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Sarah Palin -- once again -- is in the news.
She is set to attend an Iowa Republican dinner on Sept. 17. The candidate she endorsed for Senate in Alaska, Joe Miller, beat Lisa Murkowski. And now comes a very unflattering Vanity Fair piece on Palin. The article, citing mostly anonymous sources, describes Palin's temper, her quest for privacy, and her new money-making empire.
But the most striking -- and relevant -- part to me was the piece's acknowledgment how Palin is able to constantly make news, even though she's unwilling to answer follow-up questions from anyone but friendly news organizations. And the "Lame Stream" media she despises eats it up.
In accordance with the terms of a reported $1 million annual contract with Fox News, Palin regularly delivers canned commentary on that network. But in the year since she abruptly resigned the governorship of Alaska, in order to market herself full-time—earning an estimated $13 million in the process—she has submitted to authentic, unpaid interviews with only a handful of journalists, none of whom have posed notably challenging questions. She keeps tight control of her pronouncements, speaking only in settings of her own choosing, with audiences of her own selection, and with reporters kept at bay. (Despite many requests, neither Palin nor her current staff would comment for this article.) She injects herself into the news almost every day, but on a strictly one-way basis, through a steady stream of messages on Twitter and Facebook. The press plays along. Palin is the only politician whose tweets are regularly reported as news by TV networks. She is the only one who has been able to significantly change the course of debate on a major national issue (health-care reform) with a single Facebook posting (in which she accused the Obama administration, falsely, of wanting to set up a “death panel”).
Just to let you readers know: This blog recently made it a practice not to uncritically report on Palin's Facebook or Twitter messages, unless there's an extraordinary reason to.
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'The press plays along', why is that Mark? Do you agree that the press has contributed to her noteriety?
I chuckle to myself when I read 'her quest for privacy' This woman sells, promotes herself shamelessly, and now her daughter is grabbing what she can of the spotlight on 'Dancing with the Stars' all with a great big fat assistance from the press. All the time filling her coffers with fools' money, we sure are one mucked society.
Precisely Gingerbread Mamma...
I chuckle to myself everytime I see a right winger bemoan that WE (lefties) are keeping her in the 'spotlight' and that she's a 'private'' citizen now... lmao!
AHHHH NO!!! Sarah is the one that's KEEPING Sarah in the spotlight!
Let's face it... Sarah and her klan NEVER met a camera or a checkbook they could pass up!
Is this where I'm supposed to say how 'scared' I am of her... ahhhh nevermind! ;0))
Maybe if the press... outside of Faux Noise - actually FORCED her to answer a 'hardball' question like what she reads... then I would have good reason to be a 'scardy' cat!
One more thing...
Can anyone else picture Gotcha Gregory interviewing Palin?
Ewww! That would be wrong on SO many levels! lol
Fiesty,
What the hell are you? The Press police......??????
The Press nor anyone else can FORCE this lady to answer questions. If she is not being questioned in a court of law, then she doesn't have to answer anything. She is not running for anything.....
All of you lefties just hatin' on this lady for no reason except jealousy.....
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
Don't E 1 fall outta thier chair, but I commend her & FOX, for playing the socalled MSM & leading them around like a PUPPY. Together, these 2 makeup News, the other's play right into thier hands & report it as such. Until other news agency's(if thier are any)STOP being Played, this nonsense will continue.
Let her come to You, not the other way around. Is That so hard for MSNBC & CNN, etc, to figure out? I'm in Rural Ky & i seen that a long long time ago. It's downright embarrassing for News outlets to give so FREELY & get NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING in return.
I watch both CNN in the day & MSNBC at night,both have FOX advertising, but when i turn to Shep(twice a day), I see Nothing for either of these 2 Outlets.
If I was Jeffrey Emmelt & the Top person at CNN, i'd say Screw this!
Chris rock says; Don't hate the Player, hate the game!
Inthemiddle, Tx
Jealous? of a brain dead redneck? Are you insane? I thank God every day for not making me like that loser.
Inthemiddle... if you are happy listening to a prerecorded announcement from someone that proposes to be a transformational leader then we should just hand over our wallets and freedom to the likes of Sarah. If she gets no scrutiny, we get screwed!
ITM, Jealousy is far from the Reason! The socalled press is just all MccainISM & Hopeing she jumps thru thier TV's at night & jumps thier Bones.
Just like All the men who come on here & Sing her Praises, same thing in mind.
It's called LaLaland, the County Seat in the State of Denial !
You Betcha!
jealous of Sarah Palin.....ummmmmm nope....all the lefties like things called truth and facts....which she doesnt have any of...and the fact she doesnt answer questions proves shes a puppet...with a big ol conservative hand up her ass
Red you need to check back on F.T. we got a little problem down there
She is nothing but a Media Whore that everyone needs to just ignore. Inthemiddle, TX- no one with a brain is jealous of Sarah Palin. She is a pathetic liar who will spew hatred whenever she can but she has no suggestions as to how to make anything better. I even have Republican friends who cannot stand to hear her name mentioned. One of them states that she will be the ruin of the GOP.
If it's what I think it is IR... already been handled!
But THANKS for having my back! ;0)
Don't ever forget that there are more of them than us. We have to fight harder for the upcoming elections to keep her at bay. She is dangerous.
I read part of the Vanity Fair article and she reportedly has made 13 million since she quit her "governor job".
"She keeps tight control of her pronouncements, speaking only in settings of her own choosing, with audiences of her own selection, and with reporters kept at bay."
Personally I can't stand Palin but isn't that what the President does every time he speaks?
Thanks for the one way reporting as always First Dweebs.
ITM
Let them try to act like Sarah is stupid. All these blow hard libs on here saying how stupid she is. Lets see, I have a question for all the brainiac libs on here.
How many of you were Governer of a state? How many of you have made 13 MILLION dollars in the last year? How many of you have made 13 MILLION in your life? How many of you get so many invites to speak you have to turn some of them down. How many thousands of people are hanging on every word you say?
Pleeeaaassssse, people........don't try to act like your not jeolous, it just makes you look dumber than you usually look.
The President has to answer questions from the press on a regular basis...and if you recall, took on the entire Republican Senate
Now that's a silly one. Presidents do not speak with the press everytime they speak publically, it is why they have a White House Press Secretary who answers questions from the press daily. When presidents hold a press conference--then they speak to the press. There is no comparison between Presidents Obama or Bush and Sarah Palin--not even in the same ballpark let alone league.
As for Sarah Palin, democrats are not jealous of her, we have women like Hillary Clinton who can run circles around Palin in the brain department. Sarah Palin chooses FOX or right-wing media outlets to answer questions for one reason--because they won't ask the gotcha questions, you know, like what papers does she read.
pr 188
Sarah is stupid!!!!
Oh by the way I'm not jealous and since she quit her job has Governer. That shows me that she has no respect for the people of Alaska.
With his hand picked audience yes he does. As far as answering to the press that is Gibbs job. One he hasn't handled to well.
proud republican-1888838
How many of you were Governer of a state? How many of you have made 13 MILLION dollars in the last year? How many of you have made 13 MILLION in your life? How many of you get so many invites to speak you have to turn some of them down. How many thousands of people are hanging on every word you say?
Well proud you got us there. but its sad in this country that people come to listion to what a quitter has to say. its sad that people would come to see what a mother of a teen mother has to say, its sad to see her not at home with her handi ap son, its sad to read her book that she admitted going rogue from her republican presidental candidate, in my opinion costing the GOP the whitehouse. its sad to see her make a real fool of her self on SNL 2 weeks before the most important election of her life.
whats most sad is that a real proud republican like ronald reagan, bob dole, jack kemp, gerald Ford, would never give her the time of day. i know eisenhower, and nixion are rolling in there graves that a proud republican like your self is giving her the time of day.
thats sad.
Where they talking about Palin.....or Obama???
Bob- I think you are mistaken about President Obama only speaking to a few selected audiences in selected settings. I have seen MANY interviews of this president with many different networks and cable show hosts (Many more than Bush gave) and last I looked anyone can watch them who wants to. I have seen him take many uncomfortable questions and give very rational and informative answers. Now you may have missed all these interviews because most of them have not been broadcast on FoxNews. Although he did do an interview with Chris Wallace, he mostly doesn't do FOX because setting himself up for mean gotcha journalism would be stupid, and our president is not stupid. Besides, they couldn't really question him on many conservative talking points because many of them are made up, and the President wouldn't hesitate to call them on it.
You can't speak the truth at First Read, ITM...not without risking censorship.
Look at the bright side...
You're right...and they're wrong.
Worry when they no longer bother to collapse your comments.
Regards,
MB
Mixed Bag
i have read your post in the past and i never though you would get collasped. in the future, please use a more eleguite way of insulting some one. i got collasped because i let Joannasmith1 get to me. so in the future relax and don't let any body upset you, that when we loose it.
Why should she talk to "unfriendly press" that , "citing mostly anonymous sources", describes Palin's ... probably untrue bad attributes.
The mainstream media is out to get her even if they have to lie to do it. She knows it. So she does the common sense thiung and ignores them
Hi, Jeff-
I didn't just get collapsed...my comment got deleted.
And all because I called out a bigot and a hypocrite.
Go figure...
But ya know, Jeff...
It was worth it.
Mixed Bag
Sorry i did see you got deleted, but if it was worth it them, all is good in your world
Jeff#######- help me out here---elequite?
I never said i was the best speller and at work for got to do spell check. sorry!!!!!!!!!! take it easy!!!!!!!
Gregory wasn't nearly the gotcha kind guy that his predecessor, Tim Russert, was. Tim would have spit her out like the sour nut she is.
Even more amazing is that "lefties" think Palin is even an actor on the political stage.
Amazes me how the "Lefties" think Christie is a joke in New Jersey, evene though he has continually rolled up that newspaper and smacked those "evil" lefties in the nose.
Sends chills down my spine. Reminds me of whent he last time we ran a surplus, and Democrats were not in control.
So Feisty Red Head, why not point out that Conservatives have only held the majority over 6 years.
Please remind me when Liberals ever balanced the budget?
Palin is a joke, Christie is who you should fear.
Jeff-I was only asking a question, no need to get upset. I like to think I have a pretty good grasp of the English language, and thought I was unaware of the word.
If she doesn't run for office in 2012 this will be why.
She can't handle the heat.
When the going gets tough, cowards quit their jobs and blame the "liberal media."
"she has submitted to authentic, unpaid interviews with only a handful of journalists, none of whom have posed notably challenging questions. She keeps tight control of her pronouncements, speaking only in settings of her own choosing, with audiences of her own selection, and with reporters kept at bay."
Wow. If you took the gender references out, you would be describing Obama almost perfectly.
Toasty McGrath " When the going gets tough, cowards quit their jobs and blame the "liberal media." "
Since she was being sued by Democratic sympathizers over what tennis shoes or windbreaker she was wearing, and had to defend the silly suits with her own money, it would appear that her decision to leave office early was a smart move. Now she can give speeches and nobody can sue her for some lame excuse.
Sarah Palin is a catfish.....all mouth and no ass. She bailed out as Governor of Alaska because after being losing the election to be VP, she figured she could get more money playing (preying) on the small support base she gained during the campaign. She blames the media for the fact that she can't even intelligently handle a simple one on one interview with someone as simple as Katie Couric, and blames the media for her lack of intelligence. This is the darling of the GOP Tea Party who hang their hopes for regaining the Whilte Hose in 2012. Catfish are bottom feeders, and she is feeding off all those who follow her to the bottom of the political food chain. My grandpa always told me that the best way to catch catfish is with stink bait. Looks like she still can't resist it.
Kinda like Clinton's speaking engagements, Huh! Tink, you are blinded by jealousy, main-stream media's love affair with socialism, as if any would have jobs that paid more than rent, and food stamps under that kind of government. Where has it flourished....Cuba, Russia, and N Korea. You're an idiot!
If I were going to be jealous of anyone, it would not be someone far more worth being jealous of than Sarah Palin. As far as being an idiot, that honor goes to the people who support her. She is not fit to lead a gaggle of geese, much less a flock of sheep. Which are you?
Between Roy and Bob for the title of Most Ridiculas,,,,,,,,Bob, Obama walked into a room with the entire Republican witch trial who "claimed" they were locked out of the healthcare debate that even the open public was attending,,,,,,,Offering to take critisism and suggestions, He DID NOT select the Republican party did he? And what he got was NOTHING, No ideas, Just a bunch of idiotic tax break schemes from every direction. Roy,,,,,,,,Not even worth typing it
If the Rethugs are Dumbed Down enough to run this chick, LET THEM!!! The part will be even more diminished, and exposed for what they really are. A party of hate filled rightwing fanatics that ruined America in the first place. All while the Dems watched and did not even try to impeach the Real, True, Criminals!! Now we must all SUFFER!
My take on Palin, you run for public office because you claim you want to help your state and serve the people but then McCain comes along, makes you famous and you quit on your state and your people for the big paycheck. She can claim all the accusations and litigation are what drove her away but what high ranking politician in any state doesn't go through that?
Palin is proof that pop culture rules this country. Looks win out over intellect. She is now a political outsider and gets more attention than anyone I can remember that wasn't actually running for office. She isn't a spokesperson she is a looksperson who speaks. This is why she won't allow interviews with people that will ask the tough questions because a wink and a smile aren't going to cut it for answers.
Am I jealous of Palin? Sure I am, I wouldn't mind getting out of this hamster wheel and jet setting with no pressure making millions of dollars. I'm sure the toughest decisions she makes is what to wear to the next rally and if she needs her hair done. This isn't a sexist comment because I wouldn't make the same statement about, let's say, Pelosi. I would be willing to bet the the script has been written for her well in advance of everything she is doing with further instructions not to ad-lib.
Her entire family and people directly involved during the Presidential election have benefited. Posers in Playgirl, Dancing with the Stars, Oprah, reality shows etc.....Even the Iditarod gets more attention. If this play is for the dysfunctional vote they should have that wrapped up 100%.
She has this game working for her perfectly and nothing will change until the money stops flowing.
She chooses her audience, their questions, does not speak to anyone not on fox , hides form real interviews, doesn't write her own books or facebook entries, is a poor mother, and yet get coverage --like from an author of this piece.. Could it be she is the epitome of cute and dumb..perfect for the ole white guys in the media!
I'm not suren the MSM iis paying any attn to Mrs Palin at all -- when has she ever contributed anything of value to the debate?
Mark Murray is paying attention.
By his own admission...
The media that Mark is a part of "eats it up".
I get all my Sarah Palin news from MSNBC.
They're obsessed.
From eggheads to idiots...from Chris Matthews to Ed Schultz.
They're obsessed.
It's so funny.
She has never contributed anything to worthwhile to the debate or anything else, so folks should do like I do, ignore her, let her go away and spend her big bucks. She is nothing to me but a big joke, however, if she is ever running for national office again, I will do like I did in 2000, work myself overtime to help ensure her defeat.
But, she currently ISN'T running for any national office...!
Is she...?
PS- UB...you need to do a much better job of ignoring Sarah Palin than you did here.
Self-criticism can only improve your character...but, I'll help whenever I can.
MB
Mark Murray...
You voted for me, didn't you?
C'mon...
You can tell me...
Just more White Liberals From MSNBC trying to tear down a Minority that doesn't View the world as they do..
they hate the fact that Sarah Palin Ignores them . Because they are pretty Much irrelavant in the real Sceme of things.
I vote for You everyday, Mixed, I Love Comedy.
You Betcha !
Well if you bothered to read you would know...but then again..isn't that the problem the left get's their info from Jon Stewart..and Tammy Fey...what intellect!!
Palin is a joke, the liberals better fear Christie. Jindal.
Even now polls think Bush handled katrina better than BP— oil spill in a Dem state.
Lordy.
Hey Wendy, did you know Tammy Fay was dead? Would you like a little help with that snipe? did you mean Tina Fey?
I, for one liberal, get my news from reading newspapers, not much for tv.....you only get get sound bite info from that, unless maybe Fox and then you get fairy tales.
Demitrix
For your information, Louisiana is a Red State as in Repub if you didn't know. Here's the problem w/ Sarah Palin. She will only speak to sympathic media like Fox because she knows she won't have to answer tough questions like Russert used to pose to his guest. When Russert was alive, his guests had to have the stuff together or he would eat them alive. W/ Gregory now in his place, he may do some of the same stuff. W/ Sarah, its easy to spout off when you know no one is going to call you on it. For the record asking her what publications she reads isn't gotcha unless she doesn't read. She can't have both ways and unfortunately thats exactly what many Repubs want. Did she ever have to explain her "death panels" to anyone but Fox? She's like Sharon Angle, only prettier. She makes a statement, then runs and hides when she has to explain herself.
I'm sorry but the press allowed her to go through an entire campaign with really answering any questions. The press now reports on her or someone's every facebook/ twitter post. If the press wants to know why she gets away with it, perhaps the press can do an expose on " The Press"
They're all too thin-skinned for a hard look at themselves...
I believe a lot of Independents are moving away from the Democrats because of the amount of Hate they carry.
There's no reason to comment.
Name Display "I believe a lot of Independents are moving away from the Democrats because of the amount of Hate they carry."
I think you can replace Democrat with Republican and your statement is just as true. It's not just one party, both dem and repub parties are moving further to the fringes and the center/moderates that represent about two-thirds of the population are feeling left behind by thier own party.
And for the record I think I've seen more hate on display from republicans in the last couple years than in my entire life combined.
Charlotte Lady
So we now have Joe "shove my foot up my mouth" Biden.
What is the diffenrence? Biden is still an idiott?
So lets see we have either that idiot Palin as VP possibly President, or President Obama nad that idiot Joe Biden?
Fact is the only worthy thing Joe Biden ever uttered was..."Obama does not have the experience and would need experience on the fly".
Other than that, the Joe Biden Gaffes is hilarious.
Palin, IMO, is "eye candy" with no political substance! She is making 13+millions primarily because the news media is making air time for her! Drop her from the TV, radio, press, and she is publicly dead! Both the press and Palin feed off of each other! She really should be referred to as the 1/2 Govenor of Alaska. She and Angle both use language that sounds unrational and illogical, IMO.
People actually believe what see says is fact or news. I see her as another self-promoting talking head with more than 15 minutes of fame. If she were truly a patriot, then she would make free appearances. At this point she is a glorified imitation of a parrot.
Just like Bill Clinton and Al Gore, right? If people are willing to pay why on earth WOULDN'T you capitalize on the opportunity?
It is funny- the left loves to hate her so much that they keep her relevant. Fox's headlines don't mention Palin daily. MSNBC has a link to articles on her. Which side does that tell you is keeping her in the news?
Salt Grass
And how many "Free" appearances or the President made since 2009?
Let me let you in a secret... (Their are never free appearances) regardless of party.
You are comparing apples and onions! Clinton served the country for 8 years as president and Gore as VP. Palin was a losing candidate for VP and a quiting governor, after a short time, 1/2 of which her husband sat in that chair. She has nothing to offer except criticism . Reading from a prepared speech with absolutely NO knowledge of how our National Government works, is worthless! She doesn't deserve to be paid. She is suffering from delusions of grandeur! If she thinks for one minute that she could do the job of President, she's in big trouble! The Republicans are making fools of themselves in thinking the public is buying her idiocy! You are judged by the company you keep!
"The press plays along. Palin is the only politician whose tweets are regularly reported as news by TV networks."
Exactly!
"Just to let you readers know: This blog recently made it a practice not to uncritically report on Palin's Facebook or Twitter messages, unless there's an extraordinary reason to."
Thank you! It's surreal the amount of publicity a failed VP candidate who also resigned from her elected office in one of the least populated states in the union, has gotten. What's even crazier is how few Republicans polled consider her a presidential candidate for whom they would vote. I'm not sure who benefits the most if the mainstream media stops playing along, Democrats who are sick of hearing from her, or Republicans, who must be embarrassed having her the voice of the Republican Party. (Naturally I changed "face" to "voice", because even I know she is an attractive woman!)
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Agreed Salt Grass - and UGLY is to the BONE!
She is no Ellie May, more like aunt Pearl.
Roger that SG! I'm leaning more towards Minnie Pearl (with the price tag hanging off the hat)!
Who can forget the Wasilla Hillbillies after the $150K +Saks shopping spree - complete with the Louis Vuitton purse for the 6 year old! lol
They're not TOO materialistic... ;0)))
Mrs Pearl had alot more class even though she pretended to be a a little Snuffy Smith.
Feisty
That would be a tea bag not a price tag hanging off the hat!!!!
You GOT me on that one TRR!
Thanks for the LAUGH! ;0)))
And there you have it ladies and Gentlemen. These So called Compassionate Liberals show who they really are, they live their lives based on hate and degridation of another human. All the while calling everyone else Intolerant
It is not a supirise that this is what they believe considering the fact of where they get the news they Follow.. From the HATE FILLED MSNBC .. that only EMPLOYESS White Liberals to host the Progams that are run on their Channel.. Sure MSNBC tells everyone they they are for the Minority but you sure cant tell by the people that Host the shows they Run.. You know . Like Morning Joe.. White male.. Andrea Mitchelle. WHITE Female.. Madman ED.. White male.. Chris Matthews.. White Male.. Keith Oberman White Male.. Rachael Maddow White Female.. Tell me MSNBC where are the Minorities?
But, Steve-
MSNBC contributor and Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson is on all the time!
And then there's Howard Fineman, Mark Halperin, Joan Walsh, Jonathan Alter, Richard Wolffe, Chris Hayes, Joe & Mika...
Hey...!
Wait a minute...!
Hey Steve, as mentioned above I really don't think that the democrats have a monopoly on hateful rhetoric. Just because you have the loudest voice doesn't mean you're right, regardless of which party your for. As proof we have the post imediately before yours if a personal attack on Feistey, which is in response to her personal attack on Palin. Just because one side does it doesn't give the other side license to do the same. I hear WAY too much BS in the media these days and I don't see any of it helping the situation we're in. I fact I think alot of it is detrimental to the overall process and it pushes the rational voices to the back in favor of the loudest.
Sarah Palin,
 Living proof that you can take the girl out of the trailer park but you can't take the trailer park mentality out of the girl!
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tquillem,
Why would you trash trailer park folks by associating them with Ms. Palin? That is just low.....
tguillem
Jerry Springer would not have her on his show.
Salt Grass, Yes Jerry would! The Palins are perfect for his show! The ratings would be through the roof!
It's a good place to start, but in order for Ms. Palin to go away completely, the media, including MSNBC (lately especially MSNBC) needs to stop reporting on anything she says or does, not just her rantings on Social Media. The reason she stays around is that the left leaning media is obsessed with her. Please stop it.
"Just to let you readers know: This blog recently made it a practice not to uncritically report on Palin's Facebook or Twitter messages, unless there's an extraordinary reason to."
The mere sound of this woman's voice makes me want to cut off my ears!Â
Too funny! Same here - she makes me cringe. It's ironic how this blog is about all the attention she gets and yet the FR crew felt it necessary to report on that very same subject, thereby giving her more attention.
The next time she tweets/twits/whatever, how about the MSM NOT advertise it. A little intervention is in order FR crew.
Pat, me, too, her voice pitch hurts the ears, her words insult intelligence.
First Readers...
I apologize.
Since patHuntingtonNY has displayed anti-Hispanic immigrant views...
Who can blame me for assuming I had a P.C. cloak protecting me when challenging his attacks on on "the mere sound of" a woman's voice?
I'm still learning the rules...your indulgence, please.
Think Progress: Early in the 2008 campaign, when John McCain’s aides discovered that Alaska-size gaps existed in Palin’s general knowledge (among those previously unreported: she had no idea who Margaret Thatcher was), they from time to time would give her some books to read in hopes of improving the candidate’s learning curve.
________
There's a reason she doesn't want to meet the press. Privacy is not the reason.
Update TP: In her new book, Meghan McCain calls Palin "the Time Bomb." She writes, "From the minute Sarah arrived the campaign began splitting apart. And rather than joining us, and our campaign, she seemed only to begin her own. ... There was a fine line between genius and insanity, they say, and choosing her as the running mate was starting to seem like the definition of that line."
Pat, Boston, MA
But did she read them?
I would like to see her jumping rope in the, well, au natual...
Why would any respectable magazine use mostly anonymous quotes? If there are truths to be told, then those who are telling them should own them.
I'm all for keeping Palin in the spotlight. She is a constant reminder of what the Republicans have become. Not palatable to most of the nation. She also boosts Tea Party candidates which in turn makes it possible for more moderate candidates to win. Thank you Ms. Palin and keep up the good work promoting progressives.
I still don't understand the love-affair the media has with her:
So I have to ask: WHY doesn't the media ignore her? I mean seriously; if she's a person who is supposed to be this amazing political force, ummm... why isn't she transparent, open and honest about her OWN record and her OWN beliefs? I thought that's what the "Tea Party" was supposed to be all about - bringing government back "to the people". If she doesn't answer questions, how can that be open and honest? Even when she did have to give media interviews while running with McCain, she looked like a deer in the headlights, and later on blamed the MEDIA for her own ineptitude and terrible answers. How is THAT exercising "personal responsibility"?!?
If this isn't the strongest possible evidence that the media is NOT "liberal," based on their Pavlovian-like response to everything she does, then I don't know what is.
The "liberal media" is a myth perpetuated by the right wing in order to distract attention from the co-opting of almost all media by conservative corporations during the Bush administration.
Heartlight3,
It started long before that. Check out Eric Alterman's book "What Liberal Media".
i am sick of the right accusing the left tht we are jealous of arah. I am not jealous but infuriated. Death panels, arguing with her daughters teen age son on public TV, the shameless marketing of herself as a smart worman yet she says very few smart or original things, and thelist goes on and on. If she is seriously running in 2012 I hav every right to to respond to her actions and behaviors as does everyone. the Republicsns, by the way, have certainly not shown her the love.
Please..tell me..she's not in political office..she's not running for political office..while it's understandable that the right likes her and writes about her..if she is really so irrelevant..why does the left hang on everything she does..why would you care..if you are frightened or jealous..it just doesn't jive..honestly.
And so it goes for the Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan of the political world.
Or so you think...wish?
Hey there is "breaking news" on Fox News Channel.
Rupert Murdoch has endorsed Sarah Palin for President and Newt Gingrich for VP. Super ticket brainless Pres candidate and a twice divorced dweeb for VP. A quitter and a double quitter!
Acutally a quitter and a triple adulterer! Gotta love those repugnant family values, now don't ya? wink, wink.
Boy, what a dumb post. Is that all you've got? Weak.
Kirby
She did quit. She was under indictment in Alaska for Ethics violations. Newt is an adulter and a hypocrite when he was preaching "family values" and doing what he ws doing. Those are facts, I know facts are hard for Repubs to swallow and make your head just explode, but take some anyway, your view of of the world could expand beyond your little cave.
And Bristol going on Dancing with the Stars? Bristol is no star, and should stay home instead and take care of her baby.
Come on now Pat *insert snark*... look at the fine example Mama Grizzley set... it's not like SHE stayed home to take care of her special needs child... hell no!
She hopped on that campaign bus and away she goes...
Nope... she paraded that poor kid around like a 'prop' and kept the other little one (Piper?) out of school for 3 months...
Only the righties would look up to this con artist as a person of 'family values'...
Really? Seems that the producers of the show think she will be good for ratings. How is her working on this show any different from any other job? Or do you think all mothers should stay at home?
If we as a culture start to award dumb choices, such as getting pregnant without being self sufficient, we will only encourage others to do the same. Also being on "dancing with the stars" hardly takes the place of a job. It really is a shame that the government allowed people like sarah palin and now her daughter to have kids.
Feisty,
You need to let it go....If you have no tolerance for Palin why are you always commenting on the stories about her?
To keep reminding the voting public what a charlatan she is... that's all...
The majority of voting Americans have the attention span of a gnat (how else do you think we ended up with Bush for 8 years)? lol
pat, Huntington, I suppose all women should just stay home and take care of their babies? I understand that you hate the Palins (I'm certainly am no supporter of hers), but if you could keep your criticism of the Palins on the issues instead of how they take care of their children (in an apparently inferior way, according to many on here, as if they have any room to pass judgment) and refrain from making such disgusting, blatantly sexist remarks, that would be great.
Here we have more hate Filled Liberals all they while they will tell everyone they are compassionate...
Your words always give you away.. The Rage in your hearts is destroying you
Steve - pleeeze give it up. Have you read any comments on the fox site? The hatred is downright scary.
BOTH sides are guilty of this...BOTH. And BOTH sides should give it up and stick with the issues.
Can we people....please?
Pat,Huntington NY
Who dod you think put her up to it. Sarah must have run out of the 13 million
"Just to let you readers know: This blog recently made it a practice not to uncritically report on Palin's Facebook or Twitter messages, unless there's an extraordinary reason to."
Yeah right, First Read. How recent was that? Oh, about two minutes ago? Because recent posts clearly indicate that you, CNN and every other MSM outlet have had your collective heads so far up her culo that you can tell the s**t she's going to say/tweet next. You have contributed to the dumbing down of America and news in general by giving this moron an audience with every utterance when you should be issuing a Palin blackout unless she subjects herself to serious scrutiny. Now you want us to believe that you'll limit coverage of tweets from this certified dim wit unless she says something extraordinary. I'll give you 24 hours for that moratorium to expire. Puh-lease!!
Is extraordinary and unbelievably insane the same thing?
I am mad and also in CT..and Palin Rocks..quit believing everything the know NOTHING left media spews out!!
McMahon is going to kick Blumies rear..HIMES was just added to the 100 most vulnerable members of Congress..because people are sick and tired of the left wing dummies that are more than happy to goose-step to their socialist agenda...and too lazy to do their own research..I am done with the Democratic Party forever..and consider progressives regressives...people are getting smarter and watching like everyone ..and will hold any Republicans to the fire too.
Not a huge Palin fan, but love her disdain for the media. I would like to see a candidate for President run and ignore every media outlet. The media are more fundamentally corrupt than the 535 morally and intellectually bankrupt morons in Congress. As Mark Twain said, there is no inherently criminal class in the US other than Congress. It's time ton take Thomas Jefferson's advice and begin the revolution again.
Throw every bum and their media whores out!
Turn off the tv, vote for the other guy and go to work
Great idea - let's let someone be President whom we don't know a darn thing about, and never tells us what their going to do to anyone that can then relate that to the rest of America. Wow... brilliant!
Thought we did that last election..... Voted in a one term Senator with little or no management experiance at all.
So what could the harm be?
LOL Brutus..
funny as all get out.. Thanks for the laugh
That's a simpleton response to a complex issue. I wish we had that luxury, but it's not 1953 anymore, it's 2010 and the rest of us moved on.
Since I live in Miami, I know for a fact that people can continuously elect crooked, corrupt, criminal politicians. There is an endless supply of replacement crooks waiting to take their places in every election, but the people here are lazy politically and they usually vote half ignorant of candidates and issues. Your argument that we should simply 'vote for the other guy' will just get us nowhere, faster.
It's time to stop being lazy and waiting for someone else to tell you what to do - THINK!!! READ!!! LISTEN!!! And for God's sake, turn of the FAUX newz channel - it's not really news anyway.
I guess Steve and Brutus were too busy drooling over Joe the Plumber's bald head than paying attention to then Senator Obama intelligently answering all kinds of questions the press asked him. Or watching Fox Noise, where they didn't bother to carry anything positive the Dem candidates had to say.
I dedicate this song to Sarah Palin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ6pLKlU-8Q
Palin is a creature of the media and would never have been heard of outside Alaska if John McCain had not chosen her for his running mate in 2008. It is a measure of how sorry a loser she is that she will only communicate among selected media representatives in front of selected audiences. She is afraid to face any situation before the camera that is not under her direct control, which also shows what a control freak she is. It is extremely fortunate for the people of the United States that she was picked for a doomed candidacy in 2008. With a vice president like her, who would need foreign enemies?
I think the reason why MSNBC keeps Palin in the spotlight is the hope that a light switch will be turned on in some folks and they will say, "Wow. She really has no redeemable value to the conversation." I find it humorous that the faithful of FOX accuse the "Lame Stream Media" of being a puppet outlet when they have a corner office in the Republican Party. They accuse MSNBC of being "followers" but have they listened? Matthew, Olberman, Maddoux have all been critical of this administration on one point or another.
Sara Palin does not have the informed capacity to lead anyone. She left Wasilla in a state of financial chaos. She quit as Governor half way through. She has repeatedly shown she has no idea of history or current events except what she was "briefed" on shortly before an interview which is always the days talking points. I get it though. Men love her because she is pretty. Women love her because she's getting attention. It is possible to share ideas and philosophies, but don't these people understand that they have promoted her to a leader? That she is taking them to the bank financially without providing anything other than quips and canned remarks?
The likes of Sara Palin and Glen Beck are dangerous. They incite anger and violence under the pretext of "American Values." I hate to say this to all of you, but American Values are ones of Liberty, Life, and the Pursuit of Happiness in an equal playing field. You can't holler and scream that the current administration is curtailing your freedoms when in fact you run on the base of curtailing everyone else's freedoms that don't believe as you do.
As a side note, I would love to see Sara Palin on "Who's Smarter Than A 5th Grader." If facebook can get Betty White on SNL, maybe we could get her on there? Surely she wont mind answering questions that dear, sweet, cherub faced children have to answer?
And Ed Schultz and Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow would be dangerous if any one listened to them.
Dangerous to the fascists and plutarchs.
Interesting how when faced with the facts that Sara Palin left Wasilla in financial straights and quit half through her term as Governor, no one can defend that. Oh that's right. It's indefensible! Doesn't matter what ANY talk show host or network says or doesn't say. The fact that people are willing to pay Sara Palin millions of dollars for being a bad Mayor and a Quitter Governor speaks volumes. This isn't about fiscal responsibility or returning to "American Values." Because last time I checked, leaving your city millions of dollars in debt with almost no way to recover and quitting your ELECTED position are NOT America Values.
Guilty as charged! I personally can't get enough of Sarah Palin. Any news article with her name in it I read. Sarah Palin appears in the news so regularly for the same reason Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are constantly in the news- people love to rubberneck. Its like watching a train wreck- its horrible to watch, but for some reason you can't take your eyes off it.
I LIKE PALIN!! She's a real person who has managed to achieve a lot without coming from a privileged family nor being an affirmative action baby. You elite snobs had better come to understand that a large part of America listens to what she says and agrees with her. Just like you dismissed Reagan as a stupid hawker of right wing drivel, who just happened to end the Cold War and started one of longest periods of good economic times in our history, you dismiss Palin's ideology at your peril. Just because you really, really want to believe that your opinions are right doesn't mean that they are right for me. I'll let you in on a little secret; modern liberal values are actually Protestant Christian values. Do a careful analysis! Rights are socially constructed (check von Glaserfeld) and our Western human rights came out of Christianity. Take God out of it and there is no basis for us telling any other nation that their people have basic human rights. Post Modernism is basically imposing our will, our values on other peoples. We have been successful at doing it because of US military power; the USA carried the biggest stick and forced other nations to mouth adherence to the premise that their citizens had a right to life, to food, etc. Like it or not, them's the facts. Palin wants us to continue that tradition. Do you?
what?
I agree with you, Rachel - it's sort of like listening to Sarah Palin: Lots of words, absolutely no coherence or intelligence.
'Them' is not the facts. 'Them' is an interpretation of history- one which I think many historians would argue against. Personally I think US Economic power has a lot more to do with it than Military power. How exactly you attribute that to God and Religion is beyond me, and what exactly that all has to do with Sarah Palin is even more beyond me. But as far as your comment that a large number of Americans care what she has to say I don't disagree. I just wish she actually had something to say beyond feel-goody quips and lofty non-specific rhetoric. Of course, being chronically non specific is one of the perks of not being in office and actually having to do something- which I guess is why she quit halfway through her only term as Governor.
Count me in on that: WHAT? sorry bud, you just did not make much sense. Modern liberal values? I thought you guys were ubber conservative, so which is it? Cause you are right on one front, true Christianity is about as liberal as it gets, you can do anything and be forgiven and receive the same reward as someone who has been near perfect all their lives (don't neo-cons hate it when those who did not work for something get it anyway?), the wonderful gift of forgiveness. It comands you to not treat those who are wealthy any better than those who are not (book of James, who was the Brother of Jesus), teaches us to give up our wealth and follow HIM (all of the New Testament), to forgive others as you wish to be forgiven (Lord's prayer), take care of the little children (Book of Mark), and the list could go on for a mile, but I think you get the idea. I'm a big beliver in all of these things, and I'm a Democrat - yep, I'm a Christian, I own a gun, I never had an abortion, and I'm a Democrat. And I VOTE!
Pretzel logic.
Unless you're Glenn Beck, in which case the "social justice" component of Christianity is what apparently makes it un-Christian.
Sarah Palin is the best.Her tweets keep me well informed about what righties will be talking about tomorrow.It's like a window into the future.And my crystal ball is telling me that....... Oh wait that crystal ball is full of talking points and one liners.
Rorschach, can you show me where in the Bible this supposed "social justice gospel" which the left and Rev. Wright is located. The Gospel has always been termed as the "method for acheiving heaven" So please tell me where the social gospel method of going to heaven is located in the Bible.
WTF? OK, two things:
Thank Goodness!
Beau, you can believe whatever you want. Since 75% of the American people think otherwise, they are entitled to believe what they want also.
Say Beau, The Declaration of Independence says we derive our "unalienable rights" are from God. But it sounds like you disagree. So who do our unalienable rights derive from? If they are bestowed on us, they have to come from somewhere. Since you are smarter than Thomas Jefferson, please answer this question.
Sorry Ray W. the Declaration of Independence say Creator and refers to Natures God. Freedom of religion means fredom from religion as well. Even Regan said religion should never be a factor in our government.
Ray - God does not necessarily equate with Christian. Christianity is based on the teachings of Christ. So God does not necessarily make this a Christian nation. And we are free to choose to believe in God or not. The acknowledgement of "a" god states that we are endowed with inalienable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Which means that there is a belief that there is a creator or beginning of the universe, as we know it, and that to personify that, we refer to "god". It does not mean that we are a "Christian nation". If that is true, then what about the Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Atheists, Agnostics. It just means all this had a beginning - God, whether we believe in him or not, whether there is one or not. That does not mean all who reside here are Christian, it never meant that, or they would have said that. And if all who reside here must be Christians, then why have freedom of religion in the First Amendment?