Palin bans reporters from meetings with leaders, just like a republican

[Crookshanks]

It's stunning. She's going 25 days +++ without taking questions from the press. Simply stunning.

Why should she give them the time of day? Basically, the media is doing its best to malign and discredit her, no matter what she says or does. They made up their mind about her right from the start - and everything they say about her is colored by their very obvious dislike of her as a person.

So she's taking her message to the people - just like Ronald Reagan did. The media is still royally pissed because she stated she wasn't going to Washington to gain their favor! She's going to serve the people of this great country; and they're the ones who need to hear what she has to say!

[xrayzebra]

It's downright hilarious to see the GOP faithful squirm here.

Not ONE of you is man enough to admit that Sarah Palin is flat out unqualified for the position she seeks. You all KNOW deep down that she has shown very little understanding of key issues that are affecting the country today and THAT is the reason why she has been hidden from the media.

One real interview. Just one is all we have gotten so far. I don't give a how lowly you think of the VP position, John McCain is 72 and a cancer survivor. The thought of Sarah Palin becoming president is more than a pipe dream, there is a decent chance it could very well happen in the next 4-8 years should McCain get elected.

We've suffered 8 years at the hands of a President who was wholly incapable of the position he sought. To be honest, it's un-American to be so blatantly partisan that you would put America in a losing position like this just so your "team" could win.

The only one's I see squirming here is you and your buddies. She has
more brains in her little finger than Obama and Biden will ever have.

And she is a of lot better looking than either of your idols.

And who is this "We've"? I and many others have not suffered one
bit. But if you have, sorry about that. Most of you guys are miserable
most of the time anyhow.

You shouldn't talk "unqualified" and support a neighborhood street
organizer. Who has never run anything in his life, but his mouth, and
only made sense then when he was in front of a teleprompter.

[DarrinS]

She's out there talking to crowds of thousands every other day.

What is it you want her to be questioned about?


Troopergate? (ooooh)

More detail on the Bush Doctrine? (ooooooh)

Book banning? (ooooh)

Creationism? (ooooh)

Wolf predator control? (oooooh)


Who the "real" father of her baby is?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

It's stunning. She's going 25 days +++ without taking questions from the press. Simply stunning.

none of the candidates have taken questions for about 6 weeks. oh, the outrage.

[baseline bum]

Why should she give them the time of day? Basically, the media is doing its best to malign and discredit her, no matter what she says or does. They made up their mind about her right from the start - and everything they say about her is colored by their very obvious dislike of her as a person.

So she's taking her message to the people - just like Ronald Reagan did. The media is still royally pissed because she stated she wasn't going to Washington to gain their favor! She's going to serve the people of this great country; and they're the ones who need to hear what she has to say!

So Palin can't stand up and answer questions from our evil media, but would be fine going against Putin or Ahmadinejad?

[baseline bum]

And she is a of lot better looking than either of your idols.

Bingo. Vice President Barbie.

[Findog]

Why should she give them the time of day? Basically, the media is doing its best to malign and discredit her, no matter what she says or does.

The they are. Blogs and partisans, sure, but it's not in the mainstream press' interests to go out of their way to malign her. This has become an issue because she refuses to subject herself to the same amount of press scrutiny as the other three guys in this race. She is very much an unknown. We have a right to hear her views and gather as much info as possible before putting her so close to the Presidency.

So she's taking her message to the people - just like Ronald Reagan did.

No, it's a classic GOP ploy - bash to the media to excite and agitate the mouthbreathers. It's feigned outrage.

The media is still royally pissed because she stated she wasn't going to Washington to gain their favor! She's going to serve the people of this great country; and they're the ones who need to hear what she has to say!

Oh yeah, she's really gonna gonna clean up DC! She's not gonna be some figurehead VP at all.

[Spurminator]

If she is questioned unfairly by her interviewer then let the viewers decide.

[Findog]

If she is questioned unfairly by her interviewer then let the viewers decide.

If the media were really in the tank for Obama, the last thing they'd want to do is run her down, they'd just not cover her at all.

[Crookshanks]

If the media were really in the tank for Obama, the last thing they'd want to do is run her down, they'd just not cover her at all.

The fact that you believe the media is NOT in the tank for Obama tells me everything I need to know about you. Oh, and you're in the minority in that belief - over 60% believe the media is biased in favor of Obama.

[baseline bum]

The same liberal media that made a huge deal out of Obama saying the phrase "lipstick on a pig" and tried to turn it into an attack on the hockey mom?

[xrayzebra]

none of the candidates have taken questions for about 6 weeks. oh, the outrage.

You mean from the media. They take plenty from the people coming to
their speeches.

Why would McCain or Palin talk to the media. They just twist it to
something they didn't say.

I am still waiting for the media to drop 30 or so reporters into Chicago
to check out everything on Obama. Oh, I forgot he is off limits.

Of course you want facts, check out the "New York Times". You know the paper of record, for Obama.

[Shastafarian]

The only one's I see squirming here is you and your buddies. She has
more brains in her little finger than Obama and Biden will ever have.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

You mean from the media. They take plenty from the people coming to
their speeches.

but the obamessidencons at large won't receive the message

I am still waiting for the media to drop 30 or so reporters into Chicago to check out everything on Obama. Oh, I forgot he is off limits.

i liked how that one lady brought that up at a mccain rally, and cnn showed that.

[Shastafarian]

Oh ! Do you guys have proof 30 attorneys were dropped into alaska to find dirt on Palin?!?!? See here I thought it was just something that was said and then spread using "news" agencies like Fox. I gotta see this !

[ChumpDumper]

none of the candidates have taken questions for about 6 weeks. oh, the outrage.

Now you are just lying or you have lost your ing mind.

You are trying to deny that 15 million people watched both presidential candidates being interviewed on "60 minutes" on Sunday.

Why do you have to lie to protect Palin?

Keep squirming. This is hilarious.

[Mr. Body]

'flag the molecules'...

[ChumpDumper]

You mean from the media. They take plenty from the people coming to
their speeches.

Why would McCain or Palin talk to the media. They just twist it to
something they didn't say.

I am still waiting for the media to drop 30 or so reporters into Chicago
to check out everything on Obama. Oh, I forgot he is off limits.

Except that Obama has been under the press and Republican slime machine microscope for 2 years.

Too bad Palin can't handle it and needs to be protected. I was led to believe she was tough.

[Shastafarian]

Palin gets question, looks to McCain, demurs

This is what happens when campaigns let reporters into photo ops. They get all uppity and ask questions.

From the pool report account of what happened after McCain and Palin's meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvilli and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko:

McCain then looked around the room and gestured as if to welcome questions. The AP reporter shouted a question at Gov. Palin (“Governor, what have you learned from your meetings?”) but McCain aide Brooke Buchanan intervened and shepherded everybody out of the room.

Palin looked surprised, leaned over to McCain and asked him a question, to which your pooler thinks he shook his head as if to say “No.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonath...s.html?showall

[Creepn]

^^ lol a woman under the control of a man. lol So much for that powerful independent woman image.

Just sit down and look pretty is what McCain meant by shaking his head "no".

[Ocotillo]

Conspiracy theory:

McCain postpones this debate Friday. The VP debate is coming up the first week of October. The campaign decides to cancel the VP debate and have the A Team debate that night instead, Palin is spared of having to debate.

[Shastafarian]

Conspiracy theory:

McCain postpones this debate Friday. The VP debate is coming up the first week of October. The campaign decides to cancel the VP debate and have the A Team debate that night instead, Palin is spared of having to debate.

I thought the same thing. But I doubt they'd risk this killing McCain just so Little Miss Moose Killer wouldn't have to debate.