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9.9.08 @ 12:01AM

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Consider the emerging pattern: media pundits ask when Palin will be available to answer questions. They ask Joe Biden about it and he adds to it but seems suspicious about taking the bait but does anyway. The new mantra is she gave a good speech but will be eaten by the sharks. She's hiding! She's afraid! At some point she will have to come out! We'll be waiting!

"Who cares if she can talk to Time magazine?" The dopes are begging to be roped again! The McCain campaign further responds with you'll get to talk to her when we're good and ready; when the media starts treating her with respect! This only fans the flames and then the ABC news exclusive interview is announced but no word on exactly when and where the interview will take place.

No doubt there will be speculation about what the questions will be and ABC news will use this to their marketing advantage by hyping up the interview. Ring up another 45 million viewers. Tack on another 2 points to the next poll.

The same pattern will emerge leading up to the much anticipated VP debates (50 million viewers?). She doesn't know one-tenth what Joe Biden knows. She'll be trounced. Will she be treated gently? How will he bring her down? It's already started.

What comes after fool me twice, shame on me?
-- Diamon Sforza
Bartlett, Illinois

John McCain would, indeed, have made a fine general. With his gene pool, how could he NOT have made a fine general?

The way he both introduced Governor Palin and subsequently handled the media challenges were breathtaking. As president, he is going to have to deal with foreign leaders who may be just as mean-spirited as the drive-by media but a whole lot smarter. This was a warm-up. A spectacular tour-de-force, for sure, but only a warm-up. We've seen leadership from Senator McCain. We are still waiting for his opponent.

The American people have been given the opportunity to see a decent and good man making tough decisions under fire with dignity and grace. Senator McCain's opponent has been given such a spectacular pass by the media that the contrast is obvious. I have full faith in the essential goodness and intelligence of the American people that they will see this episode for what it is and hand the drive-by media the rebuke they deserve by electing Senator McCain and Governor Palin to the highest offices our nation has to offer.
-- M. Merritt
Fiddletown, California

OK, Jeremy. If McCain's that smart, I definitely want him in there fighting Iran, et al. Of course, he still has to win the election. So, let's flesh this out. It isn't the Obamanation he's really up against, it's Billary. How does he get Hillary to give Obama such lukewarm support, that enough of her diehards vote for McCain, Obama loses, and Hillary is back in 2012 against Palin family values? Sure would top this presidential campaign for press coverage. Now, if the press had any brains, ah, the press, gotta love 'em, they'd figure this out, start cutting McCain some slack, hold unflattering interviews with Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers on every Sunday morning show, and have Tony Rezko's mug shot on CNN every night from now until November 4.

Works for me!
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

HOW DID SHE DO THAT?
Re: Robert Stacy McCain's The Miracle Worker:

Understanding the appeal of Sarah Palin is easy: Americans instinctively know a straight-shooter when they see one. They're also excited by the fact she's a genuine outsider, far removed from the fevered, know-it-all swamps of Washington D.C.

The popularity of the "political establishment?" 14% for Congress, 30% for the administration. Sarah Palin? 58%.

'Nuf said.
-- Arnold Ahlert
Boca Raton, Florida

Re: Robert M. Goldberg's That '70s Showoff:

Letter to the Editor

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