Why Hasn't Anyone Been Able/Allowed to Interview Palin?

[Anonymous]

To follow up on the PP's post and the previous post about how these attacks are hurting the Democratic ticket, see Tom Bevan's RCP blog entry:

Attacks on Palin No Joke

Posted by TOM BEVAN

Kirsten Powers does a good job ticking off how the various bungled attacks on Sarah Palin by the left have only energized Republicans and hurt Barack Obama.

This latest attempt by Juan Cole, using a cutesy play on Palin's "hockey mom" joke from her convention speech to equate her to a Muslim fundamentalist, is more of the same:

"But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the Founding Fathers. On censorship, the teaching of creationism in schools, reproductive rights, attributing government policy to God's will and climate change, Palin agrees with Hamas and Saudi Arabia rather than supporting tolerance and democratic precepts. What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick."

While the Obama campaign spent a great deal of effort yesterday trying to knock down Palin's credentials as a reformer over her position on the Bridge to Nowhere, his supporters in the media like Keith Olbermann were busy openly mocking her former pastor and her religious views trying to frame her as a Bible thumping zealot.

This is, politically speaking, a Road to Nowhere in that it will only invite a reevaluation of the twenty years Obama spent in the pews of his church listening to Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

UPDATE: Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic personifies the sneering tone of the Beltway MSM with the first sentences of his new piece:

"It took only a few days for the saga of Sarah Palin to go from Frank Capra to Preston Sturges to Judd Apatow, and then for the farce to stop being funny at all. These are not the times for right-wing screwball. The world is aflame and we have been pondering the knocked-up daughter of a pert and uncannily confident Alaskan mediocrity who was elevated to a national ticket for the purpose of changing the conversation."

He mentions Powers' piece in the lead and ends with Leon Wieseltier's New Republic blog entry, which actually refers to Palin's "knocked-up daughter." Sounds kind of like DCUM, doesn't he? Except, you know, there's this problem: The candidate supported by The New Republic always seems to have one hell of a time getting elected.

The polls are clearly showing a backlash related to attacks on Palin. Democrats need to get a grip. As for Obama and Biden, they have moved almost entirely away from their positive message and Biden is even claiming he is the underdog in his debate against Palin. That's just ludicrous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to digress...

Jeff, do you sleep? How do you manage to know everything? You're like my election wikipedia (always up-to-date and accurate a vast majority of the time).

Yes, he's also become my "election wikipedia!"

This might be the most frightening comment I've seen. PLEASE read something written by people who understand these issues.

Good grief. As the person who first made this comment, I recommend you get a sense of humor. I work in policy and am mandatorily familiar with the issues but grateful for the obscure tidbits that Jeff pulls out of left field, as they entertain me. For the record, the chance of anything I read on this website influencing my vote are about as great as the chances that Sarah Palin will be on Anderson Cooper tonight, so fear not.

[Anonymous]

Didn't know it was a joke. Am very relieved.

[Anonymous]

Me too. Jsteele is a good and just moderator, but he is not fair and balanced. However - who is?