Sarah Palin has often used the term "lamestream media". It is her form of a caustic opinion of how the media functions. However, Palin does use the traditional media to deliver a message. In an interview with Barbara Walters, Palin states that she believes that she can beat Barack Obama, if she ran for the presidency:
She is reluctant to answer many questions from the media. Instead, Palin would rather communicate via social media and selected venues, such as her role as a political commentator through Fox news.
Ms Palin is critical of the media in not fulfilling its role:
"... We know that Obama wasn’t vetted through the campaign, and now some things are coming home to roost, if you will, with his experience and his associations. And that ultimately harms our republic, when a candidate isn’t vetted by the media, that cornerstone of our democracy..."
link: Fox News: Alan Colmes
It seems highly disingenuous to use the media in a deliberate manner including avoiding questions and then criticize those news outlets for not fulfilling its role.
Catherine Forsythe
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stop the advance of the 451s
rated with hugs
~R
Now that would be a disaster.
Sarah strikes me as the latter!
Amen Sistah
Nancy Pelosi, i had hoped for some moderation in the Democrats to
offset the Tea Party reactionism in the Republican camp ... rated ...
lew
Sarah = can't govern, but will ...
If she gets the nod and runs as McCandidate it will make for great comedy.
If she wins, I will sell everything I own and move to Costa Rica.
Palin's unfamiliarity with the activities on her show prove conclusively she is NOT out-doorsy, not a nature girl- she looks like a marketing exec at an Outward Bound sales pep-talk rally.
Her ass I won't discuss but if you are a surfer and used to beauty she is far from it. Ms. Forsythe is far more attractive.
But the real truth was broadcast during a taped break when Fox "journalists" including two iron lady repubs, who probably are jealous of Palin's looks considering they radiate ugliness, letting loose with the facts ... must see tee vee!
What is it that the media sees in this person???
What is irritating is the hypocrisy progressives will never admit to. You have a problem with the term “lamestream media”, do you have a problem with the term “Teabaggers”? You have no problem calling people derogatory terms as long as they do not come back at you. This was a big reason for the progressive defeat. They under estimated the fight in the People.
You say “She is reluctant to answer many questions from the media. Instead, Palin would rather communicate via social media and selected venues, such as her role as a political commentator through Fox news.”
This sounds like Obama and his administration during the 2008 campaign. He was refusing to have town hall meetings and only using media and questioning that was acceptable to him. As a matter of fact, after Obama is in office, he tried to censor a news organization such as Fox. The problem was he did not expect the other news organizations to back Fox, probably because they saw they could be next. The same thing was happening, on a miniature scale in OS.
You have to admit that both sides use these political maneuvers. If you are unwilling to see that progressives act this way, then you have no right to call out Republicans. The only thing you are showing is your blindness to the Truth and progressive hypocrisy. Research the media and their interviews of Obama and his administration, and then tell me if they were just as fair as interviews with the conservatives. Fox news has the best ratings for some reason; otherwise millions would not be watching them.
Democrats, in their re-election of Pelosi and Reid, have shown they have returned right back to their old agenda and have not learned anything. They blame their losses on jobs. Gee, that is what they should have been concerned with from the beginning, instead of their healthcare agenda getting pushed through. The billions of dollars in bail outs started by Bush and accelerated by Obama is now going to cause huge tax increases. The excuse of not being able to afford the Bush tax cuts is not a viable one. We could afford it if Obama, Reid and Pelosi did not go on a huge spending spree, spending trillions of dollars. The smart move would be to turn toward the center, but progressive arrogance is what will lead you guys into extinction.
Now, is the chance of a lifetime to come together, but the progressive agenda and arrogance will not let that happen.
Also, what else could she say???? Of course she said she could beat him. She's a liar.
Mao Zedong would look very good, and I lived there.... R.
She has two years to introduce herself more. She should probably write another book, about what she wants to do with the office.
I will take my lessons from Saddam Hussein's press secretary and pretend to believe everything I say each and every day.
I will be the only person in the country having a grand ole' time.
Perhaps she will go too far soon and that will be good. Then we can be rid of her presence.
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2. Sarah Palin, like many conservatives, profits immensely from being underestimated. Many conservatives actually try to look stupid, just so the "liberal media" attacks them for lacking brains. This causes the masses to rush to their defense. Look at how W came across in interviews prior to his White House run and afterwards. Its almost as if he was cultivating a hokey, bumpking persona on purpose.
3. Nobody thought Reagan could win, either. They called him a senile old man, and an actor, and wondered what, if anything, he could do politically.
4. Hitler and Mussolinni were both heavily underestimated by the Establishment in their respective countries and were called ignorant, anti-intellectual, trashy foolish idiots. But they won and the Establishment didn't get a chance for a "do-over." I'm not saying Palin is a fascist, but I'm saying that one should NEVER underestimate one's foes.
5. The US underestimated North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, but was still fought to a stand-still regardless. Again, Palin is not the VC, but one should always assume that one's enemies are of the utmost dangerousness and proceed to destroy them thoroughly.
Do not underestimate her. The left mocks her at their own peril. She is not acting alone. Very big financial supporters are behind her (the US oil industry [she wants to open Alaska up to more drilling]) and will try very, very hard to keep her relevant.
I agree too with some of what Stardazer says. We should by now have had a female president, and in a society as superficial as ours, good looks just might carry the day.
Palin will run and the media will follow her in a frenzy. Still, I'm not convinced she can win the GOP nomination, much less the general election. She is controversial with rank-and-file Republicans, and even with some Tea Party folk. Moreover, if Ron Paul runs in 2012, a significant portion of the Tea Party block will follow him, splitting that vote.
Big Oil has lots of money and is funding most of her media blitz.
Remember: Alaska has WAY MORE OIL THAN TEXAS. The problem for Big Oil is, most of it is, as of yet, untapped...(those pesky environmentalists keep getting in the way). This is why she is wrapping herself up in conservationist shows like "Sarah Palin's Alaska---she is innoculating herself, ahead of time, against the attacks of the environmentalist community when she runs and proposes lifting moratoriums on drilling in Alaska. She can respond that she, too, loves the environment---"I mean, look at my show on the Alaskan wilderness for the Discovery Channel..."