Anne Graham Lotz: Sarah Palin 'a pretty tough lady'

On Friday's "On The Record" on FNC, host Greta Van Susteren interviewed Billy Graham's daughter Anne Graham Lotz about Sarah Palin's recent visit with her father and her brother Franklin:

VAN SUSTEREN: Your father looks great in that picture.

LOTZ: I thought he looked great. Hard to believe he's 91. His mind is clear, and he was very intrigued with governor Palin. The thing that he said afterward that impressed him the most was he thought she would come in full of herself and just take over and just dominate the conversation.

And instead, she was very thoughtful, sensitive, very warm, and what he said, sweet. He used the word, she was very "sweet" towards him, almost like she coming to visit her grandfather, very gentle and kind of letting him talk.

And he was very impressed, and very -- I think he felt encouraged that she -- in fact, the next day, I was with him and he said he wanted to call her and thank her for coming. And I'm sure that she wanted to do the same thing. He called and just thanked her for being there.

VAN SUSTEREN: Had you ever met her before that night? She spoke in that a little piece of being out in the public eye essentially.

LOTZ: No, I had not, but I was interested to meet her, because as a woman, and I've done many things that are the first time things for a woman to do. And I just admire her courage and her boldness. And she's a pretty tough lady.

A transcript of the full interview can be found here. Freedom's lighthouse has the video here.

- JP