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.
Fom the 11:00 News reporting on Palin’s first interview on foreign policy (paraphrased below):
“Republicans have argued Palin has foreign policy experience because Alaska is near Russia.”
I live next to NYU hospital – does that mean I have experience in medicine? Who would like to be my first patient?
“Palin has traveled to only four countries including Mexico and Canada, but she was very hawkish in the interview which is making conservatives happy.”
Let me get this straight, Palin has not traveled to almost every single country in the world, but shes’ ready – without blinking – to blow them all up. Awesome. That’s the way to make decisions – be completely uninformed, have no first hand experience, and be ready at the drop of a pin to annihilate what you do not know.
That’s a sure-fire way to strengthen our alliances abroad, build respect among our allies and enemies, and make America more secure – by demonstrating to the world that America doesn’t care who we blow up or why, just as long as we do it without without any hesitation.
Palin said in the interview that you “must not blink” when you’re in charge of the country. Since when did no hesitation become a more desirable characteristic in a leader than thoughtful deliberation? Personally, I prefer a leader who will make informed decisions after weighing the consequences of his/her actions. This isn’t Halo. When you pull the trigger, people die. But, maybe that’s the genius of Ms. Palin’s world view – it’s always easier to kill what you do not know or understand.
Palin is now officially the last person in the world that I want anywhere near the power to launch a nuclear missile.
