[Savage Beast]

I watched this interview.

Sarah Palin came across as smart, courageous, sophisticated, competent, puissant, prepared, and savvy.

I did not know who Charlie Gibson was. I have not watched network television for many, many years. I have seen this man, and I have heard of Charlie Gibson, but I did not connect the two. (To tell the truth, I thought Charlie Gibson was someone else.) I had no opinion of him. He seemed nice enough. And I was completely open-minded before the interview started, actually expecting the best.

I realized, shortly after the interview began, that he was coming across as a Democrat Party partisan hack and a very ugly, nasty one. THEN--it dawned on me that he works for ABC--network news--and I was angry with myself for not anticipating this.

Sarah Palin stood her ground. She did not allow this man to bully her--though it appeared that he was trying to do so.

Sarah Palin handled herself beautifully.

Charlie Gibson did not.

[AndrewB]

She is not a pissant!! You take that back!

[skimbell]

I agree. She way out performed "Chuck". He really was being a prick in the way he acted as though he was doing the interview because he had to. When he started asking her specifics, i.e his thinking that he had a "gotcha" moment in the questions about the Bush Doctrine, I thought that she'd had enough and was going to reach over and throttle the arrogant assh%*@!

She didn't even though I'm certain that she could have. Good on her!

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

“..Sarah Palin came across as smart, courageous, sophisticated, competent, puissant, prepared, and savvy...”

I second that....

She really did do very well....

Gibson came across as “stuffy” and “snobby” - very “English”

She came across very forcefully - This is what average people like myself will remember from this.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“puissant”

You’d make WFB proud.