Originally Posted By markymouse Anyone associated with Sarah Palin referring to somebody else's anything as fledgling is pretty ironic considering her fledgling political career, fledgling book tour career, fledgling talk show career, etc.
Originally Posted By alexbook Speaking of her political career, I just saw this bit from SNL: <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/132882/saturday-night-live-2012" target="_blank">http://www.hulu.com/watch/1328...ive-2012</a> And just wait'll you see her running mate (at about the 1:05 mark).
Originally Posted By FaMulan So, they swiped an old Toby Keith interview too. Not a good thing to do to an All-American, Patriotism-leaning singer songwriter.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 LL Cool J knocking out the MTV music awards: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igK25Xo_mQw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...25Xo_mQw</a> - Anatole
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 What the heck? So, are any of these interviews new? Talk about false advertising. The fact that Palin is not even doing these interviews is just pathetic. Why even bother? And their responses to L.L. Cool J. are so childish. They state that there were never any restrictions...I wonder if he could sue them for that?
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Also, I'm no great fan of Toby Keith, but good for him for calling FOX out for this too. It's false advertising.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >> Why even bother? << Its a way of putting some $$$ into Caribou Barbie's pockets, plus she gets some face time on TV.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'm sure they HAD to use previous interviews. Who's going to sit down and have serious talk with Sarah?
Originally Posted By gadzuux My guess is that FOX is paying a boatload of cash to Palin and they don't really know what to do with her. They've had her appear frequently on their primetime shows - but only for a few minutes at a time. This 'special' might have been an attempt to find something she could do. And it's hardly surprising that their first instinct would be to fabricate something out of whole cloth and to be duplicitous and misleading - that's just what FOX does. So some producer found these interview segments with LL and Keith and decided that they could stitch it together with some glamour shots of Palin out on the tundra and call it a show. But the idea that they never even spoke with either LL or Keith about this show but instead just started hawking it as something original - well it just shows the lack of journalistic integrity at FOX. Not that their viewers expect it or care much whether anything on that channel is true. But apparently LL and Keith do. Funny that.
Originally Posted By gadzuux And why should they stop there? Just think of all the people they could have Sarah Palin interview - Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, Ted Kennedy ... this could be a ratings bonanza!
Originally Posted By alexbook >>^^Why stop there, she could interview the Apostle Paul.<< My first thought was that the lack of video of the Apostle Paul might be a problem. Then again, networks have used actors to reenact the news before now, so I guess it might work.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "My guess is that FOX is paying a boatload of cash to Palin and they don't really know what to do with her. They've had her appear frequently on their primetime shows - but only for a few minutes at a time. " You made me wonder if FOX is actually seeing the "difficult" side of her that staffers and others have said all along. Maybe she's not making nice with any of the other hosts or producers, and they're limiting her to guest commentator, and throwing her into places she can do little harm? It's just a thought, but what you said made me wonder...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The bottom line is that Palin simply trots out variations of her 2008 VP nomination speech, and has little to offer in the way of insightful commentary, even by Fox News' pitiful standards. I get this sense that there is one layer of the GOP/neocons who know that she's not particularly bright, but they know that she plays well to "middle America". So the folks at Fox see the value in having her aboard, but also know that she's prone to making some very dumb mistakes. I am sure this program was dreamt up by the braintrust at Fox ("Hey, we have a bunch of interview footage we have the rights to, lets cobble it together and have Sarah present it.") The name of the program is a little poke in the eye to people who bristled at her calling some people "REAL Americans" on the campaign trail. Of course, they couldn't just pull the footage -- they had to make a snippy comment about "fledging" acting careers and him not wanting to be inspirational. Reason #98,435 why Fox News sucks.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt So my question is who is she interviewing on her show when it airs?
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin For the life of me I cannot understand what these people she 'appeals' to see in her other than she's pretty. She can't put two sentences together in any sort of logic. She doesn't spout anything but 'down with the status quo'. WHAT IS IT!
