Fox News question of the day: Can Palin save her political career?
posted at 8:00 pm on April 10, 2009 by Allahpundit
At first I was surprised the Foxies would dare to ask, but then I remembered which network it was that went gaga over the anonymous sniping at her by Team Maverick.
Are we sure her career’s in trouble? Judging by the response to her appearance at that pro-life event in Indiana, the market for her has yet to soften:
Right to Life officials announced Thursday that, in addition to speaking to a sold-out crowd of 2,180 during the 6 p.m. banquet in The Centre’s Bill Brooks Exhibition Hall, Palin will appear before people paying $16 per ticket to watch a live broadcast feed in the building’s auditorium.
Right to Life officials had been working for weeks to confirm Palin’s appearance in the auditorium with theater seating, where 564 of an available 2,500 tickets have been sold.
Palin, the Republican Party’s 2008 nominee for vice president and a possible 2012 presidential candidate, will be accompanied by her husband, Todd Palin, and the couple’s baby son, Trig…
The organization announced the extra gathering when they learned Palin would join keynote speaker Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, at the sold-out banquet.
The peg for the FNC item is the ongoing freakification of her that I wrote about in the context of that Eminem video. The more tabloid nonsense washes in with the news tide, the more it erodes her credibility. (Latest chapter in the Levi/Palin feud: Sarahcuda insists that “over my dead body” would Johnston have been allowed to live with Bristol in their home.) Let’s try a patented Hot Air poll on this slow news night to see where you’re at on the question of career-saving. Option three is there mainly for our three lefty trolls. I’m more curious to see the split between options one and two. If you choose the latter, feel free to explain in the comments what you have in mind.
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Oh, Mercy!! Lawdy Lawdy, I’m just sooo hard on poor poor Sarah, expecting that she be prepared to discuss the Supreme Court when entering into an exclusive interview that she knew would be broadcast nationwide. /sarc
Bet your b**ls Obama and Biden were more than prepared, at a moment’s notice, to discuss disagreements they have had with the SCOTUS. Hell, I just gave you three cases above where I disagree with them, off the top of my head.
This ain’t the Wasilla city council, or even Anchorage. This is the big leagues, where you are prepared, at all times but esp. when giving an interview, or you get mocked for it.
She wasn’t prepared, and she was mocked, quite rightly. She gets a second chance next time around. She had best make the most of it.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Um, wasn’t Levi engaged to Bristol for 3 months or so? I just assumed they were living in the same house or hotel rooms together. Thats usually what engaged people do.
Speedwagon82 on April 10, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Unquestionably true. Obama has a multitude of possibilities loaded into the TOTUS and Biden memorized a ton of case names listening to FDR on TV.
Spirit of 1776 on April 10, 2009 at 9:36 PM
What is going to run on? Every day that goes by her political credentials get worse not better. She’ll have no major accomplishments in her years as Governor plus no better understanding of national issues, so what is she going to have?
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I’m curious, can you expand?
Her only stumblings have been at the guidance of the McCain camp. What am I missing?
Spirit of 1776 on April 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM
She was, uh, more, uh, prepared than, uh, her opponent, Barack, uh, Obama.
She had, uh, more, uh, experience than, uh, her opponent, Barack, uh, Obama.
Obama was, uh, treated, uh, with kid gloves. Yah, uh, Palin took, uh, a couple of, uh, thrashings, but she recovered. You betcha.
unclesmrgol on April 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I sure hope so. Surely they learned something in three years of law school. And I assume Biden has usually been awake during his tenure on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Erich66 on April 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Palin’s career is not anywhere near being as damaged (if at all) like the Left and the MSM would like people to believe.
I think she is doing just fine and she has a huge following.
CCRWM on April 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM
If some dopey punk knocked up and disrespected Reagan’s 17 year old daughter, he would have had the California State Troopers “accidentally” lose him in a tar pit.
Speedwagon82 on April 10, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Romney, Jindal or Sanford will be the nominee in 12.
therightwinger on April 10, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Put a fork in her, she’s done.
The real Palin Derangement Syndrome is believing that “What newspapers do you read?” is a gotcha question, and the notion that any ridicule towards someone who puts themself in the public spotlight is a vast left wing conspiracy.
bileduct on April 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Maybe Jindal as VP, but I’d be willing to bet a good sum of money that our candidate will be Sarah and she will win this time.
Romney’s done.
Sanford? Zzzzzzz. (Good guy, boring.)
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Yes, when that “ridicule” is based on lies, smears and innuendo and nothing more substantive than SNL skits and demeaning names like “Caribou Barbie.”
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Uh huh, and only the left does that, right?
bileduct on April 10, 2009 at 9:46 PM
That is not what Gov Palin said. Why did you change the connotation? she said the following:
“I know the truth about my family. I know details about whether Levi Johnston was allowed to live with my teenage daughter or not. By the way, it would be over my dead body that a kid would live with my teenage daughter,” Palin said.
CCRWM on April 10, 2009 at 9:49 PM
…except that this kind of slanderous behavior ONLY cuts one way…against Conservatives. Name the last high-profile Democrat candidate or politician, anywhere, who was subject to this kind of unsubstantiated gossip-level babbling from the media.
Hell, find a guilty one (like Dollar-Bill Jefferson) who was even outed by the MSM for real crimes.
There’s a reason the game is called “Guess which party?” whenever a Democrat is nailed for crimes and misdemeanors…
AUINSC on April 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Who knows. If she stays in the weeds, and events don’t drive her out, then she stays in the weeds. One consideration is world events. The actions of the Barry administration have to….have to….be causing despots around the world to have a lot of fun in ‘what-if’ planning. Hell, between Timmy and Holder, they might arm and equip Sarah all by themselves.
Limerick on April 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Name some names.
AUINSC on April 10, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Funny, I think I said she couldn’t say… and what do you know, she couldn’t say… or at least she didn’t say.
I can tell you, off the top of my head, I read the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and the Washington Post. Now, that really wasn’t that difficult.
But Sarah couldn’t even handle something that easy. Once again, the simplest explanation is she doesn’t read anything, at least not that regularly. Now, that is probably an incorrect assessment, but one that a helluva lot of voters came to.
It’s a term of art used in International Relations, referring to use of nation-level resources to attain foreign policy goals, which if you had ever studied, you wouldn’t have to ask about.
But since it is a duty to expose the ignorant to new concepts, try reading some Leslie Gelb, Steven Biddle, or Kevin Narizny. They give very good discussions of Grand Strategies, much better than I can.
Maybe the ‘Cuda should pick up their works also.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Actually, that’s right.
I’ve been a Republican and a Conservative for over 30 years and I haven’t known us to have to use anything but the truth and facts to ridicule the Left/Liberals/Democrats.
In fact, they(you) make it easy!
The added plus is that the Left really is hilariously ridiculous (Ask Ann Coulter: she’s made a fortune making fun of them as has Rush!) and they/you have no sense of humor.
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Tell you one thing…is she had anything to say, those pirates would be dead right now.
Not with this pussy.
LtE126 on April 10, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Wait, so now “over my dead body” is a problem, too?
What, not enough nuance?
Kensington on April 10, 2009 at 9:53 PM
You’re right I couldn’t agree more…
CCRWM on April 10, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Hear, hear!!
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Is Obama’s political career limited to this term because of his gross spending, corrupt appointments, inept world tour, and failed programs?
I hope so.
Right_of_Attila on April 10, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Fox News one,s the most trusted network for Consev.is now just another noise maker.Glenn Beck is about the only thing on that network worth watching.Even Hannity who has so many left wing and Liberal people on his show it,s not worth watching.Just try watching fox on the weekend one lib after another.So in short i don,t give a D*mm what they think.
thmcbb on April 10, 2009 at 9:57 PM
and add all the TOTUS screw-ups to Obama’s failing career.
Right_of_Attila on April 10, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I can’t believe you Leftoids are still trying to argue this silly “what media do you read?” question of Couric’s!
I read so much every day I couldn’t begin to tell you and I imagine that’s what S.P. had in mind…she’s so obviously bright and a fast learner, unlike our current President who has had to hide all. ALL. of his school records and coasted to the White House on the sheer worth of a degree from Harvard.
What has Obama been reading, either before or after his election, besides the teleprompter?
Hmmm?
I pray to God he picks up some of the same books you counsel Palin to read!
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Then how do you explain her not naming what newspapers she reads? Surely you can’t believe that she doesn’t read. She has written OP/ED’s for WSJ and NYT, as well as the ADN and Minneapolis Star Tribune.
You are drawing too many conclusions without getting all the facts.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Yeah that’s only going to fly in a general election. I find it hard to believe she’s going to get anywhere in the primary’s because she will be going against some tough competition and relying on her record just ain’t going to cut it because that ain’t looking all that good right now. She’ll also have to articulate a better understanding and details of international affairs, again just speaking in generalities ain’t going to cut it.
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?
Oh, and if by “recovered” you mean she lost and got kicked around so bad that even on conservative blogs her cred is still being questioned, then yes, she “recovered”.
You betcha.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 10:00 PM
How then, do you account for her increased favorability among independents, compared to Obama?
As I mentioned above, he only holds a 4 point advantage against her with independents.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Good. So you must have read her OP/ED then?
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM
She could read Dr. Suess for all I care. She’d still know better than to go on a world apology tour and bow to a Saudi dictator.
Erich66 on April 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM
We agree. She has to pull her own wagon. The base won’t get behind and push until she shows she can get the wagon moving.
Limerick on April 10, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Why do you think that Palin has to prove something in order to be elected president that Obama didn’t have to prove and that is now painfully obvious he is failing at? Is it becauwse Repubs are swimming upstream?
CCRWM on April 10, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I have always like Gov. Palin because I believe she has unique qualities of cutting through (excuse language) crap and getting to the heart of the problem. That said I have made a concerted attempt my entire life not to watch the parade of crazy people depicted on TV on shows from Oprah to Jerry Springer and I am having a problem with the Palin’s personal lives being plastered everywhere. I realize that a great deal of the blame lies with the media and what it chooses to concentrate on but it colors my view. Is she getting a fair shake, no of course not, but I would prefer she not be such as easy target.
Cindy Munford on April 10, 2009 at 10:03 PM
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Speaking of painfully obvious, you only have to hear the “historic” aspect of Mr. Obama’s election the first hundred times to know both the real reason he was elected and the sad lack of curiosity of his qualifications to be POTUS by the media.
Cindy Munford on April 10, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Joe Biden didn’t get mocked in the mainstream media or by comedians for claiming that when the depression hit, FDR went on television to reassure Americans. Surely, any middle school student in America would ask why the Vice-President of the United States and 35 year member of the Senate is so ignorant when it comes to 20th century history.
Do you think Palin would’ve gotten away with the Austrian language comment Obama made? Tina Fey would’ve reprised her SNL role for a couple of weeks just to mock Sarah’s Austrian dingbat comment.
How would’ve Palin faired if she had the same problems differentiating between England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom as Obama did during his England visit? Didn’t hear about that Obama moment of idiocy in the mainstream media either.
Christina_M on April 10, 2009 at 10:08 PM
That’s a popularity poll based on superficialities not on the way she actually governs. When people start to actually look at her performance as Governor in two years, she probably won’t be looking all that great.
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Wagon is running away without you buddy or did you not notice he overflow crowds at the RTL event? Allah did link to it.
kcarpenter on April 10, 2009 at 10:09 PM
You make some decent points, but this thing about the newspapers is so ridiculous and distorted that it weakens your point. Look at the video. Listen to how she responds. Further, listen to her recent explanations of her response.
She thought Couric was mocking her with the question. She, tthought, given the tone of the question, Couric’s question bbehind the question was “Can you read?” or “Do ya’ll get newspapers up there in the Klondike?” or some such insulting nonsense. Palin was pissed off by the question — this is clear to any impartial viewer and she literally felt the need to say that “Alaska isn’t a foreign country” to explain to Couric that just because she’s from Alaska it doesn’t mean that she’s in the dark about national current affairs. What really makes the obsession over, this ‘newspaper’ question so asinine is that when you really press those who keep citing it as evidence of Palin’s lack of intelligence, even they admit that yes, she probably does read newspapers even if they will only concede the Alaska ones. All the outrage over this is fake.
Robert_Paulson on April 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM
tell us about Matt Blunt again
considering you the expert on the records of Republican governors.
Lowandslow was asked for an example of his ideal “fiscal conservative” after he distorted Palin.
He then answers with “Matt Blunt,” who, according to lowandslow’s own “fiscal conservative” standards is worse than Palin!
LowandDumb is more like it.
joey24007 on April 10, 2009 at 10:11 PM
You know what the followup question would have been if Palin had played Couric’s game?
Let’s say Palin answered this way:
“I read Newsweek, Time, the Wall Street Journal to stay informed.”
Couric (pressing her fingertips together and trying to look smart): “I see. And so you think reading these magazines and a newspaper like the Journal keeps you informed enough way over here in Alaska, informed enough to be the Vice President of the United States?”
Besides, Couric had already outed herself with Palin as a dishonest questioner.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/09/24/couric-scolds-palin-great-depression-scare-which-couric-raised
Watch Couric bring up the topic, say the words ‘Great Depression’ first, to get Palin to say them, then jump McCain with this later that night by demanding to know if he thought it was a good idea for his running mate to be using ‘rhetoric’ like ‘Great Depression’ in the midst of this present crisis.
Slimy?
You bet.
Did she get away with it?
Of course she did.
Did Palin notice?
You betcha.
manofaiki on April 10, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Right. If someone thinks that not
being able to namenaming the newspapers you read is pure, 100% unadulterated amateur hour, you’re therefore a leftoid.Got it.
Wake up!! It’s not a gotcha question… it’s a softball, and she let it go through her (very attractive) legs. Amateur hour!!
I read the WSJ, the Economist, and the WaPo, every day/week. Really not tough.
What newspapers do you read Jen? Can you name them? I bet you can. Which, by all appearances, SP couldn’t, or at least didn’t.
Let me ask you, do you think Rudy Giuliani could name what papers he reads? I bet he could.
Fred Thompson? I bet he could.
Mitt Romney? I bet he could.
Barack Obama? I bet he could.
They all could, because they were all seasoned pros, with a good idea of who they are and what they want to do. not to mention, they answered questions a hundred times as hard a thousand different times.
Once again, that interview was amateur hour. To deny that is excuse-making the type of which has cost this party and this movement power.
Stop making excuses, and expect the hard questions, let alone the easy ones be answered.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I’m waiting you y’all to get over the speed bumps. I learned my lesson about cheerleading. It caused me to do what the left does, lie. The stink is still in the air around here.
Limerick on April 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM
What is her approval rating again? 60% – 65%?
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:14 PM
If she is toast the why are the Libs and MSM (same thing) spending so much time on her?
Dingbat63 on April 10, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Who here ever said that the questions in the Couric interview were hard? You are missing the point.
Palin’s problem was that she knew Couric was attacking her, not that the questions we’re difficult. Her only fault was underestimating the attack of the MSM.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I voted for the last option but I’m not a lefty troll. I’d love to see her president. But it’s not gonna happen. Moderates are just too shallow and I don’t see her changing to fit their disturbed ideas of how to pick a president.
Darth Executor on April 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM
No, you’re just ignorant.
Blake on April 10, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Oh Come On!!
If, during the campaign, Barack Obama was asked during a major one-on-one, what newspapers he read, what would you say? I’ve got a feeling that you would be screaming that the MSM was deliberately tossing him softballs.
And you know what? You’d be right!!
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I’m sure she has no problem with hard questions about policy. But asking someone 4 or 5 times to repeat their position on abortion is not “hard.” It is an attack by the interviewer to elicit an inconsistency or radical view. Couric failed in that regard, but succeeded in rattling Palin to the point where her emotions took over. That was Sarah’s only fault, IMHO.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:19 PM
In terms of the national security threshold, I think that literally, because she’s a woman, voters will harbour, perhaps unspoken, doubts about her ability to command the military and make national security decisions. It’s baked into the anthropological cake of how people view women political leaders differently from male political leaders, regardless of party. If you have girl parts, people tend to tthink you’ve got less of an instinct for violence than if you have male parts. Gov. Palin’s got to disprove it. Given that she’s an active hunter and she’s got family in the active duty military, she’ll do fine.
In terms of the “I will fight for you” piece, well, Obama conned enough people into believing that he would represent them that exit polls showed people thought he’d do a better job on the economy than Sen. McCain. Obama’s active destruction of the economy will disabuse most voters of the notion that he shares their interests, but Palin’s going to have to due her part to convince enough of the rest that she’s better for their wallets and families than Obama is.
Robert_Paulson on April 10, 2009 at 10:19 PM
It’s worth remembering that every Republican is an idiot, fool, charlatan or somesuch. That’s pretty much axiomatic among those who control the narrative.
She’ll get another chance because the Left is so busy screwing the pooch that people will be looking for alternatives. But when the moment comes, she needs to be ready. She wasn’t the last time and she’s been paying the price for it.
Mr. D on April 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM
You are right. And that is a strength of Obama’s, is that he doesn’t get rattled, at least not on the campaign trail. Lets see how another 6 months in charge treat him.
How many conservative journalists did he interview with? O’Reilly was the closest thing.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Doug, that is a fair point.
But once again, this isn’t Class A ball… this is The Show. If the MSM is going to attack you (and as GOPers, we should know they will), you damned well better not put the knife in their hands.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM
And therein lies the difference between you and other people. You prefer people who sound intelligent, while I and others, prefer people who are intelligent and are experienced in governing and have the results to show that they do.
Blake on April 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM
I changed nothing. I merely blockquoted from the material in the blog thread.
MB4 on April 10, 2009 at 10:22 PM
They also didn’t ask him multiple times what his position was on abortion in one interview, or insult his hometown.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:22 PM
And I fully admit that that was her fault, and she admits it too.
You think she won’t be better prepared the second time around? Assuming you aren’t a liberal troll, at least open up your mind to her.
Mitt Romney isn’t my guy, but if he’s the nominee in 2012 he’ll have my support 100%. I like Palin but I keep an open mind about lots of these guys and will give them all a chance.
Reagan commanded us to not speak ill off other Republicans, and I chose to live by it.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:25 PM
What results? What has Palin done as a Governor that warrants any praise?
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM
What was amateur hour was Obama’s entire campaign, especially that carried on by the MSM on his behalf and guess what? Amateur is what we’ve got in the White House, while Sarah Palin has effectively been running the state of Alaska.
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM
It’s pretty hysterical that people still care about that “what do you read” question by Couric and Palin’s answer. Obama went to law school and has written two books. I bet he could discuss existentialism for hours. Wouldn’t change the fact that he thinks talking to the Mullahs, amnesty, tripling the national debt, and total nuclear disarmament are good ideas.
Erich66 on April 10, 2009 at 10:28 PM
How many times have we explained this to you?
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Nope…that wasn’t the ‘thrust’ of that interview at all…but you know that. Be a little more clever with your bad faith arguments next time, that way we don’t see you coming.
AUINSC on April 10, 2009 at 10:29 PM
You’ve never explained anything. What are her accomplishments? I can’t think of any worth bragging about.
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Who are you kidding?
Of course, it was a gotcha question!
(Could Katie have been a bigger b*tch?)
As to teh Fred & Romney, the drive by media would never ask a MAN this question and they’d certainly never ask the “brilliant” NObama this question!
You wake up and GET REAL.
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 10:31 PM
That’s because you’re a Moby/troll and you don’t want to think of any.
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I could write a book tonight and have it “published”. And, I don’t think going to law school is a great honor. But, I agree with the point you are making.
Dingbat63 on April 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM
And how many times has this been explained to you by other posters?
ACES, ethics reform, reduction of state budget in consecutive fiscal years…?
If you are hoping that she will be lacking in accomplishments, you better hope she doesn’t get the AGIA done.
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:33 PM
And you are the Governor of where?
Dingbat63 on April 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM
I don’t consider it a great honor either…and I went.
Erich66 on April 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Just to let everybody know Gov. Palin gave a 30 min. presser today and answered all the question. She did this with out a teleprop,notes,etc. Go to C4P if you want to see a real presser.
Clyde5445 on April 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM
The American Thinker has made a serious argument that Bill Ayers wrote Dreams from my Father.
Betcha he couldn’t.
As a Magic Negro and community organizer, reading books on this subject like Kierkegaard’s wasn’t a big priority.
This part of your post I like.
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 10:35 PM
No that’s because there are none, something cultist like you refuse to accept. Why do you people even hang around political blogs? You obviously don’t give a damn about the issues facing our nation, it’s just a sporting event for people like you. You just happen to choose a Republican to cheer for. There is nothing and I mean nothing in the way Palin governs that demands the kind of loyalty and support you give her.
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Just because she has some family drama her political career is over? That’s misguided…
zembla on April 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I was being a bit facetious. I was recalling a David Brooks article where he slobbered all over Obama for being so well-read. Well, so what…he still needs a teleprompter to explain what’s going on.
Erich66 on April 10, 2009 at 10:39 PM
If that’s really the way she took it, then she should stop smoking the Mantanuska Valley Thunderf**k before an interview. (BTW, I say that with all the respect for both Gov. Palin and the MVT I can muster, which is considerable.)
Let’s face it… put aside the paranoia about an unfriendly press (and yes they are unfriendly, but just because they are out to get you doesn’t mean you’re not paranoid), and at the bottom of it, it was a softball question. You can, in fact, get a perspective on someone’s worldview by whether they read the NYT, as opposed to the WSJ. That should be the easiest question in the world to answer, and she flubbed it.
I can only speak for myself on this question. But personally, it has never been a question of her intelligence. She strikes me at least as intelligent as Reagan was, and I think that’s a fair yardstick.
Rather, the newspaper question, along with the Bush Doctrine question (which was far more slanted and unfair than the newspaper question), the Court cases question (which is far more insightful than the newspaper question), and others demonstrated, IMHO, an appalling lack of experience and , on some level, a lack of intellectual curiosity. Once again, that may be unfair, but I am hardly alone in that opinion, and some who bring up those questions have sterling conservative credentials.
Now, I think she can overcome those challenges, because she is bright enough, ambitious enough, and goshdarnit, people like her. (Barf) But to blame it all on an unfriendly media is the type of excuse making that loses elections.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 10:40 PM
She’s gaining contrarian support: I started off pretty much laughing at her, and now can’t wait to vote for her in 2012, really. I am not alone on this.
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deesine on April 10, 2009 at 10:41 PM
A massive corporate tax increase.
What ethics reform?
An absolute lie, she did not reduce the state budget, she massively increased it which is why Alaska is now facing huge deficits.
She won’t get AGIA done, it’s over already, everyone knows it but her and her supporters.
Does it may you feel good to lie about her record? How is that going to fly in the primary’s? You don’t think Jindal or Romney know her actual record?
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Man you can tell the trolls have gone from tin foil hat to pyramid power. Just let us know when the mother ship shows up so we can say good-bye and good ridings.
Clyde5445 on April 10, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Yeah, her political career is far from over. Underestimate her at your own risk. She strikes a chord with millions of us and she did it in a very short time. My respect and loyalty to Palin grows each time I read something about her or see her speak.
It seems that there a many people who are engage in wishful thanking fueled by fear.
She’s not going anywhere, except the White House.
carbon_footprint on April 10, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Because they still want to punish her for the crime of having a uterus and not being a liberal. Its really that simple.
Speedwagon82 on April 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Look people, we need to start holding the Office of President in much higher regard than we have been doing……
Ronald Reagan was the last president who conducted his affairs with some sense of regard for our rights and freedom……
Since Bush Sr., we have allowed the most unworthy, dishonest criminals into the highest office of the land and we are reaping its benefits………
Sara Palin seems like a nice lady, has a good head on her shoulders, is smart, possesses the ability to rally people to a cause but does not have what it takes to be president. Who cares if she can get elected, she shouldn’t be there!!!!
We need someone who wants to fundamentally limit the federal government’s power and re-introduce it to a document called The Constitution.
Constitution1st on April 10, 2009 at 10:47 PM
No one’s really blaming the unfriendly or unfair media. What’s unfair is to base someone’s viability based on a couple of interviews in a campaign that was not her own. That is more idiotic than any answer Palin ever gave any interviewer.
And please, enough with the term “intellectual curiosity”. We haven’t had an intellectual in the White House since Wilson, and he wasn’t an unqualified success.
ddrintn on April 10, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- the “based”. Anyway, you know what I mean.
ddrintn on April 10, 2009 at 10:49 PM
It was a point and a half tax increase, and was in line with the Alaska constitution
http://gov.state.ak.us/archive-43280.html
Wrong. 10% in 2009 and then 7% in 2010.
Based on?
doug1981 on April 10, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I recommend the following if you want to get some interest in the GOP. Have a debate with Gingrich, Palin and Limbaugh about the issues and recommended solutions.
Should put to rest the notion that Palin is a heavyweight and finally put Rush up against someone who can shut him down. For Palin the contrast would be devastating and prove once and for all how unprepared she is, for Rush the lack of solutions would be telling.
Gingrich should shoot for 2012 and make this his first step.
Bradky on April 10, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Yeah that’s only going to fly in a general election. I find
Didn’t work for Presidente Pinnochio the affirmative action presidente?
Sarah is a real live person not a lying, pandering pol. A reformer not afraid to take on corruption no matter which party it belongs to.
This might be a trait sorely needed and much sought after, after the current crop of lying crooks steal what little is left of Americans retirement and enslave their children and granchildren to multi-trillion dollar deficits through payoffs to their rich fiends and lazy non-workers. After they confiscate American banks and industries to further their Spreading of the wealth America may be ready for a reformer who will restore our freedoms as individuals and right to work for the American dream without 1/2 of the fruits of our labor being confiscated to pay for abortions and other favored social programs.
Sarah may want to forget the RINO besot Republican Party and run as an independent reformer under a Conservative party where no corrupt tax dodging career pols need apply.
dhunter on April 10, 2009 at 10:51 PM
This is from today.
So she’s going to accept the Federal money to replace state money in her state budget, a budget she allowed to increase far beyond the normal growth needed. How do Palin supporters explain that?
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:54 PM
The assassination of Palin’s political career is the modus operandi of the liberal press.
If you allow them to kill her career – they’ll move their template of destruction on to the next Conservative that raises his or her head. We need to get it through our thick skulls that we aren’t in a battle of ideas – we’re in a fight for our rights against a government and a news media that is bent on ensuring we stay disenfranchised for eternity.
My advice – is to rally this woman – no matter what you feel about her. Fight against the smears – make her more popular – give dollars to her PAC and legal defense fund (when it comes online). Let the left know that the more they ping our folks – the more we like them.
I think we sent a very positive message when they tried to destroy Rush Limbaugh. His audience expanded by an order of magnitude. Palin has no radio audience – what she has is a PAC – and if that PAC fills up with money – it really shows the MSM she’s a force and we aren’t buying their baloney.
Give whatever you can give – it’s the only way to send a message. She has to report the earnings on the PAC and we want people to be absolutely STUNNED when they see the numbers.
Folk – she hasn’t given up on us – she’s still in there fighting – don’t let her down.
HondaV65 on April 10, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I don’t read newspapers because they are all liberal rags here in CA and because I read blogs like HA. Ace, C4P, MM, Brietbart, Drudge, Freerepublic etc… Where I can get the truth not lib talking points…
CCRWM on April 10, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Nor, I might add, have we expected presidents to be intellectuals. Until Palin came on the scene, apparently.
Whatever answers she gave in those interviews, she would have been condemned for them. If she rattled off the names of any number of newspapers, or brought up Roe v Wade (which was the point of the Supreme Court question, a plain old “gotcha” that Palin recognized), or came across as generally oh-so-smooth-and-polished, it would have been chalked up to excellent coaching.
Did any interviewer ask alleged constitutional scholar Obama the Supreme Court question?
ddrintn on April 10, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Couldn’t disagree more; they were all unfair questions and I assume with some degree of certainty that Sarah wasn’t allowed to know the questions beforehand as Captain Teleprompter is…
The Bush Doctrine question was totally outrageous and obviously the MSM would have expected no less than a complete disavowal of Bush policies.
Krauthammer, who coined the original concept of the Bush Doctrine, avowed that there are at least 4 definitions of the term “Bush Doctrine!”
Charlie Gibson set her up: complete gotcha.
At that point in our political history, anything with the name Bush on it was anathema to the public.
As to the court case question, I found that just bizarre–Nobody asked NObama or Hair Plugs Biden this question and they’re both lawyers and legislators while Sarah has to administrate the Law as a Governor.
While Plugs and Ogabe weren’t asked this question, they’ve taken plenty of gratuitous digs at Justices Clarence Thomas and Scalia!
I ignored the interviews completely!
*My* Sarah was the one at the RNC Convention and the VP Debate and she kicked b*tt!
Why not blame them when they’re responsible?
And Sarah didn’t lose–John McCain did, but not by much, as has been pointed out on another thread.
In fact, many of us believe Palin carried his weight on the ticket as it was.
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 10:55 PM
The one problem with that is, her fiscal policies have not been conservative at all.
lowandslow on April 10, 2009 at 10:55 PM
She certainly had a problem with the “Bush Doctrine” question.
Now I’ll grant you that was a horribly slanted question, not to mention Gibson flailed it worse than SP did. But she should have been able to outline the various parts of what I think is fair to call the Bush Doctrine ( state collaborators suffering the same fate as terrorists, preemptive strikes, using force to spread democracy, etc.) She didn’t.
No, I think she’ll both be far better prepared, and she’ll be able to play her own game. I’m completely open to her… but I still think she should read up on the material I suggested to prepare herself.
I think there is a difference between constructive criticism, and speaking ill of. I think everything I’ve pointed out about SP’s performance has been fair, from a political standpoint. her performance was not well received last time around, and for us to simply bleat about an unfair MSM isn’t going to do us any good. The MSM is always going to favor the Dems… that’s why we must be all that much sharper. And the only way we get sharper is to recognize the mistakes we made last time around.
JohnGalt23 on April 10, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Pffft. And I remember that Biden was going to clean the floor with her. She’s as prepared as any other possible candidate, and more so.
ddrintn on April 10, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Are you high?
Both Rush and/or Sarah would kick Newt’s ass!
Rush loves Palin, BTW–did you know that?
Jenfidel on April 10, 2009 at 10:58 PM
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