Palin unavailable for the next two weeks - UPDATE - ABC interview this week

Sarah Palin will spend the next two weeks in Alaska, unavailable to the press.

if she's qualified to be VP, knows her stuff, is ready to "take on Washington" - why can't she answer any questions?

Andrew Sullivan (of whom i'm not a huge fan) has a thought or two about it, and i agree:

http://andrewsullivan.the...for-t.html



This is incredible, totally incredible. A vice presidential candidate isn't going to be available to the press for two weeks? Two weeks? In September. We have this total unknown who could be president of the United States next January. And she's in hiding for two weeks. Chris Matthews on this clip says that this is fine. Has he lost his mind? She needs to be in front of the press now. The United States and the world cannot have this total unknown foisted on the presidency without any serious vetting and without any press interaction. This is absolutely third world. Since when is the governor of a state given two weeks in hiding?

The sexism that implies that someone cannot stand up to reporters because she is a woman is appalling. This entire pick, of course, is incredibly sexist, and the handling of her in the last week the most sexist double standard I have ever seen in American politics. Can you imagine Hillary Clinton saying she wasn't going to answer questions for two weeks? Or Margaret Thatcher? Or Kay Bailey Hutchison? Or Elizabeth Dole? And none of these women were ever as close to global power as Sarah Palin now is. This is getting to Manchurian Candidate levels of creepiness. It's deeply sinister and slightly terrifying.

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I bet that way we'll have a 2 week Palin break here too

:crossingfingers:

That's fucking ridiculous! Who do they think they are fooling--they are using the next two weeks to give her a crash course on all the stuff she *should* have known before being nominated. You know, like, foreign policy, US History, what the VP f*cking does.


McCain's whole campaign is becoming more and more of a joke. Too bad the ring wing nutters in middle America are too in denial to see it.

DevotedPuppy said:

That's fucking ridiculous! Who do they think they are fooling--they are using the next two weeks to give her a crash course on all the stuff she *should* have known before being nominated. You know, like, foreign policy, US History, what the VP f*cking does.


McCain's whole campaign is becoming more and more of a joke. Too bad the ring wing nutters in middle America are too in denial to see it.

Wow! Unbelieveable!

Be ready for a repeat of the 2000 election dirty BS...it's about to happen again folks. Why am I not surprised?
[Edited 9/6/08 16:09pm]

http://prince.org/msg/15/286132


BARACK OBAMA, FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!! Get used to it HATERS!!

I think she needs to travel to Iraq.

DevotedPuppy said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Lord, I guess spending a week with her son before he deploys to Iraq is hiding?

IrresistibleB1tch said:

lazycrockett said:

Lord, I guess spending a week with her son before he deploys to Iraq is hiding?

Mathhew Scully: Palin's Speechwriter

Bush speechwriter had crafted the words even before Palin was picked, according to reports. Once Palin was picked,, he tailored the speech to her. Scully worked as a speechwriter for Bush for 5 years, starting in the 2000 campaign. He has also written speeches for Cheney & Dan Quayle.


Is the McCain campaign afraid to let her speak without a script???

Copycat said:

Mathhew Scully: Palin's Speechwriter

Bush speechwriter had crafted the words even before Palin was picked, according to reports. Once Palin was picked,, he tailored the speech to her. Scully worked as a speechwriter for Bush for 5 years, starting in the 2000 campaign. He has also written speeches for Cheney & Dan Quayle.


Is the McCain campaign afraid to let her speak without a script???

HiinEnkelte said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Sarah Palin will spend the next two weeks in Alaska, unavailable to the pre

This is incredible, totally incredible. A vice presidential candidate isn't going to be available to the press for two weeks? Two weeks? In September. We have this total unknown who could be president of the United States next January. And she's in hiding for two weeks. Chris Matthews on this clip says that this is fine. Has he lost his mind? She needs to be in front of the press now. The United States and the world cannot have this total unknown foisted on the presidency without any serious vetting and without any press interaction. This is absolutely third world. Since when is the governor of a state given two weeks in hiding?

The sexism that implies that someone cannot stand up to reporters because she is a woman is appalling. This entire pick, of course, is incredibly sexist, and the handling of her in the last week the most sexist double standard I have ever seen in American politics. Can you imagine Hillary Clinton saying she wasn't going to answer questions for two weeks? Or Margaret Thatcher? Or Kay Bailey Hutchison? Or Elizabeth Dole? And none of these women were ever as close to global power as Sarah Palin now is. This is getting to Manchurian Candidate levels of creepiness. It's deeply sinister and slightly terrifying.

it would seem to me that if mccain selected her or anybody relatively unknown and decided to keep that person locked in a closet for 2 months, then we are all free to vote on that, taking into account our level of trust and familiarity with the candidates involved.

i really don't see how any candidate owes anybody anything. make your choices based on any number of things -- not least if you wish, how they campaigned and how much they opened themselves up to the public and press, and how much you feel like you got to know him or her.


[Edited 9/6/08 18:03pm]

lazycrockett said:

Copycat said:

Mathhew Scully: Palin's Speechwriter

Bush speechwriter had crafted the words even before Palin was picked, according to reports. Once Palin was picked,, he tailored the speech to her. Scully worked as a speechwriter for Bush for 5 years, starting in the 2000 campaign. He has also written speeches for Cheney & Dan Quayle.


Is the McCain campaign afraid to let her speak without a script???

Biden didn't write his VP speech.

It's not surprising. Time Magazine's politics blog had quotes this past week from Alaskan politicians who had heard NOTHING about Palin being up for McCain's VP slot.

The whole thing sounds like a last-minute gamble. I'm sure she's being coached in advance of the debates.

But, I'm equally sure the same is true of Biden, too.

"...and, if it was good in the past, it's still good." -- Sly Stone, Woodstock

lazycrockett said:

Copycat said:

Mathhew Scully: Palin's Speechwriter

Bush speechwriter had crafted the words even before Palin was picked, according to reports. Once Palin was picked,, he tailored the speech to her. Scully worked as a speechwriter for Bush for 5 years, starting in the 2000 campaign. He has also written speeches for Cheney & Dan Quayle.


Is the McCain campaign afraid to let her speak without a script???

Biden didn't write his VP speech.

nevermind.
[Edited 9/6/08 19:47pm]

lazycrockett said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

lazycrockett said:

nevermind.
[Edited 9/6/08 19:47pm]

Mmm hmm! Yeah!!!!

Can you all believe this $hit?

dreamfactory313 said:

lazycrockett said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Mmm hmm! Yeah!!!!

You wish, I thought it deserved its own thread, which you so quickly jumped on.

lazycrockett said:

Lord, I guess spending a week with her son before he deploys to Iraq is hiding?

JellyBean said:

HiinEnkelte said:

it would seem to me that if mccain selected her or anybody relatively unknown and decided to keep that person locked in a closet for 2 months, then we are all free to vote on that, taking into account our level of trust and familiarity with the candidates involved.

i really don't see how any candidate owes anybody anything. make your choices based on any number of things -- not least if you wish, how they campaigned and how much they opened themselves up to the public and press, and how much you feel like you got to know him or her.


[Edited 9/6/08 18:03pm]

Whatever.

Now that I've watched the video, Score for McCain. Prepping her for the debate and the issues, which as smart and fast as she is, will work wonders when she appears before the media.

The left and liberals can bitch and moan bout where is she? but that isn't going to affect middle american when she goes on the TV and "POPS".

Like it or not Barry is being surpassed by a new rising star.

Oh but go ahead and keep the bashing going, its working wonders for Palin's numbers.

She's all hype, no substance. McCain's VP pick is a celebrity.
The irony is overwhelming.

Copycat said:

lazycrockett said: