McCain strategists, Palin committing media faux pas

The Republican nominee's Vice Presidential pick Sarah Palin just doesn't seem to get it.

I know she's new to the national scene, but Palin can't just hop onto the political scene as the potential second-highest position in office and expect to have her way. One of John McCain's advisers, Nicole Wallace has already announced she won't be granting any interviews and will only be seen in speeches.

The McCain campaign believes that the media has treated her so unfairly that nobody deserves to interview her. I can understand thinking that if she was already qualified and the only thing the media asked her was about her pregnant daughter Bristol, but she is so unknown that it is in her best interests to give interviews in order to portray her view of her experience to the nation.

Most of the media will probably be skeptical, as they should be with her, and as they were with Barack Obama's lack of experience, but the media will only perpetuate certain beliefs if she doesn't grant interviews.

For instance, the Democrats are already telling the media that the part in her speech where she rejects "the bridge to no-where" by telling Congress thanks, but no thanks is only partially true. She initially said yes, then changed her mind, but kept the money.

It's pretty common to see politicians change positions, but if this is how McCain plans to show that he is against political earmarks, then she isn't helping his cause as this sort of thing shows that she also takes part in corruption by keeping Congress's money.

Palin might have a perspective that we never thought of before. But we wouldn't know because nobody is allowed to interview her. Obama faced a very similar situation where he rejected public financing and was criticized for it.

However, the media got quiet really quickly when the democratic nominee doesn't need public financing because his system is what he wanted ideally anyway. Most of his donations come from donors giving under $100 so there really was no need to keep his position on that issue.

Meanwhile, she continues to get under Obama and Joe Biden's skin with personal attacks that if Obama responded to would probably earn him negative coverage. Considering how she continues to duck media coverage, I wouldn't be surprised if she cancels her debate with Biden.

Obama's website has a link to Biden's page so any voter can view what Biden thinks of any particular issue. Palin has no website and there is no mention of her views on the issue on McCain's website, probably because she doesn't know about a lot of them.

If the McCain campaign thinks it can skate around facing any tough questions, it shouldn't be blaming the media for putting out negative stories that the Democrats publish about her.