The Palin Silence

John McCain will not allow Sarah Palin to answer questions in a roomful of media people.

McCain then looked around the room and gestured as if to welcome questions. The AP reporter shouted a question at Gov. Palin (“Governor, what have you learned from your meetings?”) but McCain aide Brooke Buchanan intervened and shepherded everybody out of the room.

Palin looked surprised, leaned over to McCain and asked him a question, to which your pooler thinks he shook his head as if to say “No.”

Greg Sargent theorized that the McCain campaign doesn't want to risk Palin speaking. I don't buy that. John McCain intentionally questions Obama's patriotism, compares him to Paris Hilton and mudslings. McCain is often clueless about policy. The Senator did know the difference between Sunnis and Shiites. You don't have to be a Sarah Palin fan (I'm not) to realize it's hard to sound worse than McCain.

Palin is the better public speaker. I don't believe the McCain people are fearful Palin will make false allegations against Obama or Biden. Sounding unknowledgable won't hurt Palin with the base or many swing voters. Palin is the only thing the McCain campaign has going for it.

The problem is McCain has personal deep-seeded insecurities. McCain wants Palin to be photogenic and by his side. If that doesn't reek of sexism then nothing will. The problem is McCain doesn't want to be overshadowed by his VP pick.

Proof of sexism: look at how the campaign and GOP is marketing Palin. These buttons were handed out at the Republican National Convention. McCain doesn't want a VP. He wants a Stepford Wife.