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Ifill: Palin 'Blew Me Off' During the Debate
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During the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she "may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear." In fact, "On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it." On NBC’s Meet The Press today, debate moderator Gwen Ifill said that Palin "more than ignored" her questions. "Blew me off I think is the technical term," said Ifill. Watch it:
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Matt Corley is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.
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