tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post960134406751787197..comments2024-03-01T13:51:47.721+05:30Comments on Reality, one bite at a time: Not so gorgeousSiddharth Varadarajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721228307097170092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-80019338365391166252008-10-02T13:20:00.000+05:302008-10-02T13:20:00.000+05:30Well, Sir, with due respect, I do not mean to bera...Well, Sir, with due respect, I do not mean to berate you, but there are many more contentious issues, emerging everyday wrt Palin. To name a few:<BR/>1. Only a desparate victory-at-any-cost person as McCain has become will pick Palin with minimum background check.<BR/>2. Any person who claims she can see Russia from Alaska(which, by the way, is untrue because she hasn't been to the island yet where this is possible) is totally crazy. I can claim to be qualified to be Consul-General for USA in the same logic.<BR/>3. She doesn't know her running mate's policies.<BR/>4. She has no idea who Hamas is.<BR/>5. She has absolutely no idea what the current financial situation is.<BR/>6. She couldn't name a single magazine/newspaper she reads.<BR/>7. She has appeared for only 3 interviewers and almost zero press conferences.<BR/>Clips which will leave you scratching your head: <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokTjEdaUGg<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8__aXxXPVc<BR/>http://www.huffpost.com/_129078.html<BR/><BR/>I only mean to say that religious beliefs... Are their own worry. A potential VP not knowing stuff she should, God save. McCain made a big mistake.<BR/><BR/>As for the American media, Fox isn't afraid to support the Reps, but noone is willing to do that for the Dems. That is as concise an explanation as possible.«AM»https://www.blogger.com/profile/00058435311642264119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-57572187833058250332008-10-02T10:19:00.000+05:302008-10-02T10:19:00.000+05:30I sort of baled out when I went on sabbatical last...I sort of baled out when I went on sabbatical last year and never reconnected though they did try a few times to do a phono. But you are right, The Real News is excellent, and Paul Jay has really pitched the enterprise just right.<BR/><BR/>Will be sure to reconnect with them when I return to Delhi next week.Siddharth Varadarajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721228307097170092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-52776344190053106902008-10-01T23:42:00.000+05:302008-10-01T23:42:00.000+05:30Dear Siddharth, This is off topic. We saw you as o...Dear Siddharth, <BR/><BR/>This is off topic. We saw you as one of the various global journalists who were part of that promo video of Real News or rather the IWT. But apart from Aijaz Ahmad's regular and insightful videos, we haven't seen you or any other Indian analysts on the network. Is there anything of that sort soon in the offing? If yes, thanks in advance. <BR/><BR/>Btw, The Real News Network is one helluva (in the American parlance) site run on a very progressive and innovative viewer supported funding model. Three cheers to Paul Jay & company. <BR/><BR/>-- SriniSrinivasan Ramanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620263203764236450noreply@blogger.com