| All in it seems the Palin interview was a success, in that that main goal was to “do no harm”, and I don't thing she did any. Sure the red team would have loved for a home run like many felt her convention speech was, and this interview certainly was not. However, going into this I am sure the main focus was to make sure she did not strike out – and that she did not do.
The bits that I have seen, and read about don’t have any big-time gaffs. She did stubble a bit when asked about “the Bush doctrine”. I believe like most of the blue team folks seem to believe that she indeed did not know specifically what Gibson was specifically asking about – the US "authority" to carry out first strikes to defend the America. That being said I think she handled that situation rather well. She first asked Gibson to clarify, and when he failed to do that, she gave a basic overview type response. Once Gibson clarified the question and specifically asked about first strike, I think the Palin response was decent – that a first strike was acceptable if a strike against the US is “imminent”. That being said I think this was the biggest stumble of all the bits and bytes that I have seen so far.
The second biggest questionable response was related to her pointing out the geographic proximity of Alaska to Russia. I really hope the red team gets this type of response under control. Alaska’s proximity to Russia has fvck all to do with much of anything – except maybe the weather.
I don’t see any problems with her response to the US going to war with Russia - as it relates to a furture Russian attack on Georgia. The question was framed around Georgia being a part of NATO, and then if Russia attacked Georgia would the US go to war with Russia. Well that is kind of the whole point of NATO – if someone attacks a NATO ally that all the other allies would step-up to the plate.
Even her response to the “task” fof God was a decent response IMHO. I don't think she fully answered the question, she kind of reframed the picture. But really with the general religious nature of the US populous I think this one is a non-issue for most anyway.
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