Questions For Sarah Palin

Charlie you can ask: How about the plane comment…it was not sold on e-bay but to a private entrepreneur. Why she endorsed Obamas’s energy plan and wanted to meet with him to discuss its merits? What exactly is Creationism? What about the bridge/you did support it. What about wanting to remove books from the library and mostly what about other “firings” in her administration? Let’s see if any of these things are asked…they can be verified on the IReport of CNN.

The question I would ask is this:
During your speech at the convention you said many things that factcheck.org says are untrue. Please explain:
1. Bridge to nowhere – actaully you were for it
2. You said you are for reform but you filled your administration with friends and lobbyists, you were in charge of Ted Stevens 527, you are under investigation for abuse of power and apparently you have a history of similar problems
3. You said that mayors have “actual” responsibilities and community organizers do not. When you were mayor didn’t they have to hire a town administrator to help you because you ran into some trouble
4. You said that Obama hasn’t passed any laws. He passed several including nuclear non-proliferation, government transparency, and ethics reform. And some were bipartisan efforts.
5. You said Obama would raise taxes. Didn’t you raise taxes in Wasilla and leave it $26 million in debt?
Charlie, please ask the tough questions. Do not let her get out of answering the questions. The American people deserve to know the real Sarah Palin and not the one created by the McCain campaign.

What is the single most important qualification, skill, or experience that you would bring to a McCain presidency?

You are a proponent of the “drill now” mantra. Citing reliable sources, please estimate the best case scenario of how much this could reduce gas prices.

I would like Charlie Gibson to ask Governor Palin to PROVE all the facts she spoke about in her acceptance speech last week. Not with double talk, actual proof.

Given your energy experience, what do you think are the best short-term and long-term solutions to our dependence on foreign oil?

Charlie, could you please ask the Gov. about her position for abstinence-only education?

Why does she believe global warming is NOT man-made and what is the basis for her belief?

Given your partisan tone at the RNC, how do you plan to “reach across the aile” if elected?

Do you believe a decision should be judged on the outcome it yields, or on the evidence and rational arguments backing up that decision?

Why did you misrepresent (lie) about your earmark record before the world? How can you be a maverick so tied to lobbyist and securing so much pork for your small town in Alaska. Why didn’t you give the money back for the Bridge to NoWhere once you realized it was not good for your career to have pushed for it, you flipped, but kept the money.?..?

Please ask Ms. Palin about her position on the Arctic Refuge, climate warming and the treatment of wildlife in Alaska. Also ask her about her position specifically on aerial gunning of wolves and her support of mutilation of wolves by cutting off a leg as trophies and the payment of large bounties for the killing of wolves. Also be SURE to ask her about the misrepresentation of selling the jet on ebay. It has been widely reported she listed it on ebay, the reserve bid was NOT met and the plane was then removed from ebay and sold to a private corporation. Also, it has been reported she used her line item veto in Alaska to eliminate funding for a housing project for pregnant teenagers in Alaksa. Can we say hypocrite?

I would like to know if she sees herself as promoting only her own agenda or can she see herself listening to the people and supporting their views even if they aren’t her own. The right for a woman to choose whether to continue a pregnancy, the right of people who are in love and the same sex to have a legally bound partnership, the right to read, watch and listen to what we choose we want to read, watch and listen to. Is the constitution more than a piece of paper to her? And finally, why does she feel allowing the killing of wolves by air is a way of preserving the balance of wildlife? She come across as anti-enviroment and pro-business.

How would you describe your leadership style?

Should people vote for you because you are a woman? If so, why and if not why not? You invoked Hillary Clinton both when you were nominated and when you were speaking at the Republican Convention. What, apart from your gender, motherhood, and politics, do you have in common with Hillary Clinton?

Charlie,
Please don’t let this be a softball interview! My question would be how would she explain how someone who was a mayor of a town of 7,000 people for two years and Governor of a State half the size of San Francisco have the requisite foreign policy knowledge to be President?

Sarah should be asked about her knowledge of middle east history and how the treaty of versaille reshaped the middle east and the persian empire, so we don’t remake the same mistakes of the last administration

Gov. Palin, why do you believe the American public has reacted so positively to your nomination?
Given Joe Biden’s strong foreign relations experience, what skills and direction will you bring to foreign policy in a McCain administration?
Gov. Palin, the feminist left has reacted angrily to your nomination in many public comments. Do you see yourself as a feminist, or as simply a hard working, dedicated individual who seeks to share their abilities with the American people? (Yes, there’s a bit of sarcasm in this question.)
Come on folks, this woman’s a winner, and no matter what questions you come up with, she’s going to handle them with grace, intelligence, and wisdom that reflects her beliefs and the beliefs of most Americans.
Get over it, Obamacrats: Palin is the most refreshing political character to come forth in since Harry Truman. She dwill drive a McCain victory.

As a very long time feminist and mother, the idea that McCain can trot out a pretty face and make a comparison to Hillary Clinton is absurd and revolting. Actions always speak louder than words and lies, no matter how eloquently delivered, are still lies. Sarah Palin can’t convince me she is pro life while treating her special needs baby like a rag doll with no concern for his health or safety. No baby, especially one whose immune system is already compromised belongs at a convention of that magnitude. Please ask her about the deficit she left Wasilla; the attempt to censorship the local library;
the lack of environmental protection for her own state; other real issues that need to be shown to the voting public.

If she is so against earmarks, why is Alaska number one in the country per capita?
There are 100 REAL questions to ask this woman.
PLEASE no soft-balls.
I’d also like to hear about her husband belonging to that separatist group.

Charlie:
Please ask Palin why she was trying to hide her daughter’s pregnancy when most people in her town knew about it. And she had to know it would be reported to the media.
She brought her pregnant daughter on stage holding her 4-5 month old brother with a blanket covering her tummy. Was Palin trying to cover-up the pregnancy?
Why did she think the public would tolerate her trying to belittle and trash Senator Obama? Is that all the Republican’s are about? Sounds like the same old thing!

Mr. Gipson, would you please ask Governor Palin the following:
I am a supporter of Senator Obama and his desire to bring change to this country. During the last few weeks, it is apparent that this nation is extremely divided in it’s views and opinions concerning the future of this nation.
If your party should win the election in November how will you in your role as vice president seek to unify the country and make it again a nation not of red and blue states but of united states.

Charlie if you mess up this interview with
cupcake questions, I will NEVER watch you again. Please ask about her education, why did she transfer to so many colleges?

Why did you support the bridge to nowhere, then didn’t support it , but kept the money anyway. Well I guess that is three questions. Think she can handle that many?

When is she paying back the federal government she took for the bridge to nowhere? She owes all the american people that money – not just a nice rebate for the alaskan people.

Gov. Palin — You have criticized Barack Obama for being opposed to the troop Surge in Iraq, while John McCain was for it. However, in 2007 you stated that you weren’t paying much attention to the situation in Iraq. Did you have an opinion on the Surge at that time, and what were your reasons for concluding either way? Also, what was your opinion leading up to the war in Iraq? Knowing what you do now, was it a mistake to go into Iraq, when it had no connections to Al Queda, the terrorists who caused 9/11.

What’s the differences between North Korea and South Korea?

***Put her on the spot with this one, even though i’m sure the McCain campaign is reading this thread to prepare her*
1. A Vice President needs to be ready to step in on day 1 if somehting happens to the top of the ticket. Disregard the word executive. Putting your resume` beside Senator Obama’s resume`, both of them are thin. There is no bi-partisan way for you to say you are ready right now to be President and Senator Obama is not. So point blank, are you ready, and if so, are you prepared to make the bi-partisan step and admit that Senator Obama is as well. Yes or No
2. You’ve been watching the campaing just like we have. Why has a bolt of lightning struck, and all of a sudden every other word that comes from McCain’s mouth “Change”. Why, only 2 months before the election is he talking about it when that has been your opponent’s theme all along?

Charlie, Please ask Sara what she thinks about the Bible saying, “Thou shall not bear false witness” ie the bridge to nowhere lie and the selling of the plane on E-Bay lie it was sold at a 600k loss bya broker. Since when is it OK for Christian’s to Lie so easily to the public?

Yeah, let’s put all the questions up here so that her minions (Lieberman) can prepare her with some glib answers!
I think not.
Charlie – is there a way to EMAIL you questions directly??

Dear Mr. Gibson, I would hope that before you and your producer sit down to develop a question list for these interviews, you take a few moments to remember the legacy of Peter Jennings and Edward R. Murrow. You have an opportunity to illuminate the American people about Mrs. Palin’s ties to the AIP, her far right wing ideological stands against abortion, science, global warming, protection of endangered species and sex-education. You have a chance to question her record of mismanagement and bullying as Mayor, and her refusal to cooperate with a bipartisan investigation into abuse of power. You can question her on her position on earmarks and why — if she is so concerned about the taxpayers money — why she kept the bridge to nowhere money instead of sending back to the federal government. I would hope that your researchers take the time to read some of the old articles in the Alaskan newspapers while you are up there (since few other reporters have thus far) and perhaps take some inspiration. You have an opportunity Mr. Gibson. Don’t ask about “sexism” or her family, ask about her record of fiscal responsibility (which is a joke). Ask about cutting taxes on property and increasing sales tax when she was Mayor. Ask if she thinks Alaska should vote on independence from the United States. Ask how exactly her policies would differ from George W. Bush. Ask about the deficit. I’ve watched ABCNEWS for years, ever since I was a cub reporter. I have pretty low expectations that you will do a hard news interview with a Republican — particularly since I’m sure the McCain campaign is ONLY granting interviews is reporters show “respect and deference” to their celebrity pitbull. Yet, for a moment, think of your children and grandchildren. Think of your legacy. You have an opportunity to expose the mountain of lies this campaign is built upon and ask, “have you no shame?”

Senator Palin, you have said that since your mother taught science, you believe that a student should be taught all points of view on subjects.
Intelligent design, the point of view that the universe must have an intelligent origin is the latest in the variations on creationism.
Since science is not a body of knowledge but a method of obtaining evidence based on testing of hypotheses, can you provide a test for the hypothesis of intelligent design?
Note: circumstances are not proofs. The notion that complex structures cannot emerge from simple systems has long been disproved. By what repeatable and verifiable test can we obtain evidence of intelligent design?

Explain your comment about Senator Clinton “whining” during the primaries. Isn’t that what your camp can be accused of doing now in your attack of the media?

First question:
you said managing Government is “not rocket science”. 1. Is it true that when you were hired as a mayor of Wasilla, you cut your pay from $68,000/year to $64,000? Follow up question: Is it also true that you hired a city administrator for approximately $50,000/year that did the duties the former mayor was doing himself, in effect increasing the costs of your duties from $68,000 to $114,000?
Also: when you ran for mayor of Wasilla, you said it was time for Wasilla to get a Christian Mayor. Since the former mayor was a Christian, is it true that you don’t think Lutherans are Christian?

Sarah made me change my mind –as a 55 yr old hispanic woman ,I felt that when Barack did not choose Hillary our voice was gone. I have been a Democrat all my life.But when i heard this woman speaking I felt she was speaking to me and other women my age.You go Sarah !!!!

Do you believe that the US should be a Christian government? If so, where in your plan would those like Jews, Hindus, Muslims, etc. fit in?

Please no softball or hanging curve questions. The last few days of celebrity driven frenzy on a VP candidate whose knowledge and experience is virtually unknown except for politcal sound bites is frightening. She is going to be one heartbeat away from the presidency at a time of crisis. Why do you you insist on calling a typical governor’s experience as commander of the National Guard inside the state equal to foreign policy experience. How can you with a straight face talk about closeness to Russia as such experience. What eaxactly is your on stand on abortion – why should a child who has been brutually raped be forced to carry the fruit of that crime to term and spend her life raising the product of that crime/ Do you agree with the Gramm comment that we are a nation of whiners due to our economic problems. How do you plan to deal with the continued fall out of the subprime crisis, what about the outsourcing of jobs overseas – where do you stand on that and what, if anything, do you plan to do about it. No matter what, please stay away from the personal life stuff – we don’t need a People Magazine piece or National Inquirer effort that simply fuels more celebrity frenzy for such a serious decision.

In a speech to your church, you said that the United States attack on Iraq was part of “God’s plan”. Isn’t starting wars in the name of God supposed to be restricted to radial Islamic terrorists? The follow up question is — how do we know, Gov. Palin, that you will not suddenly realize that nuclear war is part of “God’s plan”, sitting 3 feet away from the ‘red button’?

Liz Leal, Sarah Palin’s views are DIAMETRICALLY opposed to Hillary’s! Are you serious?

Charlie
here is just a start…almost all of these i have seen answered adeptly and with detail as I went to many small events in NH over the past year?
to give us an insight on how she makes decisions…
What is your exact stance on global warming?
What is your logic behind that stance? What are the numbers of studies and by whom that you have weighted heavier than those exponentially larger (by sheer scientific population) as to why most scientists are wrong? What is your expertise that brought you to that belief?
What if you are right what happens?
What if you are wrong what happens?
How would you expect to negotiate trade deals with China and India with your beliefs…?
Do you think China and India exponential industrialization and growth is a concern since you do not buy into man made global warming and have used that as reasoning behind so many of your policies and proposals in Alaska?
Do you think the US itself has a carbon output that needs to be curtailed, and if so, how do you do that?
How do you get Russia to back down? What is it’s historical relationship with Georgia? Do you think Georgia should have toned down their behaviors in light of the hostilities that are now being redirected not only at them but at the US when many in the US were asking them to.
What is the historical nature of enemy warships in the carribean?
What are the changes that need to be made to healthcare to stop the present exponential growth in cost? Are those new policies? and why do you think they would work?
What are the three biggest issues we face as a nation? What do you know about these three issues?
Will you promise to eliminate ALL earmarks for the state of Alaska if you were elected ?
Do you believe that a member of a school board who fought for education policies that scientific studies shown that they did not work both nationally and locally… whose own child failed out of that system should be elected if they continue to fight for those policies? Do you think if your child went to that school you would have a right to know that the board members child had failed from the same policies that the board member was promising to push forward in light of the scientific evidence and their own personal family issues?
Do you know the historical and philosophical reasons and the constitutionality of separation of church and state…where does that separation get stated?
What is the constitutionality of Presidential signing statements?
Do you think going into Iraq was a mistake? and how much has it cost…what percentage of our national budget is that? How much will it cost?
and for how long will that go?
are the shia loyal to Iran? are they loyal to Saudi Arabia? are they loyal to Pakistan?
what is/was the mujahadin?
Where did Osama Bin Laden come from…a decade by decade basic history?
What are the three major financial problems causing healthcare increases?
What are the issues with social security? What are her answers for those?
How does NATO play apart in our defense? Does she think they owe us? How does she see a Mccain presidency bringing back our allies?
What is the historic relationship with iran? It’s evolution?
If on Septemeber 11 like Dck Cheney a year 9 months after she took office…she was sitting in the white house asking for permission to shoot down US commercial airliners…what would her decision process have been?
would if the planes were British? or Canadian? or Russian? What if there were no Americans on board?
What would the difference be culturally if it were African terrorists? and what threats could come from Africa? or southeast asia? Where is al qaeda factions located?
What are our 3 largest exports?
How many people live below poverty in our country?
how do we handle the mortgage crisis? what effect do you think deregulation had in this? Who pushed for that deregulation?
What is the name of the Secretary general of the United Nations?
Outside of building a gas pipeline in an oil and gas economy dependent state and more drilling what is your energy expertise? What regions are best suited for what altenative energies?

Please ask Governor Palin for more comments on how the McCain ticket proposes to solve the healthcare crisis in this country. Are they really in tune with the average american who has no health insurance? I’m a nurse who works in an ob/byn clinic, I have seen women come in who have not had physicals in years because they have had no health insurance and cannot afford to pay “out of pocket”, only to find out they have more serious problems that may require surgery or more testing. Their choice is difficult, do I go into debt paying healthcare bills? or do I ignore the doctors recommendations and not pursue treatment which may then result in more serious problems?

Hello Charlie,
I have been an avid viewer of ABC News programming. You will be interviewing Sarah Palin this week. I would expect you to vet her as you did Obama during the primary debates with Clinton.
This interview will prove whether you are a journalist or just a commentator like George Stephenopolis.
I wouldn’t expect you to be disrespectful, but I do expect you to get down to who she is, her record and her stands based on factual information available.
This is for the presidency and you as well as and any other journalist have a responsibility to the public to get to the truth and not have a nice little conversation with this woman.
Please do your job and remember that she is going for the 2nd highest job in the nation and the people of this country deserve the truth. This is not about Sarah Palin or Charles Gibson. This is about the United States Of America. I’ll be watching.
PS Don’t forget to ask her about her patriotism regarding the organization she is a member of and spoke to about Alaska’s cessation from the union.

Charlie, please ask her, Who are the presidents of China, Russia, Parkistan, egypt, peru, Mexico… and who are the Prime Ministers of China, Russia, India, Japan, Canada,…. . Also please DO NOT give her a pre-review list of questions.

Please identify the leading political opposition leaders for Zimbabwe and Myanmar (Burma).
How is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated? the Gross National Product (GNP)?
Please identify the nine naval chokepoints around the globe and briefly discuss the importance of each, as well as consequences if any or all were to become blocked.
Please explain in detail the legislative process at the federal level, i.e., how a bill becomes a law.

You take time off from being Governor during the work day to attend to your children and their needs. Do other state workers in Alaska get the same privileges?

my above list is a gathering of questions on subjects…
I have seen Biden, Obama, Mccain, Clinton, Hutchinson, Edwards…etc answer in detail and with acuity?
you think this woman can answer them?

Please identify the leading political opposition figures in Zimbabwe and Myanmar (Burma).
Please identify the nine naval choke points around the globe and discuss the importance of each.
How is the Gross National Product (GNP) calculated? Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
Please explain in detail the legislative process at the federal level, i.e., how a bill becomes a law.

Governor Palin, you have asked seminary students to pray for various things, citing them as God’s Will (the Iraq War, a natural gas pipeline in Alaska, etc.). From this, I deduce that you are intimately familiar with God’s Will and seek to promote it.
Will you also promote the modification of the Constitution to bring it in line with God’s Law as dictated in the Bible, as Mike Huckabee wished to do?

Charlie,
Please ask Mrs. Palin some simple world geography questions. Most Americans can’t answer these questions, but they expect their leaders to be able to do so. She can’t get “briefed” enough for this question…the only thing she can say is “Tunisia?, I’ll have to get back to you on that one, Charlie.”

Governor Palin: Were you aware that your RNC speech was full of lies and, if so, why didn’t you edit it to make it more truthful? If not, are you planning to apologize to Senator Obama?

On August 4 of this year, you issued a press release, as Governor of Alaska, praising Barack Obama’s energy policies, which included support for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska.
The same press release indicated you thought that oil production taxes might slow development of oil resources.
1. Was this press release removed from the official governor’s web site as a favor to the McCain campaign by someone working for the state government and paid for by taxpayer dollars?
2. Is it true that, despite your criticism of oil production taxes, that every man, woman and child in Alaska receives a substantial payment, from the state of Alaska, that comes from oil production taxes?
3. Why does oil rich Alaska, with so much money that the state sends a substatial check to all of its residents, rank as the number one recepient of federal government earmarks? Why does Alaska have any federal funds (coming from the taxes of the lower 48) at all? Doesn’t Alaska have enough oil money to pay for its own bridges, roads and other necesary projects?
4. Would you agree that it is fair to say that every dollar of the ‘State of Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend’ benefit result in increased gas prices for all of the other states in the union?

almost all of the questions I have read can be answered in detail by Obama and Biden…and Clinton and the republican senators from Maine…and almost every single national politician you can name can answer 2/3 rds…
and those are people who aren’t qualified still to be President.
It is about knowledge and judgement
she has shown neither on any of the issues we are facing.

Charlie,
There are two questions I would like you to ask to Palin:
1. You have stated a belief that life begins at conception, oppose any abortion for any reason and oppose stem cell research. Do your views extend to opposition of in vitro fertilization?What about the disposal of unused fertilized eggs?
2. In video taped comments at your church, you state that our invasion of Iraq was a mission from God. Would you care to elaborate on your views of how religion should factor in to foreign policy decisions? What does separation of church and state mean to you?

Governor Palin, several weeks before accepting John McCain’s offer to be his VP pick you said you do not know what a Vice President does all day. You have also indicated you have not had time to follow the Iraq war much more than by television accounts.
In a Q&A during the Alaskan race for Governor you seemed to think that the words “under God” were in the Pledge of Allegiance from the beginning and even that the founding fathers were alive when the Pledge of Allegiance was written.
I am a resident alien and moved to the USA in 2000. I seem to be more informed on these basic American matters than you are. This really scares me. Please explain to me why we should trust you to be informed enough to be our next Vice President.

Please ask her what books she would like banned, i.e., “removed from libaries.” Ask her what she believes we should do next to pursue peace in the Middle East. Ask her what she believes the US should do to keep Iran out of Iraq if the Iraquies want them there.
Ask her, please, exactly what you would ask Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton were they in your chair. If she wants to be a professional politician and most especially, a vice president – treat her as one.

Reposted from Charlie’s blog (September 4, 2008)
Charlie stated in this blog: “Once you know about her daughter’s pregnancy, once you know about her husband’s political interest in the Alaska Independent Party, once you know about the special nature of their latest child, I think that’s enough.”
Are you saying that her husband’s interest in the AIP is a family matter and not a legitimate inquiry of journalists. Would you say the same if Obama’s wife was a member of this party and Obama was ostensibly a member who promoted the AIS via satellite in 2008 and purportedly attended their conferences in 2002 and 2006? The question goes to the heart of the campaign: Put America First.
ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said he did not believe Gibson’s stated stance about family questions was key to securing the interview. Is this the truth???
McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said the offer was made the day after the Republican convention and that there were no ground rules on what could be asked. Is this the truth??
If the answer to these two questions is yes, and if Charlie asks Palin the tough questions with appropriate follow-up, the interviews need to be re-broadcasted at least 3x before the election. It likely will be the only interview before the election. Charlie: I sure hope you proof me wrong. The world will be watching.
Dr. Monk
ABC: The world will be watching you too. Please ensure that journalistic integrity prevails.
Peace

Why does your husband belong to the AIP? Does he not like the USA?

My question is, how do you respond, now that Obama has said he thinks the surge “went better than my wildest dreams” and has this become his first of many major foreign policy blunders. I have another about the 12,000 flags Obama campaign threw in the garbage. I’ll ask that later charlie

“Do you think women should be pastors?”
“Why can a woman be a president, but not a pastor?”
“Do you think wives should submit to their husbands?”
“Do you obey your husband in all things as to the Lord?”
“Do you believe in evolution?”
“Do you believe the world was created in six days, 6000 years ago?”
“Will everyone who doesn’t believe in Jesus go to Hell?”
“Do you think the Bible is the literal Word of God?”
The idea of a president who thinks the earth is 6000 years old and does not believe in evolution terrifies me.

Why did you cut funding for special education and then say you increased funding, on national television when you know your public record states differently.

Please ask Gov. Palin to explain the concept of posse comitatus, its origins, and her views on its continued relevance in our present context.

While asking about posse comitatus, also ask if she understands the concept of habeus corpus and why it just might be important.
How insane is it that we feel compelled to ask a vice presidential candidate questions from a high school civics class? These are sad times.

Follow up, follow up, follow up. It almost doesn’t matter what you ask. It matters what you accept as an answer.
This election is about hiring for the two most powerful positions in our country. Unfortunately, we are not being allowed to ‘interview’ our candidates in the usual way anymore. You are the one token interviewer.

What are Gov. Palin’s views on the recommendations of the National War Powers Commission, a bipartisan group led by former Sec.’s of State Baker and Christopher?
Deedee: Amen.

Please ask Governor Palin which is she, the Pit Bull or Hockey Mom?
I wonder if we’ll see lipstick on her foot, no feet, when she takes them both out of her mouth.

Ask her how a tiny town of ±5,000 – 9,000 citizens, which had no debt when she took office, can POSSIBLY end up $22 million in the red after her short tenure.

Also, if she believes in a smaller federal government: 1) why does she concern herself with homosexuals, at all? Why does she support a a ban on gay marriage?
2) If God takes back the souls of fetuses not brought to term, don’t those souls have another chance to be born? So, why shouldn’t an 11 year old victim of incest, be given a “morning after pill”,
so that little soul can fly back to God? Or, why shouldn’t a baby with no brain, arms, or legs, be sent back to God, for another chance? Why shouldn’t any unwanted child be safe in God’s loving embrace rather than forced to be born into possible poverty, & abuse?
Shouldn’t a “smaller” government stay out of our personal lives, and no tax payer money be wasted on such issues?
By the way, does she believe that life begins at conception, or at “quickening”? ( See Thomas Aquinas).
Does, Gov. Palin, know that the rate of abortions is much lower, in those countries which support sex education? In those classes, girls are taught to have self respect, and that it is OK to say no, to a boy.
How does she expect US students compete with those taught critical thinking skills and a full scientific & liberal arts curriculum, in India, China, & Europe, along with the rest of the civilized world, if our kids our taught that Global Warming does not exist, and evolution is not true? How can our future generations get the new jobs in scientific & technical fields, if they are not properly educated?
Does she also believe the world is really flat? Oh, and how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, Gov. Palin?
If everything is God’s Will, ( only a Christian God, of course) as she states, do we just give up on finding new scientific breakthroughs, not negotiate with Iran or North Korea? Do we let the Space Station crumble? Why not give up, entirely, and let the US simply fade away, or is she also waiting for the Rapture to take care of it all, as Bush believes?!

I assume that you will ask her about the “bridge to nowhere” as several others have already suggested. It is important to ask her if it is not true that she was against it only AFTER the earmark had been removed by congress and that she did accept the money and use it on a different infrastructure project?

pt
Palin would have never done Meet the Press with Russert if he was still around…
but if he was around he would have NEVER let the same people who hid wmd, katrina, libby, the justice sytem bologne etc…. continue ….McCain people get away with this for a 9th year.

ABC needs to make an official statement about the ground rules, if any, for Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin. Absolute transparency is essential. In addition to any ground rules that may have been stipulated, both ABC and Charlie Gibson need to make a public statement regarding Palin or anyone else associated with the McCain campaign getting advance notice of the questions to be asked.
What do other bloggers’ think? Is this a reasonable request to make of ABC and Charlie Gibson?
Peace

and how will McCain pass all these policies which are more partisan than Bush’s and with Bush not being able to get anything done with a divided govenment how does he claim a better ability?
and if you take McCain’s years in congress…and divide them by how many times he reached across the aisle
and Obama’s years and do the same why is it obama’s number is 20 times the size of McCain’s?

Charlie,
How does the Gov. feel about the new tee shirts from the Obama campaign that say “Jesus was a community organizer. Pilot was a Governor”?

Does Gov. Palin subscribe to the controversial statements/beliefs that have been linked to her home church?

My, my, my….so Palin is going to talk to the big bad biased media….Charles Gibson should ask the obvious question….What makes her think she has the experience and judgement to be vice president of the United States when she doesn’t even know what the Vice President does. And if she begins to refer to Obama’s experience Charles should politely cut her off. The issue is not Obama’s experience it is hers. If John McCain said that the most important aspect of vice president is to be ready on day one what evidence can she provide that is ready (and not just a political gimmick..)…And be ready, Charles to be tough on her…you are a respected journalist….Of course, if Palin comes off badly the Republicans will jump on you as being biased. However, if you are not tough on her (as you were with Obama, Biden, McCain, Hillary, and all the others) then you are not doing your job.

Have you thought about what would happen if something – god forbid- happened to Senator McCain? Do you feel you’re ready to step in tomorrow and be president of the United States?

What was the last book you read?

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to compromise in government?

When you see people wearing campaign buttons that say “hottest vp”, how does that make you feel?

Was McCain your choice for president through the primaries?

Did you talk to the McCain camp about the role you would have in Washington if you won?

I think that the entire questioning can ignore ANY questions regarding whether or not Governor Palin is a woman. Let Fox defend her there, and pundits deal with all of that. I hope you do NOT ask her whether or not she feels she’s been attacked, and focus on ISSUES. On her RECORD. On matters that concern how the American public can make an informed decision. The contradictions in her stated positions, vs actions. How her creationist and Evangelical stances feed her public decisions. How her pro-BIRTH beliefs do not extend to funding important teenage mother programs (if, indeed she DID cut funding there). Biden, Obama, and (not nearly enough)McCain are grilled. She should be. It is crucially important with this Day One readiness issue, to see how she WOULD be able to handle the complexities of international security and catch up by January! And how is it that she and McCain are outsiders, more so that Obama and Biden? If you look at the WHOLE ticket, what is it she brings that was lacking on the ticket, in her executive experience? We won’t go into the discrepancies of record with McCain… not for this interview, but I echo the sentiments of many. Do us the favor of beginning the sort of vetting that we’ve not had because of this Fox and Republican (they ARE the same) insistance of sexism in vetting her! Thank you Mr. Gibson. You ARE a journalist, so I am looking forward to seeing that part of you as only you can do it.

Why are you against conservation? Do you care about animals and the environment? Why would you want kill wolves and there pups?

Where is Osama Bin Laden?
Does she think it was the proper course of action to invade Iraq, instead of intensifying the search for the man responsible for directly attacking the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, Osama Bin Laden?
What is her stance on women serving as front-line soldiers, instead of in rear-support positions?
Does she think women should be eligible for the draft?
What are her thoughts of Iraqi women being forced into prostition in Syria?
Does she support giving Syria money and/or giving money to relief efforts for the 1.5 million Iraqi’s immigrants in Syria that are not allowed to hold jobs?
Does she have any ideas on how stop human slavery and human trafficing of women and children?
What are her thoughts on the 15 year old women being forced to marry older men in the Mormon polygamist sects?

Once you step into the public arena, scrutinys hould be expected. Since Palin campaigned on abstinence in 2006, and she and McCain have tried to divert attention away from the real middle class woes by bringing abortion to the forefront, has she suggested adoption to her daughter. There is no reason for these two children to get married. They bring no life experience to the table. They need to be allowed to grow up and respect the sanctity of marriage. Just because there seems to be rise in teens carrying babies to term does not make it okay and it is very poor role modeling.

Charlie:
You have an extraordinary opportunity to do the right thing and ask THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. Those pertinent policy questions that I would have chosen to ask have already been expressed above by others….. and in great numbers. Read them carefully. The American people want answers! Try not to be seduced by her “likable” demeanor or what I am sure is going to be a subtle bat of an eyelash. If you leave the tough questions by the sidelines or allow her to double talk……you will be perceived as a weak interviewer….and perhaps even a bit bias. Take a page from the George Stephanopoulos rule book……..it doesn’t matter what side of the fence you are on…..George NEVER gives the person he is interviewing “a pass”.

Who wrote your acceptance speech? How much input did you have in the content and “meat” of the speech. Didn’t you cut monies/services for special needs children in Alaska? Just who is going to be caring for your infant son on a day-to-day basis? It is critical for special needs children to be a daily routine – nutrional, exercise and stimulation, to maximize their potential for independent living down the road. It is not enough to dismiss questions along these lines with lines attributed to you and those close to you that generally down syndrome babies are happy people. Please do not use this child as a prop as you have done to date.

I understand in 1996 in Wasilla,AL you fired the Librarian and wanted to ban specific book titles which had “bad words” in them from the Library. Do you recall any of the book titles from the list? Would you ban these titles today.

How about:
Governor Palin, does your husband love America as much as you?

Charlie,
Does she know where Georgia is and what its capital city is? (Hint it is not down South and the Capital is not Atlanta.)
Can she identify where in the world North Korea,Georgia,Iran, Iraq and Pakistan are and can she name the leaders of the countries.

Ask her if there’s anything else she’s lied about besides the bridge to nowhere, earmarks, selling the plane on eBay, or winning Miss Congeniality. And ask her if she believes in evolution and what are her views on science in general. Does she believe the bible over science?

do you believe in birth control in general and for teenaers in particular? would you continue to fund abstinence-only family planning programs?

do you support the GI bill which senator mcCain recently opposed? do you agree with senator mcCain that funding social security on a paygo basis is a disgrace? do you think private accounts are the answer to social security’s long-term funding? if so, do you support president bush’s SS proposals?

is iraq the central front in the war on terror?

Ms. Palin, if you’re not prepared to face questions in a press conference, why should anyone believe you are prepared to be Commander in Chief?

What is Gov. Palin’s position on the use of stop-loss by our military? Does she agree with Sen. Kerry’s assessment of it as a “back door draft?”

Is it true that you had a talk with your daughter and she gave her approval for you to go ahead in accepting the VP nomination and it was okay with her being on stage in regards to her pregnancy?

Please request specific answers ala Campbell Brown.
Questions for Palin:
1. You have refused to release 1000 emails on the basis of executive privilege yet many of these documents were also sent to your husband, and many of them were politically charged against people who have disagreed publicly with you. Why are you not being transparent and cooperative with this issue AND the pressure from your office and your husband to members of the sheriff’s office.
2. You kept the hundreds of millions of dollars that, when you first supported the “Bridge to Nowhere” continued on as an earmark for funds to Alaska anywhere.
3. You claim to be a reformer and against corruption yet your vast success in getting hundreds of millions of dollars in earmark funds for Wasila and for Alaska came only AFTER you hired Ted
Steven’s lobbyists. And after Steven’s indictment for corruption, you are still retaining his connections. How does this equate to being a reformer and/or not pandering to lobby money and votes?

Ask her about the Alaska Independence Party.
Ask her what books she tried to ban.
Don’t ask her about the plane. She said she “put it” on eBay, not that it sold. But then again John McCain is going around saying that she “sold” it on eBay for a “profit.” Both false. :) Ask McCain about that. Hehe

First, permit a comment: You national media people are doing it again. As you failed the public with your soft ball questions during the run up to the Iraq invasion, you, thus far, have given a free pass to this unknown, obviously provincial and largely unvetted woman. Since her handlers are intent on minimizing her exposure, and since McCain did so little digging, we are left with imagery that has been concocted (even including her high school basketball performances). It is critical that we know more. Her lack of “experience” aside, I’m more interested in what she thinks, in her political philosophy, in learning how she incorporates her religous beliefs into her politics, and, frankly, I want to know if and how her provincialism affects all of this. I pray that you will rise to the challenge. Three suggested questions:
Governor Palin, when you see Alaska do you see America?
Governor Palin, Senator McCain now claims to be the “change” candidate. Inasmuch as he supported the president over 90% of the time, could you be more specific. And as Vice President what actions or policies of George W. Bush would you recommend to your running mate that he now oppose?
Governor Palin, Do you take issue with Senator Obama’s concern about the situation in Afghanistan? More broadly, the Iraq redux foreign policy debate would seem to pit those of the Bush “make the world safe for democracy” school of thought against those of the reemerging “geo-political balance of power” school of thought. Could you discuss with reference both to Iraq and Afghanistan? And Russia too, for that matter.

Dear Mr. Gibson, please ask Governor Palin why she thinks her daughter has a right to privacy about the reproductive choices she makes, but people who choose differently do not have that right?

I think you should ask very simple questions to test her ability to lead immediately…
Who is the President of Pakistan?
How many regional Fed Reserve Banks are there?
What are the consititutional responsiblities of the Vice President?
What is the number of the Amendment to the Consitiution that deals with Incapacity of the President?
Does someone who has made only 1 trip overseas and only obtained a Passport in the last 12 months know enough about the World to manage Foreign Policy?
Ask her to relate her understanding of the Consitutional separation of Church and State

Ms. Palin,
During the primary campaign Senator McCain was very verbal in his commitment to keep this campaign free of the backstabbing discourse that has become so prevalent in the last to Presidential elections, on the part of the Republican party and Karl Rove.
Would you commit to making this same promise and to stop making this campaign about personal affronts on each candidate. During your acceptance speech you made quite a few disconcerting remarks regarding the opposing candidates. This does not sit well with many Americans. We want to deal with real issues, such as the economy and the war. While we are concerned about your children and your family, who you are as a Vice Presidential candidate should be weighed by your political views and not your religious views. As Jewish American I am guaranteed protection against religious persecution and other’s beliefs and I am frankly not interested in hearing about yours.

Before you took office as the Mayor of Wassilla, the town had little debt. After you left the Mayor’s office after being there for 6 years, not only did you leave the town with debt, but a staggering debt reported to have rose more than 69%. You also received earmarks for the town at a rate of $1000.00 per resident, more than the entire State of Idaho received, (Wassilla has only approx. 7000 residents) Given these well documented and proven facts, how can you run for the vice presidency as a “proven” reformer who has repeatedly said no to earmarks and pork barrel spending? Isn’t that a proven lie via your own record?

Charlie:
After reading most of the above partisan comments, I would submit that you frame questions of your own selection with a non-gender, non-political party bias; questions that seem important to middle America, questions concerning taxes, energy, jobs, defense, the environment and stay away from those of religion. Finally, if you choose to hit her on her presumed lack of experience, please be gracious and also point out the lack of experience on the part of others, both preceeding her who went on to the presidency (TR, HST), and in the present campaign the head of the other ticket.

And one more thing, Mrs. Palin…
why are you such a see-you-next-tuesday??

Good luck, the American people is counting on you!! we need to know the truth.
As a dedicated community organizer serving individuals with disabilities, I was deeply offended by her remarks. Please ask if whe will every apologize to Barack Obama and the many of us who are out here making a difference in people’s lives with no other responsibilities.

It is of utmost importance for the voters to hear about Sarah Palin’s knowledge and philosophy about the United States Government, constitution and its role as a leading power in the world.
No more questions about FLAG PINS, pit bulls, hockey moms, etc.

When will you answer questions from people who support Barak Obama for president?

Can you ask the governor why she demeaned community organizers in her convention speech. Can you ask her what her definition of a community organizer is. Can you ask her if in her opinion someone who works for low paid, through a church organization assisting folks who were laid off from factory jobs, is doing honorable work. Has she had experience working with community organizers through her government or church?
Can you also ask about her cutting back on funding for low income teenage mothers in a state that has a budget surplus. Would she want low income teenage mothers to receive the same pre-natal care that her daughter will receive
Can you ask her about comments from John McCain and others that Alaska being near Russia a qualification to be commander in chief? Has she had dealings with the Russian government and if so on what issues.
And Charlie, your comment that her husband’s involvement with the Alaska Independence Party are a non-issue should really be examined. Gov. Palin videotaped a welcome greeting to the group and if Joe Biden or Barack Obama had done the same I believe you would be asking that question.

Please do not allow Charlie Gibson’s upcoming interview with Sarah Palin to become another softball-throwing fluff piece. There is a lot we as a voting nation need to learn about this potential presidential replacement, and a People magazine -style human interest story is not what is needed or deserved.
For instance:
- Will she push Congress to enact meaningful legislation to rein in the devastating and self-serving corporate control over our government?
- Would she pursue invading or bombing Iran as a means of dealing with them?
- What is her position on Cheney and his gang’s creation of the imperial
presidency? Does she consider any or all of it unconstitutional? Will she
pursue reversal of their policies?
- What is her position on the Bush administration’s frequent use of executive privilege and signature letters to avoid being held accountable for their actions?

If Charlie Gibson fails to do his job as a journalist
I’m going to have a hard time watching ABC News again. It’s that important all of these questions posted here by people who care get answered. Or at least asked to the person who has refused to answer them so far.
Charlie, this is not a celebrity interview. It’s the most important interview you’ll ever do. We want answers, not People Magazine profiles.

Has the McCain campaign given you the questions yet? Or are they just sure they don’t need to bother?

Please ask Sarah what she has done to promote energy sources beside Oil & Gas. To the best of my knowledge, that is all she knows and all she has pushed.

Question for Palin:
Explain the relationship between criminal charges against your son and his joining the military to avoid serving time.

Why bother? She will be spoon fed the questions AND the answers ahead of time.
I suggest you run the show live with call-in or emailed-in questions from voters. Let’s see what she comes up with when she doesn’t have a speech (written by someone else) in front of her.
We all know this format will be a complete waste of time.

How many candidates for the Vice-Presidency have run while in the middle of an ethics investigations?

Charlie, please don’t be easy on this women, our country depends on it and depends on you by speaking the truth. Please ask her why she doesn’t believe in global warming?

Charlie, if you give Governor Palin one eighth the treatment you gave Senator Obama you will be able to salvage a crumb of journalistic integrity. Not much chance of that happening.
My real question is to you Charlie, how do you care so little about the future to allow yourself to be duped by these people?
The devastation President Palin will cause to the country world will be in part your responsibility. Not yours alone, but yours ans every so called reporter who looks the other way as the next chapter of the Bush/Cheney plan to destroy the country in order to rebuild it unfolds.
Shame.

Please ask Gov. Palin, as a former mayor, to respond to the U.S. Conference of mayors’ calls for increased investment by the federal govt. in crime prevention and infrastructure in urban areas. What does Gov. Palin see as the biggest challenges facing America’s urban areas? How much of a priority would she and John McCain place on our urban centers?

Really challenge her Charlie! But don’t make the McCain campaign angry, you want to keep them on your good side for when they start Armageddon.
Here are some suggestions:
Why does Obama hate America?
How much do you love America? A lot or a whole lot?
Can I massage your aching feet?
Do you know how brave and beautiful you are?

The AIP wants Alaska to secede from the US. What do you think about this position?
Isn’t it anti-American for an individual to want to break apart the United States?
Isn’t it anti-American to want to break away from the US when you have a great deal of oil that the US is dependent on?
Even if it’s your husband who is a member, why did you congratulate them by video at a recent major event they threw.?
Do you know the American Nazi party also endorses AIP. How do you feel being supportive of a party endorsed by the Nazis?
These are not personal off limit questions, they have everything to do with the ethics of the person who wants to run our country. Please be sure to ask why it is ok to consider breaking the US apart?

Gov. Palin Out of all the Repubilican Men and women Way do you think you are the most qualified to be Vice President of the USA.
Follow up question.
If sen. McCain hadn’t picked you to be V P, Who would you have liked to see become Vice Pesident and way!

1. Why did you slash the budget in Alaska for teen mothers?
2. Your son is about to deploy to Iraq: what are your thoughts on the Abu Ghraib scandal of a few years ago, and how would you react if you knew that your son had participated in these horrific acts?

It has been reported that at church services at your church- there was a speaker from ‘Jews for Jesus,’ who indicated that Israel was suffering-and would suffer- from relentless attacks because they are not believers in Jesus Christ. I have been told you recently changed churches so that you could say that your church(your new church) is mainstream and not be bogged down with the more fringe beliefs that were espoused by the pastor of and the members of the congregation to which you formerly belonged.
How long have you been with your current church? How long had you attended your former church? What were the basic tenets of your former church in regard to separation of church and state and the role of other religions in the lives of Americans?

Ask if she believes that the VP is a member of the Executive Branch. Cheney apparently believes that the answer is ‘no”.

1. Do you believe in upholding the separation of Church and State? If so, why do you recommend teaching Creationism in schools? Surely these are teachings based on religious or spiritual beliefs, rather than science. Don’t you think that students who don’t adhere to a Judeo-Christian tradition would be offended?

if elected vice-president will she continue her crusade of alaska first or will the united states become her priority.

Do you respect founders of this country and the people of the United States enough to actually answer questions or will you only be doing sham interviews like this one with the corporate owned media?

I would like Ms Palin to list ALL the books she wanted banned in the Library, and EXACTLY why she wanted each one banned.
Not glossed over reasons, detailed explaination.
Also, I’d like to know where in the US Constitution her views about Banning/Burning Books falls.

Governor Palin, you claimed this summer that building a natural gas pipeline in Alaska was “God’s will.” How do you know that this is what God wants?

What books did you want to ban from the Wasilla library and why?
Do you believe that the husband is the head of the family, and if so how do you reconcile that with women holding political power in society?

Charlie, many of these questions are based on myths about Palin that have been debunked so I hope you won’t waste everyone’s time by going over any of those again.
I would like to know how McCain and Palin plan to handle the healthcare crisis in America?

A lot of people are asking about your qualifications. I get that you have not been in the governor’s office long, and that your experience is mostly on the local level, which I respect. But there is a lot going on the world right now, and there are major diplomatic bridges for us to mend. Explain to me your international experience and interests — have you traveled much internationally, either personally or professionally?

Dear Mr. Gibson,
I think people have posted quite a few good questions, not that anyone of your experience needed any help any in the first place, and that is what concerns me.
As an experienced journalist you don’t need the public to help you craft an interview unless you are looking for a way out of asking the kind of pointed questions that obviously need to be answered.
We will have less than 60 days to learn about Gov. Palin and with the exception of the one debate, you may be the only time that the American people will have to hear her express her knowledge, opinions, and stands to the myriad issues that confront the this country.
We don’t need a puff piece, pretty pictures of moose hunts, photos of Palin playing basketball or posing in beauty pageants, we need focused questions that require a focused and precise answer.
That is all that I ask.
In closing, I would like to quote a old friend and journalist who once said to me, “O.V., journalism is the only business protected by a constitutional amendment. It isn’t just a business, it is a sacred trust.” And, I am going to hold you to that trust.

CHARLIE,
I AM VERY PUZZLED BY WHAT I’M READING ON SEVERAL BLOGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED THIS INTERVIEW BECAUSE THEY CAN COUNT ON YOU NOT TO BE TOUGH ON HER. Also, the setting of this 2-days interview is very peculiar. The American people need to know everything they can about this woman. Please ask her to define her qualifications to be commander-in-chief, about the earmarks she received as mayor and the lobbyst she hired to get them, about her flip-flopping on the Bridge to Nowhere and her religious and personal views about the Iraq war and Jewish and her economic plan for thepeople who have lost their job.There is so much to know about her. The American people are waiting and will be watching.

Governor,
You and your running mate have repeatedly said that Barack Obama will raise our taxes. But the independent Tax Policy Institute has done a study of the two campaigns’ tax proposals and determined that under Obama’s plan all but the top 5% of taxpayers would actually owe less in taxes than they do under current law. Why do you continue to promulgate this lie?

Mr. Gibson please ask why if they want smaller government she wants to meddle in my life regarding books in the library, my choice regarding pregnancy and what is taught in schools- separation of church and state haas she never heard of it? Not all of all of us get on the band wagon just because it is a woman running we want to regulate our own lives!
She is a loose cannon!

Ask her what she learned studying journalism and why she studied it.

Please ask Sarah how she feels about Joe Biden’s votes: AGAINST the FIRST Gulf War, FOR the Second Gulf War, and AGAINST the SURGE!
That’s 0 for 3 and I’m wondering how Sarah feels about this, since she’s going up against this “foreign policy guru”, Biden…

Gov. Palin, does the knowledge that you’ll be surrounded by other experienced senators and other staff in your administration give you comfort should anything happen to Senator McCain while he is president?

We’ve all heard you believe creationism should be taught in schools. Do you also believe in ‘The Domionionists’ theology?
Are you a believer in “The End Timer’s Doctrine”?

Charlie,
You lost so much credibility when you moderated the sham debate between Senators Obama and Clinton. This is your chance to redeem yourself – by asking tough questions of this inexperienced person who seeks to be a heartbeat away from the oldest president in history. Among many important topics to address are: the contradiction in the McCain-Palin tkt’s objection to earmarks and her town and state’s hogging of such federal gifts, confronting her with the explicit lies she stated about Senator Obama in her convention speech, a discussion of the limits and abuses of power and her understanding of the Constitution in that regard, how she would handle specific foreign policy crises – yes, be specific, Charlie – in the event that Mr McCain becomes incapacitated, how someone who believes in or encourages Alaska secession can be considered a patriot, specific questions about economic policy and health care policy, a discussion of her line-item veto of programs to support pregnant teens in Alaska, her positions on federal funding of prenatal care and teen pregnancy prevention.

Charlie Gibson,
Shame on you if this is a fluff piece.

Love, absolutely LOVE the hate-filled posts, by the far-left nuts and the liberals…
They are obivously in full blown PANIC mode, now that Palin has re-energized the Conservative Base, and has apparently started swinging some Independents, towards the McCain ticket.
Now for another possible question: Charlie, please ask Sarah how she feels about having MORE experience at the bottom of the Republican ticket, than Obama has, at the TOP of the Democrat ticket?
Would love to hear the answer to that one!!

I would like to ask Sarah Palin why she wanted to ban certain books from her local library.

You have asked the public to respect your family and specifically, Bristol, in the decision she has made to keep her baby. Since you specifically said it was “Bristol’s choice” how then can you dare take that choice away from other women and girls like your daughter? Isn’t that hypocritical?

I wish that ABC had not chosen to post these suggested questions on its website, since they have basically provided the McCain campaign with a primer for the interview. Also, the two day format is usually reserved for “celebrity” interviews, and makes it much more likely that her handlers will control the interview.
Perhaps that is a good place to start: Why does someone who is running for the second highest office in the country, and who could potentially become the leader of the free world, need to be tutored, sequestered and have interviews controlled by handlers? Will her handlers travel with her to the Middle East to negotiate a peace treaty?
Ask her why the potential VP/Pres of the US didn’t understand what Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac are. Does she begin to understand the dynamics, simple and comples, of the economy?
Also, ask her why “executive experience” whatever that is (perhaps she will define it for us), trumps intellect, judgement and temperment?
Lastly, I also have watched World News Tonight forever, but will stop if this interview turns out to be a “puff piece”. Please ask the woman substantive questions about policy. Now that McCain has made his cynical and strictly political choice, we MUST know whether she is even remotely qualified.

Without using the words “Obama” or “Hockey Mom” please tell this country how you are fit to lead us?

Does Gov. Palin accept or reject the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) 2007 forecast that the cost for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will reach $2.4 trillion dollars by 2017? If the latter, on what basis does she reject its estimate? What does she believe the total financial cost to the American taxpayers will be?

Hi What are you going to do to help the familys with special needs children ?I hope you know the schools system just tries to push them through.Thank You

Ms. Palin claims to have had a leadership role in the PTA, a community organization. Doesn’t that make her a community organizer? Why is Mr. Obama’s community organizing leadership experience in a city with almost 300 times the population of Wasilla less qualifying for executive leadership than Ms. Palin’s community organizing experience?

Foreign policy is of critical importance right now. What makes you qualified to represent the United States in discussions with Iran, North Korea and Russia?

“If the CIA gave you slam-dunk evidence that Iran had WMDs, would you want to invade Iran?”
“Should schools teach the theory of evolution?”
“How did you leave Wasilla 20M in debt?”

-You’re on record as favoring abstinence-only sex education. Has your teenage daughter’s pregnancy caused you to reconsider that stance?
-You went out of your way to conceal your pregnancy from your constituents in Alaska until one month before you gave birth. Do you think a vice president or president has the right to keep major information about his or her health from the public?
-Your views diverge from John McCain’s in several areas, most notably on global warming and on the question of whether abortion should be legal in cases of rape and incest. Given McCain’s advanced age and history of cancer, would you pledge to support policies of his that you disagreed with in the event of his death? Have you and he discussed the matter?
-Spokesmen for your campaign have argued with reports claiming your vetting process was highly abbreviated. Please clear up the confusion. When did vetting process begin? When was your first meeting with the head of McCain’s search committee?
-In your acceptance speech, you portrayed yourself as a reformer who battles earmarks and wasteful government spending. Yet as mayor of Wasilla, you aggressively solicited federal cash. How do you reconcile these positions?
-It’s been reported that as mayor you tried to have books banned from the town library. Please clarify exactly what happened. Between that and your media-bashing, is it safe to say you’re not as big on the First Amendment as you are on the Second?

These are two serious questions that I am asking based on her church’s religious beliefs.
Questions: How old is the earth?
Questions: Do you think you can “pray away the gay?”

Ask about her handling of the Matanuska Maid Dairy closure and her replacement of board member who didn’t agree with her position with ones that did .
Ask her about “Troopergate” and her involvement ( directly & indirectly) in pressuring Walt Monegan to fire her ex brother inlaw.
Ask her if she know what the vice president does yet ?
Ask her if she knows what community organizers do yet ?
Ask her if she knows what the president does ? Just in case she had to step in and fill that role, that could be important.
Ask her to explain the difference in economic issues facing the lower 48 states versus the state of Alaska.
Ask her to explain in detail her understanding of radical Islamic terrorist groups (not just in Iraq), and how to best counter their efforts.
Be fair but be tough. Americans deserve it !

How did Sarah and Todd accumulate $10M in personal wealth?

What books would you like to see removed from libraries?

Good journalists don’t need the public to give them questions; that’s why they are good journalists. They sense what the public needs to know.
This makes me question the quality of ABC News and Mr. Gibson’s qualifications.

I am confused about oil. My understanding is that our biggest importer of oil is Canada, not the middle east. And that we actually sell most of the oil drilled on US soil to other countries. Why can’t we demand the oil companies sell the oil to our own country? How would more drilling in Alaska help us, if oil companies can turn around and sell that oil elsewhere anyway?

Will you be asking Sarah how to make Caribou Stew? Or how to field dress a Moose? Or how about her association with AIP, even though she has said she was never a member. Even though there is evidence out there that show that is a lie. Ask her how many lies she has told since she stepped off the plane in Ohio, because I have lost count. Ask her how she gets to decide what’s right for every woman in the country. What gives her that right??

I would like to hear Ms. Palin explain her backing of the aerial killing of wolves and the lawsuit to remove polar bears from the endangered species list. Seems like she’s living on another planet.

What specific steps would you take, if elected, to end womens’ rights to legal abortion?
Given that your daughter had a reproductive “choice,” do you think women in this country should also have the same choice?
Charlie – please don’t slurp all over her in an effort to please the McCain campaign.

President Bush and Senator Obama both support Community Organizing.
In the United States starting in 2001, the Bush Administration launched a department to promote community organizing of this type, which included faith-based organizing as well other community groups.
Question: Why would you, Gov. Palin, sneer and jeer at Senator Obama’s efforts at community organizing and not the president’s efforts?
[b]President Bush Attends Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives’ National Conference[/b]
June 2008 -
Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C.
Fact Sheet: Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: Delivering Help and Hope to Millions at Home and Around the World
12:59 P.M. EDT
“THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please be seated. (Applause.) How beautiful was that? From being a homeless mother of two to introducing the President of the United States. (Applause.) There has to be a higher power. I love being with members of the armies of compassion, foot soldiers in helping make America a more hopeful place. Every day you mend broken hearts with love. You mend broken lives with hope. And you mend broken communities with countless acts of extraordinary kindness.
Groups like yours have harnessed a power that no government bureaucracy can match. So when I came to Washington, my goal was to ensure that government made you a full partner in our efforts to serve those in need. And the results have been uplifting. And that’s what we’re here to talk about today. It’s an opportunity to celebrate your achievements, to thank you for your life-changing work, and to look ahead to ways that you will extend your record of compassion in the years to come…. more… ”
Does Sarah Palin disagree with the Republican President George Bush?
Or is she just being sarcastic and untruthful when it comes to Senator Obama’s efforts at Community organizing and how is Community Organizing a ‘BAD THING’?

Gov. Palin, how do you feel about joining a presidential ticket whose campaign is claiming to be about change but is actually run by huge lobbyists?

Gov. Palin, no one wants to think morbid thoughts, but we are all well aware of Sen. McCain’s age and as many have stated, you would be a heartbeat away from the presidency. If you should become president, how will your desire for Alaskan independence, secession from the USA, affect your ability to put “country first”?

Gov. Palin, how well do you think the American public will trust you considering that one of the first statements you made to the press regarding the BTN was a lie, and considering that most of your acceptance speech was full of lies? Have you always had trouble stating the truth?

Gov. Palin, how well did the McCain campaign vet you for this postition? Were they aware that you are currently under investigation for abuse of power?

What is your net worth? Aside from yours and your husband’s salaries, what if any other sources of income do you have? Are you currently invested in any energy companies?
You inherited a state with a large budget surplus which is getting larger due to the increasing price of oil. You may inherit a country with a large and growing debt. What in your wide executive experience has prepared you to handle this type of financial situation? How are you going to fund the needed repairs in the federal infrastructure – roads, bridges, levees – while maintaining the levels of commitment Bush and Cheney have made on our behalf in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Georgia?
Alaska receives over $1.80 in federal payments for every dollar it pays in taxes. Alaska receives the largest amount of federal spending per capita. Yet there are other states, such as New York and California, that receive less than a dollar back for every one they send Washington. How do you plan to address this disparity?
Aside from the Middle East, what do you consider the top three potential world trouble spots in the next decade, and why? What are the U.S. interests in these regions, and what should be done to protect them?
While the Midwest was hit by major floods this summer, other areas of the country are facing drought. What environmental crises have you faced in your previous experience? How will you propose the McCain administration deal with climate change?
The US is rapidly losing its edge in high tech. The number of Americans receiving advanced degrees in science and technology is decreasing. But you advocate letting parents decide what science will be taught to their children. How will the McCain administration regain America’s scientific and technological edge?
If the worst happens and you do become president, what qualities will you seek in your vice-president? Give an example of how you’ve chosen appointees in your previous positions

Mr. Gibson, I don’t know if you realize this, but probably half your audience will be tuning in for YOUR performance, not hers. Please do not fail the American public.

The whole world is watching you. America will be dismissed as a pathetic joke if you do not ask the aforementioned questions.

Dear Mr. Gibson,
As a long time viewer of GMA, I trust you to treat Sarah Palin with warmth and respect, while asking questions that deal with the issues. After reading several of the other comments, many are hoping you will slice her up and serve her for dinner, but, I know you will be a true professionl and not allow personal ideology to enter into your interview.
All of the candidates should be held accountable for answering the voters truthfully with respect to the issues and their opponents. The dirty games turn so many of the voters off. Factcheck has disputed comments made by Obama, McCain and Palin…they all stretch the truth, and should be aware that the voters are doing their homework.
Financial analysts have questioned the feasibility of both parties plans to help middle class Americans, while balancing the budget.
My question:
How much pork spending do you think can be eliminated from the federal budget?

I do not have a question for Sarah Palin. I am sure Mr. Gibson will do well in the interview. My question is for the Obama supporters who appear to have made most of the suggestions. It is: Why have you not asked the media to pose these same types of questions to Senator Obama? ANd, some of your proposed questions are based upon inaccuracies recently put forth in various venues. So, how do you think these should be dealt with?
On energy: Do any of you know how many acres of land are needed for each wind turbine? I think you should look into that.

Gov. Palin was quoted in an AP story about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — “At a rally in Colorado Springs, Col., Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said, “They’ve gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers. The McCain-Palin administration will make them smaller and smarter and more effective for homeowners who need help.”
Based on that answer, it appears that Gov. Palin has no idea what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do.
Please ask her simple questions –
What is the purpose of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Why are they important to homeowners with mortgages?
Why was the rescue necessary?
How will the McCain administration raise money to pay for the rescue?

Please ask the following:
How many fleets in the U.S. Navy? Name them and their locations. How many carrier groups?
What is the base monetary unit of India? What is the name of its current governing party? What is a principal source of ongoing contention between India and Pakistan?…What role does the Federal Reserve System play in our economy? What nationa are permanent members of the U.N. Security Council? What is the international role of the “G-8?”

Governor Palin, what do you think of the federal government stepping in and bailing out the banks this year by reducing the discount rate? do you think the federal reserve should be put in a position where it is acting in the interest of a specific company? how would you distinguish that action from the treasury bailing out fannie and freddie?

Governor Palin, do you support Pakistan or India in the war over Kashmir? What do you think is the best way for America to address this problem, keeping in mind the importance of Pakistan for the “War on Terror”?

Many here are basing these incredibly insulting “questions” on rumors which have been disproven. She didn’t “slash funding for teen mothers” in Alaska. She RAISED it. She did not try to ban any books– that list which has been circulating the Internet is a fake. She does not want Alaska to secede from the Union. Her Fan-Fred comments were taken completely out of context. Start getting your information from somewhere other than the Huffington Post and Daily Kos. “Who wrote your acceptance speech,” seriously? And… “naval chokepoints,” are you kidding? Like you’ve asked ANY of this of Biden or Obama? Or, for that matter, Hillary Clinton during the primaries? Why not ask Gibson to demand of Obama, “Senator, you once mentioned that America has 57 states. How many states do you really think are in the union?”
If I were Sen. Obama, I would be embarrassed to have you as my supporters. Thanks to the atrocious, double-standard behavior by the press and some of my fellow citizens, I’ve gone from not caring at all about this election to volunteering for McCain. Way to go, Obama supporters. You’ve really shown your true selves with this Palin situation– and won a vote for your opponent.

Sarah Palin does not advocate “abstinence only” education. She never has. What super-informed voters you are.

I hope that ABC rises to the occasion and delivers a respectful yet hard hitting interview that reveals to the American public who she really is, what she really believes and where she would take America if she were in the position to make policy. We don’t need fluff, we need facts. This is not a beauty contest! The future of our Country is at stake.

Charlie, To echo the comments of many here, please be serious in this interview. Leave the soft balls to US magazine. Our country is in crisis and the electorate deserve better than easy questions without follow up. You are representing we, the people, who are given little access to any of the candidates unless we say we agree with them. Many thanks.

I love the HuffPo fools and kos kiddies spewing their bile and vitriol out with these questions.
I love the smell of desperation in the morning…

The McCain campaign has said it would only allow Governor Palin to be interviewed by reporters who showed “respect and deference”. Remember when you sit down with her that this is a republic and you are interviewing a candidate for vice-president – not the Queen of England.
The citizens of the United States deserve a media that will hold elected officials accountable. The framers of the Consitituion knew this when they wrote the First Amendment.

Huh. I don’t remember anyone demanding Obama to explain his understanding of “naval chokepoints.” I DEMAND TO KNOW! Call him up, Charlie! I won’t know who to vote for without this information!
This is just pathetic.

Charlie,
Please ask Mrs. Palin how much time did she and her staff spend on blogs to gather intelligence on the questions that she might be asked during the upcoming interview. Also, ask if based on the most recent revelations about her inaccuracies of her personal life, professional positions and political goals is it that she has problems with remembering her position on issues or is she just a woman who will tell whatever lie needs to be told to advance her cause. Finally, ask her how that abstinence only position is working for her? Not many women can become a mom and a grandma in the same year and have it looked upon favorably.

I don’t have a specific question that hasn’t already been listed but I implore Mr. Gibson to avoid any “human interest” questions about life in a small town. That matters as much as who Barack Obama’s favorite baseball team is. Please, take this unique opportunity to deliver what is absolutely most important during election season — her stance, her experience, her take on issues.

Gov, Palin, doesn’t the pregnancy of your daughter prove that abstinence-only doesn’t work with today’s teenagers and that the only way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions is with sex education and family planning?

Here’s a good question: what about how Wasilla charged rape victims for their own rape kits as of 2000, when Palin was mayor
Yes, it was so outrageous that the Alaska government had to pass a new statute apparently because of Wasilla, which was out-of-line. Guess who was mayor then.

You stated on the Glenn Beck show on June 02, 2008 that you were not interested in running for Vice President, as you felt there was much Alaska could and should be contributing to the US and that you, as Governor, could help do that. What changed?

What’s an easier adversary, a dolt moose in the headlights, or the liberal hacks of the press?

What will Palin do in regards to the only tax cut that matter, those for Charlie Gibson?

19 lies have been identified in your acceptance speech at the RNC. Do al Republican women lie, or is that a characteristic of your personally?

You have a long association with a group that wants to separate from the USA. The leader of this group states that he hates America. Your husband is still amember. is this the reason he doesn’t wear an American Flag pin? Prove to us that you love America.

Good question:
1.Is your husband ready to cope alone in the VP mansion with 4 kids ,1 special need baby and one teenager ( who is also a baby ) with a new baby arriving, a house full of nannies ,teachers ,nurses ,rehab professionals and you working full time no hour shifts and around the world,how would you keep your husband for having affairs due to work pressure and government social pressures and travel pressure when you will leave him all the family pressure and so many time lonely .Are you sure you can get all the emotional balance and family needs and activities as a mom and VP ? if you become the president of USA . Are you ready to lose your family nest for the VP position? Do you know that your Down syndrome baby could get heart problems or any problem and multiple hospitalizations during his first 4 year of life? Are you ready to stop a world travel due to international crisis or national crisis to be with him as needed.
I am pro executive women jobs but this is the first leader world job,in your hands will be the lives of many american citizens ,world citizens and your own family. We need the best interview from Charlie our lives depend on you that night and our own final decisions in november to move our country forward for our future generation ..

Since Palin/McCain’s team will be looking at these questions to make sure they school her ahead of time so she doesn’t flop totally. How about Charlie you throw in some good ones of your own, out of left field to catch her off guard. That’s where and when we will get to see what she’s really made of.

1. Please elaborate on your views regarding separation of church and state.
2. Please describe how your accomplishments, skills, education, and experience uniquely qualifies you for the role of Vice President of the United States of America.
3. Please explain in as great detail as possible how “praying away the gay” works; please provide specific examples of what you consider to be “successful” outcomes of this methodology.
4. Please share with us specifically how your policies differ from those of the current administration (Bush/Cheney) on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how the implementation of your policies will benefit soldiers and their families.
5. Please describe your plan for making health care affordable and accessible for American families; please include your definitions of “affordable” and “accessible.”
6. Please elaborate on your theory regarding global warming, which differs from that of scientists and others with expertise in that area; please cite references and other supporting scientific evidence.
7. Please hypothesize for us what your reaction would be to a Vice Presidential candidate who proclaimed that “It is Allah’s will to send our troops to Iraq”; please include your reaction to a Governor of a state (that is part of the United States) who asked his/her constituents to “Pray to Allah that funds and workers will come together to give us that pipeline/bridge/etc.”

Mr. Gibson, are you simply gonna have the ******* to conduct a serious interview, probing for the answers America needs on the lies we’ve been fed (and people seem to believe)? Or are you gonna assume the thank-you-for-your-kindness-on-the-exclusive-privilege cowardly posture and small talk about how nights are long in Alaska and how John is such an honorable man?
Please, do not deceive us!

Was not jesus a community organizer? Does she feel he had no responsability that his position was inferior to a govenor?

Ask her if she has used drugs like cocain, marajuana, or any other illegal drug and why.

Ask these two questions:
1. Explain your connections with the Dominionist group Joel’s Army.
2. Explain why you expect the taxpayers of the State of Alaska to pay for your travels between the capital in Juneau and your home in Wasilla.

I just want you to be a journalist, not the host of Entertainment Tonight. This is someone running for the second highest job in the world…get tough.

Ask her on which issues she agrees with Hillary Clinton, and which she disagrees.

Is it true that the town of Wasilla was $22 million in debt when you left office?

Ms Palin, you’ve refused to appear before the press until now. You have held no press conferences. You have not appeared on any news programs for interviews.
If you can not face the press corp, how can you expect to face the American public and the rest of the world if something happens to John McCain?

Two questions:
“At least 200,000 Iraqi children have died as a result of the US invasion. Does it bother you that, statistically speaking, about 200 of these dead children had Down Syndrome?”
“John McCain is celebrated as a hero for being captured on a mission to bomb children. You are seen as a hero for not aborting your own child. Of course, we have to take into account the facts that the children McCain was bombing were gooks, and that the child you spared was not female, but don’t you think this suggests that your supporters are hypocrits?”

Senator;
Your campaign slogan “Country First” is catchy. Which country are you refering to, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, China or Georgia? Please clarify this for me.

What is the McCain campaign’s position on the election of Asif Ali Zardari?
Has Senator McCain spoken with Mr. Zardari since his election?
Do you think Mr. Zardari will be more supportive of our war in Afghanistan than Pervez Musharraf?
Do you think Mr. Zardari’s lack of governing experience will diminish his capacity to make sound judgements about that war?

Governor Palin, why did you denigrate community organizers at the Republican National Convention?
Governor Palin, why do you continue to insist that you never supported the Bridge to Nowhere even though the evidence contradicting you is monumental in size?

Unfortunately, as was the case with the Rick Warren interviews, the McCain people will scour these questions and are at this moment coaching Palin on each and every one of them so she’ll come out looking to the uninformed and misinformed public like someone with qualifications and integrity, of which she has neither.
PLEASE MAKE THIS INTERVIEW COUNT FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MISLEAD THE VOTERS OF THIS COUNTRY.

Will a McCain/Palin pick move to overturn Roe V. Wade?
If my daughter is raped and becomes pregnant will you take away her right to decide what is best for you? If so, what makes you think you know what is best for my daugther?

Charlie,
I want to know if she has ever spoken
in tongues or if she still does? I want to know if this is a big part of her past and current religion practices.
Does she believe in healing rituals,
rolling on the floor and other ritual
aspects of the Assembly of God church?
The media needs to research this more.

Please ask the following question about race relations:
AK is mostly White [quote US Census stats). The GOP Convention was attended by mostly White people (cite Convention attendance #s). It appears you have spent most of your life interacting with mostly White people.
Q: what will be your contribution to race relations in the US if you become VP?

Follow up, follow up, follow up! I have no doubt that she will have done her homework for the majority of expected questions. Please see if you can get past the surface of the party line into Ms. Palin’s *personal* belief in, rationale for and further explanation of the McCain platform.
Don’t worry about being “too soft” or “too hard:” She’s a self-proclaimed pit-bull so she can handle it! Trust me, us tough gals hate being soft-balled! Its insulting! Just ask the questions that need to be asked and let us judge her based on her answers.

Follow up, follow up, follow up! I have no doubt that she will have done her homework for the majority of expected questions. Please see if you can get past the surface of the party line into Ms. Palin’s *personal* belief in, rationale for and further explanation of the McCain platform.
Don’t worry about being “too soft” or “too hard:” She’s a self-proclaimed pit-bull so she can handle it! Trust me, us tough gals hate being soft-balled! Its insulting! Just ask the questions that need to be asked and let us judge her based on her (hopefully honest) answers.

I would like Paylin to account for The Washington Post’s expose of her charging the people of Alaska for $707 hotel rooms on travel and charging them a per diem to be paid to stay 312 nights in her own home. Their defense seems to be that she charges less than the previous governor but if he was so crooked, of course hers will be less but is still not justifiable.

I forgt to mention something in the post I just sent–if ABC News goes easy on her and doesn’t ask the tough questions that need to be asked, my husband and I will not be tuning in to World News anymore. That’s a solid promise.

Mr. Gibson,
Would you please ask the following questions to Gov. Pallin:
1. Why did she request 3 times for the city Librarian to remove books that she found objectional. When the librarian denied her request she sent a letter of resignation to her. When the “cat was let out of the bag” Gov. Palin changed her story to a question of loyalty. What subject matter does Pallin objectional?
2. What is her stand on immigration?
3. Why does she support Pat Buchanan for president and tells AIPAC that she is Pro Israel when she has no forigen policy experience, the head speaker of her church they day she attended the surmon was a Jews for Jesus,she wants to teach creationism along side evolution, so which is it?
4. Why has she avaded the press and the American people?

Charlie,
You have an incredibly important task, you are the one person who has the opportunity to help reveal if Sarah Palin should be a potential leader of the free world. The long-term future of our country could be on the line with the decision that Americans make in this election. Many seem to be basing their decision on Sarah Palin. Yet, Palin has been shielded from media questioning and the only words we’ve heard are brazen claims from her about herself and shortcomings of Sen. Obama. Frankly, these appear to be untruths (OK, lies) and she repeats them over and over shamelessly and with glee. I fear that the media so afraid of being sexist (or offending the right-wing) that they won’t hold her accountable for these lies. Can we have a potential president who is so comfortable stretching the truth? (many of us can’t take another). PLEASE DON’T MAKE THIS A SOFTBALL INTERVIEW. The country deserves more. If she gives another false response, please follow up.
The following claims seem to be disengenuous or false. Please ask:
– “I said thanks but no thanks to Bridge to nowhere”: What? she campaigned on this at first before the political pushback and only then changed her mind. Alaska still got the money.
– Say no to special interests and lobbyists. WRONG. She hired a lobbyist and received $27 million for her very small town as a result. Much higher than average per capita in US.
– I fired the cook. She rehired her in other capacities, but the woman still cooks. This is very misleading. A lie?
– I cut costs and turned down perks for myself. Now revealed that she billed taxpayers 312 nights for time in her own house! Daughter and husband $43,000?!
– Obama never passed any legislation not even in Illinois. Lie. He has passed numerous pieces of legislation.
Other issues:
Abuse of power:
Tried to fire librarian as Palin wanted to CENSOR books.
Fired boss of ex-brother-in-law for not firing him
I think minimum standards for a potential president is trust that the leader tells the truth. If she lies about these things, what about matters of the country?

Given her daughter’s pregnancy, how can she defend abstinence-only teaching? Can anyone consider it responsible to teach this to teenagers when AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are to be considered?
How can she defend banning books? What possible reason can she have for this?
If global warming isn’t due to humans, what is to blame? Animals? Aliens? Is drilling for oil worth putting the earth and creatures at risk?
Does the Republican party actually believe woman who supported Hillary Clinton will vote for Palin? The only think they have in common is the fact that they’re female. I have talked to NO WOMEN in Pennsylvania who supported Hillary who will be voting for the McCain/Palin ticket. It has had the opposed affect — they’re signing up to help the Obama campaign.

1- The continued lying(even after demostrative proof otherwise) over the bridge and, keeping the earmark money while suggesting she was outraged.
2- She said the war and, the oil pipeline were God’s will.What does the seperation of church and, state mean to her?
3-How does she justify 312 days of a per diem for living at her own home?
4-Does she belive creationism is a legitimate branch of science?
5-The head of the Alaska National gaurd said she had no input into the gaurd. What exact leadership roll did she have in the gaurd?There have been no quantitative example so far.
6-How many lobbyist did she hire for her ‘small town’ and, with 27 million secured for that town. Why then when you left, was there a substantial deficit?
7- When you said your daughter decided to have your child, doesn’t that imply choice? So how can you deny other women a choice.
8-Leaders from the seperatist Alaska movement say you were a member before they said you were not. Which is it? Your husband did belong to it for many years. They espouse radical anti american beliefs that you have not denounced. How do you justify your and, your husbands support?
9-Rank George W. Bush as a president.
I DO NOT ONE QUESTION WITH THE WORD HOCKEY MOM!!!

Judging from the Israeli flag displayed in your governor’s office in Alaska, I take it that you’re a strong supporter of Israel. Do you also support the two-state solution that the Bush Administration, Congress and many international parties have endorsed as the best hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians? How would you work to bring about this two-state solution?
Why should Americans care about this issue?

Mr. Gibson,
May I suggest the following tack when interviewing Governor Palin?
“Since the most important qualification of the Vice Presidency, and what is foremost in most people’s minds, is the ability to take over for an incapacitated President, I’d like you to respond as if you were running for President.”
I think this will avoid her hiding behind Senator McCain’s protection, and reveal more honest and direct answers.

“Gov.Palin, you state you voted against the “Bridge To Nowhere” which is true but initially you supported it. How does your stance differ on this matter from Senators Biden and Obama, both of whom voted for it, in contrast to your veto?”

Please explain the “Bridge To Nowhere” decision. The news media says it was canceled, then you rejected it. What happened when?

What needs to be done to finally undo the damage of Hurricane Katrina and to return displaced New Orleans residents to their normal lives?

Do you see any contradiction between the RNC convention’s emphasis on service, and your jab at community organizers who also serve others?
Do you think community organizers don’t do good work or don’t help people, and do you wish you could take that comment back?

When did you first meet Sen. McCain?

Do you feel you have the divine right to manifest your religious right beliefs on the population of the United States? Or do you believe that the Constitution guarantees religious freedom for all?

What are the biggest differences on the issues between you and John McCain?

Please ask Ms. Palin
1. What is your plan for reducing the number of unplanned pregancies? Do you think that providing support for these mothers both financially and emotionally should be important? With Alaska currently having the highest STD rate among young people in the country, what does this say about an abstinence only education policy?
2. Personal character seems to be of special importance to you. What does infidelity say about someone’s personel character?

“Was Sen McCain telling the truth when he asserted that you sold the State’s plane on eBay, and made a profit?”
“Are you the most qualified Republican person/woman to be President, besides Sen McCain”
“Will you campaign for or vote for Ted Stevens in November?”
“You spoke about Hillary Clinton’s accomplishments. If she were the VP-nominee would you have supported her candidacy?”
“You said you supported your daughter’s choice to have her child, and you made the decision as a family. If the GOP platform were operational she would not have that choice – the Federal Govt would have decided that she carry the pregnancy to term. Are you OK with the Federal Govt telling a family what they can and cannot do?”
“Whose marriage is threatened when two gay people marry? Which is a greater threat to the sanctity of marriage: divorce and adultery or gay marriage?”

Do you think the drug war has been a success? Do you favor prison or medical treatment for non-violent drug users?

For millions of Americans, inner city and rural, the constitutional right to bear arms has evolve into community nightmares and gut wrenching heartache. How do you as an avid hunter and as a mother explain your support for the NRA, its “not our fault stance and your reluctance to call for tougher crackdowns on the sale and use of high-powered, automatic weapons which are causing endless human bloodshed in the homes and on the streets of America?

Why were you critical of Hillary Clinton for “whining” about the press being sexist and yet within days of your nomination, you made the same claim?
Name something you would have done differently regarding Iraq.
Since you are the closest state to Russia and this has been cited as your critical foreign policy experience by the McCain campaign, can you name an interaction with Russia? Have you ever been to Russia?
Although your travel budget IS significantly less than the previous governer’s of Alaska, is it really reform when you expect the state to pay for your children’s travel? I work for the federal government and travel extensively, can I submit per diem claims for my children too? Is this something only mothers can do or are fathers given this same right?
If you are so concerned about your children’s privacy, why do you bring them to public events and define your qualifications in terms of your motherhood?
What specific policies do you intend to push (if any) to allow all nursing women the opportunity to nurse/pump in their work environment?
Charlie – I was a religious viewer of ABC News since you became anchor, but stopped watching after your appalling moderation of the last Obama-Clinton debate when you hammered Obama for a flag pin (but Hillary nevr wears one. Please redeem yourself and ask something regarding her executive experience (why she needed a city manager, when she decided earmarks were bad, how it was good when she left the city in debt) and her military command experience.

Ms. Palin, I do not blame you for supporting the bridge or for getting earmarks for Wasilla or Alaska, that is how politics has worked, and not all earmarks are wasteful. However, your version of the events has been throughly discredited by every major news organization. So why do you continue to lie about your position in every single campaign stop?

Ms. Palin, I do not blame you for supporting the bridge or for getting earmarks for Wasilla or Alaska, that is how politics has worked, and not all earmarks are wasteful. However, your version of the events has been throughly discredited by every major news organization. So why do you continue to lie about your position in every single campaign stop?

Sarah,
Have you ever seen anyone attacked by the media and blog sites like you have been?
People say you wanted to ban books, but many of the books listed were not even published yet when you were mayor. People say you are against birth control when you are not. People are asking if your latest child is even yours. People claim you didn’t put the governor’s jet on ebay, when in fact you did.
Sarah- how do you cope with all of these accusation, when no one asked Joe Biden if his kids were “really his”? Or if Joe Biden could be Vice President and still be a father?
What drives you to continue on with this election process..??

Do you support the death penalty? If so, what happened to the pro-life stance?

Most important question:
EXPLAIN HOW YOU ARE DIFFERENT FROM GEORGE BUSH? WHAT DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM ON AND ON WHAT THINGS DO YOU DISAGREE?

If you and McCain are elected will you still support the No Child Left Behind Act?

Governor Palin, are you qualified to work as a reporter on my staff
here at ABC News ? Why or why not ?
And please, Mr. Gibson, show us some questioning skills by taking whatever she says and using it to ask the next logical question. After ten-fifteen minutes of this kind of questioning, the American people should have a much better idea whether she is the next coming of Margaret Thatcher or the catcher in the rye !

Sarah:
What approach are you going to take towards immigration? Are you planning on working with the Mexican government to reach a solution? Are you aware that the drug cartels are also smuggling people across the boarder and in my opinion they are also running Mexico. So how do you plan to deal with this conflict?

Questions for Sarah Palin:
1. What are your views on affirmative action?
2. Many working mothers have trouble finding quality childcare. Many stay at home mothers have trouble finding good paying part-time jobs that make it difficult to work outside the home. What are your suggestions for improvement in these areas so that more women can work confidently?

ABC, Mr. Gibson:
Please see the hundreds of comments above; people need you–and are literally begging you–to ask real, solid questions and get substantial answers. We believe that journalists play a vital role in a democracy. Please live up to your responsibilty and help us get the truth.

I’m curious as to Gov. Palin’s response to the mothers/fathers out there that critize her choice to run as V.P., saying she should be focusing on her family, especially considering that her youngest child has Downs Syndrome and her oldest is expecting.
I personally support her all the way. I believe, maybe naively, that she is doing this to better the future of our country for her kids and her grandchildren. For crying out loud, that’s how she got to where she is today.
Are all these Palin haters just jealous??

I made a comment before about Palin’s choice to run with McCain.
I would like to qualify my statement by stating that I am a stay-at-home mom.
Thanks.
Also, I made an error in my original comment, her second oldest is expecting.

McCain spokesman Rick Davis told Fox News the media didn’t show you enough “deference.” How much deference do you expect to get from Vladimir Putin or Hugo Chavez?

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?
You call yourself a fiscal conservative, yet as governor you both raised taxes and increased spending. What exactly 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?

Governor Palin,
If elected, what would you and John McCain do about the situation in the Sudan?
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION [assuming that gov Palin does not answer "nothing" or "invade"]. Do you agree then, that diplomacy is sometimes the best first response to an evil regime?

When did you stop supporting the bridge to nowhere?

Please ask
1) How do you feel comfortable with foreign affairs when you’ve only obtained a passport in the last year? How many times have you traveled outside the United States?
2) In your acceptance speech you mentioned that Senator Obama is too concerned about reading to our enemies their rights. Is this how you would approach foreign affairs?
3) You have been chosen as the VP candidate for more than 10 days now. Why have you been avoiding the press? Your campaign says that you will not have interviews with the press until you are “treated with deference”. Do you believe you should be treated differently from Biden, Obama, Clinton, and McCain?
Please ask the hard questions. This election is too important. Think about your standing as a journalist with integrity rather than just your standing with the Republian Party.

Why are you so anti-gay? If you are so sincere about trying to keep the government less involved in our personal lives, then all should be able to make decisions on their own in regards to things that are very personal. There is a large group of gays who vote, and you are losing those voters.
Sheri
Atlanta

Do you believe that it is part of God’s plan to have you serve as the first female vicepresident of America?

Please verify! From an email circulating from a resident of her home town:
CLAIM VS FACT
•social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships (said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
•pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to promote it.
•”Pro-life”: mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down’s syndrome baby BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life legislation
•”Experienced”: Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska. No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city administrator to run town of about 5,000.
•political maverick: not at all
•gutsy: absolutely!
•open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at explaining actions.
•has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
•”a Greenie”: no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
•fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
•pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built streets to early 20th century standards.
•pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on residents
•pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city government in Wasilla’s history.
•pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union doesn’t make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim that she is pro-labor/pro-union.

Can your reforming experience in the nation’s least populated state transfer to the national level, where there is real opposition and you are not able to buy popularity with $3,000 checks to every man woman and child?

You say you are running on change from the conservative policies of the Bush administration – on the 2 most important issues how do you differer from Bush on the war in iraq and the handling of the economy??
Didn’t you send a lobbist to get intitlements like the bridge to No-Where and doesn’t get the largeast per capata $ per person from Washington?
What is your position on torture like water boarding?

Roughly how many active duty and reserve military personnel are in the US armed forces? What is the Division Ready Brigade? Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? Approximately how big is the US national debt currently and what is the projected deficit for this FY? What is the difference between covert and clandestine?

Have you ever been out of the country … Europe? Asia? Anywhere else?

YOU CAN SEE THE GIBSON IS A OBABMA SUPPORTER . AFTER HIS INTERVIEW I WILL VOTE FOR McCain AND PALIN MORE SO.

Wonder if she would fire the Secretary of Defense if the Army didn’t promote her son as quickly as she felt they should.