What Sarah Should Do Next
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at
1:01 am
Governor Sarah Palin hit a monumental home run with her debate performance tonight and put to rest all those pesky doubts about her abilities to serve as Vice-President. Of course, her supporters already knew she was up to the job. It was the media naysayers and Beltway pundits that had to be reminded of the innate talents this women possesses that haven’t been seen in another politician since Ronald Reagan.
Senator Joe Biden turned in a fair performance himself. No major gaffes but lots of false statements.
Still, this debate was all about Governor Palin. It served as a reminder as why voters like her so much. It also reminded us of when she is really at her best: when she can speak directly to the American people without any assistance (or is that interference?) from the media.
So, here is my advice to the McCain campaign: put Governor Palin on every talk radio show both national and local that you can get her on over the next four weeks and let her use her immense communication skills in speaking directly to voters. Have her sit down with the high traffic bloggers and let them record podcasts or video interviews that are completely unedited and, more importantly, unfiltered.
Don’t bother granting any more interviews to Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, or any of the other MSM dinosaurs. They don’t deserve the privilege of talking to her.
Governor Palin is at her best when she can speak from the heart directly to the people without having to worry about “gotcha” questions from a hostile media that is totally in the tank for Senator Barack Obama. Bypass all the traditional media outlets and take your message directly to the voters. It will have a far greater impact than you can possibly imagine.
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Senator Joe Biden turned in a fair performance himself. No major gaffes but lots of false statements.
To be fair, they both made some false statements, and in about equal numbers, it would appear:
factcheck.org
They don’t deserve the privilege of talking to her.
Don’t you suppose that disgust towards and disdain for the so-called “media elite” can be its own elitism?
“Don’t deserve the privilege”?? I hope you won’t mind if a good number of us would take offense at any politician who would treat our media that way. Politicians are answerable to the People and one main way we hold them accountable is through the media. The media (left, right and all between) has its faults, but our free media is part of what makes our nation great.
The problem with your thesis is that the so-called mainstream media pretends to be objective and unbiased and is anything but. It’s a fair statement that much of the media is not going to allow Palin to speak plainly to voters the way she did during the debate. That’s why I suggested she do talk radio because it allows her to speak directly to voters without being filtered and spun by the media elites.
Tom,
Specifically, who is the MSM and who is not? Please name names. Who should I read, who should I watch to get the truth?
If I may, I’ll toss in my answer to that, stan. As righty bloggers have been saying for years now, it’s not that there’s one place for The Truth(tm) in the media. It’s that the media won’t own up to their biases. If they would quit with the play-acting that their entirely objective, it would be #1 more honest and #2 allow the non-political-wonk TV news watcher (or newspaper reader) to be more informed about what’s being reported and how.
If you knew that you were only getting one side of the story, you’d quite possibly look for information from the other side. If you believe the hype from the media, however, you might mistakenly think you’re getting the whole story, with no need to look elsewhere. Truth in advertising is all we’re asking for.