September 24, 2008
On her CNN show, news anchor Campbell Brown turned the "Sarah Palin sexism" talk on its head, saying the McCain campaign itself was being sexist for sequestering the female vice presidential nominee.
This comes after the McCain campaign tried to restrict reporters from covering Palin's meetings with world leaders at the UN yesterday.
"Free Sarah Palin," Brown says. What do you think?
She has a point, but this just fuels the whole "Liberal Media vs. Palin" narrative the GOP has been pushing.
She's right on point. I imagine she is an excellent debater, if this was her idea.
Bill M, what doesn't fuel the liberal media vs. any republican narrative? According to them all news outlets are liberal including, NPR, PBS and CNN.
Why is it that most of this church going society here in america frown at being label,liberal? in the bible,it states. to be liberal is to be just.
-Mel Mel
This is like a Christmas present to the GOP. I think they intentionally agitate the media in order to get these types of reactions. McCain was sitting somewhere saying, "Hmm, looks like the Palin buzz is wearing off. How can we get our base riled up? I know! Let's bait a CNN network anchor into ranting about how we're not cooperating with them! Yea, That's the ticket!"
Campbell Brown should get over the fact that Sarah Palin is snubbing her. Most media people are arrogant, and in Brown's case, ill-informed, if not altogether ignorant. Sarah Palin wants to control what message goes out to the people by being more discriminate about which media people she talks to. She is taking this risk, and it might have political consequences - or it might just be the better alternative to having media people like Brown to have unfettered access, and manipulate opinion by providing loose quotes and personal references. Brown has her own agenda, and she should get around to doing what she wants to do. But she should stop sulking that Sarah Palin does not want to talk to her.
Sarah Palin is a moose in head lights. She doesn't control her access to the media, the McCain campaign managers and staff do.
Palin has already contradicted stances with McCain early on. Sarah Palin is truly a novice at this in every sense of the word and is in no way ready for any one-on-one debate. She has never taken questions at campaign stops. She cites her scripted rhetoric, waves, smiles at the crowd and moves on.
McCain is no worse. He never takes questions from reporters on his campaign bus except the other day he answered two questions - a total of seven minutes. NPR reported this the other morning.
McCain, he's running scared and hasn't taken a position on the bailout, yet.
McCain/Palin the muzzled dogs, one with lipstick.
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