Palin Stumped On The Bush Doctine, Believes It Is The President’s ‘Worldview’
Palin Stumped On The Bush Doctine, Believes It Is The President’s ‘Worldview’
During her much anticipated interview with ABC’s Charles Gibson, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had a “deer-in-headlights moment” when Gibson asked her if she agreed with the Bush Doctrine. Surprised at the question, Palin asked Gibson what he meant. When Gibson asked, “Well, what do you interpret it to be?” Palin replied inquisitively, “His worldview?” Gibson then explained his understanding of the Bush Doctrine and asked if Palin agreed:
GIBSON: The Bush doctrine as I understand it is that we have the right of anticipatory self-defense and we have the right of preemptive strike against any country we think is going to attack us. Do you agree with that?
PALIN: Charlie, if there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country.
Watch it:
While Gibson did not get the Bush Doctrine wholly correct, he was at least on the right track. In fact, the Bush Doctrine is predicated on “preventive war” not “preemptive war” — a sharp distinction in which the former justifies launching war in an attempt to “prevent” a threat from emerging (i.e. the Iraq war), while in the latter case, the threat has already materialized.
“Preemptive war” is, as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) once observed, something “the global community is generally tolerant of,” while “preventive attacks” — a policy that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has not rejected — “have generally been condemned.”
Indeed, as Matt Yglesias notes, Bush and McCain agree that the U.S. has “the right to use military force unilaterally even where there isn’t an imminent threat” and that “Palin’s view is sensible, so it would be interesting to learn her opinion of her running mate’s much less sensible view.”
UPDATE: The Jed Report posted this video of John McCain explaining the Bush Doctrine:
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September 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pmWOW, just WOW, this woman is an airhead. She really hasnt got a clue.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:35 pmOooooops!!
Looks like something was missed in the crash course!
September 11th, 2008 at 8:35 pmPreventive war is an excuse to go to war and does not prevent war. It, in effect, is to forego negotiations and go directly to war and HOPE that the reason or cause is found at a later date. Its a hawkish ‘end around’ issues.
IE, its Orwellian.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:35 pmHeya Zooey, how you been?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pmWar-monger Palin, the tyrant from the tundra, is even more bellicose that her running mate, McWar. She talks of starting a war with Russia as “an option.” Palin wants to protect the lying war criminal Saakashvili, who criminally assaulted South Ossetia about a month ago. Both of these war-clowns are just plain pugnacious and are just itching for a fight with nuclear-armed Russia. They are both totally insane…
September 11th, 2008 at 8:39 pmand this little chat is
with ass kissin’ charlie,
the gop’s friend.
what will happen when a
real journalist interviews her?
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wonder if she knows that
georgia is not a member of nato.
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can’t wait to see
how this trends.
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thank you.
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September 11th, 2008 at 8:41 pmAnd Palin is pacifist compared to McCain.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:42 pmWatch this and you’ll know that war with McCain/Palin is a given:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w
She just described McCain.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:47 pmDonate NOW to http://www.barackobama.com
Eight is ENOUGH!
September 11th, 2008 at 8:49 pmI think I’m gonna be sick.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:54 pmGibson asked her two different times after she obviously dodged the question whether that was a yes or a no. She answered with another non answer…..that was the training she has been getting….do not answer questions, ever.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pmIs it just me or does she seem extremely nervous / defensive. Not good in someone this close to being leader of the free* world
* at least in the Bushco definition of free, which excludes at least amendments 1 and 4 and the basic tenets of separation of powers in the constitution
September 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pmIf these two somehow manage to win (or steal) the election it might be time to dig a deep, well stocked bomb shelter.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:57 pmWow, she really didn’t have a clue what it was. But notice how smoothly she just segues into prattling on about what a great country we are, etc. Until Charlie G. actually told her what it was, she didn’t have the slightest clue.
I really hope people can see how she didn’t have a clue about one of the most important foreign policy concepts of recent years.
Re: “Preventive War” — I propose we confuse the religious right by changing the term to “prophylactic war.”
September 11th, 2008 at 9:00 pmGIBSON: I’m talking about somebody who’s a head of state, who can negotiate for that country. Ever met one?
I had to laugh, though, when she later dropped in the fact that she had recently talked by phone to Sashkavili. Gibson appropriately ignored it because he knew she was talking about Mikhail’s brother, Daryll.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:00 pmI don’t know who is going to be asking the questions for the upcoming debate with Joe, but I have a feeling that she better put on her dancing shoes.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:01 pm“Indeed, as Matt Yglesias notes, Bush and McCain agree that the U.S. has “the right to use military force unilaterally even where there isn’t an imminent threat””
In fact, the U.S.of A. recognized that it doesn’t have this right by becoming a member of the United Nations.
Charter of the United Nations, Article II (excerpt):
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
September 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pmhttp://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/
Jim Wolf359 Says:
If these two somehow manage to win (or steal) the election it might be time to dig a deep, well stocked bomb shelter.
Or leave the country.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:04 pmWhile Palin should have known this, I don’t think Bush has any “Bush Doctrine.” He wanted to get Saddam. That’s the doctrine. The rationale behind it was most likely triggered by his daddy issues (he wanted to one-up his father who didn’t get him or he wanted to avenge his father for Saddam’s attempt on his life).
September 11th, 2008 at 9:08 pm.
Has Palin even figured out what the V.P. does yet?
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September 11th, 2008 at 9:08 pm.
R E M E M B E R:
Iraq NEVER attacked America…
Iraq NEVER posed an imminent threat to America…
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September 11th, 2008 at 9:09 pmHas Palin even figured out what the V.P. does yet?
Darth Cheney has advised her that the job entails snarling at the press and bailing out the president’s arse every time he sticks his foot in his mouth.
So far, I would have to say that she’s been excellent at the “job”.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pmMcPain Administration = 3rd Bush term.
It’s just brings chills to my spine to that fact that should Grandpappy McSame becomes the next President and croaks, Saraccuda with zero foreign policy experience can be the next Prez. And Palin has never heard of the word diplomacy. Palin is hosed in her upcoming debate against Biden. All of the crash course of Neocon 101 of foreign policy by Professor Lieberman won’t help her.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pmThat she can spout off the talking points drilled (pun intended) into her these last few days without having any clear understanding about what the words mean is frightening indeed.
She has a nasty streak, gets defensive, and looks ready to blow when challenged…just like McCain.
I read that she stated that Reagan ended the Cold War without firing a single bullet. I guess those pesky dozens of years leading up to the Reagan adminstration are just a blip on the history radar.
Bay of Pigs? (sans lipstick?)
PEACE
September 11th, 2008 at 9:20 pmTom,
September 11th, 2008 at 9:22 pmDon’t forget the NRA stance.
Shooting the face of lawyers does count too, you know…
Yeah, I think she’s ready to be President.
And I’m going to be the next Pope…
September 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pmDon’t forget the NRA stance.
Shooting the face of lawyers does count too, you know…
Good point, max-1. Reminds me of a funny description of her — “when she shoots you in the face, you’ll know she meant to”.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:26 pmTen Words.
Not impressed. She is following not reforming the Bush doctrine.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:27 pmHAHAHAHAHAHA
Please don’t ask plain what’s one plus one.
This woman is as smart as a pig with chapstick.
And look at the repug dummies defend this second nut job on the repug ticket. mcchimpy said he likes dizbots. Time to get to business and exposed these two fakes and liars.
mcchimpy hasn’t made a decent choice in all his life.
The race is close?
Obama\Biden 08
September 11th, 2008 at 9:36 pmMore than Ever
Yep, and she also said that if Russia invades Georgia again, our NATO obligations are going to require us to go to war. By the way, we have no NATO obligations w/ respect to Georgia since they aren’t in NATO. Oh, and if we go to war w/ Russia over Georgia (or anything) that’s called global thermo nuclear war. This is not funny at all, it’s frightening as hell.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:36 pmThe answers she gave came after a heavy dosage of coaching and mentoring by the like of Lieberman and many others from McCain’s camp on foreign policy.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:45 pmShe thinks that US should go to war with Russia to ‘help Georgia’ as member of NATO.
She showed no comprehension of what it is like to have a war with Russia.
She said in a response to Gibson on what makes her qualified to be a VP, her answer was ‘energy and oil in Alaska’.!!
Few more interviews like today’s interview will make people think again about Sarah Palin who might be their next VP,if not the president.
It is so unsettling to think about Palin stepping in as Pres. Unfortunately, the past 8 years have been a pretty good indicator of what it would be like.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:48 pmNo wonder they don’t want her to do interviews.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:51 pmThe Bush Doctine, Believes It Is The President’s ‘Worldview’
– - Doctine? Really?
September 11th, 2008 at 9:51 pmWell, I guess we’re all learning why the GOOP has been refusing to let her talk to the press on her own.
Wanna bet she won’t be available for questions for a long time to come, again?
September 11th, 2008 at 9:52 pmtbone Says:
Unfortunately, the past 8 years have been a pretty good indicator of what it would be like.
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Only w/ lipstick on, this time…
September 11th, 2008 at 9:53 pmToo funny not to share…
From Huffington Post comments:
DoomtoNeoCons
Charlie: “What’s your opinion on the Bush Doctrine?”
Palin: “Why are you asking about my Gynecologist?”
PEACE
September 11th, 2008 at 9:54 pmThis was a pre-rehearsed AND heavily edited interview and she STILL came across and is that stupid. OMG. I mean . . . wow. McCain wins, the world will shut us down and rightfully so. THere is no way a nation with as many nukes as ours should be allowed to continue with those people in power. Just WOW
September 11th, 2008 at 9:57 pmHoly Moly… that was disturbing. What was with that crazy wink?
“In what respect, Charlie?” Charlie? … Charlie…. Charlie!!!!
Both her and McStain could easily snap with the right prodding. Once that happens, the Rethugs are going to go completely WWE and pull out all the stops.
I’m talking gold capes,flags as speedos, and body slams.
Somebody, somewhere, is writing the pilot for a Palin/Michelle Bachman sitcom.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:04 pmI’ll bet she’s figured out there’s a hellva difference talking to someone instead of reading off the ol teleprompt…………I’m beginning to wonder if she was qualified to be mayor of that town.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:07 pmI’ll bet the Neocons will be claiming victory in the morning.
I also suggest somebody lock her in a room to start preparing for her debate with Joe.
if there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country
It’s frustrating to have it framed as if anyone would deny that. Of coarse we have the right to self-defense, that isn’t the question. Iraq was never an imminent threat to the US, and we had no justification for war with Iraq no matter what adjective you put before it.
preventive preemptive potato pototo tomato tomoto
September 11th, 2008 at 10:08 pmLet’s call the whole thing off.
Call me a f*ucking elitist, but I think a qualification for running for any national office is the ability to pronounce the word “nuclear”.
Palin is another “nukular” dope. Bush III
PEACE
September 11th, 2008 at 10:09 pmTo be precise, the Bush Doctrine in a nutshell:
The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.[1] Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate (used to justify the invasion of Iraq), a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way.[2][3][4] Some of these policies were codified in a National Security Council text entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States published on September 20, 2002.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_doctrine
September 11th, 2008 at 10:11 pmAll the videos are disabled, but work at youtube. She failed so miserably it exceeded my expectations. It wasn’t the lack of knowledge, it was the willingness to try to bullshit her way through. She is a miserable con artist.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pmHere is the entire interview from tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwhO8a1PLMQ
Palin has been called “remarkable” and after hearing her try to answer questions, but fall all over herself tying everything back to a few basic talking points is, indeed, remarkable.
“You can actually see Russia from Alaska.”
PEACE
September 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pmApparently she learned that she could take control of the situation by calling people by their first name. How’s that working for you Sarah?
And I’m betting that little wink makes a whole lot of people want to slap her.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:19 pmJust another idiot Republican. This is what you get when McCain advisor and Georgian Gov’t lobbyist Randy Scheunemann is assigned to “teach” this airhead the neocon version of foreign policy. Any bets on whether Gibson gave her the questions and answers ahead of the interview and she was just does not get it.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pmI would dearly love to see an unedited version of this interview made available to the public. Bet it’s an eye opener.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pmShayne, the wink, calling him “Charlie”, leaning in towards him and showing leg (as much as the Fundies could accept) was probably enough to make Gibson want to slap her!
My favorite line from Gibson, “I got lost in a blizzard of words there. Was that a yes?”
I’d still love to see Chris Matthews light into her, if he brings his A game.
PEACE
September 11th, 2008 at 10:24 pmYou could certainly see Lieberman’s tutelage there.
“Israel, Israel, Israel, Islamic Extremists, Terrorists, Terrorists, Terrorists!”
Funny, my son’s globe has lots more regions than the Middle East.
Hey, but she did stop in Ireland to refuel, so I guess that’s something.
PEACE
September 11th, 2008 at 10:27 pm… all of which is why the campaign chose lightweight Charles Gibson for their exclusive interview. The US national security policy of preventive, in addition to preemptive, war has been posted on the White House website for years and has been hotly debated for years, at least among some of us. Whether Gibson is ignorant of this distinction or not doesn’t matter much, anyway, since he takes all her answers at face value and moves on. I guess that’s the “deference” that the campaign demands.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:27 pmShe’s everything a chickenhawk warmongering neocon ever dreamed of; I’ll bet they all have nasty wadded up kleenexes after that interview.
Ew. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit…
September 11th, 2008 at 10:27 pmI have a feeling, from now till November, we’ll see even more “deer in headlights” moments from Palin. Every time this woman talks, what she has to say concerns me more and more.
“The Iraq war was God’s plan.”
“I think God’s will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that.”
(Palin said she favors admitting Georgia and Ukraine to NATO. Asked if the United States would have to go to war if Russian again invaded Georgia when it was a NATO member, Palin said,) “Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to be expected to be called upon and help.”
“And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable,” (she told Gibson. Russia invaded Georgia after the ex-Soviet republic invaded the separitist region of South Ossetia.)
(Palin said she had insights into U.S. relations with Russia because) “they’re our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska … from an island in Alaska.”
She might be easy on the eyes, but what comes out of her mouth is delusional.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:32 pmWell spencers mom I guess we know how she got the nod from horn dog McCain. He’s probably dumb enough to believe she has the hots for him. I wonder what he’s going to think when he sees she pulled the same stunt with Gibson. Grampy isn’t going to be happy.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:34 pmShe just answered the “somewhat tough” essay question at the end of the multiple guess test she has been cramming for.
It was an exercise in bullsh*t.
She’s a bit frazzled now that she’s realized she can’t storm into the instructors office and “argue” her way into a B+. That after all, will be a job for the rest of the MSM.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pmThe miscalculation by the McCain team, after the initial disaster of picking Sarah is not realizing Gibson had to redeem himself for that horrific debate. Oops. You still have a way to go Charlie and George.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:36 pmGood Lord… she had ho idea what he was asking until he explained it.
I’ve known BEETS w/ higher IQs.
And what was up w/ that wink????
September 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pmI was just talking to a box of rocks and they said WTF is up with that dumb woman.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pmWhat I want to see is this: to see if the same dead-from-the-neck-up’s who voted for Chimpy & the Dick will also vote for McCain/Palin come November. You would think after the last eight years of hell, even they would be ready for a changing of the guard. However, they all go ga-ga over Sarah Palin, a person who they know nothing about, yet are all ready to stand in line and vote for.
If that happens, then the litmus test will yield the results I fear. This country will sink even further down the shitter. All I know is this: I won’t contribute to that come November.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:40 pmThe thin veneer is wearing off.
Is it me or is she beginning to sound ignorant and down right trashy.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:47 pmI tried to be as objective as possible while watching that, and I am unimpressed. Her depth of knowledge on the topics was clearly lacking. She always tried to bring every comment into her comfort zone. Not that it is any fault of her own, but the setting was not exactly favorable. She looked tiny next to Gibson. Her slouch made her seem submissive, and I thought Gibson’s questioning was somewhat condescending. Not that he was condescending in his approach, but the fact that he felt compelled to ask her if she hesitated to agree to run is not insignificant. If I were ever asked if I was qualified for a job during an interview, I would not like my chances. Overall, she just seemed naive, while trying to put up a strong front. Which is about what I think she is.
On top of that, I wasn’t so concerned about the Georgia comment, because I think that was a bit of an “if they were in NATO” scenario which would be different than a repeat of the recent events in Russia/Georgia. I was much more disturbed by the refusal to second guess Israel. If you fail to second guess your friends or even yourself, you are destined to repeat mistakes. This mindless “loyalty” is really just stupidity. She is the type of person that does something stupid while they are drunk and expects their friends to get thrown in jail for defending them. Also, she is probably right about previous VPs meeting foreign leaders, but there is this little thing called the airplane that hasn’t exactly been around all that long. Didn’t FDR even travel by water to meet with Churchill?
Just my two devalued cents.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:53 pmfrom the AP (no friend of obama’s)
The “Straight Talk Express” has detoured into doublespeak.
Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a self-proclaimed tell-it-like-it-is maverick, keeps saying his running mate, Sarah Palin, killed the federally funded Bridge to Nowhere when, in fact, she pulled her support only after the project became a political embarrassment. He accuses Democrat Barack Obama of calling Palin a pig, which did not happen. He says Obama would raise nearly everyone’s taxes, when independent groups say 80 percent of families would get tax cuts instead.
Even in a political culture accustomed to truth-stretching, McCain’s skirting of facts has stood out this week. It has infuriated and flustered Obama’s campaign, and campaign pros are watching to see how much voters disregard news reports noting factual holes in the claims.
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if that’s what they’re saying
think of what the people inside
the mcsame camp must be thinking.
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good luck.
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:00 pmps – where are the trolls?
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:01 pmI don’t know. Do trolls sleep?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:03 pmOh my Gawd!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:05 pmMCMetal skeered off the short and warty ones. ;)
September 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pmThe Bush doctrine trashed America’s standing in the world. Bush/Cheney have aimed it on Iran.
They greased the skids for a naval incident with Treasury’s classification of an Iranian shipping company as a rogue operator.
What happens when the EU decides America is the greatest threat to the free world?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:11 pmWhile talking about the Dead-from-the-neck-uppers, it is hysterical what they are saying about the Lehman Brothers bailout.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080307/posts
Sorry to go O/T, I just thought it goes to their mental instability.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:16 pmtbone Says:
I don’t know. Do trolls sleep?
No Trolls do not sleep, they suffer from a condition known as cantgettamyheaddaouttamyassa.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:17 pmAttaboy MCMetal! We owe you one.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:19 pmtbone,
“I thought Gibson’s questioning was somewhat condescending. Not that he was condescending in his approach, but the fact that he felt compelled to ask her if she hesitated to agree to run is not insignificant”
I actually think that Gibson, with his lowered eyeglasses on his nose, look totally the part of the elitist. And I am not sure that wasn’t intentional.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pmThat deer in the headlights look she had when Charlie Gibson started explaining the Bush Doctrine to her should be run in a continuous loop as Obama’s next campaign ad. If that doesn’t scare the fence-sitters, nothing will.
Just saying . . .
September 11th, 2008 at 11:21 pmnofltwlt Says:
The thin veneer is wearing off.
Is it me or is she beginning to sound ignorant and down right trashy.
Trailer trash. Give her her gun and a six pack and let her head for the hills to kill something.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:21 pmkrazeeinjun Says:
That deer in the headlights look she had when Charlie Gibson started explaining the Bush Doctrine to her should be run in a continuous loop as Obama’s next campaign ad. If that doesn’t scare the fence-sitters, nothing will.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:24 pmThere seems to be an edited pause there too. I wonder just how long she actually stared into the “Soul of Gibson” on that question?
tbone Says:
I don’t know. Do trolls sleep?
only when
they’re awake.
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:36 pmDid Sarah Palin, energy expert, mention geothermal energy? Alaska did a deal with an Israeli company:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1020580.html
September 11th, 2008 at 11:36 pmIt’s really pretty simple:
September 11th, 2008 at 11:39 pmOnly an insane person thinks we should go to war with Russia.
she can not even answer questions in a scripted interview?
She appeared scattered, empty headed and having a bad hair day?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:43 pmDo the Republican powers believe their base is so stupid they won’t see through this facade. I wonder how long she’s been faking it because obviously she doesn’t know much about anything.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:53 pmWell. I’m not impressed. Scared sh!tless. But not impressed.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:32 amOne very, very important part of the Bush Doctrine is that only the USA can do this. No other country in the world can do this—certainly not Russia, China, India, Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba.
At the time we invaded Iraq, we had 21,000 TONS of sarin, VX, and mustard agents. And Anniston, Alabama had 77,000 rockets filled with these agents.
September 12th, 2008 at 1:11 amGoober doesnt understand such subtle distinctions, goober sez Obama is different and Palin is a tough sexy moma. Goober is happy voting for McCain and going to his $ 7/ hr job flipping burgers. Goober wished he was still working at the factory, but Goober can’t speak Chinese.
September 12th, 2008 at 1:16 amGoober is so F-ed.
No wondered the repugs and the msm kept the hockey playing lipstick wearing pig on a continuous loop.
No wonder they keep her on a short bus…I mean rope.
September 12th, 2008 at 3:26 amSomeone ask this woman why they pirate music, especially when the artist tells them to stop playing it. UH Sarah?
September 12th, 2008 at 3:46 amI’m so sick of the lies and the people who are so willing to believe them. I think many Americans will think Palin did just great. They have never heard of the Bush Doctrine, and, besides, Gibson predictably let her answer the preemptive part and avoid the controversial preventive part. We’re up against a huge wall of ignorance. Today Palin sent her son and his buddies off to war in Iraq telling them they were going to fight the people who planned the 9/11 attack and carried it out. It never ends.
September 12th, 2008 at 4:17 amEmbarrassing. But in Palins defense she has only had two weeks of experience learning and rehearsing her positions on these questions.
September 12th, 2008 at 6:32 amDid this remind you of something similar? Well, it reminded me of this interview.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:22 amIf Palin has no clue what the Bu$h Doctrine is, I’m wondering what her concept of the Constitution is?
September 12th, 2008 at 8:35 amFirst, the base is stupid. Second, Palin wasn’t faking it.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:40 amIt was more like he had to think on the fly and reframe all his questions as if he were interviewing a 10 year old.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:43 amIt’s really pretty simple:
Only an insane person thinks we should go to war with Russia.
Exactly! Only someone like Darth Cheney would enjoy the thought of a war with Russia, all while watching the holocaust safely from his bunker. Or, if the American people are stupid enough (yet again), soon to be Palin’s bunker.
Is diplomacy dead? Diplomacy is what kept the Cold War from becoming a Hot War. Russia is every bit as powerful as the United States. They have as many (if not more) nuclear weapons than the U.S. does. The Russian people defeated Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa, the largest single invasion in the history of mankind. If we were crazy enough to start a war with the Russians, what kind of war would it be? Nuclear? If conventional, then it’s assumed we’ll be fighting in and around Georgia and the Black Sea. This would be on Russia’s “home turf”, where historically they have always been at their best in battle. The U.S. military is already overstretched and war-fatigued as it is, due to Chimpy’s mess in Iraq & Afganistan.
Just the mere thought of war with Russia is bad, bad, very bad. Too bad Sarah Palin’s brain doesn’t match her looks.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:49 amShe made Cheney look like the Easter Bunny…. Scary stuff.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:56 amTo her credit, she did remember the line the masterminds gave her in the test-cramming sessions: “When you’re stumped, ask ‘In what regards?’ Then, the bad-bad-cynical journalist will have to explain enough detail that you’ll be able to bluff your way through an answer.”
Yes, Mr. Rove, we’re all stupid sheep, following your disgusting lead.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:18 amToo bad she doesn’t have a better poker face. If you just read the transcript, it doesn’t seem that bad, but seeing it on video — sheesh.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:23 amSometimes other people can express my own thoughts better than I can and that is the case here.
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/the_palin_interview.php
It is scary how Bush-like Palin really is.
Indeed, this debate is good because the spin has been that the Bush Doctrine is about pre-emptive war when it actually about preventive war. “Preventive” is what maks this different from the previous Doctrine (which was pre-emptive). Gibson was sloppy on this point.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:12 amShe ain’t Cheney (manipulative schemer) she’s more like Dan Quayle (dumb figurehead).
Definitely on the dim side to say the least.
She will definitely be taking a back seat (and abide McCain’s decisions)to McCain (bomb bomb Iran) if elected.
Scary shit.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:26 amI wish someone with more technological savy than I possess would somehow merge this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww) with Sarah Palin’s answer on the Bush Doctrine. Did she sound like a disoriented beauty queen or what?
September 12th, 2008 at 2:27 pmI really can’t listen to this any further. She talks like it’s just so freaking hard to just to have to explain herself.
December 29th, 2008 at 3:20 amThis is another example that the “old world jounalism of Murrow, Cronkite and Rather is dead and buried. In the case of the Time Magazine reporter Ms Tumulty, she seems to think the finding out the who, what, where, when and how have been replaced with a steno pad, which she records what ABC said in rebuttle to the complaint of Congressman Kucinich. There is a great disconnect with what happened and the points made by ABC. She asks little of no questions to ABC. She takes what is handed to her and repeats it vebatim and then calls that reporting. I call is stenography. Lida Sohbet sohbet sesli chat Gelinlik Modelleri
January 11th, 2009 at 11:11 amIf you’re referring to Karl Schwarz’ articles, if they are true, how will we ever know unless the news media gets involved without bias? The military under orders not to speak out may never convey Karl Scharz’ expose’. Sesli Sohbet If Cheney was truly involved in 9/11 and protected in some way, then he’s being protected by what may be going on in the Caspian Sea area as well. That pre-9/11 August 10, 2000 article drives the point home to me that Cheney had a vested interest in the oil at the Caspian Sea area (before 9/11). Fx15 From all I’ve read in Schwarz’ articles, he claims the Taliban was working on a deal with Argentina with that pipeline in the Caspian Sea area and UNOCOL wanted the deal instead. Orjinal Lida It’s too much to get into here and I’m not able to convey in here what Schwarz has presented in his articles. Sikis Dig into Schwarz’ articles to learn more about the unnamed soldier’s experiences related to so-called Black Ops missions in the Caspian Sea area in Schwarz’ article. What Schwarz had to present in this article is an eye opener: kurtlar vadisi pusu izle
January 30th, 2009 at 2:34 pmI want suits in Colorado, New Jersey, and any other state where illegal suppression campaigns are being conducted. And some real looks at the polling methodology would also be eye opening.
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The Jed Report posted this video of John McCain explaining the Bush Doctrine
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