"In what respect, Charlie? '

[RedEarth]

Gibson: Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?

Palin: In what respect, Charlie?

Gibson: What do you interpret it to be?

Palin: His worldview.

Gibson: No, No, the Bush Doctrine. He enunciated it in September 2002, before the Iraq War.



......keep in mind, she can see Russia from Alaska...it's very close, so she truly does have a great deal of knowledge about Russia...I'm sure Putin would be very impressed, perhaps even in awe.

[blogslut]

1. It was a tactic

She had no idea what he was talking about and she tried to get him to tell her with that little "In what respect, Charlie?" bit.

It was a clever ploy, except for the fact that it didn't work.

[Brotherjohn]

4. Yes, a tactic used by unprepared high school students.

Kudos to Charlie Gibson for not taking the bait. He knew someone wanting to be Vice President, and possibly President, should have known exactly what he was talking about. I frankly think he was surprised she didn't. he was just looking for an answer to a question of obvious importance in this election. This was no "gotcha" question.

And note that I do NOT like Gibson; he was vicious in interviewing Kerry in 2004, hammering away at almost nothing but now-discredited Swift Boat claims for most of the interview.

[Beetwasher]

11. Actually She Tried To REDEFINE THE QUESTION To Answering About "His World View"

She didn't know what the "Bush doctringe was" so she wanted to talk about Bush's world view instead.

[Brotherjohn]

2. You forgot the long pause before "In what respect, Charlie?" (nt)

[Shine]

3. Her use of his name, over and over again, really grated on me.

It seemed like such a manipulative and inauthentic attempt to establish rapport and make her appear warm and personal.....which she clearly isn't.

[begin_within]

5. Even though I think she's bat shit crazy, I'm willing to give her a little slack on that,

because there are some overlapping and slightly varying definitions of the Bush Doctrine. Anyone faced with that question might ask the questioner to clarify which aspect of the Bush Doctrine they were referring to.

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Uh no - read the transcript above. She was completely clueless.

She had no idea what he was talking about. He had to explain it to her and she still had no idea.

The Bush Doctrine is well known to mean one thing: the assertion of a right of pre-emptive war absent any actual aggression by the opponent as exercised in Iraq. It is a sweeping change in US foreign policy and is a dangerous unacceptible and disastrous policy stance that has made the world less safe for everyone on it.

[FightingIrish]

7. The transcript doesn't do it justice.

Her voice cracked and it seemed like she thought she was about to step off a cliff.

[Ganja Ninja]

10. She's a run of the mill RW evangelical GOP follower.

They could have found a hundred clueless idiots just like her over at freerepublic.

[WinkyDink]

12. Call a spade a spade: It is a WAR CRIME whose role model is POLAND 1939.

But then, Bush DID admonish us NOT to "forget Poland."

[smartvoter]

8. No. I watched the video. She had absolutely no idea. nt

[Hepburn]

14. Disagree....

...the Bush Doctrine is as explained in Post #1, IMO. If she could not even come up with what it is and give an answer based on her def of it, then she is lamer than lame, IMO.

[wryter2000]

16. I would agree with you if...

If she'd said, "What aspect of the Bush Doctrine?" Her reaction, including the long silence, clearly showed she had no idea what he was talking about.

[GoesTo11]

17. Your last three graphics would be fine campaign ads .

Very good stuff.

[Whisp]

18. your second pic caption: The Lady and the Gramp

reminds me of the spaghetti scene.

[begin_within]

19. Now I'll have to do another one!

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. I heard it at first, didn't know what was on, and thought it was a Julia Roberts farce movie.

I've been on business travelling all week and away from newspapers and the TV - and just turned it on in my hotel room in time to hear a bit of the interview.

Try taking a bit away from it, come back to it - it even seems more ridulous and silly to even think that this is all happening (kind of like I felt when they were swearing Will Farrell...er, Dubya..into office. Surely a surreal moment that i would wake from...)

[Orsino]

13. How many times did she use that phrase?

I'm wondering whether that was something she was taught specifically to buy time, or to signal Charlie that she needed help. Or for an aide to pull the fire alarm. :D

[wryter2000]

15. How in hell did that happen?

At first, I thought Charlie G. deliberately sabotaged her by asking about something she couldn't possibly know about, but then, I remembered he had to submit the questions in advance.

Did he throw in a zinger he hadn't submitted? Or, are they so incredibly incompetent that they didn't prepare her to answer a question on the Bush Doctrine?

No matter which, I don't think the corporate media are in her corner. They sure didn't take the "Obama called her a pig," bait.