You may have seen this video flying around the internet. In it, NBC reporterette Norah O’Donnell ambushes a teenaged Palin supporter wearing a funny anti-bailout tee shirt, and confronts her on the “fact” that Sarah Palin “supported the bailout.”
On its face, there is a certain “gotcha” aspect to it, though it’s easy to say that Jackie Seal, the 17 year-old who was caught unawares—and who didn’t have a truckload of producers feeding things into her earpiece– ultimately got the better of the exchange.
But when you know… the REST of the stooo-ry, the cheapness of O’Donnell’s stunt, and the poise of Jackie Seal is rather amazing.
First, it’s a little over general– and overstated– to say that Sarah Palin “supported the bailout.” WHICH bailout? Palin has opposed every bailout since TARP. During the campaign, as Jackie notes in her very engaging and entertaining blog (more on that later) it would have been pretty extraordinary for even Sarah Palin to go so “rogue” as to oppose McCain on TARP.
Of course, had McCain opposed TARP, he might very well be President today. He suspended his campaign to run back to Washington so he could vote the same way Obama did on a wildly unpopular trillion dollar measure. Thus McCain showed the only difference between him and Obama that week was that Obama could focus on 2 things at once.
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