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Sister Sarah?
It's ironic that the straight-talking, gun-shooting governor of Alaska has to be protected from the big, bad media
Date published: 10/2/2008
THE REPUBLICANS have a prob- Let's be fair. Cheap shots have been taken at Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. Some of those barbs have come from ideologues who seem to think that "real women" have to subscribe to the NOW agenda. Perhaps there has been a trace of sexism in the way some have examined Mrs. Palin's credentials. But none of that justifies the stage-managed, sealed-off shepherding of a nominee who could be, yes, a heartbeat from the presidency in four months. Nor does her appealing personal story render moot a thin resume that has made her fitness for national office a legitimate concern for voters, including some Republicans. Tonight's vice-presidential debate may help pull back the curtain on how Mrs. Palin views the country and the world. But one debate is no substitute for sustained, substantive questioning of a candidate whose early, infrequent interviews have done little to calm the waters. That "view of Russia" point, in answer to questions about her foreign-policy expertise, is beginning to sound like more than naivete. Nor does being Generalissima of the Alaska National Guard much enhance one's geomilitary gravitas. No wonder that more than half the voters doubt her qualifications to take over the presidency. While the three other national candidates banter with the press regularly, between visits to the Sunday-morning TV talk shows, Mrs. Palin parcels out Q&A sessions as if they were rare coins. A photo opportunity at the United Nations with a flirtatious president of Pakistan doesn't cut it. Three TV interviews and a couple of minutes with reporters on the campaign trail are infinitesimal next to the dozens of question sessions handled by the three other candidates. The GOP campaign has used a toxic brew of political correctness and media bashing to justify its sequestration of Sarah Palin. Operatives not known for their sensitivity to sexism suddenly are the high apostles of the politics of gender. But the continued sheltering of Mrs. Palin itself constitutes a form of sexism. It's ironic that the first female VP nominee in GOP history, portrayed as a straight-talking, gun-shooting "barracuda," needs to be protected from the big, bad media. Is Keith Olbermann more fearsome than an enraged moose? No male nominee would be treated so gingerly. Not even Dan Quayle was this barricaded. POSTSCRIPT "The closest she [Sarah Palin] has come to the Fourth Estate? Last week's trip to Media--Pennsylvania, that is."--Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist.
Date published: 10/2/2008
Mikey's biased
(posted by
AtackDuck
, Oct. 4, 2008 11:29 am)
"Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist" wets his leg everytime he writes or thinks of his Obamesiah. He has never questioned BO's inexperience or qualifications to be president, but that would be "racist".
The media have themselves to blame
(posted by
fireball
, Oct. 2, 2008 9:47 pm)
Sen. Biden's track record has been softballed, his gaffes ignored while a couple snippets of Gov. Palin's ABC interview that was otherwise uneventful and a snippet from a CBS interview that has yet to be aired fully broadcast from the rooftops and lampooned everywhere. She had no choice but to be reserved, though. Sen. Clinton was direct and in-your-face to her primary opponents, and all it did was get her branded a b!@#h by the same media that has been laying bear traps for Gov. Palin all along.
I'll watch tonight's debate and see what happens between now and Nov 4.
(posted by
kenderr
, Oct. 2, 2008 9:29 am)
I find it very interesting that I see virtually no media
coverage of the 3 other PRESIDENTIAL candidates. I'll bet
less than 1% of Americans can name the Green Party
and/or Libertarian Party candidates. I'll further bet that less
than that have even heard of those party's Vice
Presidential candidates. Educated voters???? And those
of you who think Ralph Nader is the Green Party
nominee....BZZZZZZZZ....WRONG!
I am shocked,
(posted by
True_Bob
, Oct. 2, 2008 8:13 am)
SHOCKED!, to read a balanced editorial with decent substance and thought in it, right here in the FLS. It's about time.
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