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Pulling the Curtain on Palin
WashingtonPost.com ^ | Tuesday, September 9, 2008 | By E. J. Dionne Jr.

Posted on 09/09/2008 7:27:06 AM PDT by TexasCajun

John McCain's campaign acknowledged this weekend that Sarah Palin is unprepared to be vice president or president of the United States.

Of course, McCain's people said no such thing. But their actions told you all you needed to know.

McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden all subjected themselves to tough questioning on the regular Sunday news programs. Palin was the only no-show. And it's not just the Sunday interviews. She has not opened herself to any serious questioning since McCain picked her to be next in line for the presidency.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dionne; elitist; jerk; mccainpalin; pompus; sarahcuda
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To: goldstategop

Sarah gave ABC two days. Obambi gave BOR 30 mins. Yes, a curtain does need to be pulled...the one made of wool that EJ was trying to pull over our eyes.


21 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:05 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: dirtboy

Did you know that Joe Biden has been on Meet The Press 41 times in his career?


22 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:14 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Rodm
"Liberal Media: “whine, whine & whine”"

All whine, no cheese.

23 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:28 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Palin for President! (PUMA))
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To: TexasCajun

Dionne: Kiss my ring, Sarah.
Sarah: Kiss my moose, E.J.


24 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:29 AM PDT by manic4organic (Send a care package through USO today.)
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To: TexasCajun

Where is the BARF alert?

Why dosen’t the Washed-up-Post admit that Obama is not prepared to be president?


25 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:34 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: TexasCajun

Operational Art dictates you to fight the fight you want...not the one orchestrated by outside sources. She’ll meet these clowns on she and John’s terms and not a minute sooner. I think it was a brilliant move to withhold her last weekend. Helps to put those POS’s in their place.


26 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:41 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: TexasCajun

I would like to know where it says that anyone has to sit down with the media. I hope Gov. Palin continues to refuse to let them tear her down. She has no obligation to let them interview her. The American people already know her.


27 posted on 09/09/2008 7:34:58 AM PDT by RC2
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To: Paradox

Wouldn’t you think that with her son being deployed to Iraq Thursday and the fact that she needs to get back to Alaska to put everything in order have something to do with it? First they say she should be a mother and now say she shouldn’t.


28 posted on 09/09/2008 7:35:46 AM PDT by roj (Fenwick Island is great this time of year)
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To: TexasCajun

Dionne’s theme-song: “We’re on the roooooad to noooowhere....”


29 posted on 09/09/2008 7:36:25 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: TexasCajun
E.J. Dionne is the journalistic equivalent of a cat whose tail has been stepped on. E.J. is screeching because he doesn t like what he sees. He's right; the rest of America is wrong.

The fact that America does not agree with him drives him nuts. But he cannot recognize the facts in front of him. He would have to recognize that his whole, public career was a fraud.

Dionne is fast approaching the end of a long, complicated, and failed career. Of course he has is panties in a bunch. Poor dear.

Congressman Billybob

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30 posted on 09/09/2008 7:36:32 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (www.theacru.org)
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To: TexasCajun

The media knows they can’t beat McCain and their guy Obama is a loser so they at least want a pound of flesh and an opportunity to personally attack Palin.

It won’t happen, she will pick and choose and the whiners can continue to whine.


31 posted on 09/09/2008 7:36:35 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: TexasCajun

I can’t remember the last time I watched an entire Sunday morning political show. It might have been in the 1970’s, before my TV had a remote control.


32 posted on 09/09/2008 7:36:45 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Jesse Jackson talks about neutering Obama, but Sarah Palin actually delivers.)
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To: goldstategop
"...you MSMers are so overrated in your own eyes. The American people DESPISE you!"

Amen.

33 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:02 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: TexasCajun

The MSM absolutely hates that which it cannot control.


34 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:06 AM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: DManA

“E. J. Dionne Jr. acknowledged in this piece that he’s a biased piece of ....”

I don’t recall EJ complaining that Obamachev avoided Fox.


35 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:12 AM PDT by y6162 (uot)
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To: TexasCajun

And just imagien the serioous questsion she would have faced this weekend...

Ms Palin, are you willing to have your children’s DNA tested?
Ms Palin, did your daughter’s boyfriend’s condom break or was he not using one?
Ms Palin why did you CUT FUNDING for pregnant teenagers?
Ms Palin, “some say” you are in the pocket of big oil...
Ms Palin can you raise 5 children and still have TIME to be the VP?

yes, we would have gotten lot of serious questions on serious issues raised thus far by the drive-by media


36 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:42 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: TexasCajun

It’s time to Stand Up and Fight! against this left-wing trash and send the Democrats and liberals straight back to the gates of Hell from which they emerged!


37 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:48 AM PDT by boroman
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To: TexasCajun
Um. Yeah. See, there’s a problem with that. If Sarah Palin is unprepared to be the vice-presidential nominee, then Barack Obama, who’s about the same age and has an equally, if not more problematic resume, is, by definition, even more unprepared to be the presidential nominee. I eagerly await the Dem’s and their supporters’s attempts to address this problem. I have a feeling I’ll still be waiting on Election Day.
38 posted on 09/09/2008 7:38:43 AM PDT by RichInOC (Obama '08: Ich Bin Ein Beginner.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
They are seething that Palin has yet to pay homage and profess fealty to the elite media.

That's exactly what she's doing. She's basically letting the MSM know that they're going the way of the dinosaur and aren't worth her time.

39 posted on 09/09/2008 7:39:17 AM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Did you know that Joe Biden has been on Meet The Press 41 times in his career?

I guess that's a great reaon to spend your time on the campaign trail and not on talking head shows. 41 times and people still don't like and won't vote for Biden, it's a waste of time in an election and only satisfies personal ego, which BYEDONE needs constant massaging because he will NEVER be elected to higher office.

40 posted on 09/09/2008 7:39:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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