Sarah "DAFFI DUMB ****" Palin: As Daffy and Dumb-****ty As Ever!
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"Palin Gives Beliefs, Demurs on Policies"
"Couric Queries Nominee on Social Issues"
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 1, 2008; A07
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stood by her opposition to abortion even in
cases of rape or incest and her skepticism that global warming is
caused by human activity, but she stepped back from her past support
for teaching creationism in the schools in last night's installment of
her interviews with CBS's Katie Couric.
At several points in the interview, the Republican vice presidential
nominee answered questions about her stances on social issues by
offering her personal views, declining to describe how she would act
as a matter of public policy.
Asked by Couric whether her opposition to abortion rights would extend
even to a 15-year-old who had been raped by her father, Palin said she
would "counsel that person to choose life despite horrific, horrific
circumstances that this person would find themselves in." On this
point, Palin differs with Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential
nominee.
Asked about the morning-after pill, Palin appeared to argue that it is
wrong because it takes effect after conception, while not stating that
it should be banned as a matter of policy. "Well, I am all for
contraception. And I am all for preventative measures that are legal
and safe, and should be taken. But Katie, again, I am one to believe
that life starts at the moment of conception," Palin said. She added
that that "isn't a McCain-Palin policy."
And asked about reports that one of the churches she attends has
encouraged gays to become straight, Palin referred again to her own
life. "I am not going to judge Americans and the decisions that they
make in their adult personal relationships. I have one of my absolute
best friends for the last 30 years happens to be gay, and I love her
dearly. And she is not my 'gay friend,' she is one of my best friends,
who happens to have made a choice that isn't a choice that I have
made."
Palin reiterated, with an unintentional word reversal, her position
that global warming is not necessarily being caused by carbon dioxide
emissions, as most scientists believe. "I'm not going to solely blame
all of man's activities on changes in climate. Because the world's
weather patterns are cyclical. And over history we have seen change
there. But kind of doesn't matter at this point, as we debate what
caused it. The point is, it's real, we need to do something about it."
Palin proposed teaching creationism alongside evolution during her
campaign for governor but has not pressed the issue while in office, a
position she seemed to adhere to in the interview. Evolution "should
be taught in our schools. And I won't deny that I see the hand of God
in this beautiful creation that is Earth," she said. "But that is not
part of the state policy or a local curriculum in a school district.
Science should be taught in science class."
Asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Palin said, "I've read
most of them." Pressed by Couric for examples, Palin declined. "Um,
all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these
years," she said. Again asked to name a few, Palin said, "I have a
vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a
foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, 'Wow, how could you
keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking
when you live up there in Alaska?' Believe me, Alaska is like a
microcosm of America."
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