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Palin defended.

Big Muddy rancher

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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Palin and Africa, Etc. [Rich Lowry]

I talked to Steve Biegun, the former Bush NSC aid who briefed Sarah Palin on foreign policy, and he considers the leaks against her on the international stuff "absurd."

He says there's no way she didn't know Africa was a continent, and whoever is saying she didn't must be distorting "a fumble of words." He talked to her about all manner of issues relating to Africa, from failed states to the Sudan. She was aware from the beginning of the conflict in Darfur, which is followed closely in evangelical churches, and was aware of Clinton's AIDS initiative. That basically makes it impossible that she thought all of Africa was a country.

On not knowing what countries are in NAFTA, Biegun was part of the conversation that led to that accusation and it convinces him "somebody is acting with a high degree of maliciousness." He was briefing Palin before a Univision interview, and talking to her about trade issues. He rolled through NAFTA, CAFTA, and the Colombia FTA. As he talked, people were coming in and out of the room, handing Palin things, etc. She was distracted from what Biegun was saying, and said, roughly, "Ok, who's in NAFTA, what's the deal with CAFTA, what's up the FTA?"—her way, Biegun says, of saying "rack them and stack them," begin again from the start. "Somebody is taking a conversation and twisting it maliciously," he says.

In general, according to Beigun, Palin had a steep learning curve on foreign issues, about what you would expect from a governor. But she has "great instincts and great core values," and is "an instinctive internationalist." The stories against her are being "fed by an unnamed source who is allowed by the press to make ad hominem attacks on background." Biegun, who spent dozens and dozens of hours briefing Palin on these issues, is happy to defend her, on the record, under his own name.

UPDATE: J-Mart has more here.

11/08 02:09 PM
 

Steve

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yet the media, hungry for "gossip" and some on this site, believe whatever ""somebody is acting with a high degree of maliciousness." anonymous source claims.. how sad.. and petty.. :roll:
 

fff

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The article I posted about Palin and the towel was sourced. Newsweek named their sources as two high ranking McCain aides. At least one of them now has said it never happened. I haven't seen Newsweek back off the story though.

Actually, I think this is pretty funny. Remember when she, setting smugly in her little governor's seat, said Hillary was a bit of a whiner?

Fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it...When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or, you know, maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, man, that doesn't do us any good. Women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don't think it's, it bodes well for her -- a statement like that...It bothers me a little bit hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level."

Now that's all you read about Palin. She whines: that there was a double standard. Duh! :roll: That the press was unfair. That her collegues on the campaign were "...mean-spirited, it's immature, it's unprofessional, and those guys are jerks." :lol: :lol:
 

Big Muddy rancher

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fff said:
The article I posted about Palin and the towel was sourced. Newsweek named their sources as two high ranking McCain aides. At least one of them now has said it never happened. I haven't seen Newsweek back off the story though.

Actually, I think this is pretty funny. Remember when she, setting smugly in her little governor's seat, said Hillary was a bit of a whiner?

Fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it...When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or, you know, maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, man, that doesn't do us any good. Women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don't think it's, it bodes well for her -- a statement like that...It bothers me a little bit hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level."

Now that's all you read about Palin. She whines: that there was a double standard. Duh! :roll: That the press was unfair. That her collegues on the campaign were "...mean-spirited, it's immature, it's unprofessional, and those guys are jerks." :lol: :lol:



fff you are one sad little person.

You believe the gossip mill and when a person defends themselves you say they are whining.
Do you have some need to belittle other to make yourself feel good about yourself? :?
 

fff

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Big Muddy rancher said:
fff said:
The article I posted about Palin and the towel was sourced. Newsweek named their sources as two high ranking McCain aides. At least one of them now has said it never happened. I haven't seen Newsweek back off the story though.

Actually, I think this is pretty funny. Remember when she, setting smugly in her little governor's seat, said Hillary was a bit of a whiner?

Fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it...When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or, you know, maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, man, that doesn't do us any good. Women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don't think it's, it bodes well for her -- a statement like that...It bothers me a little bit hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level."

Now that's all you read about Palin. She whines: that there was a double standard. Duh! :roll: That the press was unfair. That her collegues on the campaign were "...mean-spirited, it's immature, it's unprofessional, and those guys are jerks." :lol: :lol:



fff you are one sad little person.

You believe the gossip mill and when a person defends themselves you say they are whining.
Do you have some need to belittle other to make yourself feel good about yourself? :?

Sad? Not me.
:D
"gossip mill" Have you looked at the titles on threads on this page? "Obama a Muslim" "Obama an Arab" "Obama the Anti-Christ" "Obama to bankruput the Coal Industry" "Obama to take your guns". Don't be a sissy. This board is full of gossip and lies, mostly posted by those good Christian conservatives.

On the other hand, the article I referenced about Palin and the towel was from a reputable publication and sourced to two of McCain's top aides. That's not "gossip." Perhaps Newsweek will come back with an apology or correction, but I doubt it. I think it more likely that those two guys did tell that story and are now regretting it.

I don't care if you want to call it whining or defending herself, but when Palin hadn't been in Hillary's situation, she called her a whiner and not a good example for women politicians! Good grief. No female in politics has ever had the intense scrutiny that Hillary Clinton has endured for years and this no name governor has the audacity to call her a whiner? Now that she's had what 60 days? of just a portion of that scrutiny, she's turned into a.......whiner. I think it's karma and couldn't happen to more deserving person. :mad:
 

Big Muddy rancher

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McCain adviser Nicole Wallace defended Palin on NBC's "Today Show" Friday morning, saying the Alaska governor "did nothing wrong."

"She is, perhaps, the most un-diva politician I've ever seen," she said. "The only thing I've ever seen her ask for is a diet soda."
 
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