In defense of Sarah Palin

[Beer Snob-50]

the Bush Doctrine has changed so many flipping times it is hard to know what it is at any point in time. My wife asked me what it was last night and I think I gave her some of the various changes but I know there were many others.

[tsuki]

1. No offense, but is your wife running for the VP position? eoq

[Beer Snob-50]

5. okay you got me!!

I am billy bob palin! lol

i know that if anything else she was not well prepared for this.

[tsuki]

18. You know, I want a leader that "rings the bell, top of the pole" in the knowledge

department.

I guessed based on the words Bush and Doctrine, and the fact that he's a bully, but I want someone who KNOWS. IOW, I want someone a whole lot smarter than me.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. My dog didn't know what it was either

Even though their have been tons of books and papers on it
in the last 7 years. I really need to work on her training, I probably need
to call the dog whisperer.

[Dawgs]

2. Your defense of Palin is why Democrats lose elections.

Haven't we learned anything?

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Too bad that wasn't how the question was answered.

[guitar man]

8. exactly

If her and McGoo were truly "reformers", she would have said "well, he's gone through so many flip-flops as to what his doctrine actually is, it's hard to keep up...that's something we're out to change"

But she didn't, she choked. Massive Fail.

[goddess40]

4. Then Palin should have asked to which one he was referring to.

If you aspire to be the President passes are hard to come by and Palin doesn't earn one here.

[markbark]

6. THIS is the real Bush Doctrine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3xfT0c99g

--MAB

[Bandit]

9. Maybe you could clue us in on all those changes.

My take is it hasn't changed one iota. It still seems to me to be if we suspect anyone of harboring bad thoughts against the USA we can take them out no matter where they are in the world. We can do that before any crime or action of any sort has actually been done. That in it's essence is the Bush* Doctrine. If the USA suspects they may at some time in the future be a danger it gives us the "right" to take them out.

[Beer Snob-50]

16. the public changes have been

1. take out islamic terrorist
2. spread democracy around the world
3. take out bad bad men

[mmonk]

23. Not really. That is the political spiel to fool people.

[radfringe]

10. the basic premise of the bush doctrine hasn't changed

the details change to fit the spin of the day

basic premise: we can attack anyone at anytime in anyway we want

[City Lights]

11. Even with clues she had no idea what Chuck was talking about. nt

[Greybnk48]

12. It is her duty and obligation to know the answer to that question

given the position that she claims she's qualified for. There is no defense of Palin...none. My guess is that what she knows about the world right now she learned from Fox News, hence the old, thoroughly debunked claim that Iraq was behind the 911 attacks.

You need to find someone a bit more worthy of your pity. This person doesn't deserve it.

[Virginia Dare]

13. Her mistake was trying to bluff her way through it...

she was already looking like a fish flopping around on the deck, that just sealed it right here. The correct answer to that would be, "I'm sorry, Charlie I'm not sure what you mean by Bush Doctrine".

[OneGrassRoot]

21. Ding, ding, ding...you win the prize! :) n/t

[October]

14. Many good responses here...

May I add that your wife KNEW what a doctrine was an knew it has 'shifted' over the past 8 years....

It was obvious Palin had never heard the word before.

And...we really need for dems to stop apologizing for republicans -- especially inept republicans who could well be president.

Raise the bar!

[YDogg]

15. agreed

[Beer Snob-50]

17. agreed that when you choose someone to be your running mate

they should have an idea what is going on.

actually she reminds me of ross perots running mate way back when. {"what am i doing here?")

[spanone]

19. no it hasn't. it's pre-emptive war. period. no change.

[patrice]

26. There is a difference in degree between Pre-emptive and Preventative, with Preventative being the

more extreme policy in it's lower threshold for being proactively violent.

Pre-emption is thought to be more reasonable in that a defined behavioral "cause" is identified and pre-empted by attack.

The Bush Doctrine is actually Preventative War.

[VWolf]

34. eggs-actly

and it hasn't changed a bit in 7 years

[MadHound]

20. No, it hasn't changed, not one bit

It was laid out in black and white in the Sept '02 NSC report:

"The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction -- and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively."

You can read the entire thing for yourself <http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf>

The fact that Palin hasn't read this document, and frankly before last night didn't have a clue as to what the Bush Doctrine was once again speaks volumes about her lack of experience and lack of knowledge needed to hold the second, and possibly the highest office in the land. She's again proven that she's an airheaded twit who is in way over her head.

Let me ask you this, if it had been Obama who had made such a gaffe, do you think that the 'Pugs and MSM would be trying to brush it off? No, they'd be pouncing all over it(and rightly so). So why are you trying to excuse Palin?

Sorry, but this is another Palin fuck-up, and hopefully the entire nation is seeing her for what she is, a clueless, brainless inexperienced leader who isn't fit for the VP slot.

[patrice]

22. The woman just sent her son off to Kill or Be Killed and she didn't wonder about HOW

all of this happened? Whether it was/is Necessary? When and under what conditions it might happen AGAIN?

[Virginia Dare]

24. She still thinks Iraq and 9/11 are connected..

she said so in her speech yesterday when she sent her son off. The woman truly has NO CLUE.

[patrice]

28. The Truth doesn't matter to these Blasphemers who think it okay to kill Innocent People

in order to at best threaten al Qaeda-esque organizations.

[Brewman_Jax]

25. She's supposed to be able to answer the question

so, she requires no defense. If she can't answer, that's her fault.

Aside, I'm glad to see that there are repubs that believe in the "War on Terror" enough to send their children to fight in it.

[seabeyond]

27. In defense of Sarah Palin............ WHY? n/t

[firedupdem]

30. jeez..... n/t

[seabeyond]

32. my htoughts exactly. but lets expand. if you dont know something, ask

dont bullshit an answer that makes you look stupid.

[Jim__]

29. If she didn't know what the bush doctrine was, why didn't she say so?

Because it might be common knowledge to just about everyone in the country and she still might not know it. She can't admit simple ignorance of any particular term because she is generally ignorant of what's going on in this country. A simple reply of "The Bush Doctrine? Refresh my memory?" would have shown some integrity. Instead she tried to bluff her way through it.

[shadowknows69]

31. I figured it was just something like this

"Make policy based on the worst possible choice of all available."

[PVnRT]

33. Not really

The heart of it has always been that the U.S. should strike first if they think someone is going to do something bad. It's kind of like precrime.