Comments on: Protecting Sarah Palin; Keep Her Far, Far, Far Away from Washington http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: drothgery http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-126 drothgery Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:04:32 +0000 #comment-126 <p>... isn't to get them to like her, or to get publicity, or even to get them to stop calling her a hick from Wasilla. It's that those kind of attacks are a lot less potent when the people making them don't really beleive them.</p> … isn’t to get them to like her, or to get publicity, or even to get them to stop calling her a hick from Wasilla. It’s that those kind of attacks are a lot less potent when the people making them don’t really beleive them.

]]> By: paulag1955 http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-125 paulag1955 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:31:09 +0000 #comment-125 <p>She needs to avoid like the plague anyone who has been touched by any hint of scandal so if she chooses to fundraise for specific candidates, she should pick them very, very carefully.</p> <p>She needs to stay cleaner than Mr. Clean. </p> She needs to avoid like the plague anyone who has been touched by any hint of scandal so if she chooses to fundraise for specific candidates, she should pick them very, very carefully.

She needs to stay cleaner than Mr. Clean.

]]> By: Achance http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-124 Achance Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:43:33 +0000 #comment-124 <p>The McClatchey-owned Anchorage Daily News is a left-wing rag as is the Morris-owned Juneau Empire. The AP here is very hostile to Republicans generally and her specifically, though their Juneau reporter was "dating" one of Gov. Palin's aides. He seems to have been relegated to the Outer Darkness since she came to National prominence. The other papers in the State have only very local circulation. Thank God we're far enough away that little national newsprint comes here because it is so late. That said, Alaska is very wired, so most anybody can read the NYT or WaPo online in real time if they are so inclined.</p> The McClatchey-owned Anchorage Daily News is a left-wing rag as is the Morris-owned Juneau Empire. The AP here is very hostile to Republicans generally and her specifically, though their Juneau reporter was “dating” one of Gov. Palin’s aides. He seems to have been relegated to the Outer Darkness since she came to National prominence. The other papers in the State have only very local circulation. Thank God we’re far enough away that little national newsprint comes here because it is so late. That said, Alaska is very wired, so most anybody can read the NYT or WaPo online in real time if they are so inclined.

]]> By: itrytobenice http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-123 itrytobenice Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:09:46 +0000 #comment-123 <p>of the beltway, but under no circumstances should Sarah Palin go into those alligator waters until she is the President of the United States.</p> of the beltway, but under no circumstances should Sarah Palin go into those alligator waters until she is the President of the United States.

]]> By: itrytobenice http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-122 itrytobenice Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:47:25 +0000 #comment-122 <p>They don't deserve the ratings, and she could walk in on water and talk like William Buckley and they'd still call her the Hillbilly from Wasilla. Their biases will not be moved.</p> <p>But Greta Van Susteren, Megyn Kelly, Laura Ingraham, Shawn Hannity, Rush, O'Reilly, and probably some others could use the ratings boost and she'd still get the air time.</p> <p>The dinosaur media would have to address what she said, even if she wouldn't say it to their Obamatrons.</p> They don’t deserve the ratings, and she could walk in on water and talk like William Buckley and they’d still call her the Hillbilly from Wasilla. Their biases will not be moved.

But Greta Van Susteren, Megyn Kelly, Laura Ingraham, Shawn Hannity, Rush, O’Reilly, and probably some others could use the ratings boost and she’d still get the air time.

The dinosaur media would have to address what she said, even if she wouldn’t say it to their Obamatrons.

]]> By: drothgery http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-121 drothgery Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:39:53 +0000 #comment-121 <p>Going into the primaries, everyone thought George H. Bush's re-election would be a sure thing. So Clinton had almost no competition for the nomination. Then along came Ross Perot and the typical media-driven fake recession at the end of Republican's term, and we got Bill Clinton in the White House.</p> <p>The point being that if she thinks she's ready in 2012, and wants to run, she should run. There's no guarantee 2016 will be a better opportunity, and unless Obama has governed far to the right of his campaign and his history in lower offices (which seems unlikely), conceding the White House to him in 2012 seems like a bad idea.</p> Going into the primaries, everyone thought George H. Bush’s re-election would be a sure thing. So Clinton had almost no competition for the nomination. Then along came Ross Perot and the typical media-driven fake recession at the end of Republican’s term, and we got Bill Clinton in the White House.

The point being that if she thinks she’s ready in 2012, and wants to run, she should run. There’s no guarantee 2016 will be a better opportunity, and unless Obama has governed far to the right of his campaign and his history in lower offices (which seems unlikely), conceding the White House to him in 2012 seems like a bad idea.

]]> By: Mushy_MiddleGuy http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-120 Mushy_MiddleGuy Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:28:04 +0000 #comment-120 <p>Obama is still popular in 2012? Should she run and face a potential loss, or wait and run in 2016, when she'll still be a young 52 and have had 2 full-terms as Governor?</p> Obama is still popular in 2012? Should she run and face a potential loss, or wait and run in 2016, when she’ll still be a young 52 and have had 2 full-terms as Governor?

]]> By: SteveLA http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-119 SteveLA Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:20:24 +0000 #comment-119 <p>S_Y</p> <p>Well that's one way to keep real scrutiny away from Governor Palin's abilities and what her stance is on all the issues, keep a low profile in Alaska. Somehow I don't think that's what she has in mind and somehow I don't think now that she's been on the "big stage" the MSM is going to let her.</p> <p>Far as being in the Senate, heck I'd like to see that. I'd like to see her stance on Pork Barrel politics if she takes over for one of the Kings of Pork, Uncle Ted. In the campaign Governor Palin seemed to not be a fan of "the other white meat", did I mishear that? I might have. </p> S_Y

Well that’s one way to keep real scrutiny away from Governor Palin’s abilities and what her stance is on all the issues, keep a low profile in Alaska. Somehow I don’t think that’s what she has in mind and somehow I don’t think now that she’s been on the “big stage” the MSM is going to let her.

Far as being in the Senate, heck I’d like to see that. I’d like to see her stance on Pork Barrel politics if she takes over for one of the Kings of Pork, Uncle Ted. In the campaign Governor Palin seemed to not be a fan of “the other white meat”, did I mishear that? I might have.

]]> By: drothgery http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/11/09/protecting-sarah-palin-keep-her-far-far-fa/#comment-118 drothgery Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:16:59 +0000 #comment-118 <p>If she wants to leave open the option of running for president in 2012, it would probably be a good idea to use her celebrity to help Republicans raise money (and build up some IOUs from down-ticket types). Yes, it's a conventional politician thing to do, but it's a good thing to do, too. It helps the party, and the more mid-level staffer types that know and like her, the better.</p> <p>And no matter how annoying the Sunday morning talk shows are, she should probably take a crack at them at some point. Yes, they're pretty much hostile to her, but getting the big media to take her seriously would be useful.</p> If she wants to leave open the option of running for president in 2012, it would probably be a good idea to use her celebrity to help Republicans raise money (and build up some IOUs from down-ticket types). Yes, it’s a conventional politician thing to do, but it’s a good thing to do, too. It helps the party, and the more mid-level staffer types that know and like her, the better.

And no matter how annoying the Sunday morning talk shows are, she should probably take a crack at them at some point. Yes, they’re pretty much hostile to her, but getting the big media to take her seriously would be useful.

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