The RNC needs to learn how to answer these continual attack talking points of the left.
When Gibson was hammering her about what does energy independence have to do with national security, Palin needed to say:
“CONGRESSES INACTION AND DELIBERATE CLOSING DOWN OF THE U.S. DEVELOPING ITS OWN RESOURCES HAS ALLOWED AMERICA’S ENEMIES TO BLACKMAIL US. AND YES CHARLIE, THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH NATIONAL SECURITY!”
And after the badgering regarding crossing over the border in Pakistan to deal with terrorists, Sarah needed to personalize it (that’s the only way a liberal ever gets it):
“Charlie, if someone who attacked you and then promised to kill you, your wife, and children, moved into your neighbors garage, you have some choices. You can go over to your neighbor and ask them to evict the lowlifes in their garage, but if your neighbor refuses, you go over there and deal with it yourself WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR’S PERMISSION! Of course, Charlie, there is the option of doing nothing and standing by while the thugs kill the people you love, but that’s not what John McCain and I are all about.”
Palin did give a good answer to that question, but it was over Gibsons head. Her answer was that energy was the foundation of national security...and it is!! Wars are fought over who controls oil...energy. That's why Russia invaded Georgia, to gain a measure of control over a major pipeline. If the middle east were nothing but a big sandpile then nobody would care what was going on there.