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Old 09-04-2008, 06:32 AM
 
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Second, we should have stuck to the press release stuff like how she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere (after she supported it).

Third, we should never have strayed into the other stuff. Like when The Washington Post recently wrote: “Palin is under investigation by a bipartisan state legislative body. … Palin had promised to cooperate with the legislative inquiry, but this week she hired a lawyer to fight to move the case to the jurisdiction of the state personnel board, which Palin appoints.”

Fourth, we should stop making with all the questions already. She gave a really good speech. And why go beyond that? As we all know, speeches cannot be written by others and rehearsed for days. They are true windows to the soul.
Unless they are delivered by Barack Obama, that is. In which case, as Palin said Wednesday, speeches are just a “cloud of rhetoric.”

Fifth, we should stop reporting on the families of the candidates. Unless the candidates want us to.

Sarah Palin wanted the media to report on her teenage son, Track, who enlisted in the Army on Sept. 11, 2007, and soon will deploy to Iraq.

Sarah Palin did not want the media to report on her teenage daughter, Bristol, who is pregnant and unmarried.
Why the media should apologize - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080904/pl_politico/13143;_ylt=AmfTHz4L_rbjbGgaZ6XvjJJq24cA - broken link)

Excellent article.
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Old 09-04-2008, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Lakes & Mountains of East TN
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Someone seems upset lol!
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Old 09-04-2008, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Hey, if Palin wants coverage of her family, then she's gotta be tough enough to handle the coverage -- all of it.

If she wants her family to be off-limits, then she should never have made a story of her son joining the military. When her son is a grown man, and making his own way in life, then HE can seek the media spotlight.
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Old 09-04-2008, 09:44 AM
 
Location: New Hampsha
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As we all know, speeches cannot be written by others and rehearsed for days. They are true windows to the soul.


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There was a flutter of attention when McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told a group of Post reporters and editors yesterday that his team was having to rework the vice presidential acceptance speech because the original draft, prepared before Gov. Sarah Palin was chosen, was too "masculine." While we all wondered to ourselves what might make a speech masculine or feminine, no one batted an eye at the underlying revelation: that the campaign was writing the nominee's speech before knowing who the nominee would be.
Putting Words in Palin's Mouth - PostPartisan - Quick takes by The Post's opinion writers
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Old 09-04-2008, 10:20 AM
 
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Boy you got alot of nerve. The media was 24/7 with those swift boat slurs.

GOP Conventioneers wore bandaids on their cheeks to mock his war wounds.
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