The Pink Flamingo :: McCain Takes Out Katie Couric

McCain: This is not the first time that I've seen a governor being questioned by some quote, "expert." I remember that Ronald Reagan was a "cowboy." President Clinton was a governor of a very small state that had "no experience" either. (laughter) I remember how easy it was gonna be for Bush I to defeat him. I still recall, whoops, that one. But the point is I've seen underestimation before. I'm very proud of the excitement that Gov. Palin has ignited with our party and around this country. It is a … level of excitement and enthusiasm, frankly, that I haven't seen before. And I'd like to attribute it to me. But the fact is that she has done incredible job. And I'm so proud of the work that she's doing..."

John McCain took out dear little Katie Couric this evening. Too bad it isn't getting a lot of play. Some of it aired this evening. The rest will not air until tomorrow, which will give CBS enough time to edit the segment to make both McCain and Palin look like idiots.

"...Sarah Palin: We had a great discussion with President Zardari as we talked about what it is that America can and should be doing together to make sure that the terrorists do not cross borders and do not ultimately put themselves in a position of attacking America again or her allies. And we will do what we have to do to secure the United States of America and her allies.

Couric: Is that something you shouldn't say out loud, Sen. McCain?

John McCain: Of course not. But, look, I understand this day and age of "gotcha" journalism. Is that a pizza place? In a conversation with someone who you didn't hear … the question very well, you don't know the context of the conversation, grab a phrase. Gov. Palin and I agree that you don't announce that you're going to attack another country …

Couric: Are you sorry you said it?

McCain: … and the fact …

Couric: Governor?

McCain: Wait a minute. Before you say, "is she sorry she said it," this was a "gotcha" sound bite that, look …

Couric: It wasn't a "gotcha." She was talking to a voter.

McCain: No, she was in a conversation with a group of people and talking back and forth. And … I'll let Gov. Palin speak for herself.

Palin: Well, it … in fact, you're absolutely right on. In the context, this was a voter, a constituent, hollering out a question from across an area asking, "What are you gonna do about Pakistan? You better have an answer to Pakistan." I said we're gonna do what we have to do to protect the United States of America.

Couric: But you were pretty specific about what you wanted to do, cross-border …

Palin: Well, as Sen. McCain is suggesting here, also, never would our administration get out there and show our cards to terrorists, in this case, to enemies and let them know what the game plan was, not when that could ultimately adversely affect a plan to keep America secure.

Couric: What did you learn from that experience?

Palin: That this is all about "gotcha" journalism. A lot of it is. But that's okay, too.

Couric: Gov. Palin, since our last interview, you've gotten a lot of flak. Some Republicans have said you're not prepared; you're not ready for prime-time. People have questioned your readiness since that interview. And I'm curious …

Palin: Yeah.

Couric: … to hear your reaction.

Palin: Well, not only am I ready, but willing and able to serve as vice-president with Sen. McCain if Americans so bless us and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ready with my executive experience as a city mayor and manager, as a governor, as a commissioner, a regulator of oil and gas.

McCain: This is not the first time that I've seen a governor being questioned by some quote, "expert." I remember that Ronald Reagan was a "cowboy." President Clinton was a governor of a very small state that had "no experience" either. (laughter) I remember how easy it was gonna be for Bush I to defeat him. I still recall, whoops, that one. But the point is I've seen underestimation before. I'm very proud of the excitement that Gov. Palin has ignited with our party and around this country. It is a … level of excitement and enthusiasm, frankly, that I haven't seen before. And I'd like to attribute it to me. But the fact is that she has done incredible job. And I'm so proud of the work that she's doing...."

Catch the Newsbusters version of how Couric helped Biden when he did his interview with her.

Today Sarah Palin said that Joe Biden looked "pretty doggone confident". Obviously the fact that she dared to use the common vernacular of the unwashed masses of the oppressed over taxed middle class "folks". Now we hear that Romney is begging Big Mac to 'Let Palin be Palin'. Then there are the rumors that McCain is a little annoyed with Palin's handlers and has told them to back off.

We hear the McCampaign is going to "reintroduce" Palin.

Read AJ Strata's commentary today.

Evidently the liberals consider Sarah Palin so trivial and so worth absolute nothing that Joe Biden has been given the orders to ignore her. She's not worth even acknowledging. There is the double standard. Shred Palin's life and ignore Obama's little problems. Oh, and quit picking on Sarah's religion. I share the same faith (but am Episcopalian) and am getting annoyed with your bigotry. The NY Daily News calls it McCain's Palin Problem.

Kathleen Parker did a great service to the Obama Campaign when she decided that Sarah Palin needed to go. It makes me wonder if Parker wasn't supporting another candidate in the primaries. If Palin is forced off the ticket then McCain automatically loses. It could be that Parker's candidate then surfaces in 2010. I can't think of any other reason Parker would do such a nasty thing. She's now famous though and is the darling of the liberal media elite. It's a good thing very few other Republicans even think she's half-right.

Today's WSJ's Opinion Diary has more about Palin haters.

"..."As an authoritarian type, [Sarah Palin] strikes us as a person who prefers power to reason. The people running John McCain's campaign seem to instinctively understand the uses to which such an impression can be put. Perhaps they know better than we do how deeply the American people long to be done with the problem of democracy, to yield to a powerful father-mother pair of authoritarians. The very thing that appalls us about Sarah Palin -- her discomfort in the realm of reason -- is her main selling point. This is so mind-boggling that you have to take a minute to let it in. Take a deep breath. Read that sentence again. Face it: Sarah Palin represents what many people want: a retreat from reason; a regression to childhood" -- Salon.com writer Cary Tennis, dispensing advice to a reader who says she "hates" Sarah Palin...."