Analysis: GOP contradicts self on Palin family

[BridgeTheGap]

ST. PAUL, Minn. - People: Make up your minds.

For two days, the chorus from Republicans on TV news and in the halls of the convention has been resounding: Back off and let the Palin family be. "That's out of bounds," said Minnesota's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty. "There's no need to be intrusive and pry into that."
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Yet Wednesday found the following scenes unfolding:
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Huh? The Republican message about the Palin offspring comes across as contradictory: Hey, media, leave those kids alone — so we can use them as we see fit.
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"Either the children are out of bounds, and you don't put them in the photo ops, or you don't complain when somebody wants to talk about them. You can't have it both ways," said John Matviko, a professor at West Liberty State College in West Virginia and editor of "The American President in Popular Culture."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cvn_measure_of_a_nation_palin_family_politics

[Jim__]

1. Touche'!

But, I'm betting the media rolls over once again.