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10 Questions for Sarah Palin What ABC News anchor Charles Gibson should ask the candidate.
Slate ^ | Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at 6:17 PM ET | Jack Shafer

Posted on 09/11/2008 9:23:42 AM PDT by nikos1121

ABC News anchor Charles Gibson's forthcoming interview with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin—her first since being hoisted onto the ticket by John McCain—will give a national audience an unvarnished look at the candidate. Because Palin is telegenic and the interview will be shot against scenic Alaskan backdrops, the only thing to prevent the interview from turning into sweet Republican syrup will be tough questions from Gibson.

Gibson and his team got knocked by Washington Post columnist Tom Shales as "shoddy," "despicable," and "prosecutorial" after they hosted the April 16 debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

1) What Bush administration policy do you disagree with most, and what would you have done differently?

Then how much smaller would the McCain budget be and where precisely should he cut?

2) How are you like Hillary Clinton?

3) You're running as a reformer, a crusader against the special interests and politics as usual. Setting aside for a moment Sen. Ted Stevens' legal problems, should Alaska return to the Senate this Republican who has delivered more pork to his state than virtually any other elected official? Yes or no?

But in the past you had no problem with asking Alaskans to vote out a standing Republican. You challenged the incumbent Republican governor, Frank Murkowski, on a pork-slaying, reformist platform and beat him in the primary. Isn't Stevens as antithetical to your views on good government as Murkowski?

4) Unique among all U.S. governors, you lead a state that shares a border with Russia, a sometimes hostile nation with a nuclear arsenal and new geopolitical ambitions. Given that, how do you evaluate Vladimir Putin?

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccainpalin; sarahnoia
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To: wmileo

What you heard was that Michelle Obama informed the View ladies of her list of topics not to be mentioned.

McCain stated that NO topics were off limits in this ABC interview.


21 posted on 09/11/2008 9:39:34 AM PDT by Carley (she's all out of caribou.............)
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To: nikos1121

[Once again, like George Bush, the MSM is not expecting much from this little lady. They expect to see your basis Bimbo. ]

This is pretty much the last chance they have to drive a stake through Palin’s heart. By October 2 and the Biden debate it will be too late, the campaign will be all but over. All Palin has to do tonight and even in the debate is refrain from swallowing her tongue and she will come out looking great.


22 posted on 09/11/2008 9:40:07 AM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: princess leah

AMEN, AMEN,and AMEN!!!


23 posted on 09/11/2008 9:40:15 AM PDT by GWMcClintock (Right after Lib Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans. T. Sowell)
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To: wmileo

Fox News reported last night that no topics were off the table.


24 posted on 09/11/2008 9:41:17 AM PDT by Bryher1
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To: Borges
"Gibson’s far and away the best of the three network anchors."

That is not saying very much, is it?

25 posted on 09/11/2008 9:41:24 AM PDT by wmileo (I miss Ronald Wilson Reagan. POTUS #40)
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To: wmileo
I read that ABC was handed a list of Topics and Questions which should be off of the table for this Interview with Gibson. If this is true, I am more than a little disappointed.

Given the insane viciousness of the Left since Palin's appearance on the national scene, maybe such a list had to be drawn up to exclude "dumbass questions about who Trig's real mommy is", "what drugs Track is on" and "how Todd cheated in the Snow Machine race".

26 posted on 09/11/2008 9:42:51 AM PDT by agere_contra (This election is the showdown between the producers and the non-producers in our society.)
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To: Bryher1
"Fox News reported last night that no topics were off the table."

I missed that and I do watch FOX NEWS on a regular basis. Thank you.

27 posted on 09/11/2008 9:43:27 AM PDT by wmileo (I miss Ronald Wilson Reagan. POTUS #40)
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To: BigBobber
Libs don’t want her to talk about herself.

I don't want her talking about herself either. This is about conservatism(for want of a better term), not personalities. Thats the other side's specialty.

Conservatism sells.

28 posted on 09/11/2008 9:44:05 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: mouse1

>>Might as well throw in “Gov Palin, when did you stop beating your husband?”

Response: “Why do you hate America so much that you are willing to destroy my reputation for your liberal friends?”


29 posted on 09/11/2008 9:46:24 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners.)
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To: nikos1121

I hope she answers any if them, “Those are Shafer’s questions. Now, what are yours?”.


30 posted on 09/11/2008 9:48:08 AM PDT by Gorzaloon
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To: nikos1121
Did anyone see the Matt Damon coverage last night where he asks that he would love Palin to answer whether she believes dinosaurs walked the earth 4000 years ago? If there was ever a better argument supporting why creationism SHOULD be taught in schools, than this display of ignorance, then I'd love to see it.
31 posted on 09/11/2008 9:48:12 AM PDT by Integrityrocks
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To: nikos1121
Palin will do her best to distance herself from the comparison because it violates her sense of self. In Palin's mind, Clinton is a baby-killer, a socialist, a Washington insider, and a vain pig.

Here I go again, but I can't help myself. Does Shafer get paid for what he does? He apparently thinks she's some white-knuckled church lady, someone who can't control her emotions when discussing someone she may dislike (the way a liberal would be). Has he ever watched Mrs. Palin? She knows how to talk about Hillary Clinton. She's done it before and earned her virtual endorsement. He thinks Mrs. Palin got to be governor without learning how to handle an interview?

This is such piker psychology, it makes me think Shafer was hard up for a column this morning and got his cat to write it. No offense to cats.

32 posted on 09/11/2008 9:48:15 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: rtsimon

I’ll be watching too.

Why segments?....ratings, spin control?


33 posted on 09/11/2008 9:52:57 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 ("Some people use "change" to further their careers, others use their careers to bring about change")
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To: nikos1121

#4 is run-up to a gotcha. After she says what she thinks of Putin Gibson will ask, “Have you ever met with or spoken with him?”

Expect Gibson will only ask questions that (he thinks) will demonstrate her shortcomings.


34 posted on 09/11/2008 9:54:25 AM PDT by Graymatter
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To: nikos1121
I think Sarah will make it clear to the MSM, as she did in the convention, that she is not phased at all by what they think about her and is not going to Washington DC with any consideration given to their opinions, or manuevering.

She is going to serve the American people and as long as that comes out and is clear, they will not be able to lay a hand on her.


THE SARAH PALIN PICK HAS TRUMPED OBAMA-BIDEN

35 posted on 09/11/2008 9:55:32 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: wmileo

What is your source as this is not true from what I know. They said that there were no restrictions.


36 posted on 09/11/2008 9:56:08 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Mr. Smith is coming back to Washington in the name of Sarah Palin.)
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To: nikos1121

Sarah at the end of the interview should invite Charlie to go moose hunting with her.


37 posted on 09/11/2008 9:56:32 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Lenin was a community organizer - Ronald Reagan was a governor)
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To: conservativemusician
Answer to question 2......easy

Aside from being female......not at all.


with the current controversy...They both wear lipstick.
38 posted on 09/11/2008 9:58:08 AM PDT by DelphiUser ("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
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To: DManA
4. (if the interviewer was Babwa Walters) If you were a twee, what kind of twee would you be?

Haahahahah!

When you turn the lights out at night, what do you think about?

39 posted on 09/11/2008 10:00:14 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Mr. Smith is coming back to Washington in the name of Sarah Palin.)
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To: nikos1121

This author is an idiot.


40 posted on 09/11/2008 10:00:28 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending that the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in a suspension.)
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