Posted by Jed Lewison on Sun Sep 7, 2008 at 6:48 PM Pacific

The Senator And The Governor

An AMERICAblog reader happened to be eating at a restaurant in New Mexico when who should walk in but John McCain and his soulmate, Sarah Palin. So the reader turned into a citizen journalist, and asked Palin whether or not she plans to support indicted Senator Ted Stevens.

"Are supporting Ted Stevens this year?" She replied, "He's under indictment you know...his trial is in September." I replied, "But are you voting for him?" She walked away without answering.

She won't be able to walk away from Charlie Gibson, at least not unless he lets her. Whatever spin she tries to put on it, I do hope that Gibson has a chance to see this video of a July 2 joint press conference with Palin and Stevens before he interviews her.

In the video, which I first learned about from ABC News, Palin says Stevens' "voice needs to be heard across America" and that she "has great respect for him." That's not all that suprising -- Stevens and Palin have a long history of working together. Indeed, she was a director of Stevens' 527 group, and during her campaign for governor, she ran an ad boasting of his support.


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The Senator And The Governor

An AMERICAblog reader happened to be eating at a restaurant in New Mexico when who should walk in but John McCain and his soulmate, Sarah Palin. So the reader turned into a citizen journalist, and asked Palin whether or not she plans to support indicted Senator Ted Stevens.

"Are supporting Ted Stevens this year?" She replied, "He's under indictment you know...his trial is in September." I replied, "But are you voting for him?" She walked away without answering.

She won't be able to walk away from Charlie Gibson, at least not unless he lets her. Whatever spin she tries to put on it, I do hope that Gibson has a chance to see this video of a July 2 joint press conference with Palin and Stevens before he interviews her.

In the video, which I first learned about from ABC News, Palin says Stevens' "voice needs to be heard across America" and that she "has great respect for him." That's not all that suprising -- Stevens and Palin have a long history of working together. Indeed, she was a director of Stevens' 527 group, and during her campaign for governor, she ran an ad boasting of his support.

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