Censored that is by the editors of ABC News:
It was not enough for Charles Gibson to act like a pompous Elitist Professor looking down on his school girl niece. They had to try even harder in the editing room to dismantle this well spoken strong and intelligent woman. Not only did Gibson throw curve balls and spit balls, but the stadium managers turned out the lights and turned on the sprinkerlers.
ABC editing out Sarah’s key points!
Scoundrels in Alaska hunting for dirt!
Washington Post Falsely Accuses Palin!
Lies Smears and Video Tapes!
Nothing worked,
She is Unsinkable Sarah.
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Just One Minute Has this report:
Was ABC News Kidding?
Newsbusters offers the unedited transcript of Governor Palin’s interview with Charles Gibson of ABC News.
Now, do remember – prior to the release of the first interview, this was the ABC tease:
EXCLUSIVE: GOV. SARAH PALIN WARNS WAR MAY BE NECESSARY IF RUSSIA INVADES ANOTHER COUNTRY
From the unedited transcript it is astonishing the length to which ABC went to get to that hawkish headline. The bold text represents passages that were originally edited out:
GIBSON: Let me ask you about some specific national security situations.
PALIN: Sure.
GIBSON: Let’s start, because we are near Russia, let’s start with Russia and Georgia.
The administration has said we’ve got to maintain the territorial integrity of Georgia. Do you believe the United States should try to restore Georgian sovereignty over South Ossetia and Abkhazia?
PALIN: First off, we’re going to continue good relations with Saakashvili there. I was able to speak with him the other day and giving him my commitment, as John McCain’s running mate, that we will be committed to Georgia. And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable and we have to keep…
GIBSON: You believe unprovoked.
PALIN: I do believe unprovoked and we have got to keep our eyes on Russia, under the leadership there. I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we saw with that invasion of Georgia shows us some steps backwards that Russia has recently taken away from the race toward a more democratic nation with democratic ideals. That’s why we have to keep an eye on Russia.
And, Charlie, you’re in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor. (more on Sarah and ABC)
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And Michelle Malkin has this report:
Earth to Howard Kurtz
How can I put this politely?
And here, from an honest liberal: (read the honest Liberal article)
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And How about all those shenanigans in Alaska,
Still Floating high Unsinkable Sarah
From Hot Air we find Scoundrals in Alaska:
Democrats interfering with subpoenas in Alaska?
posted at 8:15 am on September 14, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Amanda Carpenter noted a curious exchange in the Alaskan legislature committee hearing regarding subpoenas in the investigation into “Troopergate”. The lead investigator, who was supposed to act as an independent agent in the probe, testified that Democrat Hollis French had overruled him on his subpoena list and struck a witness he wanted to interview:
Investigator Steven Branchflower admitted he had ceded control of his subpoena list to Sen. Hollis French (D.) during Alaska’s Joint Judiciary Committee September 12 hearing that was scheduled to approve subpoena requests. [CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO.] French is a partisan who has endorsed Palin’s Democratic presidential ticket rival Barack Obama for president and is actively supporting his candidacy.
Lawmakers approved 13 of Branchflower’s subpoena requests that day, which included one for Palin’s husband, Todd. Four other subpoenas were approved for aides Branchflower believes participated in a meeting called by Palin’s former chief of staff Mike Tibbles where Wooten’s firing was allegedly discussed.
Rep. David Guttenberg (D.) asked Branchflower why he was requesting subpoenas for only those people attending the meeting and not Tibbles himself.
Branchflower said he would “have to defer that question to Mr. French.”
Branchflower then explained that he had submitted Tibbles’ name for a subpoena, only to have it removed by French. He could provide no explanation why French, who has endorsed Barack Obama, would have denied him a subpoena to interview the man who conducted the meeting in question. As both Democrats and Republicans pressed Branchflower to explain this omission, French himself interjected that he didn’t see a “political will” for the subpoena.
Clearly, this interference demonstrates the partisan nature of this inquiry. Why would the state of Alaska subpoena all of the attendees of a meeting but neglect to subpoena the man who called and ran the meeting? If the “political will” did not exist to question Tibbles, then why would it exist to subpoena the other participants in this meeting?
For some reason, French doesn’t want the committee to hear what Tibbles has to say about this meeting. Even beyond that question, though, French’s interference shows that this investigation is neither independent nor apolitical. French has been caught manipulating subpoenas for a predetermined outcome of this case. That strongly indicates that French doesn’t have much of a case, and feels the need to distort it for his own political reasons.
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More MSM Trickary
Washington Post blows it
By Michelle Malkin • September 12, 2008 07:31 AM
In a page 1 news story, Washington Post reporter Anne Kornblut accuses Sarah Palin of asserting “that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.”
Just one problem: Palin said no such thing. She simply said that Iraq-bound U.S. troops would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.”
As McCain Campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb notes, “It seems we are to assume that this group [al Qaeda in Iraq], despite sharing a name and leadership with the group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, has nothing at all to do with those who ‘planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.’”
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They keep trying but they can’t sink
Unsinkable Sarah
Which “Bush doctrine” did you mean, Charlie?
Charles Krauthammer, the man who coined the phrase “Bush doctrine,” turns the table on the condescending Charlie Gibson.
Take off your smart glasses, Charlie. Because you’ve been schooled:
I used to watch ABC News every day, including Good Morning America. I do not anymore because I can now see right through the leftist ideology. It is all propaganda. Charles Gibson is not a journalist/reporter, but an indoctrinator.
ABC/NBC/CBS: The Christian author Peter Kreeft called these networks the “unholy trinity.” I tend to agree with him.
By: peak9 on September 16, 2008
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You’ve GOT to be kidding. Leftist? She’s clueless. God help us if she gets in the White House. It took 200,000 to get her elected as the Governor of Alaska. She’s been governor for a ONE year and 9 months…of a state with less people than the SUBURBS of Dallas. Before that she was the mayor of a town of 8,000. Look past the good looks. I’m a woman and this is not a sexist thing to say.
By: Rachel on September 22, 2008
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