Palin to give first t.v interview with ABC

[srellim234]

Charles Gibson gets the honors.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politi...13227

I'm interested to see the format for this frst one. Will she have all the questions ahead of time or will it really be an interview? Will he "hardball" her on the issues or will it focus more on family and personal stuff? Only time will tell....

[rn79870]

I wonder if her accepting the invitation was in response to Biden's challenge for her to step up to the mike (this morning on Meet the Press). I think it's fair to ask her to defend many of the issues she is carrying with her, other than those related to family matters. McCain's camp obviously choose one of the more favorite news sites for this interview so it should go pretty good for her.

[szh]

McCain's camp obviously choose one of the more favorite news sites for this interview so it should go pretty good for her.

Already trying to discount that the fact that it is going to be a good interview?

Can't believe how scared you guys are of Gov. Palin!

Z

[audtatious]

other than those related to family matters.

Thank you.

[rn79870]

Oct 2nd. Z, Oct 2.

[szh]

Oct 2nd. Z, Oct 2.

No. Nov 4th. When we win.

Z

[The Wicker Man]

Already trying to discount that the fact that it is going to be a good interview?

Can't believe how scared you guys are of Gov. Palin!

Z

Well abc was the network that aired that Pathway to 9/11 garbage

[szh]

Well abc was the network that aired that Pathway to 9/11 garbage

Well, I am certainly

What does that have to do with the topic at hand?

Z

[The Wicker Man]

they're not going to ask her tough questions or anything. The network obviously slants to the right.

[szh]

they're not going to ask her tough questions or anything. The network obviously slants to the right.

ABC slants to the right? Amazing ... I would have said quite the opposite.

Z

[AZhitman]

...as would I.

[The Wicker Man]

^lmao at the 2 posts above me

[telcoman]

I wonder if her accepting the invitation was in response to Biden's challenge for her to step up to the mike (this morning on Meet the Press). I think it's fair to ask her to defend many of the issues she is carrying with her, other than those related to family matters. McCain's camp obviously choose one of the more favorite news sites for this interview so it should go pretty good for her.

It sure seems to have awakened someone? McCain himself perhaps?

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dailykos

McCain: Out of Touch or Did He Forget? by BarbinMD Sun Sep 07, 2008 at 12:45:46 PM PDTIs John McCain completely out of touch with his own campaign's decisions or did he have another senior moment?

From today's appearance on Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer:

SCHIEFFER: When will you let her out to campaign on her own? When will she start having news conferences? When will she start doing interviews?

MCCAIN: As you know we just finished the convention. Within the next few days. I'm strongly recommending that she come on "face the nation" with Bob Schieffer. That will be the first of her 65 appearances.

SCHIEFFER: All right. We'll make a place for her here.

And a few hours later:

Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is offering her first televised interview to ABC News in the coming week in Alaska. [...]

A McCain-Palin adviser says an interview was offered to ABC's Charlie Gibson several days ago and that they expect it to happen in the latter part of the week in Alaska.

So, what happened? The options are limited here; either John McCain lied to Bob Schieffer, or he is completely unaware of decisions made about his own campaign. Or he forgot. Which is it?

And on a side note, why is the fact the a candidate for the vice presidency will be talking to the media next week even news?

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With two dual tuner Series 3 TIVO's three of the four tuners were busy recording Obama, McCain, and Biden yesterday morning.

Does anyone know were Palin was yesterday? I had room for her on my TIVO

Telcoman

[audtatious]

Mountain, meet mole hill.

[szh]

Mountain, meet mole hill.

Everything from Dailykos is like that.

Z

[HashiriyaS14]

ABC doesn't slant to the right, but Gibson will ask easy questions just so he can get more interviews granted by the campaign.

He asked McCain creampuff questions at the RNC. Gibson sat there and said nothing while Mac honestly asserted that Alaska's proximity to Russia gives Palin foreign policy experience, something which I think that even the most ardent conservatives here recognize to be pretty close to pure bullshxt.

Now, he MIGHT have gone easy just to get Palin on camera, but I seriously doubt it. I think it's going to be a cakewalk.

They need to put Palin in front of Campbell Brown.

[wingFeather]

Will he "hardball" her on the issues or will it focus more on family and personal stuff?

Obama has established that family & personal matters do not count

But anyway, the real question is... will the interview be FAIR and unbiased? Or, as usual, will it stoop to an agenda of knocking down a good woman?

If it's going to be a fair fight, then she will be successful in changing the minds of Obama voters who genuinely want a good leader & not just slick marketing and logos.

[HashiriyaS14]

Obama has established that family & personal matters do not count

But anyway, the real question is... will the interview be FAIR and unbiased? Or, as usual, will it stoop to an agenda of knocking down a good woman?

If it's going to be a fair fight, then she will be successful in changing the minds of Obama voters who genuinely want a good leader & not just slick marketing and logos.

They need to ask her pointed questions about her social stances.

It WILL be fair, but it will expose the fact that her views reflect only those of a tiny minority of Americans.

The media needs to JUMP on this. She shouldn't be able to get on camera without someone hammering this subject between now and November.

[rn79870]

I think the question can best be answered by McCain's campaign when they said...

Palin would be made available “when we think it’s time and when she feels comfortable doing it.”

Translated, When we teach her about things that up to now have been foreign to her. The economy, Iraq, Health care, Energy issues, Social Security, What a VP actually does...

[wingFeather]

Translated, When we teach her about things that up to now have been foreign to her. The economy, Iraq, Health care, Energy issues, Social Security, What a VP actually does...

You wish...

If a keyboard commando on NICO can be an expert on the issues, then so can she. She is a very intelligent, rational, educated woman who has more experience than BHO!

[srellim234]

She readily admitted to not being very knowledgable in some areas. It is perfectly logical for rn to make that statement.

Likewise, her experience is starting to look like it could wind up being a negative by the time things sort themselves out. A lot of her actions don't show the "across the board" restraint and sound fiscal responsibility she was elected to practice. Line item vetoing the oher guy's pork doesn't justify spending the money on your own pork. I'm sure we'll be presented with a lot more facts over course of September and October.

Everybody is polarized and jumping 100% for or 100% against the lady. Bottom line is, there are pluses and minuses to all candidates. Weigh what we know about her by November and then we can make a voting decision based on what we know at that time. If you've already made your voting decision, your mind is closed. Not a good place to be.

[Jesda]

They need to ask her pointed questions about her social stances.

It WILL be fair, but it will expose the fact that her views reflect only those of a tiny minority of Americans.

The media needs to JUMP on this. She shouldn't be able to get on camera without someone hammering this subject between now and November.

No one cares about social issues except the far left and far right, and those people are nuts anyway. She needs to offer an economic agenda, an international peace and security plan, and solutions for retards who bought houses they can't actually afford.

A candidate MUST stick to their "BIG 3" issues in order to win, and never stray if possible. There are only so many subjects and positions that can be sold to the public in a two-month period. Evolution and abortion get cast aside as the public is more interested in $.

In -any- campaign, its good strategy to have 2-3 agreeable main issues that get repeated and advertised.

[wingFeather]

It is perfectly logical for rn to make that statement.

Not according to RN's own rules.

He must provide legit links to prove his claims. Otherwise it is "randomly generated fact" garbage.

And there is nothing logical about claiming that someone knows NOTHING, because they've admitted to not knowing a few things well. That is throwing the baby out with the bathwater...

[HashiriyaS14]

No one cares about social issues except the far left and far right, and those people are nuts anyway.

Yeah, that's my point. They need to cast her as a nut, pigeonhole her with her social stances, as someone more interested in teaching creationism in schools than as someone who is capable of righting the economy.

Remember, I'm rooting for this chick to go down in flames. I'm trying to frame the best way to make her look BAD.

[rn79870]

She is a very intelligent, rational, educated woman who has more experience than BHO!

See there you go again with generalizations that are not supported in fact. Are you referring to eating mooseburgers, or to studying constitutional law? Experience at what? Be careful here because her experience claim has been widely challenged and documented with citations galore to the contrary, including a letter from one of her friends who resides in Wasilla.

[szh]

Your generalizations are inaccurate too. Along with the usual Anti-Palin insults that you like to make to try and "prove" your point.

1. "Eating mooseburgers"?

2. The "friend" in Wasilla is obviously not that. Refuted elsewhere, but you are spewing it here again.

Z

[Jesda]

Yeah, that's my point. They need to cast her as a nut, pigeonhole her with her social stances, as someone more interested in teaching creationism in schools than as someone who is capable of righting the economy.

Right, but that doesn't work because the public doesn't care. It doesn't stick. Bush enjoyed a 65% approval rating while he went on national TV opposing gay marriage.

Americans go back and forth electing pro choice and pro life candidates, even in the same district, and don't respond much to discussions involving religion and science unless its a weird religion, or Islam.

Its going to take something on the level of Enron to bring her down. Why? The media has almost guaranteed McCain's victory by 'victimizing' his VP. The public now sees her as a strong working mother being unfairly accused of unfit parenting. Within days, The Left was asking for DNA evidence of her baby being hers, and many in the media (hello Washington Post) questioned whether she could be Vice President while maintaining a family with a special needs child. Women took offense and rallied around Palin.

The best way to defeat McCain is by reminding the public that he's a nutter with a temper who wants his hand on the red button. The Palin stuff isn't going to work. Its amateurish sleaze and the public sees through it.

[Jesda]

See there you go again with generalizations that are not supported in fact. Are you referring to eating mooseburgers, or to studying constitutional law? Experience at what? Be careful here because her experience claim has been widely challenged and documented with citations galore to the contrary, including a letter from one of her friends who resides in Wasilla.

His empty conjecture is followed by your empty conjecture. Someone should lock you both in a dark closet with a box of tasers.

[szh]

His empty conjecture is followed by your empty conjecture. Someone should lock you both in a dark closet with a box of tasers.

Would work better if one of them is an 11 year old stepson.

Z