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Palin has not been available for press interviews. Dumb move by the McCain camp.
Palin still off-limits for press inquiries - The Boston Globe
Palin still off-limits for press inquiries - The Boston Globe
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My only point was that a government should not be run on religious values, Christian, Pagan, or otherwise. I don't know why that's so hard for you to grasp.
Then all the Christians have to leave government service. Christianity is hardly a peaceful religion. Remember the Crusades?
Why is that dumb? They know she wouldn't be able to handle them.Palin has not been available for press interviews. Dumb move by the McCain camp.http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/08/palin_still_off_limits_for_press_inquiries/
Why is that dumb? They know she wouldn't be able to handle them.
Why is that dumb? They know she wouldn't be able to handle them.
Not if you can convince people that the "liberal" press is out to get the GOP.O.K., then dumb idea to choose a running mate who can't handle questions from the press. I mean, you're telling us she's qualified to be President, but she can't handle a press conference? Seems like a bad message to convey.
But really dumb because the press is the press. They write the stories. They decide whether to keep harping on about her pregnant teenage daughter or turn to her record and positions. So it's elementary politics to be nice to the press. Now you've got news stories about how she won't take questions from the press. Dumb strategy.
True. But as someone said, we get the govt that we deserve.Nobody said the Democrats had to be (or act) smart................
Not if you can convince people that the "liberal" press is out to get the GOP.
I agree with you that Palin is under-qualified. But I also think she's a smart cookie and the Left is gonna get burned once again if we keep playing into the "liberal elite" thing and bashing her intelligence. Obama is too smart to fall for that but unfortunately he can't control the rest of us. :cover:
Besides which, McCain has very effectively rallied the GOP's political base - the Christian Right - which had been lukewarm towards him up until now.
It was not a dumb choice. It was a risky choice, because he risks alienating the independents. But if we keep doing what we're doing, we make Palin more sympathetic to the indies.
Why (oh why) can't we stick to the issues instead of attacking her personally?
Well, that's the line they're trying to take. We'll see how it pays off. I agree, lilithu, that basically the whole Repub strategy is to throw the long ball, because they start out with the enormous disadvantage that their record sucks rocks. When you consider that, they're doing rather well.
I believe it's neck and neck right now, Rick. Should be a good horse race.
Oh, probably because of lines like this:
Hee hee.
I don't think the press is harder on her just because she's a woman, but because Palin just doesn't stand to scrutiny with her record as a governor.
I mean, we didn't have the same rhetoric out with criticisms against Hillary or Condi Rice, so I'm just curious why the worry about being too harsh with Palin - who's a tough-talking moose-killer for pity's sake? :trampo:
I was actually referring to the potential commentary after the VP debates...........
....... Sarah Palin, meet Helen Thomas.
The last I looked, McCain was slightly ahead in the (polled) popular vote, whereas Obama was ahead in (polled by state) electoral votes.