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Palin's speech will likely go fine. I'm waiting for the first press availability, interviews, news conferences, townhalls, etc.
(WaPo) "Before Speech, Running Mate Gets Some Coaching."
Or less flatteringly, the WSJ,
(PS. Once you're in the grocery checkout lines and have become the but of late night jokes, the chance to define yourself is gone.)
(WaPo) "Before Speech, Running Mate Gets Some Coaching."
Except for an interview with People magazine the afternoon her selection was announced, she has not taken a single question from a reporter, and it remains unclear when she will speak to the national news media.
Or less flatteringly, the WSJ,
The McCain campaign scrambled to take control of the public debate over vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin, canceling her public appearances and teaming her with high-powered Republican operatives as she prepared for a speech Wednesday night that will be her first, and perhaps most important, chance to define herself to the American public.
(PS. Once you're in the grocery checkout lines and have become the but of late night jokes, the chance to define yourself is gone.)
posted by mikevotes at
7:22 AM
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...Debates, late-night talk show jokes...
This election may hinge on the corporate media's ability to fact-check and call bullshit when appropriate. It just won't stand for them to engage in mere recitation of talking points or to stage false "balance."
We're already seeing the GOP go mental when the media dare ask non-fluff questions. And any suggestion that Palin may not be the super-experienced power executive, commander of national guard, energy expert, foreign policy guru, will be met with the charge of "sexism!"
(So much for my time out...)
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-epm, at 8:25 AM
Just take it easy. Eat what you can eat.
And, that's kinda the question I was asking yesterday. When she becomes an embarrassment, a running joke, the definition game is well over.
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mikevotes, at 8:29 AM
Letterman, Stewart et al will have fun with her for sure but that will likely just reinforce her anti-intellectual fans.
By
Anonymous, at 9:56 AM
In fact they both did last night.
If this afternoon turns out to be slow, I may end up throwing some of that up.
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mikevotes, at 10:39 AM
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