Palin won't do interviews until her campaign knows she'll be treated with "deference"

[jefferson_dem]

Palin Media Avoidance Watch: Day 9 -- McCain Camp Says She Won't Do Interviews Until It Knows She'll Be Treated with "Deference"

September 07, 2008 9:41 AM

Rick Davis, campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just told Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace that McCain running mate Gov. Sarah Palin won't subject herself to any tough questions from reporters "until the point in time when she'll be treated with respect and deference."

Davis assailed the way the media had discussed Palin and her family in the last week and said the campaign would wait until a less hostile media environment.

So when will she subject herself to questions?

"When we think it's time and when she feels comfortable doing it," Davis said, praising a Fox News Channel profile of Palin that ran last night.

Why is she scared of answering questions? Wallace asked.

"She's not scared to answer questions," Davis said, "but you know what? We run our campaign not the news media."

Wallace said inappropriate intrusions into Palin's family and personal life aside, there are legitimate questions about whether she is prepared to be vice president.

"Sarah Palin will have the opportinity to speak to the American people," Davis said. "She will do interviews, but she'll do them on the terms and conditions" the campaign decides.

In fairness, an Alaska TV reporter did get to ask Palin a question Thursday, something along the lines of

"Governor, we feel like we're losing you - are you still going to be there for Alaska?"

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/palin-m...

[AllentownJake]

1. That attitude will backfire

[DangerousRhythm]

57. I hope so. Deference? Really?

I'm sorry, but aside from the same courtesy everyone else would get, it sounds like she wants her ass to be kissed on top of it all. Well, she can kiss MY ass. What nerve, seriously.

[AllentownJake]

61. She's about to discover that the national press corp

Is much more aggressive with alot bigger budget and a lot more people looking to make a name for themselves embarrassing someone in power than KIMO ch 13 in Alaska

[DangerousRhythm]

62. Oh, I sure as hell hope so.

Seriously, I gotta say, if I were a member of the media and this woman and the McCain campaign was playing these stupid passive-aggressive games with me, my fellow colleagues and company, wanting "deference"... wow, I'd be pissed because it's like she's totally playing them for fools. Terrible.

[AllentownJake]

63. Dupe

Telling them you need to show me deference is like saying please punch me in the face. The only place she'll get deferncial treatment is Fox and Friends, O'reilley, and Hannity. Chris Wallace on Fox would even rip her a new asshole.

[AllentownJake]

64. Don't worry the media are egotistical assholes

Telling them you need to show me deference is like saying please punch me in the face. The only place she'll get deferncial treatment is Fox and Friends, O'reilley, and Hannity. Chris Wallace on Fox would even rip her a new asshole.

[DangerousRhythm]

67. Now THAT I would love to see. :D

No, really.

I wonder when they'll finally roll out Queen Sarah. Maybe they should skip rallies all together and just make her cram 24/7 for her exam with Biden. She's so unfortunate.

[AllentownJake]

69. Cramming for a policy debate against Joe Biden

is like cramming for a karate match with a 5th degree blackbelt.

You can't learn the art of debating in 3 weeks.

[Vinca]

2. I found it very amusing that the only people bringing up Palin's family

in the MSM last week were Republicans. They don't want her asked tough questions because she hasn't got answers.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Deference?

What kind of questions are they expecting? (Governor Palin, are you breastfeeding or using a bottle?)

[Cougar]

8. awesome response

[tekisui]

4. If you're explaining, you're losing.

What's the lipsticked pitbull so afraid of?

[thoughtcrime1984]

13. She's afraid she won't have answers to the "sexist" questions about foreign relations, health care,

the economy, etc. Rove is desperately trying to get her up to speed. Biden will show her to be the sham that any half-assed smart person realizes that she is. "The Gimmick" and "Mc Fossil" will be phalin in November.

[sunnybrook]

23. Oh is she "whining"

[Cougar]

5. DEFERENCE??? COMFORT?????

So how's Caribou Barbie going to handle boisterous cabinet members, opinionated congresspersons, and those pesky foreign leaders if she'll only communicate when she's "comfortable" doing so?????

[babylonsister]

6. They'd better get over that; she's in the big boy club now, and needs

to prove herself, not worry about how she's treated. Oh, brother.

She better not get away with this; she's allowed to sling arrows but refuses to take them? She'll give feminism a bad name.

[tblue37]

50. But she is

just a girrrrrllllll!

[C_U_L8R]

7. More of the same arrogance

They can cop all the "We run our campaign not the news media" attitude they want
and it just goes to prove that these assholes are cut from the same cloth as Bush/Cheney.
Pompous self-serving crooks who refuse to answer to the American people.

Palin/McWhatshisname = the same old crap.

[creeksneakers2]

43. They may run the campaign

but the people decide elections and they expect candidates to answer questions.

[dennis4868]

9. if she cannot stand up to the media....

that says things that hurts her feelings how i she going to stand up to Putin and other leaders around the world?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Deference! That's sexist codewording meaning give her special treatment! . . . nt

[Hugin]

11. Man, they've got some real Passive/Aggressive issues going on over there in Lala land.

This is pretty strange.

[depakid]

12. She can't do interviews until she's memorized the talking points

The woman is shallow and for the most part empty headed about current issues, but like any actor, can be trained to read lines.

[City Lights]

14. How sexist of them to play the gender card like this.

The fragile little lady, a.k.a., Sarah Barracuda, must be treated with kid gloves.

The McCane/Palin ticket must have our enemies drooling.

[sunnybrook]

27. Would they demand "deference"

For a male VP? Seems a little sexist to me. Imagine if Obama got mad at the press and demanded "deference." How many more ads of Obama as Moses parting the waters would come out of that. I never thought the Repubs could surprise me by getting worse than they are....

[Liberal Veteran]

55. Someone should ask McCain's people if a fainting couch and smelling salts would be enough deference.

....to overcome her fear of the media.

[SDJay]

15. Has this

type of approach ever happened in history? A candidate for such a high US office refusing to talk to the press just before an election? I can't believe it's happened before, but perhaps someone will correct me if it has. Unbelievable.

Toobin had a good encapsulation of this approach on Maher the other night - how is she going to ever handle someone like Putin if Campbell Brown is too mean?

[Skidmore]

16. Some enterprising interviewer should ask him what those terms and conditions are

during the course of a live broadcast. Sounds like a job for Schuster.

[JBoy]

17. This is how Republicans treat all women. Like they NEED protecting.

[glitch]

58. Like they treated Hilary Clinton and Michelle Obama? It's bogus and they know it.

And if they don't know it that is even scarier. We don't need any more psychopaths creating their own reality.

[LeftyFingerPop]

18. I think my head is going to explode.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

19. "Submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another"

That is the definition of "deference"

http://www.answers.com/topic/deference

When did any political candidate ever DEMAND the "courteous yielding" to their opinion???!!!!

Who ever showed deference to Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama??!!!!

[Patsy Stone]

20. Deference and respect

For what reason, exactly?

[terrya]

21. And the longer she refuses to do interviews, the less like that will be.

A bit of a conundrum, I'd say.

[ClarkUSA]

22. How ridiculous! Imagine if David Axelrod said such a thing about Joe Biden...

Not that he would, because Joe Biden is ready for all comers, unlike Gidget.

[tannybogus]

24. He really means Reverence! nt

[kurth_]

25. Terms and conditions will include presubmitted written questions and

a full body cavity search of the interviewers.

[BeyondGeography]

26. God Save the Queen

[GoesTo11]

28. Deference could actually be a great meme -- captures just what is wrong

with her and with the press. I don't think Americans are so inclined to love someone who insists on being treated with deference.

One problem, of course, is that most low info voters don't know the word deference.

[tannybogus]

29. Change the meme to reverence. That's worse.

Once it catches on, it can't be taken back!

[bettyellen]

47. sure, but it's bogus. how about we stick to the truth?

deference is plenty unreasonable.

[bettyellen]

48. sure, but it's bogus. how about we stick to the truth?

deference is plenty unreasonable.

[jakem]

30. Fuck them. Lets keep them in the news on our terms.

[subterranean]

31. Can you imagine the uproar

if Obama's campaign manager said something like this?
"(sniff) Mr. Biden will not grant any interviews until he is comfortable that he will be treated with the proper deference."

Who does Palin think she is, the queen? But, hey, this will just make it easier for us to define her, right?

[enough already]

32. Deference????

Oh fuck you, bitch. god I hate these people.

[Bake]

33. I thought she was supposed to be TOUGH?

A barracuda? C'mon, John, put her out there, you fucking COWARD (yes, dammit, I said it!).

Bake

[Douglas Carpenter]

34. this MUST be made into an issue. IF she is REALLY qualified to take over as Commander and Chief -

she has to at least be qualified to answer a few real questions from some real journalist.

[usregimechange]

35. I bet she won't!

[terrya]

36. This has got to be a talking point with Obama and Biden.

This directly ties in with the message of McCain/Biden being out of touch with ordinary Americans.

Obama and Biden will always do interviews...sometimes in hostile situations (like O'Reilly). And compare this with Palin and "showing her deference". Despicable.

[Lugnut]

37. Where's the pitbull?

Apparently she's hiding behind the lipstick.

[unblock]

38. "hey, why isn't the media covering for us like they used to?"

"they used to be insanely biased in our favor, now they're merely strongly biased in our favor.
we protest until they restore the bias to the previous, rabid level that was afforded gee-dubya and his ilk.
that's all we ask. anything less would be unfair."

[elehhhhna]

39. AHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAH stop you're killin me.

ROFLMAO

[Bright Eyes]

40. Deference!?

What does she think she is, royalty?

[NYC Liberal]

41. LOL! So if they're elected, McSame dies and she becomes president

Will she not talk to any world leaders until she knows she'll be "treated with respect"?

This woman is completely incompetent! Then again, I guess that's a prerequisite for being a Republican candidate.

[treestar]

70. Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and all the other terrorists

Will certainly treat her with deference!

[ogneopasno]

42. CELEBRITY. ROYALTY. ROCK STAR. ELITE.

And Democrats are out of touch? Who the fuck does she think she is?

[Faryn Balyncd]

44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Putin . . . . . . .

[Frank Booth]

45. This will work for them. The McCain camp will repeatedly fuck over the news media, and the media

will come crawling back for more.

Smart tactic on McCain's part. Look for them to tell the media to eat more shit, and look for the media to happily oblige them.

[Hepburn]

46. Here's some "deference" for Caribou Barbie...

...

[RagAss]

66. .LOL.......it just doesn't get any better than that !

[blue_onyx]

49. Do they relaize this is the election?

The time to "get comfortable" has past. If she needed time to get use to the national attention, then McCain should have announced her as VP a few weeks before the convention. Now that the conventions are over, it's time to really focus on the candidates...not a time for them to go into hiding. I think people will start to turn on McCain and Palin if she doesn't start getting out there and doing interviews.

[Frank Booth]

56. They want to win. Why would they allow her to face an actual interviewer?

Don't worry. This'll get hyped up for weeks, she'll finally go on a news show, she'll get lobbed a few softball questions, and she'll hit them out of the park.

The script's already been written.

[Born_A_Truman]

51. And she had the nerve to call Hillary a whiner

Obviously McCain's camp is terrified.

[Tansy_Gold]

52. You can't play with the big dogs. . . .

. . . . .If you won't get off the porch.



Tansy Gold

[susanna]

54. Love that, TG. Well said. n/t

[Tansy_Gold]

60. Ah, you're welcome!

There's another version that says "You can't run with the big dogs if you pee like a puppy," but that's not quite appropriate in this context.


Tansy Gold, with four dogs who all RACE off the porch

[susanna]

95. I personally think she IS peeing like a puppy.

Sarah the Twit.

[tannybogus]

72. Shit! She won't even come out of the house to get on the porch! nt

[JBoy]

75. A real Pit Bull wouldn't be afraid of the "Vet".

[senseandsensibility]

53. MAKE AN AD OUT OF THIS!

Yes, I am screaming.

[TwilightGardener]

59. They'll get away with it--because to the GOPers, she's what could

be called a "faith-based" VP. They don't need to question her, the Lord has selected her.

[RagAss]

65. Not a bright move to fuck with the media like this....n/m

[brentspeak]

68. We must bow before Her Majesty. And in the correct and proper way.

Good grief, what arrogance.

[treestar]

71. Can they get more insane?

Really, when will the repukes hit bottom and when will the voters in this country quit rewarding their outrageous behavior?

[MassLiberal]

73. K&R

I just emailed this story to NBC News and CNN. They ought to be covering it, big time.

[nam78_two]

74. Deference?

God forbid that she ever have to face anything less than the unquestioning adoration she got from those whack jobs at the RNC .

[mvd]

76. Um, in this country, even the VP isn't supposed to be king/queen

Much less a VP nominee! I'd like Obama to use this as an issue.

[Writer]

77. The news media to Palin:

"You know what, then? Fuck you. No coverage for her."

[quiet.american]

78. So, the trash-talkin' baby mama can't take the heat. What a surprise. nt

[barack the house]

79. Palin just is showing that they will continue to be unaccaoutable crooks.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

80. Palin is doing a Marlena Dietrich: "I want to be alone"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

81. greta garbo said that. unlike palin though garbo deserved privacy

since she wasnt running for vp

[Jennicut]

82. Ha! Its obvious now that the lipsticked pitcrap doesn't have a leg to stand on

She won't give interviews because she doesn't have the answers yet. Remember her speech was a memorized one written by other people. None of it was sincere. She can't hack MTP or any other forum. Hey, Sarah honey, Biden does MTP like all the time. Even Wallace asked if she is scared of taking questions...its obvious she is. What a loser and a poser.

[demobabe]

83. This is UnAmerican and shows Contempt for our Elections

Their true patriotism needs to be questioned. Keeping the VP candidate sequestered is attempting to short circuit the voting process and is completely UnAmerican. Unpatriotic. Utter and total Contempt for America.

[bvar22]

84. If poor little Sarah wants "deference and respect"....

...she should have used some during her acceptance speech at the Republican Convention.

I saw nothing but venom, disrespect, and insults.

What goes around, comes around.
If you don't want shit, don't start shit.

Its time for Sarah to put on her Big Girl Pants.

[secondwind]

85. HEAVEN HELP US! We got rid of royalty over 200 years ago................

who are they kidding?


LOL

[Cha]

86. What's really happening is that's they're trying to teach

her "foreign policy".

[onefreespiritedchick]

87. I personally want to know how they think, they can get away with this....

The American people...the majority (let's hope) will not accept this.

[Willo]

88. The media is and will continue to promote her. The voters...not so much.

[whybaltimore]

89. Her record is so weak that she won't go public

If my record were so weak and scandalous, I too would be embarassed to come clean with the American public.

[MatthewStLouis]

90. Again: More Parrot than Pitbull!!!

They have to make sure she can repeat her right wing talking points.

[Kat45]

91. You mean, like Hillary was treated with deference?

[kwenu]

92. No interviews? How Rovian of her.

[Barack_America]

93. Well, she WAS Queen of Wasilla, wasn't she?

I've no doubt that she still trots out the crown from time-to-time.

And she was runner-up Queen to all of AK too! No wonder she wants us to kiss her ring!

[Gin]

94. Just heard on TV she will be in Virginia Beach Sept. 18....will

be at several different locations...soon to be announced.