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)
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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