We never saw the uncut tapes of Palin’s interview, and Palin was in the horrible position of instantly having to filter her own politics and positions to fit John McCain as the top of the ticket, a man that she did not know, and was very different from.
Balderdash.
Who cares about the excuses, sweep overs and hide the nut alibies for why Sarah got her clock cleaned? No one HAS to be a sucker for the obvious. Couric tactics have been on display for years. You don’t see Cruz on the cutting room floor. There are reasons for that, you know. He is smart enough for combat a filter is one reason, or has the chops to negotiate outcomes and then get it in writing.
If not Sarah herself showing a sliver of calculated smarts, the McCain campaign itself could have and should have negotiated for non-cut status of the Couric take down interview, or DECLINED the damn thing entirely!
It was a fiasco, an example of not ready for prime time, and there were MANY.