Questions For Sarah Palin (Cont’d)

THis is America and even asking that question should disqulify you from public office.

Given that two years ago you were the mayor of a town of 6,000, tell America why you think you are ready to be president?

QUESTIONS FOR SARAH PALIN
Did you vote for George Bush? Twice? Were you in favor of starting the war with Iraq? Do you find it inconsistent to praise your daughter’s choice to have her baby but deny that choice to others? Did you ever stand up to the oil companies not just to demand more money for Alaskans but to protect the natural environment that belongs to all Americans?

I’d like to ask her why, when numerous media outlets and pundits have debunked her Bridge to Nowhere lie, she still hasn’t “reformed” her stump speech in regards to the truth behind the one-liner. The American people deserve better than a one-liner as proof of fitness to lead the country. I’d also call her out on the plane on ebay lie too.

To GOP 4ever, or anyone else who is voting based on sex, race, or anything else superficial,
STAY HOME!!!!!
please leave the voting to people who actually care about the issues.

Do you agree with the unanimous decision of the 194 scientists from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) that it is with 90% certainty that mankind is causing Global Warming?
Do you agree with Scientists that the Earth is 4.2 Billion years old and Evolution is how mankind came into existence?
Do you believe that Roe vs. Wade is settled law and a woman’s right to choose is a protected right?
With so many teenage girls getting pregnant, do you still believe that abstinence only should be taught in schools and that absolutely no additional education, such as the use of condoms, should be taught?
Do you still support drilling off shore even though it will only save American’s 3 cents on a gallon of gas in 10 years and no more than 7 cents a gallon in 20 years?

Much has been said that Charlie Gibson will conduct a biased soft interview ,one can only hope that wont be the case as it will only tarnish his reputation as a journalist even further.As David Gergen noted on CNN last night,it is curious that they would ask for the interview on the 11th when her son is being deployed to Iraq. We also wonder why he specifically engaged CHarlie Gibson for the interview? Did they know he will be soft? The voters deserve to have the answers to many unanswered questions. She has yet to prove she is cpable of holding the V.P. office and possibly the Presidential office. The voters deserve to know..so please ask relevant questions, particulalry on foreign affairs & not merely on Iraq.

I really like Charlie as an anchor. It just feels right to seem him at the desk every evening when I turn on the news. However, I fear he won’t ask the questions that really need to be asked. Here are the questions I think he will have on his pad when he sits down with Palin:
1. So, what was it like getting that first call from Sen. McCain?
2. How has your family been dealing with all the excitement?
3. Tell me, what is it *really* like to be a hockey mom, and how is that different than being a soccer mom?
4. Tell the viewers about the role faith plays in your life?
5. Has it been frustrating to hear all the criticisms about you?
6. How does it feel to make history as the first GOP VP candidate?
and on, and on, and on. I think you get the picture. We will have learned *nothing*…book it.

Given the political instability of many regions of the globe – (North Korea, Iran, Russia/Georgia, Iraq) that could have major ramifications for Americans and the safety of our country and economy, what do you say to Americans that will and should convince them that you as a short-term governor is someone who should be entrusted with the Vice Presidency of the United States? What really qualifies you to be that close to the Presidency?

Charlie, ask Ms. Palin what countries border Pakistan…better yet show her a map and ask her to identify Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan on a map.

Distorted facts. The report by 194 scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate did not say with 90% certainty that mankind is causing global warming. That statement was made by a handful of non-earth scientists in the summerized intoduction to the report. The actual report was inconclusive.

Given your previous positions as mayor of a small town and less than 2 years as governer, voters have not voting record to look to in assessing your policy stands.
Where can a voter research your actual experience and positions? For instance, I would like to know why Alaska is charging it’s citizens more in taxes than any other state. I would like to know why you have placed high taxes on oil from Alaska which is sold to other Americans.

For those of you who are expecting a substative interview, just look back at the presidential debate that Charlie Gibson hosted. It was the worse debate questions of all the 22 held. Charlie is a lifetime mediocre journalist. He avoids contraversy. Play it safe Charlie is his name. Look for this to be another scripted speech just like Palin has been giving for the past 10 days.

Ask her when you are done as the final question:
Do you feel that the liberal media, ours included, has asked Barrack Hussein Obama any of these very tough questions yet in any interview on any station in the last 19 months? Because right now the american people have absolutely zero clue how Barrack would respond to any of the situations with the exception of the armchair quarterback he plays in the senate by voting ‘present’.
Didn’t think so…

The U.S. has a population of over 305 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Alaska’s population is only in the thousands. If you are elected vice president, and if in the event that John McCain dies, resigns, becomes disabled, or is removed from office, how do you find yourself prepared to be commander in chief? Also, please explain your qualifications for such a position.

ABC, CNN are the most biased members of the news media I have every seen in all my 60 plus years.
There is no journalistic integrity, no reporting just the facts. Your reporters unashamedly spout their biases at every turn.
Shame on the lot of you.

Running for Beauty Pageant qualified her for the job of VP. She had to display a great deal of skin, but just enough to be suggestive. She had to continually smile, but not to a level of scowl. She had to say what the judges want to hear in order to win their trust. And finally, she had to fabricate her credentials to appear better than her record actually suggests. Yes, on those points she actually qualifies for VP but not on the points she is touting as her record.

Question for Sarah Palin:
Of the 21 Republican governors eligible to be Vice President, you rank 17th in terms of years as Governor. Why are you more qualified to be VP than the 16 Republican governors ahead of you, most of whom govern much larger, more diverse states?

I am a woman and I am intelligent and I can hold my own in a conversation. I can only assume that the same goes for Sarah Palin. If John McCain truly picked mrs. Palin because he feels she is the second most qualified person in the whole country for the job of POTUS, then it is your job to make her prove it. Please don’t let her off easy. Please don’t ask about her kids unless you are willing to ask the question the rest of the mothers in America are asking which is: Running the greatest nation in the world is a 24/7 job. How does she plan to give America all the time and attention we need at this critical time in history, and at the same time give her disabled son and other kids the full time, 24/7 attention they need? One or the other is going to suffer.
Please ask about the debt she left Wasilla with, the wind-fall profit tax she/McCain are against that she is apparently for in Alaska. (same thing with a different name) Ask about how much money was lost on the sale of the luxury jet. Ask about the per diem she took while at home and the trips to snow mobile events. Ask about the emails she won’t release and the troopergate scandal.
Please ask tough questions and when she gives an answer that has already been proven to be a lie, please call her on it. That is what journalists do. Americans are trying to decide who is going to run our country. Help us get accurate information so we can make an informed decision.

You could try asking her why she is for abstinance only teaching for teens when it’s apparentt it does not work.

Don’t get side tracked with the McCain camp political spin, make her give honest specific answers to hard issues and her flip flops and how she is different from BUSH and McCain. If by some miracle McCain is elected and she is required to take over the American people need to know how she will govern! Do your job Charlie!

Remember that the Republican goal is to turn this election into “personality” instead of a debate on the issues: I would like to know:
What constitutes a “win” in Iraq? Does it include the ability to safely practice your religion? How long/hard would you fight if someone told you you could not worship God? It’s been 2,000 yrs in Iraq. Do you really believe we can win this?
I envision a different country than the Repubs. I envision new neighborhoods with windmills to power the homes around it, and energy not used sold to others with the proceeds used by the people who conserved energy in their homes, providing better services, schools, community centers, day care, etc? Also, the internal combustion engine was patented in 1867. Think of all the inventions that have ratically changed our lifestyles since that time. Whole industries that have been reinvented many times over. Why are we still using this engine to power our vehicles? How many jobs would be created/positives created by demanding a different power for transportation. Why does she want to drill, drill, drill, instead of invent, invent, invent? I own a 2001 truck with 63,000 mi. I don’t ever want to buy another gas powered vehicle. How’s she going to get me a practical, safe, affordable alternative before my current vehicle dies?
Will her daughter, once she marries a high school dropout, have health insurance? You’re the interviewer, ask this as an issue question because it relates to ALOT of real people!
I have one more but I REALLY want this interview to be about issues that will make the world a better place for my children and grandchildren.

Her beliefs regarding creationism are of no interest to me. Her stand on religious freedom is important to me. Please ask her to define her stand on religious freedom.
I am MORE interested in her opinion re: the $1 billion sent to Georgia (not the U.S. State, the former Soviet state) and the implications that it is linked to oil field potential.
I am MORE interested in her ideas for over-hauling the health insurance industry.
I am MORE interested in her ideas for assuring every American student that they will find an affordable place at a university. Ask her about the percentage of foreign born students currently being educated at our top schools – - – how does she feel about her children competing with the international community. I assume her kids are college bound.
Ask her what she intends to do to help put Americans back to work?
What about golden parachutes for top-executives.
What about those of us who have managed to keep our jobs but are working in industries with severe cutbacks. Many of us are being asked to take reductions in pay to keep our jobs. Many of us have picked up the extra work left by co-workers who have been laid off?
Ask her how she would deal with Iran if she were president?
She is so appealing as a person, I really like her, then I have to catch myself and say, but she’s not the president.
Ask her how she believes she differs from the current administration in terms of helping the working poor.
Thanks so much. WE are counting on you Charlie.

I don’t have any specific questions, I’ll leave that to Charlie. But I think that we will learn as much from this interview about the media, and Charlie in particular, as we will about Sarah Palin. Here is your chance ABC and Charles Gibson: stand up and ask tough questions, fair but tough.
We all know that the Republicans lean toward exaggerations, distortions, half-truths, and even lies, but the media takes it mostly as fact. Sure, you question a bit here and there, but since they issue these “facts” as press releases or in official transcripts, you mostly take it as the truth. This results in a lower “standard of truth” going forward and the media plays into that. All of a sudden, a “half truth” or a “distortion” is accepted as truth, because well, at least it’s not a lie. It’s sort of like going to buy a car and having the dealer start negotiating much higher than the real value. If they start at $30,000 for a $15,000 car, they know that even after you press them and they lower the price, they’re still going to sell the car for $20,000.
Here is your chance to strike equilibrium on the truth. Half-truths, distortions or “their interpretation” cannot be tolerated. No more games, no more spin. Ask the right questions and demand answers!

Charlie, just one question she should surely answer. Why does she think she should get a pass on tough media coverage, considering they only have 56 days left to expose her.

Does she believe that the process under which Alaska was voted into statehood was done fairly?
Did she agree or disagree with the recent Alaskan Aerial Hunting and Clean Water iniitiatives?
What was her involvement in General Craig Campbell’s recent promotion?
Should the government be doing more to help home owners facing foreclosure in the Sub Prime crisis?
Are we going too far in bailing out Financial institutions?
What does she think about our free trade agreements?
As a woman breaking the Glass Ceiling,
what does she think about affirmative active?
As a high school sports star, what does she think about Title Nine?
Is the office of the Vice President part of the Executive branch and required to follow its regulations, such a the Presidential Records Act? V.P Cheney says it is not.
Does she believe the Georgian republics must remain part of Georgia or allowed to secede?
Should Georgia be fast tracked into NATO?
Is Israel obligated to return more land to the Palestinians?

As one of the millions of Americans who would greatly benefit from Stem Cell Research because of a life treatening disease I support Stem Cell Research. Sarah Palin tell me where you stand on the matter? Would you do everything in your power to make Stem Cell Research is a possiblity for Americans like us? Also if you don’t support Stem Cell Research would you consider changing your mind for your son because maybe one day he may possibly benifit from Stem Cell Research as well?

How will you help America reassert itself back into the global economy, so that our competitive edge will be maintained and/or strenthened?

Do you think that it’s good for the American people to elect politicians who want to take the country in a backward direction?
What specific plans does the Republican party have to address the economic situation in this country?
Why do you continually drag your family into the political spotlight? Is it because you have nothing to talk about except them?

Please ask her and all candidates at the beginning of EVERY question “Without comparing yourself to any other candidate, please answer…” That should help keep the focus squarely on her.

Governor Palin,
Why have you continued to potray yourself as a opponent of political pork projects such as the Bridge to Nowhere however, after you stood up against the bridge, Alaska kept the money. Can you explain what that money was used for? Also, why is it the right thing to do (state law aside allowing it), to claim a per diem for expenses when you are at home? Shouldn’t your salary cover your personal living expenses just as it does for working Americans everywhere?

Since your son is going off to fight in the war, as a mother and a politician, does that have any influence on your stance to whether or not the United States Military should be in Iraq? What if your son was in the front lines?

Ask her if she and McCain will finally find bin Laden (and why she and McCain want us to look for him in Iraq)

Since your son is going off to fight in the war, as a mother and politician, does that change or influence your stance on whether or not the United States military should be in Iraq? What if your son was at the front line?

Ask her if the president or vp should have attended the state funeral last Sunday for the Kyabizinga of Busota. Would she have gone if elected?

Personally, I just hope Charlie asks her a questions regarding every single controversy that has been floating around the internet for the last two weeks.
Just ask her the questions, let her tell her side, then let the PEOPLE decide what they think about her answers, not the media or paid bloggers.
This is how it should be.

I hope it’s not too late for this comment to be seen. Is this even the right place? Anyway…
I agree with the comment that the questions should be unseen by Palin ahead of time. I’d further say that there should be at least one question that is NOT plastered all over the mainstream media. Ask how she feels about the situation in Thailand or South Africa or Zimbabwe. Does she feel that we should have overthrown Mugabe?
I’d also suggest that Mr. Gibson NOT simply accept the answers that she gives on each question, but that he questions them where appropriate. If you listen to the BBC you will hear that when a guest gives them a talking point answer, the interviewer questions it and makes the guest explain it. They use arguments from the people on the other side of the issue. When Palin says that she’s going to fight earmarks, I expect Mr. Gibson to pull out a list of quotes from her in support of the Bridge to Nowhere and say, “How can you explain this? What you’re saying simply doesn’t make sense or sound true.”
In the typical U.S. interview the interviewer asks a question, the guest gives a talking point and the interviewer moves on to the next question. It’s like a free commercial for the guest. I know that they’re worried of offending people, and especially the celebrity who might refuse to go back on their show, but they shouldn’t be fearful of that. They should aim for journalistic integrity beyond all else and convince the public that the integrity they bring is worth occasionally not seeing the “big interview”

Questions to Charlie:
Will this be another soft-pitch/no follow-up like your 9/3 interview with McCain, where his factually incorrect answers were left unchallenged?
Or will you be a journalist and ask the probing questions incumbent upon your position as the anchor of World News?
In short, do you want this to be your Diane Sawyer/Michael Jackson legacy, or your moment of parity with Murrow and Cronkite?
The entire world will indeed by watching World New with Charles Gibson, and judging you as much as Sarah Palin.

Please ask her why it has taken her this long to have an interview with journalists.
Why doesn’t she answer any questions raised to her in the campaign trail?
Does she have anything to hide or does she have nothing to say?
If McCain wins the elections and after a few months something happens or he is incapacitated, does she think that she will be able to govern as president of hte most powerful country in the United States? Why?

I commend you for all your efforts and your ability to hold office and run a household, I have never ever heard of anyone questioning a man if he is going to be able to take care of his children and run for office. So many just assume that it is the women’s job to take care of the children. Not anymore, it is a 50/50 job for both parents to help raise the children. I have been happily married for 26 years to the same man that I fell in love with in High School. We got married at 18, raised to boys, put them through college, and have our own company. We went through alot of hardship, but never gave up. So many of our family members told us that we could not buy a new home at the age of 19, and we did and we even paid it off before the boys graduated from high school. Thank you so very much for all you have done, not just for your state, but hopefully soon for our Great Country. May God Continue to Bless you and all of your beautiful family.

Two questions:
1. As a mother, if my own family were in crisis, I don’t know if I would continue to teach High School Economics, much less run for the office of Vice-President. How can you explain to the American public that you are for “Family Values,” yet are leaving your family for extensive amounts of time to campaign? My understanding of “Family Values,” would put my children before my career.
2. Could you please explain, in your own words, the history of conflict in the Middle East? How does it involve the U.S.?
Please ask both of these and make sure she doesn’t have an ear piece in her head for staffers to feed her the answers.

Ask her if she believes that “Onward Christian Soldiers” would be a more appropriate anthem for the Republican Party than Heart’s ‘Barracuda’.
Ask her how, as a devout Christian, she can reconcile her attacks on others throughout her political career with the idea that you should love your enemy.
Ask her why someone nicknamed Sarah Barracuda should expect to be treated with deference, as McCain’s camp suggests. Ask her if she expects similar deference from Vladimir Putin, Al-Quaeda, the Taliban, Victor Chavez, and anybody else in the world who doesn’t like the U. S.

I would simply ask:
How do you justify providing Georgia $1 billion in aid when we as a nation are $9 trillion in debt? And
What programs would you and Senator McCain cut to reduce our national debt?

In the recent weeks since you have been named John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate, you have attained a sort of “Celebrity Status”, however, in your speech at the RNC, you condemned Barack Obama for his increased popularity. In addition, do you feel that new items, such as the “Sarah Palin Action figure”, as well as the acronym “VPILF”, and signs saying “Vote for the Hot Chick” powered by your increased popularity in the media are demeaning to you as a woman, and overshadows your candidacy for Vice President?

Sarah,
I agree with you on some issues but don’t agree with you on other issues. I have been a democrat my entire adult life but this year will be voting Palin/McCain because I believe that the two of you will make a huge difference in Washington.
You have already made differences in the government (real change) and Obama has done next to nothing. Do you think that is why McCain’s choosing you as VP nocked the wind out of Obama’s sale? Because you are proof that Obama had time to make a difference and he did not.

Ask her if she has friends like Ayers that like to blow up stuff in their OWN country and are proud of it. Ask her if Obama were elected POTUS do you think the first person he would pardon is the Syrian Rezko. Ask her if her husband is just now PROUD of his country? Ask her what she thinks about all of these filthy people that he associates himself with contributing money to his campaign. The candidate for CHANGE. Right. The candidate from the most corrupt city in the country. Yeah that’s change alright. He sure cleaned up politics in Chicago. PLEASE

Hello. My question is does Sarah Palin REALLY believe everything in the Bible? If so, why is her view on Stem-cell Reasearch differet from Sen. McCains. Isn’t that one of many signs to come that can make the American people wonder if both of thier minds are not compatible as the media portrays it…..for now?

Please ask Sarah Palin why she opposes Stem Cell Research especially since she is mother of a child with down syndrome and when her running mate is in support of it. Is there a chance she would change her mind as she apparently did with the Bridge to Nowhere?

Th dems are shaking in their boots! I think it’s hilarious!! Big bad people afraid of a little white girl from Alaska!!!! I think she’s going to knock everyone’s socks off, just like she did at the convention.

Tell Charlie to get a back bone on this interview and NOT give Ms. Palin a free ride. I’m sure the entire interview is going to be scripted and the questions submitted to Ms Palin in advance which was part of the ABC agreement. As a woman I could care less about Ms. Palin’s home and the family she exploits when it’s to her advantage. I’m interested in knowing why she’s getting a free ticket on the lies and exaggerated claims she makes on a daily basis regarding what appears to be a serious lapse in memory from the hiring lobbyist Steven Silver, the 23 million plus she requested and received in ear marks, the fact that she not only supported but also debated & defended the “Bridge and the Road to Nowhere” during her 2006 election (even after Sen.McCain condemned it & wanted the ear marked money for Katrina relief in New Orleans)and in 2007 when Ms. Palin apparently had a revelation that the “Bridge to Nowhere” could hurt her future political ambitions only then did she give up the fight and then made sure there was a national news release to document that she wasn’t signing off on the “BTN”. Yet, she still kept the $233 million and used part of it to continue building the “Road to the Bridge to Nowhere”. Also, someone needs to address her lavish spending while traveling on business and charged to Alaska. Why does anyone need a $750 night hotel room and why has she been reimbursed for her children’s travel. And let’s not forget that while staying at home she’s been reimbursed for an allowable daily stipend. And how dare she brag she put Alaska’s corporate jet on eBay yet fail to mention that in the end the state ended up selling it to a resident for $300,000 less than what a broker originally offered the state. Is Mr. Gibson going to challenge Ms. Palin that she is challenging the U.S. Interior Department over its decision to include the polar bear as a threatened species as the polar bears would be an obstacle to drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve that Ms. Palin supports. Is Mr. Gibson going to challenge Ms. Palin’s broad foreign policy experience in light of the McCain’s and teh Republican party’s statements that she is indeed qualified given the fact that Alaska is across the Bering Strait from Russia and by deduction, Ms. Palin is qualified. How dare newscasters allow her to get away with her outrageous statements. If Joe Biden or Barack Obama attempted to continuously give stump speeches filled with half truths and lies they would be ridiculed and called liars by the press.

Palin Bridge to nowhere McCain driving on that bridge.

Please remove that Good Will Huntin… Palin video from the website. For some reason people believe actors when they speak and he is inferring that the rumors about Palin are true when CNN has debunked the rumors. Please report news not gossip.

I would agree that any question regarding the children should be off limits, however I do not understand why her connection to the AIP would be off the table just because her husband is a member. This party is known for it’s views on Alaskan succession, and this is an important topic to discuss considering her ties to the party through her husband (as well as documented evidence that she has attended at least a couple of the conventions). Also, because Charlie asked Obama about his connection to Rev Wright, I would hope that Charlie would question Palin for her involvement with the Wasilla Bible Church (ie Iraq war a ‘task from god’, their connection to Jews for Jesus, and the ‘jesus camp’ like methods used by the church)

Can you please ask Gov. Palin to speak about her 2 terms in Walsillia and the state of the towns economic position before she took office and the state of the town economic postion when she became governor.

Apparently he needs to have her convince the weaker-minded amongst us that she is no more a religious radical than Obama is.

God forbid, but if something were to happen to your son who is being deployed to Iraq, would you still support the war? And if you were V.P. or possibly president, how do you think you would deal with the situation?

Please Charlie, Do not give any question in advance! Do not turn this into a puff piece for Entertainment Tonight. Do not turn this into a propaganda piece for a political party. This person basically came out of nowhere and is now asking the American public to believe a Political Parties dialog that she is qualified to hold the 2nd highest office in the USA. I know if you reviewed your recordings of your debate, you know you could have done better. Maybe this is why the republicians chose you. I have faith you can do better. The American public deserve to now what this person is about. Not her personal story, no tear jerking about her son leaving for Irag. What her governmental policies are, these should be tough complicated civics, and international relations questions. Please make sure the real Sarah Palin get’s interviewed.

I’d ask Sarah Palin: How do you plan to take on the task of the problems that currently take place in the Middle East, deal with the war, as well as being a good mother and catering to your childrens needs, especially your 4 month old ad 17 year old daughter?

Another queston i’d ask: How do plan to relate to younger women in college who are not “hockey moms” or mothers at all?

While you are taking our hard earned tax dollars to pay for your whole family traveling expenses, have you really walked the streets in America and visisted the homeless and the poor and heard the cries? while you were and your camp were calling Obama a celebrity. Did you realize that you seem to love the spotlight even more by being on People magazine and being one yourself now. Did you have up standing morals also when it came to your very own daughter committing fornication in the eye sight of God or did you over look that sin.

Mr. Gibson, you have indicated that you did not believe that the media was bullied by the Bush administration during the run up to the Iraq war. I’m assuming by your comment that you believe that you and others in the media did their jobs at that time. However now, we all know the types of lies and spin that was put forth by the Bush administration, and whether you believe that you did your job or not, those lies went largely unchallenged by the mainstream media.
Please do not let history repeat itself! Ask Sarah Palin the questions necessary to give the American people the opportunity to learn who this woman really is, without the spin, scripts and talking points.

Coming up with hard questions to pose to Sarah Palin is not going to be difficult. Following up and pressing the issue with her to force her to give direct and responsive answers is what I hope to see Charlie do. Sarah and the rest of the campaign might not like it, as was the case when Campbell Brown interviewed Tucker Bounds, but too bad.
We’ve had 8 years of evasiveness and outright lying. Make her put her sound bytes aside and just answer the questions directly, honestly and clearly.

I am an African-American working mother of two. I am married to my college sweetheart that I have been with for 14 years. I founded a non-profit mother’s support group years ago, work full time in a government consulting firm and owned my own business for a few years. Granted, I haven’t run for mayor or governor but with all the talk of her family, I feel just as qualified to be VP because I’ve heard more about her family (or what she wants us to know when it looks good for her image) than her record of supposed “change”.
My main concern is education and a woman’s right to choose. My questions are: What are your plans to improve schools and lower college costs so that higher eduation doesn’t have to be an unattainable goal?
Regarding your pro-life position, I’m interested to know if you would try to get Roe vs. Wade overturned?

These sexist men that control the democratic party should be ashamed. It appears there is no room for a Pro-Life Democrat in the Democratic Party. It appears there is no room for a woman in the Democratic Party unless it is the kitchen and the bed room. I will not be voting democratic anymore. You can count me on the McCain/Palin side!

One more question: is it true that you obtained your first passport in 2007?

At the beginning of the interview, please establish if she thinks male and female candidates for these high offices should be treated the same. Hilary Clinton set a high standard – can Sarah Palin meet or exceed that?
Do NOT ask her about the difficulties of raising a family of 5 children, incluing one with special needs.
PLEASE ask why it has taken almost 2 weeks for her to have an unscripted interview.
Ask about the economy, definition of victory in Iraq, how her experience as governor of a small (population) state has prepared her to be the VP.
Ask her what “change in Washington” means.
If she doesn’t answer the question, PLEASE point that out.

Sarah who?
The office of the vice president of the United States is not about beauty contest, drilling, hockey, gun shooting, or lipsticks. Get real, people!

Q: Your strong stance against earmarks has been made over and over again, but what if there were earmarks that were to benefit education? Would you still be opposed?

I saw Mr. Gibson’s Thanksgiving interview of the President. Hopefully, he won’t be as fawning as he was then with Sarah Palin.
I’d like him to ask her about global warming. Whether she believes in it and what she believes are the causes.
I’d like him to ask her why she opposed the Bush administration’s decision to put poloar bears on the endangered species list?
I’d like to ask her about what specific economic decisions and policies of the Bush administration would change under McCain.

Ask Sarah why she seems to have fired or threatened to fire anyone who has disagreed with her. Ask her if her reputation as a bully is justified? Ask her how she is different from the Bush administration who have bullied us into an enormously expensive war.
Ask Sarah if her growing reputation as a spendthrift is warrented.I speak of the fact that Wasilla’s debt went from $0 to $22m by the time of her departure.
Ask Sarah why she decided to spend or give away to her constituents federal dollars that were plainly earmarked for other projects.
Ask Sarah why creationism should be taught in a science class when it is clearly not science.
Ask her what kind of universal health care program she supports.

The public deserves to know the real Sarah Palin, not just the version of her that is being promoted by the McCain camp. As someone who is speaking on the stump about the government having too much involvement in people’s lives, why does she believe that the government should control a women’s right to choose?; how does she reconcile the fact that Alaska gets more in Federal subsidies than any other state? How does she explain her initial support for the Bridge to No Where and other “pork” projects?
Thank you.

Sarah,We want to hear about real problems not a cover-up of issues that the republicans have done to us for the last four years. Please stop the continued lies that all republicans keep pulling the wool over every ones eyes. The little average American is having a lot of problems making ends meet thanks to the many wrong decisions the republicans have done so think long and hard who you vote for our country is in deep trouble. Obama at least wants to address the real issues not cover up with off the subject crap. nurse in WI.

The primary job of the president is to uphold the constitution. Have you studied the constitution?

If Palin and Crew are so easily offended by Lipstick remarks during the course of a heated election, what will she do when real trouble starts on the world stage and in the White House? We have a double standard of the Republicans insisting this woman is ready, but then racing to “defend” her honor from perceived barbs. I don’t think they would jump so quick if Palin was man. Why aren’t they talking about the economy the and trillions we have wasted on an “idea of freedom” in Iraq?

DO NOT ASK “How you feel” questions.
DO NOT ASK nice and soft questions.
Ask her why is it OK for media to talk about HER SON going to Iraq but not about her pregnant daughter?
Ask her, why Jamie Lynn Spears’s parents are bad (according to republican supporters) because she was a teenage pregnant?
Ask her, does being close to Russia’s border really count towards foreign policy experience?
Thank you, CHARLIE.
P.S. Don’t be soft.

There’s just as much at stake for Charles Gibson as there is for Sara Palin. His performance will be scrutinized as much as Palin’s.
I suspect we won’t learn very much tonight and I further suspect this will be, as many fear, little more than a softball interview that will further endear her to the right. That she agreed to be interviewed by a specific anchor the day before 9/11 and after days of prepping by McCain’s staff speaks volumes.
Looks like we’ll have to wait until the debates to get some specifics.
Peter Jennings, you are sorely missed.

Do you support John McCain’s NO vote on equal pay for women? Do you think women should receive 2/3 the pay of men for the same job?
Today in VA, Your campaign touted all forms of alternative energy, yet there is a bill in the Senate for tax breaks for wind and solar power companies, that has come up for a vote 8 times and failed 8 times. John McCain voted no or did not show up for the vote and it failed by one vote. How can he say he supports alternative energy if he won’t do this simple thing that would show he does support alternatives?

Ask her if she really belives that life
began on earth 4000 years ago?

If you only ask her one question, I hope it’s this one: Do you believe the law should require a woman who is pregnant as the result of being raped or being the victim of incest be forced to carry and have the baby?
That’s really all it will take.

Questions for Palin:
How do you propose to help govern a country comprised of not only Republicans, but also Democrats and Independents, given your very divisive acceptance speech?
Do you believe in the separation of church and state? Would you keep the two separate? If so, why and how?

What specifically will be your role as Vice President in a McCain administration?
A few months ago you stated that you had not seriously thought about the details of the Iraq War. Why had you not thought about it at that point, and why should Americans trust your judgment on foreign policy?
On what issues do you disagree with John McCain?
On what issues do you agree with Barack Obama?
What is your philosophy on taxes and spending? When is appropriate to raise taxes or cut taxes, to increase spending or reduce spending?
What are the essential elements of the McCain health care plan?
What is the proper role of the federal government in improving education?
What are the critical factors in improving our economy, and how will a McCain administration address these factors? How is McCain’s economic policy significantly different from the economic policy of the Bush administration?
An independent analysis showed that 80% of Americans would receive an average of four times more in tax cuts under the Obama tax plan than under the McCain tax plan. Why is your tax plan better for most Americans than Obama’s tax plan?
Part of leadership is not only reacting to issues, but foreseeing and dealing with issues before they become critical. What are some national issues that most people aren’t thinking about right now, but that you foresee as being important to the future of the United States, and what would you do to address those issues?

Would Sarah Palin react as positively if her 17 year old daughter told her she is gay as she did when she announced she got pregnant? She embraced her daughter and proclaimed her pride, but how would she have felt if her daughter were gay rather than pregnant?

Governor Palin, you have not been available for questioning/interviews since the announcement of your candidacy, and during this time your campaign has decried any criticism of you as unfair or sexist. If you weren’t ready to face questions from reporters or face criticism from the Obama campaign, why should Americans think you’re ready to tackle the tough issues that face our country?

IS SARAH PALLIN GOING TO PASS A BILL FOR TRUE EQUALITY FOR WOMEN SO THAT WOULD BE LAW THAT WOMEN ON THEIR 18 TH BIRTHDAY MUST REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT AS HER SON HAD TO?

Governor Palin, you have frequently implied that Barack Obama, the media, and the elite East Coasterners don’t understand small town values. Some people think your comments are meant to divide our country back into red states and blue states at a time when our country desperately wants to be united. If you were elected, how would you plan on including these more urban areas that you now decry as “elite?”

He should ask her about her supposed ethics reform and how she reconciles her and McCain’s daily lies about the bridge to no where, the sale of the state jet, and earmarks (Alaska has gotten more per capita than any other state). Seems to me that blatant lying should go against these ethics that she is bragging about. How can someone who touts being transparent about what happens in her government, but then refuses to co-operate in this ethics investigation. If you’re innocent you shouldn’t have anything to hide.
Also ask her how she can consider herself ready to lead when she’s not even ready to answer questions from the press?
Also ask her why it’s OK for her to cry sexism when she herself said that Hillary “whining” about sexism did feminism no good?
Ask her about what, if any, policy ideas she has for the economy, health care, and foreign relations.

I have absolutely zero faith that Charlie Gibson is even capable of doing the interview that is necessary. Tim Russert could have done this but not Gibson. He has about the jounalistic heft of Barbara Walters. I would bet that half the interview has to do with “feelings” as in “So how did it feel to speak to 37 million people?” Typical Parade magazine jounalistic pablum. I swear I will print this out and eat it if Gibson asks anything like “Do you still disagree with John McCaine that global warming is caused by man? And if not, what in the last few weeks has caused you to change your opinion?”
Rest assured, I’m not going to skip dinner tomorrow”.

As others have suggested, ask her why she is so mean-spirited about community organizers.
She has compared herself to a pit-bull. Is she proud of being nasty?

How does she feel about Russia bringing Bombers to Venezuela for a Military exercise?
What is her position about South America and the fact that the closest countries to the US have been neglected and are starting go turn away from Democracy and becoming more Socialist states (Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Brasil)…
Bolivia today kicked out the American ambassador… What is the McCain government plan to do about South America?
Not everything is about Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. There are very big treats much closer to home…

Governor Palin, despite the fact that Alaskan law forbids the Governor from advocating for or against a ballot measure, you opposed such a measure by saying, “Let me take my governor’s hat off just for a minute here and tell you, personally, Prop 4 — I vote no on that.” – an endorsement subsequently used by the mining companies in their anti Prop 4 media blitz.
If elected, do you intend to “take off your Vice President’s hat” any time the laws of this country inconvenience you?

Ask her how she can sleep at night knowing she is completely unqualified to be VP and knowing the lies she and McCain are telling the American public.

Why exactly do you feel the need to bill the state of Alaska for nights you spent in your own home?

Now if only I could figure out from ABC News or World News’s website why the banner ad for this interview says “STARTING Thursday.” Is it airing in two parts? When is the second one? Why is this information so difficult to find?

Dear Charlie,
Please ask her how she feels about being smeared by the Obama left wing activitists in the internet and media? What is her management style as a Governor? Give us examples that she has reached across the other side to get things done!
If you are going to ask tough questions to Palin, and PLEASE ask the same kind of “dirt-digging’ questions to Obama next! Journalism is really dead in 2008 election, nobody ever ask Obama any tough questions about his past so far! If they haven’t asked Obama tough questions, why would Palin need to be subjected to that?!! But just be fair, ask both of them the same kind of tough questions! Thank you for your great work as a great journalist! Please keep up with your good work in “REPORTING” without bias!
Sincerely,
Soccermom from N.C.

Charlie: ask Mrs Palin: if she have an emergency she has 5 children something happen at home but something happen to McCain how she will manage this situation?

Charlie – you know the qustions you need to ask – this should not be a Good Housekeeping interview. I want you to not allow Gov Palin o give canned answers. You need to interrupt and rebut and make her fight for her position. This is not being mean this is making sure she gets treated the same way McCain, Biden and Obama get treated.
I want her to explain why she supports a war that we all know was a mistake? How can you say that the surge has worked when the political factions in iraq can’t unite. Does she think violence will surge again after we withdraw and will this mean we will stay in Iraq for a hundred years like McCain said. Don’t give her a pass Charlie – it’s unjust and unfair.
Don’t ask about her family but do ask about her religious views and the fact that she stood up in church and talked about fighting God’s war – remember we have separation of church and state in this country.

Charlie, please just ask her tough, honest questions you would ask anyone running for vice president. No kid gloves.

When Charlie and George grilled Obama for 40 minutes regarding his relationship with his Church and the Re. Wright I was deeply disappointed. However, since you feel that it is an important and legitimate area of concern and that the American people needed to know this, then it is just as important for you to ask her about the world view and belief system of her Church. Even though she left it in 2002, she still shows up and gives speeches to the faithful. Does she believe that we are doing God’s will in Iraq? Does she believe Jews and gays will go to hell? Does she believe that the end of the world is truly coming in this generation and if so what role does the President and Vice President play in preparing the nation for it? As to her statements: since she said “Thanks but No Thanks” to the bridge to nowhere as a way of demonstrating her fiscal/reform mindedness and anti-earmark position, why didn’t she say no thanks to the money? WHere is the money? She criticized Obama for securing almost $1 billion in earmarks for Illinois. Ask her how that compares per capita with the $27 million she secured for her 9,000 populated city of Wasilla? And then ask her how does that and accepting the money for the Bridge to Nowhere square with her reformist message? Ask her about global warming and how she can watch how it is most evident in her state and still believe it is not caused by the increase use of fossil fuels. Ask her if she has read the scientific journals, reviewed the scientific evidence and what she concludes from that. Finally, Charley, (and this is for you alone) your country needs you to step up right now and take your responsibility seriously. Even if Disney corporation wants you to throw the softballs, your country needs you to do your job and throw the hardballs. There is too much at stake and a generation yet to be born is banking on the media to steel its spine and meet your responsibility. If it comes down to your job or your country you know what you need to do. You know this. The people should not have to tell you. If you do what you are required ethically and professionally to do, the people will not let you down. Put all the politicians on notice that the fourth estate is back and our democracy will then recover.
God, how I hope you see this. I’m just not sure ABC and Disney will let this through.

Do you realize that Roe v. Wade is not settled law in this country and that the Supreme Court should revisit its earlier decision? That a woman’s right to ‘choose’ does not trump the right to life? Do you believe that we extend the right to life to the unborn? That an unborn’s right to see the light of day and to take a breath of fresh air trumps a woman’s right to choose an abortion?
Give ‘em hell, Sarah! Show those liberals that the more they underestimate you, the more cynical and misguided they appear!

If you only ask her one question, I hope it’s this one: Do you believe the law should require a woman who is pregnant as the result of being raped or being the victim of incest be forced to carry and have the baby?
That’s really all it will take.
Posted by: Carlton | Sep 10, 2008 8:46:23 PM
Or this way – Do you believe that the innocent life that is the unfortunate produce of the rape or incest should be destroyed (I won’t use ‘murder’) when there are many other families, who cannot have children, waiting in line to adopt one?
How do you respond to those that have no value to human life?
That’s really all it will take.

I’d like to know if she will release her TAX RETURNS for the past five years, and I am very interested in which charities, if any, she supports financially and to what extent.

Hey David, didn’t you watch Obama on Letterman yesterday, he answered questions about how he would have handled 9/11 and he said he would have focused more on Afghanistan than Iraq and truth be told that makes great sense seeing that now we have to send troops into Afghanistan to fight terrorism.

Mr. Gibson, this is a momentous occasion in your journalistic career. As Americans, we are either thrilled or furious at this VP selection, and we’ll be watching not only to see if you’ll be asking the tough questions, but also if you follow up – if your questions elicit generalities or party-line talking points. In short, we want precise answers to precise questions.
Do your job… and Good luck!

Charlie: A few questions we would like Sarah Palin to answer tonight:
1. What does her experience balancing Alaska’s budget which had 9 billion dollars of oil revenue surplus have to do with balancing the US budget which is Trillions in debt and hasa projected 900million deficit this year?
2. Can’t Plin see that Her comment that our troops’ mission in Iraq is a mission to destroy the Muslim enemy is an echo of George W Bush’s comment after 9/11 about our Crusade against militant Muslims. Both comments will only stir up more hatred and radical jihadists gainst the United States. Osama bin Laden always refers to this “crusade” and links it to the bitter memories of the Crusades that the Arab world has never forgotten. Is a “Christian jihad qualitatively different from an Islamic Jihad? doesn’t this kind of language put our troops and our nation at a greater danger? Indeed, a Christian holy war is a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron, since Christ admonished us to love our enemy and forgive those who trespass against us. How does Gov. Palin deal with this, as an avowed christian? The Lord’s prayer asks God tg forgive us as we forgive those who sin against us, linking these together.

Both Clinton and Bush administrations have provided support to Africa for humanitarian assistance, to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, as well as to expand trade opportunities. With Africa increasingly important as an alternate source of oil for the US, how would McCain/Palin prioritize US-Africa relations? Describe US-Africa foreign policy under a McCain/Palin Administration.

I really don’t believe you, Charles Gibson, will give an
honest interview that will be of help to the American
Public. I challenge you to prove me wrong. I want to hear the same hard=nosed type of questioning that you gave McCain, Obama, and Biden.

Does your faith conflict with granting total equal rights to the GLBT community, regardless of the terminology used to grant this?
I would like to hear your exact definition of the word “equality” as it pertains to the rights of the 10% of the population that may be GLBT.

Why does not Charlie Gibson not move on with questions until he gets an answer? Being polite dose not mean being a patsy.
Of all the reporters in the country Charlie, is their voice. With so few days remaining to understand her mind set.
Ask the questions. Did you or any one you know in any to affect your ex brother-in-law’s employment in any way?
Did you line item reduce funding for the facility to aid unmarried women?
Did you allow the bridge from Wilsilla to reduce the trip to Anchorage with ear marked funds or did you resist it. would support the overthrow of Roe vs Wade? Even to those raped? NO exceptions

I am an independent voter and voted democrat for the past 2 elections and this election I am leaning towards the republican. in all truth, both parties lie with their records, I am going to vote for the lesser evil.
My question to Palin: How can you shut up the democrats?

Good overall interview. Charles Gilson should try to be fair and asked the questions with the same tone that he will talk to Obama. We don’t care what his feelings are, we want to here what “She” thinks so we can learn. Just ask the question and let her answer, then take her answer and move on. Don’t keep beating until you get the answer that you want. Then ask Obama the same questions, that would be funny. It would make it easy to watch if Charles wasn’t so mad looking. Fine out what she did the first 143 days as Gov.

Did God ask you to run?

I thought Charlie Gibson conducted himself as an arrogant disrespectful boob…….
Trish.
If you are running for the 2nd highest position in the country, you better be ready to face media and answer questions as smart as you can, may it be liberal or conservative media. It’s a test of one’s character and readiness. I think Palin simply failed this test.So stop whining….

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