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Sarah Palin and family: celebrity over politics
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/29/10 | Caille Millner

Posted on 11/30/2010 7:22:35 AM PST by earlJam

Is there anywhere I can go to be safe from the Palins?

Can't go to the bookstore.

The stores are all plastered with promotional posters for Sarah Palin's latest memoir; her memoir from last year is no doubt lurking on the remainder table.

Can't watch television. There's a chance I might flip past their reality show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska," on TLC. Though at least I can be grateful for small favors - like the fact that I won't have to watch the foulmouthed and fouler-footed Bristol Palin on "Dancing With the Stars" anymore.

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Famous equals shameless. This has been the rule for most celebrities since the turn of the century, but American politicians were slow to embrace it. As late as 2008, politicians still seemed to be concerned about being associated with vulgarity or shallowness - remember Hillary Rodham Clinton's refusal to appear in Vogue magazine during the primaries? It sounds quaint now, doesn't it?

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This open secret is what irritates even Republicans about the Palins' endless media circuit. They don't begrudge the Palins the right to enrich themselves. But by constantly hogging the national stage, they're making it difficult for a real 2012 contender to emerge. And without a real contender, how will other Republicans get even richer than the Palins?

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"This open secret is what irritates even Republicans about the Palins' endless media circuit. They don't begrudge the Palins the right to enrich themselves. But by constantly hogging the national stage, they're making it difficult for a real 2012 contender to emerge."

Bingo.

1 posted on 11/30/2010 7:22:40 AM PST by earlJam
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To: earlJam

Harvard


2 posted on 11/30/2010 7:23:35 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: earlJam

Mars! I hear one-way tickets may soon be available.


3 posted on 11/30/2010 7:25:32 AM PST by sjmjax
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To: earlJam

Wow. The paranoia exhibited by the left is unreal. Their thumbsucking, sweating and irrational behavior is quite satisfying!


4 posted on 11/30/2010 7:26:02 AM PST by albie
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

lol


5 posted on 11/30/2010 7:26:02 AM PST by earlJam
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To: earlJam

Gov. Palin IS A REAL CONTENDER.


6 posted on 11/30/2010 7:26:53 AM PST by Rational Thought
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“But by constantly hogging the national stage, they’re making it difficult for a real 2012 contender to emerge”

well the Palin fans don’t have a problem with that but there are actually some people who want to beat Obama in 2012.


7 posted on 11/30/2010 7:26:53 AM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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“Is there anywhere I can go to be safe from the Palins? “

Nowhere.

All life forms will be assimilated.

8 posted on 11/30/2010 7:27:25 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Vote like Obama is on the ballot)
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“Is there anywhere I can go to be safe from the Palins?”

Try Uranus - head first!

9 posted on 11/30/2010 7:27:42 AM PST by I cannot think of a name
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To: earlJam

These articles are so unintentionally funny.


10 posted on 11/30/2010 7:29:09 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: earlJam
The DNC and RINOs cower.


11 posted on 11/30/2010 7:29:22 AM PST by Diogenesis ('Freedom is the light of all sentient beings.' - Optimus Prime)
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That cartoon looks like a little girl wearing her mother’s shoes.


12 posted on 11/30/2010 7:30:57 AM PST by earlJam
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SF would probably want Mitt as the Pubbie’s ‘contender’. Just sayin’


13 posted on 11/30/2010 7:31:47 AM PST by tgusa (Investment plan: blued steel, brass, lead, copper)
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Let me get this straight. You're posting a leftist paper's talking points screed against the Palins on a conservative site........and doing it with hopes of derailing them.......

Good luck, I'm sure this thread will have all the normal whiners on it.

As to good sound discourse about the article, you'd be better off at KOS.

14 posted on 11/30/2010 7:35:26 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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Thanks for the laugh, earJam. Are you missing your mommy or do you have some mommy issues? Might want to see a Dr. or Therapist about your problem with Big Mom, SP.


15 posted on 11/30/2010 7:36:43 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: earlJam

Okay, seriously. Who are these real contenders that the Palin media offensive is supposedly not allowing to emerge? I think the gov is in fact a real contender, and I can think of several others I’ve heard of whom I think would do quite well if they chose to run. If she means any of the guys who ran in 2008…no offense, but they couldn’t even beat John McCain.


16 posted on 11/30/2010 7:37:29 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: Don't Make Me Get My Cluebat.)
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"This open secret is what irritates even Republicans about the Palins' endless media circuit. They don't begrudge the Palins the right to enrich themselves. But by constantly hogging the national stage, they're making it difficult for a real 2012 contender to emerge."

Oh, but she has!

ineluctable

17 posted on 11/30/2010 7:40:38 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (DEFCON I ALERT: The federal cancer has metastasized. All personnel report to their battle stations.)
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To: I cannot think of a name

“ARMAGEDDON!!!” It’s not just for gerbilers anymore.


18 posted on 11/30/2010 7:41:22 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: Don't Make Me Get My Cluebat.)
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To: earlJam

The whining is sooo unseemly.


19 posted on 11/30/2010 7:41:37 AM PST by Carley (IT'S THREAT ANALYSIS, NOT RACIAL PROFILING)
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“Is there anywhere I can go to be safe from the Palins? “

A gay bathhouse.
Nancy Pelosi’s office or house.
Any alleyway in SF.


20 posted on 11/30/2010 7:43:26 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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