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Palin: Media going easier on Kennedy because of class

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Palin: Media goes easy on Kennedy - Yahoo! News

“I did see that Tina Fey was named entertainer of the year and Katie Couric’s ratings have risen,” she said. “And I know that a lot of people are capitalizing on, oh I don’t know, perhaps some exploiting that was done via me, my family, my administration. That’s a little bit perplexing, but it also says a great deal about our society.”

The Alaska governor said that when she sees some of the coverage of her daughter Bristol especially “the momma grizzly rises up in me.”

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“I knew it didn’t go well the first day, and then we gave her a couple of other segments after that. And my question to the campaign was, after it didn’t go well the first day, why were we going to go back for more?” she said. “Because of however it works in that upper echelon of power brokering in the media and with spokespersons, it was told to me that, yeah, we are going to go back for more. And going back for more was

So let me get this straight. First, the media went hard on you because you were a conservative/republican/christian/average woman. Now that it's been pointed out that ALL women across the political board have it pretty ****ty (Coulter, Pelosi, Hilary all come to mind like a heroin shot), the issue has become one of class? I wonder how 'class' had anything to do with your treatment. Didn't Obama's family come from a lower class then yours did? Didn't Bush's family come from a much higher class then yours did? I think Palin is grabbing really hard at straws. Maybe it's not so much 'class' but family history? The Kennedys have become part of history through tragedy, scandals and the role some of them have played in world events(Cuban Missile Crisis, RFK's murder, JFKs murder, Chappaquiddick etc.) while your family has become part of history because of a failed presidential campaign and teenage pregnancies.

Oh and I forgot. You give Alaskan's money and can field dress a moose.
 
I don't even see why people care about her anymore. She was unimportant before the election, so let her go back to being meaningless.
 
YouTube - Sarah Palin Takes On The Media!! Exclusive Interview for "Media Malpractice"

Video Exclusive: A Revealing Morning With Sarah Palin


by John Ziegler If someone told me five months ago that in early January I would pay over $1,400 for an incredibly inconvenient plane ticket and $120 for a 3 a.m. cab fare to get from sunny Los Angeles to Wasilla, Alaska, I would have told them there was a better chance the Dow Jones would be below 9,000 and a gallon of gas less than two dollars.
If they would have told me I’d be glad to have made the journey (even with a seven-hour, weather-aided stop in Seattle), I would have told them Sarah Palin had a better chance to be John McCain’s running-mate. Of course, as we all now know this turned out to be true. And even though I still have the flu I got just before the trip, I’m thrilled to have experienced minus-eleven degrees in Alaska.


Obviously, I was there to interview Governor Palin for my forthcoming documentary about the media coverage of election 2008. My understanding is that the only reason Governor Palin did this interview (while rejecting hundreds of other requests) is because of her sincere devotion to setting the record straight on what really happened during the campaign and to determine why the news coverage was as dangerously slanted as it so clearly was.

Largely because of absurd claims by Democrats that she was violating ethics rules by answering campaign questions on state grounds (one of several ways in which the Democrats in Alaska, who used to love her, are now fully invested in the “take Sarah Palin down” industry), we did the interview at the Palin home. At 9 a.m., without a security guard or handler in sight, Bristol Palin, eight days removed from giving birth, politely answered the door and Governor Palin, not yet fully put together, rushed out to tell myself and my crew to make ourselves at home.

Big Hollywood Blog Archive Video Exclusive: A Revealing Morning With Sarah Palin
 
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I honestly don't think people really started giving Palin crap until the Couric interview. Sure they did a sketch about her on SNL, but I think it was only a light jab compared to the bit they did about the Couric interview. And some people criticized the McCain campaign of vetting her solely to grab votes from the former Clinton supporters. However, I think that was mostly a criticism of the McCain campaign more than her personally. The moment that Kennedy does an interview like the Couric one people will start giving her crap like that too. The only thing I can see about Palin now is that she's desperately trying to remain relevant and she will until the media loses interest in her and it will happen soon I'm sure.
 
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After being shown a clip of Couric complaining to David Letterman that no post-election interviewer has asked Palin why she would not tell the CBS anchor what newspapers she reads, the Alaska governor responded: “Because, Katie, you’re not the center of everybody’s universe.”



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I like that answer. Now can she name those newspapers? :lol:
 
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I like that answer. Now can she name those newspapers? :lol:

Yes, they are, "Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years."


Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?

Palin: I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.

Couric: What, specifically?

Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.

Couric: Can you name a few?

Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

Palin Opens Up On Controversial Issues, VP Candidate Speaks Frankly With Katie Couric About Feminism, Homosexuality, Abortion And The Environment - CBS News
 
YouTube - Sarah Palin Takes On The Media!! Exclusive Interview for "Media Malpractice"

Video Exclusive: A Revealing Morning With Sarah Palin


by John Ziegler If someone told me five months ago that in early January I would pay over $1,400 for an incredibly inconvenient plane ticket and $120 for a 3 a.m. cab fare to get from sunny Los Angeles to Wasilla, Alaska, I would have told them there was a better chance the Dow Jones would be below 9,000 and a gallon of gas less than two dollars.
If they would have told me I’d be glad to have made the journey (even with a seven-hour, weather-aided stop in Seattle), I would have told them Sarah Palin had a better chance to be John McCain’s running-mate. Of course, as we all now know this turned out to be true. And even though I still have the flu I got just before the trip, I’m thrilled to have experienced minus-eleven degrees in Alaska.


Obviously, I was there to interview Governor Palin for my forthcoming documentary about the media coverage of election 2008. My understanding is that the only reason Governor Palin did this interview (while rejecting hundreds of other requests) is because of her sincere devotion to setting the record straight on what really happened during the campaign and to determine why the news coverage was as dangerously slanted as it so clearly was.
Largely because of absurd claims by Democrats that she was violating ethics rules by answering campaign questions on state grounds (one of several ways in which the Democrats in Alaska, who used to love her, are now fully invested in the “take Sarah Palin down” industry), we did the interview at the Palin home. At 9 a.m., without a security guard or handler in sight, Bristol Palin, eight days removed from giving birth, politely answered the door and Governor Palin, not yet fully put together, rushed out to tell myself and my crew to make ourselves at home.


Big Hollywood Blog Archive Video Exclusive: A Revealing Morning With Sarah Palin

Palin handled that well, cudos to her.
 
Palin handled that well, cudos to her.
Agreed, of course you are being thoughtful here! Sadly there are many at DP that find it impossible to act that way when Palin is mentioned. It is more than fair to call it Palin Derangement Syndrome IMO. :roll:
 
I honestly don't think people really started giving Palin crap until the Couric interview. Sure they did a sketch about her on SNL, but I think it was only a light jab compared to the bit they did about the Couric interview. And some people criticized the McCain campaign of vetting her solely to grab votes from the former Clinton supporters. However, I think that was mostly a criticism of the McCain campaign more than her personally. The moment that Kennedy does an interview like the Couric one people will start giving her crap like that too. The only thing I can see about Palin now is that she's desperately trying to remain relevant and she will until the media loses interest in her and it will happen soon I'm sure.


It's that interview that did allow me to form an opinion of her. I was floored by it, actually.

In any event, and for what's it's worth, I don't think Palin is dumb like the media has made her out to be. In fact, I think her intelligent. However, I don't think she's polished nor experienced enough--at this time--to have been chosen as a VP running mate. The fact that she's finding that the press has unfaily treated her irrecovably shows that. Ask any public figure if they have been the target of any misleading information, and I bet most would say "yes."

I guess The National Enquirer is not one on the newspapers she reads. :2razz:
 
Did you see her comparison of how her family was treated by the press versus how Obama’s was treated by the press in the POTUS election? It is in the video interview I just posted. The woman is bang up front and spot on with her very savvy comment on that and other matters. A double standard was in play and she would indeed be as daft as many try to pretend she is, if she did not note and decry it. IMO.;)


It's that interview that did allow me to form an opinion of her. I was floored by it, actually.

In any event, and for what's it's worth, I don't think Palin is dumb like the media has made her out to be. In fact, I think her intelligent. However, I don't think she's polished nor experienced enough--at this time--to have been chosen as a VP running mate. The fact that she's finding that the press has unfaily treated her irrecovably shows that. Ask any public figure if they have been the target of any misleading information, and I bet most would say "yes."

I guess The National Enquirer is not one on the newspapers she reads. :2razz:
 
Did you see her comparison of how her family was treated by the press versus how Obama’s was treated by the press in the POTUS election? It is in the video interview I just posted. The woman is bang up front and spot on with her very savvy comment on that and other matters. A double standard was in play and she would indeed be as daft as many try to pretend she is, if she did not note and decry it. IMO.;)

Me thinks she protests too much. JMO. ;)

You can say I have Palin Derangement Syndrome. I don't care. I have no respect for her whatsoever. NONE.
 
It's that interview that did allow me to form an opinion of her. I was floored by it, actually.

In any event, and for what's it's worth, I don't think Palin is dumb like the media has made her out to be. In fact, I think her intelligent. However, I don't think she's polished nor experienced enough--at this time--to have been chosen as a VP running mate. The fact that she's finding that the press has unfaily treated her irrecovably shows that. Ask any public figure if they have been the target of any misleading information, and I bet most would say "yes."

I guess The National Enquirer is not one on the newspapers she reads. :2razz:

I don't think she's dumb either and I agree completely.
 
Agreed, of course you are being thoughtful here! Sadly there are many at DP that find it impossible to act that way when Palin is mentioned. It is more than fair to call it Palin Derangement Syndrome IMO. :roll:

I don't know, I think the way that some of the Conservatives swooned over her was pretty messed up. I could kind of understand why people swooned over Obama during the election considering that he was the first African American Presidential candidate and was articulate and well-spoken, but I can't for the life of me understand why they swooned over Palin.
 
Did you see her comparison of how her family was treated by the press versus how Obama’s was treated by the press in the POTUS election? It is in the video interview I just posted. The woman is bang up front and spot on with her very savvy comment on that and other matters. A double standard was in play and she would indeed be as daft as many try to pretend she is, if she did not note and decry it. IMO.;)

Muslim Obama took his share of knocks. So did America-hater Michelle. And, I can bet that Obama et al., will surely be criticized (rightly and wrongly throughout his Presidency).

And I can't help but think of the vitriol that Chelsey felt when her dad was President. I cannot imagine how all of those brutal "ugly" comments would weigh in on a young teenage girl.

Palin and family are not the first to be unfairly treated by the media, nor will they be the last. Sad, but true, unfortunately.
 
Me thinks she protests too much. JMO. ;)

You can say I have Palin Derangement Syndrome. I don't care. I have no respect for her whatsoever. NONE.
Of course she is not protesting at all, in any form. She is responding to a journalist and his questions and making some solid factual points.

Oddly (this is purely anecdotal) the majority of persons I have met that act from the Palin Derangement Syndrome school of thought towards her (she is “dangerous” and “evil”) are women. In fact some of the most irrational and illogical ad hom screeds against her at DP have been from women. Which I find ironic.
 
Of course she is not protesting at all, in any form. She is responding to a journalist and his questions and making some solid factual points.

Oddly (this is purely anecdotal) the majority of persons I have met that act from the Palin Derangement Syndrome school of thought towards her (she is “dangerous” and “evil”) are women. In fact some of the most irrational and illogical ad hom screeds against her at DP have been from women. Which I find ironic.

well palin isn't a feminist so maybe some women are afraid she'll reverse some of the progress made by the women's rights movement, whether intentionally or unwittingly. though you'd expect a feminist to like the idea of a woman VP, maybe it only counts if the woman VP is a feminist too.

edit: I mean, on the one hand, you have palin telling women it's ok to be a mother of five, and on the other you have obama saying abortion=women's rights.
 
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well palin isn't a feminist so maybe some women are afraid she'll reverse some of the progress made by the women's rights movement, whether intentionally or unwittingly. though you'd expect a feminist to like the idea of a woman VP, maybe it only counts if the woman VP is a feminist too.
Well there is some historical accuracy in saying some factions of the feminist movement do indeed mock “stay at home moms” or “women without careers” and look askance at them. Which is dumb IMO.:roll:
 
Palin: Media goes easy on Kennedy - Yahoo! News



So let me get this straight. First, the media went hard on you because you were a conservative/republican/christian/average woman. Now that it's been pointed out that ALL women across the political board have it pretty ****ty (Coulter, Pelosi, Hilary all come to mind like a heroin shot), the issue has become one of class? I wonder how 'class' had anything to do with your treatment. Didn't Obama's family come from a lower class then yours did? Didn't Bush's family come from a much higher class then yours did? I think Palin is grabbing really hard at straws. Maybe it's not so much 'class' but family history? The Kennedys have become part of history through tragedy, scandals and the role some of them have played in world events(Cuban Missile Crisis, RFK's murder, JFKs murder, Chappaquiddick etc.) while your family has become part of history because of a failed presidential campaign and teenage pregnancies.

Oh and I forgot. You give Alaskan's money and can field dress a moose.
I wonder how Palin was ever let out of Alaska. she is kind of infectious sore on the rest of the world. She should use some antibiotic ointment on her head.
 
I don't know, I think the way that some of the Conservatives swooned over her was pretty messed up. I could kind of understand why people swooned over Obama during the election considering that he was the first African American Presidential candidate and was articulate and well-spoken, but I can't for the life of me understand why they swooned over Palin.
For me it's because she is self-made, coming from nowhere, took on corruption within her own party and triumphed, as well as espouses traditional conservative values. The fact that she can do this while being genuinely feminine makes her attractive to women voters who may otherwise lean towards the Democrat Party.
 
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