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Sarah handled herself well in the so-called interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, whose body language betrayed his skepticism and therefore his lack of objectivity throughout. Some journalist. Worse was when he called one of her answers "a blur blizzard of words." She should have stomped him. I would have. Worst was the video cutting of her comments to get what he wanted. It was so rough that her image jumped around. What a bozo, as usual in this overpaid child’s game, playing to his buddies in the establishment media instead of helpfully bringing out a major political candidate’s personality and character for the benefit of the nation.

The notion, which he kept repeating, that she, or any vice president has to have traveled extensively and met world leaders and be intimate with foreign policy, is laughable. Nothing about that in the Constitution, Chaz. Even, in her case, borderline sexism. It closes the door on all but the poobahs of the Beltway, the intimate friends of media players like Gibson and his pals. What had Truman, for instance, the former Missouri county judge who never attended college, done before he met Joe Stalin? What, for that matter, did blow-dry trial lawyer John Edwards know when he ran with Kerry? What does Barry know now, and he wants to be president?

But in the end, Sarah handled herself with poise and patience, as if she were talking to a well-dressed chimpanzee. Which, despite the glitzy showbiz of teevee news, is pretty close to the truth. Now, we’ll expect Gibson’s jungle buddies, and the Lefty blogosphere, to pounce and wail about this awful, shallow woman, and be surprised if they don’t. Not that it will make a drop of difference to most American voters who tuned out these self-important clowns long ago.

MORE:  Then, after misquoting her invoking stating that God’s blessing God had blessed the Iraq campaign (obviously to make her look like a dangerous religious nut) and being corrected by a bunch of folks, ABC goes back and edits out the misquote to make their trained ape look good. No correction issued of course. That’s showbiz, folks. That ain’t journalism. Fortunately, the original, with the misquote, her denial, and Gibson’s pontifical insistence that it is perfectly correct, is still on YouTube here. What a shabby crew. And–surprise,surprise, more coverup from the WaPo. Chuckle. It’s inept, too.