Biden Rips McCain/Palin for Not Facing the Press

From:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/watching-palin.html
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Watching Palin
I’m watching Palin speak right now in Vienna, Ohio.
She looks as if she is about to burst into tears.
The outcome of this election will be frightening if she and McCain are victorious.
She was placed in a position where she was unready for the tasks she was to engage in. This would be true regardless of gender.
Now, she is being buffeted by questions that she is unable to respond to, and she is wholly unready for this and cannot deal with the outcome or ramifications.
She is like a hurt young girl rather than a Vice Presidential candidate.
She looks as if her head will burst with anger and hate and hurt.
This is closer to the Palin we have heard of in Wasilla and as Governor.
Hutchinson and other candidates would not have responded in this way.
She is clearly not ready for the Presidential status she aspires to and cannot be let to have this position for the sake of the nation. This is not only valid and obviously true, but must be understood by anyone who cares about the future of this nation.
McCain is 72 and has had 4 treatments for cancer. Palin is not only unprepared, but likely to be overwhelmed by the provocations that regularly come to the President and cannot plausibly respond to issues in economic or any other area of substantive policy.
If we blindly stagger into this through the usual gathering at the trough of excitement, we will not only have a potential tragedy in the making, but a final aspect of America consuming itself through its fascination with novelty and short-term thinking in the face of an utterly unprepared holder of the nation’s highest office.
Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/watching-palin.html

It is about time they brought this up. Palin gets a lot of press and won’t answer to anything. She won’t answer questions, she wants to bail out of the troopergate investigation. When does she have to answer questions? The reason is clear. She doesn’t know any answers besides the few they have taught her to regurgitate on commmand. Robopolitician.

Palin says of Biden:
“Senator Biden has tremendous amount of experience. I think he was first elected when I was like in second grade”
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OMG! Like no way! Like I can see Russia from my house! Like Biden could be my daddy! Like he rides the train! Like there is a reason like I don’t take like questions like from the press.

THANK YOU MATT JAFFE. SOmeone needs to explain to Sarah and the rest of the people whinning about the press that if she would simply talk to you guys yall would not be figuratively speaking going thru the garbage trying to find out anything you can about the lady. This is silly . She is NOT Greta “I just want to be alone” Garbo. She is a freaking politician and needs to start acting like one.

BRAVO….BRAVO
This is exactly what Biden should be doing

Yeah, Emily. You just have to know that a woman just cannot have the mental and emotional fortitude handle the Presidency. Oh wait. That’s right, only LIBERAL women can handle the job. Whatever.

Tina – Where on earth do you dig up this baloney? Do you just make it up as it comes to you or is there a Limbaugh/Hannity web site somewhere. The best thing in the world electionwise for Obama would be for a troop withdrawal. McCain would be floored since he wants there for quite a while becuase of the oil. Keep trying though. Surely you can come up with something at least partially believable like Obama is really a terrorist, or was born in Kenya or is a Muslim or something…

Biden and Barack Obama are sexists. The chickens have come home to roost indeed!

biden is correct he dosen’t get it. the media has lost its relevance. i remember when a critique by the media was like a scarlet letter. now its a joke-i mean really our economy has been in a crisis and the media focus has been on lipstick. even the gibson interview with palen was heavily edited to leave out her more moderate positions and to make her sound extreme. you reap what you sow.

I get it! Palin gets exposed if she faces the press…look what happened with Charlie Gibson. Clueless wacko running for Vice President of the United States. Just unbelievable. As for McCain, his morning snooze is more important than the press.

As Governor Palin said in her speech, she’s not going to Washington for the good approval of the press. That’s how she rolls. Given what passes for journalism these days, I don’t blame her. She rocks.

McCain is hiding Sarah from the press, because she is not ready and never will be ready to manage the economy of the greatest nation on earth the reason is that she cannot manage her own family of 7 people properly. McCain himself has no understanding and intelectual strength to lead America. He is know for his very low IQ and with his age and health conditions, the whole situation becomes scary. The McPalin ticket is a very dangerous ticket. God save America from McSame.

Americans have had enough of Republican secrecy and dishonesty.
FACE THE PRESS OR FACE THE MUSIC.

She won’t answer, but Alaska!
I saw this on tv last night — and I’m still chuckling!

Biden? Saying McCain/Palin aren’t facing the press? Palin already did a liberally biased interview with Charles Gibson, is now in the middle of one with Sean Hannity, and will soon be doing one with Barbara Walters. When will Biden face the press?

Biden? Saying McCain/Palin aren’t facing the press? Palin already did a liberally biased interview with Charles Gibson, is now in the middle of one with Sean Hannity, and will soon be doing one with Barbara Walters. When will Biden face the press?

Good heavens, McCain, by his own admission, can’t even use email; it’s too complicated for him. And he’s supposed to make decisions about international economics? John, give it up. Please? For the good of the country.

What a hypocrite Joe Biden is.
Obama’s been campaigning – what, 22 months. How many unscripted (yes, that means no teleprompter, no bank of flags in the background) interviews has Obama had? He wouldn’t field questions on Wright, he still doesn’t field questions from the press, except on few occasions. One of the few times he did have an “interview” he stomped off after 8 questions.

Registered Republican, you ask when will Biden face the press? He does every day! And has for decades! Three (including one in the future) is not really impressive.

Traci, Obama’s had countless unscripted interviews, not to mention 20+ debates in the primary. Head in the sand, eh?

Of course nothing she has said has turned out to be true, so she’d just be lying to the press as well. The American people must decide for themselves–those who hide from the press have something to hide. Those who won’t testify before the legislature have something to hide.
Palin has very little to her, but what little it is she wants to hide.

When exactly was the last time Obama had a press conference??? He is giving speeches on the stump, with a telepromtor. When has Biden ever stopped talking???

Palin’s afraid to be asked about Troopergate. That’s what McCain gets for picking an unqualified, ethically-challenged, unvetted nobody for a running mate.
“I wasn’t thinking straight because I’m a POW.”
NO DICE.

Can anyone explain to me what McCain’s problem with Spain is? I must have missed something. Aren’t they our ally?

Traci – Obama just did an unscripted interview last week at Columbia U., at the same forum that McCain stumbled at.
It was the same night as Sarah Palin’s Charlie Gibson DISASTER.
“I can see Vladimir Putin out my bathroom window”
“Bush Doctrine? … um … huh?”
McCAIN/PALIN = not ready for prime time.

I’m dismayed that Traci didn’t retract her false statement as promised. I guess I just can’t trust Republicans any more. Sigh.

obamamama – you forgot The Daily Show; every morning show and countless local TV stations. Vicki and Traci have learned well from their candidate, the art of misrepresentation.

the media show has become a game show of ‘gotcha’ trivialized itself and rendered itself irrelevant with its biased rendition of collective hatred toward palin and mccain.
they have lost their credibility in the eyes of the public except for obama supporters.
keep up the stupid lipstick stories while sarah goes live on fox news in a no questions barred interview. while gibson heavily edits out the real inteview. cry me a river joe, we get it!

mccain and palin have taken their message directly to the people instead of thru the biased media filter. can’t say i blame them.

Obamamama, McCain is a senile moron that won’t meet with Spain Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero because he has forgotten that Spain and South America not the same thing. Even though the reporter clarified it THREE times!
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842156,00.html?xid=rss-world

ARAH PALIN’S SECURITY CLEARANCE
Before you dismiss the fact that Sarah Palin is Commander of the
Alaska National Guard, consider this:
Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor
defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska
National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from
ballistic missile attacks. Its on permanent active duty, unlike
other Guard units.
As governor of Alaska , Palin is briefed on highly classified
military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism. Her
exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s and
certainly by far exceeds Obama’s.
She’s also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense
Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into
Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.
Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to
the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska’s proximity to Russia ,
she may have security clearances we don’t even know about.
According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in
February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to
keeping secrets.
She can be entrusted with our national security, because she
already is.

ed – really? what was the lastest poll numbers for approval ratings on the democratic controlled congress! last i checked President Bush has a more favorable rating, by how many points! lastest news about the liberals that are controlling legislation is that pelosi is doing NOTHING but saying don’t blame us, then reid is now saying WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO! you have to be freakin kidding me!!! is’nt obama apart of that same senate that is saying WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, HHMMM!!! oh, by the way, are they not their party’s very own leader’s? what leadership! and they want more power, lol! so go ahead and throw out all your hateful, judgemental verbal language like the rest of you liberal’s, because your own leader’s have just failed you! yet, they were the one’s that said when they would get into power things would finally get done, but yet they have not done anything at all since their overtake of power in congress, and are now finally admiting WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, LOL!!! if you put pelosi’s and reid’s comments together, this is what you get (“DON’T BLAME US, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!”), LOL!!!

If they are afraid to answer questions and you think it’s okay for them not to, then you are in support of propaganda. That is what is available in Communist countries. The government only tells you what you want to hear with no accountability to the people. If McCain/Palin can’t handle our press – they are certainly ill-equiped to handle the White House.
Posted by: Paige
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This is a very important point! The difference between our country and dictatorships is a free press. You may not like all the news outlets, but without them we are lost. Certainly, encourage them to play fairly, but with an array as diverse as Fox News to the Daily Show, the truth will always come out! Wrap that in your flag, because freedom of the press should be the first battle cry of a true patriot!

mom trying
Obama is on the Senate Foreign relations committeee. I think he has probably seen a few classified documents.
But you’re right, you can’t actually see Russia from Illinois, no matter how hard you squint.

b:
Nice try, “b”, but Palin’s lack of qualifications have little to do with her being a woman, just as her supposed qualifications (except for having ovaries). Were she a man (Dan Quayle comes to mind), she’d be just as unqualified for the job — scarier, since her chances of becoming president during a McSame First Term (God forbid that McSame should be elected), are a lot higher than Quayle’s were.
Palin’s being picked as VP Nominee was ALL ABOUT her being a woman, and she’s used her gender when it suits her, while using it as a shield to legitimate criticism.
Judging from the latest polls, the American Public knows the difference between Sarah Palin and a qualified candidate is more than just lipstick!
Obama/Biden 08

Colorado,
Please, the fox interview was not live. Did you watch it? I did.

Obama has ducked further debates from both McCain and Clinton.

vicki – that’s right, the view would never even let McCain talk before they would talk-over and interrupt, other than Elizibeth. obama and his wife go on and are only asked question about their upbringing and their family experience out on the campaign trail and told how good looking they supposedly are! their politcal question’s we’re nothing but liberal talking points and very few! McCain was just drilled start to finish with nothing but disrespect! Cindy McCain is an example of beautiful woman inside and out along with Elizibeth, and that’s what you saw from them, not a bunch of hateful attack’s just trying to make McCain look inept. so that really did nothing but make the wanna-be ladies look inept themselves. i really think the whole cast are jealous of Cindy and Elizibeth. what i thought was funny was when Elizibeth called barbara out on her hypocrisy, that was classic, lol!

you liberal’s always complain when you’re words are taking out of context, then you turn around and take everbody else’s word’s out of context. do you see the point, you’re a bunch immature hypocrites crying foul when your attacked, when you do that crap more than anyone else. you liberal’s are full of nothing but anger and frustration and taking you own weaknesses out on other’s, your just showing your own ignorance! WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO is what your leader’s speak about in your defense, lol! you all are an example of how you helped destroy your party! vote democrat instead of liberal you morons, that’s the only way you people can survive!

Vote Dumb in ’08 !. Vote Republican.!!
Haven’t gotten enough of Bush? Now you can have McPalin.. as if McCain won’t just brush her aside once he gets in… And if he does.. lets hope he lives.. because she will just be puppeted around by conservative special interests..( not that McCain won’t be taken advantage of as well in view of his age.. just the way Bush was done by Cheney and the oil hawks due to his lack of intelligence..) Yes vote dumb and reap the rewards !!

joe – to much truth for ya? come on, i’m sure you can show your true color’s, i’m just waiting for liberal lies and twist to begin!

Palin can just come out of hiding and take her lumps along with everyone else. What makes her so special? The press jumps on Joe Biden for every little thing he says, not to mention you people in the blogs. If she can’t stand the heat then she had better go back to the kitchen!

ahhhhhh, poor joey boy! you also just showed how hypicritcal you leftist nut women are, keep it up, we will more than happy to bring more hillary supporters to the McCain/Palin 2008 ticket! come on, i dare ya!

I pay taxes, so I must be patriotic (Per Joe) Some of my taxes were given by the government to those who paid NO taxes (how do you get rebate when you paid no taxes at all)? I call that Socialism and redistribution of wealth.
I make $50,000 a year and pay my fair share…what about the 40% of Americans who “take” and don’t pay anything.

reaganfan – it’s funny how the nutty left forget that! and what they also forget is how long did it take obama to go on O’reilly, 18 month’s! now they want her to stop her campaign to go on how many more bias station’s? as joe’s post stated, why should obama run his campaign on McCain’s term’s, hhmmmm, i see hypocrisy at it’s finest here, how about you.

susie – they don’t see it that way, your still not given enough! come on susie, be patriotic as robin (joe b.) would say, batman (obama) needs more for his socialist greedy world!

Obama is a fraud, an empty suit, a self-centered creature manufactured by a bunch of idiots!
Hillary, Palin and McCain are true Americans and everybody knows that!

You go Palin! Count our votes now if you wish! This Democrat and her family with all her friends in the church have switched the party and will vote for John McCain this election!
We have seen enough nasty things that DNC and Obama followers done to Hillary. Now time for us to act. Time for Obamites to shut up is near!

jtx – GOD bless you and the whole congregation of your church! Jesus rule’s even if the liberal’s don’t like it!

PALIN AND McCAIN ARE BOTH LIARS!!!
Who cares what McCain and that Moose with lipstick say anymore, as it is just a pack of lies anyway!!
Wow, did you see the big news on CNN today? Donald Trump endorsed McCain. Gee that is a big surprise! Doesn’t he make over $250K and want to continue to benefit from the Bush/McBush tax cuts for the rich, YA THINK??
Also when Wolf asked him what Americans should do with their money now, he said invest in Real Estate!!! Wow, talk about a self serving A**!!!!
Come on Obama, Keep at it! Expose all these LIARS and Panderers for what they are! Filthy lying Republican stooges!!!

You know McCain has been in the senate for a long time, and he is a republican, so while the republicans ruled the roost they let this country get to where it is today, but Last night Rove blamed the Democrats, how could that be when they along with John McCain deregulated everything? All I know is over the last 8 years our country has gone bellied up, but prior to that we Americans were doing good, did not owe China one red cent, today we owe them billions. Republicans did not pentalize Companies taking jobs overseas, matter of fact they gave them tax cuts, wow the Rich got Richer and greedier. People have no jobs, because not only do they have to train the people oversea taking over these jobs what a slap in the face to Americans, but thier are no jobs to take. Unemployment is at a all time high. Then you have the Housing crisis dirty dealings at major bank because the Republicans are agaist oversights, Same thing with the stock market. I wonder what party these so call CEO’s and other tops Company EX’s are. I mean millions in exit packages even from a failing company? Whens the last time any of you received a million dollar exit package when the company was doing great or poorly? Over 7 years of Republican rule in the White House, Senate, and house and now they want to tell us how they will change, actions speak louder than words, and those words are mostly lies. This White House has been the most secretive, you have Tortures, you have wire taps, your have over the top Executive privileges, you have treason (for outing a CIA agents) you have Big Oil in on Energy policies.
This is how your Republican Leader treat our Services Men and women
Two years ago, a D.C. federal judge awarded 17 American POWs and their families nearly $1 billion in damages for the torture they endured under the Saddam Hussein regime during the 1990-91 Gulf War.
But in 2003, the Bush administration, which had just begun fighting a new war with Iraq, intervened, claiming that the president should be able to shield Iraq from civil judgments.
Last year, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the Bush administration and threw out the judgment and dismissed the case. The court acknowledged that the POWs “endured this suffering while acting in service to their country,” but said “[n]evertheless, we cannot ignore … that [the POWs] were not legally entitled to this judgment.”
The POWs are now appealing Acree v. Republic of Iraq and United States of America to the Supreme Court, which will decide at its Friday conference whether to hear the case.
“I experienced torture, mock executions, confinement in a filthy environment,” said a visibly emotional Col. Clifford Acree at an April 7 press conference. Acree spent 47 days in captivity after his aircraft was shot down the first day of the war.
Politicians across the political spectrum, including Sens. George Allen, R-Va., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Patty Murray, D-Wash., have rallied around the POWs.

She calls herself his “partner”–and this is a vice-president!
She also spoke of the “Palin-McCain” administration today.
If she respected his authority, called him “sir,” didn’t retch at his embrace, she wouldn’t be quite so revoltingly offensive. But she’s too proud for that. A real traditional woman. Not.
It’s all over the web: McCain has been emasculated.

Hillary supporter here…………Conservitive blogs are the MOST cruel and nasty. Now, how do you expect Hillary supporters (and independents) to join in w/such ugliness?

uscitizen_o4 – lol! that’s what i thought, keep on running away from the truth you hypocrite, lol!

Here you go timmaaa7
Hunter Biden and his lobbying firm, Oldaker, Biden & Belair, have represented colleges and hospitals, mainly in an effort to secure money for them in appropriation bills. In June, however, Biden also signed on as a lobbyist for a law firm that represents a billionaire couple who run an Internet gambling business. The lobbying documents on file with the Senate Public Records Office show that Biden intended to lobby on the “legality of internet gaming” and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which Congress passed in 2006.
The law firm, Sharp & Barnes, represents Russell DeLeon and his wife Ruth Parasol, according to lobbying records. The couple was listed as having a net worth of $1.8 billion in 2006 and made the Forbes top billionaire’s list. They dropped out of the list the following year. Forbes reported that a congressional crackdown on online gaming caused their company stock to fall 75 percent.
Biden’s letter ending his lobbying work was first reported Friday by The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire.

Bot tim you do need to take a chill pill, we know it is a hard sell to the American Public, but you keep up the good work, and my god rest your soul

Bot tim you do need to take a chill pill, we know it is a hard sell to the American Public, but you keep up the good work, and my god rest your soul

Sarah Palin is a diversion to distract us from what has actually be going on these past eight years.
This is a very interesting read concerning McCain’s choice of Palin and Republican manipulation from an unusual and surprising religious perspective. I highly recommend checking it out:
http://www.newsflavor.com/Opinions/McCain-Hijacks-Christianity-Via-Palin.240929

Ralph Waldo Emmerson said:
Shallow men believe in Luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
A true leader needs to be able to lead their family first. I would not allow Sarah Palin to raise my kids nor run my business.
A dangerous ego that is not what this country needs no matter Rep/Dem.
Our country is in trouble because people
want everything now. Do you think Michael Pheleps only swam a few laps to win 8 gold medals?

It is high time that the American people demand that Palin/McCann (sic) answer the hard questions. The global economy is in a critical condition and we have to be sure that they have the capabilities to deal with the issues. Come on, America! Get on your feet and demand a real press conference!

I am asking everyone to email a note to Senator Boxer who is the head of the Senate Ethics Committee to ask him to investigate Sen Obama breaking the Logan Act in his attempt to get Iraq to not withdrawl troops until he took office. This is a well known story with Iraqi saying he requested it. Here is the note I sent. you can put your name in place of mine at the bottom. Please make sure you include your name and state and county at the bottom. You can exclude pumapac if you desire. Please do a bcc or blind copy if you can to prowl@pumapac.org
The more people who do this the better chance we have of getting some action on this terrible act of treason and selfishness allowing people to maybe die in a war so he could be elected. Everyone is invited to come to blog.pumapac.org a place where the common person is trying to have his voice hear. A super friendly place. please pass this around to other blog sites that might attract people to join in this effort.
Senator@boxer.senate.gov
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9/19/08
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Dear Member of the Senate Ethics Committee,
I am writing to request that you open an investigation into the actions of Senator Barack Obama with regard to his July visit to Iraq. News reports, as well as the statements from Senator Obama’s own campaign, confirm that Senator Obama attempted to negotiate a plan for troop withdrawals and a framework for the American presence in Iraq in such a way as to benefit him politically. This is clearly an unethical way for a member of the United States Senate to act, using his status and leverage as a Senator and prominent candidate to undermine the Administration and to benefit his own political career. It also appears to be a direct violation of the Logan Act.
From the Logan Act:
“Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”
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Oh my are you saying Obama had intercourse with Iraq? lol you Republicans are to funny. First for something and then agaist it

She can stare down a moose!
She claims she is fiercer than a pit bull!
She wants us to believe that she could lead the country.
She wants us to believe she can go toe to toe with our advisories from Iran, China, Russia, Venezuela and so on, if God forbid she were to become President.
She wants us to believe she’s soooo tough…
Yet she’s intimidated by the press, and won’t take their questions.
Am I missing something?
Only the clucking of a chicken wearing lipstick.
CHICKEN PALIN IS RUNNING from the Press!

So Biden has done 70 press conferences but is winning little extra votes. If a product is lousy, advertisements won’t increase sales.
Most media has been found by voters to be so biased and slanted that their opinions now have negative effect.
Why should McCain & Palin allow biased and slanted media to interview them? It would be as foolish as “Obama wanting meet Iran’s President unconditionally”.