I wonder if Palin thought she would have it easy with Katie Couric. Couric's got a reputation (deserved or not since I don't really watch her) for being a soft and fuzzy type, and I wonder if Sarah thought she would get a female bonding type of interview rather than the tough one that Couric admirably delivered.
If Palin thought that, she don't know women. There was no way in hell Katie was going to let herself appear to be anything softer than a hard-edged news person out for the details. Couric's own reputation was at stake over this interview and if she'd lobbed softballs at Palin (like Hannity did), Couric would have been accused of going easy on Palin 'cause she's a woman. I don't think Katie was unfair at all to Palin, the questions she asked were for getting the details. It was Palin's fault she was unprepared for such a detailed interview and Palin's fault if she thought Couric would be at anything but the top of her game. This is female competition at its core, and Palin didn't suit up.
McCain and Palin just really don't get women.
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I agree with most of your statement. I don't agree with the idea that there was competition between Katie Couric and Sarah Palin. Couric was doing her job. She is supposed to reveal as much as she can in any interview. Sarah Palin should be interested in showing the voting public who she is and demonstrate her qualifications for the position she wants. Instead of a competition these interviews should be a co-operative effort to inform the electorate. If Palin is as qualified as she maintains she is there should be no need for competition.
It's disturbing that the McCain/Palin campaign is so threatened by the media, even media that isn't "in the bag" for them.
I am becoming even more worried by the circus atmosphere surrounding Palin. She's become such good fodder for humor and the game of politics that the reality that this woman could actually be the President of the United States in the very near future is not being actualized by the general public. A development I feel is more ominous than the Iranians getting nukes.
The competition I refer to isn't directly between Couric and Palin. But rather my suspicion that that McCain/Palin camp though Couric might go easier on her, woman to woman, and no way was Couric going to allow that to happen and potentially damage her own reputation as a journalist.
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