Palin right on Bush Doctrine, ABC NEWS doesn't even know what it means

Weekly Standard ^ | 9-12-08 | Richard Starr

[jeltz25]

Great post on how many different explanations of the Bush Doctrine there have been over the years

Even ABC's own people have said it means at least 5 different things. Even Gibson himslef said it means something else than he now says it means.

Here's Gibson in Sept, 2001:

September 21, 2001 CHARLIE GIBSON: The president in his speech last night, very forceful. Four out of five Americans watched it. Everybody gathered around the television set last night. The president issued a series of demands to the Taliban, already rejected. We'll get to that in a moment. He also outlined what is being called the Bush Doctrine, a promise that all terrorists organizations with global reach will be found, stopped and defeated.

September 21, 2001 CHARLIE GIBSON: Senator Daschle, let me start with you. People were looking for a Bush Doctrine. They may have found it when he said the war on terror will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped or defeated. That's pretty broad. Broader than you expected?

But Gibson last night says it was ennunciated in Sept 2002 and means we have the right to anticpatory self defense.

Hmm. In 2001, a yr before it was "ennunciated in Sept, 2002" Gibson was saying it means that "all terrorists organizations with global reach will be found, stopped and defeated"

Why does that sound familiar?

last night:

PALIN: I believe that what President Bush has attempted to do is rid this world of Islamic extremism, terrorists who are hell bent on destroying our nation

compare Gibson's description of the Bush Doctrine in 2001 to Palin's last night

"all terrorists organizations with global reach will be found, stopped and defeated"

vs

"rid this world of Islamic extremism, terrorists who are hell bent on destroying our nation"

It's virtually the same thing

Gibson even broadened it by saying all terrorists not just Islamic ones.

So, Palin was right, Gibson was wrong and he's diagreeing with what he himself said. What a joke.

Also, the post shows how just about everyone one ABC news had their own explanation of what the Bush Doctrine is. Jennings, Gibson, George Will, Bob Woodward, Stephanopoplous. They all disagreed on what it meant.

Hopefully the McCain camp gets this out there if the media of left tries any pushback.

[highlander_UW]

It wasn't so much an interview as an attempt at an ambush...but a ham handed one.

[ConservativeMind]

So basically, idiot Gibson was saying, “Do you agree with what is in my head as I am thinking right now?” without telling her what is going on in his head.

What a stupid man!

[JLS]

Very nice.

[rogue yam]

There are three parts to this story. The first part is that Gibson was partisan, nasty, and factually incorrect in his questioning. The second part is that Sarah Palin was unflappable and factually correct in her response. The third and most important part is that ABC fraudulently edited the interview prior to broadcast in order to cover up Gibson's failures and to blunt Gov. Palin's success.

[Caipirabob]

GIBSON: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine? PALIN: In what respect, Charlie?

GIBSON: What?!? I don't know that!!!

ZOT!!!!

Love ya, Sarah....

[Eastbound]

Yeah, that was obvious. Glad to see others picking up on his juvenile attempt to puff himself up.

[FlyVet]

So, Palin was right, Gibson was wrong and he's diagreeing with what he himself said. What a joke.

Yeah it's a joke.

And as I've said on my raging angry rants today, Republicans and Conservatives need to get off their whining that they should be treated "fairly"

Gee Dee it, get over it. You're NOT going to be treated "fairly" by the Mediots.

Bring your Truth to the table, locked and loaded.

Tell the G*d-Dam*ed TRUTH, stop being pussies, say the truth, then explain why what you said is the TRUTH.

Try that some time, dumba$$es. It might work. DUH.

[AmericaUnited]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!

[mrsmel]

You’re exactly right, if we don’t know by now that Republicans/conservatives will never get a fair shake from the media, we’ll never learn it. We have to operate from that premise, and be overly-prepared when it comes to the ‘interviews” which are always nothing more than “gotcha’s” lying in wait.

[FlyVet]

I think Palin got it right tonight. There was no crying, she just DID!

Let the Obama campaign act like a bunch of pussies. Let them.

There is no crying in baseball.

[Canedawg]

Bush doctrine bookmark.

Good job.

Go Sarah!

[endthematrix]

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nssall.html

III. Strengthen Alliances to Defeat Global Terrorism and Work to Prevent Attacks Against Us and Our Friends

“...defending the United States, the American people, and our interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders.While the United States will constantly strive to enlist the support of the international community, we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country”

Palin could have chosen, with the question asked, to parrot current US policy or a differing opinion.

[ari-freedom]

Sarah Palin should not be treated like a piece of fancy china that is only brought out once a year.

[mrsmel]

I have no worries. It’s obvious that she’s the kind of person who learns from every experience, and instead of moaning, it just makes her more determined to do even better. As a mother, that would be one of the first things she’d teach her own kids. I thought she did just fine anyway.

[FlyVet]

Only in the Leftist's dreams is she being treated like a piece of China.

These sexists/racists cannot match her, and they know it.

They're dead meat.

[FlyVet]

It is why the Left cannot stand her. Their "reality" is whatever they want to think it is.

Palin lives reality. She proves it.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Right.

She can handle ANY tough question.

Notice she don’t get and softball questions...??????

Geez.

[ari-freedom]

no I’m talking about freepers who are shocked that Charlie tried to trip her up and don’t want to see him ask her anything ever again.

[mrsmel]

Only in the Leftist's dreams is she being treated like a piece of China.

True. I can just hear the howls of side-splitting laughter and sarcasm if a Republican candidate had made his convention acceptance speech from between the columns of a styrafoam Parthenon.