Palin Options

[Robert]

Just wanted to point out I called Palin as VP over 4 months ago, for all the same reasons the decision was made now.
If McCain wins, I honestly believe this will be what puts him over the top.

Also you couldn't ask for better timing to make this announcement.
The DNC convention ended last night with a huge bang an there's not a single leading news story about it.
The news is 100% about Palin as VP.
Talk about stealing someones thunder.

I hope they win an McCain dies the next day.

[Blitz]

You must not be watching alot of Obama's speeches to see that he engages audiences lengthily without teleprompters.

There is a huge difference between giving a canned s[ech, and answerng debate style questons.
There is just as large a difference between townhall debates where any question is possible, and a made for TV debate with known questons and rehearsed answers.

To actually here what a politican believes from their heart about the answer to questions from the american people woul be refreshing, rather than rehearsed evasive answers that spew a lot of words but don't really say anything.

As ar as McCain going back.... Umm Chriss Dodd and Barney Frank are neck deep in the creation of this problem, and they are tasked to solve it?
Seems stupid to me

[HammaTime]

Hey Blitz, glad to have more input into these discussions.

Perhaps I shouldn't have posted what I did, I was just absolutely stunned by Palin's answer. I'm not alone, headlines around the world shared my sentiment.

Sarah Palin flunks CBS interview - Daily Telegraph UK
Palin talks to Couric -- and if she's lucky, few are listening - Los Angeles Times
Shameless and clueless Sarah Palin - Seattle Post Intelligencer
A Question Reprised, but the Words Come None Too Easily for Palin - New York Times
U.S. has achieved victory in Iraq, Palin tells Couric - Washington Post
I’m sorry — Sarah Palin is a bad joke - Atlanta Journal Constitution

And it isn't just newspapers, the right-wing author of "The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back," Andrew Sullivan has posted some incredible statements on his blog such as:

"After reluctantly watching the Couric interview of Palin, I felt more strongly than ever -- viscerally -- that she and McCain must be stopped for the good of the nation and the globe. And it occurred to me that, should they lose, we will eventually hear the inside story from the campaign: that from the moment McCain impulsively picked her, every single move the campaign made, every hail Mary, the war on the press, the suspension of the campaign, etc., was focused first on containing the damage they knew would be caused by letting Palin open her mouth without a teleprompter. "

and

"To my mind, her constant public lies about almost anything, large and small, and the proximity of this strange, unvetted blank slate of a candidate to the Oval Office render all usual assumptions of good faith on the part of a candidate moot. The refusal of the McCain campaign to allow her to hold a press conference - unprecedented in modern American history - reinforces this skepticism. It is simply incredible that a vice-presidential candidate who is the governor of a state cannot hold an open press conference to clear the air on any number of issues of fact that are out there. Worse than incredible: dangerous. When we have six weeks to go and we still know very little about someone who could technically be president next January, I don't think we should lean on the side of complacency and 'deference'."

And now conservative columnist Kathleen Parker of the National Review is calling for Palin to step down!

If you missed it, here is the video of the interview.

I can't speak for Robert, but one of the things I most enjoy about these discussions is that we are seemingly trying to uncover provable fact. Robert's ability to pull Palin's name out of the air a month before the rest of the world shows all of us that he goes beyond the spin and the headlines and digs deeper into the issues. He certainly makes me think through an issue and he knows how to bring the facts. I try to show him the respect by only speaking in terms of readily provable information.

Your statements about Obama are perhaps justifiable, but I'd have to ask you to back up your claims. I can certainly point you to some interviews in just the last few days that he has done without a teleprompter. These show that your statement, "Exactly why Obama will never speak without a teleprompter," can not be backed up with reality. I certainly don't know how you can ever claim that Couric's asking Palin to clarify a previous statement is "partisan." Defies explanation.

Fox News's Brit Hume interviews Obama last night.

NBC's Brian Williams interviews Obama last night.

Obama answers questions at new conference last night.

This post has been edited by HammaTime: 09/26/08 10:39am