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Two friends, meeting every Tuesday to learn Italian, were inspired to start this blog after they spent most of their session talking about the upcoming, 2008 U.S. Presidential election. Thus, the Italian name of the blog, "I Politici Falsi" (the fake politicians), refers not to the Italian political arena, but rather the fusion of our love for the Italian language with our concern for US politics (and the fate of this country after the election).

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

"I Cannot Wait for the VP Debate" Round III


Round I discussed why perhaps the McCain campaign doesn't want Sarah Palin speaking to the press.
Round II featured a blog focused on why the prospect of Sarah Palin possibly becoming the President of the United States should be a bit scary.

Round III is solely a video of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg6hF0nShQ

This is how it breaks down:
Katie asks Sarah "Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more examples of how McCain has lead the charge for more oversight?"
Sarah proceeds to give the example that Katie already mentioned above.
Katie points out that McCain, after 26 years in the Senate and also being the Chairman of the Powerful Commerce Committee, has almost always sided with less regulation and not more.
Sarah then proceeds to talk about how McCain is a Maverick: "He's also known as the Maverick though- taking shots from his own party and certainly taking shots from the other party- trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about- the need to reform government."
Katie smiles and says "I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point, specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?"
Sarah: "I'll try to find you some and I'll bring em to you."

I really appreciate the way Sarah always defaults to how John McCain is such a "Maverick" when asked difficult questions; yet, when she's asked to give specific examples as to what he's done to go against the Republican party to bring more regulation, she has none to offer.

Also- during the VP Debate, is Sarah going to say "I'll get back to you on that one" when she is presented with a difficult question by the panel?

I don't know about you, but I'm excited to find out!
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Avishai said...

I hope she finds something McCain has done, and comes over to Katie Couric with a Fruit Cake and a note of what regulatory legislation McCain was for.
It'd be so cute, and so "small-town"-like.... cuz thats what America needs!

September 26, 2008 at 4:53 PM

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