Why do you keep bringing up the word “hate?” You’ve used this word several times in this thread alone to describe the way you think some people feel about Sarah Palin. For example, you said “Democrats hate her guts.” Huh? I don’t hate her. Why would I hate her? I definitely don’t want her to be VPOTUS, but hate? Of course not.
I don’t regularly talk with you in GD, but is this one of your usual techniques? To sidetrack the conversation by making people defend themselves against spurious accusations?
The OP didn’t ask about Woodbridge, Sterling, or Jeffersonville. The subject of this thread is why was she so hidden in Pennsylvania. Nice try on changing the subject though.
How about defining it as sending Biden to out-of-the-way places so as to minimize public exposure. I’m just curious how Democrats feel about losing votes from larger venues. And how many interviews has VP Biden done since being selected? We already know how he felt about Obama in the Primaries. Shouldn’t we be seeing more of him now that he has to say just the opposite?
Palin is on the same 24/7 campaign circuit as the other 3 candidates and is doing well at it. Redefining accessibility to create a talking point is political hyperbole.
No, the question was not why is she so hidden in Pennsylvania.
original question:
Here’s my question – we’re about five weeks out from the election. Both presidential candidates are campaigning pretty actively, as are their wives. The Democratic VP candidate, Joe Biden, is also making a lot of public appearances before large crowds. All of these people have the press following them pretty closely.
The Op asked why she was hiding in general and suggested she was playing to small crowds. I’ve pointed out that the opposite is the case.
And I’m not redefining anything. Biden: dozens of interviews (sorry, I don’t have the precise number, somewhere around 80, I believe), Palin: 3 interviews, two with big looping softballs, one with questions set up on a tee.
Cite that Biden has interviewed 80 times since his nomination. You’re comparing his interviews as Senator and Primary candidate to Palin’s post nomination. You do realize she has many interviews as GOVERNOR. But if you want to add up all those pre-nomination interviews then we need to review them to see what he said about Obama and McCain. Because words mean things and if we’re keeping track of how many interviews then certainly what is said is doubly important.
Cite? Palin is exposed to the same press corps following her around as any other candidate. Now if you want to whine about Biden getting more exposure then you can write to the various news agencies and bitch about it. That’s a completely different issue than news agencies not being able to talk to her.
Don’t you think that screaming obscenities at her is a sign of hate? I linked to an example in my earlier post.
I’m not side-tracking anything. I cited a reason why Palin might not want to make a lot of public appearances in heavily Democratic areas. This is in direct response to the question of the OP.
OK, so you don’t scream at her. Good for you. Others do. I’ve given you an example.
You asked for a clarification, and I gave it to you. If you want to be offended when I condemn something that someone else did, there’s nothing I can do about that. Fortunately, also nothing I need to do.
Cite? I saw him on CNN and MSNBC and he was also on CBS and even Fox discussing the debate. The only reason he wasn’t on ABC was because they wouldn’t talk to him if they couldn’t interview Palin either (who was, obviously, completely missing from any news station that night).
Palin since the RNC? Gibson. Hannity. Couric. It’s not out of lack of trying that no one else can score time with her. That’s 4 to 3 (since the math seems to be beyond you).
The MSM wants to talk to her, but while she may be visible (at events, rallies, photo ops), but visible is not the same thing as accessible. She is the most insulated, least accessible candidate on a major party POTUS/VP ticket in the last 50 years. It’s pathetic.
Cite on Democrats calling McCain unqualified? Wrong, yes, unqualified no.
Who talked about running it in ads? I’d think that such a thing might make some of the voters with a bit of bias uncomfortable about voting against him, and it might actually help. Lots of people, especially older ones, grew up in a bigoted world. My father-in-law, who is 93 and who never voted for a Democrat for president in his life, has gone from calling him “that black guy” to “Senator Obama.”
This wasn’t from me. Odd, though, that they don’t seem to let her out of their sight. I’m sure this is because without the celebrity (remember when this was a bad thing) McCain would get two lady shoppers and a shelf stocker at his rallies.
No one doubts that she could read from a teleprompter, though.
You are demonstrably not interested in fairness, Shodan, but it’s interesting to compare the treatment Hillary Clinton caught as candidate over and over and over. I wouldn’t vote for her but c’mon, there is a woman who is flat-out hated by some right-wingers–and they’re openly egged on in vitriol and abuse by a slew of right-wing media types.
She kept right on campaigning and didn’t ask for quarter or concessions. The Democratic party sure never demanded any on her behalf either.
A useful compare/contrast to Palin’s weak performance, I think.
FTR, Biden is a poster boy for foot-in-mouth disease. He does have a long track record of solid experience and proven ability to work well with others so maybe that offsets it some. And he hasn’t pulled a mind-boggling gaffe lately so maybe the pressure is just building, like in a geyser. It lends a whole 'nother layer of dread-filled anticipation to the debate, IMO.
Anyway, Obama is fully aware that Biden is fully capable of verbal gaffes but he still sends the guy out to stump. I’m not at all suprised Biden doesn’t get larger crowds or much press coverage. A bowl of custard has more charisma. Solid, workmanlike and boring as shit.
Anyway, certainly not ‘proof’ of anything at all: at a meeting with 3 hardcore nice Republican ladies (where I sat silent during this, because it was that type of meeting) all three stated they had decided to vote for Obama, based specifically on Palin’s weaknesses. They like John McCain just fine. They said he’s just too old to risk Palin being elevated to President.
So she said something incomprehensible…again. The press was removed and repositioned so they couldn’t listen in or ask questions. And this supports your position how?
Oh and how do we know what the women talked about? No press, right?