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Friday, September 5, 2008
Sorry about that, chief!

The McCain campaign belatedly endorses the concept of a "cone of silence"....for Sarah Palin.

Posted by Will Bunch @ 11:28 AM  Permalink | 72 comments
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Posted by Wolfgang 11:48 AM, 09/05/2008
It makes sense. This woman knows ZIP about anything. All it takes is one reporter asking her a basic foreign policy question and this magic mystery tour would unravel. I can't wait for Biden to tear her to shreds. I just read that Libertraitorman is prepping her on AIPAC...this is almost too easy.
Posted by b.atkinson 12:07 PM, 09/05/2008
This shouldn't stop bunch from doing what he does best....slander young women. You stay classy.
Posted by bon 12:09 PM, 09/05/2008
Obama was sheltered from the media for more than a year and the media said nothing. Plain will be out giving interviews in a week or two and the media is up in arms. (I wonder if they have any more important questions about her breast feeding habits and the size of her daughter's belly...) This is the double standard to end all double standards.
Posted by jfar86 12:14 PM, 09/05/2008
So, I guess that Obama has agreed to debate McCain in a town hall setting without a Teleprompter?
Posted by Wilford Brimley 12:17 PM, 09/05/2008
Will Bunch, what a sexist
Posted by James TL 12:20 PM, 09/05/2008
Saying Palin is basically clueless isn't slander... it's the truth! Thank you Mr McCain for selecting a nobody. She apparently doesn't even know what a VP does. Probably won't have to worry about it. Obama 08!
Posted by TR 12:32 PM, 09/05/2008
if James/Wolfgang continue to say we know nothing about this woman because the media doesnt ask questions, how could say taht she is a disaster, or she knows ZIP about anything? wouldnt it be reasonable to maybe let her answer some questions first before ripping her? think about it.....of course, you guys just beat the drum for the dem party and dont have open minds so maybe you cant rationalize what I am saying
Posted by Politburo 12:42 PM, 09/05/2008
bon assuming your assertion is correct, you have to admit there's a difference between not talking to the media long before election day, and not talking to the media less than 2 months from the vote.
Posted by Gibba Mang 12:55 PM, 09/05/2008
I thought Palin was againt federal "pork?" Then why did she request 160 million dollars in '08 and almost 200 million in '09 from the Feds? And I'm sure she returned the money to the Feds for the "bridge to nowhere" right? WRONG! See for yourself. http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html
Posted by bon 01:05 PM, 09/05/2008
Politburo: Fair enough, I will concede that but you must also concede that Palin's inevitable arrival on the media scene and the Sunday talk shows will come exponentially more quickly than Obama's did. If Obama can hide for more than a year (and continue to hide from McCain on the issue of joint town halls) Palin can spend a week or two seeing her son off to war and getting the affairs of her state in order. (It is also worth noting that Palin will no doubt be doing town hall meetings in the near future. Answering questions from voters is a lot more important than answering questions from the media, no matter what the media mavens say.)
Posted by SteveMG 01:09 PM, 09/05/2008
Why is she asking for federal money when the state runs a surplus? Just askin'. Oh, we're not allowed to ask. I wonder what Palin will say without a teleprompter. What do you think that Jeff Gannon guy turns up at her first press conference (in about a month)
Posted by Xi Jah 01:13 PM, 09/05/2008
Quick...who said this? "The surge has worked beyond anyone's wildest dreams"....I'll take your answers online.
Posted by bon 01:14 PM, 09/05/2008
SteveMG: This is very interesting. You all have spent 2 years defending a guy who cannot go out in public without a script, and now it is a scandal when a Republican (with a more substantive and accomplished record than Obama, btw) can match Obama at his own game? Come off it. (I have to wonder, what will you say when Palin flusters Biden in the debate and causes him to lose his cool? The more often you underestimate this woman the worse you will look when she constantly and consistently surpasses expectations. For instance: how silly does Obama's team look for trumping up the story that McCain would drop Plain?)
Posted by bon 01:17 PM, 09/05/2008
Xi Jah: I bet it was some terrible neoconservative who lives on puppy stew. Am I right? :)
Posted by Gibba Mang 01:23 PM, 09/05/2008
Quick...who said this? "We'll be greeted as liberators?"
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