[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Whoever wins, the ugly old cultural and political divisions in America remain -- and they are deeper than ever."

Sadly, a truer line was never written.

[GunnyB]

Tactically, she made the mistake of trying to be friendly and informal with Gibson, who assumed a superior, professorial and critical stance toward her. She would have been far better going on the attack to rattle him.

My initial impression was that Gibson was on the attack - trying to force a gaffe for his comrades. In this, he FAILED. Sarah seemed on edge, but she handled herself very well. I think that any fair-minded person, when contrasting the fawning coverage that obammy has gotten, will see how non-friendly and disrespectful Gibson was during this "interview" (interrogation would be a better fit...).

[Chaguito]

"Whoever wins, the ugly old cultural and political divisions in America remain -- and they are deeper than ever."

"Their scepticism about values is on the surface: it is for use on other people's values; about the values current in their own set they are not nearly sceptical enough. And this phenomenon is very usual. A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional or (as they would say) 'sentimental' values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process. They claim to be cutting away the parasitic growth of emotion, religious sanction, and inherited taboos, in order that 'real' or 'basic' values may emerge. I will now try to find out what happens if this is seriously attempted". (CS Lewis, "The Abolition of Man", c. 1943)