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Questions For Sarah Palin (Cont'd)

September 10, 2008 12:14 PM

Rt_palin5_080903_main As the suggestions pile up -- in our in-boxes, on our voice mail, in the pages of the Anchorage Daily News, even in Maureen Dowd's column in the New York Times -- we thought we'd take a moment to thank those of you (483 of you at last count) who've posted thoughts for Charlie Gibson's interview with Sarah Palin. A cynic wrote to say it was obvious that Charlie wouldn't ever see the questions. Well, we can tell you the following: We've read every post; we've divided them by subject (interestingly, Iraq topped the list); and we've given a stack to Charlie. He -- and we -- appreciate the input.

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Sounds like panic in the Dems corner
Listen the problem is Obama and Biden look more and more like Washington suits and the American people are tired of that.
She has stolen the spotlight and you will lose.

Posted by: Rico | Sep 10, 2008 12:55:36 PM

Distorted facts. The report by 194 scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate did not say with 90% certainty that mankind is causing global warming. That statement was made by a handful of non-earth scientists in the summerized intoduction to the report. The actual report was inconclusive.

Posted by: chut | Sep 10, 2008 12:57:14 PM

Don't frame the question so that the answer is in it!

Do your Job!

Posted by: Thinking | Sep 10, 2008 1:00:54 PM

Given your previous positions as mayor of a small town and less than 2 years as governer, voters have not voting record to look to in assessing your policy stands.

Where can a voter research your actual experience and positions? For instance, I would like to know why Alaska is charging it's citizens more in taxes than any other state. I would like to know why you have placed high taxes on oil from Alaska which is sold to other Americans.

Posted by: Annie | Sep 10, 2008 1:03:18 PM

THE question to ask Gov. Palin:

Isn't being on the PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) community organizing?

I was nominated and elected President of the PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization), and I'm VERY proud of my two-year reign accomplishments bringing my local school and community together.

So why bash, berate, and insult what Sen. Obama have done when he literally helped the American people when they were down through community organizing?

Posted by: BCDwriter | Sep 10, 2008 1:08:16 PM

For those of you who are expecting a substative interview, just look back at the presidential debate that Charlie Gibson hosted. It was the worse debate questions of all the 22 held. Charlie is a lifetime mediocre journalist. He avoids contraversy. Play it safe Charlie is his name. Look for this to be another scripted speech just like Palin has been giving for the past 10 days.

Posted by: William | Sep 10, 2008 1:10:42 PM

Ask her about health insurance for everyone, education, the war in iraq, how her religious beliefs effect her decision making. Please, please, do not sugar coat your interview and give her a free ride like she has had so far.

Posted by: Amy | Sep 10, 2008 1:10:50 PM

Ask her when you are done as the final question:

Do you feel that the liberal media, ours included, has asked Barrack Hussein Obama any of these very tough questions yet in any interview on any station in the last 19 months? Because right now the american people have absolutely zero clue how Barrack would respond to any of the situations with the exception of the armchair quarterback he plays in the senate by voting 'present'.

Didn't think so...

Posted by: david | Sep 10, 2008 1:11:06 PM

Since this interview is taking 2 days, are you going to disclose this to the viewers, or is it going to be edited like a Barbara Walters special? I feel the viewers need to be told that Palin knows all the questions ahead of time, or if preapproved the questions. People will be watching you closely to make sure you are really giving her a newsworthy interview or just a puff piece.

Posted by: djjenkins | Sep 10, 2008 1:11:14 PM

The U.S. has a population of over 305 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Alaska’s population is only in the thousands. If you are elected vice president, and if in the event that John McCain dies, resigns, becomes disabled, or is removed from office, how do you find yourself prepared to be commander in chief? Also, please explain your qualifications for such a position.

Posted by: Amber Simons | Sep 10, 2008 1:14:35 PM

Please don't blow your opportunity by throwing softballs. The American people have a right to know where she stands on the issues as well as her past record. We are not buying into these faux sexism charges. We want to see as tough an interview as you would give any man. The media did not give Hillary Clinton a pass.

Posted by: Lisa, CA | Sep 10, 2008 1:15:39 PM

ABC, CNN are the most biased members of the news media I have every seen in all my 60 plus years.

There is no journalistic integrity, no reporting just the facts. Your reporters unashamedly spout their biases at every turn.

Shame on the lot of you.

Posted by: Jill Mitchell | Sep 10, 2008 1:16:10 PM

Being a journalist yourself, don’t you find it strange that your party is asking you to be treated with deference? As a woman, how do you feel about being shielded like you can’t take a hit like other men on the campaign trail?

How would you define family values? Do you think it is Christian-like to hold others to a standard but politically expedient to classify the same circumstance as a “personal matter”? Wouldn’t you consider that ideology to be of the Pharisees?

With the high rate of teenage pregnancy, shouldn’t there be another way of reaching out to these kids besides an “abstinence only” program?

Are you aware of the conditions at Walter Reed Medical Facility? With your son going to Iraq as a volunteer, wouldn’t you want the best care for him if he becomes injured? How do you view funding for therapy, mental health, housing, and rehabilitation for wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan?

Posted by: Adelaide | Sep 10, 2008 1:17:39 PM

Running for Beauty Pageant qualified her for the job of VP. She had to display a great deal of skin, but just enough to be suggestive. She had to continually smile, but not to a level of scowl. She had to say what the judges want to hear in order to win their trust. And finally, she had to fabricate her credentials to appear better than her record actually suggests. Yes, on those points she actually qualifies for VP but not on the points she is touting as her record.

Posted by: William | Sep 10, 2008 1:20:04 PM

Mr Gibson should be honest with the viewers right up front and tell people whether or not Mrs Palin has been given these questions in advance of the interview.

I believe, that she has. Its probably the only way the would agree to do the interview. I'm sure they have also told ABC which topics are off limits. Apparently the "reps" have been working (threatening) the media pretty hard lately.

The 800 pound gorilla question is what specific knowledge and experience can she describe that she feels qualifies her to be President of the US if called upon to do so.

Posted by: DTP | Sep 10, 2008 1:20:16 PM

Question for Sarah Palin:

Of the 21 Republican governors eligible to be Vice President, you rank 17th in terms of years as Governor. Why are you more qualified to be VP than the 16 Republican governors ahead of you, most of whom govern much larger, more diverse states?

Posted by: joe johnson | Sep 10, 2008 1:21:05 PM

Truth seems a rare commodity. Please no kid gloves with Ms. Palin and remember what she does with soft balls. Be specific:e.g did she become mayor with no debt and leave with approx $20million in debt? There is too much at risk for our nation and our world and who knows when (or if) she'll give another interview! An active and thoughtful press is critical to our democracy. My suffragette great-grandmother is counting on you!

Posted by: Eve Hoffman | Sep 10, 2008 1:22:34 PM

I am a woman and I am intelligent and I can hold my own in a conversation. I can only assume that the same goes for Sarah Palin. If John McCain truly picked mrs. Palin because he feels she is the second most qualified person in the whole country for the job of POTUS, then it is your job to make her prove it. Please don't let her off easy. Please don't ask about her kids unless you are willing to ask the question the rest of the mothers in America are asking which is: Running the greatest nation in the world is a 24/7 job. How does she plan to give America all the time and attention we need at this critical time in history, and at the same time give her disabled son and other kids the full time, 24/7 attention they need? One or the other is going to suffer.

Please ask about the debt she left Wasilla with, the wind-fall profit tax she/McCain are against that she is apparently for in Alaska. (same thing with a different name) Ask about how much money was lost on the sale of the luxury jet. Ask about the per diem she took while at home and the trips to snow mobile events. Ask about the emails she won't release and the troopergate scandal.

Please ask tough questions and when she gives an answer that has already been proven to be a lie, please call her on it. That is what journalists do. Americans are trying to decide who is going to run our country. Help us get accurate information so we can make an informed decision.

Posted by: cindy | Sep 10, 2008 1:26:56 PM

I would like to see Ms. Palin explain:
--what position she and McCain have on Social Security

-why she had lobbystworking to help Wasila obtain federal funds while she was mayor.
--why she doesn't tell the truth about her position on the "bridge to nowhere" and her acceptance of fed. funds
--how she can support censorship

--how she and McCain would specifically address this economy which has devasted so many middle-class lives
--what they'd do to improve access to healthcare for those w/o insurance
--who would benefit from their tax cuts

Posted by: Frustrated | Sep 10, 2008 1:28:42 PM

You could try asking her why she is for abstinance only teaching for teens when it's apparentt it does not work.

Posted by: rethas | Sep 10, 2008 1:29:29 PM

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