I seem to recall lots of people saying he wouldn't pick Biden because he was "gaffe prone" and after he did pick him, wondering whether he ran the risk of causing problems for the campaign because he is well known to speak his mind, wander off off on tangents, be caustic and, yes, say stupid things on occassion. Obviously if it was felt that Biden gets a free pass from the press those would not be concerns.
Palin has shown the ability to speak her mind quite clearly on the things she cares about and has thought about. I don't think she's stupid at all. I think that she flubbed this answer precisely because she doesn't really care about it and think about it. As far as priorities go, I think a number of Americans would agree that choice of news outlets doesn't merit much thought and consideration. I disagree and so do a great deal of people. That's fine, its a matter of different priorities and goes to the heart of what you think makes a good candidate. The question wasn't a gotcha question. The answer wasn't misinterpreted. The question and answer merely indicated a different set of priorities. Judah On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that is a distinction without a difference. she obviously felt > uncomfortable > naming names, so to speak. could she have worded her response better? sure. > > joe biden gets a free and clear pass on all the stupid things he says, > right? > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Judah wrote: > > > She didn't decline to name them. She said "I read all of them". Declining > > would be something like "I don't think a person should be judged by the > > periodicals they read so I'm not going to answer that question" > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
