Ed Rollins on McCain/Palin interview: It looked like her father trying to protect his daughter

[zulchzulu]

OUCH!

Rollins has been really pissed these past few days. He said it with Gergen and Martin on AC360.

[Doityourself]

1. I was watching..and he's right too..that was pathetic...even Gergen looked

disgusted..lol..

[Jennicut]

2. Ewww, somehow that mental image is kinda gross.

Daddy McTroll and his little girl Sarah.

[ErinBerin84]

3. it did! I just saw the clip on KO, it's so inappropriate looking.

It looks like a father with his daughter at the principal's office, making excuses for her. I can't believe that they thought this would help...

[polichick]

4. Yeah, a father who's also pissed at the daughter - gritting his teeth.

[gateley]

5. McCain was getting kind of testy, too. nt

[RollWithIt]

6. I don't understand why they thought doing a "response" interview with Couric was a good idea....

I mean, isn't that an admission that the first interview was horrible? That they were going out there to set the record straight on the first one?

Well, that would require Palin to give a strong interview. Not to have McCain dominating the conversation, going crazy, and basically embarresing her further. WTF?

[zulchzulu]

8. It was clearly done without looking at what it would look like and...

... I don't even think McCain and Palin talked to each other preemptively before the interview.

[Cha]

10. mccain jumped in with palin on couric's interview

to bail her out and ended up getting sucked in the quicksand.

His "Gotcha, is that a pizza restaurant?" will go down as one of the worst attempts at bailout(palin) humor of all time.

[joop]

13. and will someone please get the woman a vocal coach?

My ears involuntarily slam shut when I hear that grating voice with her backwater accent...

"In the context, this was a voter,(--aside--here you can almost see the momentary panic as she realizes she's been told repeatedly "voter" sounds too crass and common so she has to substitute the larger word they've coached her to use instead) a constituent, hollering out a question from across an area asking, "What are you gonna do about Pakistan? You better have an answer to Pakistan." I said we're gonna do what we have to do"

Do people actually "holler" anymore?
I'm gonna have to look into that. When I find out any current instances of actual hollering, I'llbringumtoya

[riverwalker]

7. Anderson snorted a laugh

when Rollins said it...:rofl:

[Arrowhead2k1]

9. And McCain fails again!

:rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

11. That's exactly what I thought!

It was pathetic.

[Window]

12. If anything he made Palin look even dumber.

[justiceischeap]

15. Not only dumber but even more incompetent.

Especially after she basically, "yes, honeyed" him with "He's right, ya know."

[rebel with a cause]

18. Katie Couric tonight with dumb and dumber.

Check your listings for time and place. :7

[TexasObserver]

14. He looked like a father making his daughter rebuke her abuse allegations to the guidance counselor.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. More like Gepetto with his daughter made of wood and strings

and with a long nose,

[ginnyinWI]

17. It looked like George Burns and Gracie Allen.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of this new comedy team. I think it will be a limited engagement, though...



..."Say goodnight, Gracie."

"Good-niiight."

[Jackinbox]

19. I love Ed Rollins

I still love how he pissed off so many repukes back in 92.

[juno jones]

20. Just a thought

I keep wondering if this sort of thing is the reason Todd is usually on her like white on rice. There was a really weirdly worded statement coming from him earlier about how the family, friends, and political aides were all missing her. I suspect she truly is more ambitious than smart and has been totally coached to be the attractive face of some pretty shadowy folks who 'run' her: Fundies, Birchers and Alaska Independance types. I think they are a little discomfitted by the exposure she's getting 'off leash' because it's gonna bite them when she gets back to AK with her veneer stripped off.

McCain's campaign is beginning to find out just how stupid she is on her own and just hard it is to keep her on message.

[zulchzulu]

23. Yeah, where is the "First Dude" anyway? n/t

[CJCRANE]

21. Looked like McCain chaperoning Palin

to me.

I've never seen anything like it before except maybe when Bush and Cheney were questioned together in the 9/11 Commission (although of course that one wasn't in public).

[AZSlacker]

22. He might as well have had her sit on his lap and stuck his hand up her butt

and go all the way with the ventriloquist bit.

[riqster]

24. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww

:puke:

[JBoy]

25. Helicopter parent, demanding a second job interview for incompetent offspring.