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Norah O'Donnell Breaks Out Prepared Notes To Debate Palin Fan
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/19/2009 1:36:02 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Have a close look at the screencap. Notice what Norah O'Donnell's holding in her left hand? Those are notes, with factoids from the 2008 presidential campaign. She's reading from them to challenge a Sarah Palin supporter who was waiting in line at the book signing yesterday in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

We all remember how back during the '08 campaign, MSM reporters would challenge people attending Obama rallies with uncomfortable truths about their candidate, along the lines "would you still support him if you knew he had the most liberal voting record in the Senate?" Or not. I certainly can't remember any MSMer confronting an Obama supporter in such a way.

But let people line up to express their admiration for Sarah Palin . . .

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2biased4words; bailout; bias; biasedmedia; bloggersandpersonal; leftwingbias; msm; norahodonnell; sarahpalin
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To: MrB; maica
it was infuriating.

A Reuters video about the book tour only had two people commenting. They were both in New York City, they admitted far from the book tour, and they both were anti-Palin. Some news outfit that is.

21 posted on 11/19/2009 2:04:10 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Notice what Norah O'Donnell's holding in her left hand? Those are notes,

During the entire GWB administration, the newsies at the press conferences READ their single prepared question, all of which Pres. Bush answered without any notesat all. Then they wrote about how stupid he was. The DBM is sickening.

22 posted on 11/19/2009 2:06:25 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Slicksadick

Thanks, Slick. It’s a pleasure to be here.


23 posted on 11/19/2009 2:06:39 PM PST by bobby cep (When government fears the people, that's democracy; when people fear the government, that's tyranny!)
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To: allmendream

>>>Anyone have the actual Palin quote?

There is this from her interview with Katie Couric. Somewhere in her response I think their is support for the Wall St bailout.

COURIC: Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

PALIN: That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it’s got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.


24 posted on 11/19/2009 2:12:21 PM PST by NC28203
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To: NC28203

Sorry. their is support should be there is support


25 posted on 11/19/2009 2:13:24 PM PST by NC28203
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To: allmendream

>>>Anyone have the actual Palin quote?

This also is from the Couric interview.

Katie Couric: Some top republicans and democrats, may not support this bill if Senator John McCain doesn’t because it may be unpopular and they’re not willing to take the political risk. If it doesn’t pass, what is the alternative?

Gov. Palin: Th..the alt.. as I say inaction is not an option we have got to shore up our economy. This is crisis moment for America. Really the rest of the world also. Looking to see what the impacts will be if America were to choose not to shore up what has happened on Wall Street because of the…the ultimate adverse effects on Main Street and then how that effects this globalisation that we’re a part of on… in our world.


26 posted on 11/19/2009 2:17:27 PM PST by NC28203
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

27 posted on 11/19/2009 2:18:34 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

That’s really funny stuff. It’s changed back now.


28 posted on 11/19/2009 2:27:38 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I would love to see an interviewee respond: “did you come out here to interview us or just broadcast your views? You could have done that from the studio.” More “managed” news....

hh


29 posted on 11/19/2009 2:31:16 PM PST by hoosier hick (Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
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To: NC28203
The quote Norah said was different IIRC. I distinctly remember her saying something about McCain's ability to “reach across the aisle”.

But yes, that quote does seem to be a VP supporting the (at the time) flagship position of her candidate.

As I also said, representing what one says as a VP candidate for someone else as being their own view is disingenuous; but par for the course for a partisan hack like Norah O’Dumba$$ who looked like a fool calling out a 15 year old.

30 posted on 11/19/2009 2:31:36 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The answer to O'Donnell’s question is that Sarah Palin was a part of the McCain ticket and McCain supported the bailout, therefore she had no choice but to back him. It didn't mean that she personally favored the bailout or anything else. There are times when you have to take one for the team. Not to have done so would have resulted in her being accused of going rogue on the campaign. Sadly, she did take one for the team and she still got accused of going rogue. On the brighter side though, it gave her a great title for her book!

O'Donnell comes off as nothing short of pitiful in the exchange, what with her notes and everything!

31 posted on 11/19/2009 2:32:20 PM PST by jwparkerjr
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To: bobby cep

Welcome aboard. It’s clear to me that she has progressed tremendously since last year. Another few years of this type of progress, and who knows?

hh


32 posted on 11/19/2009 2:32:49 PM PST by hoosier hick (Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Palin’s biggest obstacle: Getting out of the shadow of that idiot McQueeg.


33 posted on 11/19/2009 2:34:31 PM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Picking on kids, typical coward move.


34 posted on 11/19/2009 2:36:56 PM PST by ROTB ("By any means necessary" is evil. See what God thinks of "rising oceans" in Jeremiah 5:22)
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To: bobby cep

Welcome aboard!


35 posted on 11/19/2009 2:50:49 PM PST by BlueAngel
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To: truthfreedom

Actually it’s expanded on.

Keep it going Freepers.


36 posted on 11/19/2009 2:51:05 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: NC28203

I supported the bailout, because, I felt the government was primarily responsible and that having to spend a hugh amount to fix their mess would teach them a lesson. Naiveté in spades.


37 posted on 11/19/2009 2:59:13 PM PST by depressed in 06 (ZerOcare: Bureaucratic best practices equals death panels.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Norah is desperate.


38 posted on 11/19/2009 3:04:59 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Yep...the flack gets thick when you’re over the target.


39 posted on 11/19/2009 3:17:34 PM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The White Ho
40 posted on 11/19/2009 3:29:22 PM PST by hsrazorback1 (Seek truth.)
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