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Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 4:11:36 PM

“When it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?” Couric asked.

“I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media,” Palin responded.

Take two

You think Couric may have had a follow-up to that response? You’d be correct. And it wasn’t a devious follow-up. In fact, it was two words. “What specifically?”

Same response. “Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years,” she said.

Third time’s a charm

No dice. When Couric tried one last time, Palin responded:

“I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too,” she said. “Alaska isn’t a foreign country, where it’s kind of suggested, ‘Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?’ Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.”

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 4:31:45 PM

Guess the answer she'd been told finally popped into her head.
I assume that she's getting a press book every day as well as briefings.

Name:	AUCATZ -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 4:43:49 PM

If I were in the public eye, I wouldn't name specific publications. Defending her, I'd say if she had rattled off a list of titles, you would have said she had rehearsed it.

So, if she said she read one title, it would be a liberal rag. Another would be construed to be a right-wing vehicle. There is no way to win. As Governor of Alaska, do you imagine she spent a lot of time reading magazines? I would think she read the headlines to be aware of what is going on, then she would concentrate on articles that were pertinent to her job, pending and proposed legislation, etc.

Why do you continue to pick her apart about this stuff? What difference does it make?

Geez, what do you reckon Joe Biden reads every day on the train?

Name:	HOT ROD -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 5:15:32 PM

"As Governor of Alaska, do you imagine she spent a lot of time reading magazines?" I would guess that she spent almost 24 hours each day reading magazines and newspapers; after all, she herself claims that she read "ALL of them." And "all" is an awful lot!

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Um....I don't get it
Date:	10/1/2008 5:23:19 PM

If you asked me that question it would take me 20 minutes to list everything I read before today. It is a stupid and insulting question that was clearly intended to play gotcha. What if she said I read the Economist, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, London Times, etc. I guarantee Katie already knew what she reads and was looking for a gotcha. I think her answer was very smart not to play into her hands.

I would love for any of you Palin detractors to spend two minutes exploring the moronic things that Biden has said and done as he is "just a heartbeat" away from the Presidency. Or how about Obama who is the heartbeat. If you are making your decisions based on something like this rather than the content of a person's character, their policies and political views, etc. then you are truly a perfect Obama voter. If you don't like her political views then why don't you just say that?!?! No, instead you take the lazy person's approach of trying to attack someone's intelligence. It is so juvenile but then again that is what defines liberalism, emotion over reason, silence any opposing voice, destroy any critic, the ends justify the means. It is all so sad to see.

Name:	AUCATZ -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 5:37:51 PM

Well, let's apply the same question to the others...let's see, we know what Obama's favorite reading material includes - a biography of Malcom X. That's reassuring. Biden, don't know. McCain, don't know. I'd imagine those two Senators would say they read Congressional Reviews, Wall Street Journal (maybe not these days so much), etc.

I would bet that another Republical VP candidate wouldn't have been asked the question, but let's say they did...Romney - Book of Morman? Gov. Pawlenty - what do ya think? Gov. Huckabee - something from the Southern Baptists perhaps?

The point is that you are all trying to pinhole Gov. Palin and diss her on stupid things. Doesn't matter whether you like her or not - what she read before she was nominated as the VP candidate isn't really relevant. What she reads NOW is, for sure. But, that wasn't what she was asked. To her credit, it sounded to me like she was trying to understand why someone would ask her such a question. I know I have a tough time trying to figure it out.

Everyone is going to vote their conscience. That's fine. Just leave the rediculous and petty out of it. She's a nice lady, she's smart and successful. Hit her on the issues. If she can't hold her own there, that's it.

My real issue with the Palin 'concerns' is that she is running for VP. Obama is running for President, and yet you will support him and vote for him although he has very limited experience in everything. He chose Biden to help him with foreign policy because he doesn't know it. He has a team of economic folks telling him what to do on that front because that isn't his strong suite (his words). Yet you want him to be our President? You are willing to elect a man because he's a good orator? Because he isn't a Republican? Because he tells you whatever you want to hear on any given day? What is your reasoning? Is it enough that Russia and other foreign nations want him in office? Is he going to orate the US into a new world leadership position? I just don't understand. Change for the sake of Change isn't logical to me.

Name:	Swimmer27 -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 6:09:46 PM

"Change" is not always a positve thing. If you want an example how about the liberals favorite issue......"Climate CHANGE". Thats change and all we have heard for years is that it is detroying our planet.

Name:	HOT ROD -	Reply
Subject:	Um....I don't get it
Date:	10/1/2008 6:17:20 PM

"What do you read?" WAS a stupid question, but "All of them!" was an equally stupid answer. I would have been more impressed with a flat refusal to answer than with "I'm going to try to think on my feet and make something up no matter how impossible it is."

I would have been just as unimpressed had the interviewee been Biden, Obama, McCain, or Lou Holtz. In this case the idiocy of the answer is not only non-partisan, it is non-political.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 7:16:06 PM

No doubt when he's in Washington, he reads the Washington Post on the train. Maybe the Washington Times. Probably whatever newspaper Wilimington publishes.

Actually there is a published document that is put together on news articles on a daily basis. Additionally, I feel certain that they all get press books that contain articles from the print media and the internet on subjects of interest, that are put together by their staffs. I've also heard that they get an executive summary sheet on all the constituites phone calls, emails, letters. I'm sure the Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential candidates are given more information on a daily basis than any human can possibly consume.

Good point about her not naming names. Seems like when you are a candidate, every answer is scutinized for hiden meanings.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	What Do You Read?
Date:	10/1/2008 7:21:31 PM

I've heard it said that economics isn't John McCain's strong suit.
I think smart candidates on both sides try to engage experts to help them on issues. I don't think this is unique to Obama or to John McCain. There isn't any way that any one person could know everything they need to know no matter how smart or comitted or patriotic they are.

I don't see this as an issue to support or not support a candidate. After all, once they are elected they will have a cabinet who will each have a Department to make recommendations to the President.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Um....I don't get it
Date:	10/1/2008 7:29:36 PM

Show me a Congressman or Senator who doesn't say at least stupid thing a day. They all do it, particularly any time that they have a chance at a microphone. Part of the requirement for the job is to love the sound of your own voice. McCain has said ridiculous things, Obama has said ridiculous things, Palin and Biden have said ridiculous things.

I don't know why the media wastes time with these kinds of questions. Like all other executives, she probably read whatever her staff put in front of her in her "urgent" folder.

Name:	rude evin -	Reply
Subject:	The correct answer...........
Date:	10/1/2008 9:32:36 PM

would have been......" why Katie, I only listen to cbs news".............. :~/

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Another right answer
Date:	10/1/2008 10:22:07 PM

Ms. Couric: I try not to answer stupid questions being asked by stupid people because I am afraid you are going to bring me down to your level of stupidity and then beat me with experience.

Couric asked some good questions as did Gibson. The problem is everyone on the opposition is simply looking for the worst response and that becomes the focal point of all subsequent discussion and debate. If the mainstream media had even of shred of integrity they would use the opportunity to help people actually get to know Palin and then decide for themselves. The problem is they are liberal elitists who do not trust the judgment of ordinary people. So they have to spin the news in a way to give us the candidate that they and all the people that attend all the same cocktail parties in LA, DC and NYC are just so smug and sure we need.

If my complete disdain for liberal elitists is not apparent please let me know and I will try to work on it. :-)

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	Martini
Date:	10/1/2008 10:39:26 PM

As you so eloquently stated.."The problem is they are liberal elitists who do not trust the judgment of ordinary people." I am just a plain redneck and I want my Vice President to know alittle more than me. The question on reading material was a "powderpuff" question.
All she had to do was mention The NRA magazine, Moosehunting Gazette, a newspaper or two in Alaska and the internet.

The Right thinks everytime she can't handle a question it is the liberals fault for asking it. She wants to be VP not the local dogcatcher.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	MM--
Date:	10/2/2008 6:52:24 AM

I agree that the media tries to put a spin, but then, don't you think the candidates do too? Each of the candidates have a "spin master" too --
The thing that bothers me about Palin is that she obviously doesn't have a clue.
She doesn't seem thoughtful, or well informed. She can't put two coherent sentences together in an interview, and she tries to mask it by being "folksy". I certainly don't think that "liberal elitists" have the market on intelligence or have the solutions to all the problems and there is nothing wrong with being who you are out in front of people, but geez, I haven't heard one response to a question on anything that made me think she has underlying intelligence. Charm, yes -- intelligence, no. And if McCain wins, he'll bury her in the back room somewhere.

I'll now return to the cocktail circuit in NYC, DC and LA... (love it!)

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Martini
Date:	10/2/2008 9:59:02 AM

Let me ask you a question, why are you so eager to degrade Sarah Palin for just being the governor of Alaska? Do you realize how many great Presidents have just been governors??? How about Ronald Reagan or Teddy Roosevelt. You are blindly falling for the media template that she doesn't know anything because she is the governor of Alaska. I am willing to bet she knows 100 times more than you do about all the topics pertinent to the positions she has held. But no, you want to focus on how she answered a STUPID gotcha question.

And how come you're not as inquisitive about what Obama reads? If it is so almighty important to you to be able to decide whether she is worthy of the position why not find that out? Why hasn't the media asked those questions of the Messiah? All he gets are fawning "tell us your vision for the country questions", and aren't your daughters adorable", etc. The fact is you don't have a stinking clue what he reads and you don't care, you can't list ONE accomplishment he has as a leader and I doubt you could articulate what he stands for except higher taxes, redistribution of that hard-earned money to Obama voters and bigger and more intrusive government. THAT IS ALL HE IS - A CLASSIC, RUN OF THE MILL LIBERAL!!

What this really comes down to is despite the self proclaimed redneck monicker you are a mind-numbed liberal who is being fooled by the sycophantic liberal media. I suppose the country needs a Jimmy Carter every once in a while to remind them that liberalism doesn't work, has never worked and will never work, irrespective of the packaging.

There, I feel so much better!

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Martini
Date:	10/2/2008 3:06:37 PM

Now, what exactly do you think John McCain has done that is so noteworthy?
He was on "Morning Joe" this morning and his answers were positively idiotic. Now, it was early so maybe he hadn't had his coffee or maybe he was tired. He comes across as an angry old man. He did a real huma-huma on why he voted in favor of the Senate's bill when it was so full of pork. He mumbled something about the President veto power...

Quite frankly, at the moment, I'm disgusted by both candidates and both parties.
And I feel bad that either one is the best their party can pony up. I'm still waiting for either one to be a bit specific about how they are going to fix things.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Martini
Date:	10/2/2008 4:06:49 PM

I can make a long list for McCain, (some of which doesn't make me happy as a fiscal and social conservative but they are accomplishments). And these are totally off the top of my head:

McCain Feingold campaign finance reform
He doesn't take earmarks for Arizona
He was first to recommend the surge in Iraq that has been a success
He raised serious concerns about Fannie and Freddie as early as 2001 and again in 2004 but was blocked by Democrats (I've seen the video)
His entire conduct as a prisoner of war and service to the country
He consistently votes against tax increases and pork barrel spending

These are just the ones off the top of my head but whether you agree or disagree with him on his political views these are real accomplishments. I am sure the campaign could come up with more. Now for Obama we have, well let's see.....he was a community agitator whose supervisor admitted he accomplished almost nothing.....and he was a law school professor who wrote nothing........he was editor of the Harvard Law Review of almost no note......he voted present over 100 times in the state Senate.....he spent 143 days in the U.S. Senate with nothing of note.......

The fact is the ONLY thing Obama has accomplished of note is his unbelievable rise from a state Senate to Dem nominee and his defeat of the Clinton machine. Both of those are impressive but say almost nothing about his ability to assume an executive position in a small company, let alone being POTUS.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Martini
Date:	10/2/2008 6:54:50 PM

Well, I guess you could say that his rise as an African American to attend Harvard Law School and become editor of the Law review is an accomplishment. He's written a book. He was smart enough to marry a very successful woman. He stood against the surge in Iraq. I believe he opposed the Iraq war from the beginning.

McCain says that he is against pork barrel spending, but he voted for it last night. I will give it to him that he doesn't ask for earmarks for AZ.
He's been in Congress for 20 years, so I would expect he would have more accomplishments than Obama in sponsoring bills and legislation. BTW he is about 30 years older than Obama too.
I agree that service to his country is admirable, but on the other hand, there were a lot of POWs. I don't think that makes him more of a hero or more of a patriot than anyone else that served. Certainly not more than those who gave their lives.

I can't agree that the surge is making us "win" in Iraq. We're still pouring money into that country while they are enjoying an $80B surplus from oil deals with China. Have we rebuilt their country? No. Most of them want us out. What exactly does "winning in Iraq" look like? I guess we will soon find out, because lost in all the noise about the financial crisis, was the Commander in Afghanistan saying he needs more troops immediately. The only place they can come from is Iraq.
I don't think you can declare victory in Iraq until we leave and see what happens. If the govt. holds, then I'll say we had a victory; but I don't think that will happen. Not because of Al Queda in Iraq, because they will follow and if we increase our forces in Afghanistan (where we should have put our forces all this time if we wanted to defeat terrorism), they will fight us there. When you plaster a country with US Forces and take them out of the Green Zone and put them out in the neighborhoods, the violence will decrease. But what happens when they are withdrawn? If the govt dissolves and they fall to another dictator, or if they erupt in civil war, will that still be our "win"? And if we have to still have a presence there for 10-20 years (as John McCain has predicted) then is that still a win?
Winning is very subjective and has to be defined before you can say we are winning.

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	Martini
Date:	10/2/2008 7:59:55 PM

I am not degrading Palin as Governor of Alaska. She made a big deal that she hunts moose and is a long time member of the NRA. As Average Joe Sixz Pack , is it so difficult to be honest and just say hey I read XXXXX.

You and your fellow Republicans continue to degrade Obama but get very testy when McCain or Palin is attacked. Obama is attacked for his association as a Christian with Rev Wright and then attacked as a Muslim.

Until Palin was added to the ticket, the Conservatives were negative on McCain. Now, he is your boy but he just supported a bailout with earmarks. He did it for the good of the country. Sounds reasonable to me but it is contradictory to his statement that he will use his pen to strike out earmarks.

Name:	Swimmer27 -	Reply
Subject:	Yea, I can see why.....
Date:	10/3/2008 9:24:52 PM

..... there should be such a rush to get out of Iraq, after all, we got out of Germnay, Korea, and Japan so fast. Oh wait, we STILL have troops in all those places (and quite a few others too). Yes it is an absolute fact that we MUST get out of Iraq.

<sarcasm OFF>

I also understand what a tough thing it was for Obama to get elected to the senate. I mean a liberal black democrat trying to run for office in Chicago. Who woulda thunk it?!

And BTW-- there have been more murders in Chicago this year than troops died in Iraq. When should the U.S. pull out of Chicago? All that 'community organizing' really paid off didn't it? Lots of ghetto's where more folks are killed than in a war zone. Good Job Obama!!

I guess the sarcasm wasn't off after all.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Yea, I can see why.....
Date:	10/4/2008 5:59:57 AM

I guess you want to see US troops committed to long term peace keeping operations in foreign countries? Is that how you want to see our military used?
The Powell Doctrine says that you should never commit forces until you have a clear mission and a clear exit strategy.

I'm not sure why you keep making this link to Obama and the crime rate in Chicago. He's not the mayor there or the chief of police. Washington DC has a high crime rate too -- do you hold the President responsible for that? The truth is that major inner cities have high crime rates, but I don't think you can blame their Congressional representatives.

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