How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?
Have you heard the rumor?
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will announce her decision this week regarding whether or not she will seek the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. Problem is, she tweeted, nobody told her.
No matter. With Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Texas Governor Rick Perry surging in the polls — as Palin remains comfortably ensconced in a strong second place — it feels right.
But it must be an excruciating decision — less than three short years after she splashed onto the national stage when she accepted Senator John McCain’s nomination to be his running mate on the 2008 GOP presidential ticket.
Of course, it was a great first impression, after which she was soon engulfed in a swell of bad press, starting with “Trooper-gate,” suggesting she was too green to fill the shoes of vice president, which was confirmed as the campaign progressed.
You see, being a VP nominee is akin to sitting in that carnival contraption where, if someone hits the bull’s eye, you’re dunked in water.
Sarah Palin didn’t take kindly to being dunked in water. She tangled with the staff of McCain-Palin ’08 because she was being treated poorly, which surely she was — not understanding that’s par for the VP course.
On the positive side of the ledger: Palin was/is a star on the stump, electrifying an audience like nobody’s business.
Now, along comes Steve Bannon’s remarkable feature-length documentary film, The Undefeated, which hits the reset button on Sarah Palin — and also hits AMC Theaters on July 15.
Washington Post’s Phil Rucker — like me, invited to a private screening — told Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word that it’s “professionally done” and shows how truly accomplished Palin was as governor of Alaska, at one point registering 80% approval; albeit, he noted, the film has “not a single dissenting voice.”
It’s a stunning, Reaganesque portrait. What she accomplished in 18 months as governor of Alaska, most notably on the energy front, is testament to her political and policy understanding and skill — and her forbearance.
I, for one, would prefer to see Sarah sit this one out — she’s a more effective fund-raiser than candidate.
BTW: assuming that is a real ‘Newsweek’ cover, isn’t it sad to see a former icon of newsweeklies relegated to a shill for the Democratic Party?
Yes, it is real. If I remember right, they stole the picture from Runner’s World. They used it without the photographer’s permission. Could they not have used a photo of Palin from the campaign trail, maybe the ones with the gorgeous duds? Nope. Had to go with inappropriate. Leftist rag.
It’s actually a very gross photo. First of all, she disrespects the flag. Secondly she’s wearing hose. No runner in the entire world wears hose, unless they’re trying to conceal ugly cellulite. I’m sure that’s what the old hag is trying to do.
Anonymus, ignoramus, leftoidus, CRETINUS. You leftists are, obviously, the ones who always show respect to the American flag. If anyone is showing a genuine respect and love to America and her flag it is certainly SARAH PALIN.
And concerning her, as you write “hose”, she is probably milion times fitter than the revolting blob of leftoid fermenting excrements like yourself.
And yes, SHE IS A RUNNER. A LONG DISTANCE RUNNER. SHE RUNS!
Worse the CoverePhotographs has some photoshop elements.
Bogdan, I love you dude! Thank God some of our cousins in Australia still have common sense and clear eyes!
Shift the subject. Ignore the facts. Name call. (via Herman Cain) Thanks for the reminding us how liberals operate.
Wow. That’s harsh. Is that really necessary? And, regarding her alleged disrespect of the flag….do you feel that strongly about people burning it in protest, or about Bill Ayers standing on it? Just curious….
“albeit, he noted, the film has “not a single dissenting voice.”
Why should it? The dissenting voices are all over the media every day and on almost every network, and from the GOP establishment, with nary a mention of her positives. Even your own article can’t mention her positives without immediately going to her supposed negatives.
“The only problem is Sarah Palin — a wild thing in desperate need of corralling”
Really? Interesting. I suppose it would be better that she stay home, barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen too.
“— has the tendency to hit the reset button back to negative impressions.”
Well…says you. Did you happen to notice that since she’s been surging in the polls (Ipsos and the Economist latest polls show her ahead of everyone else), she’s been dropped? Take a look at what Dick Morris has been saying about her, and the reason her name has been dropped from GOP polling. Basically, it’s: If we don’t poll her, she doesn’t exist. Sounds like she’s making a pretty positive impression to me.
“If only she had not quit the governorship eleven months later. If only she had continued building her impressive governing credentials, starting a legal defense fund to deal with those pesky and frivolous ethics complaints.”
If only you’d actually been paying attention. She was sued for using funds from a legal defense fund set up to deal with the frivolous ethics complaints you say she should have just ignored.
Really easy to sit on the sidelines and direct, ain’t it?
very well said AF Vet. and spot on,
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If only you’d actually been paying attention. She was sued for using funds from a legal defense fund set up to deal with the frivolous ethics complaints you say she should have just ignored.
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Repeatedly sued. Apparently AK law didn’t have anything prohibiting repeated lawsuits on the same subject, so leftists were spamming the AK government with lawsuits on the same blasted thing, and threatening to completely shut down the AK legal system.
That’s the sort of people we are dealing with here: folk who will happily destroy a state and everyone in it, just to get at Sara Palin.
1. A dissenting voice would show some blemishes, and make it more real. But, Steve Bannon wanted to give a flattering portrait. And, fair enough. We all like to see ourselves in the best light.
“albeit, he noted, the film has “not a single dissenting voice.”
Why should it? The dissenting voices are all over the media every day and on almost every network, and from the GOP establishment, with nary a mention of her positives. Even your own article can’t mention her positives without immediately going to her supposed negatives.
2. No, it would not be better to see her barefoot and pregnant. But, if she wants to be president, she needs to evidence more gravitas – the kind she showed when she was Governor of Alaska.
“The only problem is Sarah Palin — a wild thing in desperate need of corralling”
Really? Interesting. I suppose it would be better that she stay home, barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen too.
3. The latest Rasmussen poll shows her rating for the first time slipping to negligible numbers. Bachmann, in the high teens, has taken her voters, it seems.
“— has the tendency to hit the reset button back to negative impressions.”
Well…says you. Did you happen to notice that since she’s been surging in the polls (Ipsos and the Economist latest polls show her ahead of everyone else), she’s been dropped? Take a look at what Dick Morris has been saying about her, and the reason her name has been dropped from GOP polling. Basically, it’s: If we don’t poll her, she doesn’t exist. Sounds like she’s making a pretty positive impression to me.
4. A legal defense fund is an officeholders’s right. And, yes, it was a little more difficult to assert this right. But, it would have shown character to have done so, even if was a little more difficult. And, you’re quite wrong if you think Mary Claire Kendall is sitting on the sidelines. Far from it.
“If only she had not quit the governorship eleven months later. If only she had continued building her impressive governing credentials, starting a legal defense fund to deal with those pesky and frivolous ethics complaints.”
If only you’d actually been paying attention. She was sued for using funds from a legal defense fund set up to deal with the frivolous ethics complaints you say she should have just ignored.
Really easy to sit on the sidelines and direct, ain’t it?
Totally agree w/ AF Vet & morning above, Palin doesn’t need any direction from all those condescending pseudo-elite pundits…when was the last time they were Governor of Alaska achieving great promise on no ones coattails? Here’s my review of a rough-cut of Undefeated I saw earlier this week:
Saw the undefeated in a 68 seat screening room in NY this wk & saw a fearless executive in action. Getting things done for Sarah is more important than playing politics. Interesting was her mayorship in Wasilla were she is pure substance, creating infrastructure, roads, sewers the stuff that attracts business…it’s all about incentives, not taxing or regulating. She’s all about implementing her conservative commonsense ideas which are totally applicable on a macro level, as well…like getting our national economy back on track.
Also interesting, is the fact that the jurisdictional authority of Alaska’s governorship is great, greater than the more populace CA, this made Sara very powerful as the CEO of Alaska who was very willing to use her veto pen & be held accountable, a novel idea, over 25,000 state employees. She takes on the entrenched back-room big boys of Alaska & comes off as a real crusader against corruption not only in her own party but also among the domineering oil kings who she forced to develop oil they were sitting on.
Bannon, left me a bit confused about why Sara was so unpopular in her state among both parties after she returned from the McCain defeat, was it bc/ she lost? He brings up all the ethics complaints that led to her resigning the governorship, but doesn’t emphasize her selfless commitment campaigning to turn around the House & Repub governorships in 2010…she didn’t just sit on her laurels after she resigned.
The movie shows how important energy is to Alaska’s lifeline by literally showing the bigness of it all…big pipes, big machinery, massive land masses for development, rich oil men…all this is good for showing Palin as a force to be reckoned w/ on the national level, as one who will indeed drill baby drill & face down a putsy, girly Obama. The best part of the movie is when Sara is talking…at the 2008 convention, in Wisconsin, a bit during her governorship…wish there was more of that…she just has the IT factor…pure charisma.
Bannon is a great, articulate spokesman for the film. The film is good ammunition to take back the narrative from the MSM & show us a smart, hard working, fearless, gutsy, patriotic, Mr. Smith goes to Washington type of LEADER that is heads above all the other candidates running for 2012. She’s Obama’s antithesis & can win.
What gets me is when talking heads (and writers) say how Palin “electrifies an audience like nobody’s business”, when she hops on a motorcyle to ride alongside 200k adoring bikers, when she takes off on a bus with a frantically trailing media trying to keep up while millions of people across the country are cheering her on, when they say Palin draws a crowd unlike any declared candidate – and then they say, but, no one is going to vote for her, she’s “unelectable”. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t waste my time tracking someone like that if I didn’t like them or wouldn’t vote for them. And the “poor treatment” she received as VP candidate – and continues to receive – is not “par for the VP course”. Making jokes about her Down Syndrome baby, drawing ugly pictures of him, accusing her daughter of being the true mother of the baby, and yucking it up about the prospects of her pre-teen daughter being raped is way over the top.
Sarah is not a problem.
Obama is the problem.
Carl,
Sara is not the problem, the media is the problem.
As long as her detractors have carte blanc to savage even her children, with one teenager joked to be ‘knocked up” by a ball player, and her down syndrome child “should have aborted” (what other female political figure has been subject to this kind of abuse by the mainstream media??) we are all in serious trouble.
Because, like it or not, is still they that,at least for now, set the national tone. Alternative media like PJM and Tea partyers are still in response mode, as Mark Twain said, getting our “truth shoes” on while the MS media lies are already halfway around the world…
I have no problem with her as president, but I still believe the hate and vitriol directed against her is still too “mainstream acceptable” right now. For every good American who is really concerned with the truth, there are two or three absolute morons, lefty hipsters, guilty white liberals, welfare recipients, government Union Bums, race grievence hucksters, and “dead people/illegal aliens” out there.
Alot of them may not love Obama, but they definitely HATE Sara enough to doom our chances with her.
I with that wasnt true, but I’m afraid it is.
If you thought she got a raw deal last time, just wait.
They hated Ronald Reagain the same way.
They trashed the ‘Doddering old fool’ and ‘Has Been Actor’ with no less abandon.
But because he 1) ignored all the good advice given him by the Campaign Experts, and 2) talked directly to the American People, he was able to overcome a 3 way (print, video and audio) Media Monopoly and win the presidency anyway.
Let’s review, Ronald Reagan -The John Bircher- was in Desperate Need of Corraling and constantly hit the Reset Button on his Negatives, but he won anyway in an environment less condusive to a conservative victory than today.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
Guess Conventional Wisdom is NOT so conventional after all.
The problem with Sarah is that almosteveryone, even those that know the MSM tries to destroy what threatens them, is that many are believing what the MSM says about her. Even on teh right, they’re believing it, even though they know better. She did a marvelous job as governor, and the left blasted her with frivolous lawsuits that would have costed the taxpayers of Alaska a boatload of money to defen, so she took the next viable alternative and resigned, knowing that the governor was going to follow in her footsteps, leaving Alaska still in good hands.
We also know that any interviews shown by the MSM was docotred to make her look stupid.
The part that gets me most is when people say she is unqualified for the job, yet her experience dwarfs Obama’s experience to date, and he’s been pretending to be president for 2 1/2 years.
Root and Bob, I agree with you both 100%. There are too many independents and dumb Republicans out there that believe the media. That’s why they are so effective. I think at this time she would lose because of the media. She needs to run for congress first to establish credentials. After all, anyone is smarter than Reid, Frank or Pelosi, but they are considered having “experience”. It’s the only way to get the media off her back.
BUT REAGAN WAS NOT A WOMAN.
Unfortunately, as we have seen, people will savage a woman in ways they never do a man.
As much as I loathe Hillary Clinton, I was shocked and appalled by the blatant misogyny when she was running for the Dem nomination, from both right and left.
And it’s much, much WORSE against Sarah, because, unlike Hillary, Sarah is conservative, Christian, pro-life, pretty, and happily married — so she occupies THREE feared/despised groups, along with two categories that make other women insanely jealous.
It totally sucks, but we have to deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it were. That’s what makes us conservatives instead of rainbow-unicorn, wish-upon-a-star, hope’n'change, idiotic leftists.
We are in big trouble. We have a media who has declared war on the United States and are trying to substitute a code of “political Correctness” for our constitution and laws.
Backmann or Palin either will stop them and they know it.
BRAO BRAVO Root 83. so very well said and so very true. especialy the part about so many STUPID IDIOTS out there lapping up every morsel of bull shit the LAME VERY LEFT STREEM MEDIA pumps out,also you must remember these are the same STUPID IDIOTS who thought a COMMUNITY ORGANISOR was such a brilliant leader. as Herman Cain said HOW IS THAT WORKING,
I disagree. The media won’t make it any harder than they’ve already made it on her. The worst is over. There’s nothing left for them to dig up. She’s the most thoroughly vetted person in the public eye today. They have no ammunition left for her, and this makes them furious. Besides that, I’ll never NOT vote for someone that the left doesn’t want me to vote for. Why would I want to vote for someone they like?
Whoever wrote the blurb needs to read this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question
Amen. I’m sick of that instance of false erudition.
Thank you! I was going to post the same thing! Like someone calling the US a ‘democracy’, or writing ‘loose’ when they mean ‘lose’: irritating!
Two points:
“If only she had continued building her impressive governing credentials,…”
And how was she supposed to do that, since her administration was being paralyzed by an unending series of frivolous complaints, each of which required hundreds of man-hours of response from state officials, none of which could be ignored or dismissed as frivolous, and the expenses of which had to be paid by her — all per Alaska ethics law? I really want to know how you think she could have continued building a governing record in that situation.
“…starting a legal defense fund to deal with those pesky and frivolous ethics complaints.”
As pointed out above, she had. It, too, became the target of an ethics complaint. That was the origin of SarahPac.
I do agree that even great leaders need a great chief-of-staff to help with organization and focus. I don’t recall his name, but Palin did just that a few months ago, hiring Michael Glassner: http://is.gd/qJdQzS
Rather than “if onlys,” I think she’s doing fine.
Phineas you are letting the truth get in the way of their LIES. and you know the left lame streem media doesn’t like that,
“She keeps resetting herself to negative”? She does? Exactly when has she done that? She has gone to Hong Kong, Israel, and India, and has been warmly received. She has hammered Obama on many issues when other Republicans have remained docile. Her “gaffes” have all turned out to be correct. It was the Media which was ignorant, of course.
She has done nothing wrong in all this time. She has those two bad ambush interviews early on, and that’s it. From then on, she has performed admirably. She resigned as Governor. She had to, for her own sake, and for AK’s sake. She could have just gone away, but she instead went national. I do not fault her for “quitting”. It was the right thing to do. (She did not quit, anyway. She got promoted. She went from provincial governor to national powerhouse.)
There has not been one single misstep. Not one real gaffe, except maybe ‘refudiate’, which is a great word! Hardly a gaffe. Along the way, she has made a ton of money, and helped get a lot of good folks elected. Remember “Death Panels”? That was the beginning of the end for ObamaCare. It has yet to end, but that was the beginning of it. Was that Romney’s line? Duh, of course not. We are better off for what Palin has done.
And you blame her?!? You might as well blame the woman for being raped. The media attack on Palin has been nothing less than reputation rape. It has not been character assassination, because that is over and done with quickly. This is an ongoing rape of the public image of a truly good woman. You are blaming the victim. She’s the one making herself look bad? Please.
There has not been one single misstep. Not one real gaffe, except maybe ‘refudiate’, which is a great word! Hardly a gaffe.
The “refudiate” example reminds me of a moment from my late teens. One of my friends, who liked to tinker with things, had found a circuit in a magazine that inspired him to make a small modification to his car. The circuit caused his heating system to defog his windows when it was foggy outside and to defrost them when there was ice on them. In other words, it was a combination defogger/defroster. He found that an unwieldy term and he shortened it to “defrogger”. I find it convenient too so I’ve used it ever since.
Now, I don’t really now if he was simply employing his sharp wit and had carefully calculated that this was the optimum term for this circuit or if he simply misspoke and inadvertently coined a great hybrid term; I’ve never asked him. But knowing him, I strongly suspect the former explanation is true, not the latter.
I make the same assumption about Palin: she simply coined a clever combination of “refute” and “repudiate”. But if I’m wrong, so what? If a single misspoken word is the worst that you can say about someone, there really isn’t too much wrong with them. I defy you to find me any human being who has not made a similar mistake themselves at one point or another.
I defy you to find me any human being who has not made a similar mistake themselves at one point or another.
After having made a thorough search of all 57 states, I can’t find a single one.
Sarah is one of the few shining lights of freedom left to save America from itself.
Even if it was a misspeak on Sarah’s part, it’s certainly no worse than any of the following, except the media gives these geniuses a free ride:
http://www.hootervillegazette.com/dumbdemocrats.html
DEMOCRAT EMAIL SUPPORT OF PALIN: You have carved your name into AK history!
The above contains my analysis of Palin’s emails for Democrats who supported her efforts as Governor. There were many. The most heartening aspect of preparing this post was how kind my fellow Democrats could be, and how appreciative they were of solid leadership and honest governance — regardless of party. I would like this post to be a reference for counter-arguments to the false assertion “Democrats won’t vote for Palin”. Yes they will — here is the proof.
I also have a note about the Democratic CA State Controller, who docked our legislators’ pay for turning in a false and horrendous budget. I would like to encourage my fellow Californians to send him a few kind words, too.
It strikes me as unhinged to compare Sarah Palin to Betty Hutton. There is absolutely no evidence that Sarah Palin shares anything in her character with the tragic figure of Betty Hutton… If Sarah Palin has shown anything, it is a grace and heroic solidness in the face of withering cross fire from her enemies (and her supposed friends as well – exemplified by this snarky PJM article). Such a comparison is a devious and perverted slander posing as a tribute. Sarah Palin is no risk of losing herself down some rabbit hole. Few public figures exhibit a similar knowledge of self, even while acknowledging theres a lot she still needs to learn.
I’d take Sarah Palin on her worst day over Barack Obama at his penultimate best. She is a patriot who loves America – and would strive to do well for the nation she served … Barrack Hussein Obama is a charlatan, a cynical, self-serving, anti-American criminal who has damaged this nation grievously.
You’d be surprised how different the personal reality is from what you see “on stage”… And the talent is every bit as overwhelming in both cases…
But, yes, the two diverge greatly because Betty Hutton had much more difficult circumstances growing up, making her rise all the more remarkable…
Where there is a similarity is she was guided very poorly when she tore up her Paramount contract and walked… at the very peak of her career… e.g., on the cover of Time… then her life spiraled down…
But, far from a tragic end, Betty Hutton turned her life around in a remarkable way, as I write in my piece “Being Beautiful Betty.”
The fact that Hutton is known for “Annie Get Your Gun” and her personality mirrors that character, as does Sarah Palin’s, was the reason I emphasized Hutton… but, yes, there are other even better comparisons…
What’s the problem with Sarah Palin? Nothing, absoutely nothing. Its all a concocted persona by the Marxist Media Megaphone. They recognized early on that Sarah could be a star, with Reaganesque qualities. Stupid Juan McLame sent her to do an interview with Miss Katie. They did four hours and were left to cut however they wanted. So they chose the clip when Sarah was irritated by the question about what she read. That segment is forever burned into people’e memory. Since then, it has been a non-stop assault on the woman. They trashed her kids, especially Trigg. They spread rumors about Bristol as the mother of Trigg. Saturday night with Tina Fey did a number on Sarah as the dimwit. They tried to pin the shooting on Sarah. Its all so contrived and pathetic. These people have no morals, ethics, or scruples. I for one, will never, ever vote for another Democrat again. They have become the hard left. I think of them as Hugo Chavezes of the North.
you are spot on Pattymor. I too can never again vote for a damned democrat. I HATE DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS,
I would like to see her perform as Sec of Interior, perhaps starting at Dept of Energy in a conservative administration with a mandate to clean house and jumpstart energy production. That would build her credentials like nothin else. And, just for fun, imagine John Bolton as Sec of State and Allen West as Sec of Defense. Better buy stock in Depends, if that trio is ever announced. they will be flying off the shelves in the liberal bastions..
I’d like to see us get rid of the Dept. of Energy (Dept. of Education, EPA, etc). I wouldn’t mind at all seeing her as President…. sure beats the occupant in the Oval Office now.
AMEN to all of that Garrettc. it would be a formideble cabinet.
Why does she need someone to shape her?
Where’s your editor to shape you?
With nearly forty years in the writing biz, I would have red penciled…well, actually most of it and sent it back for a rewrite. Tighten it up for starters
“You see”? What the heck is that phrase doing in there?
That “carnival contraption” is called a dunking booth.
An important thought piece on a powerful political figure shouldn’t require the reader to edit it as they read. Once they do, the focus and attention is lost and the piece becomes unimportant.
Everyone needs shaping and directing… But, why the critical, meanspiritedness? So at variance with the spirit of Reagan… of course, the irony is, a key player thought this was a “brilliant” piece, stylistically suited to the venue…
A Tale of Two Gaffes;
Barack Obama says “Hirohit comming down to sign the instruments of Surrender with McAurther…”
And we here?
Crickets chirping.
followed by, “Well he was tired.”
followed by, “He has so much to do”
followed by Crickets Chirping agian.
Sarah Palin says, “He who warned the British they aren’t going to be taking our arms away…”
What do we hear?
What a dork, Revere didn’t warn the British
Oh, I guess Paul Rever was a bell ringer now?
She needs to read a history book
What? She Got it Right? He did warn the British when he was captured, there were beells ringing and shots fired?
Well, she was just lucky.
And she didn’t say it clearly anyway.
Yeah, Sarah’s a problem all right.
Anonymous,you could end up eatn’ those word’s my friend .
The better question would be “how do you solve a problem like an immoral media with a poor education, herd mentality, and sub-normal intelligence?
yes if only sarah hadn’t been forced out of alaska at threat of her family financial ruin.
yes if only sarah hadn’t had to prop up lame maccain the rino of rinos and the repub collective.
yes if only sarah didn’t have a large family to raise and nurture.
yes if only sarah didn’t have to answer to God and country before the repub party.
yes if only sarah didn’t have to herd all the cats of alaska into doing the right things for the state.
yes if only sarah didn’t have to take all the heat for all the repubs and fledgling tea party candidates while the big whig repubs sat back and wasted all their money on rinos in ca, etc.
yes if only sarah didn’t have to spend every minute puncturing pundits in the lame stream media.
yes if only, yes if only, yes if only….
*god bless you, sarah palin.* thank you for everything you’ve done. thanks for fighting the rinos and “conservative” press. thanks for fighting the statist/leftists. thanks for being a voice in the wilderness for the tea party, while keeping one foot in the repub party to try to save it (that one you may lose in the end, sarah, we’ll see, but it looks very bad).
and yes, thank you for running for president. the more conservatives we have running the better our chances, contrary to pundit opinion.
I gave money to the McCain campaign on the day he announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. I found her inspiring and her treatment by the media to be grossly unfair.
That said, Sarah Palin is a problem. She does give the appearance of thinking on her toes, and I don’t like hanging on the edge of my seat hoping she winds up making a point, which if you hang with it, she does. Her voice is also annoying. The mainstream media paints this as being shallow intellectually and inexperienced. True or not, it has a basis in a weakness that will continue to be exploited and most people have made up their minds about her.
I doubt she has the wherewithal to convert those with a poor opinion of her, or to prevent those voters who are barely paying attention from dismissing her in favor of the popular guy. With her as the opponent, I see the vote as polarizing between the cool, hip Obama and the caricature painted by the media, however ardent her supporters and cries that it isn’t fair. That’s a problem I wish we didn’t have.
That’s pretty pathetico from you Erico.
So you have already given up and surrendered to the leftoid propaganda?
So you aren’t ready and willing to give Sarah a chance?
It took almost fourty years of fighting the communists before I could call myself a FREE MAN and you are backing off because the ever lying leftoid, comuno-fascist propaganda has convinced you and the ignorant herd of the likes of you that Sarah is a damaged goods?
What about the idea of fighting back and winning?
Perhaps the loosers like you, indeed, don’t deserve to walk as free men.
Amen Bogdan, and the losers and naysayers you refer to are legion. They polute and try to destroy anything good that lies in their path. Ignore them, run Sarah, go Mitt. May the last one standing be the next president of the United States.
Very well said Bogdan,
I find it interesting when people start off saying how much they LOVE Sarah, didn’t support McCain at all until she showed up…and then they proceed to trash her. So, you’re going to cave in to the mainstream media and embrace their way of thinking about Palin because they tell you to?
So, yeah, let’s choose a president based on the sound of his/her voice. That’s a real good way to measure intelligence. Guess you think that Southern-talking Hailey Barber is a real dunce, based on his drawl, huh? He’s one of the most connected men in politics today. And, gee, Sarah has that funny way of speaking, the way she puts her words together. Ever hear that the greatest presidents use plain talk in their speeches? This is an important and crucial talent. A president cannot lead the people if they use words and language that those people cannot understand or relate to. I have read the ideal level of a presidential speech is at around an 8th grade level. So, real smart and successful presidents know to dumb it down.
Oh and BTW, Obama is still seen as cool and hip only by blacks and die-hard liberals. Everyone else has pretty much had it with him. Sarah will have no problem beating him.
I find it interesting when people start off saying how much they LOVE Sarah, didn’t support McCain at all until she showed up…and then they proceed to trash her. So, you’re going to cave in to the mainstream media and embrace their way of thinking about Palin because they tell you to?
So, yeah, let’s choose a president based on the sound of his/her voice. That’s a real good way to measure intelligence. Guess you think that Southern-talking Hailey Barber is a real dunce, based on his drawl, huh? He’s one of the most connected men in politics today. And, gee, Sarah has that funny way of speaking, the way she puts her words together. Ever hear that the greatest presidents use plain talk in their speeches? This is an important and crucial talent. A president cannot lead the people if they use words and language that those people cannot understand or relate to. I have read the ideal level of a presidential speech is at around an 8th grade level. So, real smart and successful presidents know to dumb it down.
Oh and BTW, Obama is still seen as cool and hip only by blacks and die-hard liberals. Everyone else has pretty much had it with him. Sarah will have no problem beating him.
Palin’s “problem”, as I see it, is two-fold.
First, as the Vice Presidential nominee on the GOP ticket, she was clearly more qualified as President (on her record) than Barack Obama at the top of the Democrat ticket; since the media had for the most part already anointed Obama as its Affirmative Action Messiah, they absolutely could not abide having a successful female opposing him, and so set out to destroy her (a mission that continues to this day).
Second, while she connects well with “average” people, she doesn’t always play by the political establishment’s rules, so some figures on the right oppose her because they (IMO) don’t want to lose their standing in the world of crony politics.
When she was tapped as the VP candidate, I liked her but wasn’t crazy about her; I would have preferred someone who had completed at least one full term as governor, but even so she had more executive experience than anyone else on the two tickets, and had put her time as governor to good use. As time went on, I saw the despicable treatment she was given, while the media was encouraging everyone to perform oral sex on Obama just like they themselves were doing.
This is so lame, Mary Claire! Another article from a purported expert telling Sarah Palin what she ought to do! Her political instincts are light years beyond yours, MC.
And Garettc, exactly what credentials does she need to build?
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
“Citizenship in a Republic,”
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
Mary Claire has written a very insightful piece – “brilliant” acccording to a very key player – that shows she’s got great political instints. Denigrating her will do nothing to shore up your candidate’s prospects – prospects, which, in fact, she is trying to enhance – if only Sarah Palin will listen. I’m betting she will.
Dear Readers Digest,
Even though you denigrate me – over and over again – I offer you only the best… and a little Reagan humor to perhaps improve your spirits… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39dGQmBEww …
All the Best,
Morning in America
NOBODY BEATS ØBAMA BUT PALIN.
I have absolutely nothing against Bachmann, but I think that Krauthammer’s enthusiasm for her is because she isn’t Palin.
Personally? I believe behind a lot of this is simple, good old fashioned sexism. Both Palin and Bachmann look like ‘girlz’, and as George Will said in one of those tv confabs, “imagine if she (Palin) had her finger on The Nuclear Button”. (How many marriages has that man had anyway???)
Sarah Palin is not a hippie. Those not old enough to know exactly what a hippie is are stuck with a lifetime of assumptions that what is “hippie” is normal for the nation, rather than a freak attack from the 60s that’s now so “normal” it seems sort of … not exactly evil.
Palin is not any kind of hippie, and thus is so strange to many that she seems, rather than an ordinary American, like a dinosaur. That works for kids and pot-smokers and idiots and “sophisticates” who follow every fad; but for adults who’ve lived a while it’s just more hippie bushwah. Palin is America. Yes, Real America, not some cheap fluorescent-paint poster papering over reality. Hippies are plastic; Palin is the real thing.
It’s funny, I’d be a lot more comfortable with Palin’s finger on “The Nuclear Button” (there is no button, Will.) than Obama’s. I know Palin loves her family. I know Palin loves her country. Obama? I’m not so sure.
Nothing beats having someone who is true to their principles, and who has clear and good principles.
That is what resonates with the electorate and that is what swept Ronald Reagan to the presidency.
I can only say: Go Sarah, and don’t let them fudge your clarity of vision.
God bless you, Ma’am.
What to say. . . . I think Sarah is an honorable patriotic woman. . . . I am just not sure she is ready to be President, though. I could definitely see her in a conservative cabinet, but a numbnuts like Romney would never appoint her. I am just not sure who I would vote for as of yet ( other than not Romney) Maybe Cain/Palin? or West/Palin ?
“If only she had not quit the governorship eleven months later.”
Why on earth would that have been a positive either for her, Alaska, or the country?
I trust Sarah Palin, I voted for Sarah, not McCain. If Sarah is the nominee I will vote for her. If we get Perry, Christie in this year, wish she would wait until 2016. The democrats have created so much hate for her because she is a woman of faith, family, looks and common sense.
The Democrats (and MSM in general) have created so much hate (and ridicule and contempt, etc) for her because they know she is a threat. A real threat who can defeat them.
It’s happened to them before, that ghastly thing called, The Truth, and they sure don’t want anything like that vaporising their lies and deceit.
Their house is a house of cards, their economy is a giant Ponzi scheme.
Perish the thought that people might see it for what it is.
Nothing clings to survival with quite the desperation of the policies failure.
Here’s how you increase her credibility–appoint her Secretary of Energy in the next Republican administration (Perry-Bachmann). She’ll open up the oil resources for responsible harvesting–drive gas to under $1, and drive up her popularity into the stratosphere.
That’s if the president has the brass to support her as Energy Secretary and not shy away should she make some of his pals unhappy.
She’ll have the GoP’s old guard hollering.
Isn’t it interesting how Sarah Palin is such a problem for so many women.
Did you read this article? If you had, you would realize it’s very positive and complementary of Sarah Palin…
I meant to say the article is “complimentary” of Sarah Palin… but, “complementary” is a good word, too, since Mary Claire Kendall seems like just the kind of person – level-headed, with solid political instincts – who could help lead Sarah Palin out of “rogue territory”…
As a wise woman said, when denigrated, “consider the source”… again, let me offer you only the best, Reader’s Digest, and a little Reagan humor to free your spirit of negative attitudes… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39dGQmBEww
That’s because women are perceptive… and this is a perceptive piece that shows how Sarah Palin can realize her great potential… to say she’s 100% perfect – the very incarnation of Ronald Reagan – is just not true… and, unfair to Sarah Palin…
What’s far more interesting is how many men fall all over themselves when it comes to Sarah Palin in spite of objective flaws that give many Americans – men and women – great pause vis-a-vis her presidential aspirations…
But this author has done a great service in highlighting Steve Bannon’s fine film about Sarah Palin’s tremendous achievements as Govenor of Alaska and what she can do, once and for all, to hit the reset button on that quality of leadership, and Americans’ perceptions that she can again rise to that level…
Sarah Palin will be our next president.
But she is not running!
Surely will!
That’s because women are perceptive… and this is a perceptive piece that shows how Sarah Palin can realize her great potential… to say she’s 100% perfect – the very incarnation of Ronald Reagan – is just not true… and, unfair to Sarah Palin…
What’s far more interesting is how many men fall all over themselves when it comes to Sarah Palin in spite of objective flaws that give many Americans – men and women – great pause vis-a-vis her presidential aspirations…
But this author has done a great service in highlighting Steve Bannon’s fine film about Sarah Palin’s tremendous achievements as Govenor of Alaska and what she can do, once and for all, to hit the reset button on that quality of leadership, and Americans’ perceptions that she can again rise to that level…
What a catty little piece by this whoever the Hell is “Mary Claire Kendall.” An almost perfect projection, it would seem, of that poor person’s inadequacies.
United States of America’s President & Armed-Forces Commander-In-Chief-Elect Sarah Louise Ronald Wilson Reagan Heath Palin needs neither lectures nor lessons from any room-temperature-IQ inky wretch – from any dopey Dana Perino wannabe.
Would that “key insider” be you, or Mary Claire Kendall herself? Whether you agree with the sentiments expressed or not, this was definitely not a piece of great writing. You come across as a groupie, if not an alias for Mary.
Of course not… and, you may not think it was great writing, but “key insider” did…
Anonymous was me, “Morning in America.”
But, what I would like to know is why the mean-spiritedness? Why cut someone down who has tried to write an honest piece, that is, in fact, very positive?
And, just to be clear, “key insider,” to whom I refer, has read many of Mary Claire Kendall’s writings and it was on that basis that he said she was a “great writer.” And, he said, this is a “brilliant” piece.
This insider finances conservative films, and knows quality writing when he sees it.
Mean-spiritedness? Pathetic. Again & again.
Why your meanspiritedness? You don’t help your candidate’s cause one bit by such a base display.
This piece, which you call “catty” and “little” was considered “brilliant” and very helpful by a key insider who has worked very diligently to get the truth out about Sarah Palin.
As for your characterization of Mary Claire Kendall as a “poor person” and this piece “an almost perfect projection” of “her inadequacies,” I can assure you, you speak from a great deal of ignorance.
Finally, calling Mary Claire Kendall an “inky wretch” only reflects on you. Far from being an “inky wretch,” Mary Claire Kendall is a fine woman and a true patriot, who has sacrificed greatly to put principle before expediency.
Pathétique! (Pardon my French.)
You do your candidate no favors, Readers Digest.
To seek to destroy one woman, to avenge what you perceive as the destruction of your candidate, is the height of hypocrisy.
Plus, the fact that you are still commenting on this piece reveals who you are… get back into the vineyards in a more constructive way.
And Patty Murray, one of at least a half dozen “Democratic” potty senators who has never won an election, is a Big Brain when compared to the street-agitator thug that pretends to the “presidency.”
And while talking of comparisons, wonder why we got so damned unlucky with our charismatic narcissist. Germany had one of those, too — but at least Germany’s had made Corporal on his own merits, could hang paper. And directed his very worst activities at other people’s countries!
Ours, meanwhile, couldn’t manage a night-shift at a 7-Eleven, a day-shift in a small-town cab — or a sexual encounter for a whore on an aircraft carrier. And is America’s and Judeo-Christian/Wester/Human Civilization’s very worst enemy! Ever.
Readers Digest is out of line in sprinkling the comments with the word “pathetic,” directed at one person… The guidelines specifically say: “Disagree, but avoid ad hominem attacks.” “Pathetic” is ad hominem.
Go and tell Daddy.
Also look up the definition of “bitching”; then ponder whether or not such a notion might apply to what some ladies write. Ain’t it pathetic?
(-OK, that was me. Readers Digest, at your service.)
If Sarah Palin runs in 2012, and I hope she does, she will definitely win. Sarah is the best.
Morning, when you and Mary Claire have accomplishments to match those of Mrs. Palin, it might be appropriate for her to listen to your advice. Meanwhile, it’s just carping.
What Mary Claire has accomplished would make your head spin. As Booker T. Washington wrote, “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”
Furthermore, what she wrote was very affirmative of Sarah Palin – deemed “brilliant” by a “key player” who has worked very hard to communicate the truth about Sarah Palin.
Mary, Gov. Palin is no problem !!!!
“What she accomplished in 18 months as governor of Alaska, most notably on the energy front, is testament to her political and policy understanding and skill — and her forbearance.”
That sure sounds like Gov. Palin, but we must be discussing some OTHER Sarah Palin, because she was my governor from December, 2006 until July, 2009. I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I’m pretty sure that is longer than 18 months…
The film highlights the 18 months, from 2007 to her nomination for VP in 2008, and it was during those 18 months that she had extraordinary achievements…
Hey people, relax! I can’t see any bad feelings from the author against Sarah, this is M.C. Kendall, ok, not Myra Adams.
I can see, however, the author tried to use some sarcasm (e.g. “a problem like Sarah” when we all know Sarah is not a problem for us, but for leftoid moonbats)… and sarcasm in a writting is really tricky, or you are really good at it, or you will fail completely; and in my view that’s why the author is getting some attacks here.
1.- the author is actually trying to help Palin by giving some advice, maybe the advice is not good, but that’s all of it.
2.- I can’t see any trace of bias against Sarah in the older posts by Kendall.
It’s not like you see a bad advice from Myra Adams, and then you know exactly why she is giving such a bad advice; I think this is not the case. Of course, I can be wrong too, I’ve not searched articles by Kendall online, only here in PJM.
Of course, all summed up, this is not the best article I’ve read; but let’s not crucify the author and let’s not be groupies either.
The point about needing direction is strongly supported by the fact that Sarah Palin did not take Roger Ailes’ advice when he urged her to not post that FaceBook video to respond to the vicious attacks on her in the wake of the shooting of Cong. Gabby Giffords.
Roger Ailes was right. It was after that posting that Sarah Palin began to lose momentum.
As for the title of the piece, it’s not sarcastic, but rather very obviously a take off on the song, “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?” in the Academy Award winning musical “Sound of Music.” Maria was, of course, not a problem – once she got and took solid direction. But, before that, she was a very big problem.
And, no, Mary Claire Kendall has never written anything negative about Sarah Palin. That’s not her style. She’s very affirmative in her writing.
Pathetic. And harping on it, no end.
Readers Digest, You do your candidate no favors.
Perusing the comments from Sarah Palin’s “supporters” to this article, I’m stunned to see how nasty they are. With “supporters” like this, who needs enemies.
I agree with X – the lone positive comment – the article was not negative. And, I’ll take it a step further: it was OBVIOUSLY written to be helpful and, in fact, the writer is spot on! Sarah Palin would do much better if she would get and take the right direction.
Romney + Huntsman, that’s the ticket. Advised by Gingrich. Nice people all, and capable. Or perhaps Rove should be the advisor to keep things steady.
You obviously miss the entire point of this piece…
The thing is every image, every statement in the movie is true. No one questions that is true. Since it is true Gov. Palin is proved to be an effective, savvy executive of outstanding accomplishment. Since in this rare case truth is favorable to the leader the truth is undiminished. It is not flattery to simply state the facts. Anyone out there claiming anything in the movie is not true? I didn’t think so. To borrow a phrase Gov. Palin needs a seasoned adviser to coach her on “gravitas” as much as a fish needs a bicycle to get around.
If Gov. Palin’s leadership doesn’t meet our standard for what is good about America we deserve our fate.
The film only presented the positive facts about Sarah Palin… no mention of Troopergate, why quitting the governorship was such folly, and all the silly things she’s done since then to try and stay in the spotlight, which is her choice, but not very presidential…
If all the great presidents needed advisors – e.g., Lyn Nofziger helped mold Reagan’s public, indeed, she seeks the presidency, surely needs a solid advisor… But, then maybe she doesn’t really aspire to the presidency… time will tell.
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If all the great presidents needed advisors – e.g., Lyn Nofziger helped mold Ronald Reagan’s public image since the early days of his California governorship – then Sarah Palin surely needs a solid advisor – if, indeed, she seeks the presidency… But, then maybe she doesn’t really aspire to the presidency… time will tell.
Sarah Palin will go down in history with one memorable legacy. She will always be remembered for creating an environment of “US” versus “THEM”. America’s environment is more divisive and polarize now more so than ever. We have Sarah Palin to thank for this. She is the ultimate demagogue that no one in history could surpass. Let it be known, a Sarah Palin’s future for America will be a poisonous future. A house divided will ultimately fall but a house united can always conquer all.
Sarah Palin is a cult leader like David Koresh with dangerous aspirations to divide a nation and create fear, hatred, and anger. She has mesmerized many that are uneducated and has been able to capture their full loyalty as everyone can see in some of these posts. She is able to draw the deepest and darkest emotions out of the fringe that we have not seen in politics for quite some time. She seems to enjoy being able to draw these dark and raw emotions out of people. This is very, very dangerous and unhealthy for our country. Her ascension in politics will be America’s downfall. For the good of America, this lady must be shunned and ignored.
Forget Sarah: Gov. Rick Perry, Next Leftist Target
Jay Leno and Dave Letterman either haven’t received the DNC memo with their instructions on their Rick Perry ridiculing/talking points or the Democrats haven’t yet decided how and when to draw their long knives to begin the deconstruction of the Texas governor.
Leno and Letterman barely hit the stage every night before they go on the attack against one or more of the announced and un-announced Republican candidates for president. Letterman is vacationing this week but his arch-enemy Leno is taking up the slack. On Wednesday, The Chin managed to get in no less than five “jokes” about the Republicans, two of them on Michelle Bachmann.
All the yuks are intended in good fun. of course. They joke about Obama, as well–pointing out the imbecilities of Joe Biden, who probably won’t even be on the Obama ticket next year, as if those funnies offer a cloak of even-handedness.
What a joke!
Governor Perry is so far relatively immune from the hilarity, which is surprising.
Other Obama media are taking potshots at the conservative Perry, the Huffington Post among them. For example, HuffPo calls him “Bush Two,” tipping the leftist hand’s anticipated approach to a Perry candidacy, linking him with the much-reviled former president in an obvious intent of tarring and feathering Perry with GWB’s tar and feathers.
That tactic may backfire since many polls indicate Bush 43 is now more popular than Obama One.
In an article on HumanEvents.com titled, “Gov. Rick Perry: The Candidate Obama Would Fear the Most,” Dr. Merrill Matthews, resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, speculates that, “Perry is the only one who can devastate virtually any Obama claim . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=4981