Can Palin get away with shutting out the press?

I'm wondering how long this charade can continue.

How in the world can a vice presidential candidate refuse to speak directly to the American people
and answer questions?

This is so completely absurd. They're hiding her, obviously, because they know she will make a mistake
and they're aware that she knows nothing about most issues important in this country.

But this is someone that we're supposed to accept as the Vice President of our country, and potentially
the President of the United States?

This is disgusting.

I asked my husband why he thought they were keeping Palin from the press and he very emphatically said, "Because
they want to win!"

Can they possibly get away with a vice presidential candidate that doesn't have the intelligence or the knowledge
to talk with the press or make appearances on the Sunday talk shows?

This was the plan all along, the media will waste its time reporting about he dodging them rather than contrast between issues.

The media is done, and out for the count in this fight now its the ground game, no more mass communicating, its person to person.

Your going to hear that alot, So what, So what, So what.

and it is more powerful than any contrast. The ability to say So what, means there is no enforcement to a rule, no force to comply.

They have made it clear they are going to dodge and attack the media. So what we need the media more than they do and they know it, although that misses our ground game which is the changer.

And popular opinion (and how to deal with it) are very important parts of that. Mocking the McCain campaign (note I said "campaign" not Palin) is the right thing to do. I think it will resonate with moderates and independents that the ticket isn't ready for the prime time, and that they have something to hide.

Which is why the 50 state will really be put to the test.

Run by the 2000 number process, the one that says new registrations dont mean votes, and independents dont out weigh fundies and McCain could win with the ignore strategy.

Its all about whether the Obama ground game is real, I believe it is, I just hope it holds up.

....to say nothing directly about Palin's absence or her lack of transparency and hiding from the press.

All he needs to do is get Joe Biden out there--everywhere! Do high-profile events with Biden taking
questions, asking questions, talking freely with the public---everywhere in this country.

Biden's presence, knowledge, and expertise will automatically draw the distinction between the ineffectual
Sarah Palin that McCain is hiding somewhere on his campaign bus--trying to memorize the world leaders from
index cards that Newt Gingrich made for her.

You can make Palin look bad without saying a word. People will see Joe Biden and hear his vast knowledge
and they'll automatically wonder where Sarah Palin is, and why she's hiding.

If time and schedules allow, it would also be tremendously visually effective (IMHO) to have lots of pictures of Obama and Biden together, because then the pictures of McCain all by himself, which the news programs will have to show in the interest of equal time, will make it even more obvious that Palin is hidden away in a secret location.

Anyone who does think that Palin is chickenshit is already going to vote for Obama, so there's no big deal there. Those who are already going to vote for McCain simply believe she is getting picked on and that the press is out to get her, so her avoiding the press is no big deal to them either.

This race is about Obama and McCain and that is where we should keep the emphasis and not obsess about Palin (did that hurt her view audience for her speech?) because that is what the Republicans would like us to do. Palin is not the most important issue in this campaign.

But it's one the American People have to put down...are you willing to vote for a candidate not willing to talk to you?

They have already offset the damage by saying the media is going to attack them and slur them.

The media is only capable of hurting them if they need it they don't.

The media comes with questions, the TV doesn't, you can say anything you want to the TV no questions asked.

"If she's afraid of Larry King, how can she handle Putin or Ahmedinijad?"


Trust me.. the campaign is on it.

Obama already has. So what. People that don't think Obama is an authority will not think they are breaking rules because there are no rules.

The press can't make her talk to them however, that doesn't bode well for her with thinking people of the US. Swing and Independent voters will begin to wonder why they aren't allowing her out on her own to talk.

is getting a bounce from undecided women voters. Apparently, many Americans don't think much.

Americans not thinking made the elections close enough to steal. I was hoping that the last 8 years would equate to America hitting bottom and wising up, but I'm starting to think many Americans haven't learned a thing. :scared: :-(

approached by a voter in the 1950s. "Governor, you have the vote of every thinking American," she said.

"That's nice," Stevenson replied. "But I need a majority."

"I'll need a lot more than that to win," when a woman told him that every thinking person will vote for him.

to the editor about it if she does...just pound the hell out of it.

If she is such a wiz kid, she doesn't need any down time.

People need to be sitting in front of her house and rotating night and day until she comes out to talk to the press.

I bet she is in hiding.

Chicken Little Sarah

call in to shows can't hurt...ya know roll that snow ball down the snow covered hill and watch it grow.

She just can't. You need to be experienced, or educated, or very intelligent, or extremely well-trained to answer questions from reporters. She is none of these things.

Bush got around it by intense training plus, I believe, an ear-bud.

They don't have time for the training, but they might break out the ear-bud!

undisclosed location the more the media will ask about why she won't make public appearances.

She's made 2 speeches and that's all the American people get to make their decision on? Two speeches?

Sorry but that on't be enough for moderates and independents who will need more than that.

And without an opponent Obama/Biden wont be able to capture as many indys, because the reporting will be about the repubs ditching rather than contrasts

That's what they're doing now.

Has she said anything since being introduced by McCain that was NOT scripted?

So right now, they're giving her the lines to memorize, including about foreign policy.

If a pro athlete doesn't meet with the press after a game, the media flips out. The pro leagues force athletes to meet with the press.

...seems to be leading the charge.

He seems livid about this.

Did you see him on MSNBC yesterday? He's known McCain for years, and he said (yes
this is a direct quote) that right now, McCain "is something right out of the 'Body Snatchers.'"

Carney talked about this petulant attitude toward him during an interview. When Carney
asked McCain softball questions, McCain snapped, "Read my book. It's all in there."

Carney said he looked directly at McCain and said, "Do I know you?"

It's obvious that McCain is pulling this bullshit, "I'm mad at the press and the press is evil"
charade, so he can have a justification for hiding his idiotic veep candidate. She can't answer
questions and they're afraid she'll blow it, so they're feigning outrage at the press to bide
them some time--during which she can memorize a few lines.

Pathetic and disgusting.

Joe Biden will meet with any press member at any time--and he has a vast knowledge of foreign policy, the
economy, national security and other major issues.

Palin--they have to hide. It's revolting and an embarrassment.

I mean they MUST if they keep hiding her from everyone. They're hiding the fact that she's a damned moron and has to cram on all sorts of subjects. She's a mental midget in way above her head. Just dump her back in Wasilly, please, for the good of the nation.

He started this hostility to the press, including that bizarre interview in which he refused to discuss "honor", before picking Palin. He's just completely off his rocker.

We need to BOMBARD every media site and source. We need to remind them that THEY helped to create the war in Iraq because they failed to ask tough questions. Many of them will admitt that. We need to ask them if they have learned from that or are they going to do the same thing over again. When we have a totally inept president palin are they going to say..."my bad, I should have asked more questions".

They have a responsibility to inform the public. They have an opportunity to redeem themselves, and this time DO THE RIGHT THING!

Because she can't withstand the scrutiny!

but today, she can't. Most people think she's been given a fair shake by the press.

...all that press bashing. She'll spurn the press and claim they're a problem.

They will all be nicey nicey in the hope to get her for an "exclusive" softball session.

and she will make her speech and leave with the media singing together about how great she is.

In fact it is a mistake. Stuff will boil around on the blogs and then "spill over" into the MSM. There will be clamoring for Palin to answer the questions raised. "Friendly" journalists will be recruited to ask "puff" questions to make her look good. But she will go off script at some point - it is bound to happen - and the resulting shitstorm will be worse than if she had accomodated the press. OTOH, she cannot "accomodate" the press because truly "the emperor has no clothes."

Rock, meet hard place.

with a fully vetted interview with Charlie Gibson where she gets every question in advance. That's all fine and dandy TS because it'll only work more in our favor when she has to debate Biden next month and gets exposed as being the empty pantsuit she is

she will be dismissed by the Public if it appears she fears being questioned.

anything a repuke does. Committing crimes does not result in even an investigation.

What makes you think she will suffer any consequences for ducking the media?

...stand for this!

Yes, the Republicans will try to get away with hiding their incompetent, incapable candidate.

However, voters will be highly skeptical of a candidate who hides from the media.

I think the Republicans can try to hide her and keep her from the media--but I would HOPE that
the fallout would be more votes for Obama and fewer for McCain.

How in the world could anyone support a VP, who might end up being the President, who doesn't have
the guts or the knowledge to answer questions and talk with the American people without a script
written for you by a Bush speech writer?

I just can't imagine that this would work--if they want to win the election.

She just arrived on the scene.

People want to know more about her. It's not just people like us, who know she's a cream puff
who doesn't know anything. Many are just curious about her and they want to hear what she
has to say. They want to know that she can answer questions and that she has knowledge of
foreign policy, the economy and other important issues.

When she remains hunkered down and hiding---this will not bode well for her.

I agree that the Republicans have tried this before, but never with a vice-presidential candidate who
most people have never heard of before.

This will backfire.

I agree that the Republicans have tried this before, but never with a vice-presidential candidate who
most people have never heard of before.

Theyve done it before twice, and both tickets won

In fact Spiro Agnew was in the same shape going in six years from County Executive to Vice President of the United States

branded the party and in 1988 GHWB was the sitting VP of an enormously popular President with a weak opponent.

the conventions of 1968 and 1972 were used to drag down the Democratic standard bearers repeatedly

This time we have an amazingly capable team and an extremely smart campaign team and a ton of fired up surrogates ready to lead the charge.

past and be ignorant of what has come before.

It reinforces that Palin is a trailer trash lightweight version of Cheney.

Tales of corruption abound, running scared from the press, and an obvious disregard for the common people.

Obama is willing to go to Saddlebrook, Obama is willing to go on O'Reilly.


Dick Palin, I sez.

We still have bush BREAKING LAWS and cant get that enforced, what the hell makes you think political faux pas will have any bite.

Between now and then, they'll hide her away, try to avoid allowing her to answer any questions, just give speeches. They'll attack media who get aggressive about it, and say FU to those who are most persistent.

say it with me, spread it around, make it VIRAL..

SARAH PALIN, STEP UP OR STEP DOWN!

SARAH PALIN, STEP UP OR STEP DOWN!

SARAH PALIN, STEP UP OR STEP DOWN!

SARAH PALIN, STEP UP OR STEP DOWN!

SARAH PALIN, STEP UP OR STEP DOWN!

But of course, he HAD a RESUME of SERVICE.
See You Next Tuesday Sarah...is an abuser of power, with an annoying voice!

book her so the RW can say she's out there.

big old bad media doesn't like sarah, so she won't come out and play

It's just going to hurt her in the end.

Seriously- DEMS will have to force the media's hand- here is my idea how:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6948541

It would be unprecedented AFAIK for any VP to completely avoid the press in the run-up to a national election and I have a hard time believing that the independent/undecided voters will vote for McSame, particularly since he is now running with an "invisible" VP candidate who happens to only be a "heartbeat away from the Presidency". My faith in the electorate and the MSM is at an all-time low but I sincerely hope that people care more about fixing the highly visible problems in our country than having a woman VP. I'm beginning to think that the McSame campaign played up the MSM's "sexism" against and "attacks" on Palin just so that they could provide themselves with an excuse for her to not have to "subject" herself (and, of course her family) to the press, at least not without a script handy. I have no doubts that their "base" will understand and support their avoidance of "the press" (which they loathe with a passion anyway) and gleefully pull the lever for McSame (but really for HER) on November 4. Frankly, I think that, for those watching, Sarah Palin told everybody in the world who Sarah Palin is and what she "knows" and stands for in her "speech" on Thursday and I sincerely hope that enough people are offended and turned off by her that they wouldn't think of voting for McSame just so they could get her as VP. At the very least, I hope that there is enough common sense left among the remaining independents/undecideds to refuse to vote for an "invisible" VP candidate (particularly one who, god forbid, might very well need to suddenly assume the Presidency).

:scared:

I like Obama's decision to ignore her. I think independent entities like Move On should be attacking her with political ads. Let the airwaves be deluged with ad after ad covering her various scandals and unethical behavior. Let her have to rebut it. If she chooses to leave it out there unrebutted, so be it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6948541

Please let me know what you think, or give your ideas.

Of course the GOP/media could get away with it if we let them- the question is: what are we going to DO to make sure they dont?

I don't believe she can.

She's a media-created "celebrity", but if she doesn't perform for her makers, they will eventually destroy her.

Waiting for the press to do the right thing might be the wrong path- here is my idea:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6948541