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It's even better on video!
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4487886n
CBS) Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were in Ohio Monday for a campaign rally. In their first joint interview, CBS News anchor Katie Couric asked them about a statement Palin made the other day, because it didn't seem to square with her running mate's policies in the war on terror in Pakistan. What follows is a partial transcript of the interview.
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Katie Couric: Over the weekend, Gov. Palin, you said the U.S. should absolutely launch cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan to, quote, "stop the terrorists from coming any further in." Now, that's almost the exact position that Barack Obama has taken and that you, Sen. McCain, have criticized as something you do not say out loud. So, Gov. Palin, are you two on the same page on this?
Sarah Palin: We had a great discussion with President Zardari as we talked about what it is that America can and should be doing together to make sure that the terrorists do not cross borders and do not ultimately put themselves in a position of attacking America again or her allies. And we will do what we have to do to secure the United States of America and her allies.
Couric: Is that something you shouldn't say out loud, Sen. McCain?
John McCain: Of course not. But, look, I understand this day and age of "gotcha" journalism. Is that a pizza place? In a conversation with someone who you didn't hear … the question very well, you don't know the context of the conversation, grab a phrase. Gov. Palin and I agree that you don't announce that you're going to attack another country …
Couric: Are you sorry you said it?
McCain: … and the fact …
Couric: Governor?
McCain: Wait a minute. Before you say, "is she sorry she said it," this was a "gotcha" sound bite that, look …
Couric: It wasn't a "gotcha." She was talking to a voter.
McCain: No, she was in a conversation with a group of people and talking back and forth. And … I'll let Gov. Palin speak for herself.
Palin: Well, it … in fact, you're absolutely right on. In the context, this was a voter, a constituent, hollering out a question from across an area asking, "What are you gonna do about Pakistan? You better have an answer to Pakistan." I said we're gonna do what we have to do to protect the United States of America.
Couric: But you were pretty specific about what you wanted to do, cross-border …
Palin: Well, as Sen. McCain is suggesting here, also, never would our administration get out there and show our cards to terrorists, in this case, to enemies and let them know what the game plan was, not when that could ultimately adversely affect a plan to keep America secure.
Couric: What did you learn from that experience?
Palin: That this is all about "gotcha" journalism. A lot of it is. But that's okay, too.
Couric: Gov. Palin, since our last interview, you've gotten a lot of flak. Some Republicans have said you're not prepared; you're not ready for prime-time. People have questioned your readiness since that interview. And I'm curious …
Palin: Yeah.
Couric: … to hear your reaction.
Palin: Well, not only am I ready, but willing and able to serve as vice-president with Sen. McCain if Americans so bless us and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ready with my executive experience as a city mayor and manager, as a governor, as a commissioner, a regulator of oil and gas.
McCain: This is not the first time that I've seen a governor being questioned by some quote, "expert." I remember that Ronald Reagan was a "cowboy." President Clinton was a governor of a very small state that had "no experience" either. (laughter) I remember how easy it was gonna be for Bush I to defeat him. I still recall, whoops, that one. But the point is I've seen underestimation before. I'm very proud of the excitement that Gov. Palin has ignited with our party and around this country. It is a … level of excitement and enthusiasm, frankly, that I haven't seen before. And I'd like to attribute it to me. But the fact is that she has done incredible job. And I'm so proud of the work that she's doing.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAha hahahahhaaha.... LOL.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahhaaha.... LOL.
That's downright embarassing :-[
It's almost like "Daddy has to sit beside me to make sure I'm ok."
I think she fared better than he did in the clip. He's really not doing her any favours when he comes across worse
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I like their message lol: "It's the media's fault" ahahahahahaaha The media just went through years of getting busted on for their failures and when they actually step up, McCain blames them for doing their job lol...
I still think the media sucks so this doesn't let them off imo...
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Thanks!
I needed a good laugh. ;D
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She needs to pull a rabbit out of her hat on thursday or a lot of mccain backers are going to start asking themselves wtf?
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She needs to pull a rabbit out of her hat on thursday or a lot of mccain backers are going to start asking themselves wtf?
I'd say at this point she needs to pull a rabbit out of her private parts on thursday to distract the voters again.
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I'd say at this point she needs to pull a rabbit out of her private parts on thursday to distract the voters again.
I don't know if I speak for all men or not.. but her hotness/MILF factor is wearing off.
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LOL "gotcha journalism" McCain: "what is that, a pizza parlor" Oh my god, what a disaster!!! This is being played over and over on the media...
can you say "well done" ahahahaha....
This campaign just jumped the Howard Dean, "WYARRRRRRRRRR" Shark...
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Couric was pwning the shit out of them with the Qs in this interview.
Worse is that Little Sarah got beat up in the first interview... so she came back to have her Dad explain what she meant.
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That was pathetic. They both came out of it looking weaker for having made that joint appearance.
I can't believe there are morons out there who think these two should be in charge. Then again, there are parishioners who think Ted Haggard is straight and are still giving money to him. Oh! The humanity. :'(
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I don't know if I speak for all men or not.. but her hotness/MILF factor is wearing off.
OMG... she looks like Dick Cheney in drag in that pic. :-X
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it is wearing off quite a bit...
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She makes me sick to my stomach when she speaks. It's similar to Valley Girl lingo.
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Mccain was just making shit up as he went.
'Gotcha journalism'. No, it was just a regular voter.
'yelling across a pizza parlor'. No, speaker was close and very clear.
'you don't announce that you're going to attack another country '
No, your running mate clearly said we'll do it if we wish to.
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She makes me sick to my stomach when she speaks. It's similar to Valley Girl lingo.
she's got that annoying, almost canadian lingo thing going on and yea, with a hint of Valley Girl. What's up with that, is that the way they talk up there?
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Doesn't the Liberal media know that have to treat her with Deference and Respect (according to McCain's campaign manager).
It's not fair to ask questions, especially ones that draw attention to their own lines and hypocrisy.
Waaahh!!
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she made it way worse by bringing grandpa on the show to defend her.
Couric was having a field day
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I'd say at this point she needs to pull a rabbit out of her private parts on thursday to distract the voters again.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
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she made it way worse by bringing grandpa on the show to defend her.
Couric was having a field day
Yeah - they look very weird when you see them together.
Kind of reminds me of an old man and his nurse
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Yeah - they look very weird when you see them together.
Kind of reminds me of an old man and his nurse
LOL Ouch! :-[
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Would McCain be winning (or even) if he picked Romney?
What about if Romney was the nominee instead of McCain? What would the election look like now?
I think the republican party made a mistake in nominating McCain. I admire him but do not think he is the best presidential choice.
In this time of economic crisis Romney would be useful. Neither McCain or Obama have demonstrated much detailed knowledge or proficiency in this crisis and economics aren't either of their strong suits.
I am not a big McCain supporter but I disagree with Obama's bigger government, programs and spending...certainly at this time of economic hardship.
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I died a little inside when McCain came out of nowhere. I honestly thought Guiliani was going to take the ticket. I was hoping Huckabee would be a VP as well since I think he had some great ideas. Also it sucks that Ron Paul was so dismissed.
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Would McCain be winning (or even) if he picked Romney?
What about if Romney was the nominee instead of McCain? What would the election look like now?
I think the republican party made a mistake in nominating McCain. I admire him but do not think he is the best presidential choice.
In this time of economic crisis Romney would be useful. Neither McCain or Obama have demonstrated much detailed knowledge or proficiency in this crisis and economics aren't either of their strong suits.
I am not a big McCain supporter but I disagree with Obama's bigger government, programs and spending...certainly at this time of economic hardship.
Did you disagree with the growth of government (deficit) spending over the last eight years? ???
One thing I used to respect about the GOP was their emphasis on responsible spending and pay as you go (no deficits) government but that seems to have vanished in recent years. And who ever heard of cutting taxes and thereby starving the treasury for $$$ at the very moment you need that money to fund a war which has now run up over $500 billion tab and continues at $10 billion per month?
I’m all for cutting spending but no amount of cutting is going to get us out of this record debt. Taxes do have to be raised.
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I died a little inside when McCain came out of nowhere. I honestly thought Guiliani was going to take the ticket. I was hoping Huckabee would be a VP as well since I think he had some great ideas. Also it sucks that Ron Paul was so dismissed.
out of nowwhere?
I called McCain before the first primary.
The other options were all seriously flawed.
McCain is flawed too but not as much as the rest of them
I think McCain should have picked Huclkeberry Hound as his VP.
He would have been appeal to the Jesus crowd and had some crossover appeal to others too.
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hahahahaha now that was some funny shit
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McCain obviously put the entire election on the line based on his faith in Palin being able to carpetbag her way into the political capital and 18 million votes that Hillary left behind.
It failed.
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"One thing I used to respect about the GOP was their emphasis on responsible spending and pay as you go (no deficits) government but that seems to have vanished in recent years."
Absolutely! I don't know how to classify Bush & his administration. Some of the republican party has gone way off course to tradition reasonable conservativism. I like guys like Ron Paul but he was too rough around the edges to be president. You need a person like Obama or Romney...maybe even Hillary (if she was more pleasant) but with a more moderate philosophy in my opinion.
Obama sounds good sometimes but his past & some of his current ideas are wrought with liberalism and quasi-socialism...and honestly some pretty leftwing folks and organizations throughout his career. I'm not comfortable with that. The dems should have nominated someone more moderate & they would have owned this election! Perhaps someone like Bloomberg? I don't know enough about him but was impressed with him on meet the press recently.
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where are the cons....lmao
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she's got that annoying, almost canadian lingo thing going on and yea, with a hint of Valley Girl. What's up with that, is that the way they talk up there?
To me, it sounds like a disgusting hybrid of the Canadian, Wisconsin, and Ohio. More so Wisconsin than anything else. :-X
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"One thing I used to respect about the GOP was their emphasis on responsible spending and pay as you go (no deficits) government but that seems to have vanished in recent years."
Absolutely! I don't know how to classify Bush & his administration. Some of the republican party has gone way off course to tradition reasonable conservativism. I like guys like Ron Paul but he was too rough around the edges to be president. You need a person like Obama or Romney...maybe even Hillary (if she was more pleasant) but with a more moderate philosophy in my opinion.
Obama sounds good sometimes but his past & some of his current ideas are wrought with liberalism and quasi-socialism...and honestly some pretty leftwing folks and organizations throughout his career. I'm not comfortable with that. The dems should have nominated someone more moderate & they would have owned this election! Perhaps someone like Bloomberg? I don't know enough about him but was impressed with him on meet the press recently.
This is how you classify the Bush administration (this book was written by a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and was a treasury official under President George H.W. Bush).
http://www.amazon.com/Impostor-George-Bankrupted-America-Betrayed/dp/0385518277
Published two years ago it seems pretty prescient now. :'(
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where are the cons....lmao
I dont think many disagree that this and her other interviews have been a disaster.
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This is how you classify the Bush administration (this book was written by a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and was a treasury official under President George H.W. Bush).
http://www.amazon.com/Impostor-George-Bankrupted-America-Betrayed/dp/0385518277
Published two years ago it seems pretty prescient now. :'(
Was this Crisis entirely of his making? Not at all, but he sure as hell did his best to spend as much as possible. I frankly dont understand wtf was up with his financial policies. he got caught in the appeaser game wanting everyone to like him rather than doing what was his responsability. He was just as bad as the guys who started and perpetuated it. Hell he was one of teh main guys who perpetuated it... The only difference is they arent getting the blame.