Another Homerun for Palin!

[theeedude]

Hehe, Palin is a non-entity in terms of actual substance, she can regurgitate talking points she's been trained to regurgitate. Actually that makes her similar to an average Republican politician.

 

[badnewcastle]

Originally posted by: Zorba

It is a very very common term in politics

I would add to this statement, it is a very very common term in national/Washington Politics not local state or city government.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: badnewcastle

Originally posted by: Zorba

It is a very very common term in politics

I would add to this statement, it is a very very common term in national/Washington Politics not local state or city government.

So how is it that nearly everyone here knows it and she doesn't?

 

[Pens1566]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: badnewcastle

Originally posted by: Zorba

It is a very very common term in politics

I would add to this statement, it is a very very common term in national/Washington Politics not local state or city government.

So how is it that nearly everyone here knows it and she doesn't?

She's from outside the beltway silly ......

 

[jpeyton]

GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

I want to personally thank the OP. This thread delivers! :thumbsup: :laugh:

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Hehe, Obama is a non-entity in terms of actual substance, he can regurgitate talking points he's been trained to regurgitate. Actually that makes him similar to an average Democrat politician.

Hyperbole fixed

 

[Chappie]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

I want to personally thank the OP. This thread delivers! :thumbsup: :laugh:

LOL...I crapped myself when I heard her say that...

😀

Chappie

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: senseamp
Hehe, Obama is a non-entity in terms of actual substance, he can regurgitate talking points he's been trained to regurgitate. Actually that makes him similar to an average Democrat politician.

Hyperbole fixed

OMG I see what you did. You replaced Palin's name with Obama's, and replaced Republican with Democrat!

So fresh, so original, just like McCain/Palin. Bravo!

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

I want to personally thank the OP. This thread delivers! :thumbsup: :laugh:

Did she actually say that? :shocked:

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: senseamp
Hehe, Obama is a non-entity in terms of actual substance, he can regurgitate talking points he's been trained to regurgitate. Actually that makes him similar to an average Democrat politician.

Hyperbole fixed

So fresh, so original, just like Obama/Biden. Hope! Change!

hyperbole fixed 😛

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
So how is it that nearly everyone here knows it and she doesn't?

Because we hang out on forums like P&N and are news junkies?

(I usually lurk here and refrain from replying due to the constant flame wars.)

 

[Double Trouble]

I wouldn't call it a home run, but she did a very good job and will gain confidence as she does more of these. Gibson was certainly not throwing softballs, he was trying to get her in a "gotcha".

 

[CallMeJoe]

Carefully scripted answers. Listen to the question, pick the closest talking point from this past week's cram session, stay on script. If interviewer tries to force extended answer, repeat script ad infinitum (or is that ad nauseum?). Not that much different than her teleprompter standups with Senator McCain except for Charlie Gibson delivering lead-in to the script.

 

[Zorba]

Originally posted by: badnewcastle

Originally posted by: Zorba

It is a very very common term in politics

I would add to this statement, it is a very very common term in national/Washington Politics not local state or city government.

She is running for a National/Washington Political office...

 

[Jack Flash]

Wait, what?

That was a homerun?

That was answering yes.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: soonerproud

Originally posted by: eskimospy
So how is it that nearly everyone here knows it and she doesn't?

Because we hang out on forums like P&N and are news junkies?

(I usually lurk here and refrain from replying due to the constant flame wars.)

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the governor of a state/candidate for VP of the United States should know as much about politics as an ATPN member.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: Pens1566

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: badnewcastle

Originally posted by: Zorba

It is a very very common term in politics

I would add to this statement, it is a very very common term in national/Washington Politics not local state or city government.

So how is it that nearly everyone here knows it and she doesn't?

She's from outside the beltway silly ......

No person with even a passing interest in US foreign policy could not know what the Bush Doctrine is. It has been the guiding principle for US foreign policy for almost a decade. Inside the beltway, outside the beltway, as someone else said it has 800,000 hits on google.

There is simply no excuse. She has 'foreign policy experience', she just doesn't happen to know the dominant US doctrine for foreign policy. You can't be serious.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the governor of a state/candidate for VP of the United States should know as much about politics as an ATPN member.

You are talking about people that are in the actual field doing the dirty work of local and state government. I doubt both mayors or governors have the kind of time we do to keep up with all this stuff.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
No person with even a passing interest in US foreign policy could not know what the Bush Doctrine is. It has been the guiding principle for US foreign policy for almost a decade. Inside the beltway, outside the beltway, as someone else said it has 800,000 hits on google.

There is simply no excuse. She has 'foreign policy experience', she just doesn't happen to know the dominant US doctrine for foreign policy. You can't be serious.

No it hasn't. Bush for the most part dropped most of the Bush Doctrine in his second term in practice.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: soonerproud

Originally posted by: eskimospy
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the governor of a state/candidate for VP of the United States should know as much about politics as an ATPN member.

You are talking about people that are in the actual field doing the dirty work of local and state government. I doubt both mayors or governors have the kind of time we do to keep up with all this stuff.

I know exactly who I'm talking about, and they sure as shit do. I'll repeat: it is simply unacceptable for the governor of a state to not have even heard of the guiding principle of US foreign policy. It is doubly so if that governor is trying to talk about how they have foreign policy experience.

It's not like this is some obscure fact that only policy wonks would know, it's the basis for the US' dealings with THE ENTIRE WORLD.

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: deftron


LOL What's the Bush droctine ?


she's so clueless

Let's be honest here, how many people on here could have defined the "Bush Doctrine" prior to this interview??

It is not even written out. It is just a phrase given to a collection of Bush foreign policy ideas. Even Charlie couldn't completely define it when he said "The Bush doctrine as I understand it"

It was certainly not a great answer by her though.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
I know exactly who I'm talking about, and they sure as shit do. I'll repeat: it is simply unacceptable for the governor of a state to not have even heard of the guiding principle of US foreign policy. It is doubly so if that governor is trying to talk about how they have foreign policy experience.

It's not like this is some obscure fact that only policy wonks would know, it's the basis for the US' dealings with THE ENTIRE WORLD.

You are confusing Governors with the President my friend. Governors damn sure do not have the time to keep up with all the foreign policy decisions of the Federal Government. You don't have to be condescending just because we disagree on this point.

Edit: Fixed typo

 

[Pens1566]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: Pens1566

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: badnewcastle

Originally posted by: Zorba

It is a very very common term in politics

I would add to this statement, it is a very very common term in national/Washington Politics not local state or city government.

So how is it that nearly everyone here knows it and she doesn't?

She's from outside the beltway silly ......

No person with even a passing interest in US foreign policy could not know what the Bush Doctrine is. It has been the guiding principle for US foreign policy for almost a decade. Inside the beltway, outside the beltway, as someone else said it has 800,000 hits on google.

There is simply no excuse. She has 'foreign policy experience', she just doesn't happen to know the dominant US doctrine for foreign policy. You can't be serious.

I left out the 🙂

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
That Bush doctrine question would have thrown me too. I'm not sure that is an official term with a hard and narrow definition.

It is and it does.

It states that it is the policy of the US to treat nations that harbor terrorists groups as terrorist themselves, including the use of preemptive war.

 

[Zorba]

Originally posted by: soonerproud
You don't have to be condescending just because we disagree on this point.

It is probably because you have Sooner in your name 😛.

<--- OSU Alum 😉

She isn't just some governor, she is running to be the VP and they have tried talking up her foreign affairs policy. She should've at least been briefed about this before the interview.