The McCain campaign has refused to allow the press access to their celebrity VP pick, Sarah Palin. She must be cramming hard! Let's see, Foreign Policy 101, Economics 101, Iraq 101, Foreign Leaders' Names 101... yeah, she's got her hands full. I would have given her the weekend to be home with her kid, Track (again, the baby name book didn't have anything you liked??), since he's shipping out to Iraq -- but she's not home making him mooseburgers, she's out campaigning! So the obvious response to the question of why she is not giving interviews or going to the Sunday political talk shows is that she is not ready to answer questions. Anybody who can't face a few questions from Tom Brokaw or George Stephanopolous has absolutely no business running for vice president. She's certainly not ready to lead our military, should something happen to McCain. And absolutely not ready to take on the economic crisis that is facing this country.
By the way, Joe Biden's son, Beau, is also shipping out to Iraq.
UPDATE: ABC's Charlie Gibson has actually scored an interview! Not exactly a hard-hitting journalist... it's scheduled for the end of this week (so, her first interview in over two weeks of being the nominee, obviously they're trying to give her as few opportunities to make a gaffe as possible). Too bad Tim Russert is no longer with us. I would have loved to have seen him take her on with clips of "what exactly is it a vice president does, anyway?", etc. etc. Would have been interesting! Unfortunately I don't think Brokaw will hit her as hard as Russert would have, when and if she gets the guts to go on Meet The Press (which Biden was on this weekend, BTW). Come out, come out, wherever you are, Sarah!
