Here's a valid point I read on another site, so I won't take credit for it as my own. But when she states repeatedly "We cannot second guess Isreal striking Iran", she obviously cannot mean it per se under ANY circumstance (ie, if Isreal bombed Iran tomorrow would we immediately 100% back Israel??). It's just a line she learned in her cram sessions. She is thinking of the most cardboard, cookie-cutter, black and white scenario, because she has no idea how complicated and nuanced these situations can be, because she's never really thought about them before. So we really have no idea how she would react, or what thought process she would follow. And I don't think she does either. Keep in mind we're talking about nuclear war (or "Nucular war" as she & W refer to it) here, not economic plans, or pro-choice/pro-life agendas.

GIBSON: What if Israel decided it felt threatened and needed to take out the Iranian nuclear facilities?

PALIN: Well, first, we are friends with Israel and I don't think that we should second guess the measures that Israel has to take to defend themselves and for their security.

GIBSON: So if we wouldn't second guess it and they decided they needed to do it because Iran was an existential threat, we would cooperative or agree with that.

PALIN: I don't think we can second guess what Israel has to do to secure its nation.

GIBSON: So if it felt necessary, if it felt the need to defend itself by taking out Iranian nuclear facilities, that would be all right.

PALIN: We cannot second guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend itself.

Name one "false" ad Obama aired??

Also, 'misleading'??  Factcheck.org was talking about the dailykos rumors yet McCain uses it as talking about Obama's campaign!! 

It'd be so funny if the FCC stepped in on this ad. Because they can you know.

Barack Obama went onto Bill O'Reilly so you can toss "free pass" out the window. Geez your biased. Let's see McCain go onto Olbermann??

Sarah Palin interview: pundits give mixed reviews
Sarah Palin's first television interview since becoming John McCain's Republican running mate attracted mixed reviews.

By Jon Swaine
Last Updated: 1:21PM BST 12 Sep 2008

Mrs Palin has given only scripted speeches since her explosive arrival into the White House race three weeks ago Photo: Reuters
Mrs Palin appeared to have been "well-rehearsed" in briefings from the McCain campaign, commentators said, but was occasionally "blind-sided" by unanticipated questions.

The 44-year-old governor of Alaska said she "didn't blink" when asked by Mr McCain to take the job and that she would have the same reaction if forced to take the reins of the presidency.

The self-styled "hockey mom", who portrayed herself as a "pitbull in lipstick" during her party's national convention, took a tough line on national security and foreign policy in her discussion with Charles Gibson of ABC World News.

She "presented a confident face in what was considered an important early test of her knowledge of foreign affairs," according to The Boston Globe.

She said she supported Mr McCain's stance that the Russian invasion of Georgia was "unacceptable" and added that the US may have to go to war if it were repeated, in a comment likely to re-ignite debates over her readiness to step in as commander-in-chief.

Asked whether the US would have to fight Russia if it were to invade Georgia and the former soviet state had joined Nato, Mrs Palin said: "Perhaps so.

"I mean, that is the agreement when you are a Nato ally, is if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help."

Questions have been raised over Mrs Palin's foreign policy experience and ability to take over as president should anything happen to Mr McCain, who is 72 and has suffered several bouts of cancer.

The Washington Post newspaper said her comments were "strikingly devoid of the diplomatic language generally used by US officials when discussing relations with Russia".

"She appeared to echo the tougher language of her running mate," it said.

The Los Angeles Times said that Mrs Palin's interview "wasn't without stumbles".

"The Alaska governor 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," the newspaper said.

The New York Times said Mrs Palin appeared to be like an "eager student, someone who has crammed for an exam and was repeating talking points."

It said her performance "appeared extremely rehearsed, especially when she repeated three times that she did not want to 'second guess' Israel".

However it added that "she seemed blind-sided by the question about the Bush doctrine", explaining that she failed to recognise the expression, which commonly used to describe the neoconservative foreign policy of the current administration.

Instead, the newspaper said, Mrs Palin guessed that Mr Gibson was asking about Mr Bush's "world view", forcing the presenter to "explain later that he wanted to know what she thought of his idea of 'anticipatory self-defence'.

It said this was cause for concern. "Granted, this might not be something that your average hockey mom would know," it said, "but it probably is something that a commander-in-chief-in-waiting might have considered." Mrs Palin also paid tribute to her son Track, who is to serve with the US armed forces in Iraq.

She said: "I am so proud of his independent and strong decision he has made, what he decided to do and serving for the right reasons and serving something greater than himself and not choosing a real easy path where he could be more comfortable and certainly safer."

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