As NewsBusters reported last month, an interview between former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and daytime television star Oprah Winfrey is scheduled to air next Monday.
On Thursday Oprah released a couple of previews.
Most interesting was the snippet of Winfrey asking Palin about her controversial interview with CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric (video embedded below the fold with transcript):
OPRAH WINFREY, HOST: Let's talk about the interview with Katie Couric.SARAH PALIN: Ha, ha. Must we? Okay.
WINFREY: Yeah.
PALIN: Okay.
WINFREY: You talk about it in the book, so I assume everything in the book is fair game.
PALIN: Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is.
WINFREY: You do say that it wasn't your best interview. [...]
PALIN: But, there again...
WINFREY: Do you think that was a seminal, defining moment for you? That interview?
PALIN: I did not, and neither did the campaign. In fact, that is why segment two, and three, and four, and maybe five were scheduled. The campaign said, "Right on. Good. You're showing your independence. This is what America needs to see. And it was a good interview." And of course I'm thinking, "If you thought that was a good interview, I don't know what a bad interview was." Because I knew it wasn't a good interview.
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The Couric interview was terrible
November 13, 2009 - 00:36 ET by shawn228I still remember how some posters blamed it all on clever editing. Kudos to Palin for admitting it was not a good interview. I believe the Palin interview with Oprah will bring Oprah her best ratings in years, just like it she brough SNL it best ratings in years.
No matter what libs say, she is a very powerful and influential person.
Sarah is going to have some role in the next admin
November 13, 2009 - 00:34 ET by MightyMouthDon't care what it is but the RNC better get on the Sarah bandwagon in some way shape or form!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Refreshing Politician
November 13, 2009 - 00:39 ET by ptsonSHE talks the talk and walks the walk, in her real life. This is not just rare but the opposite of almost every other politician.
SHE CONNECTS with people because she is real, unlike the phonies and hypocrites we have in Washington, now. This is why she is so feared and attacked so often, by the left.
She IS a factor in the future, NOW!
If you can't handle Couric,
November 13, 2009 - 01:14 ET by criticalthinkingIf you can't handle Couric, you can't handle China. Game over. Just go read a newspaper...oh, wait...sorry
Thank the heavenly father for Obama
You ARE joking, right?
November 13, 2009 - 03:14 ET by TexasMom0517Obama is proving himself to be a weaker, more vacillating president than Carter and every other world leader knows it. He's going to China to beg them to continue to buy our debt. He's in the process of dismantling and bankrupting the country, but hey, he's "cool." I suspect that Palin can "handle" the media, if allowed to follow her own instincts. You may want to read "Three Billy Goats Gruff" before you post the latest Podesta talking points again.
Darn!!!
November 13, 2009 - 03:33 ET by DoktorFrankenYou went and fed one the most dumbest and pointless trolls I have ever seen. Responding to this ...thing... is like mainlining a 4 pack of Hot Pockets to them.
Now you've done it!
;-)
JMHO, you understand.
If Saul Alinsky owned a news channel it would be MSNBC. ---- Me
Shall I delete?
November 13, 2009 - 03:36 ET by TexasMom0517Happy to do so.
Naw
November 13, 2009 - 03:37 ET by DoktorFrankenI think it's mother yelled down to the basement and told him to go to bed because it's got school tomorrow.
JMHO, you understand.
If Saul Alinsky owned a news channel it would be MSNBC. ---- Me
If you can't handle Fox
November 13, 2009 - 09:31 ET by EllisWyattIf you can't handle Fox News, you can't handle anything. Obama's been proving that from Day 1.
If you're not outraged at the media, you haven't been paying attention.
One might also opine that if
November 13, 2009 - 11:04 ET by WhoIsJohnGalta Commander in Chief cannot handle a Fox News interview, he can't handle China, or Iran, etc.
Plus--hasn't he said
November 13, 2009 - 11:24 ET by StarAZI believe your God's gift has said he doesn't watch "cable" or read the papers--and his wife also doesn't, he said. Hope no one asks them what papers they read. By the way--Palin has said several times, she was shocked to be asked that and wondered if they thought she read some special Alaska thing or something--she reads what we read--NYT, WSJ, and local papers. Alaska is one of the 57 states, after all.
"Thank the heavenly father
November 13, 2009 - 13:44 ET by ckc1227"Thank the heavenly father for Obama"
Clearly there's no reason to thank him for giving you a brain.
It was not a "good"
November 13, 2009 - 01:22 ET by metaphorsbwithuIt was not a "good" interview but it wasn't as bad as has been claimed. It certainly would have been better had Couric conducted the kinds of interviews Obama and Biden had been getting.
Everyone should have known it would be a pop quiz/gotcha interview from the start. Gov. Palin basically got thrown to the dogs, faced tough, specific and issue-related questions from the start.
Wasn't the first question, "How do you stand on The Ledbetter Pay Act?"
Which she basically handled.
But I mean, C'mon!
Where were the questions about being a historic candidate and how she'd risen from the ranks of small-town mayor to Vice-Presidential candidate in a contest against the first African-American candidate for President.
Katie set out to make her look bad and, for all intents and purposes, her plan worked ... and helped set up the 24/7 assaults that began.
But it wasn't Katie Couric that helped deflate the McCain-Palin campaign, however. It was John McCain.
Anyway, Sarah's the real deal and she will come out of this experience better than ever, whatever she does.
metaphorsbwithu
yeah, you're right. you
November 13, 2009 - 01:24 ET by criticalthinkingyeah, you're right. you gotta watch out for those drive by gottcha questions like do you read the newspaper.
Thank the heavenly father for Obama
Thank the heavenly father for Obama
November 13, 2009 - 07:05 ET by GeneralAlWe are thanking the Heavenly father for Obama! The longer this Plastic god of yours speaks, [Even with his precious teleprompter!], the more liberals will be voted out of Congress next year! I just wish there was a way to disable his precious TeleP, for then we'd have a massive landslide as people would see what a real phony he is! The Conservatives would win in 50 of the 57 statees! We don't care about winning in Cuba, Venezuella, North Korea, Iran, Syria, China, and Russia! Obam's crowd can carry those states!
Or the "inappropriate"
November 13, 2009 - 07:46 ET by nwahsOr the "inappropriate" ones like "what motivated you to settle?"
I'm still here :)
Yes, you're right.
November 13, 2009 - 11:11 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltWhen her lawyers told her not to discuss the settlement in any way, which happens in every lawsuit settlement (been there, done that), she should have ignored their advice in order to please Larry. That way, when the opposition lawyers claim that she violated the agreement, she could just say, "but, all I did was speak to my motivations..", which can be relevant in civil cases. Lawyers tell you, "Just don't discuss it at all, don't even try to figure out for yourself what CAN and what CANNOT be discussed. You'll get trapped or slip a detail, and the opposition will file breach of contract motions, whether legitimate or not, we'll have to defend against them".
But yes, she should have ignored counsel's instructions. Totally.
Whoa--wait a hot one
November 13, 2009 - 11:20 ET by StarAZI thought Obama WAS the heavenly father--now you tell us.
Sorry yet?
November 13, 2009 - 05:14 ET by Ali Ali AliOprah is as disconnected as any of the aristrocracy in this country- but I think even she is beginning to see Barry's end-game... and it scares her.
Most Incompetent Campaign Team of All Time
November 13, 2009 - 08:07 ET by BW222Anyone who let's anyone associated with the McCain team near their campaign team is a fool - from Lex Luther (Steve Schmidt) to ditzy Nicolle Wallace the campaign was managed by total incompetents.
BW222
Infected by NY/DC elitism
November 13, 2009 - 09:58 ET by TexasMom0517Schmidt and Nicole Wallace are just as infected with the NY/DC elitism that permeates the political scene and are part of the overall problem that is "government."
I've wondered if Sarah Palin generates such hostility from the women of the media elite not only because of her conservative pov, obvious good looks and lack of an "Ivy League" degree, but simply because she has done it all herself. Her rise in political stature is not due to her father or her husband, but is uniquely her own- apparently, that's not permissable.
Sarah's ebullient midwestern affect is, as is often
November 13, 2009 - 11:15 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltthe case with elite urbanites, mistaken for a low IQ, or simplemindedness. Far from it.
Yes, unlike the soothing, erudite voice of Barney Frank.
November 13, 2009 - 13:52 ET by SickofLibsYes, unlike the soothing, erudite voice of Barney Frank.
Re Soothing and Erudite
November 13, 2009 - 17:58 ET by slickwillie2001"We muff haf affobable houthing; it'th ethenthal."
Just imagine the romantic "pillow talk"
November 13, 2009 - 18:03 ET by SickofLibsGak.
By admitting that the Couric
November 13, 2009 - 12:11 ET by Rev_EricBy admitting that the Couric interview was bad, Sarah Palin helped to reduce any impact that interview could have had on any future runs she might make.
Recession is when your friend loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. Recovery is when Obama loses his.
Great tag Rev
November 13, 2009 - 17:03 ET by general companyWelcome to NB
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
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