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Chris Wallace After Palin Interview: First Time I Ever Thought ‘This Women Is A Serious Candidate’
Mediaite ^ | June 5, 2011 | Matt Schneider

Posted on 06/05/2011 4:04:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

After interviewing Sarah Palin, Chris Wallace talked about her with his panel of guests and revealed that he was very impressed with her appearance. Unlike previous times when he interviewed her, Wallace noticed “this wasn’t just ‘you betcha’ – she was pretty sharp on the issues.”

Wallace was eager to see if anyone else agreed with his review of Palin’s interview:

“I thought she was a boffo performance today. It was the first time that I ever saw her and thought ‘this woman is a serious – if she decides to run – candidate for President. And a serious possibility to be President.’”

Besides a somewhat strange historical discussion of Paul Revere, Palin spoke confidently on issues ranging from the debt ceiling and foreign affairs, to her unequivocal support for Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. With Wallace now convinced that Palin can be a serious candidate, if she wants to be, it will be interesting to see whether other skeptics might be swayed now or if Palin still needs more detailed policy talks, and less Paul Revere, moving forward.

Watch the clip below from Fox:

(VIDEO AT LINK)


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; palin; paulryan; sarahpalin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think it would be wise to wait until she decides to run. People are getting way to carried away with Mrs. Palin when, up to this day, she hasn’t decided to be a candidate. She seems to be a very nice lady.


21 posted on 06/05/2011 4:33:12 PM PDT by Racer1
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To: no dems

I’m not crazy about the “you betchas” but it’s because I’ve never lived where it was a speech pattern. They don’t come into play about whether or not I would vote for her. They are certainly not as annoying as the Obama whistle or some other speech patterns I can think of.
I’m much more concerned about the candidates beliefs, political views and policies, etc.


22 posted on 06/05/2011 4:36:18 PM PDT by brytlea (Someone the other day said I'm not a nice person. How did they know?)
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To: Eva

“What did the other panelists have to say?”

Well CNN went to play a clip of Palin and the clip didn’t work.


23 posted on 06/05/2011 4:36:40 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Sarah Palin - SheÂ’s living rent-free inside the MSMÂ’s heads. Credited to Lurk)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

There is another thread running with an article about the panelists bashing Palin, including Billy Kristol. It was not a nice discussion.


24 posted on 06/05/2011 4:42:22 PM PDT by ohiogrammy (12)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Chris Wallace being a true go getter in the MSM finally takes the bull by the tail and faces the situation like a man.


25 posted on 06/05/2011 4:44:26 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: no dems
He voted for Obama because he didn't like Sarah's "you betcha"

That may be what he told you, but I seriously doubt that was the real reason, it was just a simple answer to cover his real feelings.

26 posted on 06/05/2011 4:44:40 PM PDT by itsahoot (We make jokes, they make progress. Progressivism, Support Palin, or get used to it.)
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To: NoGrayZone
Well, the one blond bi@tch said “Sarah is going to have to talk more on policies”.

She also said Palin feels compelled to speak to every issue, then she said she should shut up and talk more on issues. Color me ?????

27 posted on 06/05/2011 4:47:04 PM PDT by itsahoot (We make jokes, they make progress. Progressivism, Support Palin, or get used to it.)
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To: Raycpa
And the other half are conservatives.

Ba-da-BOOM! Nice one!

28 posted on 06/05/2011 4:47:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Thank you, Dubya and U.S. military. You did not falter. You did not fail.)
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To: ASA Vet
BTTT !
Run Sarah!

29 posted on 06/05/2011 4:48:04 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw the Rats and RINOs out!)
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To: no dems

“I know a guy who is a college graduate, retired from the banking industry and “seemingly” intelligent. He voted for Obama because he didn’t like Sarah’s “you betcha”. What a friggin’ meat head.”

What’s remarkable about arguments from the left is, you take the most so-called intelligent ones and you take the most flaming stupid ones, and they are pretty much the same.


30 posted on 06/05/2011 4:48:11 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Tired of being seen as idiots, the American people went to the polls in 2008 and removed all doubt.)
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To: WellyP
Sarah did very well today!

I wish the pres_ent could be told the same with true sincerity for a change. (outside of the golf course)

31 posted on 06/05/2011 4:49:43 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Note: To all those suffering from PDS, please do not read the following comments, as they may cause your head to explode.

In one question, Wallace said, “What would a President Palin do under those circumstances?”

She didn’t argue with the “President Palin” title, she just answered the question.

Anyone who thinks she’s not running is in for a rude awakening.


32 posted on 06/05/2011 4:52:55 PM PDT by webstersII
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To: fantom

“50% of Americans are below average.”

Hey... I copyrighted that phrase 30 years ago.


33 posted on 06/05/2011 4:59:37 PM PDT by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: driftdiver
I say Chris Wallace’s opinion counts for very little.

Then why is he on TV all the time, giving his opinion?

It would seem to me that this is the beginning of a string of talking heads who suddenly 'see' that Palin is a good candidate.

It's all about the money (their popularity rating).

34 posted on 06/05/2011 5:01:37 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: EGPWS
I wish the pres_ent could be told the same with true sincerity for a change. (outside of the golf course)

Have you seen him golf?

35 posted on 06/05/2011 5:03:38 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: scooby321
You see that former Clinton fool and current Soros’s employee John Pedesta say that Sarah is gaffe prone, Obama and gaffe king Joe Biden.

No one told Podesta that Tina Fey said the line about "seeing Russia from my house".
36 posted on 06/05/2011 5:05:50 PM PDT by crosshairs (The left's hatred of Christianity has blinded them to the REAL threat which is Islam.)
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To: fantom
That's funny, a statistical impossibility, but funny anyway.

Yogi Berra would be proud.

37 posted on 06/05/2011 5:27:40 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.....Eagle Scout since Sep 9, 1970)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
My wife and I watched the interview, and we thought Chris Wallace was very fair and that Sarah Palin handled herself extremely well, almost perfectly. We both noticed the point, late in the interview, when Wallace appeared visibly impressed with one of Palin's answers. It wasn't a "gotcha" question, but Palin's answer drew a clear nod and a broad smile from Wallace. It was a knockout punch after a series of solid hooks and jabs, and it was clear at that moment that Palin had won his respect.

On a side note, there seems to be a tendency among some Freepers to condemn anyone who might be convinced to agree with us on anything. Since we were here first, anyone who disagreed with us in the past in therefore ineligible to be an ally in the future. If this had been the standard in years past, "real" Conservatives would have rejected that old Hollywood union organizer, Ronald Reagan.

38 posted on 06/05/2011 6:13:31 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: Always A Marine

So true. Chris Wallace may lean left, but he has always seemed like an honest and fair man, unlike his dad. Bob


39 posted on 06/05/2011 6:21:50 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Trains. Who'll remember the ones who only rode in them to die? Al Stewart)
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To: driftdiver

I feel a purging of historic proportion is in order.


40 posted on 06/05/2011 6:32:30 PM PDT by mcshot ("...of the people, by the people, for the people..." but we aren't "his people".)
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