Charlie Gibson asked Sarah Palin if she supported the Bush Doctrine. It was pretty obvious that she didn't have a clue what the Bush Docrrine is. Is that a gotcha question or is it something that we would expect that a reasonably well informed person should know about? After all, it has been the centerpiece of the Bush foreign policy. What I found to be even more stange is that after it was explained to her, the answer she gave would NOT have supported the Iraq war.

I think it's fair. Maybe using the word "doctrine" is a bit strange, but if you're a state governor (and Republican), you should be well-versed on the goings-on at the national level.

This is a legitimate issue. Everyone should know what the Bush Doctrine is as it has defined our post 9/11 foreign policy. To make things worse, she summarily agreed with it after Gibson explained to her what it was.

I've never heard of it....

I think it's fair. Maybe using the word "doctrine" is a bit strange, but if you're a state governor (and Republican), you should be well-versed on the goings-on at the national level.

 

Not to mention running for vice president.

I've never heard of it....

 

It's why we are in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I love how she defended herself when Charlie asked her if she had ever traveled outside of the country prior to going to Kuwait and Germany to visit troops.

 

"You know, Charlie. That was a trip of a lifetime." :lol:

If I were Republicans, I would worry about Palin in a debate. She seemed pretty shaky talking to Gibson.

Like Palin, I knew what it was when it was defined. I had no idea of it's title.

If I were Republicans, I would worry about Palin in a debate. She seemed pretty shaky talking to Gibson.

 

Republicans are no way near as worried about Palin in a debate as the dems are. Joe is doing his part to ease any worries republicans may have. JoeJoe the clown, what a goober.

Republicans are no way near as worried about Palin in a debate as the dems are. Joe is doing his part to ease any worries republicans may have. JoeJoe the clown, what a goober.

 

That is all speculation. Do we really know who is more worried?

That is all speculation. Do we really know who is more worried?

 

Based on the support she is receiving from republicans and the stabs she's getting from the dems at this time, I think it's safe to say that republicans are less worried. An observation of mine, not speculation.

I've never heard of it....

Me neither.

Based on the support she is receiving from republicans and the stabs she's getting from the dems at this time, I think it's safe to say that republicans are less worried. An observation of mine, not a speculation.

 

The Republicans are slinging mud at Obama pretty bad. Obama is receiving a lot of support from Democrats as well. Does that mean Republicans are more worried about Obama than Democrats?

The Bush Doctrine...

 

The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.[1] Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that may or may not have represented a threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate (used to justify the invasion of Iraq), a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way.

 

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