Palin says the D-word

See the contrast between McCain dealing with Palin and Obama with Biden? McCain is a leader, Obama... well, just ask his friends William and Jeremiah.

There could be a depression, or maybe not.

We could have war with Russia, or maybe not.

Anything is possible if God wills it.

I'm Sarah Palin and I approved this message.

MCCAIN...TELL THE TRUTH.....AHHHHH DOES RICK DAVIS RING A BELL?

At least she did not use the Rapture word

I'm no fan of McCain's or Palin's, but at least they're starting to get a clue about something. Maybe only a clue, but a clue nonetheless.

Dmitri, in what way does Mccain show leadership by never allowing Palin to speak on her own, and when she does she appears badly misinformed and alarmist. I have not seen the full interview yet, but as it stands now the chaos surrounding the Mccain-Palin ticket is not what this country needs and deserves.

Please, Sarah, speak more.

Once the Myth that is Sarah Palin is revealed, the game is over.

It's refreshing to have honest answers instead of political babble.

Where are the SNL skits on Ol' Joes gaffs? If Sarah's lip slipped like Joe's the press would " field dress her".

From a True feminist

Katie Couric's interview blew. I was hoping we would find out more about Sarah Palin's opinions and views on politics -- not questions about John McCain's record of voting. I learned not one new thing about Sarah Palin the candidate. I did however learn why CBS made the mistake of making Katie Couric an anchor.

Atleast she didn't say that FDR made an announcement on TV when the stock market crashed like Biden. That's great democrat history. To be clear Hoover was President during the crash in 1929- and there was no TV.

I believe it was Obama who first compared the crisis to the worst since the depression. The idea is not to risk it and see if it happens.

If this won't be a depression, why the one trillion plus? Are we afraid of recessions now? I thought they were a good thing? Crooks, crooks, crooks.

and I must also say

My.
God.
Is she a lightweight.

Actually it was Couric who used the Depression word. Palin did not agree or disagree, rather she stated it was one possible outcome unless something is done and done soon. This is a clear case of the news papers getting it all wrong. AGAIN.

Just watched the interview with Couric/Palin. I can't believe this hag still has a job. I am so SICK of the media biased. You can bet Couric would have pounced all over Palin if she would have made a gaffe like Biden's F.D.R./ television. Especially since just before he said American's need to know their leaders know what they're talking about. Boycott CBS. Boycott Couric!

hey latinvoter1, Rick Davis has not worked in lobbying since 2005. The NY Times story was another example of poor reporting from the news media. If you want the truth, don' waste your time citing the NYTIMES.

Oh, by the way the problems, date back to the 90's and Bush, Greenspan et al have been warning about this problem for the past 8 years, and don't look now but the Dems have been in control of both houses of congress for the past 2 years.

The interview shown tonight on CBS was alarming to say the least. Sarah Palin had no business accepting the nomination for Vice President. of the United States and John McCain's judgement should be put into question for putting the American people at risk with such a choice. She is probably the least prepared candidate I have ever seen run for office. Any office!
I assumed going into this interview she would be more prepared then with Charles Gibson but what I saw tonight was a person with no real understanding or grasp of the issues and a woman who obviously has no idea what she is talking about!

You people are delusional, defending this woman on what basis. She does not have a clue what she is talking about. She is clueless!

the same people who voted for Bush twice will vote for Sarah...no substance, no experience. Has anyone ever heard of a politican running for office that will not take press questions unless it is controlled? Nevermind the second higest office in the world. She should change her last name to Putin..after all, she can see his house from where she lives!!! DUH!!!!

People are still trying to make excuses for this dumb hockey mom/vice president.

She actually said, "I'll try to find ya some and bring them to you...."

She didnt even do her homework on her running mate.....what a joke

Who's Herbert Hoover????

signed,

Joe Biden

I'm Barack Obama and I don't approve of my VP running mate

Maybe they should get the witch doctor from Wasilla to exorcise the SEC before the Rapture takes place and the White House moves to Alaska. Oooga Booga yacka backkka....(speaking in tongues... cute nose wrinkle)

McNovaCain: Ignore that little man behind the curtain!!!! The Great and Powerful OZ .... oh dear....

Right... McCain a leader..he deregulated and led us right into a recession.

Couric is the handmaiden of the GOP. She's about as mean and nasty as they come. She's also out of her league. She should stick to lifestyle and colonoscopy instead of real political debate.

Good lord. Maybe the McCain campaign had better keep Palin under wraps. After that interview -- which was practically a puff piece -- she could single-handedly sink an allegedly "suspended" campaign.

Welcome to the circus that would be a McCain-Palin administration.

Biden has had over 80 interviews, I'm sure that if Sara Palin had as many as he's had she would be off the charts with gaffs. When you only have 3 interviews one with Shawn Hannity which really doesn't count and you still come across with less than steller reviews you really do have a problem.

Wow. This interview showed that Ms. Palin is as dumb as a doorknob!

agent... If she can't handle the press then what can she handle? Hell put her on Fox news no way the right wingers could complain then... I would love to see them boycott Fox! But then where else will they get their lies from

"Where are the SNL skits on Ol' Joes gaffs?"

That'll never happen. Look, the reality is that the Republican ticket is surrounded by jackals. The media hates them, Hollywood hates them, half of America hates them, and they have to fight off the Bush legacy. I'm surprised they're doing as well as they are.

It's a very unfair fight. CNN's bold pronouncement that they are "no bias; no bull" is perhaps the biggest lie on the campaign trail. It doesn't matter what the McCain camp does, CNN bashes them. MSNBC too. I actually feel sorry for this team.

I saw the interview and Sen. Palin did really great. Couric was tough on her, but she can take it. And when Couric asked things that Sen. Palin didn't know, she said she'd try to find out. Who can ask for more than that? Sen. Palin can't be expected to know all the stuff all at once! Let's be fair!

Why doesn't the Globe mention all the other things the interview focused on? For example Gov. Palin not being able to substantiate her claims that John McCain tried to "reform Wall Street" and not being able to give examples after she claimed he'd been leading the efforts to ensure more oversight over Wall Street? "I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you" must be the quote of the day.

I actually winced while listening to some of her responses to basic questions. Her lack of intelligible responses to fairly basic policy questions shows one of two things: a) she has taken no interest in political/economic/foreign policy on a national scale, or b) she has no opinion on any of it.
Of course she could just be the dumbest person ever to make it to this level of accountability and literally cannot form an actual opinion.
How is it that somebody running for Vice President of the United States would not be favored in a debate on foreign policy against your average poli/sci major at any US university?
No matter your opinion on the issues, if she is your idea of what our high office is worthy of...I need to get the hell out of Dodge because you are grossly underestimating the skill set necessary to serve at that level.

Joe Biden has given 80+ interviews and has had four press conferences since Palin was selected as McCain's running mate. We now know why Palin is being cloistered from the press. Heck.

Ole' Joe has gaffs becuase he isn't afraid to talk to the media.

Palin is way, way out of her league and we're beginning to really see it. Condi Rice or Susan Collins would have been smarter picks - in more ways than one - for McCain. The hard line right wing will continue to love Palin. When independents and even more moderate Republicans see this I think the race is over. McCain has made a string of high risk gambles. It reflects poorly on his decision making and style. This one isn't going to pay.

Sarah's handlers are doing everything they can to shield her, even escorting reporters out of the room when she did her photo-ops with the "world leaders" at the UN.

How is this going to demonstrate she is ready to take over the oval office?

It is an sad fact that Sen McCain has a greater than 50% probabilty of dying from his metastic melanoma within the next three years.

Let Sarah talk and stand on her own, you are doing her a disservice by "protecting" her.

I agree with Karnak. Watched the interview. It was Couric who used the word depression NOT PALIN. MEDIA, KATIE C. and CBS BE FAIR! J
Just a reminder to those who put down an individual - KARMA- what goes around comes around.

Katie Couric was one of the best anchor I love to watch on Today Show with Matt Lauer on NBC.Couric/Palin sort of similar in their styles as American women both love politics.

We'll have to boycott every news agency that happens to ask McCain or Palin simple questions. Boycott CBS,NBC, ABC, New York Times, L.A. Times, CNN, MSNBC, George Will, Wall Street Journal, blah, blah, blah. Sure Biden said something stupid. He will probably be the first to admit it and move on. Have you listened to McCain lately? He doesn't know what he's talking about and won't talk to the press.

The difference between Biden and Palin is that Palin is not accessible to the press and they want answers. It is NOT unreasonable to find out where she stands and if she can answer tough questions. People are whining about Katie Couric??? Let Palin go on Hardball or Olbermann like Obama went on O'Reilly. McCain couldn't even handle The View.

The sad truth is we have no serious journalists being utilized by any of the
major networks. Fluff and propaganda are being spoon fed to our
Nation.
As for S. Palin?
She displays no depth of understanding on issues.
Ans seems content with mealy mouthed platitudes to rile the new dumb.

Yes, if was unfair of Couric to spotlight Palin's unfamliarity with McCain's record. This told us nothing about Palin herself or her own agenda.

Has Couric even asked Obama such questions about his OWN record?

You know I think it was sexist and selfish of John McCain to pick Palin for the VP role. Although I am glad he did as I am an Obama supporter. I think Palin seems nice and smart, its just she is very unfamiliar with the national issues and really not ready to be on this level yet. It is a shame that McCain seems to have picked her for reasons other than her qualifications to be VP at this point. By putting her in the spotlight too early it gives a bad impression of women. There are women far more qualified (Kay Bailey Hutchison for one) to be VP than Palin. I do believe she helped to initially supply badly needed energy to the McCain camp, but now she is becoming a larger liability to the campaign. I actually feel a bit sorry for her.

Ed Stone, #1 fan in the Katie Couric drool posse (though she only drools on the left side of her mouth - the right froths).

Your post reminds me of the clowns who made/make fun of Rumsfeld for saying "there are the known knowns, the known unknowns, and the unknown unknowns". I know this pretty clear declarative wasn't understood by 'some', but he was stating the facts, like she was. Sarah Palin stating there are 'possibilities' and not certainties is clearly more responsible than anything else since we don't have more insight.

Drooler.

Why would anyone care what Palin's opinion is about the country's economic woes? She has neither the education nor experience to know anything about it.

Un-friggin-believable that she is even being asked a question... as if her opinion would be meaningful in any way, shape, or form.

Here's my vote... No Way, Now Brain, No-Palin !

I guess Is houoldn't be amazed by the fact that Couric is a charter member of the Obama '08 election team. But when an alleged journalist raises the issue of "a Great Depression" and gets a thoughtful response from a candidate, then turns around and chastizes that candidate's running mate for using "rhetoric like the Great Depression" she's gone beyond the pale.

Of course, the rest of the unbiased "media" then trumpets --around the world-- that "Palin is predicting a Great Depression" when the truth is anything but.

I'm just guessing that most Americans realize that McCain and Palin are running against not only OBama and Biden and the democratic party, but the entire news media as well. Some Americans, as one can see here from the comments, think that's a GOOD THING.

The blind interviewing the blindier.

If people like Bill Clinton and Barney Frank hadn't put pressure on these companies to give subprime mortgages to people who clearly couldn't afford them, we wouldn't have gotten into such a mess in the first place. Bush is a disaster of a president, too. We have nobody representing us. It's extremely unfair that the taxpayers have to bail these irresponsible jerks out!

I didn't think Palin could look any worse than she did in the Gibson interview, but she surprised me. She was straining to fit her memorized talking points into the answers to Couric's questions. It's clear there is no substance or original thought behind her words. It was difficult to watch.

It just seems like scare tactics coming from the man, George W. Bush. And McCain and Obama to hold off on their debates is the dumbest thing to do. They need to support the United States in their time of need by looking into what they can do for the nation. By holding off the debate, are they saying that they want Bush to continue running the United States as if he were some kind of dictator. No, that shouldn't happen because it's against the constitution; but in the back of my mind it seems like those scare tactics are meant to imply, "Hey, I'm the only man who can fix this problem." Yeah!! I don't think so. No, McCain and Obama need to man up and have their debates. Well, now they have a lot more to talk about. Yes, what can they do to fix the problems; what are they going to do in this time of crisis? And I don't think tossing said amount of money at the problem is going to help much unless they make sure that the company men aren't going to take the money for themselves and say "Oops, sorry, it didn't work." No, there needs to be rules set in against that stuff happening; also I bet Bush is going to get a lot of kickbacks if he's able to bail AIG out. I honestly don't know what we need to do, but I don't think this is something that should be rushed. Maybe, they need to work on more than two and a half page essay on why we need to bail them out. It just doesn't sit right with me.

"Sen. Palin can't be expected to know all the stuff all at once! Let's be fair!"

- It is not unfair to ask her about any of the whole spectrum of issues that she would have to be familiar with in the position she's running for. Should we just give her even more time to study up and give the proper "Rep. talking point" answers?
When you are up for a promotion or in an interview for a new job, don't you get asked about the issues that you will have to be able to handle in that role?

Couric to Palin....."Can you name one issue on which J. McCain has been bipartisan"

Palin to Couric"....."Gee.......I'll look it up and I'll get back to ya"

Nice Job Governor..............Times up .....good thing you bought a tanning bed....it's gonna be a long cold winter in Alaska.

I think if Palin is going to continue to use the term "Maverick" to describe her running mate, it is fair of Couric to question what legislative actions he took that made him one. I'm sick of this era: when a politician can stand up in front of a podium and give us a sound bite, but not understand what he's saying, not quite know for sure if it's fact, but really wants it to be true. And then, we not only have people who buy it as fact because it's been said, but actually attack those who should question why we should believe something for no reason other than the words were spoken out loud. Seriously. She calls him a Maverick - but don't ask her why. There are plenty of things I'd love to make up and just say about someone, but it doesn't make it true.

My stomach sinks to think that this woman could actually be president if this ticket wins. I'm tired of this whole - she's more like us business. Bush was 'more like us' and look where that got us. McCain was 5th from the bottom of his class and she bounced around from college to college. For the life of me, I cannot understand why so many people are bypassing intelligent leaders for mediocre leaders at best.

Honor, faith, and good humor are not all we need for a good leader. Forrest Gump had all of this - would you want him as president? Intelligence is not something to despise in a leader; this is a trait which our founding forefathers had in spades. Obama is as smart as some of the greatest. Why is that so scary?