Palins' debate strategy - Political Fever

Lazarus · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2008, 01:23 AM

With Palins' popularity dropping like a lead balloon ( along with McCains' presidential aspirations ), what can she do to slow the descent ?

I envision a multi-dimensional approach.
1) At the slightest critique of her record by the moderator, she will claim it to be a " gotcha " question and will refuse to answer.
Gwen Ifill ( moderator ) is already being accused of a pro-Obama bias.
After all, she is of the same skin color as Obama, and she did write a book about politics in the age of Obama. If that doesn't scream media bias, nothing does.

2) When Biden points out Palins' positions on the issues, she will claim gender discrimination. This will be in some vain attempt to appeal to Hillary voters.
To late, they've already swung to Obama, and they won't be leaving.

3) Palin will find some way to bring her child with Downs' Syndrome (?) into the debate. Here she will show an exagerated amount of emotion, again in an attempt to woo Hillary voters.

4) And obviously, she will employ the " baffle 'em with bull-scat " method throughout.

It is all too little, too late.
Stick a fork in any McCain Presidency - it is done.

Too bad that the next woman running for President or VP will be saddled with this loser.

malrenalds · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2008, 03:45 AM

I doubt she will overtly do any of that.

More likely she will try to gloss over as many details as possible.

Make fun of biden

She will smile enough to make even a Retail Area directer puke.

Truth for a Change · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2008, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Lazarus

With Palins' popularity dropping like a lead balloon ( along with McCains' presidential aspirations ), what can she do to slow the descent ?

I envision a multi-dimensional approach.
1) At the slightest critique of her record by the moderator, she will claim it to be a " gotcha " question and will refuse to answer.
Gwen Ifill ( moderator ) is already being accused of a pro-Obama bias.
After all, she is of the same skin color as Obama, and she did write a book about politics in the age of Obama. If that doesn't scream media bias, nothing does.

2) When Biden points out Palins' positions on the issues, she will claim gender discrimination. This will be in some vain attempt to appeal to Hillary voters.
To late, they've already swung to Obama, and they won't be leaving.

3) Palin will find some way to bring her child with Downs' Syndrome (?) into the debate. Here she will show an exagerated amount of emotion, again in an attempt to woo Hillary voters.

4) And obviously, she will employ the " baffle 'em with bull-scat " method throughout.

It is all too little, too late.
Stick a fork in any McCain Presidency - it is done.

Too bad that the next woman running for President or VP will be saddled with this loser.

The debate is a sham/Joke/ meaningless excercise as long as the moderator is totally biased and has a financial stake in the outcome of the election.

malrenalds · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Truth for a Change

The debate is a sham/Joke/ meaningless excercise as long as the moderator is totally biased and has a financial stake in the outcome of the election.

And who is not Biased?

Was listening to Hugh Hewett the other night talking about Gwen, he said she was an excellent journalist but a lefty.(?)

The truth is you cannot work in the world of politics and not have a bias. So would you like it better if Chris Wallace moderated? There are no unbiased journalist just levels of professionalism. And Gwen is top notch.

The fact that you right wing folks are just figuring out Gwen wrote that book shows how ill informed you people are.

malrenalds · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 04:41 AM

I think Gwen did an excellent job. She did not favor Biden at all.

Truth for a Change · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by malrenalds

And who is not Biased?

Was listening to Hugh Hewett the other night talking about Gwen, he said she was an excellent journalist but a lefty.(?)

The truth is you cannot work in the world of politics and not have a bias. So would you like it better if Chris Wallace moderated? There are no unbiased journalist just levels of professionalism. And Gwen is top notch.

The fact that you right wing folks are just figuring out Gwen wrote that book shows how ill informed you people are.

OH,, I see.. now we are saying that ALL the media is biased? OK.. are you talking about CBS, NBC, CNN ad ABC too including PBS?

I would agree with you but when are they going to admit it?

Hugh Hewett admits his bias as do most talk show people..

The moderator of the debate did not even inform the Election Board that she had a conflict of interest.. FINANCIAL conflict of interest.. She stands to gain a financial reward if YO_BAMA wins. Therefore she should have reclused herself..

Ethics play a role in journalism.. that it appears that most of the left wing Journalists have no ethics and therefore cannot be trusted.

Truth for a Change · #7 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by malrenalds

I think Gwen did an excellent job. She did not favor Biden at all.

Makes no difference she demonstrated that she has NO ethical principles. Therefore her career as a credible journalist is over. she will always be know as a left wing, pro-Obama Hack. She might as well be on Obama's payroll.

Truth for a Change · #8 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by malrenalds

I think Gwen did an excellent job. She did not favor Biden at all.

Makes no difference she demonstrated that she has NO ethical principles. Therefore her career as a credible journalist is over. she will always be know as a left wing, pro-Obama Hack. She might as well be on Obama's payroll.

She demonstrated that she has no ethical vision and her life is driven by her left wing political agenda....

Lazarus · #9 (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 01:16 PM

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With Palins' popularity dropping like a lead balloon ( along with McCains' presidential aspirations ), what can she do to slow the descent ?

I envision a multi-dimensional approach.
1) At the slightest critique of her record by the moderator, she will claim it to be a " gotcha " question and will refuse to answer.
Gwen Ifill ( moderator ) is already being accused of a pro-Obama bias.
After all, she is of the same skin color as Obama, and she did write a book about politics in the age of Obama. If that doesn't scream media bias, nothing does.

Right out of the gate, she said that her answers would be non-responsive.
And she was correct.

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2) When Biden points out Palins' positions on the issues, she will claim gender discrimination. This will be in some vain attempt to appeal to Hillary voters.
To late, they've already swung to Obama, and they won't be leaving.

Instead of playing defense here, she attempted to attack Biden with the fact that being a female brings with it unique insights into what families go thru on a daily basis.
Bidens' tragic past voided whatever gains she was aiming for.

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3) Palin will find some way to bring her child with Downs' Syndrome (?) into the debate. Here she will show an exagerated amount of emotion, again in an attempt to woo Hillary voters.

She missed a golden opportunity. Not only was she devoid of any real emotion during the reading of her index-card responces, but her failure to show any compassion for Bidens' loss truly shows her to be an uncaring, cold bitch ; or the McCain campaign was so worried about her screwing up that she was unable to change tactics when the need was surely there to do so.

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4) And obviously, she will employ the " baffle 'em with bull-scat " method throughout.

Well, bullscat and nonresponsive answers. I don't think that she ever gave a full and accurate answer to a single question about McCain - past/present/future.

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It is all too little, too late.
Stick a fork in any McCain Presidency - it is done.

Too bad that the next woman running for President or VP will be saddled with this loser.

After this performance, the McCain campaign is - at best - treading water.