I posted this in the "Banality of Sarah" thread, but I think it bears repeating here.

Jay Carney of Time Magazine pointed out that we now know that Sarah Palin can give a speech, but asked whether she can answer tough questions about domestic policy or foreign policy.

The reponse from the McCain advisor that he posed this question to? "Who cares?" Seriously. That was her reply. "Who cares?" Watch the video here.

I already found it amazing that a full week after being named as McCain's running mate, she hasn't answered a single question from the press, but to hear the McCain campaign reply "Who cares?" to questions about Palin's knowledge of important issues is simply mind-boggling.

I agree 100%. She is afraid she won't be able to pull it off. It looks like she's never really had to answer to much press. But I feel very strongly that her children or saying things like "hiding behind her children" shouldn't be mentioned. It diminishes your argument. Stop talking about the damn kids. She is hiding behind her handlers

I think commenting all over the place is absolutely what needs to be done.
This from the Huffington post:
"According to Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, the American people don't care whether Sarah Palin can answer specific questions about foreign and domestic policy."

We don't care? I don't think so, McCain. The American people must know where she stands on all the issues and have her explain her ethics problems and her misleading statements.

I figure they are stuffing her head so full of talking points and smears, with some of the very basic answers about the international and domestic situation, that she'll be able to spout out some simplistic answer to any question, and if not, then attack Obama and Biden. By the time they're through "preparing" her, she'll be able to fool the masses. I doubt that she'll fool anyone who is really paying attention, but neither could Bush, who was a terrible liar. In fact, I think Mrs. Palin will prove to be a far better liar than Bush, but only time will tell. But I'm sure they are prepping her relentlessly. Get ready for Palin Mark II - the NeoCon Talking Head (with Lipstick).

Someone else had a good comment on this here:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/mccains-palin-strategy.php

Read this:

"Waiting to expose Palin to questions excites while reducing expectations, and attracts attention for the inevitable rollout. Her eventual press conference will attract more viewers than her nomination speech. And for that event, if they are capable of it, they will give Palin some real and specific policy rollouts to frame the press conference. Since the evangelical right already knows she is one of them, everything else you see from her will be picture perfect moderation. "

Good analysis. Expect a lot of vague, faux-moderate answers. That's her specialty.

It's more of GWB circa 2000: "compassionate conservative", "reformer with results", "humble foreign policy"

The only way to conteract this is for the MSM to press her on her lies and catch her. But I have no faith they will even try.

I read somewhere that while a 23 year old Barack was community organizing the citizens of South Chicago, Palin, who would have been about 20, was probably running in beauty pageants. Think about that!

She's used to being "in charge" of the message. If the press would simply fall into line let her be in charge of them... then she'd be glad to meet with them. I guess she's "ready" for international affairs then - following the footsteps of an administration, which only talks to those who are ready to "listen." I can see the message: When you're ready to listen, then I'll meet with you.

Pit bull, 'fraidy cat. If it runs and hides under the bed when the doorbell rings, there's not a lot of difference.

In fact, if I had any html skills whatsoever, I'd set up a Sarah Palin is a 'fraidy cat website.

Pit bull, 'fraidy cat. If it runs and hides under the bed when the doorbell rings, there's not a lot of difference.

In fact, if I had any html skills whatsoever, I'd set up a Sarah Palin is a 'fraidy cat website.

the meeting across the aisle theme is mccain essentially admitting he and palin are clueless and they will be happy to take all of obama and companies good ideas so long as they are running the show as prez and vp....they just ripped all of obama's good ideas and tried to present them as their own....even their negative ads aren't authentic...if obama says blue, they come back and say blue...it is a game targeting the dumbest groups in our society..unfortunately they are the ones who will accepts anything coming from mccain b/c to accept from the originators of the good ideas, theobama camp, is akin to treason....

Hey, guys! Didn't you know Sarah is a wooden dummy and Rove is the ventriloquist? She's his baby and he oversees her every move, her every word, like the Manchurian Candidate she is . . .. watch out for that Queen of Diamonds.

The Pitbull is a Chicken, and all her Pork wears Lipstick.

This is an exercise in lowering expectations.

In the end, Palin doesn't need to knock it out of the park. She simply needs to wait until this gets intolerable, maybe in three weeks or so, and then go on FOX or Larry King and have a friendly little chat, answering easily anticipated questions. And she will do well -- she's a cunning politician if nothing else.

After that, the press, having hyped it up to the point that we expected her to stumble and fall horribly as inferred by her hiding, will declare that she is pretty good after all, that she far exceeded the unrealistically low expectations of utter failure.

This is all they need to do to coast over the finish line.

Let's keep in mind Cheney brazenly withheld information, even inconsequential information, from the media for eight years, daring them to grow a spine, and they failed miserably. He taught everyone how much you can realistically get away with and how to do it.

Republican women who are SO PROUD of their female VP candidate, let me ask this...

Why is your female candidate being controlled and corralled by her handlers. Some independence, eh? What a proud moment.

Here it is...The McCane camp won't let McCandy open her mouth. They're afraid McCandy will say something stupid.