Thursday, November 19, 2009
My one on one interview with Sarah Palin aired across the country this morning on The 700 Club. You can watch it below. Unlike in other interviews, we talked extensively about her faith and how God has not only been the major presence in her life but it was the major presence in the book as well.
Part two of my interview will air on The 700 Club on Friday. In that piece, we will delve into more political issues including the 2008 campaign, abortion and what she would have done differently during her VP run.
Hey everyone....below are a few quick clips from my one on one interview with Sarah Palin Wednesday in Grand Rapids Michigan. There is much more on the way but this gives you a little taste.
On the double standard for conservative Christian politicians:
Palin: I do absolutely notice that some of the conservative Christians who are members of Congress or who are serving in state legislatures, yes it seems like certainly like the leftist media treats them a little bit different. There are some double standards. It gets kind of frustrating, but at the same time I think it makes us work harder. I think it forces us to be clearer and more articulate in what are positions are.
On forgiving her enemies and those who spread rumors about her and her family:
Palin: My momma's heart breaks when the kids are attacked so it is through a lot of prayer and a lot of reliance on prayer warriors all across our country though praying God's hand of protection over my kids. ...These are probably some lonely people, some shallow people who want to take a shot like that. And we need to pray for these people for one and we also need to keep things in perspective.
In the book she asks people to consider inviting God into their lives:
Palin: Give it a shot, put your life in God's hands and see what He's going to do for you, and He will reveal for you, too, these providential happenings throughout your life that surely can not be coincidences.
Brody: You realize when you say things like that the liberal media, people within the liberal media, they're going to blow a gasket.
Palin: Okay, this is what's going to happen, too. CBN, you guys are going to be Googled all over the place, and the liberal media will take things out of context. So lets just kind of acknowledge what's going to happen here. Their heads are gonna be spinning. So be it , though. Let's get some truth out there. Lets get some candid talk about a person's faith. That's part of what I'm all about and I don't hesitate to let people know where I am on it.
Reacting to Nicole Wallace who says Palin hated her from the beginning of the campaign:
Brody: She said on the Rachel Maddow show last night that Sarah Palin has hated me from the very beginning.
Palin: That's not true at all but I have gone a year with a lot of Americans having a lot of questions about the media strategy in the McCain campaign and this was my opportunity to answer those questions. This is how it worked, this is why we did the Katie Couric interview instead of doing an interview with maybe someone who would be more objective and perhaps not have an agenda. So I just laid it out and answered the questions.
But no it's certainly not a book seeking vengeance or any kind of vindication. It's answering questions that people have asked of me. And after a year of a lot of false reports out there, I'm excited to have the truth out there.
The Brody File is writing this blog entry at 3am on Thursday morning. I'm traveling back on an early morning flight from Grand Rapids Michigan to Washington DC. My one on one interview with Sarah Palin airs across the country on The 700 Club later this morning. I will post the 6 minute piece on The Brody File around 11am so check back. As for individual clips, expect those to move here shortly after 12pm Thursday.
As for quick impressions from the interview, (mind you I'm writing this on an hour sleep in the middle of the night) let me just say that she seemed very comfortable and at peace. The last time I interviewed her during the campaign in October of 2008 you could tell that while she was in good spirits the stress of the campaign was wearing on her. Not this time. She definitely has the "shackles" off.
The interview focuses quite a bit on the faith aspects of her book including the fascinating part in the book about how she asks readers to invite God into their lives. Wait until you see the part where she looks directly into the camera and calls out the "leftist media" (her words)when it comes to her Evangelical faith and how she sees a double standard in how the media treats conservative Christian politicians. She also is very candid when I ask her about how tough it is to forgive her enemies. I also talk to her about abortion and healthcare, her poor poll numbers,what she would have done differently in the campaign and her harsh words about campaign aide Nicole Wallace.
We've decided to break up the Palin interview into two parts. Thursday's 700 Club piece will focus more on her faith. Friday's piece will have more of a political/campaign feel to it.
The interview took place at Zondervan Publishing in Grand Rapids on Wednesday afternoon. We were the only camera there to not only interview her but get exclusive pictures of her meeting and greeting employees outside. (with Trig in her arms)
By the way, her bus has a picture of a moose on the front of it. That is classic Sarah Palin. I'm not sure that there's really much to say after that.