Krauthammer Says ABC’s Gibson Played ‘Gotcha’ with the Bush Doctrine Question
[Guest post by DRJ]
Charles Krauthammer, the journalist who first used the term the “Bush Doctrine” in 2001, says the New York Times and ABC’s Charlie Gibson got it wrong on Sarah Palin’s answer to the Bush Doctrine question:
“There is no single meaning of the Bush doctrine. In fact, there have been four distinct meanings, each one succeeding another over the eight years of this administration — and the one Charlie Gibson cited is not the one in common usage today. It is utterly different.
He asked Palin, “Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?”
She responded, quite sensibly to a question that is ambiguous, “In what respect, Charlie?”
Sensing his “gotcha” moment, Gibson refused to tell her. After making her fish for the answer, Gibson grudgingly explained to the moose-hunting rube that the Bush doctrine “is that we have the right of anticipatory self-defense.”
Wrong.”
Krauthammer explains the four versions of the Bush Doctrine that have evolved since he first used the term in June 2001. Read the link if you want to understand what Charlie Gibson and the New York Times clearly don’t understand.
By the way, Krauthammer initially criticized McCain for picking Palin so he’s not a Palin supporter. Unlike ABC and the New York Times, his interest seems to be the truth.
— DRJ
Mr K is an excellent example of how dishonest MSM treatment of Sarah Palin is driving more and more support for her. She should conside giving Dan Rather an interview. His dishonesty put George W Bush in the White House, he might be able to do the same for Super Sarah.
Anyone seen Lucy Ramirez?
Ropelight (921f6e) — 9/13/2008 @ 4:00 pmThe boggling part is the press’ understanding of the core of one of the Doctrines: “We have the right to self-defense.”
The press reaction is: “How naïve!”
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