Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

The single question some journalist needs to ask McCain regarding Palin:

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU
 
GimmeDANEger Donating Member (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 02:39 AM
Original message
The single question some journalist needs to ask McCain regarding Palin:
"When you announced Palin as your VP, did you realize she was under investigation for corruption?"

However he responds, he traps himself.

If he says yes, his judgment is called into question. That's not being a maverick. That's political Russian roulette.

If he says no, he appears inept. If he can't responsibly pick his possible successor, why should we trust him to possibly lead our nation?

McCain: Lacks Judgment or McCain: Inept. I'd wager that both of those words make people think BUSH.

If one person asks this question on camera and he is forced to respond, open-ended, it will be a near-fatal blow to his campaign.

Eh?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 02:42 AM
Response to Original message
1. That is a really great question. Unfortunately, no reporter is going to ask it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GimmeDANEger Donating Member (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 02:53 AM
Response to Reply #1
2. sad but likely true
But someone needs to. It seems almost inevitable, given the chronology of events. If this info was readily available and his campaign didn't stumble across it, it proves them COMPLETELY INEPT. If he did realize it and selected her anyway, it gives Obama a perfect talking point to target McCain's lack of judgment. If the media won't do this, the Obama surrogates have to. They just have to cause enough noise so that McCain has to address it. Make "McCain" and "judgment" into opposites and we'll have an Obama landslide in November.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 03:31 AM
Response to Reply #2
6. You know who this might catch on with. Not MSM, but the comedians.
Really, this is funny stuff. The comics won't turn their back on a punch line gold mine.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Cosmocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 06:59 AM
Response to Reply #1
14. Sorry, they already have a tried and true talking point ...
She has done such a good job as a reformer, she has pissed a lot of people off, therefor this is just another example of a poor republican "being attacked for partisan reasons."

Seen them already use this preemptively.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
jannyk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-02-08 12:31 AM
Response to Reply #1
16. Helen would !- Shame she's still convalescing :( n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 02:56 AM
Response to Original message
3. Could we ever get McCain to be interviewed by KO or Maddow???
if not, that question will never be asked. :(
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Odogg Donating Member (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 03:04 AM
Response to Reply #3
4. That's a great question
Chris Wallace asked him this morning how he could pass over other experienced VP picks since national security is such a huge issue. He said because she is "a soulmate and kindred spirit". I sh*t you not. This has turned into such a joke.

But don't worry, If Obama's campaign staff has taught me anything so far is that they are very very smart, savvy and skilled. They will let the media and surrogates start the cuttin', and then slice Palin and more importantly McCain's judgement and "temperment" into 10 nice little pieces before too long.
McCain is cooked, and I bet his advisors and reality based Repub's are really starting to wake up to it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 06:09 AM
Response to Reply #4
11. Both sides continue to be thrilled with the Palin choice.
To us, she is worthless and McCain now must lose. To the wingnuts, she is Jesus and McCain must now win. Perfect symmetry!

You say "McCain is cooked, and I bet his advisors and reality based Repubs are really starting to wake up to it." I can find that exact same sentence in many posts on FR with "Obama" (or more likely "obwana") and "Dimbats" instead of "McCain" and "Repubs".

Side note to Odogg: You're a smart person. Maybe you could clear up once and for all a typographical mystery that has bothered me for years now. In your post, why did you correctly form the plural of "advisor" by adding an S, but then four words later incorrectly form the plural of "Repub" by adding apostrophe-S? The apostrophe is never used to form a plural, but most writers here and elsewhere seem to use it about half the time in any given paragraph or sentence. Why only some of the time? I simply cannot figure this out. Wouldn't it be always or never? I'm truly sorry to pick on you here, it's nothing personal at all, but I really, really, really don't understand writing in which some plurals use the apostrophe and others don't, given that it is never correct to use it. Please help me out. What gives?

P.S. You can tell me I am petty and whiny and Fascist and all that if you will also please tell me what you think the rule for forming plurals is. Thanks!

(/offtopic_rant)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Odogg Donating Member (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 03:04 AM
Response to Reply #3
5. That's a great question
Chris Wallace asked him this morning how he could pass over other experienced VP picks since national security is such a huge issue. He said because she is "a soulmate and kindred spirit". I sh*t you not. This has turned into such a joke.

But don't worry, If Obama's campaign staff has taught me anything so far is that they are very very smart, savvy and skilled. They will let the media and surrogates start the cuttin', and then slice Palin and more importantly McCain's judgement and "temperment" into 10 nice little pieces before too long.
McCain is cooked, and I bet his advisors and reality based Repub's are really starting to wake up to it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
curious one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 03:32 AM
Response to Original message
7. Don't have too much fate in reporters. We are lucky if they don't try harder to sell her to us.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DemsUnited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 05:43 AM
Response to Original message
8. I agree. An ethics investigation should have been an immediate
disqualifier.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 05:47 AM
Response to Original message
9. His likely answer: "I'll have to check with my people to see what I knew"
and then it will be relegated to forgetful-old-man-syndrome.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 05:49 AM
Response to Reply #9
10. The press will simply brush it off and call it a senior moment
Nothing to see here folks.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Rebellious Republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 06:18 AM
Response to Reply #10
12. Shoudn't that be a "Ronnie" moment ! N/T

:toast:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Discerning Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 06:53 AM
Response to Original message
13. The media hasn't vetted her properly
Not only hasn't she been vetted properly by her party, but by the press either.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 02:59 PM
Response to Original message
15. great question.
Even if he tries to respond by saying he was confident that she would be exonerated, it will still come across as you say... that he selected someone under investigation.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr 30th 2024, 05:47 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC