SARAH PALIN WAS ON CHARLIE GIBSON — I was busy with PJTV, but Hot Air has coverage. Gibson apparently made the mistake of relying on the AP, always risky . . . .
ANOTHER UPDATE: Still more. Also here.
Plus, much more from Tom Maguire. “I’ll score one for Palin’s briefers and smite the ABC News prep team. Geez, maybe Palin is ready to be Vice President and maybe she’s not, but is ABC qualified to interview Vice Presidents?” Plus, looking back on Lincoln and God: “John Edwards actually nailed the Lincoln connection. So there you go – on this topic anyway, Sarah Palin is at least as prepared for the Vice-Presidency as John Edwards.” Not sure you’re helping her there, Tom, but point taken.
MORE: POLITICO: Final score: McCain wins the day. “Sarah Palin confronted a major obstacle in her interview with Charlie Gibson – her first one-on-one as a vice presidential candidate – and appears to have held her own.”
STILL MORE: TalkLeft: “Indeed, her eventual answer to the question is extremely sensible (unlike Bush and McCain’s actual policies) and smart politics. She did not accept the premise of Gibson’s question and then gave a sensible answer to the question.” Also, a suggestion that fellow lefty blogs aren’t helping the side by engaging in over-the-top responses, a piece of excellent advice that is sure to be ignored.
Plus, McCain’s blog guy, Patrick Hynes, comments on the press coverage. “Later, many conservative blogs called out Charlie Gibson for demanding Gov. Palin answer for something she did not say regarding the War in Iraq being a task from God. However, I was struck by the number of journalists who, despite the Googles at their fingertips, framed her remark as a change in her position, even though it was Gibson who had his facts wrong.” They’re really running with this rapid-response thing. They’ll probably have a YouTube response by the time I get up tomorrow.
Plus, more bad reviews for Gibson. I guess he was underprepared.
And Jim Treacher offers a sneak peek at Part 2.
FINALLY: Reminding Josh Marshall of Obama’s position. “Hmm, speaking of policies learned in the past week – in March of this year Obama supported NATO membership for Georgia and the Ukraine. And did he back down during the scuffling in Georgia this August? He did not . . . Too funny. I think we can count on Dr.M to simply move on (what, you expect a correction or clarification?) but the real fun will be in seeing how many other Attack Drones follow his lead. . . . Time does not permit me to wallow in Marshall’s embarrassment or to see how many sheep have followed him out to pasture. But do enjoy the barrel-fishing.” Marshall has really embarrassed himself these past two weeks. But there’s safety in numbers there since, as noted at TalkLeft, he’s not alone.
And if it’s Obama’s position, it must be progressive!
Also, did ABC edit out its mistakes for the West Coast?
Taylor Marsh: “But what she’s saying is that honoring our responsibility as a NATO ally we would be obliged to come to the aid of any country under serious threat, as would others in NATO. Can anyone prove she’s wrong? … .. I didn’t think so. Right, we don’t have the troops, which Putin knows all too well. However, that’s not the issue in this interview. Sounds to me like we’re at the water’s edge on this one. Review? Lowered expectations going in. Quick study. Holds her own. Point to Palin. Deadly outcome for Democrats. Palin just might be the gift that keeps on giving… to the Republicans.”
And reader C.J. Burch writes: “When talk left is giving a Republican candidate a fair run on the Bush doctrine that’s news. Maybe we should all spend less time lsitening to reporters and more time listening to people, hunh?”
Mike Rappaport: “Bad form and bad journalism on Gibson’s part. When Gibson asked the question, I wasn’t sure exactly what the Bush Doctrine was. There were a couple of different notions associated with it and I wasn’t sure there was a single one that was the Bush Doctrine. I assumed that I was just ignorant, and that Gibson was trying to trip up Palin. . . . Of course, there are boobs out there who don’t realize the tricks that are being played.”