Comments on: Spinning Palin: On the Bush Doctrine http://www.digitalemunction.com/2008/09/12/spinning-palin-on-the-bush-doctrine/ A website dedicated to literature, politics, life, and anything else worth talking about. Founded in 2006 by Robert P. Baird Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The Art of the Possible » Blog Archive » What Puzzling Palin Does Not Know http://www.digitalemunction.com/2008/09/12/spinning-palin-on-the-bush-doctrine/#comment-1271 The Art of the Possible » Blog Archive » What Puzzling Palin Does Not Know Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:31:26 +0000 http://www.digitalemunction.com/wordpress/?p=536#comment-1271 [...] So a person who by some fluke had never heard the specific expression “Bush Doctrine” before, but had a minimally competent grasp of US history, would have no trouble winnowing the potential answers to Gibson down to a relatively narrow field. Yet after Gibson’s second mention of the Bush Doctrine, complete with the dead give-away description “enunciated September 2002, before the Iraq war [my emphasis],” all Palin could manage was to ask Gibson whether he was asking her to comment on Bush’s “worldview.” Repeat: “his worldview.” That is an insensible response. She might as well have just said that colorless green ideas sleep furiously and walked off; she could scarcely have embarrassed herself any less that way. (Tip of the cap to Robert P. Baird for first picking up on this.) [...] [...] So a person who by some fluke had never heard the specific expression “Bush Doctrine” before, but had a minimally competent grasp of US history, would have no trouble winnowing the potential answers to Gibson down to a relatively narrow field. Yet after Gibson’s second mention of the Bush Doctrine, complete with the dead give-away description “enunciated September 2002, before the Iraq war [my emphasis],” all Palin could manage was to ask Gibson whether he was asking her to comment on Bush’s “worldview.” Repeat: “his worldview.” That is an insensible response. She might as well have just said that colorless green ideas sleep furiously and walked off; she could scarcely have embarrassed herself any less that way. (Tip of the cap to Robert P. Baird for first picking up on this.) [...]

]]> By: karren http://www.digitalemunction.com/2008/09/12/spinning-palin-on-the-bush-doctrine/#comment-1265 karren Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:13:15 +0000 http://www.digitalemunction.com/wordpress/?p=536#comment-1265 lol good point there, way to go Jennifer ! lol good point there, way to go Jennifer !

]]> By: Bobby http://www.digitalemunction.com/2008/09/12/spinning-palin-on-the-bush-doctrine/#comment-1240 Bobby Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:33:18 +0000 http://www.digitalemunction.com/wordpress/?p=536#comment-1240 D. Harris, Yes, true! I quoted those very passages, in fact, in <a href="http://www.digitalemunction.com/wordpress/2008/09/11/thats-supposed-to-be-reassuring/" rel="nofollow">an earlier post</a>. As for western civilization, well, I think it will creep along just fine--God knows it's seen worse than Sarah Palin... D. Harris,

Yes, true! I quoted those very passages, in fact, in an earlier post.

As for western civilization, well, I think it will creep along just fine–God knows it’s seen worse than Sarah Palin…

]]> By: D. Harris http://www.digitalemunction.com/2008/09/12/spinning-palin-on-the-bush-doctrine/#comment-1239 D. Harris Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:19:12 +0000 http://www.digitalemunction.com/wordpress/?p=536#comment-1239 Palin's interview comports with the facts described in Rutenberg & Davey's NY Times story 9/11/08. Palin's aides report that preparing for the debates she "ask[s] few questions" and "generally prefers light prepatory materials to heavy briefing books".... She is an actress who is a "quick study" parroting back responses. She doesn't know and doesn't care .... Is this the end of western civilization? Palin’s interview comports with the facts described in Rutenberg & Davey’s NY Times story 9/11/08. Palin’s aides report that preparing for the debates she “ask[s] few questions” and “generally prefers light prepatory materials to heavy briefing books”…. She is an actress who is a “quick study” parroting back responses. She doesn’t know and doesn’t care …. Is this the end of western civilization?

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