With the election only 20 days away and the last of the Presidential debates airing tonight, both Republican and Democratic campaigns are still in full swing. Earlier today, former Vice President Dan Quayle had some words of advice for Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin about how to deal with the spotlight and some of the criticism she has been receiving(http://www.theindychannel.com/news/17721346/detail.html):
"Don't let them take anything away from you. Just go out and be yourself."
Am I the only one with more than a couple problems with this entire situation? Here's what really makes no sense to me:
1) I really don't think Dan Quayle is the right person to be giving public relations advice. Admittedly, I think it was ridiculous that he got such a bad reputation for stupid non-issues like misspelling the word "potatoE". However, despite his best efforts, he was a disaster in the spotlight. Really, I think the issue here is credibility. You don't see Senator Larry Craig or New York Governor Elliot Spitzer giving spotlight advice, do you? Know why? Because when these people were in the spotlight, they insured that late-night talk show hosts would have solid material for months. They were the public relations equivalent of the Titanic. Maybe Palin should be receiving advice from people that didn't hit an iceberg? Just a thought.
2) "Don't let them take anything away from you." I think this would be very dangerous advice to follow. In fact, I think Palin should let "them" take the Katie Couric interview away from her; she should let "them" take away all the words in her vocabulary that end with "cha"; and she should most definitely let "them" take away the widespread panic that would overwhelm every man, woman and child in the country if anything ever happened to McCain. I think Palin should let "them" take those things away as quickly as possible. Preferably before November 4th.
3) "Just go out and be yourself." Again, I think this is probably the most dangerous advice Palin could possibly follow. "Being herself" is a huge part of the reason that 50% of the country (according to CNN's most recent Poll of Polls) is having serious doubts about voting for McCain. Here's a brief list of people that I think it would make more sense for Palin to "go out and be", rather than herself:
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Posh Spice
- Hillary Clinton
- Pink
- Tina Fey
- Rudy Giuliani
- Mary Kate Olsen
** Note to my daughter: Unsolicited advice is a dangerous thing.
"Don't let them take anything away from you. Just go out and be yourself."
Am I the only one with more than a couple problems with this entire situation? Here's what really makes no sense to me:
1) I really don't think Dan Quayle is the right person to be giving public relations advice. Admittedly, I think it was ridiculous that he got such a bad reputation for stupid non-issues like misspelling the word "potatoE". However, despite his best efforts, he was a disaster in the spotlight. Really, I think the issue here is credibility. You don't see Senator Larry Craig or New York Governor Elliot Spitzer giving spotlight advice, do you? Know why? Because when these people were in the spotlight, they insured that late-night talk show hosts would have solid material for months. They were the public relations equivalent of the Titanic. Maybe Palin should be receiving advice from people that didn't hit an iceberg? Just a thought.
2) "Don't let them take anything away from you." I think this would be very dangerous advice to follow. In fact, I think Palin should let "them" take the Katie Couric interview away from her; she should let "them" take away all the words in her vocabulary that end with "cha"; and she should most definitely let "them" take away the widespread panic that would overwhelm every man, woman and child in the country if anything ever happened to McCain. I think Palin should let "them" take those things away as quickly as possible. Preferably before November 4th.
3) "Just go out and be yourself." Again, I think this is probably the most dangerous advice Palin could possibly follow. "Being herself" is a huge part of the reason that 50% of the country (according to CNN's most recent Poll of Polls) is having serious doubts about voting for McCain. Here's a brief list of people that I think it would make more sense for Palin to "go out and be", rather than herself:
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Posh Spice
- Hillary Clinton
- Pink
- Tina Fey
- Rudy Giuliani
- Mary Kate Olsen
** Note to my daughter: Unsolicited advice is a dangerous thing.
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