**DAY 9** without a Palin press conference

[Gman]

It's been 9 days now without Palin meeting with the press. What is Palin afraid of? Why won't she meet with the press and address the many issues that need to be cleared up? Why dodge the press? When will Palin have a press conference, and I don't mean an interview on Fox or with Rush or Hannity? When will this self-styled leader be a leader and come completely clean through the media?

...all rhetorical questions for the rhetorically challenged!

[marylanddem]

1. She would come off as stupid, ignorant and hateful.

[Doozygirl54]

18. Bubble Girl

They are obviously keeping her in a bubble until she properly programmed.

[adamuu]

26. Link to day 8

***DAY 8***** Where's Sarah? No Meet the Press, No Face
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6960382

[Captain Hilts]

2. Can we get Skinner to put a banner up with the daily count?

[DebbieCDC]

3. I read online somewhere yesterday (sorry forgot where)

That she won't talk to the press before the election. She'll only give speeches and pre-set TV interviews. No live back and forth with the press. The pukes don't want her out there where they can't control the situation.

[mcg]

4. She's in a cone of silence. nt

[elocs]

7. Exactly how might they control what happens in her debate with Biden? n/t

[tavalon]

25. What if the Repugs cancel it?

They've already said this election is about personalities, not issues. We would be enraged but the average voter probably couldn't care less.

[SpiralHawk]

5. What are Palin and the republicons hiding?

Why are they afraid of the press.

I hope you will post a new thread on this each day she avoids her responsibility to answer to the public.

[NJGeek]

6. check out this ticker

http://whereispalin.appspot.com

created by DU members!

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Yeah, that'll help

[GoesTo11]

8. So what. Has Biden had a press conference yet?

[Gman]

11. Go find out how many times Biden has been on Meet The Press

before you post something silly like that.

Hmmm... no tombstone... yet.

[GoesTo11]

16. It's not my fault there isn't a sardonic emoticon.

That was a rhetorical question.

[Gman]

17. ooooooooooopps.... sorry!

[alittlelark]

20. Wow.... you are spectacularly UNINFORMED.

He answers questions from any and all.... with gusto.

[kskiska]

22. Biden was on 60 Minutes last week.

[jimshoes]

9. Are they asking people to buy a pig in a poke?

Why can't she field some questions fer cryin' out loud?

[Jazzgirl]

10. I found this on Think Progress.

"A senior McCain campaign official advises that, despite the gaggle of requests and pressure from the media, Gov. Sarah Palin won’t submit to a formal interview anytime soon. She may take some questions from local news entities in Alaska, but until she’s ready — and until she’s comfortable — which might not be for a long while — the media will have to wait."

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/palin-larry-king/

Interesting.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

14. "... until she's comfortable..."????????????

Are you fucking kidding me?

She wants to be Vice President Of The United States, but she can't meet the press because she's not "comfortable"?

Yeah, that's exactly the kind of courage I want in someone who's next in line for the Presidency behind a cancer-patient President of advanced years.

Fucking woman is doing more harm to women than can be imagined. Poor little fragile doll - needs to be protected from the big, bad press.

I want Hillary Clinton to slap the shit out of her.

[girl gone mad]

12. she's giving the same old stump speech..

yet again.

[pokerfan]

13. "she doesn’t’ have to talk to the press"

(campaign strategist Rick Davis)

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/mccain-campaign-plans-to-keep-palin-away-from-the-press

[Gregorian]

19. Rope a dope republican.

That's what I believe their plan is. She will remain on ice until it's too late to make a meaningful difference.

However, we're good this time around. So Rove can go fuck himself. I usually don't say stuff like that. But I really mean it. Three times? I don't think so.

Palin! Come out come out wherever you are...

[ColbertWatcher]

21. How will we ever get to know anything about her!?

She's a blank slate. No one knows anything about her.

At least Obama has been campaigning for 18 months, there hasn't been a question he hasn't answered.

Come to think of it, not only do we not know anything about the GOP's VP pick, we don't know anything about their presidential pick either.

What gives?

[judasdisney]

23. Beware: the strategy is "Lower The Expectations & THEN..

... then hit the media with a Big Splash using Neocon-friendly media suckups and "moderate" moles like Tim Russert & Larry King.

Same old strategy they used with Bush. Same old dumb Democrats never learn.

P.S. Remember the 2000 "I don't want to debate Gore" Bush? When Bush finally capitulated and debated Gore, Russert famously wore a Bush lapel pin UNDER his lapel which Gore caught him flashing George, red-handed. Then the AP and NPR and New York Times piled on "Gore sighed!" and "Gore acted like an elitist!"

Will the Democrats ever, ever, ever, ever wake up?

[brettdale]

24. Whats the point of a press conference

The media will just kiss up, some of the gushing has been so over the top, even for channels like Faux.