THE FINE ART OF BLOWING OFF A MODERATOR…. If you happened to catch “Saturday Night Live,” which has suddenly become politically relevant again, you might have noticed a great bit on Thursday’s debate, most notably the fact that Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin decided, on several occasions, to avoid the questions asked of her, and make up her own questions to answer.
This morning on “Meet the Press,” debate moderator Gwen Ifill argued that Palin “more than ignored” her questions; she “blew me off.”
Which, of course, is true. John Harris and Mike Allen reported Friday: “On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it: on global warming, an Iraq exit strategy, Iran and Pakistan, Iranian diplomacy, Israel-Palestine (and a follow-up), the nuclear trigger, interventionism, Cheney’s vice presidency and her own greatest weakness.”
Palin had a choice on Thursday: fumble through questions she didn’t know the answer to, or repeat unrelated talking points. Of course she “blew off” Ifill.
