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I’m diggin this

Joan Walsh: Making a Mockery of 9/11 

 

The fact that Sarah Palin sat for her humiliating interview with ABC’s Charles Gibson on 9/11 is one of those strange serendipitous events that makes one believe there’s order in the universe…

I’ll get criticized as sexist for saying this, but I would say the same thing about a man who sounded this ignorant: Talking to Charles Gibson tonight, Palin sometimes reminded me of poor Miss South Carolina, who, asked why many Americans can’t find the U.S. on a map…  

More reviews coming in

A summary from US News.com:

Reviews of her performance tend to be more negative than positive, with a focus on her labored efforts to deal with foreign policy questions. The AP says Palin “struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush’s doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she’s never met a foreign head of state.” The Chicago Tribune also notes Palin “seemed unfamiliar with the ‘Bush doctrine,’ which says the United States does not need to wait to be attacked before going to war.” The New York Times says in “choosing Mr. Gibson as Ms. Palin’s interlocutor, the campaign was going with a journalist known for having a mild manner but the gravitas to be taken seriously. But the interview was hardly gentle.” Gibson “expressed exasperation” with Palin, complaining that she “had buried him in ‘a blizzard of words.’” The Washington Times reports Gibson “also asked her about her travel experience, and she acknowledged that before a recent trip to Kuwait to visit Alaskan National Guard troops she had only visited Mexico and Canada and had not met personally with any foreign leaders.”

Through The Looking Glass

From NYT. A relatively soft review of a relatively soft interview. I hope people step it up.

At times visibly nervous, at others appearing to hew so closely to prepared answers that she used the exact same phrases repeatedly, Ms. Palin most visibly stumbled when she was asked by Mr. Gibson if she agreed with the Bush doctrine. Ms. Palin did not seem to know what he was talking about. Mr. Gibson, sounding like an impatient teacher, informed her that it meant the right of “anticipatory self-defense.”

Ms. Palin was clearly caught off guard when Mr. Gibson asked, “Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?” Seeking direction, and perhaps time to formulate an answer, Ms. Palin leaned back, smiled stiffly and said, “In what respect, Charlie?”

This, however, flies in the face of McCain’s previous argument and the theme of his campaign – EXPERIENCE. Now, with Palin on the ticket and changing their theme to “Change”, the are now running an ”anti-experience” campaign. Just like Bush. Folks, it doesn’t get more Through The Looking Glass than this:

Ms. Palin said that before a trip to the Middle East and Germany in 2007, her only foreign travel had been to Mexico and Canada, And, she acknowledged, she had not met any foreign leaders, though she said — in an apparent veiled reference to Mr. Biden — “We’ve got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time. It is for no more politics as usual and somebody’s big fat résumé that maybe shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they’ve had opportunities to meet heads of state.”

Patrick Says:

This pretty much gets to the point. The spinning on the right side of the web tonight has been pretty pathetic. I’m doubting she’ll do too many more interviews. It’s a train wreck waiting to happen.

“Being There” reference is hilarious.