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Sarah Palin has yet to meet the press
Politico ^ | 9/6/08 5:21 PM EST | MICHAEL CALDERONE

Posted on 09/06/2008 2:51:16 PM PDT by Vision Thing

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To: Vision Thing

” ...an issues-oriented interview with any newspaper, magazine or television network. “

Like THAT’S gonna be the interview she gets.

WHY should she bother?

WHY should she trust them?


41 posted on 09/06/2008 3:16:36 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Vision Thing

If I’m running the McCain campaign I would not have her meet with any of the national media that has been bashing her from day 1. I would only have her speak with local reporters and with networks that have been fair in their coverage. If no such network exists, I would bypass them alltogether and let them sit there whining and complaining all day long.

In fact, if I’m John McCain, I would bypass them as well. The media has to be shown that they will no longer be needed in Presidential campaigns until they learn to treat both sides equally.


42 posted on 09/06/2008 3:18:00 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: BibChr

I think John McCain may be feeling his mortality, and he’s decided to go out with a bang, for as long as he lasts being true to his best self, the one that really is “Country First, Always.” GOOD FOR HIM, and good for us.


43 posted on 09/06/2008 3:18:07 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("McCain and Palin: The Normal People Revolution" ~ rrrod)
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To: tet68
If McCain/Palin was smart, they would do some interviews with bloggers and bypass most of the paleomedia.

No. The rope-a-dope is coming. Sarah will avoid the media and there will be rumblings that she is "afraid." This criticisim will hit fever pitch until she finally relents...Probably do a sit down with Keith Olberman.

With all eyes on her, she will slaughter him. It will be a public lynching.

44 posted on 09/06/2008 3:18:49 PM PDT by Partisan Hack
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To: tet68; Vision Thing
If McCain/Palin was smart, they would do some interviews with bloggers and bypass most of the paleomedia.

Yes, suggested venues for Palin's ONLY interviews (that would drive the Lamestream media mad):

- Brit Hume

- Chris Wallace

- Neil Cavuto

- Rush Limbaugh

- Glenn Beck (radio, and TV again)

- Laura Ingraham

- Sean Hannity

- a private venue of conservative bloggers (and FReepers)

45 posted on 09/06/2008 3:19:32 PM PDT by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: o2bfree
I saw Tom Brokaw give a speech last year at our yearly kickoff meeting in Vegas — I work for a Fortune 500 technology company.

The Brokaw speech was supposed to be a motivating and inspiring message for us but I can assure you it was quite the opposite. I saw many jaws drop as did mine at the Anti American country hating sentiment that came from him. Also the attacks on George Bush and Dick Cheney at this corporate event were completely baffling.

If your company paid a speaking fee to Brokaw, it should demand a refund!

46 posted on 09/06/2008 3:21:25 PM PDT by Vision Thing (obambi vs. McZilla)
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To: montag813

Yup and the more the media whines all the better.


47 posted on 09/06/2008 3:21:40 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Vision Thing
"I know whether or not they cooperate with us, we will be very actively looking into who [Palin] is, what she's done, what her record is — as much as we can learn about her in as concentrated a time as we can," Stevenson said.

Yeah, we know. You will be doing a triple-swiftboat-special (to use one of your own terms).

Four things here.

1. The questions asked of Gov Palin will all be condescending, stilted, "gotchas".

2. She will do just fine

3. The "news" events will be watched by a record number of viewers.

4. In the disregard of investigative fairness, you will not ask Obama about Marxism v capitalism, the extent of his close association with terrorist Bill Ayers, or when (and what) drugs has he taken in the last 10 years, one year, one month ( e.g.,tobacco, opiates, marijuana, and or glue?) or whether, as a former user of crack cocaine (aka "blow") he would submit to pre and post election blood screenings with the results to be made public.

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48 posted on 09/06/2008 3:22:14 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Vision Thing
Sarah Palin has yet to meet the press

So at least they can dream about a gotcha moment......for now, anyway

49 posted on 09/06/2008 3:23:23 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (I am Sarah Palin!)
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To: liberty_lvr

Exactly, why would she pump up their ratings so they could try to drag her and McCain down? And of course the answer can always be that I am the Governor of Alaska, I must tend to the business of the people of Alasak unlike Obama and Biden and don’t have time to do my JOB, campaign and still talk to you guys, sorry.


50 posted on 09/06/2008 3:23:33 PM PDT by JLS (Do you really want change being two guys from the majority of Congress with a 9% approval rating?)
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To: Vision Thing
"Biden did not appear on the Sunday shows the Sunday after the nomination either."
-CNN female host today

ROTFLMAO!!!

51 posted on 09/06/2008 3:23:42 PM PDT by icwhatudo (If my brother-n-law threatened to kill my father-I'd tell his boss too (Just like Palin did))
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To: eaglestar

Agreed. It killed the media last week when some of the only video on Palin was from Glenn Beck’s television show.


52 posted on 09/06/2008 3:24:06 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: clee1
I personally think she should do NO interviews with media outlets that are obviously in the tank for Zerobama.

I think she oughta give the finger to all of the Drive-By Media and give interviews to some fair-minded new media outlets. F the press.

53 posted on 09/06/2008 3:24:47 PM PDT by thecabal (Conservatives who don't live up to the liberal caricature are now hypocrites.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Damn the media straight to hell!!!!!!!!


54 posted on 09/06/2008 3:25:14 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight
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To: Happy Rain
If Joe were to say she is ready to “meet the press” then she is.

I wish Tim Russert were still here to do the interview. With a lady he'd have been very graceful while to the point. But with an intelligent and attractive lady, he'd have a case of the stutters and be falling all over the place. ;^)

No pretense, his liking of her would have been more than obvious. I'll miss him.

55 posted on 09/06/2008 3:26:24 PM PDT by budwiesest (I smell a landslide in November. One for the record books. Sarah's tsunami.)
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To: Vision Thing

I would love to “meet the press” and remind them that after 19 months of running for POTUS, we know less about Obama than we know about Sarah, her husband, her daughter, her daughter’s future husband, and the Palin friend/partner who is getting a divorce...after a week.


56 posted on 09/06/2008 3:26:43 PM PDT by lonestar
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To: Partisan Hack
Sarah will avoid the media and there will be rumblings that she is "afraid." This criticisim will hit fever pitch until she finally relents...Probably do a sit down with Keith Olberman.

With all eyes on her, she will slaughter him. It will be a public lynching.

That would be beautiful! Two former sports reporters going one-on-one. One, a pundit on a third-rate cable-news network. The other, one of the most powerful women in the world (despite the fact that she's not yet Vice President).

Just that contrast alone should make olberman think twice about entering the ring in this fight.

57 posted on 09/06/2008 3:27:18 PM PDT by Vision Thing (obambi vs. McZilla)
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To: Vision Thing
The leftist bloggers think she was to be spirited away to Alaska for a week after the convention, even citing a probably made-up quote to show so. Instead, she went to Wisconsin and other states we want to flip. Ooops.

I'd love to see her go on other shows playing the same time as Oprah and watch Oprah's ratings dip for the day.

The campaign is going to use Palin strategically when going around the media. It won't be every day.

58 posted on 09/06/2008 3:27:42 PM PDT by Styria
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To: liberty_lvr
Who cares? I mean really, that's like I should care that she meets the crazy old man down the street.

Excellent comparison.

These presstitutes are so full of themselves.

And Oprah-types fall for it!

59 posted on 09/06/2008 3:28:30 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: Vision Thing
Palin has already become a ubiquitous presence on newsstands. Presently, her face adorns the cover of traditional newsweeklies Time and Newsweek, Beltway favorites The New Republic and The Weekly Standard, and even celebrity glossies Us Weekly and Ok

Yes, and we all know how well that last one turned out.

60 posted on 09/06/2008 3:29:51 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. FReerepublic,com baby)
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