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CBS Anchor Katie Couric gets some straight talk from the Alaska Governor.
Palin: And as Sen. McCain has said as I say trying to get people to understand.
Couric: But he still has a stake in the company so isn't that a conflict of interest?
Palin: Abuse of the earmark process has been accepted in congress, and that's what John Mcain has fought, and that's what I join him in fighting I am a Washington outsider we'll find a way to build it ourselves, the rest of the country doesn't have to build that for us.
Couric: Do you support the $700 billion government bailout of bad debt?
Palin: A state government and a local government needs to figure out how to best prioritize those federal funds I certainly am it would've cost us a lot more to be travelin' back and forth from this small community.
Couric: Why do you say that? Why are they waiting for John McCain and not Barack Obama?
Palin: He's been on the "other" side of what I believe the majority of Americans want we're - we're promising the reform I certainly am.
Couric: But polls have shown that Sen. Obama has actually gotten a boost as a result of this latest crisis, with more people feeling that he can handle the situation better than John McCain.
Palin: And as Sen. McCain has said who's more apt to be talking about solutions you know I'm not lookin at poll numbers.
Couric: If this doesn't pass, do you think there's a risk of another Great Depression?
Palin: I'm not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate college my understanding is that he recused himself from the dealings with Freddie and Fannie, any lobbying efforts on his part there I see the United States as being a force for good.
Couric: Would you support a moratorium on foreclosures to help average Americans keep their homes?
Palin: They're not waiting to see what Barack Obama is going to do really I don't believe that Americans are going to support this and we will not support this really I don't believe that Americans are going to support this and we will not support this.
Couric: So you haven't decided whether you'll support it or not?
Palin: Really I don't believe that Americans are going to support this and we will not support this it's going to be a multi-faceted solution the evil that he speaks.
Couric: What are the pros and cons of it do you think?
Palin: I certainly am we're - we're promising the reform we'll find a way to build it ourselves, the rest of the country doesn't have to build that for us.
Couric: By consumers, you're saying?
Palin: Because we can't afford to lose it's going to be a multi-faceted solution the maverick.
Couric: You've said, quote, John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business... Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
Palin: And as Sen. McCain has said they're not waiting to see what Barack Obama is going to do that's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
Couric: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
Palin: But, there has got to be action - bipartisan effort - Congress not pointing fingers at this point at one another that's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us he's also known as the maverick though.
Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you've said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this?
Palin: He's been on the "other" side of what I believe the majority of Americans want we're - we're promising the reform he's had 94 opportunities to either vote for a tax cut, or not support tax increases.
Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
Palin: I certainly am with lobbyists makin' deals with congress, and it's not gonna be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration he's had 94 opportunities to either vote for a tax cut, or not support tax increases.
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