Posted on 10/07/2008 2:25:14 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post has an interesting account of Sarah Palin's day campaigning in Florida. The McCain campaign's designated pitbull is going after the mainstream media and, as Milbank reports in this startling account, things are getting ugly:
In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."
Does John McCain want to win the presidency by unleashing that kind of nastiness?
The media isn't responsible for Palin's rough edges. If anything, news organizations have treated the vice presidential nominee with undue deference. She's attempting to create a parallel universe, in which context and truth take a back seat to snappy lines and folksy talk. Fortunately, most Americans seem disinclined to go there
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.kansascity.com ...
Sort of like Bill Clinton in 1992?
Dana Milbank is a liar. My wife's niece was at this rally, and said nothing like that happened. I review the video and heard no such thing. Milbank is Keith Olbermann's favorite reporter. Consider the source.
I live in Clearwater. They gave away about 9,000 tix as of Friday afternoon for the 9:00 am Monday event. The weather was nice. If have to believe that there were more than 5,000 than the 3,000 the Times reported.
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