Highschool Locker Questioning

I was immediately invaded with the image of two girls after chemistry class standing next to their lockers when one says to the other, "O! M! G! Lisa! What's up the you and Sarah?!"



While Couric's framing of the question was leaned heavily towards the amateur, the intent was at least clear enough that I could divine what she wanted Murkowski to answer. And her answer was, from my perspective at least, a perfect example of what Sarah Palin most certainly is not.

I won't go so far as to say that Sarah isn't "curious", but she most certainly isn't so on an intellectual level that would be a benefit to her in that particular leadership position. One has to be able to ask the tough questions about how your decisions on policy are going to have a broader impact on the country, not just your personal q-score. The later is what Palin is more concerned in - why do you think she quit as Governor of Alaska?

So, It's Katie Couric's Fault?

Not suprisingly, Sarah Palin is on Fox"News" talking about her interview with Katie Couric and did what we would expect a Republican to do when they go on Fox, they said it was "their" fault.

In this case, the "their" is Katie Couric.





So, it was Katie Couric's fault that you can't name one - not one - newspaper or magazine that you have read. It's Katie Couric's fault that you answered a direct question of a voter. It's her fault that you can't even modestly elaborate on foreign policy as it relates to Iraq or Afganistan, the two most important nations in regards to Republicans foreign policiy.

Palin is prepared?

Her discussion with Cameron is nothing more than "Monday morning quarter-backing". She sees what a bumbling idiot she comes off as, and then claims that people are out to get her.

Someone, Please Help This Woman

She has a journalism degree and she can't name one newspaper or magazine that she reads.

I am almost speechless at this point.



Click here to watch the video.

Palin brought up her journalism degree during her interview ( read: game of t-ball ) with right-wing talking-head Hugh Hewitt:

HH: Now Governor, the Gibson and the Couric interview struck many as sort of pop quizzes designed to embarrass you as opposed to interviews. Do you share that opinion?

SP: Well, I have a degree in journalism also, so it surprises me that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics all those years ago. But I’m not going to pick a fight with those who buy ink by the barrelful. I’m going to take those shots and those pop quizzes and just say that’s okay, those are good testing grounds. And they can continue on in that mode. That’s good. That makes somebody work even harder. It makes somebody be even clearer and more articulate in their positions. So really I don’t fight it. I invite it.

So, is it now the media's fault that Palin can't name a magazine that she has read?

How did this woman become governor of Alaska?

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.

Don't Make Excuses For Her

I used to somewhat admire Wolf Blitzer.

Perhaps it was his name, his reporting from the first Gulf War, his passion that he seemed to have, and the wealth of knowledge that he appeared to stand firm on.

Maybe it was the fact that I was just 17 and did really know any better.

Now, Blizter comes of as a drab, almost Thorazine-infused, automaton.

But Jack Cafferty, that's another story.



I don't always agree with what Cafferty says. Sometimes, his "home-spun-lore" delivery and his furrowed brow echo that curmudgeon that sits in the local diner every morning that talks about how life was so grand before ( insert topic of the moment ).

That Jack Cafferty isn't in this video.

He has been replaced with an unscripted honesty that is buried within our media or labeled as "smears" by those that are attempt to usurp power form the ones that know how to weild it effectively.

Ready To Lead, Just Not Ready To Talk? About Anything?

Katie Couric has just become the next punching-bag for the conservative-right.

Here is an excerpt from her interview with Sarah Palin.



Sean Hannity's verbal hand-job not-withstanding, Palin is effectively 0 for 2 when it comes to one-on-one interviews.

Each time I watch a clip of Palin talking with Charles Gibson or Couric, I keep hearing the voices of those same conservatives saying that Palin is "ready", that she's "experienced", that she's "strong".

Certainly, one can't expect every political figure to handle an interview with grace and poise, with no stumbling points at all. But, conservatives are casting Palin in dual roles here. It's so blatant and unrepentant that this goes beyond political spin, this is hypocrisy in it's purest form.

She's the hard-charging conservative ready to take charge and lead this nation should that time present itself. She's also the delicate little flower that no one has to right to pose direct questions to.