Preview: Behind The Scenes With Sarah Palin (More Katie Couric)

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[Chet 99]

Yesterday, Katie spent a lot of the day in Columbus, Ohio, on the campaign trail with Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. At a campaign rally, Palin said: "I do look forward to Thursday night and debating Sen. Joe Biden. We are going to talk about those new ideas, new energy for America. I'm looking forward to meet him too. I've never met him before. But, I've been hearing about his Senate speeches since I was in, like, 2nd grade." And Katie hung out with Palin behind the campaign scenes later in the day. We'll show you more on the Evening News tonight, but first, check out what Katie asked the Republican VP nominee about that very statement.

Katie Couric: You made a funny comment, you've said you have been listening to Joe Biden's speeches since you were in second grade, something like that.

Sarah Palin: It's been since like '72, yah.

Couric: You have a 72-year-old running mate - is that kind of a risky thing to say, insinuating that Joe Biden's been around a while?

Palin: Oh no, it's nothing negative at all. He's got a lot of experience and just stating the fact there, that we've been hearing his speeches for all these years. So he's got a tremendous amount of experience and, you know, I'm the new energy, the new face, the new ideas and he's got the experience based on many many years in the Senate. And voters are gonna have a choice there of what it is that they want in these next four years.

Watch the clip here:

[Chet 99]

Every single question asked is designed to put Palin on the defensive, responding to some kind of charge or another.

[donnab]

“Couric: You have a 72-year-old running mate - is that kind of a risky thing to say, insinuating that Joe Biden’s been around a while?”

Obama has built his campaign on how long McCain was around. How many times have we heard ..more of the same????
Dang Katie...and now its a risky insinuation??
Here let me say it out loud.
Freaking Biden has been around longer than most people in the Senate....longer than McCain....hes been around far too long and his record shows a list of stupidity and irresponsiblity.

[Texas4ever]

What is Katies obsession with Palin? She hates the fact that there could be a woman more beautiful and powerful than she is, who is actually liked!

Katies obsession continues!

[chippewaman]

Sarah, please stop doing interviews with Katie, Charlie and the liberal media hacks. If you want a real audience for a media event go on Rush Limbaugh.

[rom]

She should have said, “I thought it was you guys in the media who tell the people that McCain could drop dead at any moment, and that I’m unqualified to step in. I merely made a fun lighthearted comment about how experienced Biden is. I didn’t say that he would drop dead. You folks are the ghouls.”

[Retired Greyhound]

Another brilliant MSM question having NOTHING to do with policy.

[Red Badger]

Couric? I just scraped some of that off my shoe...........

[VRWCmember]

you've said you have been listening to Joe Biden's speeches since you were in second grade, something like that.

Even longer if you count the people that originally made them.

[Chet 99]

Yup.

Surely there has to be someone in the MSM who is willing to ask her REAL questions about policy? Maybe Bob Schiefer? Or Tom Brokaw?

[Max7]

The idea men are working feverishly, using their devious little minds to write up devious little questions (maybe even 1 or 2 from Michael Moore?) to pose to Gov. Palin to trick her, humiliate her, flumox her, confuse her, and do everything in their power to make her look like she's just not all there. Questions to show she's a wack-o right-wing nut. This is such a nasty election. Respect is a thing of past. Way past.

[Blue Turtle]

I want my VP to be able to answer any question...if she can’t handle Katie.....need I say more?

[silverleaf]

“Katie, the difference between two men with such long records is what history can now show to have been the wisdom of the positions they advocated.

Did you know that Joe Biden voted against the Alaska pipeline? Twice?

My goodness, Katie, where would my state now be without the Alaska pipeline! Where would America be?”

[renosathug]

She should have done the “pew!” “pew!” “pew!”, and lapsed into adorability.

[mel]

I wouldn’t call Couric beautiful in the first place

[housedeep]

i see an old fashion ass whiping coming on thurs

-after going thru the ordeal of “professor” Gibson and Couric, Palin is ready for prime time! She will be sharp on her feet.

[ronnie raygun]

I am afraid like pelosi and Ried are lulling Bush to sleep, so is the socialsit media like Couric, Gibson and others who are interrogating Palin and Mccain. These people are the enemy who are looking to destroy our presidencial candidate at all cost. Mccain softly talks about “bipartisan ship being hard”, Palin talks about “looking forward to Biden as a man of knowledge and experience”.
STOP THE NONSENSE GET IN THERE AND TAKE THE GLOVES OFF OR WE WILL SEE THE CORONATION OF A SOCIALIST AMERICNA PREISDENT AND HIS CONGRESSIONAL LIBERATION ARMY COME NOVEMVBER 4TH

[Chet 99]

These are all questions designed to put her on the defensive. My problem with this is they don't do this for Obama or Biden. Look at this:

[donnab]

good one.

[Blue Turtle]

Wow, quite a contrast. Point taken.

[silverleaf]

OMG, look at those eyes!
“Perky” morphed into Eva Braun
Ann Coulter- you nailed it!