I'm afraid Palin is wrong on a LOT of things. Provided that she ever heard about them.

The Gibson interview made abundantly clear that Palin is only in it for her sex. The Palin pick is cynical politics. Now she's a disgrace to all the great female polticians and leaders out there.

She fell very deep tonight, after succesfully reading aloud the convention speech a Bush aide had written for her.

What's new. Palin's wrong on EVERYTHING. No wonder the campiagn left her hidden.

Lisa Chinn is making a big deal regarding meeting a head of state. I don't think that every VP met a head of state. They can do that later. What is Chinn's problem and who cares about the head of state. The important issue is winning the election and at the rate she is going with the public McCain might just win.

I can name tons of former vp in our country's 236year history that have not met a foreign head of state.

This question was intended to be a negative attack on Palin kind of like PUSH POLLING.

Gibson was very condescending in tone & body language to her. It was not really an interview, more an attempt by the liberal media to try to stumble her.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB BY NOT TAKING THE BAIT.

How did you prove Palin wrong on this fact?

>if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you.

She states that many VPs in history MAY have the same answer. So ABC checks with the last 5 VPs and because they did meet other heads of state all the other VPs must not have?

Clearly this is a hit piece.

This lady is wrong on many things especially policy issues, she has none just like her partner. Bridge to nowhere because she stopped construction. Lies to get someone fired nice girl isn't she? 6 colleges in 4 years and an ex beauty queen just wonder what qualifies her since that is their chief complaint about Obama looks like neither one are either.

World: Let me go on record that Obama read one of JFK's speeches on the night of his acceptance speech and he has been using speeches from the RFK book. He might have added a few words of his own but all his speeches are copies of other's and that was already stated.

Cable news commentators are saying she did very well despite attempts by Mr. Gibson to try to set trap doors for her. They said she was smart enough to not take the bait.

Who’s Your Messiah Now?

Sarah Palin’s rapid elevation from small town mayor to candidate for national office to revered deity, has got me asking if conservatives aren’t taking a bit too much of the savior in mass (or smoking crack). The hyperbole exceeds satire.

She is the true Paris Hilton of politicians. She’s famous for being famous. Especially among conservatives. But the inside-the-beltway hysteria of GOP coastal elites and wealthy Christian Conservatives - as expressed by the staffs of the Weekly Standard, National Review, and Fox News (in New York!), among others - is a soirée in a samovar.

Outside of their gay and prosperous precincts, Americans are still wondering who the hell this woman is. The GOP is gravely misreading the national mood and the general appeal of their VP candidate. No one who wasn’t already going to vote for her will now do so because she eats mooseburger and gives a snarky speech. Better enjoy that celebration because prognostications aside - she’s the 2012 nominee (they assume either a loss or McCain’s death, whichever comes first), she’s the future of the party, she’s come to save us from imminent defeat - Sarah Palin has a long, tough, and I’m guessing, scandal-filled road ahead of her.

Who’s your messiah now? Sarah Palin. And you better pray she’s studying hard and paying off the townies back home, or she just might be a false prophet.

Keep going ABC.....you only went far back to George Bush #41.....keep going back. Sarah Palin is not wrong.

Rose: I didn't know that you were a master on politics. Maybe McCain should have chosen you.

Head of state in another country why bother with another country we have problems right here and she is a war hawk just like mcbush

World what are you a paid Obamamite???
Obama is the one that is an embarrassment to the US. Won't even show a birth certificate or college records. The Democrats are just afraid of Palin because she is honest and one of us!! I am voting Republican all the way down the line. First time in 37 years!!!

CHARLES GIBSON WAS VERY CONDESCENDING & DISRESPECTFUL TONIGHT TO SARAH.

RESPECT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR BETW. A REPORTER & SUBJECT.

GIBSON NEEDS TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE & TAKE A REFRESHER ON JOURNALISM 101

How is Palin wrong? Did she say if you go back 30 years you will see that other VPs didn't meet foreign heads of state? No she said if you look back in history. So to say she is wrong is just inaccurate and a lie.

I am not quite sure why she needs a ton of experience. Won't she be obtaining that experience as Vice-President?
Of the candidates, the person I am not quite sure about as far as experience is Obama. How man heads of state has he been able to meet before he began running for president? If he states that his "executive experience" is running a campaign, then can't Sarah Palin be expected to gain the same types of experience on the campaign trail?

One other comment from someone who isn't writing on these posts daily but do read them... I think these posts are for intelligent and thoughtful discussion and not for people to push their narrow-minded views of each candidate. I can't believe WORLD would post something like "she's only in it for her sex." Do you know how pathetic you sound? Go look in the mirror and look at what you have become.

Why would anyone expect her to know that vice-presidential nominees in recent decades had met heads of state? She didn't even know what the Bush doctrine was.

Maybe she assumed that other vice-presidential nominees were as unqualified as she is.

mcbush picked a female to get the Hillary votes he just picked the wrong female there are others with more no how then palin

How much more dumbing down can this country take? Palin is in way over her head. McCain has totally jumped the shark.

And Putin is laughing his a** off.

Ann FL: You are absolutely right and I am surprised at Charles Gibson for doing that. But Palin isn't a dumb woman and will answer back. I cannot wait until she debates Biden. Obama lost all his debates and the forum interview. She will do great and run all over Biden.

The Barracuda as she likes to be called is a minnow in a very dangerous sea full of Tiger Sharks. Putin would have her before breakfast as an appeitizer.

Obama says...small town mayors, "trim trees, fill potholes, collect garbage" . What a SCUM bag elitist!

PALIN HIT ANOTHER GRAND SLAM

It's amazing how so many Liberal reporters like Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times have been forced to admit it.

Great job Governor Palin.

The meeting with a head of state is of relative minor importance compared to her endorsing George W Bush's preemptive strike on Iraq.

Gibson should have asked her if it was acceptable to make up intelligence to justify killing and wounding thousands of innocent and whether a President that lies to star a war should be impeached.

She says she doesn’t want to bring back the cold war but does want to employ sanctions against Russia and threaten military action against Russia. That sure sounds like the cold war to me. Does she know what the cold war was? Maybe that's like the Bush Doctrine she hadn't heard about either.

VP nominees, not VPs.

What ever happened to a regular american running for office? Are only the noble ruling elit allowed to run for the highest offices in our land. I guess I missed that in Civics class. I also don't recall being a "Washington Insider" or a " Hollywood Insider" a prerequisite for the office according the Constitution. She has executive experience and made tough decisions which is more than we can say of the Presidential nominee of the opposite ticket.
Why has so much been made of her sex when Obama has made so much of his race? Maybe the DNC annoiting a good-looking black man is cynical politics because only a good looking, extremely well-funded, Howard Dean-speaking and totally media backed person would be able to beat the Clinton machine. Hmmmmmm.

i am not crooked enough to be involved in politics but i want to be informed an what is going to affect me , my town, my state and my country . I could give a poop what goes on in russia thats their business not ours. We would be better off cleaning our own back porches before we did it for the world. Clean up this country get every one working, get every one health care and start cleaning up the environment. And rememberf mc bush has a score to settle with vietnam.

Jimmy Garter never met any foreign leader befor he became president.
Liberals - what kind of foreign policy experience have?

Carl J

I think you need to return to grade school for extra lessons. One, on developing sentence structure. Two, the proper use of capitalizations. Three, recess and a nap.

I just read an article from Lynn Sweet from the Chicago Tribune who gave Palin a pass on this interview but I couldn't disagree with her more. Anyone who gives her a pass on not even knowing what the Bush Doctrine is, or repeating scripted answers that were never followed up with any depth of knowledge, to repeating the same answer 3 times regarding Israel. Giving this a pass is being is jeopardizing this nations future.

Becca: The only reason world leaders want Obama to become president is because they want to deal with a minority like themselves and they think he is an easy touch. There are a lot of minorities in Europe and Obama fits the bill. However, he is not ready to run a country and I think they are aware of it. Of course, he has Biden to help him and he will need plenty of help.

Lisa Chinn wrong on Sarah palin!!!!!!!!!

Lisa, Charlie, Diane and the rest I have a question. Is Obama going to give you guys cabinet positions???? Are you going to get kickbacks, maybe a nice Rolex watch? I was just wondering what was in it for you all.

Actually Tom, they went back to Mondale, who had. Spiro Agnew, probably not, but there's a chance given Maryland's proximity to Washington. Lyndon Johnson certainly. Richard Nixon probably. We know she tossed that answer out with great conviction but not a clue as to whether it was true. That's going to be her MO I suspect.

I apologize for spelling elite incorrectely. I was typing too fast.

She didn't even know what the Bush Doctrine was. Good lord, we want this woman to be inches from the presidency? Nice caption for this though, "Moose in the Headlights". That about explains her interview.

I think Charlie should get a D- for the way he asked the questions. I agree he was very condescending, i.e., a jerk. He let his personal prejudices come thru his tone and body language. I'm sure he would have come across much differently if she were a male.

Never apologize its a sign of weakness and Repub's will swarm on you.

Excuse me Ms. Chin, but I didn't know "history" was limited to the last 32 years. Gov. Palin did not say "many other VP nominees in the last 32 years...", she said "many other VP nominees in history...". Her statement is factually correct. Aside from being humorous in its irony, for you to post a "Fact Check" report and call her "wrong" when it is you that is so obvioulsy wrong is just another example of how the rush to bring this woman down is only making mainstream media types look foolish. Please find something newsworthy to report on Ms Chin.

NY times has called ABC News liars. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

from the NY Times
The network teased the interview on its Web site this afternoon with this eye-popping bulletin: “Exclusive: Gov. Sarah Palin warns war may be necessary if Russia invades another country.”

But the transcript showed that she was merely repeating Mr. McCain’s position and had not used provocative language. And we’re wondering if the McCain camp is reconsidering its selection of ABC, since it hyped the teaser to sound like Ms. Palin was ready to press the button.

I think Sarah Palin just turned the buckshot on herself...

Maybe she can start a Moose Burger franchise. That sounds about right given her "experience".

Duh...what's the Bush Doctrine?

Liberals says "She wants war with Russia"

If NATO members are attacked all the members are obligated to defend. It is in the treaty.

Go and ask the same question to Lord Obama, He will give the same answer.

I'm voting Dem. but this is a cheap smear of Palin. She specifically said, "if you go BACK in History". That does not mean RECENT History alone. This report should win the "Low Class Reporting Award" for this presidential campaign. I dislike Palin and it even angers me to see such garbage on a so-called serious news site!

I will attack Russia she proclaims and charges with saber drawn sounding the battle cry Money Money Money we need more Money.

polarbearkill, go back to school, scumbag is one word. Now call me an elitist, I make six figures, have fun at Wal-Mart this weekend.

This is absolutely ridiculous, and the Palin pick takes pandering way too far. What next? A lottery so that literally anyone can be VP? A few months ago I told a Republican friend of mine that no matter who wins, I'll be proud of our new President. McCain's VP pick, along with that "sex ed" ad he ran against Obama, has seriously undermined everything I respected about him.

"I think Charlie should get a D- for the way he asked the questions. I agree he was very condescending, i.e., a jerk. He let his personal prejudices come thru his tone and body language. I'm sure he would have come across much differently if she were a male."

Grow up Carolyn. He was twice as hard on Obama before Palin was even on the radar. I didn't hear you complaining then. It's not his fault Palin is so inept that she doesn't even know about anything that even remotely relates to politics.

Joe Biden can handle anything Mrs Palin throws out. Remember she has children and a job....Joe Biden raised his children, when his wife and daughter were killed in an automobile accident which makes him a great Mom...A great Dad...and a GREAT SENATOR. Mrs Palin does not have Joe Bidens experience in office nor as a Single Parent...If she keeps it up she will talk herself right out of getting elected and that might not be a bad thing....Women...Yak Yak Yak

Ok, let us clarify, Gov. Palin said in history not recent history. ABC is using anything to slam Palin. Just another window into the liberal mind. Shock journalism prevails over real news on this network.

She wants to attack Russia, with what will she attack them with?

Sorry, meant Demnomore

Obama, Biden clearly don't get the wisdom of George Kutloff's "Don't think of an elephant".

More obviously, the Senator's army of supporters
(40% of which believe the attack on the twin towers was an inside job) don't even know the book exists or the wisdom it imparts.

So much better for conservatives. I've been watching elections for 48 years and have never seen an electorate so blindly torpedoing it's candidate.

If Senator Obama can survive the suicidal tendencies of democratic voters he will have proven himself to be a candidate of extraordinary resiliancy.

Ann From FL

There are other stationd besides Farce News

I was just wondering if they need any lettuce pickers up in Alaska??

Ahh, what's the Bush Doctrine?

Is Russia a country?

What does preemptive mean?

Aren't the Merchant Marines the main branch of the U.S. Military?

Attack Iran? I thought we were in Iran.

Sunni? Wasn't that the role James Caan played in "The Godfather"?

Hey, I know foreign policy, it's foreign.

I've never met a foreign head of state, but I did once see God and he told me that evil is bad...boo...boo...boo.

No, I can't explain how the earth is 5000 years old when scientists all over the globe and 3 year olds could tell me it's at least 15 billion years old.

I believe I'm in way over my dumb little head.

Seems to me Palin is just another Cheney only without experience. She's hidden from public view until the exposure (damage) can be minimized or McBush needs a lightening rod to deflect. I guess some might say she is just another Cheney except with lipstick...

Gov. Sarah Palin will make a terrific Vice President.

Barack Hussein Obama is toast, and he's very scared because the main stream media, and all the king's men, cannot put Barack Hussein Obama back together again...

Oh, yeah...she's ready...to pretend to be a "decider"...oh, wait, didn't we just have one of those?

Sarah Palin's Foreign Policy
Credentials: 0

Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Credentials:

a)Reached across the aisle to co-sponsor the Lugar-Obama Act which reduced the number of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists and rogue states (yes, Sarah Palin, Obama has authored a lot more than 2 books).
http://obama.senate.gov/press/060523-lugar-obama_bil/

b) Republican Sentator Lugar and Obama traveled to Russia, to Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan to oversee the dismantling of nuclear weapons supported by their bill.

c) While the Republicans made fun of Senator Obama for reaching out to the allies that President Bush has alienated over the past 8 years, he laid the foundation for better relations with the HEADS OF STATE of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Jordan.

d)Republicans ridiculed Obama because 200,000 Germans were so THRILLED that we might have a new, intelligent President instead of the idiotic Bush that they stopped burning the American flag and started waving it!!! The Obama campaign's biggest mistake was not fighting back against that stupid celebrity add by pointing out the simple fact that America will be MORE secure when our allies are willing to cooperate with us and when they LIKE US AGAIN than we are now with this idiotic Bush-McCain foreign policy (attack first, think later) which has alienated all of them.

e) If you think that a former beauty queen whom it took 5 tries to graduate from college in 6 years has the smarts to understand the complexities of Middle Eastern politics, the nuances of U.S.-Russia relations, and mine field of relations with Iran and North Korea, then you might as well just get your children and grandchildren ready to go and fight in some other made-up war! McCain is even more of a war-monger than Bush, and just because Palin is happy to have her son go off and fight in a war that should have never been waged doesn't give her the right to threaten to restart the Cold War with Russia!

I'LL do the thinnin around here Bob-alueee and dooon't you for get it.

Talk about VPs, She can always say she invented something as Gore did. The liberal media bought that jazz.

That's funny... I thought that the U.S. Vice President and President had been around longer than 32 years... I guess I 'm WRONG about that too.

Charlie was condescending? Even if he was, why should that matter? She should be able to handle that with ease.

If she can't handle Charlie Gibson, (and if McCain can't even handle Larry King, as seems to be the case), we're in a whole heap of trouble if these two end up representing us in the world.

"Gov. Sarah Palin will make a terrific Vice President.

Barack Hussein Obama is toast, and he's very scared because the main stream media, and all the king's men, cannot put Barack Hussein Obama back together again.."

Are you watching the same election that we are? Palin just blew herself up. The people wanted to know what her stances are on the issues, and she didn't even know what the issues were.

ALL I have to say is

(#_#)

Boy you think Pres Bush is ahem .. dumb

No wonder they hide her from everybody . She went to 5 schools to get a simple degree. need we say more.

In November can we stop all the circus and elect the most educated person who is Barack ; I am tired of us being the jokes of the world.

"Talk about VPs, She can always say she invented something as Gore did. The liberal media bought that jazz"

You do realize that Al Gore never claimed that he invented the internet right? Welcome to the world of the GOP, where they'll take anything out of context (read "lipstick; pig") and turn it around to use against you.

Can anyone tell me please do they need lettuce picker up in Alaska?

Did Obama ever meet with any head of state before he went on his world tour in July? Lets get a fact check on that!! and he is running for president not vice president Did anyone ever ask him that question, this is bull.

If she wasn't exactly sure of everything that the Bush Doctrine entails, then that should be proof positive that a McCain/Palin administration would NOT be a THIRD BUSH TERM.

Obviously it's not a policy that all Republicans are spoon-fed every morning with their Cheerios............

She actual believs were on a mission from God. How many times has she watched the Blue Brothers movie??? "Were on a mission from God" Jake and Elwood Blues she needs to acknowledge her quote.

"If she wasn't exactly sure of everything that the Bush Doctrine entails, then that should be proof positive that a McCain/Palin administration would NOT be a THIRD BUSH TERM."

Erm, I think you're confused about the description of the Bush Doctrine as well. She obviously needs to know about the Bush Doctrine, because she wants to go to war with Russia unprovoked.

John Adams had never met a head of state. Of course, there were no airplanes then.

I'd like to get her to pose for my magizne do a profile on her & Cindy together.

Back to the cramming sessions for Palin. She gave generic responses showing at times uncertainty. McCain has made a serious judgment error with such an inexperienced person with this choice. Gibson exceeded exceptions with his questions.

She wants to attack Russia, with what will she attack them with?

Posted by: ronnieraygun | Sep 11, 2008 9:49:58 PM

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I hope the REINDEERS in her state can pick up ARMS to fight.

People around the world must be having a good laugh.

My sister is very angry , saying they are using this woman; and how does that help women who might be qualified in the future.

Hallelujah. It must be Revelations! How does this presumptuous tramp expect to change Washington if she does not even know what "The Bush Doctrine" is? After all, it is the basis upon which this imbecile we call our current president waged an illegal war with a sovereign nation, trampled upon the Constitution of this country, compelled the Justice Department to reinterpret the Geneva Convention and has imperiled the U.S. to a point unforeseen before 9/11.

Well, the bottom line is this. What would you do as Vice President if the time came for him or her to run the country? SO YOU DO NOT THINK BIDEN OR PALIN NEED ANY EXPERIENCE TO RUN THE COUNTRY? I THOUGHT EVERYBODY STATED THAT OBAMA IS INEXPERIENCED??? CAN YOU GUYS MAKE UP Y0UR MINDS? ELECT PEOPLE WHO ATLEAST HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOB....CAN A PERSON TEACH....WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE TEACHING OR GUIDING? I WONDER WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION! I AM REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS ELECTION!

We want change. We want change. We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.We want change.

Let's elect the newest member of the good ole boy network. We can put a old good ole boy next to him to tell him what to think.

Governor Palin announced the Alaskan Schools would start to teach faith based math.

forget INTERVIEWS, how about DEBATES
Will Sarah Plain be able to stand the heat? I am really tired of all this name calling, you can agree to disagree in a respectful manner after all we are All AMERICANS

I can't believe how some people are so well the fact is stupid to believe Sarah Palin is qualified to be President. That's why we are in the situation we are in now with Bush. Come on people, don't be so STUPID.

Perhaps your historical research should extend past your own lifetime, dear. Your own slipshod research speaks to your agenda: Smear Sarah Palin at any cost. Who knew that agenda would besmirch your own journalistic credibility? Congratulations,you are now qualified to participate in the national news media and the death of integrity in journalism.

As for ABC NEWS---
Every woman in this country who has ever faced condescending, patronizing and snide sexual bigotry recognizes that "nice guy" Charlie Gibson personifies their own nasty experience in this interview.

Each and every disappointed Hillary supporter shares the pain and recognition of rampant sexism.

NRA announced they were starting a airborn wolf hunting program for Governor Palin's family to enjoy on their flights back home.

People are grasping at anything to try and justify such a pathetic performance.

The rest of your 15 minutes will soon be over. Perhaps a reality show would be in order?

The problem with Palin's responses tonight was that Palin showed herself as lacking in knowledge about just about everything. Her answers were stock "good ol' USA" type answers like "we should go after terrorists wherever they lurk". It was like listening to a 3rd grade "Up with the USA" primer. Gibson was not baiting her - he was asking her legitimate questions. She was so clearly a rookie tonight - she was nervous, frightened, hardly Vice Presidential material. I sincerely hope that the next set of questions focuses even more on international issues as well as on the ongoing investigation into Troopergate. It is thoroughly embarrassing to have a VP candidate who is under investigation in their home state - with all of the stellar possible candidates out there, McCain picked this dud. Incredible. And terrifying, all at the same time. Do we really not care if we have educated, intelligent, thoughtful leaders or do we really want to elect McCain and his "trophy VP", the political version of Paris Hilton?

Charlie was like so totally unfair to me. I mean, like, Thomas's and Abe's VP hadn't met a foreign guy.

I'd like to have heard her explination of charging rape victems for the rape test. But so far he hasn't asked any real tough questions of her.

Sure I'm Ready- you are an idiot, if you disagree with the lady that's fine, but there is no need to call her out of her name, this is the reason why people will get pissed off and vote for this woman regardless, because of idiots like you that can't stick to the issues but makes this a female denegration match, you are doing a diservice to us all.