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# Earning the right to criticize
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/earning-the-right-to-criticize-editor/
- Published: 2008-09-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:59:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica*

Who does Sarah Palin think she is and what does she think are her rights?

She won’t answer any questions from an audience or reporters, nor appear on any talk shows because she has no answers that are not prepared for her on TelePrompTers. Yet she has the audacity to use the prepared and given Republican talking points to criticize Barack Obama! Please! When she can take unprepared questions, she may have the right to criticize others!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 10, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091008.pdf?ref=smdp.com)