William Kristol: “Mad Libs — Palin Derangement Syndrome overwhelms the media”
William Kristol: “The liberal mdia are angry. Very, very angry. How do we know? Howard Kurtz, the Washington Post’s chronicler of all things media, says so…”
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“Why? Because McCain is doing well. AND BECAUSE SARAH PALIN IS SURVIVING — EVEN FLOURISHING — IN THE MIDST OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA ONSLAUGHT.”
“When the media get mad, they don’t just pout. They pounce. How? by any means necessary. The day of Kurtz’s article, September 11, ABC’s Charlie Gibson conducted his first interview of Sarah Palin. Gibson asked: ‘You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war?’
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“.. As Palin expalined, quite eloquently, what she was saying was in the spirit of Lincoln: ‘Let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but LET US PRAY THAT WE ARE ON GOD’S SIDE.’ The tape of Palin’s church appearance bore out her interpretation and revealed Gibson’s mischaracterization. ‘PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN,’ she had said, ‘WHO ARE STRIVING TO DO WAHT IS RIGHT. ALSO, FOR THIS COUNTRY, THAT OUR LEADERS, OUR NATIONAL LEADERS, ARE SENDING [U.S. SOLDIERS] OUT ON A TASK THAT IS FROM GOD.’ Gibson had made it sound as if Palin were claiming to know God’s will, rather than praying that U.S. actions might be in accord with God’s will and in a cause worthy of God’s blessing.”
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“.. SARAH PALIN IS QUICKLY PROVING TO BE MORE THAN A MATCH FOR THE MAD, MAD MEDIA. Having foolishly started a war with her that they can’t win, the liberal media would be well advised, for once, to implement their own favorite war-fighting strategy: cut and run.” — William Kristol.