Palin blames media for unfavorable rating
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blames her upside-down approval rating among independents on one of her favorite foils: the media.
Palin, who serves as a paid commentator for Fox News, said on "Fox News Sunday" that "if I believed everything I read or heard in the media, I wouldn't like me either."
Fox host Chris Wallace cited recent polling numbers from Quinnipiac University that showed 50 percent of independents viewed the former vice presidential GOP nominee in an unfavorable light. Just a third said they viewed her favorably.
"I've never committed to running for president for one and I know that polls are fickle so we won't even talk about the approval rating or the favorability," she responded.
"As for the unfavorable, you know, I don't blame people for not really knowing what it is, in some instances, what I stand for or what my record is," she continued.
Her favorable rating among Republicans was much better, with members of her own party approving of her by a 66 percent to 18 percent margin, according to Quinnipiac. The poll was taken July 13-19, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
Asked about how her summer was proceeding with journalist Joe McGinniss living next to her, Palin acknowledged his presence has altered her family's behavior.
"We just avoid certain angles in the house and we avoid the front yard and we're doing a lot of things out and about around Alaska to have our summer fun and our outdoor recreation," she said. "Like Todd says, some people just need to get a life and bless his heart he needs to get a life," she said.
Poster Comment:
Poor Sarah, they're all out to get her, even softball-lobbing Chris Wallace.
