and the fact that we re talking about her, the fact that you re waiting for her in gettysburg, the fact that hundreds of people are waiting for her in gettiesburg, she knows that, and she is using this to the fullest. but i also think that when mike huckabee decided not to run and mitch daniels decided not to run she probably had and is having an a-ha moment because she also knows that she probably better than anybody else can speak to the very critically important social conservatives in the gop who are going to be essential in whoever gets nominated for the gop. and she s saying this could be my moment. now, whether she takes that to the next step, she s going to keep us guessing until that actually happens or not. now, most republicans have thought for months, shushanne that no, she s not going to run. if she wants to be active, she wants to be influence, she wants her voice to be heard and she wants to tease us to keep us interested in her. but you ve always thought she probably
do you see this as a palin for president campaign, or is this brand management, she s essentially trying to just rehabilitate her image some? i do think that it is absolutely brand management, john. but i ll comment about whether it s a real presidential campaign and whether she has those intentions. but on the brand management, i mean, let s just be real, sarah palin is all about sarah palin. and she s brilliant at that. she s about pushing her brand. and the fact that we re talking about her, the fact that you re waiting for her in gettysburg, the fact that hundreds of people are waiting for her in gettiesburg, she knows that, and she is using this to the fullest. but i also think that when mike huckabee decided not to run and mitch daniels decided not to run she probably had and is having an a-ha moment because she also knows that she probably better than anybody else can speak to the very critically important social conservatives in the gop who are going to be essential in whoeve
secure. the knowledge no american government will ever do this to its children. to our children. what the syrian government allegedly did to this child. you ll see him right here. his name was hamza ali alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body covered in cigarette burns. he had been embassy claited. according to family accounts on arabic news channels, syrian government officials came to their home last wednesday asking them to sign a waiver accepting hamza s body but only if they wouldn t show the body or say anything about the circumstances of his death. they signed but were so horrified by the condition of his body they could not keep quiet. so they consented to a video of their son s body. it later turned up on al jazeera. almos
jazeera. almost all of it is so grisly we could only show you those two frames. that set off a weekend of outrage as activists raisen zeitouni put it to the washington post, torture is usual in syria. what was special about hamza is he was only 13 years old. a pro-regime television station disputes the allegations, with the doctor who did the autopsy phoning in, saying there s no evidence of torture. he says what you saw came from decomposition. now, right here we need to point out that we have yet to independently confirm these allegations, but bodies don t get covered in cigarette burns when they decompose. they don t lose organs. they don t show every sign the deceased in this case a 13-year-old boy was brutally tortured. and again, the assad regime, father and son, has a long, long record of brutality. according to human rights groups, more than 1,000 people have been killed and 10,000 arrested since the anti-regime protests began. nor has the regime shown the slightest
alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body covered in cigarette burns. he had been embassy claited. according to family accounts on arabic news channels, syrian government officials came to their home last wednesday asking them to sign a waiver accepting hamza s body but only if they wouldn t show the body or say anything about the circumstances of his death. they signed but were so horrified by the condition of his body they could not keep quiet. so they consented to a video of their son s body. it later turned up on al jazeera. almost all of it is so grisly we could only show you those two frames. that set off a weekend of outrage as activists raisen zeitouni put it to the washington post, torture is usual in syria. what was speci