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Following Couric interview [video], Republicans come out against Palin.
by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Sep 27, 2008
Here’s an article in which Republicans are beginning to lose confidence in Palin. Though they still like her personally, they’re beginning to fear that, politically, she’s just plain out of her depth.
Here’s an excerpt from The New York Times article re the Couric interview with Palin:
“Her first interview, with the ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, was too hard. The second, with Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel, was too soft. The third, however, did not turn out to be just right for Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
On the “CBS Evening News” on Thursday, Katie Couric asked Ms. Palin, Senator John McCain’s running mate, what she meant when she cited Alaska’s proximity to Russia as foreign affairs experience. Ms. Palin could have anticipated the question — the topic of their interview, pegged to her visit to the United Nations, was foreign affairs. Yet Ms. Palin’s answer was surprisingly wobbly…” Read the rest of the article.
And here’s the video:
Complete interview:
The Morning Show after:
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the stern look on katies’ face is classic!
this is excruciating… palin can barely form a clear sentence!
I am kind of looking forward to this interview, I have been saving it.
Here is an article I found http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiMDhjYTU1NmI5Y2MwZjg2MWNiMWMyYTUxZDkwNTE=#more
I just watched it. twice. Unbelievable.
I’ve been hoping and waiting for a respected, informed woman to take Palin out. Couric did her job—to ask tough, yet obvious, questions of the candidates that potentially will be running the country—very well.
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Palin is an idiot. This needs to be shown on TV around the clock to insure that McCain does not get elected. We can not afford this clown to possibily be in a position to run this country.
This was better than morning coffee.
And if that woman thinks she is a figure of women’s rights and tolerance… Does she really think she’s a figure of women’s rights and tolerance? Holy Moses.
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