Oh my. That's a shame.
It's always bad to see otherwise normal people turn into blogpimps.
Especially previously decent folks. That hurts the worst.
It's like a conversion to Islam. Sickening.
Posted on 09/13/2010 2:40:14 PM PDT by sussex
The one figure missing from both articles was our old friend the anonymous GOP Beltway Operative who for so long has been telling Palin to stand aside and let the real men get on with it.
(Excerpt) Read more at theagedp.com ...
Why the excerpt? The Pee isn't on the list.
Two slightly different articles on Governor Palin appeared recently. One, by former editor of the Harvard Crimson Steve Chapman at the Chicago Tribune, got an excellent fisking from Stacy Drake at C4P. The other, about her planned visit to Iowa, from the left wing UK Guardian was surprisingly respectful – although it did end up with a caveat from Larry Sabato – who else! – that the Democrats were chafing at the bit for a Palin nomination because even a President on the skids like Obama would win by a landslide when faced by such a polarising figure…
(I must say that if the Democrats are so certain that she would be a walkover why do their media surrogates spend so much time dissing the woman rather than Romney, Huckabee etc…but I digress)
The one figure missing from both articles was our old friend the anonymous GOP Beltway Operative who for so long has been telling Palin to stand aside and let the real men get on with it.
Where has he gone? Maybe he has had to get a real job in which he does something useful – like a bus driver or a refuse collector….who knows? Who cares?
The fact is this rather mysterious woman panders to nobody, doesn’t care who she upsets on the left or the right and follows her own star. She has no influential family network or billionaire patron, no massive staff structure thronged with consultants and advisers, has for two years been ignored and/or despised by most media pundits, insulted and demeaned by third rate scribblers, cold shouldered by her own state party and ignored by her party’s national establishment. Nevertheless she has become one of the most influential and powerful figures in American politics.
Don’t take my word for it – I’m just an old Englishman living thousands of miles away from the action. But have a word with Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post or Roger Simon, Chief Political Columnist at Politico. Have a look at Real Clear Politics, or even the Daily Beast. Then read Chapman’s article at the Chicago Tribune once again, work out how much he must have been paid for such garbage – and then pour yourself a generous gin and tonic to steady the nerves…..
Because sussex, despite his veteran FReeper status, has turned into a blogpimp, 'dat's why...
Ergo. They are certain of the threat.
Remember in school. The game called King of the Hill? The rules were simple, all the stronger kids ganged up on the weakest at the bottom and.... no... wait. Sorry. I got that backwards.
That's what the media does. They PRETEND she is irrelevant, yet they ALL pile on non stop. Their very actions define her status. No one plays King of the Hill any way except to work together to push the BIGGEST kid off the top and claim it for themselves.
Or as the Air Force says: If she is taking that much flak, she must be over the right target and prepared to drop ordinance.
Oh my. That's a shame.
It's always bad to see otherwise normal people turn into blogpimps.
Especially previously decent folks. That hurts the worst.
It's like a conversion to Islam. Sickening.
The word is ordnance, counsellor.
“Obama would win by a landslide when faced by such a polarising figure…”
Gotta big chuckle outta that - I can’t imagine a more polarizing figure than the “O”
LOL. Bill Gate’s spell checker doesn’t help.
But the point was clear.
Whenever the libs talk about how much they want Palin as the nominee because she would be the “easiest to beat”, I shudder because I remember so many FReepers saying the same thing about Obama back in the days running up to the Democratic nomination — and we all know how well THAT worked out.
Seriously? I think Palin scares the libs at a very fundamental level. Scares them BAD. They have unleashed their strongest attacks and Sarah just keeps on smiling and keeps on slugging back.
You are so incredibly witty - and so cruel to the elderly...but one day you will also be old...
Pointing out needless excerpting is cruel to the elderly?
Do you donate bloghits to the incontinent old folks home?
Perhaps the aged pee on your blog in protest of the pimping.
AT C4P? Or did C4P simply snatch some news from a real source?
I was under the impression that C4P was a lame-ass blog
that steals content and posts it as if it were original.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Maybe we are thinking of different places. Do you mean "Citizens4Palin" blog?
I think the writer is talking about Conservatives4Palin...probably the only original and thought provoking Palin supporters-site out there.
No certainly not! LOL!
The real question is, how many points do we deduct from the IQ score of the analysts and pundits (and trolls on this forum) who were informed by their own brilliant analyses that Palin was politically incompetent.
...so little time...
Just click on the link....and as for C4P the posters follow normal blogging convention and frame any direct quotes. Of course none could aspire to the brilliance of your own blog....
Thanks for that
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