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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

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To: nikos1121

I’m sure she has smart people advising her, but I don’t think she should do taped interviews. They will be edited to show her in the worst possible light.


41 posted on 09/11/2008 10:03:25 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Fire mission!)
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To: nikos1121
2) How are you like Hillary Clinton?

WTF?

Why not ask how she is like Margaret Thatcher. Or at least Elvis Presley.

42 posted on 09/11/2008 10:06:41 AM PDT by weegee (Say no to the Marxist who "denounces" the 911 terrorist attacks and yet befriended a Pentagon bomber)
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To: nikos1121

My concern is with how they edit the interviews. The 60 Minutes producer has often bragged that he could have interviewed the Bill and Hillary differently such that they would have lost the election, but he chose to edit in a manner that made them look good, so they won.


43 posted on 09/11/2008 10:07:47 AM PDT by Chet 99 (http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
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To: nikos1121

You’re running as a reformer, a crusader against the special interests and politics as usual. Setting aside Senator Robert Byrd’s past as a community organizer, er Ku Klux Klan recruiter, should this former Democrat Majority Leader be returned to the Senate?


44 posted on 09/11/2008 10:09:31 AM PDT by weegee (Say no to the Marxist who "denounces" the 911 terrorist attacks and yet befriended a Pentagon bomber)
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To: rtsimon

RE: “According to the ABC News website the interview will be broken up into segments. The first one of which starts at 6:30 tonight on ABC World News.

I will be watching with fingers crossed. She needs to do well”

There will be some very interesting “editing” going on here, so much so that what really is said may be lost.

Take that show, 60 Minutes. Decades ago, when I worked at Sunkist Growers they were interviewed and the result was a horrid smear against that organization. We were warned in advance by management, who had seen the final show before airing. It was SO disgusting and disappointing.

I truly wish Sarah had not agreed to this nonsense with ABC. MSM can never be trusted to convey the truth. Just hope for a decent outcome and get past it. Maybe Sarah will be so great nothing editors can do will get in the way.


45 posted on 09/11/2008 10:10:05 AM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: clintonh8r

Connie Chung: "just whisper it to me, just between you and me...”

46 posted on 09/11/2008 10:11:42 AM PDT by weegee (Say no to the Marxist who "denounces" the 911 terrorist attacks and yet befriended a Pentagon bomber)
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To: princess leah

“As a Christian, I will be praying for her and this interview that she will be blessed by the Lord in thoughtful, well phrased and honest discourse. That Charles Gibson will be at least fair in his questions and ask those that are important to the voters, not the media’s view of things. And mostly how thankful I am that God has brought this woman onto the national scene at this time. Nothing is random or coincidence and “we know that all things work together for good to those who Love God, who are called according to His riches in mercy”. Romans”

Amen. I will be praying that the Lord makes His words her words, His thoughts her thoughts, and binds the enemy from interfering with this interview in any way, shape, or form. May God anoint her with a mouth of wisdom that puts her adversaries to shame and points them to Christ. I pray for angelic protection over Sarah & her family and that the Lord Jesus is glorified in this interview.


47 posted on 09/11/2008 10:12:19 AM PDT by Lions Gate
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To: princess leah

I’m convinced (along with the author of this post: http://beta.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079816/posts ) that MSM will try and skewer Sarah on her religious convictions. I see in her eyes, that she’s had a vision. She has strong character and leads by example. Read the article and the author’s concern and let me know how you’d answer the questions that he posts.


48 posted on 09/11/2008 10:12:20 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Mr. Smith is coming back to Washington in the name of Sarah Palin.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

RE: “Here’s hoping the McCain campaign ran their own video camera during the interview in order to be able to validate answers, their truncation and context.”

Absolutely! This should’ve been a pre-condition set down by the McCain campaign before agreeing to this “interview” process.


49 posted on 09/11/2008 10:12:29 AM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: CaliforniaCon

Let them edit the crap out her interview. As much as the media is already drawing angst from the masses an attempt to do this would get exposed and help the ticket even more.


50 posted on 09/11/2008 10:13:35 AM PDT by rtsimon
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To: FastCoyote

Not true. I hear now that they have her slated for 20/20 and another MSM interview Friday. They’re going to expose the heck out of her to the American Public. Shouldn’t they back off a little and let her breath?


51 posted on 09/11/2008 10:13:53 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Mr. Smith is coming back to Washington in the name of Sarah Palin.)
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To: nikos1121

http://abcnews.go.com/wn

right side of page it says September 11, 2008 6:30pm.

After that I saw somewhere that another part would be on Good Morning America and another part on 20/20 tomorrow night at 10pm.


52 posted on 09/11/2008 10:18:41 AM PDT by rtsimon
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To: nikos1121
Here's what will happen. Gibson will ask set up questions - the type that would never be asked of Obama - ( typical MSM stuff - cocaine use by Obama is NOTHING, but the first dude once had "TWO BEERS MORE" than the legal limit! Or sex and drugs in the oil industy but Frannie and Freddie - run by retired dems - off limits etc.)

Then they'll take Sarah's answers and spin them off to shows like Night Line or Prime Time or 20/20 - shows staffed by liberals gunning for Sarah. The answers Sarah "gave" will be compared to an Alaskan dem who hates her and has already been filmed. It's a gotcha - done in the style of liberals who hate traditional women.

Gibson will be sooooooooo surprised his simple questions caused soooooo much damage. George S will smile a lot....

Obama will not be given the same treatment.

Chicago is off limits. Reporters can't find the town, can't find the neightborhood and if they could, they would only be able to find people who looooooooove Obama.

And Gibson - basically a good man - will use his "goodness" to put Sarah at ease.

He will be somewhat surprised his interview sets the stage for the typical "conservative hating vultures" at his network to go in for the kill. They will assure him that Obama/Biden will be treated with the same scrutiny. ( they lie) Or that the American people already "know" Biden (another lie - run a poll - - citizens DO NOT knows Biden better than Sarah)

These are not nice people - she'd be better off going to the DNC and letting them drill her.

53 posted on 09/11/2008 10:19:13 AM PDT by GOPJ (The first dude's fresh authenticity trumps Maher's bored old cynicism. Maher's hate is showing..)
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To: princess leah

DAniel Philips wrote these questions, linked earlier by a fellow freeper...

I think the MSM will try and upend her, by making her look like a religious zealot. How should she answer the following questions?

“Do you think women should be pastors?”
“Why can a woman be a president, but not a pastor?”

“Do you think wives should submit to their husbands?”
“Do you obey your husband in all things as to the Lord?”
“Do you hit your children?”
“Do you believe in evolution?”
“Do you believe the world was created in six days, 6000 years ago?”
“Will everyone who doesn’t believe in Jesus go to Hell?”
“Do you think the Bible is the literal Word of God?”
“Do you think schools should be forced to teach creationism and the Bible?”
“Do you believe in homeschooling?”
“You chose to have your Down syndrome child. Should all women be forced to do what you chose to do?”

“Are Roman Catholics going to Hell?”
“Are Mormons going to Hell?”
“Is John McCain going to Hell?”

“Is your Down syndrome child a sinner, going to Hell if he doesn’t become a bornagainChristian?”
“Do you speak in tongues?”


54 posted on 09/11/2008 10:19:14 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Mr. Smith is coming back to Washington in the name of Sarah Palin.)
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To: nikos1121

Here’s more on it:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3iaad57ccf4b9889b627e2a3f561066c3c


55 posted on 09/11/2008 10:20:05 AM PDT by rtsimon
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Apparently he has all the answers and knows exactly what she’s thinking at any give moment!

You know those magazines that come in the Sunday paper. They have these husband-wife questionnaires in them.

My wife takes them then fills in my answers for me.

Then she tells me how incompatible we are.

56 posted on 09/11/2008 10:21:31 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: GOPJ

You never know though. Maybe she will shock everyone again. So far she has broken through the hurdles placed before her. Maybe she’ll do so well there won’t be a way to cut it up and make her sound bad. And if they do all she has to do is make a statement about being treated unfairly. Like I said in a previous post the growing angst against the media would make such a statement from Palin quite believable to the majority of American citizens. Personally I am in wait and see mode.


57 posted on 09/11/2008 10:24:00 AM PDT by rtsimon
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To: nikos1121

This is a good idea, but we know who’ll actually be preparing the questions: Julian Epstein, Bob Shrum, et al, and they’ll be vicious.

We’ll be praying for her.


58 posted on 09/11/2008 10:24:05 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Election '08: God is in control.)
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To: rtsimon
There will be extended portions of the interview on that "20/20" as well as reporting on her personal and professional background from ABC News correspondent Kate Snow and a live roundtable discussion moderated by George Stephanopoulos.

Yes, she will be saturating the ABC network starting tonight through the weekend. No one, not even John Kennedy could make it through unscathed with such scrutiny.

59 posted on 09/11/2008 10:24:37 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Mr. Smith is coming back to Washington in the name of Sarah Palin.)
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To: nikos1121

He should ask the same type of softballs he’d give HRC or BHO, such as:

Who does your hair? How much does it cost?
Who do you like in the next American Idol?
Does your husband wear boxers or briefs?

etc.
etc.
etc.


60 posted on 09/11/2008 10:30:15 AM PDT by PurpleMan
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