McCain and Obama did EXACTLY the same thing, i.e., “did little more than repeat ... applause lines over and over again on the campaign trail”. Why criticize Sarah for it but not the others?
With the current technology, and instant news, it’s going to happen. Candidates sometimes speak at four venues a day, and they can’t come up with a brand new speech every four hours. It’s not like whistle-stop speeches from the back of a train where the audience hasn’t heard what was said at the last town. Give her a break.
“McCain and Obama did EXACTLY the same thing, i.e., “did little more than repeat ... applause lines over and over again on the campaign trail”. Why criticize Sarah for it but not the others?”
they did townhalls. They did lots of interviews. They wrote books and policy papers. Sarah seemed like she was nothing more than a parrot.
The fact is — and I say this as a Palin fan and well-wisher, someone who looks forward with optimism towards her rise in the party — she was not as nimble in conversation as either McCain or Obama. The fact is, McCain was VERY good at coming up with direct responses to direct questions that were either base hits or home runs, and Obama was almost as good. As much as I liked Palin — and I do, and I did from the start — I found myself wincing when she tried to “field” a question. She’s got a long way to go before she’s ready for the big leagues but she’s got the time to get there.
By the way, when I praised McCain just now, I must temper that praise by saying that his ability to talk directly to the question at hand was crippled by his severe and debilitating case of BiPartisanshipism Uber Alles. This is what killed McCain. This is what made him an on-balance luke-lousy senator and this is what made him a disaster as a presidential candidate. But he could parry if he wanted to. As can Obama.
Palin, as yet, can’t.