Charlie, You Never Laid A Glove On Her!

Charles Gibson failed in his attempt to slow the McCain-Palin express

by: randall nunn | published: 09 12, 2008

Breaking my own rule, I watched ABC News tonight to see whether Charles Gibson had the audacity to change and be fair and balanced or whether he would be true to form. He was true to form. He tried his best to make Governor Sarah Palin look like a poor choice for Vice President but failed. Palin looked him square in the eye and bested him at every turn. The frustration and fear of the mainstream media is now palpable.

Gibson asked a series of questions clearly designed to show Palin as a light weight who had little grasp of foreign policy issues. Palin was comfortable, sure of herself and answered Gibson’s questions directly with none of the equivocation that Senator Obama exudes. Better yet, Palin answered with her “own answers” and was not tricked into accepting Gibson’s subliminal suggestions or characterizations embedded in his questions and expressions.

Sarah Palin sat comfortably in front of one of the high priests of the liberal media, displaying intelligence, resolve and sincerity while her interrogator winced, looked at the ceiling, stammered and grimaced due to his inability to get her to display what he knew was lurking below the surface—middle American values. Gibson’s dimples and turned down corners of his mouth signaled his frustration with Palin.

Gibson’s interview was in fact nothing more than an effort to find and display weaknesses in the Palin responses so they can be exploited to the advantage of the liberal establishment in the next eight weeks. Charlie’s dancing dimples and frowny face tell the tale. If Sarah Palin can be made to look foolish or at odds with Senator McCain, the mainstream media may be able to get Senator Obama’s campaign back on track.

At times, Gibson’s questions were so transparent and so condescending that they must have angered Palin. After Charlie’s question about whether Governor Palin had ever traveled outside of the United States, I fully expected the next question to be “When did you first start wearing shoes?”

The Gibson interview confirmed how utterly biased the mainstream media is. I understand that Charles Gibson must please his masters. But it is also clear that he cannot come to grips with the fact that Sarah Palin is taking the country by storm even though the media has attempted to force feed the entire country a diet of leftist propaganda for years in a cynical effort to shape public opinion.

The reaction of the mainstream media since the Palin nomination shows how disconnected the media has become from the average American citizen. Not merely disconnected, but angry that the majority of Americans do not accept their elitist views.

If you display strong religious convictions, you are sneered at. If you believe that something must be done about illegal immigration, you are ignorant and bigoted. If you are uncomfortable with liberal abortion laws, you lack understanding. And if you believe that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, you bear careful watching.

Senator Obama perfectly illustrated this media mindset toward middle America some time ago with his comments to a select private gathering in San Francisco concerning the “bitter” people “clinging” to their guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them. While some of the mainstream media elitists must have cringed when they learned that Senator Obama’s remarks had been recorded, they surely took comfort in knowing that their “chosen” candidate shared their disdain for middle America.

Charles Gibson failed in his attempt to slow the McCain-Palin express. If this keeps up, Senator Obama may have to actually deal with specific issues.

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  Floyd E.

  The liberal media is strugging with how to deal with Sara Palin. What the liberal media has failed to recognize is how many Americans (both men and women) can relate to this woman. She is popular because she is from the "main stream" of America where people take God's Word, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independnce seriously!

  
  

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  carolyn c

  You have PERFECTLY summarized my view of the first televsion interview of Govenor Sarah Palin. She will become an outstanding President of our great country in the next election. Charles Gibson may be disappointed with himself. Maybe he didn't write the questions, but he spoke them as if he had.
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