pit bull palin: further analysis of her pitiful couric debate...article

[amborin]

"It became increasingly clear to anyone watching CBS Evening News Wednesday that Republican VP pick Sarah Palin was not prepared for her interview on economics.

Palin was unable to articulate any sort of clear stance on the enormous financial bailout being wrangled over in Congress; she failed to elucidate the nature of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' controversial connections to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and could not cite one instance of leadership by John McCain on the issue of financial oversight.

Katie Couric pushed Palin on this last issue, asking exactly how McCain would, as Palin has asserted, "reform the way Wall St. does business." Palin attempted to dodge the question by calling McCain a maverick in the Senate, but when Couric asked a second time for concrete examples of McCain's leadership on this issue, the VP hopeful said "I'll try to find some and get back to ya." "



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