It's been 11 days now without Palin meeting with the press. What is Palin afraid of? Why won't she meet with the press and address the many issues that need to be cleared up? Why dodge the press? When will Palin have a press conference, and I don't mean an interview on Fox or with Rush or Hannity or even a fluff piece with Charlie Gibson on ABC? When will this self-styled leader be a leader and come completely clean through the media?
Palin is hiding no doubt in Cheney's undisclosed location while undergoing intense programming with talking points and accusations, mixed with arrogance and sarcasm to prepare for her Charlie Gibon/ABC fluff piece interview.
Josh Marshall at TPM says:
Well, now I've read them. And it's pretty clear this farce is going to be close to unwatchable. Set aside that this comes just on the heels of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis saying Palin would not sit for any interviews "until the point in time when she'll be treated with respect and deference." The tell comes high up in the AP story by David Bauder. The second graf reads ...
Palin will sit down for multiple interviews with Gibson in Alaska over two days, most likely Thursday and Friday, said McCain adviser Mark Salter.
Political interviews are never done like this. Because it makes the questioning entirely at the discretion of the person being interviewed and their handlers. The interviewer has to be on their best behavior, at least until the last of the 'multiple interviews' because otherwise the subsequent sittings just won't happen. For a political journalist to agree to such terms amounts to a form of self-gelding. The only interviews that are done this way are lifestyle and celebrity interviews. And it's pretty clear that that is what this will be.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/214508.phpI've gotta agree. It will be unwatchable.
Now who's the celebrity?
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