McCain Campaign Plans To Keep Palin Away From The Press...

[timvwcom]

Credit here (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/mccain-campaign-plans-to-keep-palin-away-from-the-press/);


Yesterday, McCain adviser Nicolle Wallace dismissed the fact that Gov. Sarah Palin has yet to take any questions from the press. “So what?” she scoffed. (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/mccain-adviser-lies-says-palin-told-people-how-theyre-gonna-save-their-homes-last-night/) Today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, campaign strategist Rick Davis suggested Palin might never sit down for an interview if, he said, it’s “in our best interest” to keep her away from the media:


SCARBOROUGH: Yesterday Nicolle Wallace suggested that she was sitting right there and told Jay Carney of Time magazine ‘Sarah Palin doesn’t have to talk to you, she doesn’t’ have to talk to the press.’ … Can we expect Sarah Palin on Meet the Press and other one on one interviews throughout the course of this campaign?

DAVIS: We’re going to do whatever we think is the best to win. We have 60 days left and if we think it’s a good idea to go out there and do those shows, we’ll do them.

SCARBOROUGH: Can you avoid it? Meet the Press?

DAVIS: We can afford anything we want to do. … We’re going to do what we think is in our best interest. If that means access to the press, we’ll give it to you.

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The McCain campaign reportedly told the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder not to expect any one-on-one interviews (http://twitter.com/marcambinder/statuses/910166107) with Palin any time soon. Despite McCain’s pledge of transparency — even proposing a regular President’s question time (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92918928) with Congress modeled after the British version — he has been shutting off press access (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93360080) for months. Yesterday, a Time reporter explained that McCain bizarrely refused to answer (http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1836909,00.html) his questions, “like he’d been body-snatched.” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB4-OC1wbTE)

Davis insisted that “there are no strings attached” to media access to McCain. Yet just this week, McCain abruptly canceled an interview with Larry King as punishment for a tough CNN interview (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/02/mccain-cancel-cnn/) with one of his spokesmen. What’s more, top McCain aide Mark Salter said that “only the good reporters (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/30/straight_talk_express_gets_an.html)” would get the best seats in the new campaign plane. “You have to earn it,” he said.

Davis told MSNBC that Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) “didn’t do a single interview until a week after his nomination,” but the assertion is false. Biden and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) sat for an interview with 60 Minutes “just moments after” Obama left the stage (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/30/60minutes/main4400811.shtml) at the Democratic convention.

[P_McPoser]

Where are the colors?

[timvwcom]

Where are the colors?

They weren't my words... plus I added in all the source links, figured that would be more than enough differentiation? No???

This youtube about the change in McCain from one of those links almost has me scared :eek: for him;

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[Tye 1on]

no colors, no highlights. The New Timmeh...

yeah, the rove-ites are running the show now, full on lockdown message control...

[Cliff Huckable]

This is just the Republicans trying to keep the Democrats and the press focused on Palin and not McCain.

[hutash]

Yet another reason I don't believe McCain is the agent of change he claims to be. If they can't handle a little heat, stay the hell out of the white house Kitchen.

Tucker Bounds got his ass handed to him by Campbell Brown. Her response the following night was great..."It's not my fault he didn't do his homework."

If earning you seat on Air Force One means kneeling to their every whim, then there won't be much press coverage for the next two months, which means they lose the election. They need the sound bites to keep their name before the public.

[hutash]

This is just the Republicans trying to keep the Democrats and the press focused on Palin and not McCain.

I disagree. If they want the focus to be on Falin, let her talk to the press. They will have a field day ripping her to shreds. All the attention will be on her, and the campaign will fail once everybody sees what a mistake she really is. I really want to see her without a telepromter. I want to see her answer questions about banning books, earmarks, stance on "The bridge to nowhere", how god tells her what is right with the Iraqi war and how holy gas pipelines are. If I were McCain, not only would I keep her away from the press, I would keep her away for intelligent life forms.

[gorms]

they will let her talk to the press as soon as she finishes her training classes.

BTW....do politicians (other than the govanator) typical sign autographs---she was doing it last night and it struck me as odd.

[Steven S. Dallas]

She may not be fast on her feet, but she's obviously quick to get on her back.

Seriously, they have to keep her away from open questioning after all the horseshit she spewed the other night in that speech. Or at least until they finish doing their background check.

[basom]

Or at least until they finish doing their background check.


WORST VETTING OF ALL TIME!


seriously. its funny.

[Steven S. Dallas]

WORST VETTING OF ALL TIME!

seriously. its funny.
I know. I don't even want them to uncover horrible stuff about her so that the GOP will lose; I just want the GOP to get fucked for their horribly cynical choice of vice-presidential candidates and overall campaign tactics.

[JoeStrummer]

I'm sure she will follow the pattern of the Bush and McCain preference for heavily stage-managed town hall meetings attended by drones asking rehearsed questions.

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[Toadman]

Well Palin herself said the only difference between her and a pitbull was her lipstick. She still wears a dog collar and a leash like all good pitbulls. Seems like she's a good little bitch and listens to her master.

[Sarah Palin is Tina Fey]

Has anyone considered an underground plot to revive SNL?

[hutash]

Well Palin herself said the only difference between her and a pitbull was her lipstick. She still wears a dog collar and a leash like all good pitbulls. Seems like she's a good little bitch and listens to her master.

I'd spay that bitch just like any other dog I wanted to keep out of the gene pool.

[Jax]

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[cdlv]

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run along honey, i'll be with you once i finish sucking off this old man.

[Jer]

Actually, I'm pretty sure the Dickbag Media is scared of Palin after the events of the past week. Or at least they should be.

You guys did notice how badly they got pwn3d with the whole Babygate Backlash, didn't you?

Librodouches - so clueless right now!

[hutash]

I don't think the media is the least bit intimidated by her, and are just salivating for a crack at her, which is why the McCain camp will keep her a long way form anything other then carefully scripted speaking spots.

The first time she opens her mouth without someone else to put words in it for her, she is done, and McCain loses all the bump he gets out of her. Don't expect anything until the debate, which is already set, so there is nothing they can do about it.

They whole baby was invented by the repubes. They broke then news, and the press reported it, which they should. Because a bunch of interweb yahoos like us had a field day with the hypocrisy of it had little to do with the liberal main stream media.

The media is still picking Falin apart piece by piece by showing just facts, unfortunately most people aren't paying any attention because they are too busy having wet dreams about her.

[Jer]

I don't think the media is the least bit intimidated by her, and are just salivating for a crack at her,

Probably. The media are the biggest bunch of arrogant condescending douchebags there are. I'm sure they don't even realise they were taken to the cleaners (at least in the eyes of the average dumbass American - you know, the one's who actually decide who's the next Pres) big time last week. The next two month are gonna be funny as hell watching all the ultra-smug media elites hang themselves.

Listen - I don't really like Sarah Palin. Or McCain. Or Obama/biden. But I fuckin' hate the DB media. I there's one good thing that comes out of this election, let it be the downfall of the attack dog of DB liberalism.

Who really takes the NYT seriously anymore? Network news? Even the AP? The media will be Obama's downfall. Most Americans just don't like douchebags.

And for those who think I'm an idiot, there's always this (http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131547). Only three takers thusfar...

[timvwcom]

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[P_McPoser]

that second photo in the sequence is awesome!

[RootSkier]

my dick gets more upright than my arm!!! rarrrr!!!!

[David Witherspoon]

"DAVIS: We can afford anything we want to do."

I sooo love the smell of high-handed arrogance in the morning.

'Specially when the republitards jump all over it - coz you know how they so high-mindedly and even-handedly hate that stuff. :the_finge

[L7]

Do the vice president candidates not usually square off in a debate of their own? The democrats should get all over pushing for that event. I might even watch it.

[bklyn]

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Now pay attention honey...

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I taught Bristol when she was about your age...

[timvwcom]

Now pay attention honey...

I taught Bristol when she was about your age...

Nice. :D

[basom]

WORST VETTING OF ALL TIME!


seriously. its funny.

bwa!

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[timvwcom]

bwa!

Thanks, is da funneh!!!

[rideit]

Stay for the Tacos!

[timvwcom]

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Palin Media Avoidance Watch: Day 9 -- McCain Camp Says She Won't Do Interviews Until It Knows She'll Be Treated with "Deference" (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/palin-media-a-2.html)

September 07, 2008 9:41 AM

Rick Davis, campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just told Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace that McCain running mate Gov. Sarah Palin won't subject herself to any tough questions from reporters "until the point in time when she'll be treated with respect and deference."

Davis assailed the way the media had discussed Palin and her family in the last week and said the campaign would wait until a less hostile media environment.

So when will she subject herself to questions?

"When we think it's time and when she feels comfortable doing it," Davis said, praising a Fox News Channel profile of Palin that ran last night.

Why is she scared of answering questions? Wallace asked.

"She's not scared to answer questions," Davis said, "but you know what? We run our campaign not the news media."

Wallace said inappropriate intrusions into Palin's family and personal life aside, there are legitimate questions about whether she is prepared to be vice president.

"Sarah Palin will have the opportinity to speak to the American people," Davis said. "She will do interviews, but she'll do them on the terms and conditions" the campaign decides.

In fairness, an Alaska TV reporter did get to ask Palin a question Thursday, something along the lines of

"Governor, we feel like we're losing you - are you still going to be there for Alaska?"

[hutash]

This is so sad, that it is pathetic. Can you imagine us telling Putin, that she will talk to you when she is ready.

On a good note, it sounded like McCain wants her out there, and she will be soon, possibly even next week on "Meet the Press."

I hope that when she does finally grant an interview, that the press is ruthless. If she can handle an aggressive reporter, how the hell is she going to handle an aggressive congress, or rouge nation?

[smitchell333]

I call bullshit. If she is not ready for tough questions from reporters, then she is not ready to be VP/Presidential understudy.

[hutash]

The GOP is afraid they won't treat her nicely.

[smitchell333]

^^^
Why she might have her feelings hurt and cry?


No of course its b/c she has little if any knowledge or preparation of international or national policy issues.

Although I'm sure they have her on a crash course and are drilling her for hours every day.

[neck beard]

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[doughboyshredder]

Maybe she will thrive in oral diplomacy.

[hutash]

and are drilling her for hours every day.

So that is why those choose a hot running mate.

[timvwcom]

I read they have...




wait for it...





...Joe Lieberman giving her a crash course in...





just a little more...





...International "Relations". Perhaps the suggestions above aren't too far off? :D

[Jer]

The GOP is afraid they won't treat her nicely.

You mean like they treat Obama?


^^^
Why she might have her feelings hurt and cry?


You mean like Hilary Clinton?


Seriously - she's been the Rep VP pick for what now - 11 days?

And you guys are crowing about her not doing any interviews?

[bklyn]

Does anyone else find it interesting that everything she has been saying lately is just rearranged snippets from her RNC speech?

[Cliff Huckable]

Seriously - she's been the Rep VP pick for what now - 11 days?

And you guys are crowing about her not doing any interviews?

No, people are crowing about her not doing any interviews until she is treated with "deference". Did you read the post?*

*I, for one, did not. That's why I started a thread (http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132049) on it.

[lemon boy]

Does anyone else find it interesting that everything she has been saying lately is just rearranged snippets from her RNC speech?


It's her stump speech = SNAFU

[Cliff Huckable]

Does anyone else find it interesting that everything she has been saying lately is just rearranged snippets from her RNC speech?

Have you seen the videos of her speaking at church? She needs a LOT of work. For her to survive the VP debate can't be anything like a real debate.

[Jer]

No, people are crowing about her not doing any interviews until she is treated with "deference". Did you read the post?*


Well, it only took Obama like a year to go on ORielly so maybe a year from now you'll get your wish.



*I, for one, did not. That's why I started a thread (http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132049) on it.

Thanks for clearing that up. Here I thought it was because you're not too bright.

[timvwcom]

Does anyone else find it interesting that everything she has been saying lately is just rearranged snippets from her RNC speech?

She has reportedly yet to be in public and NOT be reading from a teleprompter.

Though, she has already made a goof... so maybe she's trying to break from the script? Though in the you tube clip below it looks like her head is swiveling between 3 teleprompter screens... hard to tell when/where she goes off script, or if maybe this was in her script?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/08/palin-makes-her-first-gaf_n_124792.html

Gov. Sarah Palin made her first potentially major gaffe during her time on the national scene while discussing the developments of the perilous housing market this past weekend.

Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers." The companies, as McClatchy reported, "aren't taxpayer funded but operate as private companies. The takeover may result in a taxpayer bailout during reorganization."

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Economists and analysts pounced on the misstatement, which came before the government had spent funds bailing the two entities out, saying it demonstrated a lack of understanding about one of the key economic issues likely to face the next administration.

"You would like to think that someone who is going to be vice president and conceivable president would know what Fannie and Freddie do," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "These are huge institutions and they are absolutely central to our country's mortgage debt. To not have a clue what they do doesn't speak well for her, I'd say."

Added Andrew Jakabovics, an economic analysts for the progressive think tank, Center for American Progress: "It is somewhat nonsensical because up until yesterday there was sort of no public funding there. Even today they haven't drawn down any of the credit line they have given to Treasury. 'Gotten too big and too expensive' are two separate things. The too big has been a conservative mantra for a while and there is something to be said of that in that they hold about half of the mortgage guarantees that are out there. And in the last year they have been responsible for roughly 80 percent out there. The 'too expensive to tax payers,' I don't know where that comes from."

Even conservative analysts acknowledged that the statement simply did not hold true.

"Heretofore, if the treasury had a balance sheet there would have been a liability but there was never a taxpayer payment before [the bailout]," said Gerald P. O'Driscoll, an economist with the Cato Institute. "[Fannie and Freddie] were not taxpayer funded. They had taxpayer guarantee, which is worth something, especially in the stock market..."

The Palin misstatement comes as Fannie and Freddie are set to be placed under control of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, created by President Bush in late July to help regulate the two housing giants. Both presidential candidates have been critical of Fannie and Freddie but neither is opposed to the government's plans for the companies. The treasury is hoping that the government's role will help stabilize credit markets and incentive more mortgage lending.

"With the takeover they will be taxpayer funded," said O'Driscoll. "As I understand it they get to withdraw funds with permission going forward."

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[Rubicon]

how the hell is she going to handle an aggressive congress, or rouge nation?

Probably better than Barack "I'm sensitive about my ears" Obama will. :wink:


Those pictures are priceless.

[Hutch]

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I'm becoming a big fan of Campbell Brown!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campbell.brown.palin/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

[hutash]

I like the way she doesn't cut people any slack. Sac up and face the news media, or get the hell out of her way.

[timvwcom]

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I'm becoming a big fan of Campbell Brown!

Agreed! This is the 3rd time her name has come up regards standing up to political spin in the last few weeks;

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"FREE SARAH PALIN!!!"

[monkeybones]

Not sure if any of you caught the Palin on CBS with Couric. Basically another deer in the headlights example: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/eveningnews/main4476173.shtml.

[The AD]

"I'll try to find ya some and I'll bring 'em to ya."

That's comedy gold right there.