Filed under: Foreign Policy, Interview/Debate, Palin, Palin No Experience
I finally saw her interview with Charles Gibson. I am flabbergasted that anyone could have watched that interview and still have positive views of Palin. What is it that I am not seeing? Besides her position which is overly aggressive and hawkish, she did a TERRIBLE job on the interview. This is a woman who can’t think on her feet— she just kept repeated the talking points in the same way over and over again when Gibson was trying to get a more specific answer (ex. she said “we cannot second guess” Israel at least three times when it was clear that Gibson was not happy with the answer). Yeah, i realize you got to stick to your points, but you have to be able to sound responsive too.
Plus, (and this is what really baffles me about everyone talking about how good she is about speaking), she was clearly uncomfortable and tense. I would like to see her on the Dailey Show, because that would be a great interview.
Frankly, I could have looked as (un)knowledgeable about foreign affairs as she did. I think Gibson was appropriately aggressive, though. Good for him (I especially liked his response “National Security is a whole lot more than energy.” Alright!!!). The only thing I wish he would have done was pushed her more on her statement that the attack on Georgia was absolutely unprovoked. Because that was stupid. And again, shows she is slow on her feet. Russia wasn’t just sitting around one day and said, hey, lets attack Georgia. Thats fucking Ridiculous.
