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Caribou Barbie was against having the media cover her photo-op at the UN before she was for it:

Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, initially barred reporters from her first meetings with world leaders Tuesday, but reversed course after they protested.

CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew from the first meeting, with Karzai, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought. But after the campaign agreed to let CNN's producer in as well, the CNN camera crew joined the session.

According to the CNN producer who was let into Karzai's hotel suite with the photographers just before noon, Karzai was talking about his son. Palin was nodding, and asked what his name is. Karzai replied his name was Mirwais and explained that it means light of the house.

The media were escorted out after about 40 seconds.

Before she could explain to the bemused leader just what the holy fuck 'Trig, Trooper, Bristol, Piper and Moosehump' mean.

In a related story, the McCain campaign refuses to appear on the Rachel Maddow Show:

Surrogates for McCain’s campaign rarely shy away from the chance to put out their talking points ... unless they're scared.

Heh.

But wait, there's more! Press frustration with the campaign erupts --

Relations between John McCain and the press corps that was once described as his "base" have fully deteriorated. After an appearance in Strongsville, Ohio, on Tuesday, the Senator blissfully ignored questions about the bailout plan from nearby reporters, prompting one journalist to scream out: "Has your bus become the No Talk Express?"

McCain offered a smirk at the line but kept on walking. "Ok, pool, back to the vans!" said an aide.

The "pool" should have been wondering just what the fuck they were there for -- besides being played for fools -- then taken a collective dump in the "vans," and left. For good.