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Palin Isn't Ready, and Mac Knows It

Posted Sep 9, 08 10:49 AM CDT in Opinion Politics 

(Newser) – John McCain knows that running mate Sarah Palin isn’t ready to be president, which is why the campaign is hiding her away and bullying journalists who investigate her, EJ Dionne argues in the Washington Post. She has yet to respond to any “serious questioning” since being nominated, a sign “McCain’s advisers clearly don’t trust Palin to answer questions.”

As part of its “war on the media,” Dionne notes, the McCain campaign has asked reporters to treat Palin with deference. “When,” he asks, “have McCain, Obama, Biden or, for that matter, Hillary Clinton asked for deference?” Dionne concludes, “The actions of McCain's lieutenants suggest that they know the answer” to questions about Palin’s readiness. “And they are doing everything they can to keep the media from finding it.”
Source: Washington Post

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John McCain chooses bottles of salsa for himself and his running mate Sarah Palin during a visit to El Pinto restaurant Sunday in Albuquerque, N.M. Sept. 7, 2008. Palin's husband Todd looks on.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
The fact that John McCain's advisers wouldn't let Sarah Palin near the Sunday talk shows is evidence they know she isn't ready to be vice president, EJ Dionne writes in the Washington Post.   (AP Photo)
That John McCain's campaign would ask the press to treat Sarah Palin with deference--"a word used in monarchies or aristocracies"--strikes Dionne as absurd.   (AP Photo)
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