Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations from ABC News: 2008 election interviews with Charlie Gibson (number of quotes indicated):
- Barack Obama (3)
- John McCain (6)
- Sarah Palin (12)
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Foreign Policy
Sarah Palin: Visiting injured soldiers in Germany was trip of a lifetime.
Sarah Palin: Get Ukraine into NATO, and maybe Georgia.
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Government Reform
John McCain: Earmarks are terrible and pernicious; Palin learned that.
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Health Care
Barack Obama: I’ve got a health plan and a plan to get it implemented.
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Homeland Security
Sarah Palin: Energy is a foundation of national security.
Sarah Palin: Only a very small percent of Islamic believers are extreme.
Sarah Palin: Agrees with Bush Doctrine, if enough legitimate intel.
John McCain: Clinton & Bush missed opportunities to get bin Laden.
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Principles & Values
Sarah Palin: There is a plan for this world and that plan is for good.
John McCain: Palin has governed our largest state & 20% of US’s energy.
John McCain: Obama lacks judgment, not experience; Palin has judgment.
Barack Obama: Key issue is McCain following Bush on war & economy.
Barack Obama: Taking a black candidate for granted is measure of progress.
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War & Peace
Sarah Palin: Nuclear Iran is dangerous to whole world.
Sarah Palin: Russia’s invading Georgia, unprovoked, is unacceptable.
Sarah Palin: No new Cold War with Russia.
Sarah Palin: Don’t go to war over Georgia, but pressure Russia.
Sarah Palin: Don’t second-guess Israel if they act against nukes in Iran.
Sarah Palin: Keep option to go into Pakistan to go after terrorists.
John McCain: We face transcendent evil of radical Islamic extremism.
John McCain: Obama would lose a war to win a political campaign.
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