From Politico:
This is what happens when campaigns let reporters into photo ops. They get all uppity and ask questions.
From the pool report account of what happened after McCain and Palin's meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvilli and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko:
McCain then looked around the room and gestured as if to welcome questions. The AP reporter shouted a question at Gov. Palin ("Governor, what have you learned from your meetings?") but McCain aide Brooke Buchanan intervened and shepherded everybody out of the room.
Palin looked surprised, leaned over to McCain and asked him a question, to which your pooler thinks he shook his head as if to say "No."
It looks like Sarah Palin needs to get Daddy McCain's permission before even talking!
You know who John McCain reminds me of?
The Speaker of the House in the one-season show Commander-in-Chief.
To see what I mean, take a look at this scene when Geena Davis is about to assume the presidency upon the death of the president:
I think John McCain treats Sarah Palin like the Speaker of the House treated Geena Davis's character.
Unlike Geena Davis's character, Sarah Palin doesn't seem to have the desire to stand up for herself.
You know what is scary, folks?
John McCain has a lower opinion of Sarah Palin than even we do.
We hate everything she stands for, but recognize that she has some skills as a politician and should be allowed to exercise her 1st Amendment rights, even if for the pure political theater of it.
But John McCain keeps her on the leash.
And this is supposed to be a steap forward for women?