***OFFICIAL SARAH N CHARLIE - PART III THREAD***

[kitkat65]

Okay, here it goes . . .

[Kittycat]

1. It's not on here until 10:35, according to my guide thingy.

Are they starting it earlY?

[Somawas]

2. She made Britney look smart.

only, thank FSM, she did keep her underwear on.

[creeksneakers2]

3. I'm trying to figure out this one

GIBSON: So let me break some of those down. You talk about spending. How much smaller would a McCain budget be? Where would you cut?

PALIN: We're going to find efficiencies in every department. We have got to. There are some things that I think should be off the table. Veterans' programs, off the table. You know, we owe it to our veterans and that's the greatest manifestation that we can show in terms of support for our military, those who are in public service fighting for America. ...It's to make sure that our veterans are taken care of and the promises that we've made to them are fulfilled.

GIBSON: So you'd take military off the table, the veterans' benefits. That's 20 percent of the budget. … Do you talk about entitlement reform? Is there money you can save in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?

PALIN: I am sure that there are efficiencies that are going to be found in all of these agencies. I'm confident in that.

GIBSON: The agencies are not involved in entitlements. Basically, discretionary spending is 18 percent of the budget.

PALIN: We have certainly seen excess in agencies, though, and in -- when bureaucrats, when bureaucracy just gets kind of comfortable, going with the status-quo and not being challenged to find efficiencies and spend other people's money wisely ... then that's where we get into the situation that we are into today, and that is a tremendous growth of government, a huge debt, trillions of dollars of debt that we're passing on to my kids and your kids and your grandkids ... It's unacceptable.

[nc4bo]

4. She has no clue what she's talking about.

Or worse, she's seeking to finish the gut job * started.

It's the poor and middle class who will continue to suffer due to lack of services.

[Patsy Stone]

5. Three things you will do to change Bush's economy policy

1) Government has to get out of the way
2) Cut taxes
3) ? Anyone?

Came back with only after Charlie asked her again for the three things:

1) Reduce taxes
2) Control spending
3) Increase oversight to check how agencies spend money.

Asks her about the debt in Wasilla.
Asks her about entitlements (not a clue what they are)

Isn't this a rerun/flashback to the earlier segment?