Sarah Palin: Katie Couric "Annoyed" Her

Us Magazine - October 4, 2008 2:17 AM PDT
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Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has revealed she was "annoyed" with the way Katie Couric handled their interview.

"The Sarah Palin in those interviews was a little bit annoyed," Palin told Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron. "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered. If you choose to answer a question, you are going to get clobbered on the answer. If you choose to try to pivot and go to another subject that you believe that Americans want to hear about, you get clobbered for that too."

Palin struggled to answer Couric's questions about foreign and economic policy. She was also unable to name a Supreme Court decision she disagrees with aside from Roe V. Wade.

See photos of Sarah Palin's family on the campaign trail.


"In those Katie Couric interviews I did feel that there were a lot of things that she was missing in terms of an opportunity to ask what a VP candidate stands for," Palin told Cameron.

Palin said that what she really wanted to discuss was Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, Palin fared better at Thursday night's debate, which drew nearly 70 million viewers, making it the most watched vice-presidential debate ever.

Said New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley: "Ms. Palin spoke far more fluidly and confidently than she had in her devastating interviews with Katie Couric of CBS. Ms. Palin did stumble into a few loop-the-loop non sequiturs, but mostly she stuck to practiced talking points. She didn't answer questions directly, but she spoke out with self-assurance and even cockiness, correcting Mr. Biden when he tried to repeat the Republicans' slogan about oil exploration in Alaska. 'The chant is 'drill, baby, drill,' she said."

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  • Charlie
    the media is so harsh on sarah palin because she is on the republican ticket. if she were running alongside obama, she would be nothing but praised by the media. wake up people.
    report abuseposted October 17, 2008 4:41 PM PDT
  • §їlεйcε•ậмїḍsŧ•¢ĥåǿ§
    Obama-Bin Laden for President? Oh, I mean Barrack Hussein Obama. Oh God, they all sound the same...And that scares me.
    report abuseposted October 16, 2008 5:10 PM PDT
  • GOAT FOR PRESIDENT
    FOR ALL I CARE, A GOAT CAN BE COME THE NEXT PRESIDENT.......................WHAT CAN THESE CANDIDATES ACTUALLY DO FOR AMERICA............?
    report abuseposted October 10, 2008 10:57 PM PDT
  • MERSADEZ
    OF COURSE SARAH PALIN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ABOUT WHAT KATIE COURIC ASKED YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO NO QUESTIONS BECUZ YOU DON'T NOE WHATZ GOING ON AND YOUR JUST CLUELESS GO WORRY ABOUT YOUR KIDS SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYMORE TEEN PREGNANCY ISSUES ...YOU THINK YOUR GUNNA REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY AND YOUR CONDONING TEEN PREGNANCY ...
    report abuseposted October 9, 2008 5:06 PM PDT
  • Sandy T
    Please, the tv media is stating couric was wonderful--- she was not. No class on how to handle an inteview. She should retire. Any person who is running for Pres/ Vice Pres-should be given given some measure of respect. Afterall, who would want it, because people complain as the day is long. We all have our theories and we think we are right. We sit back and take diggs---and we know nothing.
    report abuseposted October 7, 2008 10:55 PM PDT
  • Vanja
    sure, palin is more experienced than obama....in the baby-making department. other than that, she's dumb as a rock.
    report abuseposted October 7, 2008 4:16 PM PDT
  • Busted Momma
    It really pisses me off the way McCain would pick a woman to run with him for the white house, and just expect a republican to vote for her. He thinks he has a bunch of air-heads cheering him on. This woman's only qualification is the fact that she is a woman.
    report abuseposted October 7, 2008 4:01 PM PDT
  • jazzy g
    katie annoys me too...but it was more annoying to hear palin try to answer her questions.....
    report abuseposted October 7, 2008 3:53 PM PDT
  • tikiman
    Our country should be safer place with a president who is friends with terrorists! That way the terrorist will not want to bomb us again! They can just go over to the white house and party with Obama! Yeah!
    report abuseposted October 7, 2008 6:07 AM PDT
  • michelle r
    it seems that america is doomed..whoever may win the elections..america's glory days are about over..i can just see it
    report abuseposted October 7, 2008 2:18 AM PDT
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