Byron York of the National Review recently wrote a piece on Palin, how she has "performed" of late, and what her "experience" says of her.
The opening quote was cited by CNN's Drew Griffin during an interview with Sarah Palin
Here's what York wrote:
Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, it's sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward, or — or, well, all of the above. Palin, the governor of Alaska, has faced more criticism than any vice-presidential candidate since 1988, when Democrats and the press tore into Dan Quayle. In fact, Palin may have it even worse than Quayle, since she's taking flak not only from Democrats and the press but from some conservative opinion leaders as well.
After John McCain unexpectedly chose Palin as his running mate, reporters raced to Alaska to look into her family life, including her teenage daughter's pregnancy; into her per diem expense requests; into her controversial firing of the state's public-safety commissioner; into her husband's role as informal adviser; into the gifts she received; and into much more. Those investigations have yielded hundreds of stories. But Palin's time in the governor's office hasn't been all, or even mostly, family drama and minor controversy. She was also, lest we forget, the state's chief executive. So, what did she do every day? How deeply involved was she in the workings of government? What were her priorities?
And also: Before Palin moved into the governor's office, she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, population 7,028. How did she adjust to a big new job? Was she up to it? What was her learning curve? Discovering how she made that transition could tell us how she might handle becoming vice president.
Yes, there are legitimate concerns about Palin's lack of experience. Who wouldn't, at the very least, wish that she had more time in the governor's office on her résumé? But a look at Palin's 20 months in power, along with interviews with people who worked with her, shows her to be a serious executive, a governor who picked important things to do and got them done — and who didn't just stumble into an 80 percent job-approval rating.
The funny thing is, that Byron York has a piece up at NRO where he says this in regards to Drew Griffin quoting his piece:
Actually, no one wrote the "quote" that Griffin read to Palin. But I began a recent magazine piece (unfortunately not available on the web, but hopefully coming soon) on Palin this way
He then proceeds to write out exactly what Griffin said to Palin and the remainder of the article.
The Right falls back on their tried-and-true cry of "OUT OF CONTEXT" because they insist York was giving a critique of the "press" and not Palin. If that is the case, then why didn't his article read as such?
The meat of the article is about Palin's experience, how she performed as mayor and governor, about how her life is being vetted.
The article isn't about how the press are casting her in one specific roll.
But, what else would you expect.
O'Reilly devoted his "talking points memo" to how unfair the press - in this case CNN - is treating Sarah Palin:
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