Thursday, September 11, 2008
Not that impressive (Palin's interview).
10 minutes into Sarah Palin first major interview, I think she is comming off a little weak. Without a doubt, she wasn't spending much time as Governor thinking about the implications of Ukraine joining NATO. BUT, she has been peppered with foreign policy questions like no other candidate interview I have seen and has had answers for all of them.
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Dude--you bumped my baby for a(another) Palin post?!?
Palin is "cute" and all, but she isn't "Seth cute."
Both seek a throne, though!
I thought there was a strange moment when Sarah was asked "What do you think of the 'Bush Doctrine?' I thought "Huh, the Bush Doctrine? Like, how G.W.B does everything? Or is it some official declaration or policy?"
It was obvious Sarah didn't know what the "Bush Doctrine" was either. The interviewer acted like the phrase "Bush Doctrine" was an official act or policy. I figured it was. But it's not.
Wikipedia explains that the "Bush Doctrine" is simply a term used to describe any number of Bush policies. It initially described the reaction to terrorists and 9/11 and has grown to describe more and more.
What Wikipedia doesn't tell you is the term is used mostly by anti-Bush people, and usually as a pejorative. It's meaning is amorphous at best and entirely elusive at worst.
So, for anyone, like me, who thought Sarah had missed the memo on some official act or veto or executive order or declaration or manifesto. . . she didn't. She missed the memo on journalists using catch-phrases like they were one of the aforementioned official statements.
Like me Charlie Gibson doesn't know what "Bush Doctrine" means
Charlie Gibson was the interviewer who asked Sarah what she thought of the Bush Doctrine. Her response-"In what respect, Charlie?"- now appears to be quite appropriate as the term "Bush Doctrine" doesn't have any fixed meaning. And the explanation Charlie Gibson gave her was simply wrong.
"In doing so, he captured perfectly the establishment snobbery and intellectual condescension that has characterized the chattering classes' reaction to the mother of five who presumes to play on their stage."
Man, I wish I could write like that!!
(Heck, I wish I could even just think as clearly as that.)
That one sentence sums up how I have felt about politics for a long time, but didn't know how to say it.
"intellectual condescension"
yeah . . .
There were a few times when I thought Sarah sounded like she was answering a Miss America question. Then I reflected on Obama's book and realized his ramblings would also win you a Miss America crown.
Aight, I know I am going berzerk here, but this article covers too much to not include. And I dislike Glen Beck but think his columns are usually really good. Can't stand watching the guy, though. . . ehhggg.
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