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were there gorillas in Alaska? because if there were, perhaps some of these women may have enjoyed it.
That's hilarious! I wish Obama would have told that joke first!
were there gorillas in Alaska? because if there were, perhaps some of these women may have enjoyed it.
How many foreign heads of state did Lincoln meet with before becoming President?
Palin bans reporters from meetings with leaders
NEW YORK - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, on Tuesday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers and a television crew.
Looks like Palin is afraid of getting caught saying something dumb in her first meeting with foreign leaders.
Looks like Palin is afraid of getting caught saying something dumb in her first meeting with foreign leaders.
Has anyone considered that it's maybe things like *this* that explain why the media seems to have it in for her, both liberal and lately some conservative media as well?
As time goes on, I cannot fathom how Republicans can continue to rationalize McCain choosing her. It baffles.
Looks like Palin is afraid of getting caught saying something dumb in her first meeting with foreign leaders.
McCain camp tries to to keep reporters out of Palin meetings
Posted: 01:45 PM ET
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
The media was allowed to observe Palin and Karzai for less than 30 seconds.
(CNN) — McCain-Palin campaign officials shifted course Tuesday after being informed by television news organizations that they would not broadcast footage of Sarah Palin’s meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai Tuesday in New York — the Republican VP nominee’s first with a foreign leader — if a reporter was not allowed in to observe the pair.
CNN, which was the pool network for the event, informed the campaign of its decision. The network was then told a CNN producer would be allowed in the room to act as a media representative, just minutes before the photo op was scheduled to take place. However, print reporters and wire services were not allowed to observe the meeting, as they have been able to do at similar McCain events in the past.
The press only caught a brief glimpse of the vice presidential nominee. Palin was seated in a large chair a few feet from Karzai, with a table in between them. Seated slightly behind Palin were campaign foreign policy advisers Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann, who are accompanying the governor in her motorcade today.
As the pool entered, the Afghan president appeared to be telling Palin about his young son, who was born in January 2007.
Palin, her legs crossed and at one point patting her heart, was leaning in eagerly and smiling. Karzai, wearing his traditional clothes but without his trademark karakul hat, was also grinning while discussing the child. His remarks were mostly unintelligible as the noise from the clicking cameras drowned them out.
“What is his name?,” Palin asked.
“Mirwais,” Karzai responded. “Mirwais, which means, ‘The Light of the House.’”
“Oh nice,” Palin responded.
“He is the only one we have,” remarked Karzai.
After 29 seconds observing the meeting, CNN and other photographers covering the meeting were escorted out of the room.
Later, McCain-Palin press representatives chalked up the restrictions to a “mix-up, a miscommunication among staff.” The full pool — a print and wires reporter, along with a television producer — was then allowed in to observe Palin’s meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for 15-20 seconds.
More on this..... CNN apparently told McCain-Palin that if they weren't allowed to have an actual reporter there, they wouldn't broadcast it at all:
It infuriates me that people think she's being unfairly treated and then shit like this goes on.
Looks like Palin is afraid of getting caught saying something dumb in her first meeting with foreign leaders.
CBS Evening News, Sept 22nd
COURIC: On the trail, Biden is unmistakably himself, from occasionally cursing to getting emotional, as he did in Canton, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. We were with him last Thursday during one of the rockiest weeks in history for the U.S. economy, something that wasn't lost on the six-term Senator.
BIDEN: Part of what a leader does is to instill confidence, is demonstrate that he or she knows what they're talking about and to communicates to people. If you listen to me and follow what I'm suggesting, we can fix this. When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television and didn't just talk about the, you know, princes of greed. He said, “look, here's what happened.”
Can't imagine that she could ever top this:
Can't imagine that she could ever top this:
Can't imagine that she could ever top this:
the Republicans are clearly trying to shield her from making similar embarassing statements.
It's hard to make a gaffe when the few media appearances you do make consist of hedging questions by robotically reciting Republican talking points that have little to do with what was specifically asked.
This whole thing is going to blow up for McCain, and I can't wait.
and it's obvious to any sentient being that *this* is what's truly sexist.
you think that him mistaking the teevee for the radio is comparable to an actual gaff like misunderstanding the fundamentals of Fannie Mae or having never heard of the Bush Doctrine?
seems like Biden's mistake is along the lines of McCain flubbing Czheckoslovakia.
Key points being--
1) There is no single meaning of the Bush doctrine. In fact, there have been four distinct meanings, each one succeeding another over the eight years of this administration -- and the one Charlie Gibson cited is not the one in common usage today.
2) I (Krauthammer) know something about the subject because, as the Wikipedia entry on the Bush doctrine notes, I was the first to use the term.
3) Presidential doctrines are inherently malleable and difficult to define. The only fixed "doctrines" in American history are the Monroe and the Truman doctrines
You can read all about the "Bush Doctrine" here:
Charles Krauthammer :: Townhall.com :: Charlie Gibson's Gaffee
My only point about the Biden gaffe is... just imagine, just imagine, if Sarah Palin had been the one to say that yesterday. It would be THE lead story today. Instantly, no doubt, becoming THE GAFFE for the mainstream media and the online-left looking and waiting for her "potatoe moment."
OMG, You're totally right, Sting! The world today (including the political, economic and security landscape) is soooooo much like the world of Lincoln's time! Like how it could take weeks for foreign heads of state to actually make it to America, and then the days of travel it might take for them get to Illinois from the coast.
You showed me!
My only point about the Biden gaffe is... just imagine, just imagine, if Sarah Palin had been the one to say that yesterday. It would be THE lead story today. Instantly, no doubt, becoming THE GAFFE for the mainstream media and the online-left looking and waiting for her "potatoe moment."
Gibson asked the exact same question at the NH primary debates, and none of the candidates had any problems recognizing immediately that he was asking for their views on pre-emptive attacks. Anyhow, it was painfully obvious from his interview with Palin (who blankly guessed "...his...world...view?") that she was unfamiliar with the term, period.You can read all about the "Bush Doctrine" here:
Charles Krauthammer :: Townhall.com :: Charlie Gibson's Gaffee
Of course she was.
Because she is DIM.
And the fact they are keeping her from the media entirely just tells me she's even more DIM than the rest of us assume.
Which frightens me.
Of course she was.
Because she is DIM.