Paula Zahn to Victoria Clarke, last night on CNN:

ZAHN: Tory, you get the last word, and a brief one at that. Do you concede we are more hated today as a nation than ever before?

To her credit, Clarke didn't respond by shaking her head and letting out a belly laugh of disbelief. She answered:

CLARKE: No. (ed- Followed by a pregnant, five-second, incredulous pause.)I don't. I just don't concede that at all because, if you look at the facts and you look at where people put their actions and their deeds, not their words, you have some 90 nations that are working with us in the global war on terror. You have about five dozen countries that supported us and helped us in the invasion of Iraq. You have over 30 countries that have troops in there now. So I don't concede that.

Yes. You can double check the transcript. Paula Zahn really did ask, with a straight face: "Do you concede we are more hated today as a nation than ever before?"