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ABC newsman Charles Gibson is conducting his interview with GOP vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin. It is her first television interview since the Convention.
Charles Gibson: I wanted to start with some of the major domestic issues, Sarah.
Sarah Palin: Shoot, Charlie. Just kidding. You’re safe with me. Long as you’re not a moose, that is.
Gibson: Heh heh. Well, let’s begin with the economy…
Palin: Sorry, I’m not allowed to talk about that.
Gibson: surprised You’re not allowed? I’m surprised. Who’s preventing you?
Palin: I’m not allowed to talk about that, either.
Gibson: Was it by chance Steve Schmidt?
Palin: Sorry. You’ll have to move on to another subject.
Gibson: You can’t say anything about the economy?
Palin: defensive That’s not true. I can say some things.
Gibson: Such as?
Palin: I can say “going forward”. I can say, ‘at the end of the day.’ There’s one more, hold on a minute (looks down at palm) Oh, right. I can say ‘it is what it is’.
Gibson: Those are meaningless phrases, Sarah.
Palin: Are they? Then I’m not allowed to talk about that.
Later on, the subject shifts to foreign policy.
Gibson: Some have said you’re woefully unprepared in the area of foreign policy.
Palin: I know more than Obama. I studied it in college. In detail, I should add.
Gibson: I didn’t know that. When you were at the University of Idaho?
Palin: thinks No, it was before that. At Hawaii Pacific.
Gibson: But our research shows you were only there as a freshman business student.
Palin: Really? It was a long time ago. No, maybe I studied it at North Idaho College in Couer d’Alene.
Gibson: That’s a two-year school, right? What they sometimes call a junior college? You spent two semesters there.
Palin: That long? I didn’t like it. Too much work. Really cut into the guys’ drinking time. They were always complaining.
Gibson: There were a lot of male students there, I take it.
Palin: Are you kidding? They got a big nursing program. LPN’s and what have you. That’ll draw boys like flies to… well, you know.
Gibson: And then came your first stint at the University of Idaho, I believe.
Palin: I guess. It felt like I was there forever.
Gibson: Most of six semesters, our research says.
Palin: I thought it would never end. School was boring. I liked to write, though. I’m a heck of a writer.
Gibson: So I understand. But you didn’t finish your degree, did you? There was another transfer. This time to a school in Palmer, Alaska. Named Matanuska-Susitna College.
Palin: Another JC. Close to home.
Gibson: Were you homesick?
Palin: Oh yeah. I love Alaska.
Gibson: But you only stayed a semester or so.
Palin: I wasn’t homesick anymore. By then, I was sick of home. Laughs
Gibson: Do you remember much about the programs at Matanuska-Susitna?
Palin: I remember a lot of the boys were in Heating and Refrigeration. HVAC and stuff. I wasn’t interested. Too much math.
Gibson: And then, finally, you returned to Idaho and got your degree.
Palin: Yep. Journalism and communications. That’s where I really got into my writing.
Gibson: Although I’m told that unlike most students with your major, you didn’t participate in the student newspaper or the college radio station.
Palin: defensive Are you saying I wasn’t really a student?
Gibson: No, not at all.
Palin: Their sports teams is the Vandals. I wouldn’t have known that if I didn’t go there, would I?
Gibson: Well, any fan could find that out…
Palin: I spent three semesters… maybe two. I can’t be expected to recall that sort of detail. The professors will remember me. I was a major babe, by Idaho standards.
Gibson: May I ask why, in retrospect, you changed schools so often?
Palin: I wasn’t really that into education. I was more into, like, beauty contests. Just the hair prep is time-consuming like you wouldn’t believe. By the way, Charlie, did you know that Obama was a drug user? Admitted?
Gibson: It was in his autobiography.
Palin: A dope fiend. Big time, I heard. Probably a dealer, you know how those people are.
Gibson: Those people?
Palin: You know what I mean.
Gibson: I’m not sure I do.
Palin: Well, if you don’t, then I’m not allowed to talk about it. Y’know, that’s about all that fella does. Write autobiographies. He never had a real job.
Gibson: He is a professor of constitutional law, Sarah.
Palin: BFD. I bet he couldn’t fix a refrigerator to save his life.
Gibson: You may be right about that.
Palin: Any real Alaskan could. At least if he’d been to Matsu… Matsu…
Gibson: Matanuska-Susitna College.
Palin: Yeah, over in Palmer. Anyway, those boys could fix it.
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