On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Francis Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

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> On Sep 26, 2008, at 7:53 AM, richardsan san wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Francis Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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>> snip a lotta hump alot
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>> If that's okay with you, then just admit you think it's acceptable for the
>> press to grill Palin harder than Obama or Biden.
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>> I prefer to see the "real" Obama and Biden as well as the "real" Palin.
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>> gee, since this was directly about palin[ mccain, biden or obama were not
> in the OP], and the fact that she DID present the real palin...what's your
> beef?  that someone asked THE question [that many wanted to hear palin's
> answer on]? it was asked..to clarify a prior answer.... man, don't get
> snippy when we get what we ask for...sheeeesh...
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> I get "snippy" about folks that fail to see blatant press bias (Brian) and
> those that actually revel in it (richardsan).
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> My objections are
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please give us some insight into these objections...based on exactly
what?...in regards to the interview..if it's about something else, then
maybe something is offtrack here.



> that the press are holding Palin to a higher standard than either Obama or
> Biden, or any previous candidate for VP for that matter. Both you and Brian
> are being disingenuous about my position on the matter. I'm for a neutral
> press that treats all candidates the same. Treat them all with kid gloves or
> ask them all tough questions.
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> Accepting such press bias is a two-edged sword. We may know far more about
> Palin by this November than we do about Obama. As John Zogby noted, that
> could result in a landslide -- for McCain.
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> Is that what you want? Can you answer that without changing the subject or
> conflating issues?
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i posted a link to a snip of an interview, it was self evident, to palin's
abilities [or perhaps lack of] in "detailing" her prior answer about
alaska's proximity to russia and why she thought it gave her foreign policy
knowledge base a bump.


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> i suspect there were probably some coddling or 'these questions only'
negotiated before the interview, to keep couric from asking really tough
questions...Keeping ISS.

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