According to CNN:
"Biden has done nearly 100 interviews since being picked as Obama’s VP on August 23.
Palin, on the other hand, did her third interview with a national television network last week. On Wednesday, she held her first media availability with her traveling reporters."
Oddly enough, you understood me perfectly before. As here:
So, first you understand completely that I am referring to some Democrats. You even say so, Now you are pretending that you don’t.
And I am the one playing games.
Not so much.
Regards,
Shodan
Look, I’m really interested in hearing the answer to the original question.
For that to happen, I’d like to ask **Shodan **and **Magiver ** to stop going off on these random tirades and simply answer the original question:
Basically, how do you feel about it?
If it doesn’t bother you, fine! If you don’t think Palin is being kept away from the media, also fine! Say so, but stop trying to see gotchya questions in a topic that’s completely neutral.
Here’s the kind of answer I think the OP was wanting:
“Well, Palin’s absence from the spotlight doesn’t really bother me. Her rush from the governship of Alaska to the national platform was startlingly quick, so I think it’s only fair that she takes some time to practice looking at the nation in a new way. Perspectives don’t change overnight, after all, and I trust the McCain campaign to fill in whatever small cracks there are in her experience and have her ready to lead the country before November. She’s already got the base down with her executive experience as governer, so it’s really all just polish from here on out. Let’s just give them some time to let the wax dry.”
THERE! I’m a Dem and I could do that. Is it really so difficult? If you really support her, then it shouldn’t be a problem.
So why doesn’t he do it? Is it because he is too delicate? For that matter, why doesn’t he appear at pro-life rallies and try to convince them to vote for him?
Regards,
Shodan
What you do in your own home is your own business. Just remember to keep the windows closed, and use your inside voice.
(Joking)
My brain hurt.
Anyone notice how frequently Palin mentions John McCain when she’s asked about her own views? Word salad aside, I find this to be worrisome because it shows someone who is unable to be critical or thoughtful.
Good luck.
I’m getting ready to do laundry in this thread, there’s so much spin.
It really is amazing. I mean, we’re on page 2 of this thread and there hasn’t been a single answer to the question yet.
BWAHAHAHAHA!! LMAO! Oh, that’s a funny one! <SNORT!>
This “community” is actually
::wipes tears::
Well, to be fair, she’s stumping for McCain and *his *policies. Also, I don’t really think a VP candidate should really be critical (at least out loud and for the record) of their running mate.
But I do agree with you that she overuses the whole John-McCain-is-a-leader-and-John-McCain-says-yadayadayada to the point that it’s apparent that either a) she doesn’t actually have an opinion or stance of her own (which would obviously closely mirror McCain’s) or b) doesn’t really have the skills to present her platform on complicated issues.
Neither bodes well. But the result really makes her appear quite incompetent.
Palin is not a battle-ground candidate, she’s on the ticket to secure the base. People who are going to vote for her matching chromosomes do not need to hear her speak.
I would have picked a state with a less aggressive press for her, but small gatherings in front of supportive audiences in a battleground state is good strategy.
Oh, I don’t know … maybe because some of us would like a smart, intelligent woman who has been preparing her entire carrier, and not just four days? Those of us who are quick enough to pick up that you are referring the old ways of referring to women in politics with the crack about shoes.
Wake up; Pelosi’s suit at the state of the union address, and Clinton’s pant suits were news, in an anthropolico-political sense.
Noticing that Palin is a light-weight is not condescending to women, it’s the opposite, not matter how she is shod.
Moving thread from IMHO to Great Debates.
Palin muffed really badly on those national TV interviews. There’s no doubt about it. She looked nervous and over-coached. She looked like she had so many talking points crammed into her head that at the slightest pinprick of a question, they all came gushing out in an incoherent morass.
The WSJ reports that the McCain camp is trying to get her to calm down, to relax, to forget about the zillion factoids on world affairs she needs to learn, to be herself and ‘let it all hang out’. That’s probably a good strategy. It will be interesting to see how she delivers on debate night.
But here’s a followup question for you. Does flubbing your first round of national television interviews make you unqualified for VP? I know it’s red meat for her critics. But does it really make her unqualified? I don’t know. It may be irrelevant.
I know lots of people in leadership roles (business CEOs, sports coaches) who looked terrible in their early days in front of large audiences. But they were smart, managed well behind the scenes, delivered results, learned their lessons, got some coaching, learned to relax, and got a lot better. Mass communication is an important part of leadership. But it’s only one part.
Is Palin going to support decisions on US policy by responding off-the-cuff to Katie Couric on national TV? Ultimately, she may be called on to communicate those decisions, of course, and she obviously would have to get better at that. But does a bad first round of TV interviews directly translate to poor leadership?
So that’s how I feel. I feel like I just need to take a breather from the non-stop laugh-track of TV interviews, watch the debates, focus more on the issues, philosophy and character of the candidates and come back later to decide.
By the way, check out Ron Paul’s clip on YouTube (CSPAN) from today’s House debate on the bailout bill. He goes off. I love it. If there was a ballot in front of me right now I’d vote for him. But I’m sure I’ll calm down later.
Bullshit. That would mean Biden did 3 interviews per day, every day. The definition of interview would have to be anyone who asked him a question.
Take it up with CNN. I didn’t make it up, it’s a cite.
Those of you who are bending over backwards to defend Caribou Barbie now are going to feel so ashamed 6 months from now. Kind of like those who embraced leisure suits in the late 70s.
Nah, CNN is part of the vast left-wing conspiracy.
It can’t be a conspiracy because it is a well know fact that the mainstream media hates Sarah Palin.
I mean, everybody knows that.
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.
my response in post 64
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. She is very active on the campaign and drawing good crowds. She is as available for interview as are any of the other candidates.
At least one of the candidtates has been on closer to an 8-10/5 circuit since spring. His demonstrated lack of vigor is a significant factor in the concern over Palin.