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post #51 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:13am
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Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
Jaysus. I could barely watch the clip, it was so uncomfortable. The way Gibson stayed back and let her flop around may not have been "tough," but that made the outcome all the worse, at least in my view. Instead of a confrontation between two equal sides, it was one reasonable person and one David Brent.

Now, see, that's how I read this too. So do a few others here as well.

But does anyone else get the feeling - a feeling I get repeatedly - that there's a line, one that in crossing would reveal in the most obvious ways that these people are the worst possible choice for the country. And that every time one of them appears to be flying right over that fucker...the line seems to magically move further, as if to allow them even more leeway?
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post #52 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:14am
They are honestly going with the "energy independence" line? This is their epic play? This is so incredibly transparent as to be sad.

How can McCain and Palin not get trounced in the debates? I think we should keep count of how many times we hear the word "energy" in their rambling answers.

"You can actually see Russia from land in Alaska"


awwww how cute.
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post #53 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:16am
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Originally Posted by soylentgreen View Post
Now, see, that's how I read this too. So do a few others here as well.

But does anyone else get the feeling - a feeling I get repeatedly - that there's a line, one that in crossing would reveal in the most obvious ways that these people are the worst possible choice for the country. And that every time one of them appears to be flying right over that fucker...the line seems to magically move further, as if to allow them even more leeway?

Sure, but it's their supporters that allow the line to move. They just don't give a fuck. It's amazing, really.
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post #54 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:21am
http://www.slate.com/id/2199999/

Slate is a left leaning site but Shafer takes pride in being fair. This is just great.
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post #55 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:24am
That "you can see Russia from Alaska" must go down in history as one of the dumbest things ever said in an election race.
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post #56 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:25am
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Originally Posted by C.Swicegood View Post
"You can actually see Russia from land in Alaska"
awwww how cute.
After she lost the election, when she stands at the edge of Alaska again, looking towards Russia, hopefully she will see Putin in the distance, laughing his ass off at how close the world came to another braindead puppet president. Then he just gives her the finger and calls her an ignorant pig in Russian. The bitch probably would think there is a nice Russian man who just congratulated her on her energy credentials.

You know, just for humor potential, I'd really like to see Palin taking the oath after McCain bites the dust - sort of a Daily Show parallel universe thing.
Playing tough with world leaders, former KGB agents who speak more languages than she has kids? Priceless entertainment.
The entertainment factor of the Daily Show would go through the roof, before being canceled by Palin because of blatant blasphemism by it's nonbelieving host of course
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post #57 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:27am
I'm so happy with how this interview is going. It's infuriating to watch because of what she represents, but it feels like a great wedge is about to happen.
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post #58 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:30am
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Originally Posted by Ron Vogel View Post
I'm so happy with how this interview is going. It's infuriating to watch because of what she represents, but it feels like a great wedge is about to happen.
Yup, that "sky is falling" feeling is going away. I have to imagine this interview will really push those poor surrogates to the breaking point. I almost feel sorry for her and then I remember last week at the convention.....
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post #59 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:35am
I definetly get the feeling that the honeymoon is drawing to a close. The Bush Doctrine gaffe will get play.
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post #60 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:41am
Don't be surprised if the now-confirmed fact that she's an utter dumbass only makes her more endearing to the people who don't already hate her. I hope it doesn't; I expect it does.
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post #61 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:42am
To be fair, her supporters likely don't know the term "Bush Doctrine," either. This could be just another "she's one of us" moment.

edit: yeah, what reggie said
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post #62 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:45am
Well it's easy. All the people who didn't know about the Bush doctrine will probably feel sorry for her, since they can relate to her uncomfortable situation. So I really hope the media will pick up on this and show people how embarrassing it is for a republican politician to not know about that.

If not a lot of people will go "aaw stupid Gibson, what the hell kind of question is that?"

edit: what all of you said.
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post #63 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:52am
And that's the stuff they ran with first. The rest is probably more damning* than what they're teasing us with.


*Or flattering, depending on how stupid you are.
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post #64 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:57am
Oh please let it stay exactly the same as this. I just want this moment to go on forever and ever and ever
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post #65 of 166
9/12/08 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
And that's the stuff they ran with first. The rest is probably more damning* than what they're teasing us with.


*Or flattering, depending on how stupid you are.
Now, here's what I'm not getting. Why is this thing strung out over multiple days? Granted, I haven't been paying very close attention to the whole interview lead-up, but I can't grasp exactly why it's not just aired straight out. Is there some kind of reason I'm just not seeing?
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post #66 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:00am
Ratings. O'Reilly did the same thing with the Obama interview.
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post #67 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:01am
Went to redstate.com to see what they thought. Here's the bullet points.....

1. Not too shabby.

2. The Bush Doctrine question was a "gotcha" question. Her "which part of it" was clarification on what the Red Staters called a broad policy.

3. Gibson was pompous and condescending.

4. Most gave the interview a B+

Looks like they're in a state of denial over there.
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post #68 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:02am
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Originally Posted by Bitches Leave View Post
Well it's easy. All the people who didn't know about the Bush doctrine will probably feel sorry for her, since they can relate to her uncomfortable situation.
You may be on to something. Just did a google search and it says that over 800,000 search inquiries have been made for "Bush Doctrine".
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post #69 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by Drew S. View Post
I definetly get the feeling that the honeymoon is drawing to a close. The Bush Doctrine gaffe will get play.
Can anyone really call that a gaffe? That's a lack of knowledge about a very important historical direction the country took during the last decade. She didn't even answer well after he told her what it was.
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post #70 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:04am
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Originally Posted by C.Swicegood View Post
Ratings. O'Reilly did the same thing with the Obama interview.
Well. There it is.


Somehow, I pictured that they were trying to position thems...fuck it. I kind of figured it wasn't related to anything substantive. And I was right.
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post #71 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:15am
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Originally Posted by Ron Vogel View Post
Can anyone really call that a gaffe? That's a lack of knowledge about a very important historical direction the country took during the last decade. She didn't even answer well after he told her what it was.
You're right. It wasn't a gaffe, it was a display of total ignorance from a bumpkin.
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post #72 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:23am
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Originally Posted by dynamotv View Post
Went to redstate.com to see what they thought. Here's the bullet points.....
You have my admiration for going over there. You are a braver person than I.
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post #73 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by dynamotv View Post
2. The Bush Doctrine question was a "gotcha" question.
No, asking her about her position on letting Czechoslovakia join the EU in the next 4 years would be a "gotcha" question. And someone should ask it.

But asking about the Bush Doctrine is only a "gotcha" question because she's woefully unprepared for this job.

Palin getting a B+ from RedState is honestly quite low.
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post #74 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:25am
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Originally Posted by Ron Vogel View Post
Can anyone really call that a gaffe? That's a lack of knowledge about a very important historical direction the country took during the last decade. She didn't even answer well after he told her what it was.
The whole interview is a gaffe. Using Steve Doocy's talking point about Alaska and Russia being neighbors was a major gaffe too. They are really rolling with that aren't they?
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post #75 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:25am
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Originally Posted by soylentgreen View Post
But does anyone else get the feeling - a feeling I get repeatedly - that there's a line, one that in crossing would reveal in the most obvious ways that these people are the worst possible choice for the country. And that every time one of them appears to be flying right over that fucker...the line seems to magically move further, as if to allow them even more leeway?
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Originally Posted by Drew S. View Post
Sure, but it's their supporters that allow the line to move. They just don't give a fuck. It's amazing, really.
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Originally Posted by dynamotv View Post
Went to redstate.com to see what they thought. Here's the bullet points.....

1. Not too shabby.

2. The Bush Doctrine question was a "gotcha" question. Her "which part of it" was clarification on what the Red Staters called a broad policy.

3. Gibson was pompous and condescending.

4. Most gave the interview a B+

Looks like they're in a state of denial over there.


There it friggin goes!

These pukes must use Eco-Temp.
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post #76 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:27am
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Originally Posted by myk View Post
You have my admiration for going over there. You are a braver person than I.
I reached across party lines and I have the scars to prove it.
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post #77 of 166
9/12/08 at 1:28am
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Originally Posted by dynamotv View Post
I reached across party lines and I have the scars to prove it.
Maverick.
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post #78 of 166
9/12/08 at 2:31am
I'm really enjoying Obama's interviews with O'Reilly. O'Reilly is being his usual asshole self, and Obama just gives him smart, reasoned answers every time, thinking on his feet, and explaning in depth why he thinks O'Reilly is wrong. I really really really wish we could see McCain or Palin go up against Olberman in a similar fashion. It would be such a contrast, and such a slaughter. Christ.

Case in point, contrast Obama's arguments with O'Reilly over Iran and military force, with Palin's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYPhQRovPU
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post #79 of 166
9/12/08 at 2:55am
Just watched the ABC video.

Holy. Shit.

I never thought I'd say this but between a hypothetical third Bush term and a hypothetical Palin presidency, I...shit...I'd have to go for another round with W. She's absolutely vapid and ill-prepared to run even 25-cent lemonade stand, to say nothing of a Louisiana Bait Shop.
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post #80 of 166
9/12/08 at 2:55am
Wow. Gibson came off like a jackass, but my god did he actually get a little tough with her. Good for him. He could have put the screws to her a little more, but he still surprised me.

Pailin's answers, however, did not.
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post #81 of 166
9/12/08 at 3:05am
BEARS REPEATING:



ALSO NEW SHIT:

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post #82 of 166
9/12/08 at 3:13am
Just to have it here in one post for anyone wanting to contrast, here's Obama and O'Reilly, and then the Palin interview, all in youtube links. Contrast the outcomes of Obama interviewing with a deck stacked against him, with Palin interviewing in a neutral, and much less in depth setting. I'm sending this to a lot of my conservative family members, and letting it speak for itself. There's really no way you can argue which person is in the more hostile environment.



Palin's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALsjhDDdaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAlxUChYpj4

Obama's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYPhQRovPU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLfYQqxp884
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX0s2b8NEDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZA2WXgkWTM
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post #83 of 166
9/12/08 at 3:15am
Thanks for this, Ron, going to check out all of 'em right now.
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post #84 of 166
9/12/08 at 3:19am
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Originally Posted by Litmus Configuration View Post
Just watched the ABC video.

Holy. Shit.

I never thought I'd say this but between a hypothetical third Bush term and a hypothetical Palin presidency, I...shit...I'd have to go for another round with W.
I was honestly saying the same thing to myself earlier.
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post #85 of 166
9/12/08 at 5:09am
whew, thank god she's even more unqualified and unprepared than I imagined. If McCain's camp was acting desperate already, just wait. This is going to be an epic train wreck.
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post #86 of 166
9/12/08 at 5:21am
Wow, I had just read transcripts of this BS, thank you for the YouTubes. There's an awful lot of gibberish, but you really have to see the video to appreciate the atrocious delivery of the gibberish. This couldn't have happened on a more appropriate day.
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post #87 of 166
9/12/08 at 6:38am
Please, all you American voters. Don't let the Republicans win again.

If anything, vote for Obama just to spite dudes in the KKK.
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post #88 of 166
9/12/08 at 8:08am
From the Palin interview, emphasis Mudflats:
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GIBSON: What if Israel decided it felt threatened and needed to take out the Iranian nuclear facilities?

PALIN: Well, first, we are friends with Israel and I don’t think that we should second guess the measures that Israel has to take to defend themselves and for their security.

GIBSON: So if we wouldn’t second guess it and they decided they needed to do it because Iran was an existential threat, we would cooperative or agree with that.

PALIN: I don’t think we can second guess what Israel has to do to secure its nation.

GIBSON: So if it felt necessary, if it felt the need to defend itself by taking out Iranian nuclear facilities, that would be all right.

PALIN: We cannot second guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend itself.
I think we can guess what was written on one of her flashcards.
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post #89 of 166
9/12/08 at 8:52am
For a moment there I thought no matter who wins the next election, it will be a massive improvement over the current administration. But now you've got the oldest candidate ever running and a person who makes George W look smart as his vice president. Wonder where this is going...
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post #90 of 166
9/12/08 at 9:40am
Thanks but no thanks.
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post #91 of 166
9/12/08 at 9:50am
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Originally Posted by Eileen View Post
You may be on to something. Just did a google search and it says that over 800,000 search inquiries have been made for "Bush Doctrine".
This disturbs me quite a bit.

Nearly a million people don´t have a clue about the most important single piece of Bush´s ideology that has been made public? So I guess it is really enough to go noun.verb.9/11 to justify a war for those crowds. Horray for follow, consume, sleep don´t think.

On the other hand people at least show some curiosity.

And judging from that interview there are apparently 800.001 people knowing jackshit about the basics of politics their country has been running on in the last 8 years. In Bizarro world I would love the see that Palin/McCain ticket become elected and fuck up the planet for good. She just radiates stupidity and cluelessness in that video. Apparently she can´t even bring the easiest talking points home. I am all for giving her the football. But you guys have dissected her speech enough already.
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post #92 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by Jan View Post
She just radiates stupidity and cluelessness in that video.
And as a result, the masses will flock to her like flies to shit.
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post #93 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:08am
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Originally Posted by Phil Connors View Post
And as a result, the masses will flock to her like flies to shit.
If these two get elected your country deserves all the mockery on earth. Unless we don´t have time for that because of recession and wars.

But seriously I´ll have to give up then.
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post #94 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:17am
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Originally Posted by alobek View Post
From the Palin interview, emphasis Mudflats: I think we can guess what was written on one of her flashcards.
I practically broke out laughing while cringing at the same time when she said that. That interview was brutal if your the thinking type. To someone like my Mother though she came off great and everything will be OK under Palin.
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post #95 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:35am
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Originally Posted by Phil Connors View Post
And as a result, the masses will flock to her like flies to shit.
Those people only care for the fact that they think she's VILF; they couldn't care less about just how stupid she really is.
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post #96 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:40am
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Originally Posted by KidNtheHelmet View Post
I practically broke out laughing while cringing at the same time when she said that. That interview was brutal if your the thinking type. To someone like my Mother though she came off great and everything will be OK under Palin.
My coworker is a native georgian republican who votes, but doesn't follow politics much, and even she was appalled by the interview. "I like her, but you should know your shit if you're running for this."
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post #97 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:43am
Whoever edited this video for ABC did a fucking shit job.
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post #98 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:50am
It's funny, when I hear Obama in these interviews, I feel completely unqualified to run for any political position. When I hear Palin in this, I feel qualified to run for president.
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post #99 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:50am
Z-Man's right about that you could feel the jump cuts during the interview. I missed the Obama/O'Reilly interview the first time around. I thought that was fascinating. Obama held his own well in a much more hostile environment. I don't know how fair of an argument that if though because he's been doing this a lot longer than her and is going off the cuff as opposed to spitting rhetoric given to him by others.

I also have to give O'Reilly a lot of credit there he was a lot more fair to Obama than I thought he would be.
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post #100 of 166
9/12/08 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by Jan View Post
If these two get elected your country deserves all the mockery on earth. Unless we don´t have time for that because of recession and wars.

But seriously I´ll have to give up then.
I'm not American Jan, but I agree. As I've said many, many times on these forums - America is at a crossroads and there will be serious repurcussions for the globe if its voters make the wrong choice. But any country that can elect a moron like Bush twice....well, enough said. Hope can be a dangerous thing, a wise man called Red once said.
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