For those who are worried that the media might be outsmarting McCain here… remember that he’s a veteran of the news circuit. There really are serious journalists in among the partisan hacks — and John McCain has had a close working relationship with each of them for twenty years or more.

I’m sure I’m not the first to think of this line… but, when Sarah Palin does a killer interview that gets aired this weekend, and goes on to field dress a senior Senator from Delaware in the debate a few weeks from now… headline reads: HOCKEY MOM’S HAT TRICK

Random thought for a response to the inevitable ‘gotcha’ question:

“You know, I’m not Albert Einstein, and you’re not Alex Trebek”

Sandbagging is a term used in bowling (and golf, I believe) where a participant deliberately underperforms at first to get a better handicap for the rest of the season.

Better definition: Sandbagging is most often used in heads up drag racing, where actual sandbags are involved. A competitor would put extra weight in the back of his vehicle in the form of sandbags to insure traction when the track is cold, and the added weight will make him go slower. As the day goes on, and he gets into futher rounds, he’d have his crew remove the weight, because he needed to go faster, and the track is generally hotter so traction is less of an issue.

“Would you only appoint judges who share your extreme, anti-choice views?”

“What if McCain is incapacitated and WWIII breaks out?”

I think the most likely outcome here is that Gibson succumbs to Palinmania.

The problem for Obama is he isn’t sandbagging. Oh, and he wasn’t sandbagging when he bowled either. That’s all he’s got…on both fronts.

Maybe Gov. Palin will ask Charlie to accompany her to the NorthBowl? I’m thinking she could roll a few strikes and pick up some spares.

The people look at her life, and see… their own! This is yet another chance to draw the media in for the kill.

Speaking of which, is there a hunting season open in Alaska right now. Just a thought.

Tommygun on September 9, 2008 at 10:47 AM

You pretty much nailed it. People want to connect and relate to their leaders and the more human they realize her to be, the more sympathetic they will be when the MSM attacks her. Each attack levied against Palin wins over a new flurry of votes for McCain.

…that and watching her gut a mooose will send the secular progressives running for the hill screaming like little girls!

Third question…
Has it been debunked?
All three questions could apply to the 9/11 inside job conspiracy theory too. They’re both ridiculous.
MadisonConservative on September 9, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Obama declared he was NEVER a Muslim. Sorry but that simply isn’t so. So he lied there.

Now he says he isn’t a Muslim and hey who am I to argue. But perhaps he shouldnt go around reciting the Call to Prayer in Perfect Arabic since that is according to Islamic tradition the only thing that is required for one to convert. Now you are saying well hell “I can recite it too and I am not a Muslim”…yea and you are not potentially negotiating with Islamic Countries who take that sort of thing seriously.

Finally the MF lies about virtually EVERYTHING. Why wouldn’t he be lying about that?

So when the requests for interviews erupted after the announcement, the campaign could legitmately issue a murky response.

Well beyond all of that is the fact that she’s a sitting governor. She’s going have to spend some time in the first two weeks helping with the transition.

How about quicksanded? The more they struggle, the deeper they sink.

If McCain/Palin follow through with their reform agenda we may just save this republic yet. This is why I am voting for this ticket. If they fail to follow through, I will be severely disappointed.

To turn around and give ABC and Charlie Gibson the 2 day pass is perfect. As long as they conduct themselves tastefully and portray her honestly, she will come through this fine and I would thing that Charlie and Co. could anticipate a favorable working relationship in a McCain Whitehouse. No promises; just anticipation.

Brokaw is a shorttimer, inserted into the void created by Tim Russert’s untimely death. If ever there was any question about the stabilizing force Tim provided, there can be none now. Andrea Mitchell is not much better than Mathews and David Gregory has not demonstrated any degree of principle.

Okay, here you go!

carbon_footprint on September 9, 2008 at 10:19 AM

“There is a WHITE WOMAN diddling my PASTOR!”

(or however “Rev.” Pfleger (sp? don’t really care) said that about Hillery talking about Obama)

DaveC on September 9, 2008 at 11:12 AM

Haha, by the way, Laura Ingraham just mentioned this at the end of her show hour. Must not be a rumor.

Greta Van Sustren goes to Wasilla and meets practically everyone in town and gets a complete picture of Palin.

WHAT’S MISSING?!???!?!?!??

We have yet to see this from the Obama camp, that’s what!

Why? Does Obama have nothing to impart? (The Bill O’Reilly interview lasted 30 minutes, FYI…that’s not 2 days!!!)

Nobody’s interviewing people in Hawaii or Chicago. Does he have no childhood or business friends?

Or has he shut them off from investigation????

We want clean government and competent warmaking. That’s it. Do it.

GO SARAH!

Imagine what would happen if she showed any cleavage, given how she’s portrayed already in the MSM.

You mean they’d have a different standard if she was standing at the front of the plane, twirling to show off her figure and her breasts?

Obama has set the bar sooooo low.

If McCain and team are able run this country as well as they are this campaign, I see a sunrise for America.

Star20 on September 9, 2008 at 10:47 AM

God I hope so!!

and as predicted, sarah will pop onto jay leno next week, i’ll just betcha.