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?
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.
She must have just been nervous mental block, like having trouble recalling the name of someone you know very well. How could you be on the ticket and not know what the Bush Doctrine is?