Palin Interview: Domestic Issues

I can’t wait to see this. Palin is tanking bigtime.

“The state of Alaska, under OMB figures in 2008, got $155 million in earmarks for a population of 670,000. That’s $231 per person in Alaska. The state of Illinois, Obama’s state, got $22 per person. You got ten times per person as much. How does that square with your reforms?”
This single most brilliant question that has been asked of this woman.

To – community organizer,
She didn’t insult community organizers -she slammed Obama for thinking his community organizer days gave him better experience to be a president than her being a mayor of a city/town. If you take off your Obama glasses you will know she is Wright. As mayor, you actually DO have responsibilities that effect the citizens of your town/city. A community organizer does what? Same thing a church leader does – basically isn’t it? Maybe Obama should open his own Mega Church – that is the ONE job he is QUALIFIED for!

These interviews are doing the country a service, although those on the right absolutely have their minds made up all ready. I’ve posted comments on the topic on FOX News’s website, but none have appeared, so I suspect they don’t want to have anyone voicing another view.

the worst show of judgement in the history of Presidential candidates…
the worst person we have ever seen try and fill the role…
all because it is the 9th year of the same tactics that have almost destroyed a nation for power.
more cover ups and more choices for leadership and hiring on something based on something other than most qualified or most knowledgeable of the issues.
Gonzales as AG
Brownie with Katrina
and now we have Palin as VP to top them all.

Natalie I hope you like her knowledge and judgement based on that knowledge and historical accuracy and perspective…
and her ethics
and her sujegation of science and fact
as we are faced with a decision how to react to international crisis…
sounds like she made her decision already on any conflict…”we have the right to attack”
pretty much sums up her answers huh?
the worst VP choice in the history of our nation.
period

Palin’s nose is growing…

“By the way, i’m an independent voter.”
I think someone else’s nose is growing too.

ELAINE, sorry but she most certainly did slam community organizers and actually she could do with a little community organizer experience herself. Maybe it would put her in touch more with us regular folks and help her understand why THIS Hillary supporter is voting for Obama.

Mike Rodgers – I guess telling voters the truth isn’t consistent with putting Country first, huh.

“You’re basically saying, I’ll be lied to and let you run our nation into the ground. But I’ll still vote for you because I buy into Carl Rove’s political spin.
I don’t want to insult you because you didn’t say anything rude, but seriously. Republican? The thought process of certain Americans is baffling.”
What’s really baffling is that you think all conservatives/republicans would be the same as Bush. It really shows that you have painted everyone on the right with your blinded, limited processing skilz. It’s not original nor logical.

You wanted to get millions ear marked for a rediculous bridge construction project?
YES
So you took millions in ear marks?
YES
But you’re really against ear marks?
YES
You hired a lobbying firm to go to Washington and get millions in ear marks for your little
town when you were mayor?
YES
But your against lobbyists?
YES
Does anyone else see a problem with “Palinian logoc”?

Folks, be nice to Charlie. He has to answer to a boss also!! The media is not the same as it was 50 years ago. They do have an agenda. BUT — try the Financial Times,and the pubs from Australia. Have found that they have more accurate information on the Old USA, than the media in this Country.

John McCain – “Experience and foresight that only comes with AGE”
“There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along.” [MSNBC, 4/23/03]
” I believe that the success will be fairly easy.” [CNN, 9/24/02]
“We’re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad. ” [CNN, 9/29/02]
“But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” [MSNBC, 1/22/03]
“But I believe that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” [NBC, 3/20/03]
“It’s clear that the end is very much in sight.” [ABC, 4/9/03]
“This is a mission accomplished..” [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]
“I’m confident we’re on the right course.” [ABC News, 3/7/04]
Can you give an estimate when can our troops come home? (Matt Lauer) “No, but that’s not too important,” [ABC 6/11/08]
“There were those of us who knew all along that this would be difficult” (McCain 07/08)……
..Uh, sure you did Mr Maverick, sure you did.

Keep up the good work “Charlie”. When you act like the rear end of a donkey, our polls just keep going up! So talk bad all you want to about Sarah Palin. She gets more supporters every time one of you Obamaians slam her. So please keep it up.

You’re taking that particular conversation totally out of context. Of course McCain agrees with Bush most of the time. For that matter, Obama agrees with Pelosi by an even larger percentage margin, and she is a certifiable idiot. If that is your logic process, then I guess you are the fool.
Truth is, McCain has separated himself from Bush on MAJOR issues. Tell me, what exactly has Obama disagreed with his party on the major issues? Doh.

Even my mom knew what the “Bush Doctrine” meant. How can someone claiming they’re ‘ready’ for the Presidency if called upon not at least know what her own parties’ foreign policy mandate is?
The bar has been so lowered with these folks that a ‘hocky mom’ is now considered qualified to be commander and chief of the largest military in human history.
And trust me, she’s no ‘hocky mom’. That’s the biggest ruse to date.

“It’s dispicable and was never, ever done to Obama.”
Uh, yes it was, in the Pennsylvania debate, by Charlie Gibson.

I think Charlie Gibson is doing a good job with this interview. He is professional and to-the-point and isn’t coddling the candidate, which I was afraid was going to happen in view of all of the claims about media sexism and attacks. As Elizabeth Hasselback said this morning on The View, “Come on, it’s not a date!” and that is true–the goal of these ABC interviews is to get some information about this person who is on the McCain ticket. I finally feel like I can make a more informed choice. Thank you ABC.

I was offended by Charlie Gibson’s condescending and belligerent interview with Sarah Palin. She hung right in there and he embarrassed himself.
Not only will I not watch ABC news, but I am an independent and I will definitly vote for McCain/Palin.
The Democrats never miss an opportunity to MISS AN OPPORTUNITY. They are self-destructing.

It is rather disturbing that the Republican choice for VP (Govenor Palin) has been scrutinzed more in 2 weeks than Senator Obama has in 6 months. Talk about media bias.
Obama should have picked Hillary and then they would have strolled into the White House. Simply, he (and the media) didn’t want a powerful Woman on the ticket. Now look what they are doing to another strong/capable woman in Sarah Palin. That is just wrong!

Talk about ‘low information’ voters. People on this blog are actually complaining that Charlie Gibson has got to the bottom of Palin’s stance on a range of issues.

I did not see the show last night, but did watch the numerous clips that were shown (so maybe I ended up seeing the whole thing). Everyone (republicans) are complaining that Gibson was condesending or rude to Palin. If he was being rude, he could have jumped on her for not knowing the Bush docterine. Instead, he helped her out and let her answer. In the clips I saw, he did not interrupt her and let her talk all she wanted (often in circles and trying to obscure the fact she was not answering the question). If you want to see rude, try seeing clips of O’Reilly interviewing Obama. He would interrupt Obama if he thought he was moving off topic or to ask another question. There was no slow pitch of the question, wait for the thought process, and then the relaying of the canned response.

democrat turned independent, you said that Palin has been scrutinized more in 2 weeks than Obama has in 6 months? Did you miss the extended Democrat primary? Obama has been scrutinized over a longer period of time and has many facets of his life examined. We have less than 2 months to learn about Palin. You should be more worried that in less than 2 weeks a little digging has found that Palin is under investigation for misuse of power, was ordered by a judge in the case that led the reported misuse of power to back off, was actually for the bridge to nowhere prior to it becoming a scandal, and had said the scientists were wrong about man contributing to global warming.
If the republican’s didn’t want a lot of scrutiny of their VP candidate, then they should not have chosen a person no one really knew. The media and Americans generally do not back off if they start to see some questionable things about a person. If anything, it gets them going more. The problem the republicans have is that everything that came out about Obama was run into the ground by the Clinton campaign and does not have the same impact when it is mentioned. That is not true about the things being uncovered about Palin.
Remember, Bush had an approval rating of 88% until the truth started to come out.

You people are so wacked, Charlie wouldn’t dare ask a tough question of “the chosen one”, but you love it when he ask a tough one of a real person. 10 times the money for Alaska than BHO got for his state, means she actually worked for the people of her stated to get more for them…BHO was too busy voting present or running for president…Good for Palin, someone who will look for her electorate.

I am a little confused. So I have a question for those who were (supposedly) supporting Obama, but now are supporting Palin..err, McCain.
No matter what the spin is, McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden are way apart on the issues. McCain, and especially Palin, are very close to Bush’s positions, whereas Obama is off on the other side.
So my question is, how can Palin change your mind? Palin could deliver a mind-blowing, best speech in the history of the world, but as long as her views are different than mine (and they are), I wouldn’t vote for her ticket just because she “held her own.” So what is it, you fence sitters, that moved you that far from Obama to McCain?

Rich said:
No matter what the spin is, McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden are way apart on the issues. McCain, and especially Palin, are very close to Bush’s positions, whereas Obama is off on the other side.
So my question is, how can Palin change your mind?
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That my friend is the $1M dollar question.

charlie said that “70% of the american people favor eliminating semi automatic weapons ” and then asked Palin if she agreed. first of all, i don’t buy that 70% stuff – i’ve never been asked that question nor has anyone i know. second -
Palin gave an outstanding answer – i just wish she had called him on his statement. i guess i’m just one of those bitter people Oboma spoke of, clinging to my guns and religion

I think Charlie is a jerk. I used to like him, but I will never watch ABC news again. I have worked with a lot of women who ran PTA’s etc who could do better both speaking and running our country than Obama so I am voting for John and the hockey mom! I’ll let Charlie vote for Obama along with the other tv stars who have brought disgrace on our country and made us look bad throughout the whole world. Me, a registered democrat, I am ashamed of the liberal left that has left the main stream out of their agenda. Shame on you and Thank God for McCain and Palin!

The whole news media are acting like a bunch of predators. And when Obama makes a mistake, they correct him under their breath and help him out because he’s their lover boy, tingles up the leg and all. It’s sickening.

Mary,
Check Obama’s voting record. He’s 100% for abortion.

Charles Gibson is a reporter. He asked important and relevant questions of a woman who is running for Vice President of the United States. That is the closet anyone can be to becoming President when anything were to happen to John McCain IF they were to be elected. If she cannot answer these questions – this is nothing compared the even more tough and intense questions she will be asked if and when she is in office! She had better get used to it! She has to be up to the job! This is not the job of Mayor for a small town in Alaska! It is the second highest position in our government! If you have total disgust for Mr. Gibson’s questioning then you have no idea what being in politics involves. His questions were fair and done with class. He did not raise his voice. He did not attack Ms Palin. He was not condescending. He would ask the question again when she did not answer it. That is considered basic communication skills – to get a adequate responses to questions asked. If the question is avoided and never answered he had the right to ask it again and again until it was answered. You are naive if you think this was disgraceful display by Charles Gibson. He is a consummate professional who was fair and did not bully or abuse Ms Palin in his questioning. This is politics – not the PTA! In case you do not know: “The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president, serving out the balance of that presidential term no matter how much or little time remains in it. Every presidential term ends on January 20 of the year immediately after a presidential election. As designated by the Constitution of the United States, the vice president also serves as the President of the Senate, and may break tie votes in that chamber. He or she may be assigned additional duties by the president but, as the Constitution assigns no executive powers to the vice president, in performing such duties he or she acts only as an agent of the president.” -Wikipedia

So why didn’t someone ask Biden all these questions? Do we get to see a one hour interview with him next week???

So, does Charlie Gibson feel like a big guy now? He wouldn’t have the balls to talk to a man the way he spoke to Gov. Palin. He spoke to her like an angry grandpa scolding his grandaughter. The liberal left and the media certainly have a great deal of anger to contend with, now that Gov. Palin is poised to be the next Vice-President of the U.S. How about we see what Joe Biden has up his sleeve as far as economic policy and foreign policy, etc. He’ll sound like a bufoon when he enters the debate with Gov.Palin! Barack Obama needs to do a gut check to see if he has the manhood to go against Palin when the time comes. He certainly doesn’t have the brains or fortitude or the ability to speak extemporaneously! If you want to see real change and save the middle-class, get behind McCain-Palin. If Obama is so concerned about the city of Chicago, why does he have his daughters in a private school ( at $17,000 bucks a year )? Can YOU put your kids in a school like that?

chef5,
Get serious,,,Palin sounds like she running for SGA in High School. Nobody will feel safe with her in the White House. Come to think of it,,,,nobody will be safe.

Somebody call Mitt Romney and ask him if he will agree join the ticket if McCain buys (not taxpayer’s money) Palin a one-way ticket back to Alaska. This will at least stop the rest of the world from the laughing at the United States over this embarassment of a VP pick.

You all make me laugh. I guess its like obamarama. Enjoy the interview etc. She will be our next vp. Suck it up.

pintocalle1,
Give up this Palin thing already and call Mitt Romney,,,,

I know,,I know…It is hard to watch her implode before your very eyes. I mean it is funny,,but embarassing at the same time. She made us all so proud during the convention. We,,not them,,, “had” Hope for Change. Then she made us look,,you know ,,,stupid. She exposed our small minds, our lack of political sophistication. (but she does look good in those glasses:-)

Let’s see…..
As senator, Obama requested nearly $936 million in earmarks, raising his requests each year that he’s been in the Senate.
In the state legislature, 130 times he was unable to make a decision yes or no. He simply voted “present.” (What was he getting a salary for?)
When running against Obama, Sen. Joe Biden said that Obama wasn’t ready to lead the nation. Now he has FLIP FLOPPED and said, he is ready….WHICH IS IT? Maybe Senator Biden will give him on the job training
Speaking of Flip Flopping….
Obama said he was going to take public financing for his campaign, then he didn’t. Obama was against wiretapping, then he voted for it. When speaking to a pro- Israel group, Obama favored an undivided Jerusalem, then the next day he changed his mind. Obama is against something until he hears the “rumblings” that the people are for it, then he decides he’s for it too.
I agree with Rudy G., Joe Biden better have gotten the VP pick in writing.
Let me quote Rudy one more time. “He’s never run a city, never run a state, never run a business. He’s never had to lead people in crisis.”
Pay attention people. We aren’t playing games here. Obama is in it for his own personal gain…..Not for the People of America’s gain!!!

Well, I am not sure what interview some of you were watching, but now that I have seen Part Two I am absolutely sure that this interview was not some kind of assault on poor, little Sarah Palin. No way. And Charles Gibson was not behaving in an out of control, egotistical manner attacking Palin with a ‘hatchet job’ of unfair questions. He was being a professional. And it was quite obvious that Ms Palin respected him and he respected her. If you bothered to really watch them together there was no animosity whatsoever between them. There was no antagonism going on. And, quite frankly to all of you who are so overprotective of little old Sarah Palin . . Sarah can take care of herself quite nicely all by herself! I might not agree with everything she says, but this woman is strong willed and does not fold when asked the hard questions. She may not know the answer to the questions, but you never see her sweat. She’s tough and she is focused. She also has her party ‘handlers’ who have prepped her and trained her and given her a lot of information of do’s and don’t's on the campaign trail. But, if you have done your homework on Ms Palin she does not always follow the status quo. If any of you even care to do some research on any of the people who are in this election you might learn something IF you bother to find the TRUTH about them and not just more here-say, rumor, media spin, outright lies & a plethora of propagandized balderdash! Some of the comments I have been reading from people are frightening in their ignorance. Oh, and by the way – Joe Biden has more on the job experience than any of the others running in this election! He was a lawyer and “became senator in 1973 at the Constitutional minimum age of 30, making him the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He is a long-time member and current chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has worked on resolutions concerning the Yugoslav wars and Iraq War. He has served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues related to drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties, and led creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and Violence Against Women Act.” {Wikipedia). So, for you that had no idea – he has been interviewed by Charles Gibson and many others over the years. Buffoon he is NOT! Here’s a bit more information:
“John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona and presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election. McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. Later that year while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured as a prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese. He was held from 1967 to 1973, experiencing episodes of torture and refusing an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer; his war wounds would leave him with lifelong physical limitations.” {Wikipedia} McCain is from a long line of officers in the military going back to the Civil War and possibly before that. He wanted to be a teacher, but his father told him he was going to U. S. Naval Academy. He’s soft spoken, but he has a temper behind that quiet exterior and has been a rebel in his past not always obeying the rules. He looks like a kindly grandfather, but looks can be deceiving. He is tougher than that. And not but least: “Barack Hussein Obama II; (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2008 general election. Obama is the first African American to be nominated by a major political party for this office. His acceptance speech was given on August 28, 2008 at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. After announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama emphasized withdrawing American troops from Iraq, energy independence, decreasing the influence of lobbyists, and promoting universal health care as top national priorities.” {Wkpda} His father (who was from Kenya) left the family when Barack was 2 yrs old so he was raised by his WHITE mother & his WHITE grandparents. He is NOT a Muslim. He has more hands on experience working with the poor than any of the other candidates. Now you have had some FACTS about the candidates. Base your opinions of FACTs and TRUTH because that is what having integrity is all about!

MCCAIN ADMITTED HIS CAMPAIGN IS RIDDLED WITH LIES. ON THE SAME SHOW, HE TALKS ABOUT HIS INTEGRITY AND MORALS. SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER BUSH. And, you POOR Republicans plan to vote for 4 more years of the same. DO you READ.

What is new “Independent” thing? You people are Republicans posing as Independents because you are embarrassed by your selection of Bush in 2000 and 2004. So, what…you registered as Independents and you have not gotten any smarter…you still are going to vote for two dummies–Palin and McCain. I personally think some of you just put your heads in a hole. The Republican base appear to be a bunch of idiots who do not research information for themselves. Reading posts on CNN, ABC, CBS…I am amazed at Republicans.

Wait til you see Obama without a teleprompter and then you’ll see who’s been programmed.
Ever hear the name DAVID AXELROD, the man whose memorized words Obama has been using???

Jerry,
Put the blame squarely where it belongs. The bad judgement was not exercised Charlie Gibson, but by McCain for choosing Vice-Presidential Candidate that he did not have properly vetted and who can’t handle serious questions.

Midwestlady,
I don’t hate women. McCain picking Sarah just because she is women to get to address specifically and unashamedly to women voters is what is really sexist and condescending (which,, means,,,to- talk-down-to).

You know that people can choose their own religion here, but obviously you DON’T know how it works in other countries.

THE BUSH DOCTRINE is a phrase used to describe VARIOUS related foreign policy principles created after Sept ll, 200l. Gov. Palin responded correctly when Charlie Gibson asked her about that doctrine. Charlie’s question was too broad. It was Charlie who could not come up with a specific question. Which policy was he referring to? Gov. Palin asked again to clarify his question. Charlie kept repeating, “The Bush Doctrine; The Bush Doctrine.” Why couldn’t Charlie come up with a specific question about a specific policy?