ABC's Robin Roberts to Palin: 'Why Did You Shoot Rudolph?'
Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on Friday expressed incredulity that Sarah Palin shot a caribou on her TLC reality show. Interviewing the former governor, she chided, "Some in the lower 48, would say, why did you shoot Rudolph? Though, it's not a reindeer."
Roberts highlighted lefty Hollywood producer Aaron Sorkin, informing that he "calls it a snuff film." She added, "There are some that see this and see the high-powered rifle, and going, really?" (In a humorous moment, Palin dismissed the filmmaker, "Is his name Allen?...I've been calling him Allen.")
Trying to show how hunting is controversial, Roberts added, "I think it also because it was such a high-powered rifle." A perplexed Palin explained, "Well, you can't bring down an animal with a BB gun."
[Video below. MP3 audio here.]
In fairness, Roberts did offer several softball questions usually reserved for liberal politicians. She wondered, "Five children. Who's most like you?" At one point, the anchor asked how Palin and her husband Todd "make it work" over 20-plus years.
However, when Palin complimented the President for flip-flopping on taxes and the compromise, Roberts scolded, "You said flip-flop. He- It's compromise. And that's part of the thing that the American public has been saying. Can't you guys get together? Bipartisanship. And then, he will be accused, as you have done, as saying flip-flop."
A transcript of the second interview, which aired at 7:44am EST, follows:
ROBIN ROBERTS: Back here in Wasilla, Alaska. And I got to tell you, the first thing I noticed when I walked into the Palin home, it is all about family. And that is one thing that has not changed since a journey began, bringing Sarah Palin into the national spotlight.
JOHN MCCAIN: My friends and fellow Americans, the next vice president of the United States, governor Sarah Palin of the great state of Alaska.
ROBERTS: August 29, 2008, John McCain announces you are his VP candidate. You come out. You see your family. It's in Ohio. And you fast-forward. It's just been over two years. What's it been like for you personally, to go from a relative unknown, outside of your beloved Alaska, to being such a major force and personality?
PALIN: First, I thought you were going to say that you would never forget the day, August 29th, 2009, because that was my 20th wedding anniversary. So, yeah. My own, little world. It's been quite the roller coaster ride. But, Robin, if you look at where I was then and where I am today, the people who surround me, they're the same people. My close friends. My siblings, my parents, my family. They are still here. That core network of supportive people who are there to help lift you up when you fall down and help bring you back down to earth when, you know, some people would want to put you on a pedestal. That's very, very important to me is knowing that two years later, in that respect, nothing has changed.
ROBERTS: But, what has changed, or has anything changed, not really changed with you, Governor, but come on. You've gone from virtually nowhere to being a power player! How in the world does that happen?
PALIN: Let me tell you one thing that has changed. It's been tempting, once in a while, to start guarding my conversation and start hesitating a little bit, in calling it like I see it. And I've done that my entire life. But because every word that I speak is scrutinized and ultimately, in some corners of the world, it gets mocked and ridiculed and spun into something that it is not, there has been the temptation to kind of pull back a little bit and maybe not be as candid.
ROBERTS: But Sarah Palin has not shied away from her celebrity status. Her reality show on TLC is watched by about three million people. I know you've heard the outrage, the caribou.
[Clip of Sarah Palin's Alaska]
ROBERTS: Some in the lower 48, would say why did you shoot Rudolph? Though, it's not a reindeer. It's a caribou. Aaron Sorkin, I know, Hollywood producer, who calls it a snuff film. There are some that see this and see the high-powered rifle, and going, really?
PALIN: Yeah. I think he has some of the high-powered rifles in his movies and TV shows though. I think those are aimed at human being. Mine is aimed at dinner. So, there's- Is his name Allen?
ROBERTS: Aaron.
PALIN: I've been calling him Allen. His comment on it, I thought his comment was appalling. Basically, he said, I can see her doing that if it were for fashion or it were for something. And I'm like, for fashion? To kill an animal just for the fur? I couldn't believe that came out of him. I thought, certainly, he wouldn't be that hypocritical. We eat, therefore we hunt and I am thankful I get to feed my kids organic food.
ROBERTS: I think it also because it was such a high-powered rifle.
PALIN: Well, you can't bring down an animal with a BB gun.
ROBERTS: You bring up about your 20th anniversary. You and Todd have known each other since high school. Got married at 24. First child at 25. The statistics say you're not supposed to be together. How have both of you been able to make it work?
PALIN: We have different personalities, that's for sure. We have the same core beliefs. And that has allowed us to stay together happily for 22 years now of marriage.
ROBERTS: After talking with his wife, Todd fired up the snow machines, as they call them here. And the Palins took me out behind their house, on the ice of Lake Lucille. With nine-year-old, piper, taking the lead, we checked out the scenery. She doesn't take it all so seriously. There was still time for a little humor about one of her, well, let's say, infamous moments. Here it comes. Here it comes. Where is Russia?
PALIN: I'll tell you, it's not that far away!
ROBERTS: That was another first for me, getting out on a snowmobile like that. I felt better when they told me there were trucks out here earlier. It's frozen solid for some time to come.
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Comments
I don't know about you . . .
Submitted by srhoades on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:16pm.
But I never once even thought that I wanted them to "work together" in DC. I want them to stop what they're doing and stop it now. The only "working together" I want to see is the repeal of Obama Care, making permanent the Bush Tax Rates (as is, not their stupid "compromise" deal), and additional Tax Cuts. A fifteen percent flat tax that everyone pays on their own (no withholdings) every quarter and no loopholes. Elimination of the corporate income tax would be nice too, as well as lifting the antitrust exemption for unions.
I know, I'm living in a dream world.
God wanted us to be sinless
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:38pm.
God wanted us to be sinless and reside in Eden forever and ever also.
I would ask this ho..ho....HO
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:41pm.
I would ask this ho..ho....HO why is it the lame street media is overtly conspiring to murder Christ & Christmas, more so this year than any other?
Did the muslim ( I swear I'm a Christian ) imposter in the White House ordered you to do so?
Barack_Must_Go.....
A big city elitist finds
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:20pm.
A big city elitist finds the Palins as kind of unique but.... I can drive for hundreds and hundreds of miles in any direction from where I live and show you millions of ordinary Americans just like the Palin's.
Welcome to America Ms. Roberts. You should come and visit us more often.
Same with Me
Submitted by Gothampc on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:45pm.
I live in NYC now. But where I grew up, everyone hunted. You were weird if you didn't.
big city elitist
Submitted by Orion_the_truth... on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:18pm.
To quote my 9 year old grandson in Ohio (thats part of flyover country to you big city elitist and part of Palin's REAL America): I Like Deer, they taste good.
Imagine the day Robin Roberts asks a tough question of MichelleO
Submitted by krendler on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:22pm.
e.g.,
So, Michelle: What's you're problem with a teenage girl's body not conforming to what's considered "perfect" in our skinny-obsessed culture? What kind of message are you sending to girls out there who aren't rail-thin?
Don't hold your breath waiting for Robin to ask a question like that.
I SAID DON'T DO IT!!
Submitted by BBallleaper on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:29pm.
But Palin is an idiot. Don't ever meet with these leftist libtards. They hate you. They hate us. Their goal is to destroy us and the US. Don't you get it Palin? Stupid is as stupid does!!
The more I see and hear of Palin,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:12pm.
and the more I read the comments made by those who are less than complimentary towards her, the more I realize that the problems don't necessarily all reside with her.
MD
She's attacked if she only
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:19pm.
She's attacked if she only speaks to Fox. Now she's attacked for speaking to ABC. Any situation where Palin doesn't lose by someone's standard?
Thankfully, she doesn't whine about it the way some do.
Same old smears
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:34pm.
There was still time for a little humor about one of her, well, let's say, infamous moments. Here it comes. Here it comes. Where is Russia?Well, hello stupid! It was not Palin who said that, but why bother with facts, after all, you are a journalist.
infamous moments
Submitted by wingnut55 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:37pm.
I just can't believe that Robin Roberts thinks that Sarah said that she could see Russia from her house. It was Tina Frey. Doesn't anyone on her staff do any research for her?? I'm, also, waiting for PETA to go after Aaron Sorkin for saying that it's O.K. to shoot animals for their fur, but I don't think I can hold my breath that long.
What the hell are these
Submitted by kareling on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:38pm.
What the hell are these statistics that say Sarah and Todd aren't supposed to be together? Where does Robin get that from, or did she just pull it out of her--?
Why Is This Woman Considered Legitimate?
Submitted by ljacone on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:40pm.
Robin Roberts was a mediocre-at-best sportscaster, primarily used for her gender and race. What of that qualifies her to be a political interviewer? Oh wait, I answered my own question.
Huh?
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:43pm.
Interviewing the former governor, she (Roberts) chided, "Some in the lower 48, would say, why did you shoot Rudolph? Though, it's not a reindeer."
This has to be one of the most idiotic questions I've heard uttered on the MSM this month, and considering some the crap they say, that says soemthing.
That's for sure. The question
Submitted by celator on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:12pm.
That's for sure. The question illustrates the small latte cocoon these big city elitists live in. In Maine many women hunt, fish (including ice fishing), scoot around on snowmobiles, target practice etc. It's the same for many parts of the country. My sister shot a moose three years ago (we are still eating off the critter). One of my nieces is a Maine Guide and I have a female cousin who was a Game Warden for many years.
Methinks Roberts should get out more and see what's going on. It wopuld do her a world of good to meet ordinary people.
Palin should reply with . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:01pm.
. . . "Did you eat any meat this week? How did YOU kill it and prepare it?"
"Oh, I call him Allen"
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:46pm.
Touche, Madam Palin....que'lle put-down of the Sorkin character.
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I laughed out loud at that
Submitted by inquiringmind on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:06pm.
I laughed out loud at that exchange. My thoughts exactly!
blonde -- he's just a Sorkin
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:07pm.
blonde -- he's just a Sorkin loser.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Dear Roni
Submitted by Ozconservative on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:47pm.
She shot Rudolph for the same reason I have a steak from Kangaroo Jack in my freezer.......they're just so damn tasty with barbeque sauce and steamed veggies!!
I wonder if Sarah pointed to her neihbor's house
Submitted by gopcongress on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:49pm.
You know, "Pewtie's" house, Vladimer Putin, the one that she could see from her front porch.
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Robin, a caribu is a
Submitted by bassndude on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:56pm.
Robin, a caribu is a "reindeer". High powered rifles are designed to kill large game at range. At "range" can be translated to "safe distance".
You poor dear.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
"Allen" Sorkin???
Submitted by bigdaddy on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:04pm.
Didn't he have that TV show that had a bunch of actors running around the Whitehouse?
Kind of like what we've had the past two years.
Actor in the White House
Submitted by wingnut55 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:43pm.
No, we had an Actor in the White House back in the 80's and he was the best President of the 20th Century. What we have, now is a bunch of comedians and the joke is on us.
People do shoot and eat reindeer
Submitted by Lipton on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:21pm.
The Sami people in northern Scandanavia herd and EAT reindeer. I have heard it is very good. They also have a great love for the animals. I have a colleauge from Scandanavia who told me it is good to eat, and Readers Digest has some pictures of the SAMI people in a recent issue. They are a very interesting group of people and Robin Roberts question is really stupid.
Just Think:
Submitted by miss911ninja on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:38pm.
If Sarah had shot a white-tailed deer (or the Alaskan variety of that) with her high powered rifle, Roberts would have asked "Why did you shoot Bambi?"
Pathetic!
Sarah's response:
Submitted by John WI on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:49pm.
"the younger.......the tastier. Ever hear of veal?"
I wish Palin had followed up
Submitted by lsudolemite on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 1:41pm.
I wish Palin had followed up the Rudolph question with a line about shooting Bambi's mother.
Or catching Nemo's parents on a fishing hook.
Good grief.
Why does Sarah continue to
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:00pm.
Why does Sarah continue to give interviews to these main stream types? Is she too dim to figure out what their raison d'etre is?
Palin understands why she is a target, and as long as . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:03pm.
. . . she's willing to take the hits and keep on ticking, I think she'll stay in the public eye. I think her good natured personality, her upbeat look on life, and her faith kep her going.
Yup...
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:35pm.
Yup...
Robin Roberts
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:14pm.
I'm sure Ms. Roberts wouldn't pay an exterminator to rid her home of rats either. Likely she'd have them "relocated"
How is it this woman, Roberts, is allowed such a swath of separation from that which appears daily on the dinner table? I don't see where she's an avowed vegetarian, or crusader against all the carnivores around her.
But I'd bet money she'd favor embryonic stem-cell research to cure cancer.
Nothing but contempt for the ignorant, Ms. Roberts.
sorry to let media down, but there's no santa claus.
Submitted by befuddled1 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:42pm.
in reply to the rudolph question, i wish palin would've quipped back in all seriousness, "you know, Santa Claus doesn't actually exist. you can trust me; i have a journalist degree and i've done the research."
Suggested response
Submitted by Model850 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:57pm.
Roberts: Why did you shoot Rudolph?
Palin: Why did Ed Schultz's producer suggest Obama should hold a gun to the head of CEOs and steal their companies' cash reserves?
living off the bounties of the land is not a crime
Submitted by befuddled1 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 2:59pm.
aaron who? sorry, not much into being forced spoonfuls of liberal crap ideology that has done nothing but impoversh and kill millions on a daily basis. not entertained by death, starvation, poverty in lieu of individualism and self reliance. living off the bounties of the land is not a crime. allowing people to live in poverty on government handouts is a crime. perhaps these people need to invest in a high powered rifle and a hunting license, instead of relying on government foodstamps.i would be more entertained with an episode of food stamp recipients spending a week in Palin's Alaska hunting and fishing to fill up their freezers than an episode of food stamp recipients lounging around watching an episdode of the west wing.
OK, I guess I'll ask then
Submitted by DaChew on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:23pm.
Robin, just exactly what is the proper power of rifle to shoot a carbou with? And what would be the reasoning for using a less powerful rifle than whatever Sarah was using? Is there some amount of time that you'd like to see the animal suffer before dieing that is best attained with a less powerful rifle? What, precisely, would be the optimum balance of power vs. animal suffering in your mind? Is there some other concern about rifle power with regard to killing a caribou that I'm not getting here? From the perspective of the hunter, you use the firearm that dispatches the animal the quickest while destroying as little of the edible parts as possible.
Why did Robin Roberts leave
Submitted by mrsimele on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:46pm.
Why did Robin Roberts leave whoring and become a news lady? Her pimp wants to know.She couldn't make any money.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 3:56pm.
She couldn't make any money. This is the closest thing to "the oldest profession" she could find.
That lady makes me so damn
Submitted by mrsimele on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 4:05pm.
That lady makes me so damn mad. Ofcourse she will go chow down two Big Macs now and some chicken McNuggets iwith her leather boots,gloves and mink shawl but she "loves animals".I love animals, too
Submitted by UndercoverConse... on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:45pm.
they're delicious!
"meat is murder..quick! eat the evidence!"
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I've decided the reason Sarah Palin appears so often on...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 4:19pm.
Liberal shows is to expose how stupid Liberals are. I used to be a big fan of Robin Roberts...when he pitched for the Phillies!
mother nature*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 4:23pm.
I wish Gov Palin had tried to explain to RR that no matter how rich you are mother nature trumps any bank account. In Alaska during winter, there will be little or no supply train,a trek to the grocery store difficult or almost impossible for weeks at a time. Planning ahead is absolutely required when trying to provide for your family. Sarah Palin sounds like a "common sense" woman to me and the money she has earned recently has not changed her very much. I am starting to like Sarah Palin.
Lying reporter
Submitted by david999 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 6:20pm.
"Some in the lower 48, would say.....
That is a cowardly "reporter" She is the one but is too afraid to state it
Another Ditzy Newscaster
Submitted by DaMama on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 6:25pm.
Robin Roberts is just part of the everyone-in-the-media-must-hate-Sarah-Palin Fan Club.
I have no respect for these so-called newscasters. They hate anyone and everything conservative. They are biased, hateful, and spiteful. These people have got to be the most ignorant people on the face of the earth. They are not worthy of respect.
Off topic
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:13pm.
With the lack of an OT I didn't know where to put this story. I know some of you followed the whole Duke lacrosse mess. Well it looks like the accuser walks again.
~Rick
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:20pm.
It's here. Blog entries disappear off the front page so fast in the new format that they're easy to miss.
You've gone from virtually
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:42pm.
In some respects, the same way a nobody community agitator came out of nowhere at light speed to become the president of the Unites States: with a compliant media who didnt want to investigate and financial backing from Mr Megabucks. But Sarah has a handicap - she's not backed by George Soros nor is she held up by media propaganda. Hope that answers your question, Sweetie..Nailed it right on the head!
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:49pm.
Good job mister! I salute you! Excellent! : )
"Where's Russia?" Um, it's
Submitted by mulgamutt on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:51pm.
"Where's Russia?"
Um, it's west of here. Yes, you can see mountains in the far distance if you yourself stood high enough and the day was clear enough.
You could also go to the Diomedes, the islands in the middle of the Bering Strait. One is Alaskan territory, the other is Russia. They're two miles apart. Close enough for ya?
Oh, by the way, why don't you ask Tina Fey that question? After all, she's the one that originally uttered that quote.
Santa Claus is dead
Submitted by JakeMo on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:30pm.
Robin,
Just to be clear. The story of Rudolph was NOT a dramatization of actual events.
There are no flying reindeer.
And there are not, nor have there ever been, reindeer with glowing red noses.
And, I'm sorry to tell you, there is no Santa Claus. And no Island of Misfit Toys.
It's important for us to be clear about this Robin, because we all know that if Sarah Palin (or any conservative) were to joke about the existence of flying reindeer, the MSM would subject the "stupid conservative" to any endless stream of ridicule and we'd have to hear Bill Maher, Joy Behar, and Pervert Letterman go on for weeks about "ignorant Christians" believing in Santa Claus.
~Scrooge
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 8:38pm.
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Robin Roberts....Elitist
Submitted by Metsie62 on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 12:19am.
Let's see....you work in a studio off of Times Square...you call Mr and Mrs Mike Nichols one of your best friends....your water cooler talk is with the litle brother and youngest son of one of America's most liberal families...or your other buddy ...Bill Clinton's infamous waterboy and Monica Lewinsky's first DC crush...and you ask Sarah Palin if she is out of touch with "real" people in America
Can someone ever mention the millions of copies her books sell and the "rock star" crowds she draws to personal appearances and ask....do the democrats have ANYONE who even comes close
Robin how about another illuminating segment about your love of sports, your cancerous boob or another dream dance on DWTS
Leave the real news to real journalists....you hack