Amidst the upsurge in enthusiasm for the McCain-Palin ticket as a result of last week’s Republican convention, many probably missed a notable absence on the Sunday morning talk shows. While Obama, Biden, and McCain were on each of the three major networks, Palin was no where to be found, not even on the Republican mouthpiece, Fox News!
A McCain campaign adviser said Palin would not appear until reporters showed a willingness to treat her with “with some level of respect and deference.”
What?
Even if it was true that reporters are not sufficiently respectful or deferential, the appropriate response is not to go into hiding. Are we to get the impression that this self-styled pitbull is all bark and no bite? Will this be Palin’s modus operandi in dealing with foreign leaders or even Congress – promise to compliment her hair and then she’ll talk?
The patent absurdity of this excuse underlies the true reason – Palin just doesn’t have the depth to answer even softball questions. Further, if what I blogged about her before is any indication, she’s prone to making some embarassing factual gaffes.
And this is the person McCain believes is ready to be the next president at a moment’s notice. Honestly, I’m not sure which of the two is worse: the one severely lacking in judgement, or the one severely lacking in experience.
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