Palin's Staffers Keep Her Away From The News To Avoid Being "Depressed"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Palin's Staffers Keep Her Away From The News To Avoid Being "Depressed"

A day after The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote how the Secret Service is blocking press at Sarah Palin's rallies, it appears Palin's staff is blocking her from listening to the press. Palin revealed that she is in an ever growing media bubble at a fundraiser last night. During the same speech, Palin also attributed polling numbers to God: "We even saw today, thank the Lord," she said, looking upwards and raising her fist, "We saw some movement."

"So North Carolina, I appreciate you all so much, who are here who already get it. You know, maybe I'm preaching to the choir a little bit here, but being here encourages me because I know that I'm not alone and I'll send this message back to John McCain also. At those times on the campaign trail when sometimes it's easy to get a little bit discouraged, when, you know, when you happen to turn on the news when your campaign staffers will let you turn on the news," she said, prompting laughter from the group. "Usually they're like 'Oh my gosh, don't watch. You're going to, you know, you're going to get depressed.'"

She added that while she doesn't always appreciate the way reporters portray the GOP ticket, she's been bolstered by the prayers of many of the campaign's backers.

"But yeah, sometimes you do get depressed watching what it is that they're reporting and the spin and some of the distortion of what our message is and what we stand for. Sometimes that, that gets draining," she continued. "But it's at events like these and our rallies that we are so energized and inspired and we know that we are not alone. We feel your strength and we feel the power of prayer, so many of you tell us that you are praying for us and praying for our country and that's why we so appreciate you being here."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/palins-staffers-keep-her_n_135551.html

[MountainLaurel]

1. The hell?

:wow:

[TechBear_Seattle]

19. Talibangelicals have little grasp on reality

The littler, the better for their mental state.

[liberal N proud]

2. Depression would be another reason to disqualify her

[rucky]

3. Nothing's more uplifting than being surrounded by a bunch of rabid fans. n/t

[central scrutinizer]

34. Bubble Girl in the Echo Chamber

where we have seen this before? Oh, now I remember, Bushco.

[mac56]

4. But..but..she told Katie Couric that she reads "all of them"!

:evilgrin:

[ailsagirl]

44. LOL!!

[yurbud]

5. this is almost trying to make her look like Bush on purpose

[kwolf68]

6. Barf

Nothing about this women impresses me.

[grace0418]

7. What is she doing with all her free time then? I mean, she *used to* read all the papers

and magazines. Now she'll have to find something else to do.

[Higher Standard]

8. The woman in the plastic bubble

If she can't handle the press in an election without getting depressed, how could she manage it as vice president or, heaven forbid, president?

[ErinBerin84]

9. maybe they should put a tanning bed on the Straight Talk express to cheer her up.

[yardwork]

12. I'm sure that she has one.

[WallStreetNobody]

10. Typical right-wing "stick-your-head-in-the-sand" mentality...

Over and over again they do the same thing, seriously the right-wing pundits like Larry Kudlow, Jack Burkman, Limbaugh, etc. didn't even believe in the financial crisis until the bailout plan was announced, even though it was widely recognized on Wall Street as happening since the spring of last year.

[City Lights]

11. IMO, Sarah the Secessionist has always lived in a bubble.

The bubble is just easier to pop now.

[frickaline]

13. Well ... at least admit she is mentally ill

but I think it goes far beyond depression.

[Botany]

14. Where the hell did McCain find this gem?

She Katherine Harris Batshit crazy but it is all part of
God's plan.

[glitch]

30. Oooh I bet Katherine Harris is spitting nails with jealousy. This was to be HER role, godammitall!

Sarah Palin is Katherine Harris v.2, slightly more polish, slightly less baggage. Fear v.3!

[achtung_circus]

42. And minus the implants (I think)

We report, you decide:

[kath]

48. Those sure look fake to me.

[FlaGatorJD]

15. Her Lord, god, and prayers . . .

If I counted correctly, in just a couple minutes of her speech,
Palin cites her God, Lord, & Preaching to the Choir, along with
5 mentions of prayers or praying.

I guess when all you have to rely on is prayers, you keep going to the well.

(Of course, I'm pretty sure she's not talking about those other "gods" like Buddha and Hindu(sic))

[Botany]

24. What is she going to say when her and McCain get beat in a landslide?

That God is testing her or maybe that she didn't pray enough.

[Shallah Kali]

37. no, likely think it is a sign that the devil worked through all the non-fundy Christians

I have known people like her convinced the devil was after them with witches practicing dark arts everywhere. It is never that there is a fault in the person him/herself it is that they are out to get them. Remember all those annointings she had including from that faker Muthee to protect her from witches and later her giving him credit for her becoming governer? I honestly believe that she thinks she is chosen, that every sucess is a proof of that and every failure proof that dark forces oppose her.

[seabeyond]

16. why doesn't she exemplify every horrid fear of having female in power. NOW

she uses "emotion" as a reason of not doing.

[Alter Ego]

17. Ahahahahah what the fucking fuck on a fucking fuck

Seriously, do we need four more years of Bubble Boys in the WH?

[RT Atlanta]

18. Sounds like Bush not reading the papers...

what an embarrasment to me that that woman has been chosen by McSame to be the "most qualified" person in the whole fucking country to help him lead should he croak in office

[BeyondGeography]

20. Another "tough talker" who turns to mush when things get tough

[qanda]

21. Imagine what it's like to be one of Obama's little girls

And hear someone say their daddy is palling around with terrorists? Kind of puts things into perspective.

[five_horizons]

22. Waaaah! The media is being mean to me!

[Zuiderelle]

23. I cannot wait for this woman to go back to Alaska and eventual obscurity.

She makes me positively ill.

[crazylikafox]

25. Secret Service barring press??? I missed that. Why????

What possible purpose could that serve, other than protect her from damaging words.

[babylonsister]

33. Here's a thread from yesterday...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=7483196

[maxrandb]

26. As an Actual Brittish Military Officer Fitness Report put it

"This lady suffers from delusions of adequacy"

[nichomachus]

27. If there's anything she needs to know

Jesus will tell her

[livetohike]

28. Release her medical records. I think the public deserves to know

she suffers from depression.

[iceman66]

29. Another GWB in the making

We really, really need to win this election!

[formercia]

31. "We saw some movement."

That was your laxative, Sarah. Remember, only one brand at a time. No wonder, her staff is keeping her away from TV.

[glitch]

32. Those crazy neocons, still believing they can create unreality bubbles

I'd feel sorry for Palin if she didn't kill puppies.

[Occam Bandage]

35. Bush avoided the news after Katrina. We saw what that got us.

[firedupdem]

36. She can't watch the news, can't do interviews, but she is

ready to be vice president? pleeeeze!

[JBoy]

38. That's what I look for in a leader - someone who avoids confronting reality.

[Alpharetta]

39. That's the kind of prez she'd be. Deniable ignorance

absentee

deniable ignorance of what the K street crowd is doing to America. Just like Bush and Reagan. Deniable ignorance.

[gkhouston]

40. I'll bet the staffers keep her in the dark to spare themselves, not her. I suspect

she turns into a screeching harpy when things aren't going her way, as she's not too far from that on her good days.

[RoadRage]

41. "Some of the distortion of what our message is"

really? REALLY?

You're fucking walking around saying that Barack Obama likes to "PAL AROUND WITH TERRORISTS" and YOU are upset about your message getting distorted? YOU are the most totally unqalified candidate for VP in the HISTORY of the United States, and you're upset that the media might actually portray that?

A true distortion would be if anyone actually took you seriously - considering you can't answer basic fucking questions like "What is your international experience".. and "What newspapers do you read".

No one is distorting you except for you sweetheart. In your own fucking mind, you've deemed yourself qualified. We're just trying to put that back into perspective for you. :hi:

[intheflow]

43. Aww, wittle Sarah gets depressed when the media is mean to her!

:cry:

This woman is a disgrace to womanhood! How in the world did she survive the pain of 5 pregnancies when she's such a delicate little flower? :puke:

[ailsagirl]

45. Wittle Sawah has a wot to learn (why hasn't Barbara Walters

interviewed her, I wonder?) Or does Walters no longer conduct interviews?

:shrug:

[intheflow]

49. If Palin had any ovaries

(as opposed to balls), she'd go on The View and be interviewed live by Walters plus Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and airhead Elizabeth Hasselbeck. She could hide behind Hasselbeck if the others got too tough on her. (Like reading from the ethics report about her abuse of power or asking what magazines she reads.:eyes:)

[SmokingJacket]

46. More like W. all the time. nt

[TexasObserver]

47. Why doesn't she get her preacher to come up and cast out demons?!