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Palin's problems
Vanquished vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is about to give her first post-election TV interviews. She’ll be on Fox News tonight, NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday and other broadcasts in the days that follow.
The expectation is that she’ll use the Q&As to gripe about the allegedly unfair treatment she received from the news media during her two-plus months as Republican John McCain’s running mate.
That’s her prerogative, but I hope the interviewers have the good sense to pose the following questions to Gov. Palin:
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you abused your power as governor of Alaska to force the state police commissioner to resign?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that your 17-year-old daughter became pregnant out of wedlock?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you think living in a state next to Russia gives you foreign policy experience?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that the only Supreme Court decision you can name is Roe v. Wade?
* How, exactly, is it the news media's fault that, when you were being interviewed by CBS News' Katie Couric, you couldn't cite even one instance in which McCain voted against President Bush's polices?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you were unable to define the Bush Doctrine when asked about it by ABC News' Charlie Gibson?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you spent $150,000 of GOP donors’ money to buy clothes for yourself and your family?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you improperly used state money to cover your kids’ travel expenses during your first two years as governor of Alaska?
* And how, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you got fooled into thinking a Montreal radio host was French President Nicolas Sarkozy calling you from Paris?
I can’t wait to hear Palin’s answers to these queries. But, alas, I fear no one will bother to ask them.
Of course, if any of the interviewers do ask these questions, Palin is sure to complain that, again, she's being treated unfairly by the news media.
The expectation is that she’ll use the Q&As to gripe about the allegedly unfair treatment she received from the news media during her two-plus months as Republican John McCain’s running mate.
That’s her prerogative, but I hope the interviewers have the good sense to pose the following questions to Gov. Palin:
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you abused your power as governor of Alaska to force the state police commissioner to resign?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that your 17-year-old daughter became pregnant out of wedlock?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you think living in a state next to Russia gives you foreign policy experience?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that the only Supreme Court decision you can name is Roe v. Wade?
* How, exactly, is it the news media's fault that, when you were being interviewed by CBS News' Katie Couric, you couldn't cite even one instance in which McCain voted against President Bush's polices?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you were unable to define the Bush Doctrine when asked about it by ABC News' Charlie Gibson?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you spent $150,000 of GOP donors’ money to buy clothes for yourself and your family?
* How, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you improperly used state money to cover your kids’ travel expenses during your first two years as governor of Alaska?
* And how, exactly, is it the news media’s fault that you got fooled into thinking a Montreal radio host was French President Nicolas Sarkozy calling you from Paris?
I can’t wait to hear Palin’s answers to these queries. But, alas, I fear no one will bother to ask them.
Of course, if any of the interviewers do ask these questions, Palin is sure to complain that, again, she's being treated unfairly by the news media.
Labels: Tough questions
posted by Jeremy Schiffres, City Editor at
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