Purged Fox News article HERE: "Conservatives Begin Questioning Palin’s Heft "

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This link was provided at Daily Kos in this Diary:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/125814/057/917/613353


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http://www.daily-nonsense.com/Blog/top-conservative-republicans-say-palin-should-step-down

Conservatives Begin Questioning Palin’s Heft
by Associated Press
Sunday, September 28, 2008

A growing number of Republicans are expressing concern about Sarah Palin’s uneven - and sometimes downright awkward - performances in her limited media appearances.

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, a former Palin supporter, says the vice presidential nominee should step aside. Kathryn Jean Lopez, writing for the conservative National Review, says “that’s not a crazy suggestion” and that “something’s gotta change.”

Tony Fabrizio, a GOP strategist, says Palin’s recent CBS appearance isn’t disqualifying but is certainly alarming. “You can’t continue to have interviews like that and not take on water.”

“I have not been blown away by the interviews from her, but at the same time, I haven’t come away from them thinking she doesn’t know s-t,” said Chris Lacivita, a GOP strategist. “But she ain’t Dick Cheney, nor Joe Biden and definitely not Hillary Clinton.”

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1. Question???

What does it mean to "spike" an article? I know the news story was on the FOX website and then taken down. But what does it mean exactly that the article was "spiked?" Is that jargon for removed. Or does it mean the article was popular(thus a spike)and then removed by the "fair and balanced" network?



Thanks,

[americanstranger]

2. In dead-tree terms...

when a story is 'spiked' it usually means that it never even sees publication.

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[demokatgurrl]

3. Now how the hell do you suppose they (the rpubs)

manage that (getting AP to spike a story)??? :eyes:

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4. Thanks!