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Sanders · Diamond

"Palin Fails to Bring ideas" (by Howard Fineman, Newsweek 2/9/10)

Kbentleyis · Diamond

I don't agree. She uplifted the people giving them hope. She had solutions to of energy independence. She said sanctions on Iran should have been done without the delays.

She did not encourage war. In the question interview she was asked how BHO could get a second term. Expressed if there was a war as in Iran, maybe people would support him.

Also, she made it clear that this administration has distanced itself from Israel. Which was a huge mistake in the middle east.

Over and over she said that America has faced problems before and have worked them out.

These news people put in their own assumptions. Too bad

Jen the Michigander · SuperModerator

The problem with Sarah is that energy independence remains the only issue where she really, truly possesses the in-depth knowledge that she needs to acquire for all of the issues. She has had a full year to do her homework, yet she keeps spitting out the same tired old Republican talking points. Also, she seems to be getting increasingly nervous in front of the cameras, even when she's being interviewed by someone from Fox News. Those interviews should be a cake walk for her by now.

Sanders · Diamond

Jen the Michigander wrote:
The problem with Sarah is that energy independence remains the only issue where she really, truly possesses the in-depth knowledge that she needs to acquire for all of the issues. She has had a full year to do her homework, yet she keeps spitting out the same tired old Republican talking points. Also, she seems to be getting increasingly nervous in front of the cameras, even when she's being interviewed by someone from Fox News. Those interviews should be a cake walk for her by now.

Completely agree. And, I really want to disagree, but cannot. I so wish this was not the case.

Even in energy independence, I would like to hear more new substance - more discussion from her that may give insight to her depth of knowledge.

I would like to see her sit in front of Charlie Rose for a full half hour session; he will draw out of her what she really knows and how she actually thinks. He is excellent at it. I am not looking for a debating panel to be posed questions [he has done that with her and two other candidates for Governor for Alaska - I recall this Charlie Rose session vividly] rather a one-on-one session in which he asks questions in his thoughtful conversational way - a place where hype and high pitch snippets of responses become out of place - and that forces the person in front to draw deep into what they know and reveal not just their knowledge, but also how they actually think - the systemic process and their deductive and inductive logic and the data and context they pull into their rationale. This can possibly give us more insight into Sarah Palin. I am just hopeful that there is more, but I am seriously beginning to doubt it.