Crack van opens at 7 p.m. CST. Debate begins at 8 CST.
And Howard Kurtz is still a puss:
Even as some conservative commentators have panned her performances and fretted about how the Alaska governor will fare against Sen. Joe Biden, Palin has challenged the ethics of those interviewing her. Her running mate, John McCain, has complained about "gotcha journalism." And a top campaign official says female journalists are being especially mean to Palin.All this may or may not add up to a stab at the age-old technique of preemptive spin.
I hate this passive shit he and the other columnists do, this "we'll see if this makes an impact on the national media coverage of which I am in absolutely no way a part, and have no control over, even though my pundit cock it is immense and all shall bow before it." So annoying.
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Now I understand why people keep falling out of the Crack Van.
Posted by: The Kenosha Kid | October 02, 2008 at 08:50
That Sarah Palin sure knows how to work her magic doesn't she? She can be a bulldog and a pussycat, all at the same time!! Nice gig if you can get it!!
Posted by: darellbee | October 02, 2008 at 09:01
pundit cock? This early in the morning?
ewwwwwwww
I'm not a big Gwen Ifill fan but this crap about her not being objective is just such a huge crap of bullshit posturing. Did they go back through every single word Jim Lehrer has ever said on air or committed to writing to see if it was pro- or con- something or other. No.
I hate the way they are campaigning. It's just a bunch of reactive crap slinging.
Posted by: virgotex | October 02, 2008 at 09:06
I'm trying desperately to get out of a rehearsal tonight so's I can be there for the fun. But if I can't, y'all have a fabulous time. Bring the snark!
Posted by: BuggyQ | October 02, 2008 at 09:17
Buggy, you know the Crack Van runs on snark. We're big into alternative fuels around here.
Posted by: Jude | October 02, 2008 at 09:34
...hmm; I always pictured the Crack Van looking more like "Further"...
Posted by: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester | October 02, 2008 at 10:31
Oh, the crap about 'gotcha' jermalisim and 'objectivity' is just that, a monstrously huge steaming pile of excrement (with corn).
If a question is 'too hard' and actually requires 'naw-lidge' it's "gotcha"!?! (When I first heard that, um, 'term' applied, I thought it had to to w/journalists drinking Pernod w/Anthony Edwards in the 80s.)
The Ifill non-issue is laughable - now THEY worry about perceived bias???? Puh-frikkin-leaaaasse! STFU and sit the eff down! Even if she has a personal bias, she will be more even keeled than a rethug mod.
Pardon, must go bang head against wall now...
Elspeth
Posted by: Elspeth Ravenwind | October 02, 2008 at 10:36
A Catbus! Must own furry Catbus car-cover. Wait a sec - no own car. Drat.
Posted by: dan mcenroe | October 02, 2008 at 10:42
Jack K, sometimes it does look like that. It depends on the light.
Seeing is in the eye of the beholder... or something like that.
Posted by: virgotex | October 02, 2008 at 11:15
you CAN not watch puntwits.
Posted by: pansypoo | October 02, 2008 at 11:43
Can I put in a request that Palin be asked an intricate question which challenges one's knowledge of several different fields but has a concrete answer ?
Please ?
Posted by: MapleStreet | October 02, 2008 at 13:48
Maple Street: You betcha! ;)
(ducking and running for safety)
Elspeth
Posted by: Elspeth Ravenwind | October 02, 2008 at 15:02
To-to-ro, To-TO-ro...
To-to-ro, To-TO-ro...
Posted by: liprap | October 02, 2008 at 18:11