palin stepping into the job. All of us should be. She is far more qualified than either of her opponents, both of whom have only legislative experience. Neither one of them has the requisite demonstrated capacity for executive office leadership, let alone the high integrity and unflinching independence of both John McCain and Sarah Palin. As this post has gone over-long already, I will forego for now any in-depth recitation of the executive experience of John McCain, when he commanded the Navy’s largest squadron. Read all about it on your own: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/553/ — and after you do, if the shoe fits, stop acting all high and mighty about rhetorical excess and outright false claims, as if the Obama camp — to specifically include Wesley Clark — had not committed their share and more.
(Much of the above material on Governor Palin’s accomplishments is available through official Alaska sources, online and otherwise, including her official biography.)

geeeeze… fergot:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/alaska-women-reject-palin-rally-is-huge/
“ever, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn’t honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn’t happen here.
So, if you’ve been doing the math… Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin’s rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy…Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/525510.html

Every great nation since history has been recorded has failed because of moral decay. That my friends is the answer. If we take care of that all the rest will fall into place. Vote. If we fail in this endevor it will not be because you did not try if you vote your preference and what is in your heart.
Nam Vet 66/67

These comments are crazy. I am a Republican and I am saddened that John was forced to choose her. She is not qualified and I think if he looses it will be because of her. I have lost a little respect for him because if it was truly his pick he would have picked Liberman. I will still vote Rep. but I am dissapointed in John and Palin should have stayed in Alaska.