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Republicans why bother to vote. This election has been bought by BO through the biase Media, Acorn and the corrupted Democrateic politicans. The American taxpayer will regret the day they pulled BO lever. Socialism is on its way.

Scott L, You are a moron. Your ignorance has no boundaries!

this is too funny...Sarah Palin is a young slugger called up to the Major...the skipper kept her in the dugout for most of the month...she was able to play two games...where she went 0-10...struck-out all at-bats. now, the Manager realized, Major league pitching is too fast for her...he's sending her back to the AAA-team...to take some slow, softball pitches!!!

The republican's solution to Palin's media problem: Only talk to fake media! God forbid she has to talk anymore to an objective news organization.

Let's see... put her in her element, on conservative radio programs... where she'll get the really tough questions, right?

"So, Sarah, tell us about your kid's favorite foods."

Perhaps the McCain campaign should take it one step further - give the talk show hosts the questions, too.

Palin may be nice and common, however this VP spot is not for her. Maybe later in life she could run for a office of this magnitude but not now.

She really need improvement in politic and speech, please do not be offended by this statement. This is not the year for her.

Please. I am appalled at the way that this is being handled. Now she's only being interviewed by people who share her views! How are we expected to believe that she can govern on the national stage where others will definitely not share her views. What will she say to them? That's the way she ran her administration as the mayor and as the governor - fire anyone who disagrees with her and put in people who share her views.

Republicans, she is not a good candidate. Face it. Embrace it. Be one with it.
All those lies that you keep telling yourself as to how good she is are just going to give you ulcers.

Ever since Sarah Palin has come on the scene she has proven again and again that she has little knowledge of the operation of the federal government. She can not respond to the simplest of questions, makes no sense when she does answer and has great difficulty putting together a full sentence. This nice woman should not have been considered for the VP slot . The Republican Party is trying to cover by saying she is getting "gotcha questions". How in the world can asking what newspapers and magazines do you read -– be a
gotcha question? As an Independent, with Palin on the R ticket as VP, And John McCane 72 years old and a cancer survivor, there is no way I would vote Republican,
A Senior Southern Lady

I don't know how much more of this woman I can take, due to my cringing by her lack of knowledge. However, if she is going to do more interviews, I'd like to see them be as tough on her as all the other candidates. Her's would be the #2 job.

I don't understand why my comments aren't showing up. Can you explain this?

McCain is getting more and more irritated for having to defend her everyday.

Actually he's so mad that he's running like a chicken with his head cut off.....

Translation: they are going to put her in Hannity-style softball interviews.

Too bad Couric made her "blink".

Republicans you have failed the country , Republicans will you please leave the the room forever, Republicans the clown and circus show you have put on is over. Everone can see the Republicans, all of them have taken all of the money and have the nerves to ask for more money. Republicans, call all of your big oil friends and ask them to return all of the money they have taken, just pay the country back. Republican Bush, Republican McCain, Republican Palin and Republican friends Please,Please, Please leave the country and never come back , you've messed everything up and now you want to put the blame on someone else, Republicans,REPUBLICANS , REPUBLICANS , REPUBLICANS YOU ARE SIMPLY UNCOUTH.

Obama Please help the country , because the republicans have'nt.

Obama For President 08'.................................

Noah-

Your ignorance has blinded you. Also... that was racist, dude.

ENOUGH.

Sarah Palin's candidacy is dead on arrival. Return to sender, quickly. Americans will pay for the postage and the privilege of getting her out of our hair, we have enough problems to solve.

Obama/Biden

I used to be a Republican who is now changed to an independent, can someone tell me why someone would not vote for just the best candidate/leader? Stubborn folks will only be hurting themself financially and the country by voting Republican this year. This is not my opinion this is the last 8 years of history and according to the strategy set forth by the RNC. Makes NO sense at all.

The most effective strategy would be to drop her as VP candidate...

I agree with one poster we had to see the rev wright thing over and over but nothing nada about sara and her pastors witch hunt thing come on cnn wheres the fairness?

it may not be fair to judge her on "one or two soundbites;" however, when these are the only soundbites we have and they are the words of an idiot, it is absolutely fair.

They keep saying "she connects really well", well I beg to differ. She is a disaster and no amount of Rush Limbaugh will help her. In fact, he'll make those of us on the left of her dislike her even more, if that is possible!

We're going to be continue to put her in settings where she has an opportunity to shine, This is not the contest for the USA Pagant contest and she needs to do more then just shine. The RIGHT WINGER ARE A NUTTING AS THE CAN BE AT THERE BEST!

Scott L,
Begging????? COURIC and OPRAH........First VP...........a EXPERIENCED woman YES, non experience NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

"...it's not fair to judge her off one or two soundbites..."

One or two soundbites is all we have to work with.. you boneheads.

Basically what they're saying is Palin is gonna stop doing REAL interviews with REALK journalists who'll ask her REAL questions with REAL follow-ups, and only do puff interviews with right-leaning interviewers. People want to know a candidate's policies and beliefs, not pleasant little stories about their lives. If that's what's determining citizens' votes, this country is sunk. You can lookup candidates' life stories on the internet. Another admission by the GOP that McCain made a horrible mistake with this pick.

Me not no much anyting about Pay-lin.Me like her bcause she a girl like me. Leave her alone.Don't bother her. Pay-lin need not no anything. She a girl. U be nice to her. She's my fwiend. We went to the same community colleges.

somebody give her a teddy bear and a blankie

so, she'll be preaching to her choir?! they are afraid of her doing REAL interviews cause they don't work out too well for her. Independents and swing voters don't listen to right wing stuff. oh well, go hide her away in the right wing media so people like me don't have to listen to her garbage.

I FULLY EXPECT THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN TO ISSUE A STATEMENT CLAIMING THAT GWEN IFILL IS BIASED AND THEREFORE PALIN WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE SCHEDULED DEBATE.

THEY ARE DESPERATE TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM THE MEDIA AND ANY TOUGH QUESTIONS.

WHY is the obama gang so upset over GOV Palin – since your guy is sure to win – WHY do you care????
The comments here about GOV Palin are really a disgrace to your party and your guy.

She struck out with Katie Couric!

New strategy (?): Only McCain Campaign Aids will be interviewing Sarah Palin from now on!
New tough question: 'Gov. Palin, what is your favorite color?'

Hopefully she could answer that question without having it repeated 3 times.

So in other words they want to give coverage where the questions have already been prepared etc. etc. So she has actual time to reply and "think" up already prepared answers?

That's not an interview that is called a "script".

more friendly interviews to counter her flubs on Russia and the congressional bailout bill, which have reverberated throughout the blogosphere and even turned Palin into a punchline on Saturday Night Live.

Come on.....does that mean that she will meet only with friendly heads of state? Will only meet with friendly reporters and not face thre issues.....this is just a waste...she is not quailified...if it about being a nice down to earth person and female....I have neighbors who fit that bill, and who could tell you what magazines they read, so they should be VP....come on i like them but you need someone in that position who can take over, someone who understands the complexities of the world...
No this person is not ready....not in a long shot....and as I have said before she is on the national and world stage...not the Alaskan stage...so Ms. Palin and the McCain campaing put on your big girl panites and deal with it.
If she were male...that eprson would be the laughing stock as well.

Scott L,
Even if that was true, It would have to be a WOMAN with more to offer then LIES and wanting to be LIKE McBush. A woman with a tenth of self respect would not have let McCain USE her in this manner.

I am a WOMAN and begging for her will NEVER happen, and YES I do want to see a woman in the White House, but not just ANY inexperienced LADY. COURIC and OPRAH are to RICH with sense to beg for anything..........

Obama/Biden 08

Finally – this is what we have all been waiting for. WE LOVE YOU SARAH!!! Show us the "Sarah" we fell in love with!! Put Biden in his place on Thursday's debate!!! Shine girl – shine!!!

McCain/Palin

A nice rack is not a qualification for VP!!

Look at the latest polles. The story is clear. Even if Palin starts to sound like someone that can talk without her DADY sitting next to her, she really has nothing to say. The voters have seen the show and do not like what they saw, and HEARD her say. The number of LIES that she has told that FACT CHECK has proven to be LIES are coming back to haunt her now. For it is really a weak mind that keeps repeating the same lie over and over even after it is proven to be a lie. Poeple start to think "GEE THIS WOMAN MUST THINK I AM DUMBER THAN SHE IS."

To tell the truth the ony people that really are dumber than Palin are the ones that still support her.

McCain is qualified to lead
Biden is Qualified to lead as VP
Palin – Not sure yet As VP
Obama – NOT qualified to lead – and that is the reason he will never be elected.

What? She won't answer any questions as to why she believes that humans and dinosaurs walked the planet together sometime after it was created around 6,000 years ago?!?!

Oh poor Palin, if i were her i would just call it quits to save face.

So basically feed her the baby food before she can eat the "real" stuff....Come on we can't extpect the VP to need to be fed like a baby!

We need expertise in these desperate times.

Also I would not consider Palin's interview with Couric to be "sound bites". That was a train wreck!!!!!

Why is it that Palin only does a decent job with conservative hosts like Hannity and Hewitt?
- Because they nod and lick and cheer to whatever lies she spews out.

I don't see a media strategy change from Palin. She is still not talking to mainstream media and answering necessary questions. She couldn't even talk to a voter without messing up.

We've had folksy for 8 years.

We need the constitutional scholar and the foreign policy expert to get us through the mess we're in.

Obama/Biden '08

This is a right wing media and they'll edit out anything stupid things she said on the interview! They might even allow her to use one or two life lines

Keep her in radio? .... you mean you want to keep her hidden in radio where she can't be seen? ... on the radio? .... I don't understand, I mean if she is going for the 'joe six pack ' or ' trailer trash' then radio won't help her because they don't listen to the radio for politics ...

We might not see her but we can still hear her dumbness!

is this another chance for mcCain to suspend the debate .

Noah, I find it interesting that you would label Senator Obama as a "left-leaning liberal who attended Harvard as an affirmative action beneficiary"

Funny, if I am correct Senator Obama graduated from Harvard magna cum laude and was the president of Harvard Law Review.

If you don't understand what that means, it means he is really really smart. And chances are, his race had nothing to do with his admission to Harvard.

If that still doesn't make sense to you, then you're the one that needs to go back to school. Maybe there are some government initiatives for people like you.

"It's exactly the kind of interview that voters can expect to see from the governor in the coming weeks" You mean powder-puff interviews from right wing partisans like Sean Hannity and Hugh Hewitt?

Noah – you don't get on the Harvard Law Review, much less become the editor, if you are an "affirmative action" beneficiary.

Maybe if you went to a top ten law school, like me, you would realize and respect just how difficult a task even getting on the law review actually is.

If you want to call Obama a liberal, that is fine, but try not to sound ignorant when you belittle achievements of which you know nothing.

Sarah Palin is a women! What do you guys expect!? Sniper fire dodging...LMAO

New media strategy, from John McCain:

Stop makin me look bad!!

Ha ha, but in all honesty she should not be kept just to conservatives. She might be VP of all Americans not just conservative republicans. Let her respond to the people!

Of course – what we need is more folksiness – who needs a candidate to talk about the major issues facing America today – the economy and a war that's bleeding the economy dry? Let's all just sit down with a six-pack and talk about how cute she is.

Og course they wil "showcase" her on conservative talkshow! That is the only forum they have left. The problem is, the cat is already out of the bag on Palin, and first impressions are the best ones. To have her change in the few weeks before the election will only sabotage McCain. The general public already knows that she is not fit to be vice President!

She may be knowlegable in her local goverment but it is clear that she is not up on national and international affairs.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Good for GOV Palin – and if the Obama gang does not want to hear her – Turn it OFF – - just like I do when I see obama on.

As for the debate – IF this was a moderator that just wrote a book about McCain – what do you think the obama gang would be saying – OR – how about the Political Party Leader that said "Blacks or Jews should not vote for GOV Palin" –seems a little racist to me – but – all is forgiven since he said "sorry".

Guess it was ok to judge Obama off the soundbites of other people but it's not fair to judge her off her own soundbites.??
So now she's going to be placed in settings where she can efficiently & effectively deceive the public..that's 100% republican. I prefer seeing her network interviews cause it spares me from having to watch SNL.
I'm not voting on personality,Palin herself along with the rest of us don't even have a clue about how low McC-ancient intends to take this country, but then they enroll her in the GWB academy henceforth I'm positive we're heading for record breaking lows as a nation

Palin would have better luck running in Iran. They are big on appointing religious fanatics as their leaders.

tell me when she will be on cnn ,so campbell brown can ask her some real questions.

I really think Gov. Palin has to be really careful in discussing her hardship regarding her income before her taxes have been released. Else it will be another gaffe to be repaired later. She filed for an extenstion to release her taxes until after the debate. So I am sure there will be surprises there.

I don't care how they shift Palin's media strategy. The bottom line is that she's not taking random questions from the public or from reporters. Unless and until she does that, any media coverage of her will still be "staged." That's not really shifting is it? Same old thing she has been doing. Here is the REAL media shift: put Palin behind a podeum in a room full of reporters and flashing cameras. Have her point to people and take questions. Have reporters throw out questions to her, then she responds. That's how it should be done. That's how it has been done by many of those that came before her. What makes her any different?

If you dont want to be reduced to 2-3 sound bytes try actually saying something stop repeating what the robot programers tell you to say.

So you want easier interviews are you kidding me this is really sad. She could not even make it though the very easy softball tossing media so now she will speak to Republican talk radio? Waste of time, lets coddle her some more...

Biden better not take it easy. I dont want a VP you have to walk on egg shells around. Heaven forbid they have a real debate back and forth like McCain and Obama did.

Im voting Obama/Biden '08, prove yourself and maybe I will vote for you in '12 again.

Palin can't answer direct, unscripted questions by unbiased reporters without making a fool of herself so the Republicans decide she'll only give "interviews" with like-minded conservative reporters. What a complete insult to the American people ... Democrats, Republicans, & Independents.

Again this proves that Palin is not ready & McCain made a very poor choice when there were several more qualified female Republicans available.

This gal lied about reading periodicals and newspapers in this interview. As the main representing official from ALASKA she is making the folks there look STUPID!

American voters should treat Palin's interviews and what she says in the debate as a job interview for the 2nd most powerful job in the world. We've got to get this right for a change.

I have high expectations for the debate tomorrow night- I have seen the videos of Sarah Palin doing debates in Alaska and she is very, very good at it.

I just realized, however, that McCain is actually the incumbent of this race since he is so closely tied to Bush, and the republican party.

McCain is an incumbent.

Rusty... that would be too mature of a thing to do. Sad isn't it?

Once again, heroes don't leave their wives and three children. John is not a hero, but a zero.

I will not support a man without morals. John buys everyone and everything. Well, my vote is not for sale.

Also, I'm sorry that Sarah is not qualified, but she's with a loser anyway. She'd be better off going back to Alaska and taking care of her baby. So in the end baby Trig wins.

Obama/Biden 08
And I can't wait.

All Palin has to do is show up to beat Doofus Biden. Ohhhhhh boy, WOW! What a looker!!

Go Sarah Palin!

You've got my vote!

McCain/Palin '08!!

So why is McCain scared stiff to let her answer questions in press conferences? Biden has had nearly 100 interviews and Palin 3. McCain didn't even trust her to speak to networks after the presidential debates. He had to send more competent speakers.

THE BRIDGE TO NOWHWERE LEADS RIGHT TO A MCCAIN / PALIN WHITE HOUSE.

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just listen to the interview and he did not ask one question that required any thought on curent affairs, Why she had a flag of isreal in her office. Oh yea joe six pack her son has not even called since being deployed but has called his girlfriend, as she called him you little stinker.

Wait... a VP candidate who only wants to do interviews on conservative talk radio? Why not just only appear on Sesame Street? Afraid Ernie and Bert might stump you with a question about the number 5?

OMG, I have never seen a more fragile politician!!!! whats next? she's going to complain that she doesnt know the questions ahead of schedule?

Hmmm. Too bad the world won't provide Palin with comfy-cozy environments in which to work should McCain get elected.

Any comparison of this woman and Obama when it comes to experience is ridiculous. I haven't seen Obama intentionally avoiding the press or only going on "friendly" shows.

Totally unprepared for the job. She should quit while she has some dignity left. McCain has proven unworthy to be president in the choice and more Bush-like than ever as he continues to deny the mistake he's made.

So,if she gets elected, is she going to deal only with "friendly" foreign and poliltical leaders? That sounds like a workable plan.

In other words, the GOP is desparate....and grasping at straws.

They hope her folksy animal slaughter stories will pull mccain's ratings up in the polls. She killed Bullwinkle, ya know.

So we're supposed to believe that this person can step up to the plate and deal the likes of Putin, Ahmedinejad, Jong Il, Castro and the rest....but Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson are too tough? How conservatives are fooling themselves into believing she's a qualified pick I'll never know.

She's still an idiot ... lipstick or no lipstick.

Yup that's right, keep Sarah away from anyone that might ask some meaningful questions about tough policy issues.

That's a GREAT strategy...

When all the public has to go on is the couric interviews, you can't blame them for being leery of Palin as the possible vp of our country. I don't know if the new next door neighbor thing will work either. Most of us don't have neighbors that would make much of a president.

So, in order to keep her from sounding ignorant, she is only going to interviewed by extreme right-wing pundits. Great plan.

So in other words, the new strategy is for Palin to do fake interviews only now? Now if only she can get a fake audience and fake voters, she should be all set. You know Chairman Mao, Kim Jong Il, Sadam Hussein and Hitler really enjoyed staged interviews with fake audiences and journalists too. It's really good preparation if you ever intend on running a fascist state. However, if you are interested in a democracy and enjoy a free press exercising its rights, it really isn't the way to go for being elected.

What a bunch of GOP hogwash!
Sooo they are pretty much saying, were gonna let her talk about her life stories, (multiple colleges and lazy governing in AK???)
Because she doesn't know a thing about whats going on in the world. And we don't want the US to see how much of a flake she is. So were gonna feed you a bunch on non-sense that doesn't matter.
She reminds me so much of those Old Spice commercials where Neil Patrick Harris say" I used to play a doctor for pretend"
Caribou barbie is playing politician for pretend.

OBAMA/Biden 08'

That is only going to accomplish one thing: It's going to make the die-hard Republicans feel a little better about their vote, since it must be kind of hard to sleep at night, knowing you're sacrificing your country just to stay red - or white, maybe - or to keep from admitting what a huge mistake you made in 2004.

For the rest of us, we've seen enough, thanks. It doesn't take long to see to the bottom of a shallow pool. We've all served on PTAs and fundraising events in our towns with women just like her. She's nothing special - certainly not special enough to be in the White House! Perish the thought!

I think selecting Palin for VP is one of the biggest mistakes McCain has made thus far. I don't want a "folksy", "joe six pack" type of individual that close to the Presidency or as President. That's what we got with George W Bush and what a disaster that has been. McCain showed really poor judgement in selecting this individual as his running mate.

I want someone that actually has the smarts to make critical decisions – both Obama & Biden fit that description.

"Palin campaign to shift media strategy
...hoping to hide the incredibly damaging truths that abound about her."

Maybe Tina Fay could pinch hit for her tomorrow night! It would probably be a plus for McCain, and it definitely couldn't hurt!

"We acknowledge that perhaps she should have been out there doing more," said the adviser, who argued that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.

I watched the interview with Sean Hannity, Charlie Gibson and the broadcast interviews with Katie Couric (waiting on the parts the haven't played yet) NO WAY you can say the interviews were summed up with sounds bites, she is clearly out of her league and McCain can't drop her at this point.

Just goes to show his BAD judgement.

Once again, McCrypt, seems to be reviewing Sarah’s “resume” visually.

Perhaps, McCrypt’s Phoenix is rising?

So, since McCrypt chose Sarah for her “attributes” , we Americans deserve a more qualified VP that fits these standards.

DOLLY! DOLLY! DOLLY PARTON!

Now that is what I call a qualified woman, because her “BIG HAIR“ puts her closer to God than Palin!

What did YOU think I was talking about?

AMERICA RESPECTS JOHN McCAIN.
AMERICA LOVES SARAH PALIN.

america fears obama and rightly so.
obamabots are really stupid.

I refuse to watch or listen to any Palin interview done by FIXED Noise or others in the tank for the McCain-Palin ticket. When she sits down with Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press or Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room, then I will give her some credit for facing tough, impartial questions. Until then, her lsating image will be the idiot who can not handle Katie Couric!

Does it really make a difference at this point? She already blew it in soft, mainstream media interviews in an attempt to get independent voters and Hillary supporters which was the primary reason for McCain picking her in the first place.

Now she can speak in tongues in the comfort of those Neo Nazi / Conservative radio talk shows in peace.

They should just continue holding RNCs and let her give the same speech until November 5. That should be safe for them.

My goodness.

If I cared about her folksy life story I' ll read her eventual book. Maybe Megan McCain can get a deal in the next 4 weeks to write another work of fiction. Palin may be great as Alaska's governor, big fish in a little pond, but now she is on the world stage, a heartbeat from the presidency. I don't care about how she field dresses a moose, and prepares a moose stew. Instead of keeping her away from any one with the potential to ask a "hard' question , just put Barbie back in her box and return her to Alaska.

why should palin have boundaries, if she is running for the highest office, she should be able to talk on issues regardless of the situation.

what this proves to me is she is not confident enough to be it that office or probably she will go into hiding if she is to meet with putin or other leaders

Uh, Ms. Palin, to be effectively "outspoken," you generally have to have SOME fundamental grasp of what you're talking about. You might want to look into that.

TOO LITTLE TOO LAT E ! she is a moron and SHOULDHAVE NEVER EVER been put on his ticket ! Chelsa Clinton could do a better job thatn her ! as could McCain's kids ! With the clout that Katie Couric has – how can this woman be taken serious after the RUSSIA comment... my lord – its just goes on and on ~!

Gov. Palin, please bow out gracefully. You are in over your head and drowning.

Beside....Alaska needs you back "there" to finish your investigation into the firing of the commissioner.

blah.blah, blah...
She will likely mop the floor with good old doll's hair( I've been a Senator since the 1972 oil embargo–but I'm an agent of change!!!) Joe Biden.

And do fine on improptu discussions. She unlike many of the others–does not have a decade of Washingto answers to the problems we face–which is what indears her to us.

Every time Palin brings up that voters should ignore the fact that she knows nothing and that it is about time a "folksy, regular Joe" should be in the White House, all Americans should think of George "let's have a beer together" Bush...........

The damage has already been done. Palin's intellectual level is minimum at best. This person is a heart beat away from the oval office. I think we have had enough of leaders we would like to be friend. Look at GWB and what his has done for this country. I want a leader to place this country on the right track.

Reason #72: why I have no respect for the intelligence of Sarah Palin

Sarah's sister in-law owns a beauty parlor in Wasilla...apparently Sarah's lip liner is tattooed on...not sure what to do with that one.

Sadly, we STILL won't have a chance to see the REAL Sarah Palen. Rush and the rest of the conservative radio talk show elitists have become shills for the Republican Party. We can't expect genuinely "fair and blanced" reporting or treatment of her positions on issues when their objective is to get her elected. Sarah Palen may be able to use this method of communicating as a publicity stunt – but the American public understands that we will not get to know her any better than we do already.

All she can do is play to the idiots on the FAR right... no one else takes her seriously. Since when is being intellectual a bad thing? Are we living the movie "Idiocracy"?

Stop John McCain and Sarah Punchline!!! Join WASP!!! WomenAgainstSarahPalin

The inmates are running the McCain asylum. God help us if we get a self-described female Joe Six-Pack just a heartbeat from being the leader of the free world, American voters–please be smart this time.

Regardless of how folksy Palin is or may be, she still cannot increase her I.Q. one point above what it actually is. She is who she is and her talents are what they are. She obviously is not a deep thinker or particularly adept at grasping complex issues such as foreign relations, increasing jobs, war strategies, economic complexities, diversity and other significant issues that affect the American voter. She is an opportunist of the first degree. Corruption in Alaska politics left an opening for Governor one could drive a semi-truck through and she advantaged that situation and won the governorship. She claims to be the CEO of Alaska, but she does not tell us that that is defined as a C.razy E.vangelical O.pportunist. She lives extremely well and also holds extreme end time religious views. She literally views her nomination as a potential ushering in of the Armageddon or end times and she believes she will have a role in that event. G.od help us all.......

The damage has been done and it’s impossible to undo. The image and the recognition presented by Palin are way beyond salvage that any brilliant campaign strategies can offer. Nevertheless, for what it's worth, Palin did help me to firm up my decision – Not to vote for McCain in November 4.

Look, with everything that is going on with Wall Street and Main street, I could care less about Palin's life story. I want her to tell the American people what is her outlook on the economy PERIOD!!! I wish the media stop printing these fly by night prep stories. Let's get real....no more beauty queen talk, no more hiding from the media, no more McCain cleaning up or making excuses for Palin's comments.

American People deserve better.

Oooh, now Sarah has to stay in conservative talk radio and not move from the script.

She scare me! I think she is an empty suitcase.

Will there be a dictionary and an encyclopedia, perhaps an atlas for Palin's reference "... in settings where she has an opportunity to shine... like conservative talk radio"?

I'd rather have Obama/Biden '08

That's wonderful – all the warm and fuzzy stuff. But, where's the beef? They're shifting strategy. That doesn't turn style into substance.

that's great but when the country is in a crisis is she going to tell us a cutesy folksy story about growing up in Alaska?

WHAT GOOD IS MORE BABBLING INCOHERENTLY SUPPOSE TO PROVE, OTHER THAN THAT THIS BARBIE IS COMPLETELY BRAINDEAD?

After McCain left his wife and three kids, he did what he's doing now. He paid his first wife off (medical expenses for the rest of her life), not to talk to the press. Why? So he could live the life of luxury with his mistress/bride Cindy Lou. They married one month after the divorce papers were filed.

America has known Sarah Palin for one month as well. Just as John hoodwinked his first wife, he's trying to hoodwink us. It won't work.

We know he's a snake, and we know he's using Sarah for his own ambitions. She's not qualified and won't get my vote. Unfortunately for John he's on Sarah's ticket.

Obama/Biden 08

She is a good connector that I agree, but let her speak for herself, not like some windup doll that the McCain campaign has created. Katie Couric asked her simple questions like what she reads and she couldn't answer one article or magazine. Who cares if she reads Time more than Newsweek she isn't going to lose the election over that response. She double talks and it makes no sense and actually is turning voters off.

What is next? An interview with that gasbag Limbaugh? It would seem to be right up her alley. After all, he has told his listeners on many occasions, "you don't have to think. I've done the thinking for you". That is exactly the kind of journalism that Palin needs. Someone so far to the right they think Attilla the Hun was a liberal. he ca do the thinking for her and then ask her leading questions with answers so obvious even she can't mess them up.

That is if she shows up at her debate. After all, the moderator of the debate wrote a book. That makes her a liberal. So Palin may use that as her excuse to duck and run.

Give me a break. They blew it! They should have let her off the leash a long time ago. Now it's close to election, she's going to be even scrutinized even more for her dumb comments. Honeslty, judging from her recent interviews, this is who she is. This woman is not well versed when it comes to the economy, national security, etc.

She may have done really well in Alaska, but that's Alaska. She has shown over and over she is not well versed when it comes to the U.S. as a whole. My goodness, her response she gave where she couldn't name one magazine she reads and her response to her foreign policy expierence is the reality of who she is. She doesn't have a clue.

My God! Sarah Palin is not smarter then a 5th grader!! So she's adorable and has personality, so did Bush! God help us if this woman ends up a heartbeat away from possesing our nuclear codes, or how Palin would say, our "nucular" codes. Join WASP!! WomenAgainstSarahPalin

We are not judging Sarah Palin on one or two soundbites. We are judging her on the unbelievably large number of stupid things she has said even though she has been enormously sheltered from the press.

We expect our candidates at this level to be able to authoritatively take questions from anyone. All three of the other candidates, and all the candidates of the small parties as well, are out there.

Vote Obama-Biden for better leadership.

This just in. We can now report that Sasquatch is alive and well and living in Alaska. The proof has been confirmed. The fact that Sarah Palin was elected to the top of the Alaskan political food chain indicates there are thousands of the species living in quiet and remote villages, throughout Alaska. The manual dexterity and mental acuity of Sasquatch is evident by the fact that thousands of the Sasquatch village dwellers were able to find and pull the voting lever for Palin in the last gubernatorial election!

Stay tuned for further updates!

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OBAMA AND

The fact of the matter is that anything tilted in favor of the Republicans, the Democrats will cry foul and visa versa. It would be really cool if we could all grow up, be fair, pragmatic, and respect that the ideological differences between the two camps both have merit and deserve respect.

The Gov Palin "job interview" is a joke. I watch in shock of how those who support her seem to be OK with her obvious lack of command and little knowlegde over important issues to our country's history, present, and future. She is bad at articulating anything. Yet, for those who support her, all is Ok, she is just like 'us'. Ohhh Pleeeease! Should not the standard be higher for the job.

I vote for McCain changed as I see more and more of her. His call for 'Country First' is rediculous. If he cared for country over campaign, Ms. Palin would not have been his pick.

Independent for Obama

Please except my comment about the VP debate, it is really sad to be called an American and simply can't be treated as one. Who is to say that Gwen Ifill, can't do her job and be a professional, this is crap. The very person that would even bring something like this up is probably the very one whom knows that if it was them doing the moderations could and want be fair. well am here to say that there are still great Americans and trusted one also. Gov Palin, can't see Russia from her house another lie. Mccain, realizing his age it is very easy to say that he is one of the good ole boys from the past. I believe that things do exist but, i also believe that people are trying to get on the good foot and leave the BS just where it WAS! Somebodies gotta win the election and yes i do believe that it will be tight. But, SOMEBODYS GOTTA WIN AND SOMEBODY GOTTA LOSE

If she can't handle the press how can she handle world leaders, wars and other major events?

So we shouldn't be expecting any press conferences then?

Put Sarah in situations where she could shine? How about making her a mayor in Alaska? It sure beats meeting with international leaders and members of the media. McCain, you nit wit, Six-Pack Sarah's problems are a result of not being prepared, no matter how much you sit with her and hold her hand.

Ok, so let's get on her conservative talk shows where she's comfortable. Let's get her away from news sources that want to ask her real questions about real issues that she will need to address if she's elected into the vice president position.

Sarah Palin is running for a high profile position in American politics. Being subjected to attacks and ridicule from gaffes is part of the game and if she is not comfortable at this and if her campaign wants her to be treated like a prom queen by selecting friendly avenues to speak in, they are doing her a great disservice. They need to prepare her...not baby her.

"it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.

good grief...a sound bite is a few seconds..what palin has done in these interviews is demonstrate a complete lack of the most basic grasp of any subject that is related to the job she is aspiring too...her entire interviews are mind blowing.

this person is out of her league...

perhaps she should run for pta vice president...oh wait her kids aren't in school...

After Thursday's debate I'm afraid she'll be looking for a place to hide.

To those who want real change: Don't let your guard down!
Remember, 2004? Then let your motto be – NOT THIS TIME!

Palin is such a sweet girl, but she speaks as if someone turned her around about fifteen times (and as a result becomes dizzy) and decided to challenger herself and try to answer a political question. I wish her the best.

You know the folks in Alaska may want folksiness in their politicians and that may be okay for a Governor of a state that has less population than the city I live in. I, however, do not want the person that may be President if something should happen to McCain, running our country. I want an intelligent, calm, rational, knowledgeable person to do that. I appreciate that she's one of us, but do not want one of us as a person in great power. I want someone that's smarter than the average bear doing that job and Palin is not it. Even I could name a newspaper I read or a magazine. Truly, is that a hard question for most of us? Let the republicans put her on conservative talk radio and on friendly interviews. It wouldn't be a friendly interview if she was talking to Putin or any of the others. How can this format possibly show us she can take on any of the other leaders of countries in a formal setting? It can't. But, it can appease the uneducated people of the US by making her appear to be even more like them. Just because you like someone doesn't make them a good leader. Everyone like Bush and look what happened!

Also, I wouldn't say that people have judged her from "one or two soundbites from the network interviews. Soundbites? I watched the entire interview conducted by Couric and Gibson. Both interviews were a mess and truly showed how uneducated she is on the issues facing our country today.

I really feel that the Republicans refuse to listen to what the people are saying. Folksiness and a compelling life story do not a vice presidential candidate make. The voting public is looking for substance and knowledge, two qualities in which Palin is sorely lacking. They can keep her in party-favorable, conservative interviews all they want, but the damage has already, thankfully, been done, and the public is already painfully aware that this is not the person we need a heartbeat away from the country's highest office.

Re: the debate. Now the Repubs are already making excuses before the debate has even happened? Blaming the moderator?

It's a simple question and answer format. Would the Repubs like a three-year old to ask the questions so Palin can look smarter than the questioner?

She can "talk" all she wants. Fact is, there's NO meat around the bones of this person, that would qualify her to be a VP, let alone a President!

Neither Palin nor Obama have foreign policy experience. She was mayor and governor of Alaska and he was civil rights attorney.

When Obama announced his candicacy for the presidency, I do not recall ABC or CBS or any other network sitting him down for an interview and subjecting him to a multiple choice examination.

The media will walk over Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and any other person who threatens the candidacy of Barack Obama, and if you do not think there will be a backlash for that, wait and see. The more biased the media is in favor of Obama, the more adamant I grow in voting against him.

I think they're a day late and a dollar short. Maybe you should have done conservative radio shows FIRST before putting her on the national stage with a seasoned journalist. More importantly if she's doing interviews on conservative radio she's now going to be preaching to the choir. This is not going to help her with Independents the most important block she needs to win. The further she goes to the right the quicker she is going to lose them.

Sarah Palin has been protected from the media because she is not ready to answer presidential questions. The idea that she is this close to being vice president is scary like a bad Disney Movie

Why on earth set Palin up, as Bush was, with bullet-proof settings, safe, settings? If she's worth the salt her handlers say she is, then it's the tough free-range interviews that will test her metal and allow her to show the stuff she claims she has. From what I can tell, Palin sure blinks when asked what she reads, for instance, or how she would handle foreign policy, or what she thought of The Surge.

Also, she stumbled on question I feel should be important for a VP candidate to answer.

She does NOT connect with me and frankly, no one I know for that matter.

CNN, when will, you start reporting on McCain's health? This morning, the poor man was confused on stage and did not know where to exit, turning around four times and looking disoriented. That, plus all the facial spasms, the left eye, etc. He has yet to present his full medical records. If he had a vp candidate who could at least mumble two coherent sentences in a row, it would not be so frightening, but Caribou Barbie is by no way qualified to approach the Oval Office.

Good Luck with that Sarah........ How many voters listen to Conservative Radio?

How long can coservatives keep up the charade that they actually think she is the best possible Republican candidate?

No.. I mean really. How long?

Because this pretending is only making the GOP more laughable every day.

Please, Please, Please, let her do more interviews!

The American public deserves to hear more about what and how she thinks.

We need to know how far right she is compared to mainstream Americans.

She is a radical!

I'm still not impressed with Governor Palin. Hopefully she 'll prove everyone wrong.

I don't want a VP* who folksy, I want a VP* who is smart and educated. I am not picking a candidate so I have someone to drink with me, I am picking a candidate that can demonstrate he/she can negotiate with the leaders of the world, not have a drinking contest with them.

What gimmick will McCain come up with next? I am sick of these air heads who think it is funny that Palin is cocky towards Democrats. I have never heard Obama or Biden speak with the same disrespect that Palin demonstrates towards the opposite side.

Conservatives, ask yourself this: Is this how you want the country run for the next 4 years? By someone who asks like she is still in high school. We are picking someone who can be the President of the United States, show a little more respect for the office and grow up.

* President

Basically, only let her supporters interview her. Got it. Just checking.

Sarah Palin has become the whipping girl of the media – taking Hillary Clinton's place in the gender-bashing that has staturated this election cycle. How can so-called journalists get away with the scornful, biased, insulting comments aimed at Palin and previously Clinton? Americans should be outraged by this rigged election. Obama has been given every break possible, sugar coated, inflated, over rated. The whole thing is a sham. Biden, the windbag, gets away with his nonsensical comments because he's part and parcel of Washington's insiders and his flubs are just accepted.

That's right...hide the real Sarah Palin from the public...by playing games and manufacturing interviews to create a certain image...and then call your campaign "Country First"....I say we call McCain's strategy "WIN ANYWAY YOU CAN!" ...I am disgusted by this man's campaign and truly amazed that even one voter in this country cannot see how we are being manipulated.

That's right, put her in a more friendly environment whaere she won't have to make intelligent answers to tough questions. That way she'll never mess up an answer and the campaign can say how she'll make a wonderful vice-President.

What hypocrisy!!! If, God forbid, she does become vice-President, she won't be in a friendly environment and will be expected to make intelligent decisions that will affect every one of us. Personally, I do not want a hick making those decisions and IMHO Governor Palin is a hick.

they should shift Palin and tell her to go back home. GET SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE AND GOOD JUDGMENT. SHE HAS NONE OF THOSE IN HER BRAIN

"We acknowledge that perhaps she should have been out there doing more," said the adviser, who argued that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.

How can we Judge on anything but sound bites? Thats all we have gotten from Ms. Palin and the McCain campaign. They seem to have NO Substance, and as such, there is no access.

You can't make a purse from a sows ear....

So, she failed miserably when the focus was on her abilities & qualifications, to...let's see...DO THE JOB, soooooooo, let's turn her into a glorified cheerleader for the base where the "interviewer" will be throwing wiffle ball all day.

What a sad commentary on an obviously poor choice. Worse yet, it will set the image of women in politics back years. Talented, capable, and qualified women (Olympia Snowe, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, Claire McCaskill, etc etc etc) have got to be beside themselves seeing the hard work they did washed away by the Palin bobblehead persona.

You can't spin her not even being aware that there are various publications created to informed people about issues.

She couldn't name one. Newsweek. U.S. News and World Report?
The Daily Iceburg.

She wasn't deftly avoiding the question not to get trapped in, she was trying to make up an answer she has no idea about. At this rate my 4 pound dog will be more qualified than he right.....now.

Face it McCain/Palin camp; Palin is an appalling air head, and not ready for the next in line to be POTUS or God forbid the POTUS! Stop trying to make excuses for her. Changing the lip stick on this self described pitbull with lipstick will not make her more pretty or smart because as soon as she open her lips, the world will still know there is absolutely nothing there worthy of being second in command of this troubled nation thanks to eight years of destruction by the Republicans. If our country was not in it's current dire straits, I would feel real sympathy for her, but I cannot afford to knowing that her airheadedness can affect me and my kids future.

Why don't you just have John McCain interview her?

There is a 1:7 chance she could be the leader of the free world. Don't you think she should be able to stand on her own two feet?

SHE IS AN IDIOT AND THEY CAN SPIN IT ALL THEY WANT...BUT THE FACT REAMINS MCCAIN CHOSE A NIMROD TO RUN OUR COUNTRY WHEN HE IS TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD ALREADY.

COUNTRY FIRST?

YEH oooookAY!

she has officially become a puppet..Sarah Palin, the most powerful woman in politics? one (1) heart beat away from the most powerful position in the world....if anything were to happen to McCain who would really be running our Nation? Palin or her string masters? either way i dont think in these times we can afford that gamble.

Heaven forbid we learn more than what she thinks about the menu at Wendy's.

Can we get a real VP candidate? Oh yeah.. we have Biden.

"folksiness"? Please, don't insult "folks". Ignorance has nothing to do with folksiness and Palin is simply very extremely ignorant on pretty much anything she is trying to discuss so far.

Soooo, they have decided she can only talk to CERTAIN kinds of people (i.e., conservatives) who will appeal to the BASE, and highlight her folksiness....this woman is running for the SECOND HIGHEST COMMAND in the nation, folks. She would not have the luxury of NOT talking to people who did NOT ask her questions she could handle in her narrow mind if she were lucky enough to stumble into that office...but the debate tomorrow night will take care of that possibility, putting the final screws to the McCain/Palin dumb and dumber ticket.

So I guess Palin should just hang out on notoriously conservative radio and television stations to avoid getting asked any questions that could actually show us WHAT she thinks. I Guess everyone is more concerned about WHO she is. As long as she's nice and cuddly she deserves to be second in command of the country...RIGHT!?

So Katie Couric's too tough an interviewer for Sarah Palin? How much slack does she expect when she tries (and fails at) talking with, say, Angela Merkle?

Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric were "difficult interviews" for Sarah Palin!?!?!

Unless she somehow gets more intelligent, I don't see how this will help. She also needs to tell us directly what happened with her Administration in Alaska and Wasilla...the truth, for once.

Keep her away from "real life/policy" questions and instead tell her story rather than her ideas/positions... yea, that will REALLY help us get out of this mess!

Politics b4 Country... sad, very sad

(read up on her past debating – she always criticizes opponents or tells a story the audience can relate to but doesn't anser what SHE would do)

I don't have a problem with Palin doing some "friendly" interviews. Every candidate gets some of those.
But the talking points that the Palin supporters have been parroting have been absurd. "Couric had HATE in her eyes" they've been saying.
Um, are we talking about the same person? That was a soft ball interview. I guess Palin expects T-ball questions like Hewitt gave her...

Why don't they just keep her locked in a room underground and never let anyone speak with her?

Just get it over with already!

Pond takes Queen. Sarah you are out and McCain has been check mated. Can anyone tell me how can you not answer a simple question like what type of magazines, newspapers, news letters you read? Mrs. Palin is running to be the no. 2 and can not answer that simple question. Now imagine her talking to the leaders around the world that affects everyone. Republicans I understand party unity but you can not tell me that you can support Sarah. Straight talk express has been railroaded to the gates of hell and delivered a tank of gas.

in other words "we're only gonna put her on conservative talk radio with scripted questions and answers, but still not let her be seen when answering, i mean...reading answers..."

Won't it be enlightening to have her interviewed by the Right Wing of the Republican party???

They might as well have McCain interview her himself.

Come on guys. This is for the Vice President of the United States. It's great if someone is nice and connects with people. But that's not nearly enough. I am not going to vote for somebody to be a leader of our country just because I think they'd be fun to hang out with! I am not going to fall for the buddy-buddy thing. Does this person know what they're talking about, do they address the issues, do they have good answers to the important questions? I have read a couple of articles saying that Gov. Palin has done well in debates in the past because she ignores the question and tells a story instead to connect with the audience. And the audience completely misses the fact that she didn't answer the question at all. That is not ok, that is not enough. That is a trick. It's pandering. In a high school debate competition, you'd lose the debate with that kind of behavior because you *didn't answer the question*. This is no high school debate. This is far more important. And I will have no confidence in someone who is trying to get away from answering the tough questions. We need leaders who are willing and able to tackle the tough questions (and provide good answers!) because they're going to have plenty of them to deal with.

She is a train wreck everytime she opens her mouth. I hope they keep her at home!

Republicans talking to the media and expecing fair treatment is like going to Vegas and expecting to win. It's not possible. The house is stacked against you.

So they will only let people who love her interview her?

Yeah, thats being transparent alright. Make McCain/Palin more like Bush every day.

I'd like to address an issue that is prevalent in arguments made against Barack Obama. Many suggest that his "present" votes in the Illinois Senate suggest that he does not stand for anything, and thus they attack him by saying things like "You can't vote present as President!" and etc. In Illinois voting "present" is usually used precisely to take a stand for something, often to point out flawed pieces legislation that otherwise would not be noticed by a simple "yes" or "no" vote. In addition he voted over 4000 times and only cast 130 "present" votes. Some of those you can argue were due to Obama avoiding sensitive issues overwhich his constituents were conflicted, which is exacly what Illinois political culture expects in those situations.

they want her to do more "friendly interviews" like "conservative talk radio"?
she can't handle the major news networks, so they have to protect her by sitting her down the Rush Limbaugh?

pathetic.

The "SAD" thing about Sarah Palin is she "just doesn't get it". She is clueless. It is so sad to see her fumble through interview after interview and for her to think that her answers or responses are correct. She just doesn't know how un-educated she appears to be.

This lady is a dunce,we will not be fooled by interviewers in the tank for McCain to brandish her as competent.

Please Mrs palin...go away!!!!

YES WE CAN!!

I am confident right now that Obama will win, and there's only one more month to go, so it looks good; at least as of today!
But the last eight years have taught me to be careful with such judgment: personally, I am waiting for the next outrageous, disgusting smear activity from the McCain campaign, and I am 100% positive it'll come without doubts, and in the foreseeable future. Call it the "Rethuglican October smear".
Expect more made-up mud from the most disgraced presidential campaign the U.S. has ever experienced in its existence – McCain/Palin.

Go Obama/Biden 2008/2012, Hillary 2016/2020

Who could have possibly foreseen such a scenario? Palin is disastrous in interviews where she has to answer questions on world issues and policy, so what's the solution? Certainly not getting someone remotely qualified on the ticket, just shift her to doing only softball interviews on conservative talk radio where she can focus on hockey mom stories instead of anything substantial.

The McCain campaign still doesn't get the point. It's the bailout bill and foreign policy knowledge and "reforms" that matter. Not the environment. So what's next? If McCain gets elected, will Palin always hide her face when she speaks? Will an entourage of moose head decor follow her where ever she goes just to make her "comfortable" before she opens her mouth???? jeez.....what is this country coming to??????

The Hugh Hewitt Show on Salem Talk Network, where Salem is footing the bill regardless of poor ratings, based on the ideology of the parent company? You think Ms. Palin might have been treated with kid gloves?
Ya think? What next? Sesame Street? Why are they keeping her in a bubble? Hillary and Obama went on O'Reilly, for God's sake.

Failin' Palin states that homosexuality can be "cured" by praying?

Homosexuality is a "choice"?

Ok, Saint Sarah, just tell all of us gay folks how/when you decide to be a heterosexual? Is that a daily choice? How about a monthly reminder that you should be straight? Maybe when puberty hit, you decided you liked hot dogs over tacos? You hold the key to all the ills of modern society, if only you could share them by composing a coherent sentence!.

As for praying, I am praying you never see the inside of the Oval Office even as a visitor!

said the adviser, who argued that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites"
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After all the piecemeal sound bites that Obama has endured, why change thing now. BTW- it more than Palin's sound bites that have voters disappointed. It's her qualifications as a government leader.

I'm certain they can find 10 conservative talkers who will do a scripted interview with Palin. Last time I checked, Chavez, Puttin, Castro, etc were not conservative talk show host. Dealing with the economic, political, and military issues with China, Iran, North Korea, Russia will not be a scripted event.

What Palin doesn't understand is if she didn't give the Media the AMMO from her actions or words, they couldn't say anything. It's not bad press, it's just the PRESS. What you say is BAD, and things you have done are bad.

People have forgot about Troopergate, they are still laughing at the Couric interview.

I"ve watched it 5 times and I still don't know what she was saying, then you come back with McANCIENT on the third swing and he's answering the questions for you?

McCain has neutered his running mate.

Sure! Subject her ONLY to people who make no bones about being pro-McCain, rather than real journalists. That will help the American public learn where she really stands. NOT! another desperate McCain ploy.

This is a pathetic attempt to save this campaign by McCain in my view talking primarily to conservative radio hosts only shows they are afraid to put her up against someone with differing views. However, I still believe she is ready to be president should the need arise, I mean who in this world has differing views from us? I don't know...Maybe Putin and his head! This woman is an insult to the American electorate.

hmmmmm.......so she's just going to play in the sand boxes of people that like her..........what happens when Putin comes calling, or there is another Katrina, or parents of mentally challenged kids want to know why there is no money to help them

sounds like they are saying we are just going to keep Sarah in the kiddie pool with waves she can handle

Yeah, put her in a friendly setting with conservative hosts. Avoid the tough questions like, "What magazines do you read?"

She's a lovely person, and so is my grandmother. I wouldn't vote for my grandmother to be the VP, and I won't vote for a ticket with Sarah.

In this financial climate, I may be losing my money, but I'm not losing my mind.

Obama/Biden 08

If she looks like a ditz, talks likes a ditz, and walks like a ditz, she's probably a ditz. Once a ditz always a ditz.

Why have her talk to the public via MSM, when you can use your talk show hosts to do fluff pieces with her. No need to let the country ask her any real questions or investigate who she is.

Good strategy

Too late! The THREE interviews she's had to this point, most notably, the DEBACLE of the Katie Couric interview(s) have told the American people everything we need to know about this woman. Katie Couric has done America a FAVOR in revealing this woman and the truly LIMITED grasp she has on reality in general and the American condition in particular. The final nail in the McPalin coffin will be hammered home in tomorrow night's debate with Biden.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08 & '12 YES WE CAN!!

This shows the VP selection process was in a rush, and McCain did not know who she is. We all make fun of her, but we have to remember it was McCain who chose her. And it was McCain who made her to do things she is not good at. It was McCain who treated with disrespect and sexism.

Epiphany! Public servants must talk to the public! Better late than never, I guess....

She is not being judged on sound bites. The ones who are the most critical of her have seen all the interviews in full. And even it he wants to characterize them as sound bites, its not one or two. Try 6, 7 or even more.

I am outraged that the McCain camp feels Sarah cannot answer questions posed by a black woman in the debate. It is not like she would be asked questions about "troopergate," "abuse of power gate," "first dude gate," "bridge to nowhere gate," and "earmark gate."

Using the same logic, even though he won the debate, Obama could have done so much better if his debate had been moderated by a black. Pardon me while I throw up. Step down McCain and go back to AZ while 42% of the people think you have redeemable qualities..

Roughly translated: She'll be in more non-answer-friendly interviews that push her style over her substance. Ugh.

Folks, forget the "gotcha" question nonsense. Not being able to name a single newspaper you read or a major policy of your own running mate...those are not "gotcha" questions. Those should be fairly easy to answer questions.

I'd rather see a candidate say up front they don't have the answer than try to BS their way through only to throw a fit when the BS didn't fly.

It's nice to see journalists insist on a straight answer for a change. Frankly, I wish it happened more often.

So basically let treat sarah like a delicate flower and only give her interviews with friendly crowds where they will continue to ask her soft ball questions. Palin won't be scripted but the interviewer will be and palin will most definatly know ahead of time what the questins will be...pahlease!! i don't need a delicate flower as VP

I thinks it is a little too late. I am really tired of the whole Palin stunt, and yes it was a stunt. Why would we want someone in the White house who claims to be JOE 6 Pack. I will drink a beer or two but I think a leader is one who needs to be sober and not drunk.

Sure, she's a good Mom,but that doesn't make her qualified for the V.P. slot.

Hell, given a fancy camera and a skilled producer, America could become enamored with my life story and I am definitely not qualified to be V.P.!

Scripted "journalism" such as this is not news; it is simply a fictional story based loosely on facts

Ahhhhh.... the Conservative Interviewer REEEEAAAALLLY slowed the pitches down.

"Here comes the pitch Sarah. It is about your Family, you gotta hit it outta the park! Good job Priincess! Woo Hoo!"

"PALIN CAMPAIGN" .... Dr. Freud ?

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That's right–anyone can do an interview showcasing her own personal history. If you take her away from discussing the issues, of COURSE she will shine. But that won't tell us what we really want to know–DOES SHE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUES, AND WHERE DOES SHE STAND???

Katie Couric obviously knows more about foreign policy and Palin does, so I think the solution for McCain is obvious: Get Palin to step down for personal reasons, and ask Katie Couric to take her place!!!

RIGHT, let her talk to people that give her the ANSWER so she does not have to think of one herself. Why not give her her own Radio Program so she can just talk away about any old thing thta pops into her MIND?

SHE IS INCOMPETENT LIKE MCCAIN. AS THOSE REPUBS WOULD SAY WAKE UP AMERICA. IF YOU VOTE FOR MCCAIN/PALIN YOUR STANDARDS ARE VERY LOW.

OBAMA........08

Yes, by all means let's put her in a comfortable setting and let her be herself. The public has no right to expect her to be able to answer any questions on the spot, not even what magazines that she reads. Those types of questions might make her uncomfortable. Heaven forbid that anybody asks or dares to press her on the important issues of this election!

Independent Woman for Obama/Biden!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They need to have her do more interviews. They need to let her talk and with her own voice.

I'm not interested in soft interviews though. I want her to be asked the tough questions just like all the other candidates get. But let the media and the voters have access to her to ask questions and then let her answer in her own voice. She can do it or she cannot, but we the voters need to hear her since she is running for office.

Today, McCain stated on NPR that he consults Palin on foreign policy issues. This is the person whose purported expertise comes from (a) the proximity of part of Alaska to part of Russia, even though she has never been to that part of Alaska; and (b) some work with domestic energy issues.

Friendlier interviews? If she can't handle Katie Couric how is she supposed to handle Putin and the other "Evil Doers" that Bush warned us about? This woman is probably a good Governor and a great mom but hasn't the last eight years taught us that picking the smarter candidate would be best thing for all of us?

The people has already measured her and they do not approve of her. The diaproval is also from her own bubble, how about that hen?

No more repubs this year.

Landslide Obama/Biden 08/12.

I fail to understand the hatred of this lady...
Although there are reasons to ask about experience issues I just don't get the attacking...

The era of new politics is sure a let down... when you consider both sides claimed to be NEW... or CHANGE... or whatever...

Sad... this election isn't about who is best... just who you hate

Good luck America...

She gets more media coverage than Obama. Thats because he is nothing in ratings compared to what she gets. Keep up the good work knocking her it will make her a stronger candidate in November.

Shouldn't there be higher expectations for a person who has a degree in journalism when talking to the media?
I hope our memories are not so short to forget everything that preceded a friendly radio interview. She lacks ability at this point in time, and her history fails to coincide with the McCain platform. We have seen nothing but back-peddling, lies, and spin since the Republican convention. Where is the accountability? Why are we so accepting?

""the adviser, who argued that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.""

Oh Give me a Break! the nano-second that Obama or Biden has said something these same advisers didn't agree with, they were flinging the mud with the best of them.

If Palin cannot standing up to the scrutiny of the average politician on the national stage, she should drop out. And no, I'm not being mean or sexist or part of a pack of wolfs....I'm being realistic.

When OJ drove around LA in his white bronco most of us average citizens said...dang, if that were me, the police would have pulled me over and dragged my behind to jail.

The same is true about Palin...if it were me, I would be laughed off the political stage..and I would not say that people were being "mean" to me just 'cause I'm a "girl." My 11 yr old niece doesn't even say dumb things like that any more.

It still won't work. We already know who the real Palin is. She doesn't have a clue!!!!

If she can't have high profile interviews, what good is she? Someone should tell her that the job she's interviewing for IS HIGH PROFILE.

Obama/Biden
More than ever!

No matter how much lipstick u put on a pig, a pig is still a pig.

Why should she talk about where she stands on issues when she can talk about fluff?

If the Republicans think we will fall for them "dumbing down" her interviews they are wrong.

can you believe the CRYBABIES?

Grow a spine Republicans. You never mention that Senator Obama did interview with your boy "Pappa Bear"..... Now God forbid that anyone ask your candidates any tough questions like, "what do you read".

You are a disgrace to this country.

Well gee...Faux news will be next.
too little...too late!
Someone running for any public office who won;t do interviews, and answers no questions, should NOT be voted into ofiice. Especially a heart beat away from the Presidency!!!!
If she is as EXPERIENCED as McCain says...then why the black out? And now they will pick and choose...leaving out the FREE PRESS??? Unbelievable!
Why is the McCain campaign BANNING our free press? That is totally UNAMERICAN!! UNPATRIOTIC and ANTI-DEMOCRATIC!!
If he can do this when running for the office..WHAT WOULD HE HIDE FROM AMERICANS IF HE GETS INTO OFFICE???
Would he BAN JOURNALISTS from the White house?
Who would be MUZZLED THEN???

IT SMELLS LIKE RUSSIA!!!

Oops...did I mention I live in Montana and went to Canada most Sunday's as a child to eat Chinese food, being we only lived 40 minutes away..must make me a foreign expert....

This whole thing with her being the VP candidate remains a really bad joke to me. Sometimes I find myself thinking what if in November and we wake up and these two jokes are President and VP. My heart start jumping and pumping like mad and I move into a state of panic. I have to calm myself down and tell myself it won't happen, we're smart enough to let this not happen. But then – we also allowed Bush to ruin our country for the last 8 years....
With the political choices that have been made especially over the last 8 years, the Republican party actively promoted extremism among their voters. Now, this fraction of the party will vote Republican NO MATTER what McCain/Palin do, or don't do.

Let Sarah talk, answering questions is too hard. It is hard work being VP too.

damage has already been done so do us all a favour and go hid yourself your screechy voice and your old grandpa, McSame

It is surely humiliating to Palin to be protected from real questions. I watched some interviewer on Fox (it's hard to tell one from another) loft puffballs at Palin in an interview. He basically stated the question, stated the correct answer, and asked Palin if she agreed with him. It reminded me of a softball game for the blind, in which the pitcher's objective is to help the batter make contact with the ball.

My take on her is that she suffers from the same delusional mind-set as G. W. Bush, namely that her "intuition" or "gut" will guide her to the correct decision. She imagines that knowledge about the subject is just unnecessary baggage that less gifted minds must use. My impression is that she knows very little about Alaska and it's government.

McCain and Palin will be toast after tomorrow evening's implosion.

You Obamabots are quite a sick bunch. Never an intelligent word typed in these blogs.

Sticks and stones children, Sticks and stones.

You act like a bunch of crazed zombies following your leader, not looking at issues, just throwing stones. Most of you would fit right in with those muslim terrorists we see in the streets spewing anti American garbage. You make fun of Sarah Palin, yet look at the idiotic crap you write here. I have seen 5 year olds speak more inteligently than you.

WHAT A SHAME

Dearest Sarah,
Were you part of the ring wing crowd that called Hillary a B_i_c_????
From what I have seen and heard, you have NOT been attacked yet. Ohhhhh nooooooo, far from it.....

How does it feel so far??????

More later, Sweetie,
Real Christian

THE ISSUES FACING AMERICA IS GIGANTIC AND WHILE GOV. PALIN MAY BE GREAT FOR ALASKA, SHE LACKS THE SOPHISTICATION FOR A TRULY GLOBAL CHALLENGE

It took critisism from her own party for her now to come out hey cnn does that mean she just might come on your network

The problem is she keeps underlining that she doesn't have what it takes to be the VP. How can someone who can't come up with the name of a magazine or newspaper that she reads, deal with Putin? Ooops I'll get back to you on that? It's not that her experience as Governor isn't enough, it's that her life experience isn't enough. Not enough education, not enough curiosity to find stuff out, not a broad view of the US and world (even if you disagree with it – at least know it's out there) We've figured out that she doesn't have these attributes – no amount of conservative friendly interviews can change the last few very revealing weeks. Only already convinced Republicans will be won over by the interviews. Even if she does well in tomorrow's debate, it will be a result of some serious cramming, not because she understood the subject two weeks ago.

The only thing palin is good at besides lying is being a sarcastic, vindictive, clueless liar.
mccain/palin=pathological liars!

So... when she is Vice-President, we will make sure she only deals with friendly audiences and comfortable situations?! I swear, the silliness surrounding this person just grows and grows. Why don't the Republicans just pin an "Incompetent" sign on her chest and sit her on her front porch in Alaska until the campaign is over. To paraphrase the old political axiom: If you can't stand the heat, don't go into the kitchen. For all Dick Cheney's faults, he was never afraid or incapable to stand in front of an unfriendly audience. This Palin person has got to be the biggest political joke of the century; hopefully, the joke won’t ultimately be on us, the American people.

Yeah, because that 's representative of VP real life.

Exactly, as VP, she will only have to deal with situations where she is comfortable and unchallenged.

See, me though, I'm a little different, from my VP- I prefer someone who meets a challenge rather than shirks it; someone who is prepared to face the difficult situations, as well as the no-brainers; someone who is actually able to 'get going' when the 'going gets tough'; someone who is, apparently, NOT Sarah Palin

Obama/Biden '08

You know, the media should just stop asking her stuff and everything would be fine. I mean it's not like we need to find out answers from our future leaders, right?

Sarah Palin will answer everyone's questions. Just as soon as they stop asking.

The Thursday debate should be good. Between her gaffes and counting how many times Biden says the word "look," it should be very interesting.

Let's say McCain does not win. Is there some way that we can keep Sarah around, just for laughs? How about her in a nice sitcom? On Fox. Yeah!

right... place Palin in a sympathetic environment that gives her allowances for not knowing what she is talking about.... sounds like a good strategy.

Sorry, Republicans, all politicians must face due scrutiny by mainstream reporters - if they want their positions, values, and personalities to be known to the American public.

You can run, but you can't hide... (as you have seen, hiding Palin from the mainstream media – and then introducing her to Katie Couric interviews didn't go over too well....)

Send her back to Alaska

Too Little Too Late... The GOP are a bunch of clowns. Oh well, free comedy for me. Hahaha!!!

The media should ignore McCain and Palin and then see what type of response they get.

So, she's now going to be doing more interviews where the setting and questions can be more carefully managed by the McCain campaign. A leash is a leash by anything other name. Priceless!

lets hope she actually answers a question and just not BS her way around not answering. Of course, that is what she is going to do. She knows nothing about the issues. Hey. maybe she would be a great vp! NOT!

Guess they're planning on Palin playing the "mindless optimist" card very strongly for the balance of the campaign....

Yes let her sit on Meet the Press, on Larry King LIVE, and we'll know you mean your words. If you start by sending her visit conservative radio hosts, .... that's not change my friends!

Well that will still not make her ready to be Vice President!

That's it, dupe the American Public into thinking that Sarah Palin is really prepared to be Vice President by limiting her media interviews to ultra right talk shows and shielding her from the mainstream media.

A great personality does not replace the worldly insight and perspective required to handle the VP job.

Do her republican handlers really think the public is really that gullable and stupid?!?

Well, this was either going to bite McCain in the rump or turn out to be a shrewd move. Time will tell. Both candidates made some weird picks for VP. Palin.....what!?!? Biden, um a career criminal. Ol' Joe like him some predatory lenders from his home state. Keep the $ flowing to him. And to his son (Hunter). Add to it that Hunter put a hit job on someones reputation to help Obama out and get his dad the VP slot.

I heard about this. Not sure it will work. It is the debate that will matter for Palin now. Although, her favorability is so low, she is reaching Bush like numbers. Still, that is not the real problem for McCain. No one has faith that the Bush/Republican Administration will tell us the truth. And since we can’t see the books, we don't know the true state of these financial institutions, except for what we are told. One thing is clear. However, Obama seems to have more creditability then McCain on being able to work with congress to get this country back on the right track. The more Democrats we elect to congress, the better chances for work getting done in 2008 alongside a president Obama. It is the only way to ensure that we suffer no more congressional Gridlocks. It will also give us a government we can have faith in. All we can do now is vote Democratic for change in this election.

Wow, I was looking for a debate! Not just two more stump speeches. I want to see both VP candidates under a bit of duress, and see how they operate. I want to see how they hold up under the pressure of answering questions, and defending their answers. Last Friday, the moderator tried to get the two gentlemen to debate "each other"! And Barack tried several times. But McCain wouldn't even look at Obama, even when they shook hands. I hope I am not disappointed tomorrow evening! America deserves more from tomorrow night than just sound bites from stump speeches.

Enough already. Ms. Palin is clearly out of her league and her inability to hold her own in interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric should frighten all of us. If Ms. Palin ever (heaven forbid) became President Palin, it won't be enough that she can have a friendly chat with Rush Limbaugh. Her lack of knowledge about books, magazines, the US Supreme Court, the economy, Russia, Iraq (shall I continue?) is dangerous. She should be fully exposed – and cross examined – just like any other candidate. While I hope that Thursday's debate does just this, I believe that she should at least be subject to the harsh public spotlight which allows voters to vet the candidates. If she can't handle it, that's an answer right there.

Does Obama believe we have 57 states?
Does he support ACORN and thus enpowering
people who don't want work or earn an education is
helpful to this country moving forward?

And he's not stupid?

I wonder if a McCain presidency would mean a shift in strategy every five minutes, say, in the middle of a war with Russia. We're going to bomb them! But don't tell them about it! Wait, tell them! Blame the media for the war! Wait don't bomb them! Lets try diplomacy! No, unilateralism!

Wait, I forgot my meds!

A PRESIDENT or VICE-PRESIDENT of the greatest country in the WORLD should be able to face any type of situation. I want to see her on some tough shows! How DARE you run to be OUR vice-president but only do interviews that suit YOUR political interests.

WOMEN AGAINST PALIN!

So what the McCain campaign is saying is that Palin can't handle msm so their going to put her in more "comfortable" places so she can shine??? Are they serious??? So when and god forbid if she gets elected, the leaders of Russia, Iran, China and N. Korea are going to make her comfortable when they talk to her??? Seriously???

They're actually going to let her out of her cage? Wow. What a joke this woman is, but not as poor as McLame's judgment was in picking her in the first place.

Tina Fey will be foaming at the mouth as she should have lots of new material to work with.

Just say NO to Bush 44 and Caribou Barbie.

If she isn't ready to be vetted by the public or press how is she ready to be VP.

So now they want to let the pitbull with lipstick loose.

I'm confused. If Sarah Palin connects so well with the public, then why has she been protected from the media for the last month?

Or, does the McCain think that not knowing what newspapers one reads will help connect with the American people?

Please, Americans, prove you are smarter than this!

Obama/Biden '08

Wow...an interview with Hugh Hewitt. That must have been a really tough one to study up on.

Let's see...Hannity and Hewitt she sounds fine....Gibson and Couric she sounds terrible.

She's got a great story and is a successful person, but let's face it...she's clearly out of her league.

She would make a good Jo Anne Dirt. Now git ta debat'n.
THINKS BUT NO THINKS

Who cares about folksiness when it comes to the presidency?

I don't want a "Joe-six pack American" as president or vice-president unless the individual is educated, calm, involved, thoughtful, willing to listen and act accordingly when it is required, well-versed in the issues he/she will be facing, honest, open-minded, and logical.

If a candidate specializes in canned speeches and feeds on peoples' emotions rather than their common sense, and prattles like a parrot regurgitating a bunch of buzz-words that have recently been inserted into its brain, forget it. That means you, Sarah Palin.

I won't vote for Sarah Palin, and I won't give the keys to my car to my nine year old.

Obama/Biden 08

EVERY TIME PALIN OPENS HER MOUTH SHE SETS WOMEN BACK 100 YEARS.

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE TOWARDS MCCAIN FOR TREATING EVERY WOMAN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS IF THEY HAD NO ITELLIGENCE OR ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. HE IS COUNTING ON WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA JUST TO DRINK THE KOOL-AID AND DO AS THEY ARE TOLD.

I believe she should excuse herself from moderating the debate; regardless of the outcome it will have the appearance of bias. She should have known better.

Couric is a lightweight. If Palin can't handle that, how is she gonna handle the VP job? Is she only going to meet with friendly people while she is VP?

TRAIN WRECK!
TRAIN WRECK!
TRAIN WRECK!
TRAIN WRECK!

move along, people. Stop staring!

Please we talking about VP for USA.
Or may be we are not?
if she can not handle the media and feel comfortable with how will she handle the world

God forbid we, the public, get to see her in challenging situations. I mean, as VP, and possibly President, she'll never have to face a difficult environment on a complicated topic. If right-wing talk radio is the hardest interview she's going to have between Friday and the election, we, the American public, are right to wonder who the heck is this woman and why does she deserve our vote? So far, I've seen as much Tina-Fey-as-Palin as I've seen of Palin herself, and that's not inspiring my confidence.

So getting asked a question about what you read is scripted? Oh, lets see...Time, Kiplingers, Newsweek, Money, The Economist, The Wall Street Journel, my local paper all come to mind quite quickly since they sit by my favorite chair!

Having the questions beforehand is not? First Dude isn't there to feed her the answers when she's asked point blank....what a disgrace to our country and to women in general!

Maybe we would be better off with Tina Fey instead.

please let her do more interviews then the americans can realize, what she is really made of "nothing"

America voted for the person they'd most like to have a beer with – twice. And look where it got us. I can't be certain, but I somehow don't think we'll fall for it again.

Yes, folksiness is definitely what our country's leadership has been lacking these last eight years. Who needs sound foreign, economic or energy policies when you have folksiness? God help us if the McCain-Palin ticket wins.

whatever. she aint good enough.

I'll have a beer with Sarah anyday, but I won't vote for her or McCain. My vote is too precious, and I love this country too much.

Obama/Biden 08

Unfortunately...or should I say fortunately...the rabbit is already out of the hat. Its a bit late because everyone by now already knows that she's not quite ready to be the V.P.

She needs fewer hard questions like: "What periodicals do you read?" and more easy questions like: "What is your cat's name?". "Do you believe America is the greatest country on earth?" and "If you were vice president, would you help bring common sense to Washingon?"

Yes, these are the hard hitting questions she'll be getting from now on – instead of the gotcha politics of "What magazines do you enjoy?"

Pathetic.

DV

She connects as long as the republicans limit the debate set up and response time and they keep her out of the public media and control who can ask her what. I don't care how "folksie" she is, can she run the country if McCain isn't able to (oh, well actually McCain isn't able to right now, but that's another story).

The polls and the main TV stations are very biased towards DEM, they are trying to help Obama wins. But I can tell you, because of that as an independent I will vote for McCain. This country needs a check and balance. President REP and DEM Congress, if not it will be a one sided policy, that is not good for the Country. Polls does not means anything, results do. I can see alot of numbers hidden behind those polls!!

uh I never liked her. I don't expect her to have experience, but expect her to have knowledge on the issues which she liked. I refuse to dumb down the process of the vp to satisfiy people who wants someone like them in office. I want smart people in office not someone who is not familiar with the issues. Gender has nothing to do with it and it is a lame excuse to justify Palin's lack of knowledge on the issues. Second, I don't think Palin is joe six pack when her annual income is $250,000 a year, has a small plane and businesses. I don't think the average joe can relate to a half a million income.

Put her in places where she will shine???

Sounds like DRAMA... is this a Play?? Is it gonna be on Broadway??

Doesnt sound "real" or "the average American joe six-pack"

Sounds like a show to be put on. Guess because the real thing scares us too much???

LOL LOL LOL LOL

ok, so she can't handle the mainstream network interviews, so their strategy is to put her only in "friendly" interviews? How pathetic is that?

"it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites"

... what else do we have?

This sounds basically like giving me a Math test and letting me talk about my favorite cartoon i watch daily and then giving me an A for it.

Please...

People connected with her based on a script. If she is on the radio, she can have cue cards in front of her – WHICH IS A SCRIPT. Unscripted, she's a nightmare. Go Joe, we're counting on you!

What about McCain interviewing her ? Or her husband ? Or her parents ? That would be a "comfortable" setting ! The woman is a shame and they can try what they want, this is a fact.

Apparently it doesn't take a lot to govern Alaska. I think we should look into some oversight for that state.

well isnt that special. I guess she should also get to decide what she likes when dealing with foreign countries and their leaders. Oh yes I forgot she hasnt been anywhere and considers a stop over a trip to a foreign country. And of course she can see Russia from Alaska. And Palin we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it aint a republican.

The thing I don't like about Sarah Palin is her snarky way of making fun of people. Like the community organizer comment at the convention and the stupid comment about Biden's age when McCain was standing right there and is OLDER than Biden. She needs to grow up. McCain does not do that, Biden does not do that, Obama does not do that and Hillary didn't do that. She is like a cocky female Rudy Giuliani.

Don't know anything about Hewitt but I'm sure the qeustions were not of any real consequence....."Sarah, what is your favorite color?" "what kind of ammo do you use when you shoot moose?"

Please America send this moron back to the tundra.

This strategy will only work with the conservative base, who love Palin already. Featuring her "folksy" life story on conservative talk radio while she utterly flops in every other setting will not swing moderates or independents.

The utter comtempt which the right wing looks at the American public is amazing.
Palin is simply not ready to be a "heartbeat" away from control of our nuclear arsenal.
The presidency is not a series of well-scripted softball questions.

which means they will only have her interviewed by FOX & all other right wingnuts!
plus...Access hollywood.entertainment tonight.
so what about cnn or nbc or any of the newspapers wsj.times.washpost.
This election is not a poularity contest-she is not running for high school prom queen...why is there such a double standard for her-we are expected to have high expectations for our leaders-why are we dumbing down the VP ticket for her?

I don't want folksiness. Folksiness won't run a country. There are milliions of good, folksy people in this country who are completely unequipped to run the country. Palin is among them. She's a very nice woman, but she's in well over her head. No amount of McCain campaign spinning will change that. We have seen her at her best, and it isn't very good.

You don't need to change your strategy, Palin. The media feels a sense of entitlement - especially the liberal media - and believe that you owe them something. You don't owe them anything. You don't have to talk to the media, the only people that you have to address are the voting public.

I would be nervous if she were a cabinet secretary, let alone the vice president. She's a disaster waiting to happen, and I think we need to be smart in November.

Tell Sarah, thanks but no thanks.

One or two sound bites? Holy moly! Is an entirely botched interview considered a sound bite these days? Palin makes Bush sound like Winston Churchill for God's sake. Her last interview could only be described as "word salad" Ya Know!

OMG...so let me put this into REAL words, you know, the folksy one's that are so appealing about Palin:

"She really sucks in most interviews, especially the ones that don't cater to her incompetence. We've found her to be completely out of her league when faced answering voters and media alike. We know those are critical attributes for the VP nominee. So we are going to make a mochery of politics and insult the intelligence of the american people by hiding this inept creature we call our VP nominee. And we are quite certain that the only people that will fall for this crap are the conservatives, hence we have labeled them our target audience."

She'll be talking to James Dobson – YAWN! Let's see her go on The View. They'll have a field day with her.

I don't think "folksy" is the characteristic one needs when dealing with foreign leaders.

How about looking for someone with intelligence? What an insult to the American public.

Here is what I do not understand, Joe Biden has made far more mistakes and some of which are far worse than Mrs. Palin. (Not opinion, fact)

So why is everyone all up in arms and saying very hurtful things about Palin and ignoring his problems?

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid.

The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a 'Post Turtle'."

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'Post Turtle' was.

The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'Post Turtle'."

The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she don't belong up there, she don't know what to do while she's up there, and you just wonder what kind of dummy put her up there to begin with."

They finally got the old Bush people off her back and now we will hear from HER....about time.

Imagine if the author of the book "Sarah" moderated the next presidential debate.
BO supporters would be crying foul.
Media bias is sickening.

Hope Gwen at least asks Jos Biden about his scary helicopter downings in the Middle East.....or about his plagiarism.....or about his ties with MBNA.....or his son's lobbying work......

Hey CNN, since you felt the need to fly a correspondent all the way to the meritime border of Russia and Alaska, do you think you might send ONE reporter to cover the miserable conditions of the neighborhoods in the South Side of Chicago that Obama helped out...give us a report on the crime rates and high school drop out rates????? HMMMM??????

CNN – ALL BIAS, ALL BULL....

Since mainstream media gave the Rev. Wright so much airplay, I think that it's FAIR and BALANCED that Sarah's apocalyptic witch-hunting minister be given EQUAL TIME!

This woman has more courage and more in common with Americans than any left-leaning liberal who attended Harvard as an affirmative action beneficiary.

I will be glad when this election is over. I can't wait to turn on cable and not see and hear this idiot. She needs to return to Alasks face the music there and blend back into the snow. One can onl;y hope she finds she and Todd in the wilderness with wolves close at hand.

Now, if only she could 'showcase' her knowledge of the subject at hand.

So, I guess now she'll be treated by FauxNews in the manner to which she is accustomed. Talking points that rip into the opposition only.

This a want to see. This should put the Rep's in the drain for sure.

She can connect all she want, that's not what we are looking for. Palin may understand what the average American is going through but what answers does she have to helping such people. Everyone has an opinion about many issues that are facing Americans but we need answers to those problems. What are her answers to the American problems?

She is selling crazy, but America is all stocked up on that right now. Look at her running mate John McCain, 2 crazy people on one ticket won't sell. Heck I don't know why 40% of america is buying these 2 nut jobs.

Do the right thing america, Vote for the Dems

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Speaking of interviews ...

Hey… where is First Dude Todd Palin?

He takes an active rold in co-governing Alaska with his wife, and spearheaded the drive to fire the Alaskan State Trooper, et. al.

Why is he not speaking at campaign rallys, or out on his own campaigning?

What are they hiding?

Jill Biden, Michelle Obama & Cindy McCain are all very active with interviews and campaign appearences. Chelsea Clinton did a great job for Hillary.

Are they afraid to let the man speak?

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Why waste her time. She will screw that up as well. Don't you people get it....She just ain't got it. Send her back home.

COURIC OPRAH AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SNUBBED HER WILL BE BEGGING FOR THE FIRST FEMALE VP TO COME ON THEIR SHOWS AFTER NOVEMBER 5TH.

TOO BAD!

The horse is already out of the barn, and no amount of folksy charm will disguise the fact that Sarah does not have the qualifications to be vice president or president.

Obama/Biden 08

Everyday we interview people who come with fake resumes. Their aim is just to get the job and then learn and do well.

If you are good it comes out in your 1st, 2nd, 3rd interview. If you are full of crap and go to a remote place in the country and then some jokers will teach you whole US History and you want us to believe.

Thank you Alaska for producing a gem.

For a lot of common folks Sarah Palin has been exciting while it lasts. When the time comes to make real decision the American people know what to do, they won't be fooled this time.

In other words a desperate attemt by the republicans to keep her hidden and away from the national media's tough questions.

Wake up America, we are once again being given no credit for having any intelligence at all by the republicans. Demand that Palin talk about the issues and whre she stands. No more of this talking around teh qeustion by repeating herself over and over again while saying NOTHING intelligent or coherent.

So when she flubs a conservative interview, who do we blame then? Her answers weren't so great with Sean Hannity, and that was an infomercial.

Yes, send her back to the minor league. She certainly isn't major league material. Pretty pathetic strategy. Can't people see through this?

It is not rational to expect to get any more out of a pig than a grunt and putting lipstick on a pig doesn't take away from the fact Palin is just what she is and nothing more.

In other words, we want to give her more of an opportunity to give America a better snow job. Keep the snow in Alaska, we've had enough.

Obama/Biden 08

how is the blockade of Troopergate information coming?

All questions related to Alaskan politics (calls made to Alaska) are now routed through the McCain campaign.

when will Palin allow an actual press conference???

Has there EVER been a vice presidential candidate who (more than 5 weeks in) HAS NOT done a press conference?

ummmm so we won't learn anything about her than truly matters....u know like the issues....

i don't care about how many moose sandwiches she eats per day...the woman couldnt even say what paper she reads...i.e she doesn't read...no suprise.

Let the "first dude" interview her.

COVER UP HER FLAWS WHEN SHE OPENS HER MOUTH BUT HEY SHE'S THE BARRACUDA-–ATTACK

This is probably one of the few times where we've had much more than sound bites to base our opinions. The lady has NO clue. Apparently she protected us from Russia, although no one else knows of this for some reason.

Both parties knew about this book before agreeing to the terms of the debate. Unless the Republicans didn't do their research the same way they didnt vet Palin and are now blaming the media as they have long done. Tell me which journalist that's not for McCain or Obama except in this case she wrote a book that is not necessarily about Obama but mentioned him in her book. The Republicans always ill find an excuse to blame someone for their mess.