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Figures…. ABC EDITED OUT KEY POINTS From Palin Interview
September 13, 2008 |
It figures…
ABC News edited out key points from the Palin interview.
ABC’s Charlie Gibson smirks while Governor Sarah Palin answers one of his questions about her religious beliefs.
Mark Levin posted the entire ABC interview with Governor Sarah Palin including critical pieces that were cut from the interview- sometimes mid-sentence.
Here’s the unedited version where Sarah Palin discussed her Russian neighbors where she does not come across as the warmonger they portrayed her as:
GIBSON: Let’s start, because we are near Russia, let’s start with Russia and Georgia.
The administration has said we’ve got to maintain the territorial integrity of Georgia. Do you believe the United States should try to restore Georgian sovereignty over South Ossetia and Abkhazia?
PALIN: First off, we’re going to continue good relations with Saakashvili there. I was able to speak with him the other day and giving him my commitment, as John McCain’s running mate, that we will be committed to Georgia. And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable and we have to keep…
GIBSON: You believe unprovoked.
PALIN: I do believe unprovoked and we have got to keep our eyes on Russia, under the leadership there. I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we saw with that invasion of Georgia shows us some steps backwards that Russia has recently taken away from the race toward a more democratic nation with democratic ideals. That’s why we have to keep an eye on Russia.
And, Charlie, you’re in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.
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.
GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing in Georgia?
PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.
Sarah Palin on Russia:
We cannot repeat the Cold War. We are thankful that, under Reagan, we won the Cold War, without a shot fired, also. We’ve learned lessons from that in our relationship with Russia, previously the Soviet Union.
We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.
GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO?
PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia.
Charlie Gibson removes his glasses to make an important point with Governor Sarah Palin.
NewsBusters adds that the entire transcript makes it obvious that crucial portions of the interview that showed Palin as knowledgeable or presented her answers out of context.
ABC’s Charlie Gibson lectures Govenor Sarah Palin.
Glenn Reynolds offered this advice to the (Republican) candidates–
Bring your own camera.
Comments
3 Comments so far
If you ask me, she sounds more intelligent after the edits. ABC did her a favor.
Democrats and Obama in particular have become do ridiculous it is pathetic. ABC acting as an Obama campaign surrogate has once again proven to the voters of America just how far left their bias really is. The slow pitch, no, T-Ball interview Gibson did with Obama vs the Roger Clemens fastball approach with Palin should be another reminder to us who are already aware of it and a wake-up call to those who aren’t. Even some of the Hillary forums are making comparisons and posting them on their websites. One of them is already making the rounds in the blogosphere.
McCain is still leading in the polls, more than a week after the convention. I suspect that after the Gibson interview fiasco and I am referring to Gibson, the lead will either remain or increase as time goes on.
The American people are a fair people and do not like it when a handfull of elitists in the MSM, Hollywood, and other countries start attacking someone who has captured the attention and admiration of so many, so quickly. The more they attack and assault Sarah Palin, the bigger and tighter the circle will form around her. As the sexism increases against her from both male and female from the left, more and more will cross the aisle and into Sarah’s camp. The more they attack her family, the more the average American family will identify with her.
When Hillary was running for the Senate and her opponent crossed the stage and confronted her, that was the signal moment of the campaign. He made an intimidating move and it did not resonate with the voters. The same thing is going on here and the voters will respond in opposition.
The more we are preached to by Europeans and now the Australians, the more we dig our heels in as a whole. I am not counting the liberals who feel we should “capitulate” our will to the European model but the average American who goes to work each day to put food on the table, clothe the family, provide shelter, and educate their children.
Sometimes it does come down to plain old Americanism, not the more nuanced and “sophisticated” issues. Deep down, I still believe Americans will defend this country from character assasination attacks from within and the outside. Now, one of our own, a woman from Alaska who shares the core values of the average American is under attack from both forces. The backlash has just begun and those who are responsible for it will never understand what it is to be from the “heartland” of America.
[...] it was pretty obvious at the time, when I first saw Charlie Gibson’s interview with Palin, but this confirms it! I like the advice given: next time bring your own [...]