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Palin: McCain's Biggest Mistake Was Sheltering Me From Press
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Sarah Palin frequently disparaged the political press when campaigning with John McCain. But she tells Human Events' John Gizzi in an interview that she wishes she had spent more time talking to the media: ...
Palin: McCain's Biggest Mistake Was Sheltering Me From Press
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Sarah Palin frequently disparaged the political press when campaigning with John McCain. But she tells Human Events' John Gizzi in an interview that she wishes she had spent more time talking to the media: ...
Matt Lewis: Sarah Palin: "Conservative of the Year"
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... | Matt Lewis | Radio Blogger | Your Blogs Directory [image] Townhall.com The Blogspot for Political, Conservative and Republican Blogs and Bloggers Monday, December 22, 2008 Sarah Palin: "Conservative of the Year" Posted by: Matt Lewis at 12:50 PM Human Events has given it's annual " Conservative of the Year" award to Gov. Sarah Palin . They had Ann Coulter write the column awarding the title , and there's also an exclusive interview with Gov. Palin by Political Editor John Gizzi . [image] Email ...
Palin: 'Scary' to Trust McCain Staff With Reputation
News —
... Former Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said that the biggest mistake made by Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign was not allowing her to make more media appearances. "The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this: the opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media," Palin told the conservative website Human Events , which named her its Conservative of the Year. "I was not allowed to do very many interviews, and the interviews that I did were not necessarily those I would ...
Quote Of The Day: Palin Wishes She'd Done More Interviews
TPM Election Central —
... -- Sarah Palin, in an interview with Human Events, saying that the biggest mistake from the campaign was that she wasn't allowed to do more interviews. ...
Palin wanted more media time
Political Animal —
PALIN WANTED MORE MEDIA TIME.... Opinions may vary, but looking back at the 2008 presidential campaign, Sarah Palin seems to have an unusual idea about what went wrong for her. Palin told ...
Palin's Biggest Mistake
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
In an interview with Human Events, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was asked about the biggest mistake she made in the 2008 presidential campaign. ...
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INSTAPUTZ —
There's much over which to chuckle in Sarah Palin's Human Events q&a, but this exchange nicely exemplifies Palin's ear-bleeding incoherence: ...
A bad year for conservatism
The Reaction —
... time, HUMAN EVENTS' 2008 Conservative of the Year will be ready to be our President and someday can sweep into office and dismantle all the heinous government programs Obama and the Democrats are about to foist on the nation. Who knows? She might even be able to run as the candidate of 'hope' and 'change.' Um. Yeah. Whatever. ********** For Palin's interview with HE, see here. Steve Benen notes one of the funnier bits: Palin claims that ...
Palin: I Wish I'd Done More Media Interviews
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The former VP candidate tells Human Events the biggest mistake she made in the campaign was allowing the McCain staff to initially keep her from the press.
“Now I have all the faith in the world in Sen. McCain and his family. But some of the folks around him I did not know and so it was a kind of a risky thing for me to put my faith in the decisions they were making on my behalf.” ...
The obligatory “Human Events names Palin conservative of the year” post
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... — but that would put her on a collision course with Jindal, and I’m far from convinced that match-up favors her. HE interviewed Palin for the occasion, too. A snippet: GIZZI: For my birthday this year, friends gave me the new biography of Andrew Jackson [American Lion, by Jon Meacham]. One of the passages that reminded me of you is when the author is explaining how vilified Jackson was and says, ‘He was the first President to come from the common people, not from an educated elite, and he never ceased to see himself as their champion.’ Is that something you can identify with ...
"The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this"
Stubborn Facts —
... "[T]he opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media. I was not allowed to do very many interviews, and the interviews that I did were not necessarily those I would have chosen. ... I would have been in charge, I would have wanted to speak to more reporters because that’s how you get your message out to the electorate." Sarah Palin reflects on the campaign. ...
Sarah Palin reveals her biggest lesson from defeat
Top of the Ticket —
... 99-00 campaign, even Dick Cheney's office. They were experienced politically, nationally and Washingtonly.
But Palin was not. Indeed, that was her strongest suit in a year where Change You Can Believe In won out. Being the newcomer and junior member, against all her instincts, Palin obediently followed the advice of strangers. And now, smartly, she's got second thoughts. Or has drawn some lessons from the searing experiences.
In a new interview in Human Events, Palin was asked the most important lesson she learned this ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... with the vast increase in money and prestige it would afford, I would turn it down because I'm not a freaking doctor. I'm not qualified. Lives would be in the balance. I could do irreparable harm to people. Faced with a similar set of circumstances last summer (and also with family difficulties), Palin apparently didn't even ask to sleep on the offer of possibly being a heartbeat away from the presidency. She just said "You betcha." We know from her recent Human Events interview that she thought she was ready to take on the world: ...
Sarah Palin: McCain's biggest mistake was shielding me from the press
Crooks and Liars —
Yes, she actually said that. And yes, this is what happened when she was actually allowed to speak to the press. And this. And this. And this. And... oh, you get the point.
Human Events:
GIZZI: What was the biggest mistake made in the ’08 campaign?
PALIN: The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this: the opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media. I was not allowed to do very many ...
Now they tell us: GOP pols, pollsters grumbling about McCain’s misuse of Palin
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... this week, I’m forced to begin a post about McCain with that line from “The Wedding Singer”: This information really would’ve been more useful to us yesterday . The occasion is this passage from Sarahcuda’s “conservative of the year” interview with Human Events: Now I have all the faith in the world in Sen. McCain and his family. But some of the folks around him I did not know, and so it was a kind of a risky thing for me to put my faith in the decisions they were making on my behalf. As an administrator, as a chief executive of a state, I am not used to that. I am used to ...
Sarah Palin in the eye of the beholder
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... The governor was conservative enough for Human Events magazine to award her her its Conservative of the Year honors. Yet she was libertarian enough for Libertarian Repulican to ...
