{"id":1069,"date":"2008-09-26T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T21:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2008-09-26T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T22:14:39","slug":"cafferty-to-blitzer-dont-make-excuses-for-her-sarah-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Cafferty To Blitzer: Don’t Make Excuses For Her (Sarah Palin)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has to be enshrined as one of the premiere moments in television news.<\/p>\n

CNN’s Jack Cafferty rolled tape of Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric. Couric asked Palin about the expense of the White House’s Wall Street bailout proposal. Palin gave a rambling and non-responsive answer. But what came after is even more startling.<\/p>\n

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When the camera returned to Cafferty he merely stared into it for a few profound seconds and then said that that was one of the most pathetic things he has ever seen. He said if you aren’t afraid that she is a 72 year old heartbeat from the presidency, you should be.<\/p>\n

Then Wolf Blitzer tried to cover for Palin by saying that she was just trying to squeeze a lot into her answer. To which Cafferty replied:<\/p>\n

“Don’t make excuses for her. That was pathetic.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cowed, but still deferential, Blitzer said it wasn’t one of Palin’s best moments. Does anyone have an example of one of Palin’s best, unscripted moments?<\/p>\n

This is more evidence for why it so important for McCain to loosen the chains on Palin and let her speak. Most of the media doesn’t have the honesty and courage of Cafferty. But our nation’s future is riding on this: The Palin Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Addendumb<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: Later on Blitzer’s program he interviewed Lou Dobbs about tonight’s debate. Dobbs defied the reality that he is an anchor for one of the most prominent news enterprises in the world when he said…<\/p>\n

“Imagine what it would take for the liberal national media to declare McCain the winner.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did he mean the same liberal national media for whom he works? Or maybe Fox News? Or GE, or Disney, or Viacom, or Simmons, or Comcast, or Tribune, or AP, or ….. ? The same media that employs Blitzer, Palin’s official apologist? Besides, Dobbs must not have heard that McCain won the debate before it even started<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This has to be enshrined as one of the premiere moments in television news. CNN’s Jack Cafferty rolled tape of Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric. Couric asked Palin about the expense of the White House’s Wall Street bailout proposal. Palin gave a rambling and non-responsive answer. But what came after is even more startling. 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