{"id":408,"date":"2008-09-12T06:19:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T11:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2008-09-12T06:19:14","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T11:19:14","slug":"nucular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"Nucular"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palin says it the same way Bush does. I love it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, two quick videos that maybe I’m the last to see.<\/p>\n

Palin said that US soldiers are going to Iraq on a task from God. Asked about that, she tried her best to backtrack, hem and haw, and pretend that it’s similar to Lincoln’s powerful quote about hoping that we’re on God’s side.<\/p>\n

Eventually, she just said that she doesn’t know whether it was a task from God.<\/p>\n

The question<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a longer clip from the same interview, she says that when asked to run as VP, she didn’t hesitate. She didn’t blink, because you can’t blink in the war on terror and Iraq. [Oh, come on, lady. A little self-doubt about whether you’re the best person for the job isn’t the same as blinking about terrorism.]<\/p>\n

She also didn’t blink when asked if she agreed with the Bush doctrine. Although she didn’t know what that was, rather than bother asking, she went ahead and talked for awhile, hoping that maybe she’d get something right. Better to be incorrect than to appear uninformed.<\/p>\n

The interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, I should be clear. I hate her answers. I hate the way she handled them. I hate her obvious dissembling.<\/p>\n

But I don’t blame her for them, because that’s what politics is all about. 99% of all politicians in her situation would be doing more or less the same thing.<\/p>\n

She’s gonna have a microphone in her face all the time and she’s gonna say stupid stuff (because she’s human) and the pressure to backtrack is going to be enormous.<\/p>\n

She’s going to say things that can feel true personally without being a political doctrine. But then she can’t just explain that in an interview. Or, rather, it would take a remarkable person to do so. Which she isn’t, but then… who is?<\/p>\n

Update: Kevin points out in the comments that the quote about “task from God” really is something like Lincoln’s, when you hear the whole thing.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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