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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff
You know, so many like to give Palin never ending grief when she stumbles a little facing reporters asking gotcha questions;
Yet, for some reason, Obama can stumble a little on his own(sans reporters) and that's ok?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU
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Hoo boy, that's some cringe-worthy stuff there, no doubt about it. I guess he is human after all.
I've been hearing a lot about how much time these candidates spend talking to people. That they do these townhall meetings, and outdoor speeches, then shake hands with spectators, visit local businesses and schools, and then do interviews on the bus, and another on the plane, and call in to radio shows, and sit down with news anchors.....
I heard on NPR this morning that Palin is mostly relegated to introducing McCain on stage, and has stuck to the same speech she gave at the convention, minus the "thanks but no thanks" and "sold the plane on ebay" which were both false. They said she doesn't do any townhall meetings, any lunches with the public or other appearances. The report made it sound like this isn't what a VP nom should be doing.
I found a blog about
Biden, and it does seem he's not tethered to Obama at all.
I tried to find a blog about Palin's activities and found
this. Heh, kinda funny. But I didn't find anything else.
In any case, if Palin doesn't answer questions from the public and is only trotted out as MC for McC, while Obama does townhalls and shaking hands in restaurants and all the rest, then it's guaranteed that he's going to have more gaffes and blind spots.
In addition, it's not like Palin blew just one question of the Couric interview. She blew a good 75% of it (and I think that's generous). She was a deer in headlights.
As Tom says - these were valid, sensible questions. She looked like a moron.