How are they getting away with not bringing Palin out to the media?

[southernleftylady]

I swear if this was Obamas pick and he hid them.. it would be HELL... but not McCain.. its ok that we have 2 months and we cant see her... its amazing

[phantom power]

1. Has Biden made an issue of it?

That would be step #1.

[alsame]

4. A few days ago I saw a brief clip of Biden on MSNBC - he was

saying that Palin has to go on TV with reporters, do MTP and other shows. However, the cable channels are rarely showing Biden lately, so I have no idea how often or how hard he is pushing this message out on the trail.

[phantom power]

6. For something like this, "the trail" is not very relevant. Only the MSM.

[alsame]

7. I agree, but the MSM are not showing any clips of him on the trail

anymore. It's all Palin all the time.

[jimshoes]

2. Amazing no?

[peace13]

3. They own the media and the media will permit this.

Now if Obama did this there is no way it would fly. The media would be flustered and each lie that was uncovered would be showcased. That is life in America.

[gateley]

5. They're Republicans. And McCain was a POW. nt

[LooseWilly]

8. Smoke and Mirrors...

Such as the 'outrage' over the putting lipstick on a pig comment.
As long as they can consistently jam something else to talk about down the pie holes of the media organizations... then they don't have time to continue to call Palin out for apparently not having enough confidence to answer questions from the press.
Even a 24 hour news cycle consists of only so many sound bites... so distractions 'water down' what ever real content might trickle through...

[Growler]

9. Why would the media complain?

They are on the same team as McCain, and they are actively colluding with him to keep this a non-issue.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. The rumor here is

that they're not even going to let reporters from the Fairbanks News Miner attend her "welcome home" party in Fairbanks tonight. http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2008/09/saradise-lost-chapter-forty-seven.html "flicthebic confirms by telephone that the Fairbanks News-Miner HAS NOT BEEN INVITED to the big Palin event in Fairbanks." Pretty sad that they're shielding her from even her own state's media outlets. So much for "transparency," her former calling card.

[Curtland1015]

11. Honestly, I don't think they are...

The press as of late has actually been going after her. I think the "media black out" on her bruised the press's gigantic ego.

[phantom power]

12. My thinking on questions like this has been highly influenced by Digby:

Today she has posted another writeup on the same theme:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/kissing-pigs-by-digby-speaking-of.html

[phantom power]

13. "Whatever the McCain campaign wants us to talk about"

MATTHEWS: Now, it'll die, as we said, it'll jump the shark. Two days ago, no, we're all talking about -- you're waving the tabloids around, come on. Two days from now -- I want to ask you, what will we talk about two days from now?

SCARBOROUGH: Whatever the McCain campaign wants us to talk about, because the McCain campaign is assertive.

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_09_07_archive.html#7554401016472814963

[ColbertWatcher]

14. There's not enough make-up in the world to get her ready for scrutiny. n/t

[samuraiguppy]

15. kicking n/t