Sound not synchronized on Palin Gibson interview?

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Is it just my local cable tv company, or is the ABC sound not synchronized with the lip movements?

If this is national, it's really unforgivable.

[BigBobber]

I haven't seen the interview though, so I'm only responding to what I'm seeing here on this thread.

Wow, do you review movies you haven't seen, too?

[austinaero]

I don’t know if the Bush Doctrine thing will hurt her. Isn’t she being accused of being another “bushie”? So, if she had a pat answer to the Bush Doctrine thing, she would have been accused of being lockstep in with it. Since she isn’t ready with a scripted answer it should be ok. She should just be herself. She seems like a great person. Is she doing any “uhhmmmms,,,or uhhhhs,,,” or qualifying her answers in multiple layers of spin?

[tirednvirginia]

Right! What is everyone so upset about? Her answers were fine. She did seem a little nervous but who wouldn’t?

[bedowin]

Yes, by making Charlie define it “in his view” she was able to restate her view and let the people decide how they feel about it.

She thinks we should attack if intelligence shows us in imminent danger. I agree.

[rtsimon]

I think Charlie interviewed in a gotcha style. The whole way through. And I think he got her a little worked up towards the end of Part 1. Part 2 of the interview was much better but he really wanted her to slip and say that we were in a Holy War.

[waus]

If there’s anybody that knows something about body language, what is the meaning of Gibson’s non-stop ankle rolling?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

The setting was ok,,, I wouldn't have agreed to the chair sitting that close together..... maybe to larger chairs that they had in the back around sitting farther apart...
And Sarah ? please ? don't say Charley so much it looks to couched...
I better interview would have had her going fishing with Sarah in her element.
This interview looked more like a interrogation from Charles than anything else.

[Cboldt]

-- What he did do is come across to millions of us females in a condesending way ... --

Gibson came off as condescending to males too ;-) You make another good point, that there is more to an interview than just the raw Q&A. I agree with your ultimate conclusion, she did fine. This starts to put the "hides from the press" canard to rest, and moves the debate onto issues, qualifications, and character.

[bushfamfan]

I’m hoping the McCain camp was smart enough to have their own cameras there for the interview and provide it in its ENTIRETY on their campaign website to let us judge without edits. They need to remember to do that at every appearance with the media ghouls.

[Maceman]

Wait till you see the interview. Otherwise you should not even comment on what she did or didn’t go.

I wasn't commenting on what she did or didn't do. I was answering the question "what do you expect her to do?"

Obviously, I hope she did well. But if she didn't, no point complaining about the evil ABC and the mean editing, as some Freepers seem to be doing. That's like playing football and then complaining because you got tackled. A hostile press is the name of the game, and she needs to be able to handle it.

Again, I have no opinion on whether or not she did handle it well. But I do have an opinion on what I expect from her in these kinds of one-on-one press interactions.

[hunter112]

I thought so, too. I was afraid she'd quote Obama when she was answering about going into Pakistan, but she didn't take that easy out. She appeared focused, properly intense, and putting the good of our country at the top of her consideration when answering.

Would it convince any liberals to start supporting her? Of course not. But I think it made her look strong to people who were just getting a look at her for the first time in an interview situation. She kept on message, even though Gibson tried to rattle her.

[Minus_The_Bear]

"No, she let him define it. She was damned smart not to say yes or no to something as vague as "the Bush Doctrine", which at this point in history would mean many different things to many different people."

Exactly. What are you supposed to do? Oppose the position of the sitting president of your own party? Even if Bush IS wrong about his methods of "spreading democracry" this just isn't done. And going into the minutiae of foreign policy by saying "well i agree with this but not that in a 20 minute interview is too wonkish. That's something Obama would do... having it both ways

[Prophet in the wilderness]

A better answer to that question should have been “ The situation defines the mission, and I have not gotten to that situation yet, kinda of like getting to the bridge before we cross it “

[RonnG]

I have never heard Bush call it the “Bush Doctrine” I am more iterested in what I thought I heard when Gibson asked her about Georgia. He said something like “ if Russia attacked Georgia, could that lead to war?” And her reply was “ Yes” Headlines tomorrow...Palin: War on Russia!! By the way, she did far better in her second segment when Gibson tried to get her ruffled on her religious beliefs. She was calm, cool and collected and cited Lincoln.

[SumProVita]

I agree as well that she ultimately did just fine. The atmosphere seemed a bit tense, but that’s to be expected. Let’s see how the continuation of the interview goes in Alaska.

[Texas Songwriter]

Gibson did ooze contempt. However there is one question which will come back and be used against you. That question is as follows. Do you believe in the Bush doctrine? She did not know what the Bush doctrine was. She tried, deftly, to get Gibson to tell her, but it was only after she attempted to give a generic answer, that Gibson told her what the Bush doctrine was. The left will be all over this, so everyone gird your loins. She appeared noticeably nervous, which is to be expected to a degree. But most crystal piece of information I got from watching her on ABC was that Gibson had an agenda to try to make her appear inept.

[rtsimon]

Have you ever met a foreign head of state? One of Charlie’s questions that I thought was almost gotcha. Her answer to this one was very good.

[roses of sharon]

“Clear-eyed, strong and steady, Palin comes out swinging in first interview. Gibson looked and sounded as though he was interviewing a baby sitter. Could Obama interview be next?”

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[Cboldt]

There was another camera angle of her face. She was very direct and honest in presentation. No blinking, pauses, glance-aways, fidgets, etc. I agree with whoever was critical of her “overuse” of the friendly “Charlie” personalization in her answers. FWIW, “Charlie” came off to me as adding an unserious note to serious answers. One or two uses would go unnoticed.

[cdga5for4]

I think she can’t be afraid to say that she doesn’t know everything. She should say, “Charlie, I am the Governor of Alaska. Up until less than 10 days ago I didn’t give the first thought to being vice president. I have always been someone who fully entrenches myself in the job that I am doing right now and that is to do everything I can to be an advocate for fellow Alaskans. I haven’t been running for vice president for the last year and a half. It’s been 10 days. While I may not know every foreign head of state, I am going to work with John McCain, and our great team of incredibly intelligent people, to help make the tough decisions that are in the best interest of this country.”