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Palin to Pull Out of VP Debate: Refuses to Participate Until Bailout of Couric Interview Is Negotiated

The Republican nominee will stay in the CBS News editing suite until Couric agrees to stop releasing portions of the interview or at least redo it with the answers Palin has since "learned real good."
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Early today, the McCain Campaign put out a release stating that Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, will not be showing up for Thursday's VP debate in St. Louis.

"Governor Palin will be taking the first plane back to CBS and will stay there until she is able to come up with a bailout of the interview she did with CBS anchor, Katie Couric.

"It seems someone has that interview went on for days," said Plain spokesman, Tucker Bounds. "Just as soon as they finish airing one segment, another one starts rolling around the Internet. Governor Palin is running for Vice President, not YouTube viral joke of the day. At least not on purpose."

"It was like I had to make up every answer," said Palin in READ THE REST OF THE UNBELIEVABLE MISTYAKE MADE BY JOHN MCCAIN HERE.

Award-winning TV writer, Steve Young, is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (www.greatfailure.com) and blogs at the appropriately named steveyoungonpolitics.com

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