Direct Answers To Voters Don't Count (?)

One would think that we, the American voting public, have reached a point where we can easily discern a "gotcha" question from a valid one.

However, for conservative Republicans, it's easier to deflect attention away from an answer that one of them has given and point to another source as the "real" problem.

John McCain recently held Sarah Palin by the hand and attempted to convince Katie Couric that Palin was the victim of "gotcha" journalism.

The only problem with that, is that Palin was answering a direct question from a voter, not a member of the media.



You can easily see Couric's shock when McCain says that her asking Palin about her answer to a direct question form a voter.

She is rightfully shocked.

This, amongst many others, is further proof that Palin really isn't in touch with the Republican party ( in general ) and McCain's plan for America ( in specific ). Actually, I don't think she's been overtly specific about anything she was asked.

It wouldn't suprise me to start seeing posts from conservative Republicans that there are "covert crowd members" where Palin and/or McCain are giving speeches with the express intent of asking these types of questions.

It's happened before.