Love Boat was not Shown Last Night in order to bring you VEEP Debates

VEEP Candidates were invited to come as their favorite Love Boat character....
review by Pat Darnell

Has Anyone talked about Affirmative Action Yet?

[SOURCE National Ledger]
"That should make the debate interesting but it appears that the network media and the larger newspapers that have yet to fail are still favoring Barack Obama. While it is obvious when you watch any news reports or read any newspapers that the media is in the tank for Obama one has admitted it..."
Katie Couric Interview With Sarah Palin: A Biden-Palin Debate Hint?
By Jennifer Cox
Sep 30, 2008

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"A reader at a major newsroom revealed to Glenn Reynolds, 'Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in Arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddie Mae.'"




Who Won?
Listen, my credit scores right now are lower than my blood pressure, and that is a correlation not to be ignored.

My big question: Has any of the candidates got a winning card up his/her sleeve? I need some relief, or the big one is coming... I ain't lying. (pd)

"Governor Palin's opponent, Joe Biden, appeared somewhat ill at ease as he worked to avoid alienating women by being overly aggressive towards the beauty queen from Alaska. However, Biden's incessant smiling for no good reason showed that the politeness and courtesy were merely play acting for the television cameras rather than legitimate expressions." (By John W. Lillpop; Oct 3, 2008)

Beatles, U2, Pink Floyd

The fact is, Palin is the equivalent of a Pink Floyd show (minus the chemicals). They sell out every time, and so does Palin. She brings in tremendous crowds where she goes - reportedly drawing 60,000 people in Florida over the weekend.

John McCain’s chief honcho in New York, Representative Peter King, compared her to some of the immortals of rock ‘n roll.

“She’s become like the Beatles or U2,” King said. “She’s got a certain celebrity status now – people want to see her; they want to hear her.” (CSM; 23 Sep 2008)

Okay You Journalist Babies, you're on the ropes; are you going to cry?

Andrew Sullivan is creative in his criticism calling the McCain campaign’s handling of Palin “sexist” citing a different set of rules are applied for media access to Palin and “devising less onerous debate rules for a female candidate.” His advice to the beleaguered press pool? Revolt!

“Fight back, you hacks! Demand access,” Sullivan writes. “Demand accountability! It’s our duty. If we cannot ask questions of a total newbie six weeks before an election in which she could become president of the country, then the First Amendment is pointless.”

Scott Conroy over at CBS grouses that this is not the first example of poor communication skills on behalf of the McCain campaign.

In Orlando on Sunday, Palin had another off-the-record stop at an ice cream shop, but the pool producer who was assigned to be in Palin’s motorcade was not notified when the candidate departed to get ice cream, and so there was no editorial presence at the event.

ABC’s Kate Snow reports frustration:

Palin has not held a news conference since being selected as McCain’s running-mate, nor taken questions from her traveling press corps, frustrating journalists assigned to cover Palin for the election.

Kenneth Vogel at Politico says things are getting testy:

Sarah Palin’s relationship with her traveling press corps went from barely existing to downright chilly Tuesday, when the two sides briefly engaged in a standoff over journalists’ access to Palin’s photo ops on the sidelines of the United Nations meetings here.

Mark Silva over at The Swamp says the campaign is trying to avoid a repeat of an incident last week.

The McCain/Palin campaign’s effort to stifle editorial coverage of the candidate’s meetings with world leaders comes a week after CBS News asked Palin an impromptu question about the AIG bailout, while Palin made an off-the-record stop at a Cleveland diner.

“After the Cleveland event, a Palin staffer told CBS News that questions “weren’t allowed.”(CSM; 23 Sep 2008)

The Truth? Can I handle the Truth... Palin's Business Card:
"Have Alaska | Will Travel"

Final Words? I say -- Alaska is neither North or South... it is absolutely just way up there. The game is Obama against Palin at the gunfight. And I think Obama is the Sheriff that doesn't carry a gun... So it will probably come down to baseball bats.. And I think Palin's costume was the better of the two debaters.
(pd)