Campbell Brown: "Free Sarah Palin!"

[Mr. Peabody]

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Tonight I call on the McCain campaign to stop treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower that will wilt at any moment. This woman is from Alaska from crying out loud. She is strong. She is tough. She is competent. And you claim she is ready to be one heart beat away form the presidency. If that is the case, then end this chauvinistic treatment of her now. Allow her to show her stuff. Allow her to face down those pesky reporters... Let her have a real news conference with real questions. By treating Sarah Palin different from the other candidates in this race, you are not showing her the respect she deserves. Free Sarah Palin. Free her from the chauvinistic chain you are binding her with. Sexism in this campaign must come to an end. Sarah Palin has just as much a right to be a real candidate in this race as the men do. So let her act like one.

[Creepn]

lol Nice.

But is it because shes a little lady? Maybe its because they don't want to risk her saying stupid crap or being exposed on her inexperience that can put the ticket in jeopardy.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

why don't they put a "hello. i'm a staunch democrat" name tag on her shirt so you know what you're getting. is this a news item or editorial? if it's an editorial then that's cool. i seem to recall the term "unbiased" being used in the definition of a journalist.

[Creepn]

lol geez lighten up, Viva. Dont you at least just find it entertaining?

Besides she has a point. They sure do cover her up like makeup on a transvesite. She's been on limited interviews and avoids the press and whatnot.

[TheMadHatter]

I don't care what this bitch has to say.

The bottom line is Sarah Palin is fucking clueless on the issues that matter and that is why she is muzzled by the McCain camp. It's embarrassing that people accept this and would vote for someone that hasn't even been vetted.

[SnakeBoy]

It's embarrassing that people accept this and would vote for someone that hasn't even been vetted.

Piper is a cute kid so I'm voting for Palin. I don't care if you're embarassed or if Obama is embarassed of americans when he goes to europe.

[ChumpDumper]

why don't they put a "hello. i'm a staunch democrat" name tag on her shirt so you know what you're getting. is this a news item or editorial? if it's an editorial then that's cool. i seem to recall the term "unbiased" being used in the definition of a journalist.Why is it biased to question why Palin is being gagged by her own campaign? It is highly unusual and noteworthy.

What could possibly be so wrong with her that she must be shielded from the most basic interviews that every other VP candidate I can remember was subjected to?

No board Repulican has answered that. Most, like Viva above, simply try to change the subject -- in his case attacking the messenger.

[Shastafarian]

Why is it biased to question why Palin is being gagged by her own campaign? It is highly unusual and noteworthy.

What could possibly be so wrong with her that she must be shielded from the most basic interviews that every other VP candidate I can remember was subjected to?

No board Repulican has answered that. Most, like Viva above, simply try to change the subject -- in his case attacking the messenger.

I would guess it's a form of denial. "If I keep changing the subject, I'll never have to confront it."

[DarrinS]

there was already a thread for this

[101A]

Why is it biased to question why Palin is being gagged by her own campaign? It is highly unusual and noteworthy.

What could possibly be so wrong with her that she must be shielded from the most basic interviews that every other VP candidate I can remember was subjected to?

No board Repulican has answered that. Most, like Viva above, simply try to change the subject -- in his case attacking the messenger.


For the record; board conservative here; registered independent.

FWIW: I think they are getting her up to speed on McCain's positions; so she doesn't contradict them; ala Biden.

She probably can handle herself in a Press Conference; she's been a governor. Her instincts, however, are different than those of McCain. She is a conservative. In many ways, he is not. Or maybe it's because they want to keep the aura of conservatism about her; once she starts answering with McCain's positions, the base could get turned right back off.

Just a thought; Regardless; they probably cannot keep this up until the election; if they do, it will hurt.

[DarrinS]

Man, I thought I was the master of thinly-veiled bias and biting sarcasm. Clearly, Campbell Brown has me beat. If she keeps it up, she may end up with her very own unwatched "news" show on MSNBC.

[TheProfessor]

Man, I thought I was the master of thinly-veiled bias and biting sarcasm. Clearly, Campbell Brown has me beat. If she keeps it up, she may end up with her very own unwatched "news" show on MSNBC.
It's an indictment of Palin's handlers, not Palin. And there's nothing thinly-veiled about it. Let her speak and be held to the same standards as the others.

[Mr. Body]

I kind of thought Palin would be sharp enough to pick up major points on policy issues in three weeks. Looks like she isn't. Wonder if she has any chance of it at all...

[Hillary]

She needs to stop wearing skirts and put on a pant suit and get out there with the big boys and walk the talk.

[Anti.Hero]

hahaha

Hey Campbell Brown, stfu.

[101A]

One thing, not stoking anything here.

Has Biden had a press conference since being nominated?

[101A]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/bidens-team-restricting-p_n_128747.html


Yesterday.


Biden's Team Restricting Press Access Too (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/bidens-team-restricting-p_n_128747.html)


John McCain's campaign isn't the only one in the game of restricting press access.
As Joseph Biden addressed the rope line of supporters following his speech at the National Jewish Democratic Council conference Tuesday evening, an aide to the Senator was asking reporters to leave the area.
At least three journalists were told that they couldn't listen in on what Biden was saying to the throngs of people who had lined up to have their picture taken with the Senator. Instead, they were directed back to the press section - well removed from and out of view of the vice presidential candidate.
The clamped down access came just hours after Biden was caught on tape at a rope line in Ohio saying that he didn't support the construction of clean coal plants in America - a position somewhat at odds with Barack Obama.
That his handlers would subsequently restrict access seemed more than coincidental. But the press aide to the Senator, whose name I didn't catch, insisted that it was not she who was demanding the reporters be removed but rather the NJDC. An NJDC official, on background, refuted the idea flatly. "We weren't in charge of the rope line. That was Biden's people."
In the end, this type of restriction is minor compared to the total blackout offered by John McCain's campaign. While McCain held his first, brief press conference today -- for the first time in 40 days -- Sarah Palin has yet to take a question from a national reporter. Biden, in contrast, has done more than 80 interviews.

[Spurminator]

The press can be very sensationalist and often biased at times. But it's up to the people to make that judgment. If the Media is irresponsible, they can be held accountable by the people. Allowing our leadership to avoid media scrutiny, regardless of the relevance or validity of that scrutiny, is far worse for this country than an interview with a left- or right- leaning journalist.

[Shastafarian]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/bidens-team-restricting-p_n_128747.html


Yesterday.

nice try


In the end, this type of restriction is minor compared to the total blackout offered by John McCain's campaign. While McCain held his first, brief press conference today -- for the first time in 40 days -- Sarah Palin has yet to take a question from a national reporter. Biden, in contrast, has done more than 80 interviews.

You're citing ONE instance of press restriction. It came after Biden's gaffe about coal plants.

[101A]

nice try



You're citing ONE instance of press restriction. It came after Biden's gaffe about coal plants.

Thanks.

Did I say otherwise? Did I leave any part of the article out? WTF is your point, you partisan fuck?

[Shastafarian]

Thanks.

Did I say otherwise? Did I leave any part of the article out? WTF is your point, you partisan fuck?

:lol My point is you should calm down.

[Supergirl]

lol Nice.

But is it because shes a little lady? Maybe its because they don't want to risk her saying stupid crap or being exposed on her inexperience that can put the ticket in jeopardy.

BINGO.

[TheProfessor]

I kind of thought Palin would be sharp enough to pick up major points on policy issues in three weeks. Looks like she isn't. Wonder if she has any chance of it at all...
Eh, I'm sure she's plenty sharp. Biden's a pretty sharp guy but makes tons of gaffes. The campaigns are looking to minimize that possibility; unfortunately for Palin, we have an extensive record on Biden, but little to nothing on her. So that's where the focus will lie.

[Shastafarian]

Eh, I'm sure she's plenty sharp. Biden's a pretty sharp guy but makes tons of gaffes. The campaigns are looking to minimize that possibility; unfortunately for Palin, we have an extensive record on Biden, but little to nothing on her. So that's where the focus will lie.

Making gaffes is different from not knowing something.

[Mr. Body]

Seriously. Making gaffes is one thing; understanding the nuances of a doctrine or what various interests in Afghanistan might want is another. You could pick up the overarching principles of the McCain/Republican platform in three weeks, easily, with coaching and devotion. That she's not even allowed to speak at this point is astonishing.