Posted on 08/30/2008 6:47:31 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
You might have thought Bill Weir would have learned. Yesterday, CNN's John Roberts was roundly condemned for suggesting Sarah Palin might neglect her Down Syndrome baby while running for VP. But Weir, the weekend co-anchor of Good Morning America, posed a very similar question this morning. Coke Roberts, to her credit, called him out on it. Weir's guest during GMA's opening half-hour was McCain political director Mike Duhaime.
BILL WEIR: I must ask. Adding to the brutality of a national campaign, the Palin family also has an infant with special needs. What leads you, the senator and the governor to believe that one won't affect the other in the next couple of months?
MIKE DUHAIME: In terms of her personal life? You know, to the extent people want to look at her, she's got an incredible life story: five children, the son going into the military, she's got a --
Weir brusquely interrupted, virtually shouting.
WEIR: She has an, she has an infant with special needs. Will that affect her campaigning?
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Fie on Bill Weir ping to Today show list.
Men! Sigh.
Saw this, it was great. Cokie kept a straight face but you could tell she thought Weir was being a hypocritical tool. Her assessment overall of McCain picking Palin I felt was spot-on. And she also pointed out what the liberal MSM pinheads can’t grasp. McCain did not chose Palin to draw radical feminists irate about Hillary. Those will not come over anyway. The core benefit to McCain by picking Palin is that she shores up the base big-time. And the crossover appeal for Palin is to Reagan Dems - it isn’t all gender driven. This segment is worth a watch.
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In a way, this ugly, low-class situation continues to show what the American Fifth Column is all about. They live in the dirt, they are just filth that has nothing at all for REAL AMERICA -— nothing but an ugly, selfish, blind pursuit of power and control over America and its citizens. The MSM lapdogs are just low-life enablers for the radical left, and it shows every time thier open thier classless mouths.
All of them will be beaten in November.
Striking. Weir had fire in his eyes when he was on the attack. That attitude will hurt his cause.
Good for you, Cokie!
no mention that palin’s got a husband that likes his kids.
and, like other people of their station, they have the resources to hire qualified help.
They have teenagers who are perfectly capable of taking care of a baby, if they have been raised right. And know what? I’m betting they were and can do it.
What a concept. A family taking care of each other!
The knucklehead is in need of special attention to his soul. These people can never go low enough.
I hope you don’t think that’s a man.
Yes, a bit sexist there on this jerk’s part! Like the Dad can’t help in taking care of the children.
Looks like the PUMA’s claws are coming out.
I had to google “bill weir” to find out who he was. I don’t even recognize the face.
PALIN needs to be pre-emptive on this, and issue some statement to the effect of, "Recently several media figures have raised the old attack line against women by inferring that I cannot hold a job and tend to the needs of my family at the same time. I thought we were past that, and American women should be outraged at the implication. However, since these media MEN seem to be volunteering, I will gladly accept their offer to come to the Vice President's residence and help out after I move in. There are some old clothes that need to be put away and a little ironing."
Reagan Bush 84 were smart enough not to gang up on Geraldine.
Kudos to Cokie, I must admit, I didn’t think any democrats were bright enough to realize that.
No, her son is IN the military, infantry, not JAG, by the way. How did thay miss the statement that he enlisted on September 11, 2007? That is a significant day of the year for most Americans, as much as the DBM tries to suppress it from our memories. He is going to Iraq soon.
Since GWB's two years of active duty in the TANG didn't count in the last two elections, maybe being in the military doesn't count this time unless you are in Iraq...to the DBM.
What an axe does he have kids he is neglecting right now asking stupid questions to people instead of being at home with them?
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