I watched the interview Sarah Palin did with John Ziegler ... well, the part it shows. She still leaves me cold. I agreed with her on a few things ... like the whole thing about whether or not she gave birth to Trig. That was just weird. Though ... I wouldn't exactly call Andrew Sullivan an anonymous blogger. He is far from being anonymous.
I was a bit amused when she started talking about people spreading things about her and her family that were not true. If you paid attention to some of the rallies that Palin spoke at ... goodness gracious. The way she could whip up hate ... and I can't find a better word for it. She didn't care if what she said was true, completely true, or if it was 2% true and 98% conjecture. I honestly don't think she cared if she told a bold-faced lie as long as she got the crowd whipped up and felt they were backing her behavior.
On the Couric interview ... she came off horrible and her comments about it in the interview didn't make it look better, in my opinion. She really looked stupid in that interview and I don't think any amount of editing ... which I doubt Katie Couric did the editing herself ... could make her look that stupid. I think she wasn't prepared and it showed. I also think she didn't know what she was talking about and it showed.
I totally agree with her regarding Caroline Kennedy. Hello! That situation is just crazy.
But, I don't know if I agree with her that things would have been different had she been Obama's running mate. I think the conservative media would have made her look like an idiot and would have run her daughter into the ground for being pregnant outside of wedlock ... not to mention what they would have said about Palin for being the mother of a daughter that was pregnant and not married.
Honestly ... she comes across like a female George Bush ... but with Cheney's ugly side ... and it wouldn't matter which side she was on. You can't change that she comes across that way.
As a conservative and an independent I have to admit that I am not crazy about Sarah Palin. She does come off like she is stupid. I am sure she has to have some amount of intelligence to be governor but she doesn't act like it. She especially doesn't speak like it.
Wow, you are a sister in Christ, but I couldn't disagree with you more.
Granted she's not perfect, but a liar? Come on. She's got some things to work on yes, but she has qualities which can not be taught. I think in 8 years provided she continues to govern Alaska well she'll make a great candidate.
I agree. I think she told a few whoppers during the rallies. I know she did. I have heard her say them and I know they weren't true. Now, I don't know how much of that was her intentionally lying or if she was just fed bad info. It was lying regardless. I think Obama's side probably did some lying as well. I just don't think they came across as hostile as McCain/Palin did.
I agree about the Couric interview too. Maybe she is someone that works better than she talks?
What does being a sister in Christ have to do with it? I agree with her but not because she is a sister in Christ and if she weren't it wouldn't have anything to do with it.
That being said I think all politicians lie, it is just worse when they profess their faith and then do it. I don't care if it is Sarah Palin or Barack Obama. Both are christians and I am sure both told a few during the election. It is the nature of the beast and even our "christian" leaders seem to fall prey to the "little white lie" to "get" their opponent.
There was a few times during the election that I heard her say things that I did go check out and they weren't true. If it isn't true, then it is a lie. And, I think a few times they were bold-faced lies.
If everyone else could google it and find it wasn't true, you know she had to know and just didn't care that she was misconstruing things to make them look bad or worse than they were.
But, I agree with Justin in that is the way it is with politicians. You just expect better ... or at least we should ... when they are politicians who say they are Christians. And, I don't just apply that to Sarah Palin.