Charlie Gibson Interview with Governor Sarah Palin

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You will want to go visit the site below and see the video from Nightline with Charlie Gibson interveiwing Governor Sarah Palin..Yep, Ole Charlie was a little condescending, he seemed very uncomfortable to me. Personally  I think he follows the great one Nobama. With that said, I felt Sarah Palin handled it well. Yes, she is going to be a tough candidate. Notice how he handles himself and swings his foot. Nervous much Charlie?

Palin came across quite well, particularly considering the fact that Gibson decided to devote this first installment to foreign affairs, which seemed tailor made to try to trip her up at the get-go.

Her responses were crisp and articulate without any ums, ers, etc. (unlike someone else we are very familiar with). Congrats to Sarah on her “coming out party”. Interested to see more of what she has to say.

 

Excerpt:

 The interview covered international issues ranging from NATO expansion to Mideast policy especially US-Israeli relations and tensions with Iran to Iraq to the Bush Doctrine.

The interview also covered whether she was ready to be Commander in Chief. On that, she was unequivocal. She didn’t blink she said because one can’t. That was one of her better moments. Her other strong moments came in tackling her religious views and if US foreign policy is interwined with a mission from God. She quoted Lincoln and came out ahead. Her best moment, in my view, came in framing energy security as a national security issue. And she was able to hit home a number of points touting both her experience and her record on that front. Clearly on this score, she came out way ahead.

Thanks to http://NoQuarterUSA.net

Sarah Palin Interview with ABC News’ Charlie Gibson 

 

Thank you to Author: Larry Johnson for providing this transcript quite a resume below:
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About: Larry C. Johnson is CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering. Mr. Johnson works with US military commands in scripting terrorism exercises, briefs on terrorist trends, and conducts undercover investigations on counterfeiting, smuggling and money laundering. Mr. Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, is a recognized expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, crisis and risk management. Mr. Johnson has analyzed terrorist incidents for a variety of media including the Jim Lehrer News Hour, National Public Radio, ABC’s Nightline, NBC’s Today Show, the New York Times, CNN, Fox News, and the BBC. Mr. Johnson has authored several articles for publications, including Security Management Magazine, the New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times. He has lectured on terrorism and aviation security around the world, including the Center for Research and Strategic Studies at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. He represented the U.S. Government at the July 1996 OSCE Terrorism Conference in Vienna, Austria. From 1989 until October 1993, Larry Johnson served as a Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. He managed crisis response operations for terrorist incidents throughout the world and he helped organize and direct the US Government’s debriefing of US citizens held in Kuwait and Iraq, which provided vital intelligence on Iraqi operations following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Mr. Johnson also participated in the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103. Under Mr. Johnson’s leadership the U.S. airlines and pilots agreed to match the US Government’s two million-dollar reward. From 1985 through September 1989 Mr. Johnson worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. During his distinguished career, he received training in paramilitary operations, worked in the Directorate of Operations, served in the CIA’s Operation’s Center, and established himself as a prolific analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence. In his final year with the CIA he received two Exceptional Performance Awards. Mr. Johnson is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. He taught at The American University’s School of International Service (1979-1983) while working on a Ph.D. in political science. He has a M.S. degree in Community Development from the University of Missouri (1978), where he also received his B.S. degree in Sociology, graduating Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1976.

 

Partial transcript below:see the video for complete interview.

Preliminary transcript of Governor Palin’s interview with Charlie Gibson is out and there is big trouble for Barack Obiden. Charlie goes right after her on the experience question. Check this out:

GIBSON: Governor, let me start by asking you a question that I asked John McCain about you, and it is really the central question. Can you look the country in the eye and say “I have the experience and I have the ability to be not just vice president, but perhaps president of the United States of America?”

PALIN: I do, Charlie, and on January 20, when John McCain and I are sworn in, if we are so privileged to be elected to serve this country, we’ll be ready. I’m ready.

GIBSON: And you didn’t say to yourself, “Am I experienced enough? Am I ready? Do I know enough about international affairs? Do I — will I feel comfortable enough on the national stage to do this?”

PALIN: I didn’t hesitate, no.

GIBSON: Didn’t that take some hubris?

PALIN: I — I answered him yes because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can’t blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we’re on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can’t blink. So I didn’t blink then even when asked to run as his running mate.

resolve. And also humility. This woman is really something and her performance tonight on ABC will only fuel the flames of her popularity.

And then she said this:

GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war?

PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.

GIBSON: Exact words.

PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln’s words when he said — first, he suggested never presume to know what God’s will is, and I would never presume to know God’s will or to speak God’s words. But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that’s a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God’s side. That’s what that comment was all about, Charlie.

GIBSON: I take your point about Lincoln’s words, but you went on and said, “There is a plan and it is God’s plan.”

PALIN: I believe that there is a plan for this world and that plan for this world is for good. I believe that there is great hope and great potential for every country to be able to live and be protected with inalienable rights that I believe are God-given, Charlie, and I believe that those are the rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That, in my world view, is a grand — the grand plan.

GIBSON: But then are you sending your son on a task that is from God?

PALIN: I don’t know if the task is from God, Charlie. What I know is that my son has made a decision. 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.

This woman has a gift, pure and simple.

What a shame that the modern Media industry does not know or care about our history with faith. When did it become  a problem to have faith in God and be a leader?

9/11 – An Air Traffic Controller and the Choices Before Us

WE WILL NOT FORGET!

Cnn’s poll shows that most Americans have forgotten the attack on our nation just 7 short years ago. Most of us were sleeping then and I fear we do not really realize the dangers that Radical Islam with it’s love of death poses for us. We must not be complacent.

Thank you to our Military that is out there in the trenches fighting for those liberties that we hold so dear. Thank you to all those who have given their lives and those families who have suffered so much in the wake of their loss.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of 9/11 that were suddenly thrust into sudden horror and tragedy. Your loved ones are indeed martyrs and we will not forget!

9/11 memories

For air Traffic controller, the terror is still vivid 7 years later.

Previously declined to tell his story, read his nerve wracking account

Click on the link above.

IF WE DO NOT HAVE NATIONAL SECURITY WE HAVE NOTHING! IF WE DO NOT HAVE AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY WE HAVE NOTHING!

I want to introduce you to a couple of great blog sites out there, Dinah Lord and Layla at the Hill Chronicles.

Both are very informative and well writen. I think you will find them very interesting. While there, look around their site at some of their other great posts.

Read Dinah Lord‘s post on

The post 9/11 Choice. McCain v. Obama

It explains quite well the differences being offered to us

And for another great site be sure to read

These ladies remember the day very well..

Rememering September 11 – It Is Not Business As Usual – So Many Have Forgotten

From Layla at theThe Hill Chronicles

Angel lives in New York also see her memories

and Angel at Woman Honor thyself

Sept 11: Seven Years Ago……..

Just found this and wanted to pass it on…2 more great sites

Thank You

• MK’s Views Down under on the right side
  
• see his tribute from Australia to us with great photos on the link below
  

  We will never forget

Below is from Debbie at Right Truth.

There is a very important event taking place this Thursday, September 11th — a special 9/11 screening of the film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” at 6:00pm at the AMC Fairlane 21 Theater (located at 18900 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI).

We need to see you on Thursday evening. (More information is available online here: http://www.myspace.com/obsessionmovie ) The tickets will be FREE, and persons interested in attending the screening can send an RSVP with their name and the number of tickets they need reserved to: ObsessionDearborn@yahoo.com

It is important to note that most Muslims reject the acts of terror and bloodshed that are used by radical Islamic jihadists. However, it is also worth noting that at times some of those same Muslim groups or leaders say one thing in public, but undertake actions behind-the-scenes that undermine the West’s efforts to defeat the jihadists.

We must be able to gather in any American city on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and speak in one voice to denounce not just those attacks and the perpretrators behind them, but those radical Islamists who are currently plotting, raising money, securing weapons or explosives, to be used in the next terrorist attack against America or our allies.

More at Right Truth. Pass it on quickly if you can.

McCain is “Hero” to U.S. Taxpayers on Earmarks..Obama Not!

A Government spending ‘Watchdog group has concluded that John McCain is a “hero” to U.S.taxpayers for his lifetime record of resisting earmarks or pork, while Barack Obama and Joe Biden are “hostile” and “unfriendly”.

Well, how can that be? I am sure that I have heard Nobama promise to take action against wasteful spending.and what about the line by line cuts on the programs that no longer work that you promised at INVESCO FIELD? I guess he meant in his FUTURE PLAN FOR CHANGE..NOT HIS ACTUAL RECORD!

But this year, Obama voted against cutting $23 billion in federal programs rated ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget. His campaign said there were programs he didn’t want to cut..Well, Guess you are smarter than the Management and Budget Office..Why am I surprised? $23 billion is a huge chunk of change to be rated ineffective. What was that line you used about programs that were no longer effective? Oh, I see..you adapt to what you think we want to hear when it is convenient..yeah, that is the kind of change we need. What about your request for over $740 million in federal earmarks for Illinois? Oh, it is just wasteful spending by others..is that the way that is? 

Excerpt below

In its new report, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste gave the Republican presidential nominee a 100 percent rating for his votes in the Senate last year, and a lifetime score of 88 percent.

By comparison, the nonpartisan, nonprofit group, which is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, gave the Democratic presidential nominee a 10 percent score last year and a lifetime score of 18 percent. Biden, Obama’s running mate, scored 0 percent last year and an overall score of 22 percent.

Higher scores mean stronger resistance to federal earmarks. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, was not included because the ratings only evaluate members of Congress.

“In spite of a growing recognition that earmarks are a problem, Congress still spends more than is necessary,” CCAGW President Tom Schatz said in a written statement. “Taxpayers would be wise to hang onto their wallets and demand that Congress refocus its priorities and cut wasteful spending.”

The Democratic ticket has repeatedly criticized Palin for seeking earmarks for her city and for her state, including her initial support for Alaska’s infamous “Bridge to Nowhere.”

But mayors and governors do not fund these projects – members of Congress do. In 2005, Obama and Biden both voted for the “Bridge to Nowhere,” defeating a bill to spend that money on Hurricane Katrina relief instead.

“It’s a little like, don’t throw stones if you live in a glass house,” Schatz told FOX News.

Read the complete report here:Report: McCain a ‘Hero’ to Taxpayers