Sarah Palin's none too keen on Katie Couric

In Thursday night's vice presidential debate, Sarah Palin took a swipe at what has quickly become one of her favorite targets, saying she would prefer to speak directly to voters -- instead of having her message mediated by the "mainstream media."

"I like being able to answer these tough questions without the filter, even, of the mainstream media kind of telling viewers what they've just heard," Palin said, as the debate came to a close. "I'd rather be able to just speak to the American people like we just did."

This morning, in her first post-debate interview, Palin elaborated, telling Fox News' Carl Cameron that she felt exasperated in her recent interviews with Katie Couric. (Those interviews, of course, were widely panned.)

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Comments

[Save the Alaskan Parrot]

If Sarah were speaking directly to me, I would have asked her which supreme court decisions she disagrees with. I would have followed up with a hardball question like what newspapers she reads. HMMMM, I wonder how she would have responded.

Gosh Darn that Katie Couric for filtering out the true Sarah Palin.

Life is so unfair for Republicans.

[Blame Game]

This is what I hate about Palin; she gets caught in a live interview spewing off anything that comes to mind and then blames the interviewer for her stupid, airhead responses.

America, what you see and hear is what you get. Palin has no business being on a national ticket, or any other ticket for that matter. She and Todd need to come back to Alaska and face the music regarding Troopergate.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[BJ]

I can't blame Palin. Couric's interviews appeared to be an attempt at "stomp Palin tv". Ifill's questions last night were more fair at the debate, and it was clear Palin did extremely well.

If you compare her performance to barack's performance 2 years ago, you can say she actually did better than Barack, who was stomped by Hillary all over! You've got to be fair when making comparisons, and obviously, Biden has more of a track record to draw on, so he knew more details. BUT Obama has been toughened and sharpened by two years in the primaries by Hillary... and Palin has only been around for 5 weeks!

McCain/Palin '08
Hillary 2012

[dave]

Sarah, that's the difference between an interview and a speech. An interview (or debate for that matter) means deferring to someone else on what the questions will be.

If you don't want to answer questions, but prefer to just talk about whatever you want, please just plan a speech rather than giving an interview. I'm sure you'll get plenty of listeners.

[stan]

I'd rather be able to just speak to the American people like we just did."
If you mean not answering questions, no follow ups,
and spewing talking points, then yes, I can see why you would just want to "speak" with the USA in the debate format. It's nice when you don't have to use your brain, isnt it, Sara?
I'm sure ignorance is bliss an your empty head (no room for anything but talking points, and Jesus ). Another right wing nut job.

[JR Burgess]

Ms Palin says she wants the opportunity to state "what a VP candidate stands for, what the values are represented in our ticket. I wanted to about Barack Obama increasing taxes, which leads to killing job. I wanted to talk about his proposal to increase government spending..." More talking points! She tries to tear down, but doesn't offer what she or McCain stand for - this in a forum (today's FOX interview) which would be most willing for her, as a VP candidate, to state her positions. Katie Couric asked reasonable questions to which Ms. Palin offered few answers. She is all "style" with little substance - may Alaska keep her, and her "style".

[Frieda]

No one likes Katie anyway..haven't you seen the rating ...

I never like to see an edited interview because the interviewer always tries to push an agenda and I don't like that. It's so clear that Gobson and Katie had their own agenda.

[Saundra]

Sarah's problem is that she hasn't been vetted by Americans like Barack, Joe and John. For that matter we all know more about Katie than we do about Sarah Palin. Frankly I don't want to hear her whining and attacking Barack and Joe until we hear what her stance is on the issues of this election. Katie did a great job as she always does. Sarah, if you really are up to being our VP you need to quit whinning and answer the tough questions and then the followup questions too.

[Dana Wilson]

About Katie Cupcake Couric-

I think it is really disgusting the way Katie warped and manipulated the whole interview with Palin and McCain. Her leftist ideology bled through in nasty manipulative biases. You cannot hide your leftist, liberal agenda over there shining through your news room. Shame on you, you are supposed to be the media, the watchdogs. As Dr. Savage says “Beware the “government media complex”; yes some of us out in America can actually still formulate our own opinions.

To think I actually admired Katie Cupcake when she was on the Today Show. She should go back to her former venue so we don’t have to hear interviews where her malicious little biases leak out. She should stick with how to bake for the holidays and back to school attire. You should let Katie in on the fact that no one who is intelligent reads any liberal paper full of propaganda. Sarah can’t help it if she actually thinks for herself.

You who are in charge, are even worse, sell-outs and you have become big corporate entities run by liberal elites who are out of touch with the average American. You are not the station of the seventies when I was a child. We do not trust you CBS. I will do what I can to boycott your station. I see all of the major networks as leftist propaganda perpetuators of garbage.

Katie Cupcake is no exception. She should try to give an objective interview to represent both sides. I mean I can make people look ridiculous too, if I edit down to clips to make them look in a certain light.
If I manipulate my questions so I can be a con artist. I can throw out “trump” words like the ‘Great Depression” in one interview and then slyly use it as bait in the next interview. What is really frightening is that Katie bake cupcake thinks she is smooth and sly, but she is really just a cheap shot. Anybody can take one of those, it is easy. An easy way to “bake” your opponent, after all she knows all about baking right?

That is all you are, small con artists, who manipulate people. How stupid do you think we are out here in Authentic America? No wonder Katie has such crappy ratings. I could do a better job than she does and I don't even have a "yearnalist" degree. As Sean Hannity said “The American Media has been put on life support” and all of us the real people, the un-botox types; we are going to pull the plug.
FYI, we will not be going through the five stages of grief either.

I think her commentary after last nights debate is despicable too, “She didn’t fall flat on her face, like we thought”……something to that effect. What a completely condescending comment without any kind of regard for Sarah’s inner strength. I used to view Katie as a strong woman and now I see a weak little vulture picking out the innards of the best propaganda stance to support her smithy leftist agenda.

It doesn't take Rocket Science to figure this out and don't go representing any kind of diverse viewpoints or anything or you could shock us all into semi-comatose state. Pay no attention to the “little man or in this case woman behind the black curtain.” I mean try to be less obvious, don’t be authentic or aspire to have a shred of integrity. That would be too sensible. I know 20/20 vision just isn’t available to those under “grand illusions!” Try to fool the people some of the time at least…….

Patriotically yours-D
AKA: “20/20 Dorothy”

[Mark]

Sarah is AMAZING!

Sarah is AWESOME!

Sarah is SMART!

Sarah is SWEET!

70 million people tuned in to watch Sarah!

Sarah drew more viewers than Barack!

The ratings for the VP debate actually beat the PRES. debate!

The REAL SARAH PLAIN is here!

Go Sarah!

WE LOVE YOU!

[Deborah Harry]

OMG, I LOVE this woman, where have the republicans been hiding this secret Obama destroyer?

[steve rodriguez]

If Sarah Palin showed up when Osama Bin Laden is paraded through the streets of New York, the people would boo Sarah!!!! Sarah they fear you more than they do terrorist!

[rebirth]

It amazes and saddens me that there are people that believe Sarah Palin is qualified in any way, to be the President of the United States of America. This woman does not put our country first, it is her ego and her yearning for power and control that motivates her. She is smart, in the darkest of ways. She is a master manipulater and seducer of minds.
As for her interview with Katie Couric; Katie did not force words into Palin's mouth. She simply asked questions, and Palin gave air-brained answers.

[Cuban Pete]

Anyone who believes Katie Couric is a true journalist is misinformed and ignorant. She is, in the tradition of today's TV newspeople, an airhead celebrity who reads the news from a teleprompter. The world of TV news if filled with people like Couric, who have absolutely no substance. But the masses (as an old sage once said, they are asses) who prefer to be fed their news via the boob tube instead of actually picking up a respectable news publication love people like Couric. Sarah Palin brings substantially more to the table than Couric, Barbara Walters (now, there's a genius: "Mr. Cuban peasant, do you support comandante Fidel's--standing next to her--sending your son to fight in Africa?" Better choose your words carefully, Mr. Cuban peasant) and other lefties (and I don't mean Sandy Koufax) on the American airwaves. Couric and the like are, in fact, useful idiots.

[steve rodriguez]

Hey Sarah, the Left lives in FEAR and AWE of you!!!!!!!!!!!

God bless Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe Spumoni]

I hate to break it to the Palin fans, but... many of us tuned for the same reason that so many crane their necks when they drive by traffic accidents. Anyone who was impressed with the obvious coaching, scripted canned comments (Say it ain't so, Joe...) and Sarah's refusing to answer questions asked by the moderator is ignorant of even the most basic rules of debate. McCain is getting so senile he has to use crib sheets to remember his talking points. Do not fear Sarah Palin, do not fear John McCain... fear for your country if these idiots are elected to power. It would be a sad day if Grandpappy and Barbie were to be our leaders.

[jh Atlanta, GA]

I blame Nancy Pelosi.