Well it didn’t work Charlie. Governor Palin has more respect now than ever… and more votes also.

The editing by you and your staff of Liberals only harmed you and your network. ABC will continue to loose those of us who thought ABC was a unbais network. After all we did see you elect Bill Clinton, but we did stop Gore and Mr. Swift Boater from forming us further into a Socialist French country.

Roger

This is a list of the questions asked Obama by Gibson compared to the questions asked Palin by Gibson.

Charlie Gibson interviewed Obama and Palin. Below are the questions. Who do you think is being vetted and who is the media hiding and treating with kid gloves?

Obama interview:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech?

Palin interview:
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]

Obviously, Gibson and his smug attitude were trying to trip Palin. I’d like to see his demeanor in the Obama interview and see if he was so smug and condiscending with Obama

If she can’t even handle Gibson, what will she do if, heaven forbid, she becomes president? Do we really think she is capable of handling the national political landscape and world affairs with competence AND nuance?

He went on to misquote her comments about praying that our troops being sent into harm’s way are doing God’s will, so that it made her sound like a bible-thumping nut. When she challenged the accuracy of his quotation, he stood firm, saying “exact words.” He was WRONG. He owes her an apology. She went on to handle the question well, by the way.

She did almost as well as could be expected, given her limited experience in these areas (national policy and being hostilely interviewed by a national reporter from Washington D.C.), and I predict she’ll get better as the campaign goes on.

1. They’re pretending that the term “Bush Doctrine” has a single clear, unambiguous meaning that anyone who follows national affairs ought to have immediately recognized. It doesn’t.

2. They’re pretending that because Gov. Palin didn’t immediately try to guess which of several plausible meanings Gibson meant to give that term, but instead asked for clarification, she therefore must have been unprepared to discuss any of them. Gov. Palin herself disproved that premise, because upon receiving the requested clarification, she immediately responded with clarity and self-assurance.

If they had bothered to look, even the Wikipedia could have cured Josh Marshall, Greg Sargent, or Andrew Sullivan of their illusion that there’s a single, simple meaning to the term “Bush Doctrine.” When it comes to any discussion of Gov. Sarah Palin, these folks have shown us yet again that they just can’t be trusted to get their basic facts right.”

See some of the (many) various definitions of the “Bush Doctrine” (including the many variations used at Gibson’s ABC) at

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/09/what_exactly_is_the_bush_doctr.asp

Kudos to Governor Palin for recognizing Chuckie’s MSM trap.

Now, can someone please explain why nearly every one of Governor Palin’s answers appeared to be cut off or edited?????????????????????