Palin's relationship with the press

Sarah Palin has lashed out on the press for her negative portrayal that was endorsed worldwide.

She points out that a free media is part of a democratic society although twisting her words was 'unfair' in attempt to make her appear stupid.

An example of this was when Palin most recently had said that Africa was a country but she insists that this was taken out of context.

Following Obama's win this week, the Republicans have been in disagreement as to why they lost and whether the choice of Sarah Palin contributed to this.

John McCain was scrutinised by many for the way in which he had chosen Palin. He had interviewed her by phone and met her once, then gave her the position as running vice-president.

The media in some respects made a joke of Palin, although a number of her interviews were no doubt comical.

Journalist Katie Couric was witness to this when interviewing Palin and some have argued that this was the beginning of the decline in poll numbers for the Republicans.

During one interview she was asked what newspapers she reads and was unable to name one, using "I read all of them" as an answer. In another renowned interview, she was unable to name any other court case in the U.S. other than Roe v Wade.

Although I have to admit, I was always very wary of Sarah Palin, it seems a bit late for the Republican party to be criticizing her. Surely they should have questioned her ability early on when it seemed she was continuously making mistakes.

The Republicans clearly want to work on improvements for the future when the next presidential election comes around but it seems that all the American people want right now is change.

Palin has offered her help to the media to improve their relationship "I want to ... help restore some credibility there".











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Palin causes embarassment again

It seems that there is no limit to the embarrassment that Sarah Palin can create for the Republican party at the moment.

Her most recent controversy revealed that she had abused her power as Alaska's Governor by sacking a senior state official, over a family feud.

Then yesterday, a new video was posted on YouTube which was a dedication to all the ridiculous things Palin has said since she became vice-presidential nominee for the election.

What really drew my attention was when she was unable to name any Supreme Court decision that had ever taken place, other than Roe v Wade.

She is expected to know many cases having been Governor of one of the states of America but surely she could have thought of one to make herself look a little more educated.

I would think that the majority of Americans would know the Brown v Board of Education case, a landmark decision of the civil rights era that ended segregation within schools.

Palin would have been in her twenties at the time, so you would hope that she maybe would have known this or another obvious one.

I think at this moment in time we are lucky to be anything other than American.

If Obama wins the election he will reform the country but if McCain and his sidekick win, it will be an even scarier country to live in.

The thought that this woman could quite possibly become vice-president is absurd and it seems that Americans are starting to see this, but let's hope they do this before they cast their votes.