So tonight Sarah Palin gave her first real, live interview and she was scary as hell. Her tone made her seem like she was trying to be overly tough and macho. She attacked every question with Bush/McCain talking points, except for when she didn't have a clue what Gibson was talking about. What seemed like a softball question about Bush's foreign policy was swung at by Palin like she had too much too much to drink and was sloshingly around in the batter's box.
From DailyKos:
Charlie: Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?Palin: In what respect, Charlie?
Charlie: What do you interpret it to be?
Palin: His worldview.
Charlie: No, No, the Bush Doctrine. He enunciated it in September 2002, before the Iraq War.
Palin: I believe that what President Bush has attempted to do is to rid this world of Islamic extremism, terrorists who are hellbent on destroying our nation. There have been blunders along the way, though. There have been mistakes made. And with new leadership--and that's the beauty of American elections and democracy--with new leadership comes the opportunity to do things better.
Charlie: The Bush Doctrine, as I understand it, is that we have the right of anticipatory defense. We have the right to preemptively strike any other country that we believe is going to attack us.
The 'cocky wacko' (not my words, just an observation from another Republican) struck out hard tonight. Sure, her base will love her regardless, she could cut out a still-beating heart from a child and eat it and they'd still vote for her. Those aren't the people I am concerned about. The moderates are the ones that matter and before tonight she only got a 35% favorability rating from them. When you make threats against Russia, you scare people that are already tired of fighting two wars. We can't afford a third, especially with a nuclear power, not economically, not mentally nor spare the human cost. Chafee is right about his assessment of Palin, and the American people are beginning to understand it very clearly.
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