Palin cancels publicTampa appearence Monday.

[HooptieWagon]

It was a sidebar in today's St Pete Times - sorry no link. I assume the campaign is also cancelling other public appearences by her, in addition to mcgramps. That makes me wonder though, could the campaign really try to avoid public appearances between now and Nov? Or will they be staged and screened events for the true believers? Or are they just stalling as long as possible? I don't think a pissing match is advisable when your opponent buys ink by the barrell...

[marylanddem]

1. I couldn't bear to watch her last night but the snippits I've seen

she sounds really bitter and nasty - not just "feisty" but downright hateful. I can't imagine they want this paraded around. And can it even be fixed? Being hateful is a character trait.

[Shakespeare]

11. Vile. Absolutely vile.

I don't say this lightly: I hate her fucking guts.

[krkaufman]

35. She won the Miss Vitriolic award last night. nt

[kestrel91316]

26. Nasty, ARROGANT beyond belief, hateful, derisive,

smugly superior........the list goes on. It was all of that and more.

She MOCKED community organizers. So McSame had to cancel his appearance at a Habitat for Humanity event today. Apparently he got uninvited.

[mamalone]

32. Do have a link for that?

The part about McCain being uninvited to a Habitat event? I find that *very* interesting indeed:)

[kestrel91316]

34. Look at the GDP threads - there are probably a dozen about it by now.

Story just broke.

[mamalone]

36. Thanks!

I see the posts about him canceling, but I didn't see any that definitely said that Habitat had actually canceled him. I'll go back and look again:)

[Ian David]

2. Do you have a link?

I bet she's gonna be replaced by Chuck Norris by then.

[HooptieWagon]

12. No link, today's paper page 7A.

I'm guessing they're having trouble getting enough lipstick for their pig... not ready for primetime.

[americanstranger]

33. Link.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2008/09/palin-visit-to.html

No explanation, but they do say that she'll be in Florida 'before long.' That narrows it down...

- as

[lamp_shade]

3. Hmmm... I just read that Hillary will be somplace in Florida Monday. n/t

[glowing]

4. Damn, I was going to go.. Perhaps, too many groups were planning on

attending.. I got the alert on CodePink to show up to show Sara some FL love.. They are running scared.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

5. McSame also canceled Habitat for Humanity per another poster.

Could they be already getting ready for her to withdraw or are they just avoiding letting her face press questions?

Could be it's nothing more than a massively disorganized McLame campaign.

[K8-EEE]

6. Chickenshit.

Will they ever let her loose without a telepromter?

[HooptieWagon]

16. I'm guessing she's a disaster without a script

[faithfulcitizen]

24. Yep, you said it. But, like Hillary said, if you can't take the heat...

[eleny]

7. Maybe scheduling small town halls

They must be anticipating The Enquirer's revelations.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Failin' and McChicken

[DJ13]

9. National Enquirer should be out by then

Probably afraid of the questions she might get as a result.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

10. LOL. Hillary is campaigning in FL Monday

[HooptieWagon]

19. Cool. A great stunt...

would be to erect a cardboard cutout of palin, then read off some of her most outrageous lies and views for reporters to write about.

[PA Democrat]

20. I hope the media televises her apearance.

I have a feeling Hillary may have a few choice remarks to make about Palin.

[HooptieWagon]

29. I'm quite sure she'll get local coverage

Nationally, I don't know... unless she really lets loose on the timid pitbull.

[catgirl]

13. Do you know what the event was?

McCain cancelled a Habitat For Humanity (in MN) event today.

[HooptieWagon]

22. Didn't say.

Cancellation notice to Times was via late Wednesday night email.

[rxdem84]

14. For an "attack dog" she sure is pretty timid

[HooptieWagon]

25. That's a good line for Dems to release to media.

[DFLforever]

15. Public appearances = campaigning

Avoiding the press is one thing, avoiding the voters is another entirely.

How do you run for election without campaigning?

Hmm.. probably connected to the NE stories being published.

[ClarkUSA]

17. Hmm, I wonder if it has something to do with the National Enquirer story...

Wonder if Pit Bull Palin 'fessed up? Or is to avoid questions from reporters? Or is it to isolate
her so she can't answer questions as to why she has claimed "executive privilege" to avoid
being deposed in Troopergate (the deposition was scheduled for early this month).

[bullwinkle428]

38. BINGO - they have to know the shit is about to hit the fan,

and they'll have more people at their events simply attending for the trainwreck potential of it all!

[ClarkUSA]

40. I am REALLY looking forward to the next issue of National Enquirer

:evilgrin:

[PA Democrat]

18. The McCain/ Palin campaign appears to be in full-blown crisis management mode.

Is something else coming, or are their internal polls showing McCain has made a gross miscalculation?

[City Lights]

21. McCain't/Half-Baked are canceling events left and right today.

:rofl:

Cowards! Come out, come out where ever you are!

[HooptieWagon]

23. and into next week. They're definately scared of something...

either more scandals surfacing, or unscripted remarks.

[butterfly77]

27. She is suppose to be Mrs. Badass...

so come out and meet the people all over the country since she wants to compare herself to Obama and Biden after all she want to be the vice pres of all of the people..

[pdxmom]

28. Wow! During the past 4 days of prepping her for her speech last

night, they must have realized how very little of substance she actually knew and that they had a lot of work to do to get her ready for speaking with the public.

[ladywnch]

30. I'm sure they 'll only be in front of controlled/selected crowds

they've see how well it has worked for the current administration.

[Retrograde]

31. cowards

McCain cancels his Habitat for Humanity appearance (don't want to be seen with those community activists), rearranges the convention center to make it look like a town meeting (translation: get the audience up close so they can't show the empty seats), Palin won't appear in the state state as Senator Clinton and says she won't answer questions during the VP debate - WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?

[SurfingAtWork]

37. They know that if she starts having to take non-planted or non-prescreened questions

The bloom is going to come off that rose very quickly. I'm sure as soon as soon as they can get some events with the above in place they'll start having them again.. and they'll use them to illustrate how they aren't avoiding the press or open questions in the least. Such a big change and breath of fresh air.. W would never think of doing anything like this.

:eyes:

[Born_A_Truman]

39. Any reason yet?

Tap, tap, tap.

[berni_mccoy]

41. Wow, the internal polling numbers must be devasting.

[BlueIdaho]

42. LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!!!!!! LEAVE SARAH ALONE!!!!!!!!!! YOU DON"T DESERVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just don't see this working much longer. First they piss off their base - sorry the press - now their candidates do a disappearing act? If they only speak in front of the true believes they'll lose in November. I don't get it.

[Matariki]

43. They're going to VET the press before speaking to them.

:rofl: