Be honest. How many of us here could say what it was off the top of his head? I did my own little survey among savy friends and none could say what it was. I bet even Obama might have trouble with that question.

the media calls it the bush doctrine, and the meaning is very vague. it could be about harboring terrorists, etc. Not even GWB knows the meaning of the "bush doctrine" anymore. lol.

can we call it call it the footlovr doctrine or the ter doctrine instead?

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It clearly states that to defeat John McCain in an election, you need to raise the issue of the confederate flag.  That's how Bush beat McCain in 2000.

David Gergen said tonite the Bush Doctrine is not the way to say that phrase but more the Doctrine of preventive war and Palin did fine in her answer, This is David Gergen on CNN , and if you look at the Bush Doctrine it is vague in the beginning meaning more we would treat nations friendly to terrorists as the enemy . Palin more then held her own so far in the interview.

Charlie Gibson defined it wrong the Bush Doctrine is not preemptive war waged in response to evidence of an imminent attack, but in response to the possibility that a country that was not attacking us now might attack us at some point in the future. and that is preventive. So the question was wrong if you want to get really correct.
The only people who will think it hurt Palin are the Keithie O wacko viewers


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You mean the Idiot Bush has an actual "Doctrine"?? It must be the basis for the Grand Idiot's justification for the shit he pulls out of his ass! It must be the one wherein "the ends justify the means."

A more scholarly tome: http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.15845/pub_detail.asp

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Where the left see her flub as evidence of how unqualified she is the right sees it as further evidence on how far she has distanced herself from Bush.

My Bush Doctrine is as follows: How much alcohol, drugs or money will it take for me to get into her bush?

It is the job of journalists keep trivial facts in their head. So, if the criteria for the President and Vice President is trivial facts, then we should elect on of those people who can answer every geography question in a Trivia Pursuit or the ones that can name all of the world leaders in TV Game show.

Using the same logic, one can conclude someone who can name all the planets is an astronaut, one who can recite a poem from Shakespeare is a poet, one who can mix Baking soda in water to get corrosion out of the battery is a chemist.

This is classic case of trying prove something with absurd logic. As Einstein said "anyone can prove anything with absurd logic".

I actually send an email to Mr. Gibson this morning with same logic. Don't expect a reply.

It sounds to me that you are saying the Bush Doctrine is a trivial fact. I would bet money on the fact that most world leaders do not. Though I do believe that the form that he asked it was not correct.

By the way, how did you get to email Mr. Gibson. I'd like to send him an email myself. I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.

Only lezbos and males should have a bush doctrine!

The drive by media labeled anything Bush did in foreign policy as a Bush doctrine.  And that fuck wadd Charlie used that term on Sarah as if it was a real concept from the W's administration.  

Charlie Gibson is a fuck-wadd

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Tom Brokaw, Sam Donaldson, Brian Williams and his bosses at Disney.

He was most definitely playing gotcha interviewing. He was dihonest in his playing of her sound bites, taken out of context and incomplete.

Bush Doctine? Which one?

BD#1:
Bush administration policy of unilaterally withdrawing from the ABM treaty and rejecting the Kyoto protocol.

BD#2:
"Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists."

BD#3:
Preemptive war.

BD#4:
The idea that the fundamental mission of American foreign policy is to spread democracy throughout the world.

Can someone post it? i'd like to ask him about the abcnews doctrine.

My initial reaction was "which one." I then checked on Wiki (which I normally don't do) and found there are at least 7.  In this case Wiki has to be right because it described 7 "doctrines" all of which have been labeled this way.

For example, one doctrine is his support for democratic movements in every nation, which was not what was being asked about.  

This is hardly surprising.  After 50 years, history will distill his presidency, for better or worse, and come up with some ideas that will be associated with him.  Then there will be A doctrine.

The Monroe Doctrine did not become identifiable by name for decades.  It was just his policy.

The fact is that there is NO ONE "Bush Doctrine."

Just read Krauthamer's column on this.  He was the first person to use the phrase "Bush Doctrine."  

He mentions that there are several "Bush Doctrines"

See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202457_pf.html

The best part was his last paragraph"

"Yes, Sarah Palin didn't know what it is. But neither does Charlie Gibson. And at least she didn't pretend to know -- while he looked down his nose and over his glasses with weary disdain, sighing and "sounding like an impatient teacher," as the Times noted. In doing so, he captured perfectly the establishment snobbery and intellectual condescension that has characterized the chattering classes' reaction to the mother of five who presumes to play on their stage."

They are so anxious for a "gotcha" that it turn out that her biggest "mistake" of the interview will work in her favor.

I'm surprised he didn't ask her who the president of Kyrgystan was.

Such a profound, well-reasoned rebuttal!

And the best thing about it is that it almost fits on a bumper sticker.

When I heard the question, the way it was cut, I thought she did an excellent question of teasing out from him exactly what he was getting at so she could respond appropriately - Instead of having to retract - because she answered a different question.

No doubt about it, from the tone of his voice, to the phrasing of the questions... it was gotcha questions.  

Who was he trying to impress?  I thought himself...