Greg Sargent is reporting that Sarah Palin is holding a rally in the typically deep red state of Indiana on Friday. The fact is, Indiana (and Indy in particular) has Obama-fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell; not, coincidentally, more Sarah Palin. And since the good people of Indiana prefer electing decent folk to public office, and because they like transparency, and forthrightness, then I say that there is no better time or place to hold a Sarah Palin press conference than during her rally.
What's that? What if she doesn't agree to do it? Why, then, just set up your own podium, your own sound system, your own cameras and lights, and hold a press conference anyway. Right outside the doors of the Sarah Palin rally. And if she still chooses not to come? Well, by golly, get somebody who looks like Sarah Palin to do the press conference instead. Gee wilikers, wouldn't that be special?
Here's how I see it go down. A podium is arranged and set up in a public area. Microphones are set up with little amps. A banner reads "FIRST SARAH PALIN PRESS CONFERENCE!" with a big arrow pointing to the podium. After the rally finishes, and Sarah Palin leaves without doing the press conference, the wonderful provocateurs take the stage. A woman playing Fake Sarah Palin (FSP) walks to the stage and answers the questions of actors playing the Fake Media (FM).
FSP: Well how ya doin, Hoosiers? It's just so nice to finally do a press conference. Let's get this party started with a question from...you, lady, with the red hat. And please, none of those 'gotcha questions' y'all like to ask so much.
FM: Governor, it's been roughly two months since your announcement as the VP candidate of the Republican ticket. Why so long to hold a press conference?
FSP: Well, you know, darn it, I'm from Alaska which you know, also, is just so close to Russia, and I tell ya, there's the man there who's in charge, Mr. Putin, and we've been keeping our eye on him and I tell you, darn it, he doesn't give any press conferences at all, and so I thought, you know what, you might be a big meanie to some of our friends in the region, like with Georgia and the Ukraine, but maybe this idea of not letting the gotcha journalists ask a bunch of pesky questions, and also, so I thought, hey that's not a bad idea and that's what I've been trying to do.
FM: Governor, recently the Alaska legislature released a report that stated you were in violation of breaking a state ethics law and that you were guilty of "abuse of power." How do you respond to that report?
FSP: First of all let me say that I had nothing to do with Officer Wooten getting fired. Hoo-boy, no way, that was all Todd. See, Todd's sort of like Governor #2 in Alaska, and I sort of farm out all the dirty work for him to do, and also, remember that John McCain is a maverick and when we get to Washington we're gonna clean up the messes that the lousy politicians have made, including the abuses of power, which is what I did in Alaska but lookout, cause when I get to Washington with that proven reformer, Senator McCain, we're gonna maverick-style on everybody, including me, especially on issues pertaining to my repeated abuses of power.
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and so on.
Too busy to write an entire press conference, but you get the idea. I was kind of hoping that Tina Fey would do a fake press conference at some point, but now that Palin is showing up, who knows.
At some point, it seems like Palin should be held accountable to the press. And if she won't do it, shouldn't we at least TRY to mock her for it? Can't you see it? The traveling Sarah Palin press conference that stops at every Palin rally and a Palin impostor answers questions afterward?
Oh, it would be sweet.