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In July, McCain Promised His VP Would Appear On Larry King

thinkprogress.org — Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that since becoming Sen. John McCain ’s (R-AZ) running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin has rarely taken questions from the press. In July, during an interview with CNN’s Larry King, McCain assured King that his running mate would appear on King’s show shorty after his announcement

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  • jlpete9, on 09/05/2008, -8/+84Considering he canceled his own visit, no surprise that Sarah "won't be able to make it"
    • rald84, on 09/06/2008, -1/+16foxnews had that nifty clock when obama was boycotting them. keith should get one for palin and announce he's keeping track for all the networks. that would be epic win.
      • 5urr3al5am, on 09/06/2008, -9/+4Maybe Nazi Queen Oprah should let Palin on her show? You know for such a open-minded liberal she really has a funny way of showing it. Even the 'close-minded' Bill O'Reilly gave Obama a full interview on his show!
      • haydesigner, on 09/06/2008, -1/+7@ 5urr3al5am: "Maybe Nazi Queen"

        Really? That is what you are reduced to now?
      • icexe, on 09/06/2008, -1/+3@5urrr

        Nazi Queen? Do you even have a frigging clue what Nazism was all about? Or are you simply using the term as a substitute for your lack of originality?
    • Aanidaani, on 09/06/2008, -12/+14Ah! Clearly this reflects poorly on his character. He didn't show up for a television show, this must mean that his foreign and labor policies must somehow be flawed... Let's gather a team of analysts to pore over this detail for hours...
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -9/+15What it shows is that he is a petulant *****. You may be OK with that in a President, but we've had one guy who is the epitome of conceit and petulance for the last 8 years - and he is a ***** disaster.

        Character flaws matter.
      • QuadZeroRoute, on 09/06/2008, -21/+8Wartyboskfapped you said two very funny things.

        "What it shows is that he is a petulant *****." you calling someone a petulant *****, is very much like "pot kettle black."

        Character flaws matter. and we are definitely looking at yours. Petulant *****.
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -3/+14Thanks for your endorsement, Zero, but I'm not running for POTUS.
      • sugarazor, on 09/06/2008, -3/+9If he or Palin can't stand up to Larry King, how can they stand up to Putin?

        The Right used this exact same line when Hillary went after the media, but she was just a whiner right?
      • uqdroma, on 09/06/2008, -4/+2I consider Obama's elitist attitude in San Fran to be a character flaw. The double standard is starting to make me numb.
      • Bith8654, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1@uqdroma, please explain Obama's "elitist attitude" and do so without using empty buzzwords like "elitist"
    • jbenson2, on 09/06/2008, -4/+1The Drive-By Media is in a tizzy. Their goal is to "Take Palin Out" with gotcha questions. "Do you still beat your spouse?"

      Here's John and Sarah's schedule for today - chock full of interviews and meetings.
      That's three set-asides for media in one day, comprising at least three hours of face time for McCain and Palin.
      Ha! Ha! Ha!

      http://tinyurl.com/6dztn5

      And a little extra present: A video that realistically shows how the democrats will react when Obama loses the general election: http://tinyurl.com/5jn4xb
  • 0gre, on 09/05/2008, -36/+13Considering she's been the nominee for 2 weeks isn't this a bit premature?
    • tcbishop12, on 09/05/2008, -8/+35Jesus! No. Not when you know nothing about someone who could well be President, no.
      • FLUX, on 09/06/2008, -20/+10ohh you mean Obama or Palin you need to make your self clear
      • bodisatvah, on 09/06/2008, -2/+11Obama's life is on public record. You're just too much of an indoctrinated meatsack to use the brain you have and look it up yourself. Seriously FLUX, just shut the ***** up and get out of conversations with adults.
      • nixfu, on 09/06/2008, -7/+2>Obama's life is on public record.

        OH really? So then when will Obama:

        1. Provide an original certified copy of a Birth Certificate.
        Why do some members of his African family believe he was born in Kenya and that he is a Muslim?
        2. Release ALL his University, Foundation and Tax Records.
        3. Release his Passport and travel history.
        4. Release the history of his multiple citizenship's.
        5. Release the history of his Baptism or conversion to Christianity.
        6. Explain why HIS experience for office, trumps Mrs. Palin’s.
        7. Explain how he is going to introduce CHANGE by naming a 35 year loser as Vice President.
        8. Since being born to a Muslim father - the Muslim world considers him Muslim.
        Ask if he has formally refuted Islam to accept Christianity.
        9. Explain why so many of his mentors, friends and supporters are recognized as Black Racists, Radical Leftists, Communists, Domestic and Foreign Terrorists or Felons.
        10. Explain why he has not yet thrown his two Weatherman Terrorist friends under the bus as quickly as he did his white grandmother?
        11. Explain if he renounce his US citizenship when you obtained Indonesian citizenship? Did he ever attempt to claim your US citizenship before the age of 25 as required to keep it?
        12. Did he go to Pakistan to visit his Muslim family and friends using an Indonesian passport?
        13. Were he a Muslim until the age of 22 when he said you 'converted' to Christianity?


        And when Obama when will you release the following documents?

        1. Occidental College records -- Not released
        2. Columbia College records -- Not released
        3. Columbia Thesis paper -- "not available"
        4. Harvard College records -- Not released
        5. Selective Service Registration -- Not released
        6. Medical records -- Not released
        7. Illinois State Senate schedule -- "not available"
        8. Law practice client list -- Not released
        9. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate -- Not released
        10. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth -- Not released
        11. Harvard Law Review articles published -- None
        12. University of Chicago scholarly articles -- None
      • haydesigner, on 09/06/2008, -0/+3@nixfu: "5. Release the history of his Baptism or conversion to Christianity."

        Sigh.
        1) First off, some of those records Obama CAN NOT release. The schools/companies themselves have to release them. Get your facts straight.
        2) Who the ***** cares about his Baptism? Or his religion? You do NOT have to be Christian to be the president (or any other office, for that matter). If anything, I want a ***** agnostic in there!
        3) Are you going to be publicly advocating the transparency in records for McCain and Palin (or even W. Bush (military service records, please))?? Yeah, I didn't think so.

        You are an ignorant partisan who is being played for a fool by your own party.
    • eksai, on 09/06/2008, -4/+11not when the election is 2 months away...she is supposed to be on as many shows as possible so that the American people can learn about her
      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/06/2008, -10/+5Where's that rule written?
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -3/+10since when do rules matter to the ***** GOP? They ***** on rules, even their own.
      • akchrs, on 09/06/2008, -7/+3Like Oprah?
      • jdenzer, on 09/06/2008, -2/+6@vexingmodstwo

        So you agree that Obama took as long as he did to appear on Fox?
        And Fox was wrong for having their countdown clock of Obama?

        Let me guess no. And now you argument will be " . . . Umm, Obama is friends w/ Bil lAyers . . ."
      • JulyZerg, on 09/06/2008, -0/+3They don't want the American people to learn about her, because then they wouldn't vote for McCain!
    • jdenzer, on 09/06/2008, -4/+8So when is a good time. Nov 5?
    • CeeAyy, on 09/06/2008, -2/+4Did you read the article or watch the video? It's been a long standing tradition for the nominee to appear the next night. Why would this be premature?
      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/06/2008, -3/+1Change.

        Or was that merely lip service?
      • funkyloki, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1So the change he will bring us is not following through on his commitments, or that he says he will do one thing and actually does something else? You have to do better than that dude.
    • JoeVet, on 09/06/2008, -0/+3Biden has been the dem VP candidate for only one week longer. He is making the rounds already and we already know about him. Palin is hiding from the American people and expects to be elected? Sad part is they are trying to blame the media instead of putting the blame where it belongs....with John McCain for choosing some one who doesn't even know what the VP does.
    • sekhar0107, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1Ready to be VP (and President), but not ready to take questions? Doesn't seem defensible.
  • Moetownslick, on 09/05/2008, -3/+21lol @ "rarely".

    how about "NOT"
  • tcbishop12, on 09/05/2008, -6/+105According 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.

    According to Wallace (on Joe Scarborough's show) "the American people will learn all they need to know (and all they deserve to know) from Palin's scripted speeches and choreographed appearances on the campaign trail and in campaign ads."

    That ain't all: Despite earlier promises to the contrary, Sarah Palin is now refusing to cooperate with the trooper-gate investigation. Her lawyer now says she will refuse to be deposed unless the head of the current investigation relinquishes control and hands the investigation over to the state Personnel Board made up of three of Gov. Palin's appointees.

    The GOP strategists are trying to hide and cover-up the worst VP candidate in modern history. They only need her for her image until election day. Bit as Sarah Palin has proudly described herself - she is nothing but a Pit ball with lipstick. Give her a script, and she'll deliver it. Is that what America needs, after eight years of Bush Cheney administration, a frothing, rabid, fanatical vindictive anti-feminist religious wingnut extremist and self proclaimed vicious b_tch (lacking in every qualification except the ability to tear people down) for a Vice President a heartbeat away from the Oval Office?
    • paintgrl, on 09/06/2008, -2/+18Well said. Clap, clap..
    • bobh1234, on 09/06/2008, -15/+0"The GOP strategists are trying to hide and cover-up the worst VP candidate in modern history. "

      Says who? You are a complete and utter moron. I can think of several worse ones.
      • chenalex, on 09/06/2008, -1/+6Of course - Dan Quayle, who didn't have the balls to go after his opponent like Sarah Palin did. Incidentally, another GOP pick.

        Nicole Wallace's assertion is very suspicious though.
      • CeeAyy, on 09/06/2008, -0/+4It's interesting that you don't defend her. You only say that there are worse candidates... lol. You have the nerve to call someone else a moron... lol. What a maroon... lol.
      • JoeVet, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2At least Dan Quayle brought plenty of cash with him which helped to make up for his low IQ. The only thing Palin contributes is a vagina.
    • DJVoid, on 09/06/2008, -0/+9Sarah Palin has comparable intelligence to that of a box of hair. And yet here is our country's VP-elect.

      I keep seeing statements such as, "They are afraid such-and-such will expose her as the unqualified candidate she is". Are you kidding? Can anyone even say ANYTHING that would remotely imply she is ready to run a McDonalds, let alone THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

      But, this is our country, and a large percentage of our population are ***** idiots. ***** idiots. And if you're from a dumb-middle-red state, and you represent who I'm talking about, ***** YOU. ***** I hate sheep, blissfully ignorant, destructive sheep.
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -5/+1Dude, the only thing that will *actually* unite all Americans of every demographic to work together towards a common goal in harmony is if you insult them like that, then they gang up and digg your comment down.

        Or, bomb the ***** out of your country, depending what's on tv.
      • legatus, on 09/06/2008, -5/+1Your choice of language speaks volumes about you.
    • iMyst, on 09/06/2008, -0/+3It's certainly not like it's the president and vice president in control of the country. It's obvious it's the speech writers. They're the puppetmasters.
  • BishkekBuddy, on 09/06/2008, -5/+59Don't you just have to wonder how it would have been received if Biden had chosen not to meet with the media for 2 weeks so he could "get up to speed" on Obama's positions? Gad....
    • bernstein07, on 09/06/2008, -5/+1I kinda wish Biden would have run for President. I think I'd vote for him more than anybody.
      • Sup3rSh3ep, on 09/06/2008, -0/+13you should have vote in the primary then.
      • QuadZeroRoute, on 09/06/2008, -18/+5Biden DID run for president. Biden pulled fewer votes than what Palin got in her mayoral bid.

        Biden pulled 10,000 votes in a presidential bid or did you miss that. Palin was mayor of a city of 9,000.

        Palin is to Alaska
        population 683,478

        Biden is to Delaware
        population 864,764

        You could fit 250 states the size of Delaware into the state of Alaska, a state with more coastal borders than that of practically all the other states combined.

        Alaska has the same number of electoral college votes as Delaware.

        130 times the affirmative action candidate voted present because to vote yes or no was too tough. CEO's mayors and governors must make decisions, you cannot vote present. Obama has never managed anything and has never managed in crisis. Obama is the least experienced candidate in the last 100 years.

        I agree with Joe Biden that the position of the President of the United States of America is not the time or place for on the job training. In the single most important decision, to increase the number of on the ground troops John McCain made the right call and called for the increase in the number of troops.

        When Joe Biden's wife and children were killed in an accident leaving two children injured and in the hospital, nobody asked Joe Biden how he was going to be a Senator and take care of his family. Sarah Palin has a husband that is very capable of taking care of children and between her husband and care takers they will do fine.
      • AmazingSteve, on 09/06/2008, -2/+7So what's your point. Gore got more Votes than Bush and that didn't seem to matter. Have a seat.
      • csimpkins, on 09/06/2008, -1/+9@QuadZeroRoute

        Not that it REALLY matters, since you're trying to equate apples and oranges... the entire argument is absurd. But since you brought it up, put those numbers back in your ass where they came from.

        First of all, the population of Wasilla was closer to 5,000 at the time she was mayor. Second, in her first run for mayor, she was elected with just 617 votes. In her second, it was 909. Biden collected 63,157 votes, even though he dropped out after Iowa.
      • funkyloki, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1Quad, what does the physical size of the state have to do with anything? Most of Alaska is unpopulated federal land that the Governor has absolutely no control over. You can tell that just by looking at the population numbers you posted. But still, WTF does that matter?
    • Taiyoryu, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1I would have demanded the same thing from Biden as I do from Palin. That they provide media access. The difference is, I at least know a little about Biden based on his campaign during the primaries. Palin I know next to nothing and it doesn't do her any good if I'm unable to sift through the news, rumors, accusations and innuendo without getting her side of the story. I don't vote for question marks.
    • plooger, on 09/08/2008, -0/+0Hell, I don't have as much of a problem with her not being up-to-speed on McCain's positions, both because of (1) the fact that McCain only chose her the day before the announcement and so she didn't have time to prepare, and (2) McCain's positions have changed so much since 2000 that she might be familiar with Sen. McCain's positions but not candidate McCain's. She could still do the interviews and take a pass on those questions.

      What I have a problem with is that she's wholly uninformed on national and international issues, has an atrocious governing record, and is being kept sequestered to protect the manufactured image.

      And the media seems to be repeating their mistakes from 2000 and 2004, assisting in the election of a disastrous Presidential ticket.
  • AmericanElitist, on 09/06/2008, -8/+45what, and risk her being exposed as completely unqualified to be vp? that would ruin the whole plan!
    • rald84, on 09/06/2008, -2/+15they've said as much

      "If she goes out and makes a mistake, that is something that [voters will] care about, and that's something that will haunt [McCain] for awhile, so I think this is a smart move. "
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -3/+8Oh god, someone really wants to bury that quote, don't they? Just goes to show, Right Wing Shills hate the truth.
  • TheToecutter, on 09/06/2008, -7/+23Palin allowed to go on CNN and be as asked cold questions? When hell freezes over maybe.
  • besttoro, on 09/06/2008, -5/+23Didn't Sen. McCain just say something like "I’m not in the habit of breaking promises" in his speech...?
  • Proctor, on 09/06/2008, -5/+29If she cant respond to questions asked by a TV news journalist, how is she going to respond to questions/concerns of the American people?
  • lopla, on 09/06/2008, -8/+19The only show this chick belongs on is the Jerry Springer show. I mean WTF!! It's like my sister is running for VP!! I'm scared *****!
  • HarChim, on 09/06/2008, -7/+15Palin isn't going to win any more votes by going to interviews. Anyone that is stupid enough to vote for her (http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/show ... has already made up their minds. Going to interviews will probably make her lose votes.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -1/+4That crowd's chief activist and icon Reba Shimansky has just announced that she's no longer supporting McCain because of Palin.

      http://www.politicususa.com/en/Shimansky-Clinton-P ...

      The Palin pick, if intended to poach those disaffected Clinton followers, has either totally failed (as early polls suggest) or not been anywhere near as effective as McCain's people might have hoped.
      • hangingchad, on 09/07/2008, -0/+1The hillaryclintonforum is a sham. It's setup to attract disenfranchised Hillary supporters. However, if you try and post something other then vote for McCain/Palin because Obama screwed Hillary, then your post gets immediately taken down and your account get suspended.

        The sad part is that there are a lot of gullible supporters on that forum who just don't realize how badly they are getting manipulated.
    • Fizzle, on 09/06/2008, -1/+6That thread disheartens me as an American. Clinton supporters jumping to McCain just because he picked a woman who's an anti-feminist and VERY republican.

      This shows the main fallacy in democracy, people don't take the time to learn about the people they're electing. They just go on their first impression of the person. If anything else shiny gets in the way of them and the voting booth, they COULD change their mind..
    • Shiftgood, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2How are there so many dumb people in the world? I dont feel like its that hard to be "not retarded"
    • bodegit, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2would somebody please troll that Hillary forum. over.
    • Taiyoryu, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2"I'm actually very excited that women will get some serious respect in this race."

      OH RLY?

      A woman does not earn respect by voting for someone simply because they're the same gender. You get respect by actually deliberately weighing your choices and choosing the best candidate that represents you. Those women don't realize that Palin most likely represents everything opposite of what they do. That forum is nothing more than a female clique for grown-ups who never outgrew high school replete with the same spite and conformity. Talk about copouts. They would rather settle for ANY woman as VP in 2008 rather than re-strategize and push for their first pick as President in 2012. That's disgraceful. I bet you not one of them even knows there are still women candidates for PRESIDENT.

      Green Party is an ALL WOMAN ticket: Cynthia McKinney / Rosa Clemente
      Party for Socialism and Liberation: Gloria La Riva / Eugene Puryear

      Since these women only vote on a gender, I don't see why they'd have any problem supporting the PSL any more than they do Republicans.

      Ever since Palin came on the ticket, it seems like this election has taken on shades of a popularity contest.

      These women help make a point, though the situation isn't limited to just them. For all its resources, the average education level of this country simultaneously blows my mind and makes me sad. What's sadder is the average education level of those in office. Which makes me contemplate the question: is it smart for the US intelligentsia to stay out of politics?
  • luke16, on 09/06/2008, -18/+10Whoa.
    I decide to uncheck '2008 US elections' in the digg filter and the whole site becomes McCain central.
    You americans really love your elections...
    Im going to get burried for this, but i think the non-americans agree when i say "America, we don't give a ***** about your politics"
    GOOD DAY SIR!
    *checks box*
    • 180andback, on 09/06/2008, -3/+19Yeah, US politics isn't in any way relevant to anyone or anything outside of America. You tell us!
    • DD2CC2U, on 09/06/2008, -3/+12Yeah when the United States goes to war with Russia that has no effect on anybody else in the world. That is why US politics does not matter to anyone else in the world. (sarcasm)
    • slundal, on 09/06/2008, -5/+14I live in sweden and actually care more about who wins this election than I did last time we had an election in Sweden. I am truly scared of thinking what could happen to this world i the Americans elect McIdiot and his side kick in to the White House.

      Obama/Biden 08! Sweden loves you guys!
      • QuadZeroRoute, on 09/06/2008, -12/+4***** sweeden
      • slundal, on 09/06/2008, -2/+9***** you
      • osko2052, on 09/06/2008, -8/+1I will take your comments into consideration when I go to the voting booth and vote for McCain-Palin. Thanks for reinforcing my decision. You get your vote in Sweden and I get mine here.
    • 180andback, on 09/06/2008, -5/+3Luke16 just got schooled.
    • absurdist, on 09/06/2008, -3/+4I have a feeling your juvenile inanity won't be missed, somehow.
  • kingUssop, on 09/06/2008, -4/+36McCain promises don't mean anything.
    • willster580, on 09/06/2008, -10/+6Kinda like Obama's.
    • bobh1234, on 09/06/2008, -5/+0What are you trying to say with that pointless post? No, really? Like Obama keeps his? duh.
  • paintgrl, on 09/06/2008, -4/+14Well if she is so great why are they hiding from the media and not letting the people hear what she thinks. It is obvious that this republican ticket is a sham.
  • SouljaBoySTFU, on 09/06/2008, -14/+18Sarah Palin is a lying whore.
    • Jamihabs, on 09/06/2008, -4/+3How "Progressive"!
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -1/+4Yeah, his statement wasn't accurate except about the lying.
      • B1663r, on 09/06/2008, -1/+4If you call yourself a "lipstick wearing bulldog", I get to call you a whore without claims of sexism;)
  • FLUX, on 09/06/2008, -19/+15Waaaa Waaaaa the conservative isn't going to go before the liberal media firing squad , that's not fair we wont have a chance to ask her all the questions we refuse to ask Obama
    • cedarbaydave, on 09/06/2008, -2/+15Hahaha Larry King a firing squad. That is priceless.

      I wouldn't see it anyway. I would be watching Obama on O'Reilly. (yes, he is there)
      • patpl22391, on 09/06/2008, -1/+1only took him NINE MONTHS to show up.
      • smileystar78, on 09/06/2008, -0/+3I'm amazed at the responses McCain supporters manage to come up with. First it's, "Well how many times has Obama been interviewed by the media?" "Oh hundreds, well, well, they didn't ask him hard questions I bet! The media is liberal and they suck!"

        "Obama wouldn't even go on Fox News!" "Oh he went on Fox News? Well, he only spoke for 1/2 an hour and it took him 9 months to get on."

        Gimme a break. Make up a cogent argument or just stop talking.
    • jp12380, on 09/06/2008, -2/+9You're right McCain would make a great president, I mean just think of all the great things he promises, for example promising to have his VP pick on. Good to see McCain is a man we can trust to be president.
    • enclaved, on 09/06/2008, -0/+7OH YOU MEAN LIKE

      IS SHE MUSLIM?

      your world perception must be so twisted
    • chenalex, on 09/06/2008, -1/+5Not like Obama, who went on Fox News for a lengthy interview with Bill O'Reilly.

      I think Palin going on the "liberal media" is exactly what she needs to show that she's willing to bridge partisan divides. People are saying that about Obama being on Fox News.. so if Palin does an interview with MSNBC, she might get points jst for the effort.
    • CeeAyy, on 09/06/2008, -0/+4I shouldn't be surprised when the slow kids don't get good grades and have trouble paying attention... lol.

      Are you willfully ignorant or is it something you can't help. This is not about her just not going on Larry King's show (which was promised), it is about her refusing to interviewed AT ALL until she is comfortable and ready. She is not Qualified and each day shows it more and more.

      As for this whole Liberal/Conservative thing... why not try being INDEPENDENT! It frees you to think for yourself. Try it sometime, you might like it (thinking that is)... lol You might be less inclined to name call and close your eyes and ears to what is going on around you.
      • legatus, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1If you are not seeing interviews with her how does each day show she is not qualified more and more? It would see there is nothing learned at all.
      • funkyloki, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1For all the people here who always say I don't mind them wiretapping me or searching me without warrants, I have nothing to hide, you have to ask yourselves, if she won't be interviewed, what does she have to hide?
  • nickels, on 09/06/2008, -4/+7Damn that elite liberal media for asking tough (sexist) questions. Just shut the ***** up and do what your told.
    • langdonalger, on 09/06/2008, -3/+3wow, elite? pretty cool of you to have such a high opinion of them as to call them the best at what they do.

      edit: i understand your sarcasm, though. it's just a reflex when i see the nauseating misuse of that word, even if it's parody.
  • jamesduh, on 09/06/2008, -3/+24Senator McCain says one thing, while Candidate McCain says another.
    • JoeVet, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2Makes you wonder where a president McCain would stand.
  • schwagoo, on 09/06/2008, -18/+7BooHoo she isn't on my show!! Larry King should go wash his smelly eel infested vagina.
  • nullcodes, on 09/06/2008, -2/+6OK, instead of asking her useless crap about that trooper scandal etc. which should be forgot cause its silly I hope he asks her about her views that arent out there cause she hasn't had to be talking about national issues like the other candidates have been. Is she going to close Gitmo, like McCain would. Is she going to take a stand against torture and defend the constitution ? Will she resolve the immigration issue similar to how McCain would?
    • nycjap, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2Actually, if it's true, it's not silly. It would be abuse of power, which is exactly what you'd want in a person assuming the second most powerful office in the land.
      • funkyloki, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1And probably the first most powerful position in the land soon if McCain were elected.
  • cedarbaydave, on 09/06/2008, -5/+12There isn't time.

    They need to try and cram 20 ponds of BS into an 8 pound head before the debate.
  • cedarbaydave, on 09/06/2008, -10/+4There isn't time.

    They need to try and cram 20 ponds of BS into an 8 pound head before the debate.
  • Coottie, on 09/06/2008, -4/+7The McCain campaign just looks like some pussy hurt bitches. What's that I hear??? Is that a WAAAAAmbulance?
    • bobh1234, on 09/06/2008, -9/+1The Democratic party is infested with people like you. Who's more mature now?
  • snafflepaffle, on 09/06/2008, -3/+17My favorite bit is "The McCain campaign is increasingly shielding her from formal interviews with the media, saying that it will “do what we think is in our best interest."

    Not in the people's best interest, in the best interest of the campaign. Way to represent.
    • JLSN, on 09/06/2008, -2/+5Exactly, and every time Caribou Barbie opens her snarky trap, Obama makes 10 million dollars, which is clearly not in Yoda's interest.

      Thus speaking is not in their interest.
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -0/+3That sudden influx of cash was choice. I would've loved to be a fly on the wall in the McCain HQ when they heard that bit of news, I bet the *****'s spittle flew 6 meters across the room.
  • somegeologist, on 09/06/2008, -3/+7But the press is mean to the barracuda. Wait, something is wrong with this picture.
  • hwy9nightkid, on 09/06/2008, -4/+5you cannot stop the ***** express now, Palins gotta keep all hands and feet in the car at all times
  • vexingmodstwo, on 09/06/2008, -16/+11Obama said he would take go the public financing route and then decided not to.

    Sarah Palin will appear, or won't, on Larry King at a time of the McCain campaign's choosing. Not when thinkprogress, huffpo, the Obama campaign, or you whiney far left moonbats say she should. You do not get to make that call. Sorry.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -5/+6HA HA HA HA HA

      Your candidate's campaign: fiery wreck.
    • absurdist, on 09/06/2008, -5/+9The Goering plan (repeating the Big Lie until it becomes the truth) somehow doesn't seem to be working all that well this year, vm2.
    • jdenzer, on 09/06/2008, -3/+7kind of like how O'reily and Hannity blasted Obama for not appearing on Fox. But I guess we are just suppose to ignore that, right? And we are suppose to ignore the fact that McCain was suppose to run a clean campaign.
      Seriously, you are so waste deep in crap, in isn't even funny anymore.
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -3/+3IOKIYAAR
      • vexingmodstwo, on 09/06/2008, -4/+3When Palin doesn't appear on Larry King NINE MONTHS from now, we can talk.

        It's been a week.
    • funkyloki, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1It's not about us making the call, it is about the man McCain sticking to his word, which he is not. So how can we trust him (or her since we really don't know anything about her). That's what all this is vex. Get real.
  • LukasSmith, on 09/06/2008, -19/+8PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN PALIN
    • wampalord, on 09/06/2008, -2/+2Mushroom, Mushroom!
    • CeeAyy, on 09/06/2008, -2/+3LukasSmith... that may just be the most intelligent post you have ever made. I'm proud of you. All the other kids must think you're cool. :)

      "Spam... it's not just for dinner anymore."
      -LukasSmith
  • Barackalypse, on 09/06/2008, -10/+19Yeah, and Obama assured us he'd fight telcom immunity too, then he voted for the FISA spy bill with immunity. Point is, if you believe politicians you're a fool. The more they say they'll do the more full of it you know they are.
    • pintomp3, on 09/06/2008, -0/+5that's why i am voting for mccain, because he opposes FISA.... oh wait.
    • CeeAyy, on 09/06/2008, -2/+5Ahhh, misdirection... a tactic you never see by people with a valid defense to their argument. Seems to be a favorite of McCain supporters nowadays...

      But, but, but... look at the other guy... he does it too... stop picking on me... look at him. lol.
      • brad3378, on 09/07/2008, -0/+2Why did you assume that he was a McCain supporter when he said something negative about Obama?

  • Dunnix, on 09/06/2008, -3/+18Apparently Mccain was mad about this interview on CNN:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYYiw_y2qDI
  • arijit57, on 09/06/2008, -5/+7????...... :) what is the risk of her being exposed as completely unqualified to be VP?
    • bobh1234, on 09/06/2008, -4/+2Obama is completely unqualified and experienced to be President. What's your point again?
      • sugarazor, on 09/06/2008, -1/+5Obama was vetted by an electorate in a hotly contested primary. Palin's governor of a state with about a half a million people in it. What's your point again?
  • mmw09, on 09/06/2008, -8/+7It's been less than *a week* since her first public appearance at RNC... and all this hubbub about going on Larry King. Is Larry a rite of passage for political office? Even so, John *did* say the candidate would get in front of the camera, but did not say as his first priority after announcing or even if it was prior to being elected. Let's not call anyone a liar yet. In the 'order of operations' I would only put my VP candidate on Larry if the other VP candidate went on too and only if Larry did both interviews prior to the other being public.
    • nixfu, on 09/06/2008, -1/+3It took Obama NINE months to go on Oreilly.
  • JLSN, on 09/06/2008, -5/+9But Yoda made that promise before he selected Caribou Barbie. How can she submit to an uncontrolled interview. There is to much danger that she will be exposed on here belief that the Earth is only 6000 years old.

    What a joke she is.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -1/+2How dare you insult Yoda like that by comparing him to McCain.

      Remember what Yoda said: "wars do not make one great."
      • JLSN, on 09/06/2008, -1/+2I apologize, but Paris Hilton was right. Perhaps you prefer her crypt keeper analogy.

        Oddly enough, I'd say Paris is slighly more qualified to be VP. At least she is vetted by the public.
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -1/+2Hmmm. JLSN, your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
    • bitbytebit, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1ive seen that a few times ..does she really publicly believe the 6k year old earth thing?
  • nomojunkscience, on 09/06/2008, -11/+6Palin for President
    • JLSN, on 09/06/2008, -2/+3Blinded by faith are we? The junk scientist say the Ice is melting, and will continue to melt at a faster rate, and it is.

      The bible is junk. I just don't understand how you peolpe can believe that garbage.

      Here is the truth - I call it the theology of the cockroach. Even though we humans evolved from apes, we pretty much have the same number of chromosomes as a cockroach. All animal life on the planet is remarkably similar. The main difference is we are more self aware. Think about it, doesn't it make more sense that where ever a cockroach goes when you step on it, is the same place we go. So if you beleive cockroaches go to heaven, then I guess thats where you go. But I suspect even you Christians know that cockroaches go - NOWHERE.
      • joseguia, on 09/06/2008, -1/+2I'm not a religious fellow either, .. but COCKROACHES, .. come on now - why can't we be FLYING NINJA MONKEYS

        flying ninja monkeys ( http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fly ... )

        Flying Ninja Monkeys(AKA FNM's) were once the dominant race on this planet...however after hundreds of years of war between them and Flying Ninja Gorillas(AKA FNG's-see Flying Ninja Gorrilas for definition) the FNM's decided to hide their survivors and reamin in secrecy...only recently has their been rhumours of 2 wise men known as Corby And Vahon, have been able to command these FNM's...i was among the first to fall to their extreme power...WARNING: let no force ever underestimate their power.
        Bushes presence in Iraq is not only for the oil....that is a cover story....he is looking for the power to control FNM's and FNG's
  • deleo, on 09/06/2008, -2/+12Obama, Biden and McCain (aside from his CNN boycott) have no problem going on Meet the Press, CNN, Fox News etc. to discuss their positions and answer questions. Sarah Palin reads one speech at the convention and we may not see her again until the debates. I can't believe that millions of Americans have no problem voting for Sarah Palin when 60 days out from the election, the McCain campaign policy is no Sara Palin questions and no interviews, just vote for her. And by the way to the media, stop asking questions about who Sarah Palin is and investigating her in any way. Just shut up and vote for her. What a great democracy we live in!
    • nixfu, on 09/06/2008, -1/+1Thats because all they get are SOFTBALLS from their far left pals who vote for them in the press.


      ***** the 'too lazy to do a freaking google search to check a fact' US press, I would tell the military to shoot them all on site if they ever stepped on to the whitehouse lawn.

      Americans would have to get their news from the BBC.
  • johnnyfistfight, on 09/06/2008, -6/+8Oh please someone call the wambulance because Palin might not do the Larry King show.
    Maybe she can appear on Oprah!
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -3/+6Oprah doesn't want her, apparently.
    • ralph12c41, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2Why waste valuable time on Larry King?? His numbers are not very good...
  • nastronomical, on 09/06/2008, -4/+8Oprah?
  • Ridethexbus, on 09/06/2008, -2/+4Yeah, we all know she'd fail miserably.
  • BossKey, on 09/06/2008, -0/+8Certainly, seeing Sarah Palin appear on Larry King would get everyone's attention. But you can't show stuff that racy on network television, the network would just censor it. Besides, there's the age difference...ugh.
  • TigerStar337, on 09/06/2008, -4/+3Country First!

    "It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence of his nation; that the position of the individual ego is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole...that above all, the unity of a nation's spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual...we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow man." -- Adolf Hitler

    God Bless America and God Bless Barack Obama!
  • johnnyfistfight, on 09/06/2008, -14/+7Obama lied about public financing for his campaign.
    Obama lied about Jeremiah Wright.
    Obama lied about his uncle liberating a Nazi concentration camp.
    Obama lied about voting against live-birth abortion ban

    I could go on for hours with this. Let's just say Obama is a ***** liar and left gets their panties in a wad over Palin talking to Larry King.
    • ginarnold, on 09/06/2008, -3/+7Did you get your political attitude from parents? Just curious.
      • AmazingSteve, on 09/06/2008, -2/+4No, he gets it from Jesus dontch know.
      • whatever01, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2Jesus, that ol' community organizer?
    • Tenlow, on 09/06/2008, -1/+3How about lets just say: "sources or bury"
  • Pedestrian101, on 09/06/2008, -9/+11Great, and Obama promised he would take general public funding for his campaign.

    Thinkprogress spam, burried.
    • Tenlow, on 09/06/2008, -2/+2And McCain *knew* it would be a short, bloodless war back in 2002.
  • Rutabaga64, on 09/06/2008, -4/+7If she's not ready to do interviews, then how is she ready to be vice president? Will world leaders wait for her to be ready? Will they cut her slack? Hell no.
  • johnnyfistfight, on 09/06/2008, -4/+9Oprah is afraid of her.
    • whatever01, on 09/06/2008, -1/+1Oprah had Tom Cruise jumping on her couch. I think she can handle a pit bull with lipstick.
  • jdigg06, on 09/06/2008, -5/+9Larry King is a joke that no one watches, so who cares?!
  • lolupissed, on 09/06/2008, -4/+6I think the media is gonna get angry over this and it will become a major issue to the point where it can't be ignored, forcing the bitch onto tv (where she will make a fool of herself).
  • AmazingSteve, on 09/06/2008, -4/+3The press needs to be tossing NOTHING but uncomfortable questions at her every time she dares stick her head out of McSame's ass. These dolts figured that by trotting out a woman the Hilary supporters would defect in hoards screaming "hooray for vagina's all the way. It's pathetic, transparent, and is a move of desperation. Sooner or later she's going to have to go in front of the press because they smell blood in the water, and when that happens, they WILL NOT just accept the party line on her. They will dig and dig until she's got no choice but to face them. The question to keep asking of Palin is...
    If you have nothing to hide, then what's the problem? You know, kind of like the wiretapping arguement that the Republicans love so much.
    • b4gk1lz, on 09/06/2008, -0/+0The press needs to also be tossing NOTHING but uncomfortable questions at Obama, but there are too afraid they will sound politically incorrect. It amazing that the press won't do their job and dig and dig and get the real facts behind the Chose Socialist.
  • bitbytebit, on 09/06/2008, -2/+3why are the majority of mccain supporters using words like obamabot, moonbat, and crap like that. I do see a few reTHUGlican mentions here and there, but the majority of the playground words are coming from the mccain/palin camp.

    Also, there can be a 4 paragraph message with thoughtful points about why palin is a bad vp pick and why mccain will pretty much finish destroying the usa and the only rebuttals are things you would hear a gradeschooler say.

    Is it because this majority is under 14 years old? or are they just scared hicks? ..I really want to know.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 09/06/2008, -3/+2Because they've all been up for 7 days straight astroturfing these threads, trying to shout down criticisms of their newly imprinted motherfigure. They're tired, burned out, cranky, and probably wired to the gunwales, so all that is left is blitheringly incomprehensible crap. Well, even more than usual.
    • loganro, on 09/06/2008, -1/+4Why do the majority of Obama supporters using words like McSame, McDumbass, and crap like that. That is the thing with ignorant liberals...You guys think you can say anything, but when the same stuff gets dished out, you bitch about it. I don't get it.
      I think the majority is under 14 years old, because they are the only ones that would try to 'act' cool and say they are a liberal. I truly don't believe that a sane adult can support a Barack H. Obama.
      • bitbytebit, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2without devolving into namecalling .. why?

        after watching a little bit of mccains speech last night the impression I got was he is only thinking short term, which is proper because he doesn't have long to live, but still ..

        he was trying to whip the crowd into a frenzy with empty promises and contradictory ones at that. 'drill baby drill', energy independent in 10 years (he'll be dead), then goes on to say that obama is also for energy independence but wants to do it with clean energy (implying that thats a bad idea .. I mean wtf?)

        clearly mccain is not fit to be president, and his choice of vp kind of underlines that.

        Given that our society won't allow an independent as president we have 2 choices: mccain or obama

        mccain is going to rape the environment in the short term and get us into war after war

        obama is going to think long term and help develop alternatives to the rape and 'hopefully' keep us out of wars.

        so again I ask you .. .how can you support mccain?

        also - since I wrote the original comment I do see a lot of 'caribou barbie' and 'mcsame' names .. they are usually used in intelligent comments rather than the 'no you are!' variety, but still I see that neither side blameless
    • nixfu, on 09/06/2008, -1/+3Because Obama supporters have been making HUGE ASSES out of themselves for much longer.

      Just ask the ***** over Hillary Supporters. (it was only 17 votes btw when they took the count early in the morning at the hotel that they wanted to hide from the media)
  • TSK05, on 09/06/2008, -3/+4On August 21st, Obama promised that he stood for change. On August 22nd, he picked Joe Biden as VP.
  • scoottie, on 09/06/2008, -2/+160 or so days is shortly after so Larry can wait
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