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HH: Governor Sarah Palin, welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show. Great to have you.
SP: Hey, thank you so much. Nice to hear your voice.
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HH: Now Governor, the Gibson and the Couric interview struck many as sort of pop quizzes designed to embarrass you as opposed to interviews. Do you share that opinion?
SP: Well, I have a degree in journalism also, so it surprises me that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics all those years ago. But I'm not going to pick a fight with those who buy ink by the barrelful. I'm going to take those shots and those pop quizzes and just say that's okay, those are good testing grounds. And they can continue on in that mode. That's good. That makes somebody work even harder. It makes somebody be even clearer and more articulate in their positions. So really I don't fight it. I invite it.
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HH: Governor, you mentioned the people who are struggling right now. Have you and your husband, Todd, ever faced tough economic times where you had to sit around a kitchen table and make tough choices?
SP: Oh my goodness, yes, Hugh. I know what Americans are going through. Todd and I, heck, we're going through that right now even as we speak, which may put me again kind of on the outs of those Washington elite who don't like the idea of just an everyday working class American running for such an office. But yeah, there's been a lot of times that Todd and I have had to figure out how we were going to pay for health insurance.
We've gone through periods of our life here with paying out of pocket for health coverage until Todd and I both landed a couple of good union jobs. Early on in our marriage, we didn't have health insurance, and we had to either make the choice of paying out of pocket for catastrophic coverage or just crossing our fingers, hoping that nobody would get hurt, nobody would get sick.
So I know what Americans are going through there. And you know, even today, Todd and I are looking at what's going on in the stock market, the relatively low number of investments that we have, looking at the hit that we're taking, probably $20,000 dollars last week in his 401K plan that was hit. I'm thinking geez, the rest of America, they're facing the exact same thing that we are.
We understand what the problems are. It's why I have all the faith in the world that John McCain is the right top of any ticket at this point to get us through these challenges. It's a good balanced ticket where he's got the experience, and he's got the bipartisan approach that it's going to take to get us through these challenges. And I have the acknowledgment and the experience of going through what America is going through.
Pro Patria
'Joe 6 pack American' here.
Hugh broadcasts not too far from my office, so I can listen live and I've spoke with him many times on air. I have to say I was pleased with her candid answers to his questions. Sometimes a bit wordy (but what woman isn't), she got her points across well, and it is clear she is not a Washington elite.
I imagine Andrew will take issue with her, but that's ok. Nobody is forced to believe or think a certain way. for me though, I am happy she is the VEEP candidate for my Party.
Posted by: Gawfer | October 01, 2008 at 04:00 PM