Wind-up Dolls
25 September 2008 23:35 | Politics
Back into
politics... Mark wrote in a comment about the
"heavily edited" Katie Couric interview with Sarah
Palin. This was in a response to my post asking the
McCain campaign (and Palin) when we were going to be
allowed to talk to her. (The article is
here.)
Palin is a little wind-up doll. Ask a question, get an answer (sometimes totally unrelated to the question). Ask the question again, hoping for an answer that actually matches the question, get the same answer.
It's not the first time we've heard that happen.
Or, alternately, you can hear a question asked repeatedly, and hear the McCain pundit just cycle through talking points.
Witness the interview Campbell Brown did with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds... this is the one that caused the McCain camp to say she "crossed the line" and cancel the Larry King appearance that McCain was supposed to do the next night. The YouTube clip is here. It's about 7 minutes long, and the section to which I'm referring starts at about 3:14.
I'm *still* waiting to hear about one decision Palin has made with regards to the Alaskan National Guard as it relates to foreign policy. NOT McCain's experience. Not Obama's experience. PALIN's.
Now I'm going to move into the other part of the wind-up doll... somebody *PLEASE* update Palin's hair. It's always in the silly updo that looks like she's on her way to a cocktail party... in a business suit. It's stupid. There's been a huge deal made about her glasses, and, yes, they're current... but they are horribly inconsistent with the hair and the outfits.
Hillary had this problem. Hillary has Helmet Head. Hillary's idea of professional wear is the ever-present pantsuit. (Heck, even she has joked about her pantsuits.)
Why is it that women think in order to look professional, they have to dress like men.
Is it the age thing? Well, it shouldn't be. Look at Barbara Walters. She's a snazzy dresser. She knows how to put a blazer with a pair of trousers. She knows how to wear a dress that isn't a shirt dress and doesn't look like a suit. She's got a nice, fluffy, big hair hairdo that actually looks like it's from the 21st century, not mid-20th and not like she's a senior citizen (Walters is 18 years 1 month older than Hillary... exactly. Walters just turned 79... SEVENTY-NINE!). Hillary and Palin both need to talk to Barbara Walters stylists.
Palin is a little wind-up doll. Ask a question, get an answer (sometimes totally unrelated to the question). Ask the question again, hoping for an answer that actually matches the question, get the same answer.
It's not the first time we've heard that happen.
Or, alternately, you can hear a question asked repeatedly, and hear the McCain pundit just cycle through talking points.
Witness the interview Campbell Brown did with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds... this is the one that caused the McCain camp to say she "crossed the line" and cancel the Larry King appearance that McCain was supposed to do the next night. The YouTube clip is here. It's about 7 minutes long, and the section to which I'm referring starts at about 3:14.
I'm *still* waiting to hear about one decision Palin has made with regards to the Alaskan National Guard as it relates to foreign policy. NOT McCain's experience. Not Obama's experience. PALIN's.
Now I'm going to move into the other part of the wind-up doll... somebody *PLEASE* update Palin's hair. It's always in the silly updo that looks like she's on her way to a cocktail party... in a business suit. It's stupid. There's been a huge deal made about her glasses, and, yes, they're current... but they are horribly inconsistent with the hair and the outfits.
Hillary had this problem. Hillary has Helmet Head. Hillary's idea of professional wear is the ever-present pantsuit. (Heck, even she has joked about her pantsuits.)
Why is it that women think in order to look professional, they have to dress like men.
Is it the age thing? Well, it shouldn't be. Look at Barbara Walters. She's a snazzy dresser. She knows how to put a blazer with a pair of trousers. She knows how to wear a dress that isn't a shirt dress and doesn't look like a suit. She's got a nice, fluffy, big hair hairdo that actually looks like it's from the 21st century, not mid-20th and not like she's a senior citizen (Walters is 18 years 1 month older than Hillary... exactly. Walters just turned 79... SEVENTY-NINE!). Hillary and Palin both need to talk to Barbara Walters stylists.
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