The Debutante Bawl

Cindy McCain coaches Sarah Palin on poise

The McCain campaign has graciously decided to bestow upon ABC the first interview with She Who Must Be Deferred To :

Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is offering her first televised interview to ABC News in the coming week in Alaska. Palin, the surprise pick of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, has been giving campaign speeches alongside the Arizona senator since the GOP convention but has not sat down for an interview about her views.

A McCain-Palin adviser says an interview was offered to ABC’s Charlie Gibson several days ago and that they expect it to happen in the latter part of the week in Alaska.

Since Charlie Gibson spent nineteen years chatting with the likes of Celine Dion and Suzanne Somers ("You look great. So tell me about the success of your ThighMaster") on Good Morning America, Palin should be in good, but gentle loving hands. The mystery will be whether Gibson will, as David Brooks insists he has has done in the past:

…make politicians uncomfortable, to explore evasions, contradictions and vulnerabilities.

And if he does, will Palin suddenly excuse herself, go pick up Baby Trig, plop him in her lap, and deploy him as her Shield Against Attacks Against Sarah and Motherhood By The Mean-dia.

It’s a fairly naked ploy, but then the right-wing mainly thinks of Plalin in terms of "naked" in the first place so no one should feel compelled to avert their eyes….