ABC’s Jake Tapper reports that Sarah Palin will not be interviewed until she is treated with ‘deference’. Tapper must have relayed this information to his ABC colleague Charlie Gibson because Gibson landed Palin’s inaugural interview. Inaugural, that is, unless you count the one question she has been asked so far…by an Alaskan reporter:
“Governor, we feel like we’re losing you — are you still going to be there for Alaska?”
We’d all like Charlie Gibson to be a little harder-hitting. At least, I mean, when he’s not busy being deferential.
What would you advise Mr. Gibson to ask?
“Ms. Palin, can you name the leaders of Great Britan, France, Germany, Russia, and Italy respectively?”
Before any questions, the well plugged in Steve Clemons suggests anyone wanting to know more about Palin and where the bodies are buried should contact:
I think the McBeath will soon be found at an undisclosed location, in Chicago betcha. Oh to be a fly on the wall.
or…
“Ms Palin, can you name the capitols of England, France, Germany, Ireland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Zimbabwe and Russia?”
Deference? So she wants to be treated like a lady?
Royalty comes to mind.
I want Gibson to ask her how she felt about David Brooks using the term “trailer trash” in reference to her on the same network this morning.
Hard to treat her like a lady when she isn’t one. Or treat her with respect when she shows none for others.
Who is Ahmed Chalabi? Can you briefly describe his involvement in the war in Iraq.
In May of 2003 Paul Bremmer made a famous proclamation, can you tell us what this was and describe it’s affects?
I wouldn’t ask the sunni/shiite question, they was the first thing Lieberman taught her.
Have you and John created a moose BBQ recipe yet?
As a followup: Have you passed it on to Cindy? What does she think of it?
And was it stolen from foodnetwork.com?
They want only softball questions, which is what she will bet, be sure of it.
Ms. Palin, we know it’s early, but so far, which was the tougher campaign?
Was it this one, or the time you ran for Homecoming Queen?
If he’s feeling a bit adventurous then he might try a remix of the inappropriate question that was asked of President Clinton in 1994:
“Thong, bloomers or bikini briefs?”
I would ask her who is David Addington and what is his job?
Anything about John Yoo’s memo would be great too.
Say Sarah, dear, what is the Shanghai Co-operative Organization and what is its significance. What is your feeling about putting those anti-missiles in Poland now that Russia says they will blow them up before they become operational. Is this really worth fighting World War III over? What is your feeling about a national fall out shelter program?
Colbert interview this woman. As a matter of fact, they could cut the Gibson interview and paste in Colbert as the interviewer asking weird questions.
In reality they are going to shield her from the press as long as they can…
Why did you not tell anyone in your administration that you were pregnant until you were seven months along and will you, your husband and the baby take DNA tests?
Governor Palin,
Why were there so few people of color at the Republican Convention?
Governor Palin, does it make you uncomfortable to know that Senator McCain stares at your posterior while you are speaking? Do you feel that this is sexist? Have you asked him to stop?
How long did you practice your RNC speech? Did you write any of it, and, if so, which parts?
Senator McCain says he wants to run a civil campaign and reach across party lines. Your speech said the opposite. How do you reconcile such a glaring difference with the head of your ticket?
There is a tremendous You Tube on this entitled “McCain”s Brain: checking out his V.P.” Sorry, I don’t know how to do that Url thingy. Help! tutorial needed.
Sarah Palin, if you fired the State Trooper Director who would not fire your soon to be x-brother-in-law. What have you threaten to do to Bristol’s, concubine, if he doesn’t make an honest woman out of her??
Which books did you try to ban? And why?
And is the Iraq war really part of God’s plan, and is Exxon’s profits part of God’s plan?
And do you want to help bring about the end times if you should become President?
Can you spell the capitol of South Ossetia?
Should all towns with less than ten thousand people have lobbyists in Washington?
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I know there was something else I wanted to ask her.
There were about 6-8 books, I believe. One of them was Harry Potter. Another was Bridge to Tarabithia.
If she tried banning Harry Potter, there’s a fanboy or two who might take up pitchforks & torches in defence of Old Harry….
Don’t know where there is a listing online, but there must be one somewhere. I heard the list of books on the radio this evening.
God damn it, get that list out. It will be very useful in the culture war that McCain and Palin have so recently launched. Books, a woman’s body, the Constitution, they are all in play in this screwy election here in Bizarro World. McCain the Insane and Sarah Barracuda are girding for battle; all “liberals” to the front.
snopes is on it.
if those books were published after she was Mayor?
Since you and your husband are in favor of secession… Alaska First and Alaska Always… are you also in favor of the resulting Civil War?
with the logical followups:
How many deaths would it be worth to secure the oil fields for your friends and relatives in the industry?
Will you lead your new nation as its first head of state… “Mother of her Country”, just as George Washington was the father of his?
Will you move the capital from Juneau to Wasilla, or seek new ground in that Valley? Will you name the city after yourself, just like Washington, D.C. is named for the first President?
Will your government be a theocracy, where only Pentacostals can hold high office, or will you graciously allow other Christians to serve your government? Will non-Christians be forced to leave the country, or do you feel that reeducation and teaching creationism in school will purify the populace over time? Will you allow the natives to stay, or must they abandon their ancestral rights?
Will you mint new coinage with your face replacing Washington’s? The Canadian coin is called the “loonie” because of the bird gracing it; what will you do to ensure that no disrespect is shown your image? Is beheading appropriate?
Alaska is already exporting prisoners to places such as Arizona. Do you plan to build new jails to confine those who violate religious laws, or rely upon the Old Testament punishments of dismemberment and stoning? Will you stone your own daughter for being with child? Or wait until after the birth so that the innocent isn’t punished as well? How pro-life are you? Since you seek retroactive punishment for others, will your law include any statute of limitations?
If Alaska will no longer have the welfare checks and earmarks from America, can oil sales alone support your government? Given the expenses to redecorate your office, multiple times, can you extrapolate that to the cost of an entire new governmental center? What other resources (mining, timber, ?)would you consider auctioning? Will you look to eBay to unload the parklands, or is that only for portable properties?
Many new countries supplement trade with sales of stamps and such to collectors. Will you allow images of wolves and polar bears on such collectables, or eradicate all predators, lest a sympathetic image interfere with control?
Will you promote elections, with a president-for-life, or prefer the stability of a constitutional monarchy? Will your children succeed you as ruler, or will you share power with other dynastic houses such as the Youngs and the Stevenses? If you are the first ruler, will you deny rulership to other females? Or would you establish a matriarchy, where only proven fertile women can be mothers of their country?
The point is, I don’t want Charlie Gipson to question her at all. He’s not capable. He’s a hardcore republican (or plays one on TV) and is just not insightful AT ALL.
Even George Stephanopolous would be better.
“Ms Palin, why do you think I was selected to be the first to interview you”
“Ms Palin, are you now or have you ever been affiliated with the Hayden Lake/Sandpoint White Supremacist organizations in Idaho?”
Palin Makes Her First Gaffe via HuffPost. I could think of several other things that have come out of her speechwriter’s mouths that would qualify, but that’s beside the point.
In your speech before the RNC you derided the role of community organizers in helping poorer neighborhoods improve their lot, yet you availed yourself of a professional lobbyist to gain earmarks for Wasilla, some that Sen. McCain described as political pork.
Why do you think that expensive lobbyists working to make the wealthy even wealthier are respectable, but community organizers to make poor communities more liveable aren’t?
In memory of Saul Alinsky
Dear Mr. Gibson,
I would like to know Sarah Palin’s platform on the following issues: Civil Rights, Corporations, Crime, Drugs, Education, Environment, Families/Children, Foreign Policy, Free Trade, Gun Control, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Defense Spending, Torture, Immigration, Jobs, Social Security, Tax Reform, Technology, War & Peace, Iran, Iraq
Welfare & Poverty. These are all topics on website: http://www.ontheissues.org.
If you could also ask her about her bold faced lies in her RNC speech and why she continues to rattle them off on the campaign trail – lies like:
Tell her to tell Nancy Wallace -America Cares, that’s who!
http://www.boycottpalin.com