Palin in Iowa: ‘Anything in a Debate is Fair Game’
EmailABC News' Steven Portnoy (@StevenPortnoy) reports:
Sarah Palin showed potential GOP rival Michele Bachmann no support when asked at the Iowa State Fair today if Washington Examiner’s Byron York was out of line when he asked the only female candidate on stage, “As president would you be submissive to your husband?”
Bachmann is running for president and Palin is only thought to be considering a run. But Palin has experience in high profile debates from her run for the Vice Presidency on the Republican ticket in 2008.
"Anything in a debate is fair game,” Palin said at Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. “I've been asked the goofiest questions, and the strangest questions, too, over my years in public office and going to debates. So nothing surprises me. But, you know, she articulated according to what she feels in her heart, and that is, to her, 'submission' means respect. And she explained it."
The question centered on remarks Bachmann made in 2006 while running for Congress. At the Living Word Christian Center in Minnesota, Bachmann said she had only chose to study tax law because her husband, Marcus, told her to, and “the Lord says, be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.”
"That's her opinion,” Palin said. “To her, submission to her husband means respect and, you know, I respect my husband, too."
But if her husband, Todd Palin, told her not to run for president, would it stop her?
"I can't imagine my husband ever telling me what to do…. He never has told me what to do when it comes to political stuff, and I appreciate that.” Turning to her husband, she added, “I respect you for that, Todd."
"It was a great debate," Palin said. "You know they certainly took some gloves off which is good for the electorate to get to hear."
At the Republican debates in Iowa Thursday night, Bachmann showed a lot of warmth for Republican rival, Sarah Palin.
“I like Sarah Palin a lot,” Bachmann said. “We are very good friends.”
Read more on Palin's visit to the State Fair.
Michael Falcone contributed to this report.
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For the first time I (please take note I said “I”)can say I have heard a “gotcha question” posed to a Republican candidate. However, she opened herself up to this line of questioning with past comments such as:
“The question centered on remarks Bachmann made in 2006 while running for Congress. At the Living Word Christian Center in Minnesota, Bachmann said she had only chose to study tax law because her husband, Marcus, told her to, and “the Lord says, be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.”
Now, people can grow, and their understandings can change, BUT this was just 5 years ago. If anyone needs to be questioned about their positions regarding social issues it is Michele Bachmann.
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | August 12, 2011, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm
This woman is the strangest thing to ever happen to politics. It’s like she’s a groupie now.
Posted by: Secondlook | August 12, 2011, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm
The Far Right has always been with us and now it is getting a lot of attention. I remember some of the goofy things Barry Goldwater would say. Palin and Bachmann are right up there with Goldwater. The difference is that Goldmater had a consistent,thoughtful philosophy and respected the facts. The two ladies are very much parrots.
Posted by: sdf | August 12, 2011, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm
Hey “sdf,”
Read the article, then comment. That’s the way that is supposed to work. “sdf” is a perfect example of a mindless political tool who will do whatever his PARTY tells him. Or her…
Great answer from Palin. Bachmann gives me the creeps, but Palin is good people. Watch her movie, read he ACTUAL record, open your closed minds and you will see what I mean.
It’s nice to be an Independent. Loyal only to my country.
Posted by: Wes | August 12, 2011, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm
I agree with “WES”.
Far too many on the left are “missing out” on the cool way Sarah weaves kind words with firm beliefs in her comments. Kind of like a Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton personality rolled into one. (easier on the eyes though)
You get straight answers from Sarah where as nearly all the others seem incapable of breaking out of “DC Speak”.
I’ll support her financially and with my vote. She did great job in Alaska.
Posted by: Patrick | August 12, 2011, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
Sarah Palin is exactly what America needs. Someone who has a backbone and will call BS on the Washington insiders! It is clear that Obama is completely out of his element and has been changed by Washington instead of bringing needed change.
I will never forget the attempts by the press to try to convince the American people that Jimmy Carter wasn’t a failed president; that the world was somehow more complex and no president could be successful in the “new” world. They tried to convince us that failure and incompetence was just the “new normal” and we had to get used to it. The Reagan came along and proved they were completely wrong. The press is wrong again – Obama is the problem; the world is no more irretrievably complex than it was in the 80′s. Washington is no more broken than it was in the 80′s. And, replacing Obama with Sarah Palin will prove once again that ideas matter and that the “new normal” is simply an excuse to prop up a failed Democrat president.
Sarah Palin is our path back to that shinning city on the hill. Obama will make a great stay at home dad to his daughters.
Posted by: Jenny | August 12, 2011, 11:41 pm 11:41 pm
I don’t think that was a ‘gotcha’ question. Bachmann did say previously that she pursued tax law because her husband told her to and she must be submissive to him as a wife is told to be in her religion.
In the debate she tried to change the meaning of submissive to respect but her previous quote say the opposite.
There is a thing as too religious, if you lose the ability to think for yourself. I’d say having your husband choose your field of study in college, even though you dislike it, is losing the ability to think for yourself. To be president you need to be able to make your decisions freely, and Bachmann can’t and be a submissive wife.
Posted by: Lydia | August 13, 2011, 12:42 am 12:42 am
I believe Sarah Palin is about the best thing it could have happened to our country. Sometimes, I disagree with what Obama is doing, sometimes I don’t think he is being a good leader, but then I hear something Sarah Palin said or did and it reminds me that regardless of how bad things are right now, they could be much, much worse. That contrast would not be nearly as pronounced without Sarah Palin around. Sarah, please continue doing what you are doing, it really helps to keep everything in perspective.
Posted by: EffortPA | August 13, 2011, 7:12 am 7:12 am
I found the definition for Grandiose Delusional Disorder in the WebMD website. Here is what it says:
“A person with this type of delusional disorder has an over-inflated sense of worth, power, knowledge, or identity. The person might believe he or she has a great talent or has made an important discovery. In reality, however, the situations are either not true at all or highly exaggerated.
People with delusional disorder often can continue to socialize and function normally, apart from the subject of their delusion, and generally do not behave in an obviously odd or bizarre manner. This is unlike people with other psychotic disorders, who also might have delusions as a symptom of their disorder. In some cases, however, people with delusional disorder might become so preoccupied with their delusions that their lives are disrupted.
Although delusions might be a symptom of more common disorders, such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder itself is rather rare. Delusional disorder most often occurs in middle to late life and is slightly more common in women than in men.”
I think in Sarah’s delusion, she is expecting thousands of people to hang around her bus and to demand that she run for President. She tried that on her last bus tour and things didn’t happen the way she envisioned, so she went home. Then, she expected millions of people would rush to see her movie, but that didn’t happen either. Sarah belongs in the Nut House, not the White House.
Posted by: EffortPA | August 13, 2011, 7:15 am 7:15 am
Sarah Palin is a ditz who only criticizes and finger-points. Hadn’t heard anything from her about Bachmann til now – no support. Palin is steaming after Bachmann (and at one time, Trump) knocked her off her perch, but she can’t cut at them because it would look bad (and feed those watching for a cat fight). Bachmann is goofy but at least she doesn’t have to hide behind Facebook, Fox, and Twitter.
Posted by: chris | August 13, 2011, 9:40 am 9:40 am
I personally hope Sarah runs. If she does, she gets my vote. If not, Bachmann is the best of the rest. But I can’t think of a soul who would be worse than waht we have. Not even Khadafi
Posted by: Duane | August 13, 2011, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
What Palin means, of course, is that “anything is fair game” when directed to OTHER candidates.
When it comes to her, that’s called a “gotcha question.”
Posted by: Darklady | August 13, 2011, 3:36 pm 3:36 pm
Anti-corruption all the way.
By far the “most electrifying” candidate out there.
She gets my vote and financial support.
Way to go Sarah!
Posted by: Patrick | August 14, 2011, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm
Neither one of them is competent enough to be President. Palin was a mediocre Governor who quit the job under a cloud.
Bachmann has never accomplished a thing that would qualify her to be President. Palin is uneducated and Bachmann is a homophobe and a racist. We have really lowered the bar this time. Fortunately most of America is smart enough to know a clown when they see one.
Posted by: David | August 15, 2011, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
And Palin has been asked the most logical of questions and those do surprise her.
Keep those questions wacky and goofy …
Posted by: raggmopp | August 15, 2011, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
I submit that M. Bachman does not have a grasp of the english language that is evolved enough to understand the difference between “submissive” and “respect”. And – anyone that accepts her explanation of her statement from a few years back is level with her intellectually.
sub·mis·sive /səbˈmɪsɪv/ Show Spelled[suhb-mis-iv] Show IPA
adjective
1. inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
re·spect /rɪˈspɛkt/ Show Spelled[ri-spekt] Show IPA
noun
1. a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in ): to differ in some respect.
2. relation or reference: inquiries with respect to a route.
3. esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgment.
4. deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect’s right to counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect for the elderly.
5. the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect.
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