Upstairs at Caroline
Photo-Op, Cheesesteak, Question
RECEIVED Wed., Oct. 1, 2008
Dear Editor,
So, if a political candidate is at a photo-op event in public (say a cheesesteak shop in Philly) and one of the guys in line to get his cheesesteak asks Sarah Palin, "What about the Pakistan situation? What's going on over there? Like Waziristan?" and Palin can only spit out, "We're all together to, uh, stop the bad guys from coming in. And Waziristan, yeah, things are, uh the economy is blowin' up over there." This is, according to both McCain and Palin, "gotcha journalism." Really? Now the general public who has no prior knowledge she would be there are "gotcha journalists" trying to trip her up. Palin knows less about world affairs than some random schmuck ordering a cheesesteak, and we are expected to believe she is a viable candidate? President Palin. America is lost. God save us.
So, if a political candidate is at a photo-op event in public (say a cheesesteak shop in Philly) and one of the guys in line to get his cheesesteak asks Sarah Palin, "What about the Pakistan situation? What's going on over there? Like Waziristan?" and Palin can only spit out, "We're all together to, uh, stop the bad guys from coming in. And Waziristan, yeah, things are, uh the economy is blowin' up over there." This is, according to both McCain and Palin, "gotcha journalism." Really? Now the general public who has no prior knowledge she would be there are "gotcha journalists" trying to trip her up. Palin knows less about world affairs than some random schmuck ordering a cheesesteak, and we are expected to believe she is a viable candidate? President Palin. America is lost. God save us.
David Porter