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Re: Palin to Meet World Leaders, Bono
ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala Reports: Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will participate in a series of meetings with foreign leaders gathered this week for the U.N. General Assembly in New York, according to the McCain campaign.
Serving as an introduction of Palin to the types of foreign leaders she would regularly interact with as vice president, on Tuesday, Palin will meet Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, as well as former US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger. On Wednesday, Palin will meet with Iraq President Jalal Talabani and Pakistan's newly-elected President Asif Ali Zardari.
Palin has not met any foreign heads of state in her capacity as governor of Alaska, and has been criticized for her lack of foreign policy experience. She first received a passport two years ago, before visiting American troops in Kuwait and Germany in 2007.
Palin will be joined by Sen. John McCain for joint meetings on Wednesday with the presidents of Georgia and the Ukraine, as well as with the prime minister of India. The Republican running mates will also meet Wednesday with U2 lead singer Bono, who has been active in international humanitarian issues.
When asked by ABC News' Charlie Gibson whether she had ever met a foreign head of state, Palin responded, "I have not and I think if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you. But, Charlie, again, we've got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time. It is for no more politics as usual and somebody's big, fat resume maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they've had opportunities to meet heads of state."
In fact, every vice president over the last 30 years had met with foreign heads of state before being elected.
Re: Palin to Meet World Leaders, Bono
McCain camp wanted to ban all reporters again... then the networks united & vowed to not cover the story whatsoever.
McCain-Palin Camp Tried to Block Media Access to Palin in NY
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ABC News' Kate Snow reports: The McCain campaign tried to limit access to Republican vice president Sarah Palin today as she met with world leaders in New York.
For a time this morning, the McCain-Palin campaign was refusing to allow any editorial presence -- no reporters or producers -- to go with a network pool camera to take pictures of Palin meeting with Afghan Pres Hamid Karzai, Colombian Pres Alvaro Uribe and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
The McCain campaign eventually relented after the television networks threatened to ban and not use any footage of Palin meeting with leaders.
Palin is scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai shortly, followed by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and then with McCain advisor, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
The networks had arranged for a "pool" camera- one camera to cover the first few seconds of the meetings, whose video would be pooled or shared with all networks.
Such arrangements are standard when dealing with intimate high-level meetings between leaders and candidates.
But typically, along with cameras, there is an editorial presence-- at least one print reporter, one television reporter, and one radio reporter is standard.
However today the McCain campaign told media covering Palin's trip to New York that they would allow only one editorial person inside.
Then the campaign scaled back further, saying it will only allow a camera and no editorial presence.
The networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and Fox fiercely objected to the McCain campaign's apparent effort to try to shield Palin from questions. Networks voted today to not use any video coming out of Palin's meeting as a protest.
Palin has not held a news conference since being selected as McCain's running-mate, nor taken questions from her traveling press corps, frustrating journalists assigned to cover Palin for the election.
After the television networks strenuously objected to the McCain campaign's effort to block any editorial presence from the room, the McCain campaign finally allowed one CNN pool camera and one pool producer into the meeting room.
As she arrived for her meeting with Karzai, Palin avoided reporters who were camped out at the main front entrance of the hotel, instead pulling up in a motorcade to a side entrance and quickly sneaking inside.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar … in-ca.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/23 … 0968.shtml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080923/ap_ … r6BFfCw5R4
For the record, 60 Minutes mentioned Joe Biden has done 84 press interviews since being selected. Sarah Palin, 2.
Re: Palin to Meet World Leaders, Bono
McCain camp wanted to ban all reporters again... then the networks united & vowed to not cover the story whatsoever.
This is getting ridiculous. I can understand why they shielded her a bit from the media during the first week of the Palin craze. To keep the mystery at a fever pitch. Its just ridiculous at this point. She could potentially be the president sometime in the next four years. Presidents cant hide from the media.
Its time for this nonsense to stop. There's a lot of people who decided to vote for McCain because of Palin, and they're on the verge of a backlash.
Re: Palin to Meet World Leaders, Bono
PaSnow wrote:McCain camp wanted to ban all reporters again... then the networks united & vowed to not cover the story whatsoever.
This is getting ridiculous. I can understand why they shielded her a bit from the media during the first week of the Palin craze. To keep the mystery at a fever pitch. Its just ridiculous at this point. She could potentially be the president sometime in the next four years. Presidents cant hide from the media.
Its time for this nonsense to stop. There's a lot of people who decided to vote for McCain because of Palin, and they're on the verge of a backlash.
It is a bit ridiculous, but I don't think it's hurting them that bad yet. Obviously, they are shielding her from something or don't trust her "off-script," but I'm not sure the general voter is gonna care too much. It makes you wonder how she'll fare in a debate when the McCain camp isn't picking the interviewer and isn't shielding her from off-the-cuff comments/questions.
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