I agree. Actual reporting. I’m shocked.
So...Palin’s performance. Sigh. I have high hopes for her, I really do. And I’m one of those “very excited Republican base” people. But to be honest, I was very underwhelmed by her performance. Yes, ABC hacked it up in editing to make her look bad, in some spots, and I’m quite certain to change her meaning in at least one instance (”...they have no choice but to become suicide bombers...”).
None of that changes the fact that it was pretty clear to me that she hasn’t put a lot of thought into national or international affairs. And her “don’t blink” attitude will come off as scary when combined with her lack of thoughtfulness, there. I would have much preferred that she’d answered with more humility and thoughtfulness. “Well, Charlie, I wouldn’t say I had self doubt, but I certainly did have many questions for Senator McCain. And I also needed to spend some time in introspection, soul searching, and prayer. And after I went through that process, this is what I discovered...”
Anyway, I give it a C for her first performance. Still plenty of time left in the term.
Remember, she is running for VICE-President. She doesn’t have to know everything about everything on January 20. I guarantee you she knows more now than O-boy will know in ten years.
If she had not come off as direct (”don’t blink”), the drive-bys would’ve immediately jumped on that as her being “indecisive” so it was a no-win situation, and that was what Charles was hoping to achieve.
After her two wonderful speeches, expectations were so high I’m not sure Jesus Himself could’ve lived up to them. She handled him directly, he didn’t trap her as he tried on numerous occasions to do and she called him on it, and she was not intimidated by him.
Don’t lose your enthusiasm because of one interview. She’s come for “such a time as this”, and the public and the base already KNOW that. :)
Sarah Palin did extremely well on her first interview, considering the confrontational pounding that Charles Gibson gave her. What I heard on the news, today was that as the media and Obama keep concentrating their attacks on Palin, they are deminishing Obama, rather than the other way around.
It was the plan of the Obama campaign to go after McCain on the issue of age, by attacking his VP candidate. They had their ads and talking pts already to go for Mitt Romney and Pawlenty. McCain threw them a curve, and they have failed to adjust their swing. They just keep striking out.
As Karl Rove pointed out in the WSJ, yesterday, Obama can’t win by running against Palin. It makes him look like he’s not even qualified to be VP.