Charlie Gibson: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?
Palin: (5 seconds uncomfortable silence) In what respect Charlie?
Gibson: (baffled at her ignorance) Wha? I mean, what do you interpret it to be?
Palin: His worldview?
Gibson: No, the Bush Doctrine, enunciated September 2002
Palin: (Sputtering about eliminating Islamic terrorists for a bit)
Gibson: Um, the Bush Doctrine, as I understand it, is the right to anticipatory self-defense.
(Currently working on getting an embedded youtube clip of this, for the moment it's available at TPM)
1 comment:
The fact that Palin apparently hasn't been tutored at all by the McCain campaign is astonishing. It's like she, and McCain, see her as some first lady stand-in instead of second in line to the presidency - someone who just has to throw out the right phrases and be "charming" to bolster the candidate. How very progressive!
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