Another reason Palin is so awesome

[101A]

These Palin supporters are as wack as their candidate. Seriously, NATO can't even control lowly Afghanistan, what the makes anyone think they can handle a war with Russia? And does anyone want to see Russia give nuclear weapons to Iran and Syria? How would that change the political map of the middle east?

The "War" part they don't have much trouble with; it's the "peace" that gets edgy.

[Mr. Body]

Not knowing the label "Bush Doctrine" is unfortunate, but understandable. She has, in fact, been a mayor, and the governor of Alaska; NOT a veep or presidential candidate. Today, she knows what it is; and, if elected, she has another, what, 4 months to get up to speed.

I thought she acquitted herself quite well, but you knew I would think that.

The only other politician who has been grilled at anything LIKE the level Gibson is going at her was, amazingly enough, Obama with O'Reilly. Of course, those interviews, and Obama's weaknesses (although not prevalent, there were some), are not being trumpeted 24/7 on the major news networks.

In an ENTIRE day of interviews, with a person that has been on the national scene for all of TWO weeks, I thought she showed incredible metal and mental. Her answers were direct, usually, when appropriate, and more evasive (Pakistan incursion), when they needed to be.

Gibson was tossing softballs. These are all extremely basic questions for the international world as it stands now. How did she not expect a question about Pakistan? How did she not expect a question on the single most important foreign policy doctrine in a generation?

The fact she couldn't handle this interview is precisely the reason she is not fit for higher office... yet. You don't want a blank slate for Veep four months out. Leaving aside what appears to be a complete and total lack of interest in the world outside of Alaska, the world from Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae to the Caucasus is extremely complex, and she will have to be cramming for quite some time before she knows how to pull strings out of the mess and analyze and make her own judgments. Or else what is she there for? As I said before, if she doesn't understand these things now, how will she use the proper judgment with clouds of advisors are buzzing around and the next generation of Ahmed Chalabis are feeding her bad information. Do you want her scrambling for a dictionary?

Olympia Snowe and Kaye Bailey Hutchinson must be screaming right now. I know I would.

I know you guys really love this woman. That's fine - she's fresh and young and stuff. But she's not ready. For the sake of our country, with an aging and potentially ailing top of the ticket, she just is not informed, discretionary, or keyed in enough. If she works at it, and she will, she'll be there in 2012. You can run her at the top of the ticket then.

[Dark Gable]

She was squirming 'cause she simply didn't know.

[101A]

Gibson was tossing softballs.

Okay, I went back and looked at the interview that Gibson did with Obama. This was his hard hitting question on Obama’s experience, said oh-so-soothingly:

“If people have a reservation about you, it is that you’re young, you’re inexperienced, and you’re very new to the national stage…” [politely waits while Obama talks at length]

No follow up. No pressing. Okay. covered that, let’s move on.

Contrast that with how he approached Palin’s inexperience.

“Can you look the country in the eye, and say that I have the experience, and I have the ability, to be not just VP but perhaps President of the United States of America?”

So she answers.

Charlie presses: So when McCain asked you, you didn’t HESITATE?

No, Charlie, I didn’t… I told him if I could serve this country I would…

[Charlie frowns, and makes jabbing motions with his thumb and forefinger together] “And you didn’t SAY to yourself, am I experienced enough, am I ready?”

I didn’t hesitate, I didn’t..

[Charlie interrupts] Doesn’t that take some HUBRIS?

I rest my case. The woman suddenly has the bar jacked up 5 times higher than the man, and she is RUNNING FOR THE LOWER POSITION!

Sarah Palin could get caught screwing goats tomorrow, and I would still vote for her. This has got to STOP. NOW. THIS year.

If he was throwing softballs at Palin; did Obama have a Tee?

I thought her answer on Pakistan was really appropriate, and not rash; she equivocated, which is appropriate when talking about sending troops accross an "allies" borders. Of all people, James Carville agreed that her answer was appropriate on Pakistan this morning on GMA. Her only hiccup, IMO, was not knowing the label, "Bush Doctrine".

[Mr. Peabody]

In an ENTIRE day of interviews, with a person that has been on the national scene for all of TWO weeks, I thought she showed incredible metal and mental. Her answers were direct, usually, when appropriate, and more evasive (Pakistan incursion), when they needed to be.

So....the Pakistan issue required subtly and nuance, which according to you she nailed. But the issue of Russia relations required a direct response and saber-rattling, which according to those on the right, she nailed.

Please explain.

[101A]

So....the Pakistan issue required subtly and nuance, which according to you she nailed. But the issue of Russia relations required a direct response and saber-rattling, which according to those on the right, she nailed.

Please explain.

The Russia response was a hypothetical begun with "If Georgia was a member of NATO"...

I'm pretty sure she shouldn't equivocate on the response the United States of America will have in a member of NATO is invaded! You think it might make the front page in London, Paris or Berlin today if she showed less than complete resolve on that point?

[Notorious H.O.P.]

Gibson was throwing softballs out there and she was swinging wildly at them at hitting nothing but air. I can't believe how anyone would interpret the tragedy of that interview as a success for her or claim that it showed her resolve.

I approach a lot of things with an open mind (including Sarah Palin at the start) and don't automatically take the written word as gospel when it comes to the political pundits because everyone has their spin. But when I see the person in question being tossed mostly softballs and to see them struggle with the general understanding of each situation and doggedly replaying the same line that does not apply, then they have lost my respect and my vote.

[boutons_]

The pitbull is a con artist. Very self-confident, articulate, cool, and that suckers in the suckers, but is quite dumb, plus ignorant of stuff, like still saying Saddam did WTC, Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive war, and she probably believes McSame's lie about Saddam doing the anthrax.

[Mr. Body]

*Blink* *Blink* *shifts in seat* *Blink* *Blink*

Recites some fourteen sentences of pla udes.

*Blink* *Blink*

Gibson repeats question...

For someone insistently claiming she doesn't blink and we shouldn't blink and blinking is bad, she sure did a lot of blinking.

The Pakistan response was nonsense. She clearly didn't know what he was talking about. Invade a who, what? Iraq is who we're fighting with, right? And my son is going, because they attacked us?... And then she stumbled into the same response she had given: Islamists are -bent to destroy us.

Ugh. Does she know what Pakistan is?

[Spurtacular]

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The Poot never misses an opportunity to rub Biden's face in his makings.

Poot good now.

[pgardn]

Holy ! a ~ 13 year bump.

I mean derp had just fallen off the turnip truck?