Sarah Palin didn’t bomb her interview, but neither did she pass with flying colors. Still, Charlie Gibson threw her some reasonable and tough questions for her to answer:
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]
Possibly Palin would have done better had Gibson used the kinds of questions he tossed at Obama:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech?
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For the record, it was right for Palin to get grilled thus. Media unintentionally helps the right because it forces conservatives to work harder and lets liberals get lazy. Conservatives usually don’t get away with garbage like this:
“Just ask the machinists in Pennsylvania who build Harley-Davidsons,” Obama said of McCain’s record. “Because John McCain didn’t just oppose the requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles, he called Buy American provisions ‘disgraceful.’ Just ask the workers across this country who have seen their jobs outsourced. The very companies that shipped their jobs overseas have been rewarded with billions of dollars in tax breaks that John McCain supports and plans to continue.
“So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting ‘Country First,’” Obama said, “it’s fair to ask — which country?”
From the same article, Jake Tapper asks,
Um … isn’t that pretty much the dictionary definition of questioning someone’s patriotism?
It is, but Obama will probably get away with it. The Charlie Gibsons of the world will let it slide.
Posted by Hubbard in Audacity of Hype, Journalism