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Poor quality of answers during CBS interview Palaikantis argumentas1 #6731 Sarah Palin's answers to Katie Couric on Russia and the financial bailout during their recent CBS interview appeared to betray a fundamental lack of understanding about these important foreign and domestic political issues.
Click on the images below to watch Sarah Palin's answers: On Russia and her foreign policy experience: On the finanical bailout: Source: CBS/YouTube

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Cituoja: Romesh Ratnesar, Time
Cituojamas: David Price 12:36 PM 29 September 2008 GMT
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http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0

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http://www.time.com/ti...,8599,1845116,00.html?imw=Y

"It takes a hard heart not to like Sarah Palin. She has a winning personal story. She can be poised, charming and funny. As she showed at the Republican National Convention, her ability to deliver set-piece speeches — a big part of the job for all politicians, but especially Presidents — is considerable. On balance, she's probably an asset to John McCain. But we should stop pretending that she is ready now or anytime in the forseeable future to be Commander-in-Chief.

I reached this conclusion after watching the foreign-policy portion of her disastrous Sept. 25 interview with Katie Couric. A number of commentators, including The Atlantic's James Fallows and Slate's Christopher Beam, have said that Palin resembled, in Beam's words, "a high-schooler trying to BS her way through a book report," which is an insult to both high-schoolers and B.S. Palin's answers were hesitant, convoluted and at times — like when she appeared to suggest that Vladimir Putin might be preparing a one-man airborne invasion of Alaska — downright loony. "

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Cituoja: Rod Dreher
Cituojamas: David Price 10:45 PM 30 September 2008 GMT
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http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/09/the

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"As readers of my column know, I fiercely defended Sarah Palin against slimy attacks on her from the left. As a culture-war Rohrshach test, I'm firmly in her camp. But I was careful not to defend Palin the politician, because beyond her boffo convention speech, we just didn't know what she was capable of. I've gotta say that the more exposure she has to the media, the worse she looks. The Katie Couric interview was even more painful to watch than her Charlie Gibson interview. Palin just babbled talking points in response to straightforward questions. Palin just doesn't know what she's talking about. It is cringe-making to imagine her running the country should McCain die or be incapacitated.

Look, I don't think Palin is dim by any stretch, and I admire many of her qualities. It's just that she's just in way, way over her head. What a disappointment."

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Cituoja: Dan Morgan
Cituojamas: David Price 10:48 PM 30 September 2008 GMT
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http://nospeedbumps.com/?p=1572">http://nospeedbumps.com/?p=1572

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