Palin-lite

Palin would support war with Russia
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Good Morning Flint, 9/12/08
by Terry Bankert
Full Article at http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/2008/09/palin-lite.html, summary at
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Palin lite showed hersel in the Gibson interview. Palin will readily declare war on Russia, commit American troops and American deaths. Palin supported Obamas position in Afgan incursions, discounted scientific knowledge of mans role in global warming. One several points she contradicted McCain and demonstrated she did not know what the Bush doctrine is. Joe Biden will have her for lunch.
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Palin - who has spoken in her church about U.S. troops being "on a task that is from God," was asked if she believed the United States is fighting a "holy war."[3] The republican spin is that she was quoting Licoln.[trb]
Harold Holzer, a prominent Lincoln scholar and author of multiple Lincoln biographies, said last night that Palin's original comment that US troops are on a task from God does not follow Lincoln's quote.[4]
"I think there is no computing the precise Lincoln quote with her own quote," Holzer said. "Lincoln sought guidance from God, he didn't tell people that God was guiding him. It is just different."[4]

PALIN EMERGES FROM MEDIA BLACKOUT AND MELTS IN THE SUN OF CHARLIE GIBSON
In her first televised interview since being named to the GOP ticket, Sarah Palin says she's ready to be president if called upon. However, she sidestepped questions on whether she had the national security credentials needed to be commander in chief.[1]
PALIN INEXPIERENCED ENOUGH TO STUMBLE INTO WORLD WAR III
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has defended his running mate's qualifications, citing her command of the Alaska National Guard and Alaska's proximity to Russia.[1]
PALIN GET CHECKED BY GIBSON
In the interview broadcast Thursday, Palin sought to defend her qualifications to assume one of the most powerful jobs in the world. But she struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she's never met a foreign head of state.[1]
IF I CAN SEE IT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT
Pressed about what insights into recent Russian actions she gained by living in Alaska, Palin told Charles Gibson of ABC News, "They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."[1]
IN THE OCEAN OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES PALIN IS FROM A SHALLOW BACKWATER POND
Palin, 44, has been Alaska's governor for less than two years and before that was a small-town mayor. She was McCain's surprise selection for the No. 2 slot on the ticket, raising questions about her readiness to serve in the White House, particularly during wartime.[1]
8 YEARS OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY PUT GOVERNMENT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE. PALIN IS A REPUBLICAN?
Asked whether those were sufficient credentials, Palin said: "It is about reform of government and it's about putting government back on the side of the people, and that has much to do with foreign policy and national security issues." She said she brings expertise in making the country energy independent as a former chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.[1]
SHE CANNOT EVEN NAME THE HEADS OF STATES OF THE LARGETS COUNTRIES?
Palin said other than a trip to visit soldiers in Kuwait and Germany last year, her only other foreign travel was to Mexico and Canada. She also said she had never met a head of state and added: "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."[1]
PALIN CONNECTS IRAQ AND SEPTEMBER 11, MCCAIN DOES NOT

The Washington Post reported that Palin told Iraq-bound soldiers yesterday that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."[4]
The remark appeared at odds with President Bush's stance that there was no connection between Iraq and the Sept. 11 attacks.[4]
Palin-lite, inexpierenced and proud of it.[trb]

Foreign policy questions dominated the first of three interviews Palin was giving Gibson over two days.[1]
In the interview Thursday, Palin:
READY TO START WARS-PALIN
_Appeared unsure of the Bush doctrine — essentially that the United States must help spread democracy to stop terrorism and that the nation will act pre-emptively to stop potential foes.[1]
DOCTRINE, OH CHARLIE STOP THE INTELLECTUAL STUFF SAYS PALIN/LIGHT
Asked whether she agreed with that, Palin said: "In what respect, Charlie?" Gibson pressed her for an interpretation of it. She said: "His world view." That prompted Gibson to say "no, the Bush doctrine, enunciated September 2002, before the Iraq war" and describe it to her.[1]

And on the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, she appeared entirely unfamiliar with the Bush Doctrine, the central foreign policy tenet of the current administration, which asserts the right to wage preventive strikes in the aftermath of such terrorist attacks. [2]

But she seemed off-balance when asked about the Bush Doctrine - which includes preventive war, spreading democracy to eliminate terrorism and brandishing power to force other countries into line. [3]

After Gibson informed her of the doctrine's definition of "anticipatory self-defense" against any country that might attack the United States, she replied: "If there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country. In fact, the president has the obligation, the duty to defend."[4]
PALIN- LITE DID NOT EVEN KNOW RECENT HISTORY
"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," she told Gibson. Russia invaded Georgia after the ex-Soviet republic invaded the separatist region of South Ossetia. [3]
PALIN THINKS EXPIERENCED IS A BAD THING AND SHE IS COMMITTED TO NO HAVING ANY.
"But, Charlie, again, we've got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time. It is for no more politics as usual, and somebody's big fat resume that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they've had opportunities to meet heads of state." [3]


THOSE GOSH DARN ISLAMIC PEOPLE, I.E PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LOOK LIKE PALIN
"I believe that what President Bush has attempted to do is rid this world of Islamic extremism, terrorists who are hell bent on destroying our nation," Palin said, though added "there have been mistakes made."[1]
DID NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, JOE WILL HAVE HER FOR LUNCH
Pressed repeatedly on whether the United States could attack terrorist hideouts in Pakistan without the country's permission, she said: "If there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country. In fact, the president has the obligation, the duty to defend."[1]
PALIN, COMMITTED TO AMERICAN BEING A FOLLOWER INTERNATIONALLY
_Said nuclear weapons in Iran's hands are dangerous, and said "we've got to put the pressure on Iran." Asked three times what her position would be if Israel felt threatened enough to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, Palin repeatedly said the United States shouldn't "second guess" Israel's steps to secure itself.[1]
PALIN WILL DECLARE WAR ON RUSSIA , COMMITT TROOPS, AND AMERICAN DEATHS?
_Called for Georgia and the Ukraine to be included in NATO, a treaty that requires the U.S. to defend them militarily. She also said Russia's attack into Georgia last month was "unprovoked." Asked to clarify that she'd support going to war over Georgia, she said: "Perhaps so."[1]

The interviews, conducted in and around Fairbanks, Alaska, did not go without a hitch. Palin called the Russian incursion into Georgia last month "unprovoked," a view at odds with that of U.S. officials who have reviewed events leading up to the military action.[2]
PALIN SUPPORTS OBAMA POSITION ON AFGAN INCUSIONS

Gibson also pressed Palin three times to give a yes or no answer to the question of whether she believed that the United States has the right to launch crossborder attacks on Taliban and Al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan, a close ally of the United States, without the Pakistani government's permission. Earlier in the campaign McCain had ridiculed rival Barack Obama for saying that he would authorize such unilateral crossborder actions, emphasizing that cooperation with Pakistan is essential.[4]
Bush resolved this thorny and explosive issue, after months of heated internal debate, by secretly authorizing such crossborder actions this summer, according to a front page report in yesterday's New York Times. Palin, when pressed by Gibson, said no option should be taken off the table.[4]

PALIN DISCOUNTS SCIENCE, AGAIN, IN THE GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE
Later, in the second interview, Palin said she broke from McCain on climate change and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. McCain has said humans have caused climate change and the federal government shouldn't permit drilling in the federally protected wildlife reserve.[1]
PALIN FLIP FLOPS IN CONFUSION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Palin, however, said: "I believe that man's activities certainly can be contributing to the issue of global warming, climate change. ... Regardless though of the reason for climate change, whether it's entirely, wholly caused by man's activities or is part of the cyclical nature of our planet — the warming and the cooling trends — regardless of that, John McCain and I agree that we gotta do something about it."[1]
The Alaska governor also reversed her stand on the cause of climate change, telling ABC News that she believes "man's activities certainly can be contributing to the issue of global warming." Less than a year ago, she said the opposite.[2]
PALIN CONTRADICT MCCAIN POLICY. WHO WILL RUN THE WHITE HOUSE?
On ANWR, she said: "We'll agree to disagree but I'm gonna keep pushing that and I think eventually we're all gonna come together on that one." [1]

Despite a stump speech that portrays herself and McCain as agents for change in Washington, Palin echoed familiar themes of the Bush administration, championing democracy as the antidote to terrorism and referring to Islamic extremism as "evil."[4]


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[1]
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-mjfuE-Dz5hpM2uDBVt3Kw6le4AD935372OB
[2]
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin12-2008sep12,0,3693136.story
[3]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/12/MNSA12SBUQ.DTL
[4]
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/09/12/palin_says_she_is_ready_to_assume_presidency/
[5]
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/11/palin-the-rock-star-heads-home-to-alaska/
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Comments of terry Bankert to include cap headlines

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