To Be Seen And Not Heard : McCain Campaign Denies Press Coverage

John McCain's campaign knows that Sarah Palin is nothing but a "pretty-face" designed to bring in votes for him.

He, and all of his staff, have to recognize this.

What makes me so sure?

NEW YORK - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, on Tuesday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers and a television crew.

CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought.

The campaign told the TV producer, print and wire reporters in the press pool that follows the Alaska governor that they would not be admitted with the photographers and camera crew taken in to photograph the meetings. At least two news organizations, including The Associated Press, objected and were told that the decision was not subject to discussion.

From the AP.

That's right, the McCain crew pretty much said that Palin should only be seen and not heard. That's when CNN gave John and his boys a big "well, fuck you then".

SouthSideDem at DailyKos has a great diary up and gives updates on what the limited press allowed actually saw and heard:

This was the only exchange that was heard:

"What is his name?," Palin asked.

"Mirwais," Karzai responded. "Mirwais, which means, ‘The Light of the House.’"

"Oh nice," Palin responded.

"He is the only one we have," remarked Karzai.

At this point, the pool was hustled out the room and down to the hotel lobby. Pool was in the room for a grand total of 29 seconds.

Sarah Palin - no press conferences, only scripted appearances.

If you still think this woman is ready to be VP, then you must be crazy.