{"id":343,"date":"2008-09-12T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=343"},"modified":"2008-12-24T22:13:33","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T03:13:33","slug":"gibson-versus-palin-round-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/12\/gibson-versus-palin-round-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Gibson Versus Palin &#8211; Round One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overall I thought Governor Palin more than held her own. The only really cringe worth moments were her answers to Gibson&#8217;s questions on the so called Bush Doctrine and Pakistan. She clearly didn&#8217;t know what Gibson meant by the Bush Doctrine and couldn&#8217;t answer the Pakistan question with anything more than platitudes about Islamic terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>That said I&#8217;m not sure many governors could have handled those questions any better&#8230; They&#8217;re not issues governors think about very often. Their focus is largely on domestic policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>One final comment&#8230; I was disappointed in the way Gibson handled himself, he was patronizing and even contemptuous at times. I expected much better from him.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Malkin and Allahpundit <a title=\"Read &quot; ABC News blows it&quot; at michellemalkin.com.\" href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2008\/09\/11\/abc-news-blows-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">have<\/a> more <a title=\"Read &quot;Palin on ABC&quot; at hotair.com.\" href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/09\/11\/open-thread-palin-on-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, here and <a title=\"Read &quot;Palin on the Bush Doctrine, 9\/11, and Pakistan&quot; at hotair.com.\" href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/09\/11\/video-palin-on-the-bush-doctrine-911-and-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Kristen Powers has a great peice in the <a title=\"Read &quot;ABC's Bungles&quot; at nypost.com.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/09122008\/postopinion\/opedcolumnists\/abcs_bungles_128726.htm?page=0\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post<\/a>. In it she she does an excellent job of pointing out some of Charlie Gibson\u2019s lies, distortions and falsehoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall I thought Governor Palin more than held her own. The only really cringe worth moments were her answers to Gibson&#8217;s questions on the so called Bush Doctrine and Pakistan. She clearly didn&#8217;t know what Gibson meant by the Bush Doctrine and couldn&#8217;t answer the Pakistan question with anything more than platitudes about Islamic terrorism. 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I was disappointed in her answers on the economy though. Frankly I think she blew it. She didn't do anything to differentiate the McCain campaign from Bush administration.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Media&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Media","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/media\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":315,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/07\/abcs-charles-gibson-lands-first-palin-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":343,"position":1},"title":"ABC&#8217;s Charles Gibson Lands First Palin Interview&#8230;","author":"Jeff","date":"September 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Associated Press is reporting that Sarah Palin will sit down with ABC's Charles Gibson for a one on one interview later this week. Palin will sit down for multiple interviews over two days in Alaska, probably on Thursday and Friday. 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