Letter to McCain Campaign

I wrote to the McCain campaign to let them know how I felt about their handling of Sarah Palin and the media.

I’m writing in as an ardent McCain-Palin 2008 supporter because I feel the campaign is making a grave mistake.

In recent weeks, Gov. Palin has done three nationally televised interviews, two with hostile interviewers and one with a much more congenial interviewer (Sean Hannity). Personally, I thought Gov. Palin did a fairly good job. Sure, she was nervous, but those were her FIRST national interviews.

However, the liberal media has used those interviews to paint Sarah as an airhead or a lightweight, and the polls say it’s working. We all know that Sarah is an intelligent and well-versed woman, but they’re not seeing it. That’s where I think the campaign is making [its] mistake.

Let Sarah be Sarah. Have her say, “You know what? I WAS nervous in those debates, because they were my first, but that’s okay, because I’m NOT a Washington insider, and I don’t plan on becoming one. John McCain and I are going to Washington to change Washington, not to have Washington change us.”

The American people love Gov. Palin because she’s “one of us.” It’s okay for her to have a so-called “lackluster” interview. The campaign needs to make sure THEY are the ones controlling the news cycles, however, and showing the voting public Sarah’s great, positive traits and qualities.

I know McCain-Palin will win this election, but only if the campaign takes charge and works with the “friendly” media to spread the truth.

 

Sincerely,

Caleb Hays

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