Palin-drome

I want to know why the Republican Party refuses to Help, Middle America, in any way. Has the Republican party fallen, to Oil Coruption?

The McCain camp is probably fearing that the press will ask Palin a really difficult question like what day is it? McCain is making so many mistakes that they can’t let both candidates loose on the public. Of course this is all the liberal media’s fault. If they would agree to only publish fawning articles about her they would probably be given more access.

Capitolism, is how the Saudi Princes, rule their poor people. The Rich Oil Tycoons, live off Middle America too.
Has Republicans, sold out America?
They are not helping in Congress.

McCain should lose the election on this point alone. Not for having nominated her – I used to think that – but for shielding her in this absurd way from any honest coverage in the press and for the unbelievable disrespect this shows to the American public. SHE’S RUNNING FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND. Moreover, she started from a position where we knew less about her. They owe it to every voter to make her accessible to the public, or this whole election is a sham and a fraud.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden can’t say this because of how it would be regarded, but some other prominent Democrats need to step up, have the courage of their convictions, and say MCCAIN AND PALIN ARE RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN LIKE SNAKE OIL SALESMEN. NO ONE SHOULD BELIEVE THEM. IF THIS IS HOW THEY RUN A CAMPAIGN HOW WILL THEY RUN THE COUNTRY?

Is McCain not letting Palin talk, like the Saudi Princes won’t let their women talk? Is McCain a ‘sexist’?

Palin paying off officals, for silence?
Shes pretty quiet herself. Did McCain pay her to fade away, as more voters liked her more than McCain?

So many dynamos!
See referees.

I’m sorry the MSm was completely vicious to palin and her family. You all continue to twist and distort and negatively report anything in her record, her achievements and any offhand comment anyone wants to make abouther. The press has no credibility when it comes to Palin. Obama’s dubious associations have been all but ignored. I live hundreds of miles from Chicago and knew all about Wright his ties to Lybia his hatred and Obama’s support of him and his ministry 6 months before the MS would touch it. How about that Edwards affair, which was real and does involve a child that you all ignored. But Sarah Palin’s daughter gains some weight and the “investigative journalism” just can’t stop. Her achievements by the way are numerous, unlike mr obama who haas done esentially nothing but run for President and bully people Chicago style his entire political career, never once challenging corruption in governemtn or his own party.
The press doesn’t deserve to interview Palin. Good for her. Good for the McCain camp. Do some real reporting on Obama and his past and his ties and maybe she will.

If access is restricted to her as an Aspirant, I wonder what will happen when the great power of state is vested in her as either the Vice President or President?
The way she is been handled is so ridiculous and infantile that it belittles her and makes mockery of the People of Alaska that handed their affairs to someone who can not hold her own on the National scene.
It belittles Americans generally that a Country blessed with Immense Human Resources could not find a person, worthy enough to hold so sensitive a post bearing in mind McCain age and Mortality that the baton falls on Gov. Sarah Palin who is being viewed world over as a joke taken too far.

I wish CNN had stuck with the original threat not to show Palin’s photo-op on air. This hands-off the flower approach is the most sexist thing McCain-camp could have done. Palin’s an idiot for allowing herself to be degraded this way.

Common Sense, I appoligize for ranting, but Palin has not spoken to America about her concerns, for the economy. Instead she goes to get her picyure taken.
Future Politican or Still ‘Prom Queen’?

the republican party is pro big business—-china is destroying small business—and people like wallyworld are sucking the life out of our country—-the profit margins are incrediable–and americans are buing crap and thinking they are getting a deal—-like the uneducated mccain and palin are playing to the dummys—-after all nafta is good for us –ask mccain

Please send this to your friends and family!
RFK, Jr.: “Let me tell you about one other of these scams people should know about. If you’re a newly registered voter – and of course the Democrats have done these gigantic registration drives – 12 million people on registration – if you’re a new voter you MUST include your license or some other state I.D. when you come to vote. What that means is that if you’re a college kid (and college kids now – they’re sending in absentee ballots – they’re not going to the voting place, they do everything online or they do everything remotely – they don’t dream of going to the precinct house voting on election day and waiting in a long line) so if they send in the absentee ballot and they don’t include a color copy of their license their vote is going to be thrown into a trash can. And none of these people know this because you have had to read the law in order to know it. So there is no notification for when you fill out your registration form, so all of those 12 million people that the Democrats have registered: those ballots are going to be just thrown out.

tina, sounds like Fox News. Wait till you get a look at them.

Considering the obvious media bias and support for candidate Obama it may prove to be a good strategy for the McCain camp to hold her back until the debates.
Meanwhile the media and operatives can hack email, call her a pig and continue to disparage her in the most inane ways.
Will the public not be pleasantly surprised when Sara scores high in the debates? And will the public not be totally disgusted with the media?
Ali called it “rope a dope”

CNN’s Campbell Brown is a very good journalist, a professional who will say the way it is. She has all the right as a woman to say no to people who wants to treat women as flours, decoration as McCain is doing to Sarah, that is real sexism, that is real discrimination and segregation. If McCain is afraid of her why he has chosen her as running mate? If she cannot stand the heat she has to get out of the kitchen (ref: Hillary Clinton). Period.

is anyone else getting that incredible shrinking feeling of bad deja vu? —–
A VP candidate who is secreative and does not answer to the press (sorry Hannity does not count) —-
Republicans have have been in leadership 12 of 14 years in congress, 8 years in the WH, and had a monopoly for 6 of those years – - – during this time, we went from a booming economy, with budget surplus, high consumer/business confidence, rising productivity and wages, and good standing in the world to: — 1. two horribly mis-manged wars that killed 4500 and wounded 35,000 good young men and women(my brother one of them)—2. our moral standing in tatters by ignoring long-standing Geneva conventions—-3. the verge of economic collapse through the biggest government spending spree in history —-4. fall ing wages, and 45m now with no health insurance and no access to care 5. a new cold war with Russia —- this all happened during Republican leadership (with democrats having to take a share of the blame)— and they want us to drink the kool-aid again for anoter 8 years, with an elderly president, and a wholly unqualified VP who wont face the press? — this is total FUBAR

The media is tripping all over each other because they are not getting their way. Kind of like a pack of wild dogs in to small of a cage. I thought Anderson Copper was going to explode last night and you could see the rage in his face. What the media does not understand is that the average American LOVES to see them in this position. This is the best thing to ever happen. I love it! Keep fighting!
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Pat,
It is not average Americans that love seeing the Press this way, it is the rich, upper class People that got richer on Tax Payers’ sweats in these past seven years that are having fun at our expense.
An average and Intelligent American wants to know what his/her Leader has in stock for her.
An average American wants her concerns about the Economy addressed.
An average American wants a decent tenement to rest his/her head after a hard day’s work.
An average America wants to know whether his/her PFI and 401k will be of value by the time he/she needs to access the funds.
An average American wants his/her concerns about the senseless War in Iraq and hitherto neglected war in Afghanistan addressed.
An average American knows the times are precarious and this election is for the redemption of the Soul of America.
An average American knows that the stakes are high and it is a season of make or mare.
An average American wants his/her Leader to be accessible to attend to his/her worries.
An average American is not stupid and hence, can’t be taken for a ride – though Politicians treat us as if we are Morons.
An average American is sick and tired of the gag order on Sarah Palin.
An average American is angry that the Press is handling this issue with Kids’ gloves.
An average American deserves to know all that is necessary about a Woman who may become the defacto President of the United States of America within the next four years.

What the media does not understand is that the average American LOVES to see them [the press] in this position.
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Those same “average Americans” voted for George Bush – TWICE! The collective judgement of this demographic is highly questionable.
The rest of us (who I guess by your standards are above average – thanks) EXPECT OUR POTENTIAL LEADERS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. It is our RIGHT, and DUTY, as citizens to ask questions of our leaders. Cracks me up that Republicans are always waving flags, speaking in patriotic platutudes, and talking about “freedom” when they obviously don’t even know what it means.
Hiding from reporters simply makes Palin look weak, unprepared, and pathetic. She may not be at all, but how would we ever know?
Our current administration has taken away more civil liberties than any in over half a century. Looks like McCain/Palin want to continue that course by claiming the public is not entitled to ask questions.
Awe. Is the press mean? What BS. It’s obvious the Republican party is simply AFRAID to let her speak. As long as she says nothing, they don’t have to keep explaining “what she really meant” like they did after her first interview.
I hope the leaders of places like N Korea, Russia, Iran are eally nice to Sarah Palin. Hate to think they might hurt her feelings.

Mccain Palin
sincerely is starting to look like the worst ticket we have ever had in the history of our nation.
seriously.
and now between his choices of Palin Gramm Black Davis…and the rest of the freakin lobbyists who actually are responsible for the mess we are in.
how dumb (the only other explanation is evil and I don’t believe that so it has to be dumb and impetuous) is John McCain?
and more
how dumb are the people supporting mcCain still now?
when the buck stops and our grandchildren are looking at a mess left behind…
it won’t be Bush or Cheney or McCain that will be blamed by them
it will be the people that voted for them.

Tha Palin mystic is falling. She was a REAL oddity in the begining but now we cn all see how this choice for VP was only made on gender. She is completely out of her league and the debates will probably also show that.
McCain pulled a BIG boo boo here. He only met her once…and now she can take over the country…notta!!!

Anybody that was in High School debate team will know that Debates are not the best test of one’s knowledge.
The Candidates/debaters are tutored by experts on how best to handle the debates. Anybody that is good at Public Speaking will do fine in any debate.
The good test of a Candidates reading is for the the Campaigns to organize a Press Conference where Journalists, irrespective of their employers political leaning, are allowed to ask questions in a no-holds-barred fashion.
A Structured debate in which the Candidates have been given likely areas of concentration is like a circus and it can’t be taken seriously.

Vote Independant, but do NOT vote McRick Davis.

is anyone else getting that incredible shrinking feeling of bad deja vu?
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You mean a government that runs in secrecy?
Or a gov’t that is above the law and will not answer to supoenas?
Or a gov’t run by less than medicore minds?
Or a scandal ridden gov’t that claims to be the keeper of morality?
Deja Vu for sure!

SCIU nice (abusive) post…you sound really worried….i seem to remember an Obama interview with Mr. O’Reilly 2 weeks ago…we will never see Mrs Palin on there…

If McCain/Palin win this election what will they say about the media in the UK when they see this:
The London Times headline when Bush was re-elected in 2004:
“How Can 50 Million People Be So Dumb?”

and Jake, you and your news organization, and every other news organization are all complicit in encouraging this behavior from McCain / Palin. It’s now 26 days since she’s been chosen as VP nominee and hasn’t given a press conference. She’s had two softball, lifestyle-type interviews (Hannity’s was more an Infomercial), and the press follows her around, waiting for any crumb to be thrown their way. Is this even a democracy anymore?

Seems to me the “press” wants it both ways…
When “reporters” begin to act like responsible and serious journalists (I’m not holding my breath), the McCain campaign should meet regularly with the press. Until then, I as a voter do not feel the press is “owed” anything.

If access is restricted to her as an Aspirant, I wonder what will happen when the great power of state is vested in her as either the Vice President or President?
The way she is being handled is so ridiculous and infantile that it belittles her and makes mockery of the People of Alaska that handed their affairs to someone who can not hold her own on the National scene.
It belittles Americans generally that a Country blessed with Immense Human Resources could not find a person, worthy enough to hold so sensitive a post bearing in mind McCain age and Mortality that the baton falls on Gov. Sarah Palin who is being viewed world over as a joke taken too far.

Palin has refused, to comment on the economy, during this crises. But opted for pictures instead. Sounds alot like Bush. Hide, take a picture, make a statement, then hide again.
My question will be, Will CBS Top excecutaives, take Oil Stocks, to keep the questions ‘soft’.
Or will the questions be a rehersed script, pretending to be mean? This one will get her a sympathy vote?
We don’t need to hear about the photo shoot.
We want to ask her if she knew about Rick Davis laundering money from Middle Class Americans?
She is being scripted right now for a Senate apearance, to pass the Bailout. this is what the Far Right Reps are waiting for.
To make her look good. I guessed it here first folks. The Oil Tycoons are scripting her now…

cindy in nc, your that girl at Fox News, with the Blonde hair, right.
Vote Independant, and vote Free
But Never Vote, for McSwollow Your Souls.

historyforgotten, thanks…I really do think that Obama needs more grilling…but it is unforgivable that the McCain campaign shields her from open press questions..it suggests that they believe that — 1, girls cant handle it — or 2. this girm cant handle it….either way…”not good!”

As an Independent from Mi. I am very concerned by the secretive nature of the McCain/Palin ticket. I know they are trying to distance themselves from Bush administration, but it looks so much like it I’m scared.The secrecy,attacking anyone who doesn’t agree with you, refusing to obey subpeonas,clueless statements regarding economy.Personally, I think the press should refuse to run ANY stories on the candidates until they allow uncensored access. We the people deserve no less.

If I may educate you a bit.
Holders of public offices are accountable to the People in a true democracy.
The People has the right to ask and the public office holder is compelled by the tenets of democracy to respond.
It is the Citizens right and it is inalienable.
She lost the right to her privacy the day she put hersef forward as the Mayoral Candidate of Wasilla.
It is only in a dictatorship that Citizens don’t have the rights to ask.
That was the case in Africa during Military Dictatorship.
You choose, a Society without the Press, a voiceless Press or a Press that will vet public Officers and subsequently hold them to their Campaign promises even if they have to constitute a nuisance in the process.
I need your sincere answer on these.

Middle America loves Sarah Palin and distrusts the MSM. Some of us are actually getting a kick out of her treatment of the press. She told you, “(H)ere’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion – I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.” She meant it.
The question you need to ask youself is this, “If something happens to Joe Biden, is Barack Obama qualified to be VP?”

The press doesn’t deserve to interview Palin. Good for her. Good for the McCain camp. Do some real reporting on Obama and his past and his ties and maybe she will.
Posted by: s.b. | Sep 24, 2008
********************************************* Why do you hate the American people so much anyway?

I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.” She meant it.
Posted by: Fallon | Sep 24, 2008 9:52:26 AM
******************************************* How is it serving the American people when you show that you think you are too good for them, to even bother to answer a straight question from them.
Miss goody two shoes will not be going to Washington.
You may be willing to accept whatever package they have sold you, but most Americans want to be able to look in the package before they will buy!

Why aren’t the citizens of our country outraged about this? has the republican party so inoculated it’s followers as to the importance of the national press? Wake up people, remember what Jefferson said “‘If I had to choose between democratic government without a free press or just a free press, I would just choose the press.’”

Wikipedia-Alaskan Independance Party
[edit] Registered members
As of June 2006 the Alaskan Independence Party has 13,542 registered members, making it the state’s third largest party, behind the Republicans with 111,526 and the Democrats with 66,218.[5]
On September 2, 2008, the Associated Press reported that the Alaska Division of Elections said that Todd Palin, the husband of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, had registered as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party in 1995 and 2000; he no longer is registered as a member of the party, having registered as “undeclared” since 2002.[6] Sarah Palin was never a member of the Alaska Independence Party according to a statement released by AIP chairman Lynnette Clark on September 3, 2008[7]. Clark had the day earlier stated that Sarah Palin was a member, and attended the 1994 AIP Convention, but retracted her statement the following day, affirming that she was mistaken.[8].
Just because McCains Tycoons are trying to play cover-up. The History and people of the party still exists.
Dirty Oil Tycoons will not get my vote
Vote Independant.

Money, can pay for silence, but do not let Oil Tycoon s Buy your souls.
Vote Independant

@s.b. “The press doesn’t deserve to interview Palin. ”
In that case, she surely doesn’t “deserve” to be VP. The post of VP is that of a servant of the people, not a beauty contest, and not an entitlement. The press represents the people, and asks the questions we can’t get close enough to ask her.

If Republican campaign itself does not trust Palin to handle an interview, how can the voters trust her.

Because McCain knows the media is bias. most of the time.

“That is 3 more interviews with the press then Obama!”
Obama has had 3 press interviews this week and a press conference.
Why does the right wing?
Is it because they don;t actually have any ideas?

What is everyone arguing about? It’s pointless. Bush and his republican congress have bankrupted and detroyed our country. It’s all over. Enjoy the downward spiral.

SP – She may be empty but she’s only doing and saying what she’s been told to do and say.
My thinking is that the campaign knows that she isn’t able to handle tough questions and they’re protecting her.
She’s just a (willing) puppet.
All of the Biden Gaffe # whatevers – at least Joe Biden is saying SOMETHING! Those gaffes are getting old, Jake. You could count just as many for McCain and Obama too.

She ate General Tso’s Chicken.
She is ready to lead us to war against China!

Of course I meant, Frank Marshall Davis!

MEMO TO Campbell Brown:
We don’t want you guys interview her. The only reason for your accusation is because you want to bring PALIN down and muddy her …shame on you. We know enough about Sarah and like her …LEAVE HER ALONE. You evil media.

They know she is a loose canon as well as not quialified and they are doing everything they can to hide her from the press. The press would ask quickly skilled questions she would stumble to answer.
The truth, thanks to our wonderfull press and media, WILL come out.

“Charlie Gibson (check), Sean Hannity (check), Katie Couric (check)”
Wow 3 whole interviews over the course of 3 weeks.
McCain and Obama did that many interviews yesterday.
If she can’t handle reporters how will she handle…anything?

Its not being sexist, the Republicans are just scared the truth will come out, she is not experienced, she lies a lot about troopergate/the bridge/earmarks. She appointed her high school friends who like her had zero experience to top jobs in Alaska. She has no clue about the economy or about foreign policy, all she knows is to make babies and shoot wolves from helicopters

Let’s be real, we can’t blame McCain for being as scared of Obama as all the rest of us are, even if he is a war hero. Obama is smart and popular and cool under fire. But the most terrifying thing of all is that he’s not a good ol’ boy. We’re desperately hoping this strategy of keeping the Palin/McCain ticket shielded from the press as much as possible will conceal their obvious weaknesses long enough that the fear of Obama will carry them through to victory. We’re really afraid it’s their only hope…

Amen to that Campbell Brown!
Palin should not be treated any differently than the other candidates.

And why is this different than Obama hiding from the press when he toured the middle east?

Mrs Palin, as even right-wing America is now admitting, is like a helium balloon: sparkly, shiny, able to fly high for a couple of days — but essentially empty.
They are keeping her in a shroud for fear that she will reveal just how monumentally unqualified she is to become President — which is, after all, the Vice-President’s only real job.
In my life I have never seen anyone so hidden from the media, unscripted questions, and public scrutiny as Mrs Palin. Even Dan Quayle, another disastrous choice, was allowed out more often — and that is saying a good deal.

if she can’t even handle talking to the press corps, how could you argue that she’s qualified to be one heartbeat away from the presidency?