Liberal Groups: Charlie Gibson Should Have Clarified The Bush Doctrine Question
But only when he asked it of Obama.
From an entry by the liberal media group Media Matters back during the Democrat primary debates.
During the ABC News-Facebook Democratic debate, ABC News’ Charlie Gibson said that Sen. Barack Obama’s assertion that, as president, he would “press them [the Pakistani government] to do more to take on Al Qaeda in their territory,” and that “if they could not or would not do so, and we had actionable intelligence, then I would strike,” is “essentially the Bush doctrine: We can attack if we want to, no matter the sovereignty of the Pakistanis.” But by asserting that Obama’s policy on Pakistan is “essentially the Bush doctrine,” Gibson was claiming that there is in fact a clear Bush doctrine on the question of whether the U.S. would strike Al Qaeda in Pakistan regardless of the sovereignty of Pakistan. Bush and administration officials have in fact made inconsistent statements on this issue.
Just to some up: Gibson asks a vague question of Palin about the Bush Doctrine and the left blasts Palin claiming that she didn’t know what he was talking about.
Gibson asks Obama a question about the Bush Doctrine and suddenly it’s not a fair question.
Double standards are great, aren’t they?
