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Chris Wallace After Palin Interview: First Time I Ever Thought ‘This Woman Is A Serious Candidate’

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After interviewing Sarah Palin, Chris Wallace talked about her with his panel of guests and revealed that he was very impressed with her appearance. Unlike previous times when he interviewed her, Wallace noticed “this wasn’t just ‘you betcha’ – she was pretty sharp on the issues.”

Wallace was eager to see if anyone else agreed with his review of Palin’s interview:

“I thought she was a boffo performance today. It was the first time that I ever saw her and thought ‘this woman is a serious – if she decides to run – candidate for President. And a serious possibility to be President.’”

Besides a somewhat strange historical discussion of Paul Revere, Palin spoke confidently on issues ranging from the debt ceiling and foreign affairs, to her unequivocal support for Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. With Wallace now convinced that Palin can be a serious candidate, if she wants to be, it will be interesting to see whether other skeptics might be swayed now or if Palin still needs more detailed policy talks, and less Paul Revere, moving forward.

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  • notsofast

    I hope she doesn’t run. She is too divisive to win.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    It’s not like he’s allowed to say anything to the contrary about her, i.e. she’s a joke as a candidate.

  • HuskersLoveBo

    I will believe she is a serious candidate as soon as she has her picture taken next to the Statute of Liberty.

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    I hope she doesn’t run. She is too divisive to win.

    Maybe you are not, not so fast, after all.

  • notsofast

    Universaltruth said:
    Maybe you are not, not so fast, after all.

    Go back to you HS class and prepare for your PSAT, son!

    LOL

  • rm

    Palin lapdogs are trying like crazy to edit the Paul Revere Wikipedia page to match Palin’s botched version:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Revere&action=history

  • rm

    Sarah Palin Uses A Teleprompter to Blast Obama on Fox News Sunday

    Fox Hypes Sarah Palin’s Sunday Talk Show Appearance But She’s Using Teleprompter
    http://www.politicususa.com/en/sarah-palin-fox-news-teleprompter

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    rm said:
    Sarah Palin Uses A Teleprompter to Blast Obama on Fox News Sunday Fox Hypes Sarah Palin’s Sunday Talk Show Appearance But She’s Using Teleprompterhttp://www.politicususa.com/en/sarah-palin-fox-news-teleprompter

    love it!!!

  • prthatrocks

    The obsession with Sarah Palin is a like watching a combination of a demo derby and “Professional Wresting”, in where one portion of society actually believes it to be true and, hopefully, the larger – and more rational part of society – finds it to be tasteless, “base” entertainment. To comment on Sarah Palin’s exploits as if they have an actual impact on the betterment of society and political process as a whole is as insane as she is.

  • TangledThorns

    Now elites like Chris Wallace expect Sarah to run… possibly win too. Best look out Obamabots!

  • Universaltruth

    notsofast said:
    Go back to you HS class and prepare for your PSAT, son!

    LOL

    Yes, LOL

    I freakin’ OWN you.

    Oh Btw, ………………….LOL

  • Universaltruth

    prthatrocks said:
    The obsession with Sarah Palin is a like watching a combination of a demo derby and “Professional Wresting”, in where one portion of society actually believes it to be true and, hopefully, the larger – and more rational part of society – finds it to be tasteless, “base” entertainment. To comment on Sarah Palin’s exploits as if they have an actual impact on the betterment of society and political process as a whole is as insane as she is.

    True that!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    Chris was drooling like a Mississippi schoolboy over Miley Cyrus in red underwear. But, hey; The Gorgeous Governor was lookin’ good today.

  • ACORNInsider

    Gov Palin’sm flirt with running certainly puts the brakes on Rep Bachmann’s plan. They say Gov Palin is the Queen of Conservatives and that makes Rep Bachmann ….her handmaiden?

  • DonnaK

    I just lost any respect I had for Chrissie Wallace!! Who in the hell is he trying to fool? The orders must have come down from the top…put a good spin on Palins appearance today, no matter what!! Chrissie just threw Shep under the bus, by what he said!!!! Take him out Shep…..

  • lucky5

    I think she is serious about making money so she can buy a huge mansion with 34 bathrooms and a skating rink.

  • notsofast

    Universaltruth said:
    Universaltruth says:
    June 5, 2011 at 3:33 pm Universaltruth(Quote)

    So you’re the guy who responds to all those “Long hair OK” wanted ads!

  • notsofast

    DonnaK said:
    I just lost any respect I had for Chrissie Wallace!! Who in the hell is he trying to fool? The orders must have come down from the top…put a good spin on Palins appearance today, no matter what!! Chrissie just threw Shep under the bus, by what he said!!!! Take him out Shep…..

    Prove it or STFU!

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Go back to you HS class and prepare for your PSAT, son!

    LOL

    You need some new material. LMAO!

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    You need some new material. LMAO!

    You need a new name and face, son! Or should I say Girth Brick?

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Prove it or STFU!

    Prove you are not a racist or STFU.

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    You need a new name and face, son! Or should I say Girth Brick?

    You should say “I’m sorry for being trailer park trash and a racist.”

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    Prove you are not a racist or STFU.

    Prove it, Leroy! Prove it!

    hahahaha

  • Sam M.

    I hope Wallace is right and she decides to run.

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Prove it, Leroy! Prove it!

    hahahaha

    You just did.

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    Sam M. says:
    June 5, 2011 at 4:42 pm Sam M.(Quote)
    Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0

    You are bad, bad, Leroy Brown, tha baddest person in the whole damn town, you are Leroy!

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    You are bad, bad, Leroy Brown, tha baddest person in the whole damn town, you are Leroy!

    You are trailer park trash and a racist, with confederate flag in the back window of your 74 Lincoln.

  • notsofast

    Sam M. said:
    Sam M. says:
    June 5, 2011 at 4:45 pm Sam M.(Quote)

    Racist? You need new material, Leroy!

  • Dem4Ever

    Liberals worst nightmare is about to come true…President Sarah Palin!  She will rewrite the book on presidential administrations.  America will be changed forever, shaped in the image of Sarah ‘the mama grizzly’ Palin.

  • Gasket

    Dem4Ever said:
    Liberals worst nightmare is about to come true…President Sarah Palin!  She will rewrite the book on presidential administrations.  America will be changed forever, shaped in the image of Sarah ‘the mama grizzly’ Palin.

    Self-delusions.
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html

  • Sam M.

    notsofast said:
    Racist? You need new material, Leroy!

    You are still a racist regardless.

  • Sam M.

    Dem4Ever said:
    Liberals worst nightmare is about to come true…President Sarah Palin!  She will rewrite the book on presidential administrations.  America will be changed forever, shaped in the image of Sarah ‘the mama grizzly’ Palin.

    Ahhhhhhh!!!!! LMAO!

  • Rokker

    Mike Wallace is so ashamed of his Fox News kool-aid drinking son.

  • BatBoy

    Run Libs Run

    Go to a different country….Sarah is coming to a town near you…..

    And it AIN’T gonna be pretty for you.

  • TfT

    Lizzie must takeSunday’s off; new rules….but, what are rules worth if they aren’t enforced?

    oh well, it is a good thought….

  • Sam M.

    BatBoy said:
    Run Libs Run

    Go to a different country….Sarah is coming to a town near you…..

    And it AIN’T gonna be pretty for you.

    LMAO. You can’t make this kind of stupid up. Thanks for the laugh.

  • seek

    Sam M. said:
    You are trailer park trash and a racist, with confederate flag in the back window of your 74 Lincoln.

    grow up Sam. Your schtick is very old and extremely lame. You have yet to contribute one sentence pertaining to any story that you follow with zeal. Not one freaking sentence.

    It’s always just your ridicule of the poster. Well, it’s time to put up or get lost because everyone is sick of you. Both right and left.

  • Sam M.

    seek said:
    grow up Sam. Your schtick is very old and extremely lame. You have yet to contribute one sentence pertaining to any story that you follow with zeal. Not one freaking sentence.

    It’s always just your ridicule of the poster. Well, it’s time to put up or get lost because everyone is sick of you. Both right and left.

    Go air dry your panties.

  • TfT

    Well…my comment hasn’t been posted yet, it is sitting in moderation — and it is about how the moderator apparently doesn’t work on sunday. Funny

  • Sam M.

    TfT said:
    Well…my comment hasn’t been posted yet, it is sitting in moderation — and it is about how the moderator apparently doesn’t work on sunday. Funny

    I for one would like to thank you for this very informative update.

  • Doughboy

    So the WSJ columnist on the panel said that the reason(or at least a primary reason) Palin’s negatives have gone up over the last 2 years is because she’s weighing in on major issues and thus alienating part of the electorate? Isn’t that what we’re begging our politicians to do right now? Start taking unpopular but necessary stances on the issues affecting our country and quit kicking the can down the road.

    People need to decide what they want. An Obama type of politician who’ll tell you what you want to hear, vote present on almost everything other than putting a bullet in bin Laden’s dome(and even that he needed 16 hours to mull over), and refuse to deal with the crises staring us right in the face such as entitlements? Or someone who’ll be straight with you and lay out a painful but unavoidable path we must take if we hope to prevent this nation from being insolvent. In fact, there’s a poll I’d love to see. Who would voters rather have as President? Barack Obama or Paul Ryan? The result of that survey will tell us a lot about where we’re headed.

  • Sam M.

    Doughboy said:
    So the WSJ columnist on the panel said that the reason(or at least a primary reason) Palin’s negatives have gone up over the last 2 years is because she’s weighing in on major issues and thus alienating part of the electorate? Isn’t that what we’re begging our politicians to do right now? Start taking unpopular but necessary stances on the issues affecting our country and quit kicking the can down the road.

    People need to decide what they want. An Obama type of politician who’ll tell you what you want to hear, vote present on almost everything other than putting a bullet in bin Laden’s dome(and even that he needed 16 hours to mull over), and refuse to deal with the crises staring us right in the face such as entitlements? Or someone who’ll be straight with you and lay out a painful but unavoidable path we must take if we hope to prevent this nation from being insolvent. In fact, there’s a poll I’d love to see. Who would voters rather have as President? Barack Obama or Paul Ryan? The result of that survey will tell us a lot about where we’re headed.

    Palins negatives keep going up because she keeps sticking her foot in her mouth and she’s just plain dumb. There is no mystery here. She will never be elected to any office and the best she can hope for is to become the Paris Hilton of politics. She’s a goof and great entertainment.

  • TfT

    Anytime Sam.

  • Old Duffer

    Welcome to the club Wallace, even if you are a few years late,

  • http://crpa.co Ron C. de Weijze

    She’s gonna have to talk policy, however that is second to having to underline the main principle of independent selves confirming or rejecting other independent selves, which is where the Tea Party stands imho. Anti DEM group effect, anti REP person effect (http://constructiverecollection.blogspot.com/2011/05/group-effect-and-personal-effect.html), pro independent confirmation from the heart, from each and every one of us (and I don’t even live in the USA).

  • rm

    This is the “analyst” to whom Roger Ailes is paying a million dollars a year — and he wants us to treat Fox News as a serious journalistic institution.

    And what’s worst, Wallace is agreeing with her — and acting like he has now been educated as to the accuracy and wisdom of her words.

  • WildMan

    Chris Wallace is by far the worst interviewer at FOX News. Listening to him is like fingernails across the chalk board. Seriously he comes across as a news type with very limited abilities in the ‘gray matter’ area.

  • DaTruth

    Sam M. said:
    Palins negatives keep going up because she keeps sticking her foot in her mouth and she’s just plain dumb. There is no mystery here. She will never be elected to any office and the best she can hope for is to become the Paris Hilton of politics. She’s a goof and great entertainment.

    What’s actually entertaining is your vacuousness. I noticed in the other thread about the actual facts of the Revere ride (where Revere was warning of the British intent to seize the colonists’ armaments) you couldn’t face up to the challenges and merely resorted to cowardly ad hominem retorts. But it was clear to all that you knew you were exposed for the weakness of your argument, if you even want to call it an argument. Oh well…at least you can take some solace in your anonymity, because it were you to actually let people know who you really were, you’d never be able to see the light of day.

  • rm

    Sarah Palin’s Spokesman speaks out about Paul Revere
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPf8PKB0wU

  • BatBoy

    seek said:
    grow up Sam

    That is an impossible task for Sam!

  • seek

    BatBoy said:
    That is an impossible task for Sam!

    I’m so sick of that kid and his nonsense. Can’t believe they haven’t booted him into never never land yet.
    Not a brain in his head, just stupid childish posts.

    Back to Sarah and the supposed use of a teleprompter. People are so willing to think the worst and yet reason would dictate that it would be nigh impossible while giving an interview.

  • insideguy

    Ill believe she is a serious candidate when she get interviewed by someone other than her fanclub on fox news.

  • rm
  • tiredoftherunaround

    rm said:
    Palin lapdogs are trying like crazy to edit the Paul Revere Wikipedia page to match Palin’s botched version:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Revere&action=history

    You quote…………Wiki????!!!! LOL!
    This story has been corrected by liberal stooges. Wiki is as leftist leaning as Media Matter, FactCheck, etc.
    In fact, I’ve made edits to pages on Wiki in the past.

    Anyone and his dog can if they can find a link to back it up. It’s getting pretty hard, though, with Obambots cleaning up the web and scrubbing anything critical of the Left (of any generation). The editors are left-leaning as well. I’ve followed them on Twitter.

    so…………not a good proof of anything.

  • tiredoftherunaround

    rm said:
    Sarah Palin’s Spokesman speaks out about Paul Revere
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPf8PKB0wU

    rm’s your posts are getting old……the same thing over and over.

    This wasn’t funny the last time you posted and it’s not now. And does it have anything factual to add . *sigh* Grow up.

  • Glackin

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    You quote…………Wiki????!!!! LOL!
    This story has been corrected by liberal stooges. Wiki is as leftist leaning as Media Matter, FactCheck, etc.
    In fact, I’ve made edits to pages on Wiki in the past.

    Anyone and his dog can if they can find a link to back it up. It’s getting pretty hard, though, with Obambots cleaning up the web and scrubbing anything critical of the Left (of any generation). The editors are left-leaning as well. I’ve followed them on Twitter.

    so…………not a good proof of anything.

    How about Forbes? E.D.Kain? Ringing any bells?

  • tiredoftherunaround

    insideguy said:
    Ill believe she is a serious candidate when she get interviewed by someone other than her fanclub on fox news.

    Unlike obama who blackballs newspapers (http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1338789&position=1) ………for *shock* having Mitt Romney front page instead of Obama, attempted to boycot wo Fox from the the press room (until other medias intervened), and only grants interviews to the networks of his choice. Has had only …….one?……… visit to Fox despite numerous invites.

    And, this……..http://joytiz.com/2011/obamas-boss-wages-kinetic-action-against-fox-news/

    What’s your weak point you’re trying to make?

  • JasonMays

    Sam M. said:
    You are trailer park trash and a racist, with confederate flag in the back window of your 74 Lincoln.

    Are you calling him a “Democrat”?

  • Glackin

    tiredoftherunaround said:
    Unlike obama who blackballs newspapers (http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1338789&position=1) ………for *shock* having Mitt Romney front page instead of Obama, attempted to boycot wo Fox from the the press room (until other medias intervened), and only grants interviews to the networks of his choice. Has had only …….one?……… visit to Fox despite numerous invites.

    And, this……..http://joytiz.com/2011/obamas-boss-wages-kinetic-action-against-fox-news/

    What’s your weak point you’re trying to make?

    Obama gave O’reilly a full interview at the time of the Super Bowl. Since then. nothing the Fox Entertainment Network has produced would make the Obama Administration think that Fox would give them a fair audience.
    Keep in mind, this is an Entertainment Network.
    Who represents Fox “News”? Greta? Her husband works for Sarah, for God’s sake!
    Huckabee? He’s a resignation away from running, again.
    Hannity? Serioiusly?
    Beck is on his way out the door. He’s too NUTZ for Fox!
    They don’t trust Shep Smith, and Chris Wallace is just too damaged.
    Fox Entertainment had their shot. It’s over.

  • azgrandma

    Oh come on chris – you have got to be kidding? No guess not that seems to be the pattern they can barely make it through any of their programs without her on there on a mention of her. Subscribers should be dropping like flies

  • NonElite

    The liberal press is frustrated that Palin isn’t quite the person they’ve made her out to be. They can’t connect with the American values theme. Either they don’t understand it, or don’t agree with it and they can’t figure out how to manipulate her. She’s not pandering to them and that makes them pretty cranky. It must be maddening for them. If it’s driving the MSM crazy, I’m all for what she’s doing. How can I help?

  • Ajolily

    notsofast said:
    I hope she doesn’t run. She is too divisive to win.

    I don’t believe she is divisive but the haters would make it a divisive Presidency and we don’t need more of that.

  • Longuerdo

    “I thought she was a boffo performance today. It was the first time that I ever saw her and thought ‘this woman is a serious – if she decides to run – candidate for President. And a serious possibility to be President.’”

    Shorter version: “I felt a thrill going up my leg.”

  • Barack Must Go

    Ajolily said:
    I don’t believe she is divisive but the haters would make it a divisive Presidency and we don’t need more of that.

    You’ve got to admit Palin is way less divisive than the woman that is our current president anyway.

  • BFD

    Regarding Paul Revere, his is the exact wording that Palin called a “gotcha question”….

    “What have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit.”

    Boy, the lamestream media sure does know how to set devious traps for her. They need to dumb it down a bit, like “What is your favorite color?”

  • Just4thefax

    Gasket said:
    Self-delusions.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html

    Fact: Nice try but this is preseason and the starters are still taking a break until the real game starts.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Look the Obama team failed at repairing economy. Problems continue and even were made worst. Anyone against him does have a real chance because 70% saying we are going in the wrong direction will not continue to waste their vote to correct their futures. Progressive Socialism is a failure. Period.

  • seek

    Glackin said:
    Obama gave O’reilly a full interview at the time of the Super Bowl. Since then. nothing the Fox Entertainment Network has produced would make the Obama Administration think that Fox would give them a fair audience.
    Keep in mind, this is an Entertainment Network.
    Who represents Fox “News”? Greta? Her husband works for Sarah, for God’s sake!
    Huckabee? He’s a resignation away from running, again.
    Hannity? Serioiusly?
    Beck is on his way out the door. He’s too NUTZ for Fox!
    They don’t trust Shep Smith, and Chris Wallace is just too damaged.
    Fox Entertainment had their shot. It’s over.

    lol
    they don’t trust? Who is they? lol
    What a ludicrous bunch of words that somehow made sense to you at some point.

  • ParkyPundit

    Why must liberals lie about Sarah Palin with their Liberal Truth Telling! If we wanted TRUTH, do you think we would have voted in a GOP House Majority last year?

    Tell us lies, tell us sweet little lies.

    Here’s a snippet of the movie!

    http://bit.ly/kY5ofX

  • http://activitypit.ning.com/profile/massmurdermedia MASSMURDERMEDIA

    Glackin said:
    Obama gave O’reilly a full interview at the time of the Super Bowl. Since then. nothing the Fox Entertainment Network has produced would make the Obama Administration think that Fox would give them a fair audience.

    i agree… they haven’t produced fawning, kiss-ass coverage of their chosen messiah… they need to fall in line with the rest of the lamestream…

  • Stratdude

    Two fox sewer serfs — Wallace, who will never be taken seriously again as a legitimate journalist and palin, who is only a “serious” candidate among the teabaggers, the uneducated and the billionaires who use her to undermine the middle class.

  • CAconservative

    If the amount of vitriol against this woman is an indicator of how much they fear her, then she’s a shoe-in. The fact that Obimbo barely won an election that should have been easy against McCain, was in fact do to Sarah Palin. In the 21/2 years since the presidential election, Sarah has refined her style and approach. If the Demo-rats were afraid of her then, can you imagine the fear they have of her now. The GOP, and the Tea-Party know Obimbo’s continuous missteps are now so numerous, they’re glaring and the people have had it with his inept administration. He’s run out of viable-excuses! The electorate, on both sides of the isle, now see him for what he is, an inept socialist who’s so caught up in his own malignant narcissism!

  • Nachi

    It obviously doesn’t take much to impress Chris. She’s a fantastic Murcuhn Publican, patriot, family-values, ultra-reeligious, dedicated, devoted, transmogrified right-wing gift from the Ether World. Let us pray!

  • J Baustian

    I thought there was supposed to be a revival of civility.

  • insideguy

    Barely won the election against Mccain? It wasn’t even close 10 million in the popular vote and 365 to 137 in electoral votes. If thats barely im sure the right would take that any day of the week

  • labman57

    Seriously delusional?

  • purveyor

    To:INSIDEGUY,

    “Robotic”. Ouch. Not even the toothless bar maids I occasionally took home called me that!

    I left a conciliatory response after your Post about Juan Williams. If you didn’t see it, I wrote:

    “Point taken, I too have come to respect and admire Juan Williams”.

    Williams may not be my political cup-o-tea, but, he has matured since his arrival at FOX.

    As for you, INSIDEGUY, we may not see eye to eye, however, you are civil and respectful, therefore

    you have my best regards.

    PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC

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