Beware the Barracuda

This interview that Charles Gibson is doing is going to be a farce and dishonest to the American people!! Who are you - the media accountable to? Is it us the viewers or corporate America?!!! Please read on below to understand why this interivew that Gibson gives to Palin is such a crock of Alaska!!

"And it's pretty clear this farce is going to be close to unwatchable. Set aside that this comes just on the heels of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis saying Palin would not sit for any interviews "until the point in time when she'll be treated with respect and deference." The tell comes high up in the AP story by David Bauder. The second graf reads ...

Palin will sit down for multiple interviews with Gibson in Alaska over two days, most likely Thursday and Friday, said McCain adviser Mark Salter.
Political interviews are never done like this. Because it makes the questioning entirely at the discretion of the person being interviewed and their handlers. The interviewer has to be on their best behavior, at least until the last of the 'multiple interviews' because otherwise the subsequent sittings just won't happen. For a political journalist to agree to such terms amounts to a form of self-gelding. The only interviews that are done this way are lifestyle and celebrity interviews. And it's pretty clear that that is what this will be.

Here's some more to inspire confidence ...

The interview is a coup for Gibson, who also had the only sit-down with McCain during the Republican National Convention. During that interview, he did not question McCain about Palin's family, a decision that he fretted about for hours, Gibson said in a Web log posted last week.

"Once you know about her daughter's pregnancy, once you know about her husband's political interest in the Alaska Independent Party, once you know about the special nature of their latest child, I think that's enough," Gibson wrote.

The relevant questions about Palin all related to her experience and policy positions as a mayor and governor of Alaska.

ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said he did not believe Gibson's stated stance about family questions was key to securing the interview. It will be unwatchable. "

Thank God Sarah is no Hillary! This idea that you guys keep posting, that McCain is trying to steal Hillary voters, is absured. Palin will pick some up, my mother and my two sisters included (all three democrats, all three hold grad degrees), but, Palin does more than that. But first, let me comment a bit further. There were some women voting for Hillary just because she is a woman. Just as Barak America's huge support in the black community is based solely on race (there will be many jobs lost if his tax plan goes into effect, I know, I am part owner in one of those small businesses that will have to gear back investment). So, some will vote Palin for that reason. Other women, who may have agreed with Hillary on some issues but not on all will find a strong woman in Palin. But, there are many moderates, men and women, who are conservative in faith and policy, who will find Palin attractive and that's the main reason she is a great pick. That she is an expert on energy and fires up the republican base is a bonus. So, Yes we all can, whilie you have a right to your opinion (I enjoy reading everyone's opinions and find this election fascinating), you and the media are kidding yourselves if you think there is no Palin appeal. You think, if you say it enough, it will become truth. Remind me of Bill Clinton . . . . tell a lie long enough and you start believing it yourself. If Obama weren't worried about moderates and WOMEN he wouldn't be sending out surrogates (mostly women) to seek the moderate vote. Now a word about the media, when Lou Dobbs bashes his own network something we've all known was obvious is coming to the forefront, and, truth be told, without the media in his pocket, Barak America would be Hillary's VP. Fineman bothers me, because he pretends to be objective. He's not. Matthews doesn't bother me, he admits what he is. Olbermann is just obnoxious, helping McCain more than he hurts. Olbermann's followers, and ther Obly speak, McBush, McSame, just reinforce their ignormance. Jonathan Alter, well, he needs to go work on a farm, or put on an infantry uniform . . . he has no clue what the real world is about. I've enjoyed the posts, interesting election huh?????

I have 2 questions: If Senator McCain's judgment and experience are superior to Senator Obama's, why was Governon Palin his third choice behind Joe Lieberman and Tom Ridge? Moreover, we are constantly hearing that Senator Obama's judgment is lacking because he did not support the "surge". That's fair and he should be judged upon his vote. However, why isn't Senator McCain's judgment questioned for voting for the worst foreign ploicy blunder in US history?

If the best you can do is that she doesn't know what FreddyMac is or does, then good luck on getting people to change their minds. As far as qualifications from previous experience...seriously...you can't vote Obama and say that about someone else.

And Obama made promises that this wouldn't be politics as usual and picks Biden as V.P. You have no issue defending that double standard and the many others that follow.

The "bambi in the headlights" is the Obama voter who thought this election would be a slam dunk and suddenly got very scared when they met Govenor Palin.

Obama-Biden supporters should be stressing over the McCain-Palin ticket because most Americans want reform and change the scope of politics. It is apparent in the overwhelming advantage that the latter has among likely voters in the polls.
(1) America has been, as still is, looking for fresh new faces to turn the tide of American politics. Barack Obama promised it, and then made a huge mistake by selecting the epitome of old time politics and business as usual???Joe Biden???a lifelong established politician.
(2) McCain is running for President, not Palin. Nonetheless, despite the ranting and raving about her inexperience, she represents something important that McCain wants???the face of change and a change of faces. She brings the change in methodology, personnel and approach that are hindering actual progress in Washington politics.
(3) In the unlikely event that McCain dies in office, Palin would serve the remaining term as President unraveling the weave of the intricate corruption in Washington, just like she has done in Alaska. Who knows, maybe she will sell-off some the Oval Office perks and accessories, one or two of the surplus jets, butlers, maids and chefs, and become the sweetheart of American politics.
(4) The fight will get uglier than Biden predicts: He says he will not change being polite to McCain???but political expediency mandates the bad and the ugly to appear during the heat of the battle. Biden owes nothing to Palin, and although Biden and McCain have an opposing friendship, their political relationship will be trumped by the need to win the office.
(5) The relative inexperience of Obama will amplify the statesman-like posture of McCain over Obama. Independents need to hear something substantive to make-up their minds, and when Presidential candidates face-off in the Presidential debate arena, experience shows through transparently. There is nothing like the combination of experience and national hero status.
(6) It???s unlikely that the VP Biden???Palin debate will make a difference in this election. Biden represents ???same-ole??? politics, Palin change, and just by Palin appearing and touting her accomplishments in Alaska, that will be strategy enough for her to convince the majority of Americans who are looking at outrageous gasoline costs and securing our energy independence. This is the restoration of faith in American politics that McCain needs.