McCain lashes out at press over Palin
By: Jonathan Martin
Politico
September 3, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Faced with tough questions about Sarah Palin, John McCain's campaign and other Republicans are responding with a defensive crouch — lashing out at the media to deflect Palin from scrutiny and to rally a party base that has fallen hard for the conservative Alaska governor.
McCain aides, responding to questions about Palin’s qualifications to be vice president as well as her family life — including her pregnant and unwed teenage daughter — have aggressively turned the tables on the media by questioning reporters' motives and suggesting a sexist double-standard.
Throughout the party, at at various venues throughout the Twin Cities, other Republicans have picked up the media-bashing banner, knowing instinctively that little else can better rally the spirits of their faithful than pitting the purportedly “liberal media" against their new shining star.
"What a breath of fresh air Gov. Sarah Palin is,” Fred Thompson said Tuesday night, effectively starting the convention. “She is from a small town, with small-town values, but that's not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Let's be clear: The selection of Gov. Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic.”
Thompson’s us-versus-them rhetoric comes a day after a top McCain aide expressed incredulity when asked by a reporter whether Palin could be vice-president with an infant and her 17-year-old daughter due to give birth this fall.
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Politico
September 3, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Faced with tough questions about Sarah Palin, John McCain's campaign and other Republicans are responding with a defensive crouch — lashing out at the media to deflect Palin from scrutiny and to rally a party base that has fallen hard for the conservative Alaska governor.
McCain aides, responding to questions about Palin’s qualifications to be vice president as well as her family life — including her pregnant and unwed teenage daughter — have aggressively turned the tables on the media by questioning reporters' motives and suggesting a sexist double-standard.
Throughout the party, at at various venues throughout the Twin Cities, other Republicans have picked up the media-bashing banner, knowing instinctively that little else can better rally the spirits of their faithful than pitting the purportedly “liberal media" against their new shining star.
"What a breath of fresh air Gov. Sarah Palin is,” Fred Thompson said Tuesday night, effectively starting the convention. “She is from a small town, with small-town values, but that's not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Let's be clear: The selection of Gov. Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic.”
Thompson’s us-versus-them rhetoric comes a day after a top McCain aide expressed incredulity when asked by a reporter whether Palin could be vice-president with an infant and her 17-year-old daughter due to give birth this fall.
(Continued here.)
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