Palin unsure on Latino issues - forced to bail on Univision interview during campaign (Politico)

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Palin unsure on Latino issues
By: Jonathan Martin
November 23, 2009 05:38 PM EST

A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy.

“She did not feel comfortable speaking about issues regarding Hispanics and Latin America,” GOP consultant Ana Navarro told Univision anchor Jorge Ramos in an interview. “Those are not topics that come up frequently in Alaska. So she asked to cancel the interview and, unfortunately, you were already there.”

With both McCain and Barack Obama aggressively courting the Hispanic vote, each sat for multiple interviews with Ramos, whose evening news broadcast on the Spanish-language channel draws millions of viewers.

Both presidential candidates also agreed to a joint sit-down with their running mate. But on Oct. 9, the day that McCain and Palin were to face Ramos together outside of Milwaukee, only the Republican presidential candidate sat for the interview.

A campaign source familiar with the events leading up to the interview described it as a near-crisis situation, with McCain officials worried that Ramos would say on the air that Palin wasn’t appearing because she was not capable of discussing Hispanic issues.

“Initially, campaign staff was suggesting we tell Univision there had been a scheduling conflict and have only McCain do the interview,” said the source. “I could not see how this would not be worse, though, because McCain and Palin were doing a joint rally in the outskirts of Milwaukee and the interview was to be conducted immediately after in the same arena.”

So, this source said, “we told Jorge Ramos the truth: She was not briefed, not familiar with the issues and just was not comfortable giving the interview.”

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[IndianaGreen]

1. She can see Mexico from her house!

[BeyondGeography]

2. The fact of our diversity, such a nuisance for Sarahbelle

:cry:

[Taverner]

3. That's because she's a myopic fuck who has no idea there is life outside of Wasilla

Just sayin'

[Xipe Totec]

4. One of my cousins is an illegal alien

Ironically, working on a king crab fishing boat, in Alaska.

Ironically, also a Ramos.

Nice going, Sarah.

[The Wielding Truth]

5. Is there anything she is proficient in besides fudging and shining people on?

It's really scary how little she knows about everything. She might be fine as a soccer mom? No,a good soccer mom isn't so full of BS.

[MARSHALOTIS]

6. Prett-idiot, Palin

Sarah is the head cheerleader type, leading the pep squad, a pretty idiot, out front wavin', n' winkin',n' stokin' up the crowd, then she tries to tackle issues, the facade slips, and her cracks in credibility become gaping wounds! She is a former beauty pagent contestant, she is pretty on camera,and good at reading speeches,but she doesn't have a grasp of National or World Politics. She doesn't seem to realize that she says really stupid things about really important issues. She has had ample time to study since she quit the Governorship and has shown she still does not know what she is talking about. Any criticism of her causes her to blame others for her ineptitudes. Her ego far surpasses her mental acuity. But, her fans love her. They seem to want a President they can gossip and shoot a moose with, not someone who mentally challenges them! She was new and unprepared.......once! Now, she is a clear and present, unprepared, danger! The really scary thing, I think, is that she doesn't know, she doesn't know!
Oxymoron, thy name is Sarah.

[agentS]

7. Well said

The amount of information she doesn't know, if distilled in liquid form, could fill the ocean.

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9. Not even close to knowing

Sarah doesn't even have a clue that there is information that she doesn't know that she doesn't know. I would bet that in an intelligence contest with an African grey parrot and a lemur, she would come in a poor third.

Welcome to DU :hi:

[PBS Poll-435]

8. That Sarah; always a quittin'