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America's fascination with Sarah Palin keeps on keeping on
The Amsterdam News ^ | February 24, 2012 | Richard G. Carter

Posted on 02/24/2012 11:37:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndamendmentpa

WHERE was Fey before the SNL thing? Yes, she’s now famous and making big bucks - but WHO and WHERE was she before her talantless impersonations?


21 posted on 02/25/2012 6:22:00 AM PST by Nathaniel (- A Man Without A Cross -)
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To: 2ndamendmentpa

WHERE was Fey before the SNL thing? Yes, she’s now famous and making big bucks - but WHO and WHERE was she before her talantless impersonations?


22 posted on 02/25/2012 6:22:08 AM PST by Nathaniel (- A Man Without A Cross -)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Please excuse the multiple postiings - my fault - got it figured out.


23 posted on 02/25/2012 6:23:43 AM PST by Nathaniel (- A Man Without A Cross -)
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To: Nathaniel

Fey has been writing for SNL since 1997 - and been a SNL performer since 2000.

30 Rock came on the air in 2006.

She’s been famous and in the public eye far longer than Palin.

But make no mistake, her career surely benefited from her impersonation of Palin.


24 posted on 02/25/2012 6:39:23 AM PST by 2ndamendmentpa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
MOST EXCELLENT AND FAIR PIECE and I love that line:

For one, she’s a knockout—by far the best-looking female ever in big-time politics


25 posted on 02/25/2012 7:45:08 AM PST by The Wizard
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pretty good talker, alright. Not so much of a doer.


26 posted on 02/25/2012 7:54:21 AM PST by onedoug
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To: 2ndamendmentpa

The singer Adele also hit the bigtime after appearing on the same SNL show as Palin, and she credits Sarah for drawing the huge viewership that made it possible.


27 posted on 02/25/2012 7:59:40 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: 2ndamendmentpa

The singer Adele also hit the bigtime after appearing on the same SNL show as Palin, and she credits Sarah for drawing the huge viewership that made it possible.


28 posted on 02/25/2012 8:00:43 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: onedoug
Not so much of a doer.

Oh? Every lib in the country tried to destroy her for years, throwing every nasty thing possible at her and her family and she not only survived, she prospered and emerged as the best known voice of American conservatism.

That lady can take lemons and whip up a helluva batch of lemonade. We could use her recipe right about now.

29 posted on 02/25/2012 8:22:06 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: onyx

* PALIN PING! *


30 posted on 02/25/2012 8:54:50 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: onedoug

Are you high?


31 posted on 02/25/2012 9:52:30 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: onedoug

>>...Not so much of a doer...<<

Opinions vary. Especially if one bothers to look at what she accomplished in her (albeit abbreviated) term as AK gov. Most pols won’t accomplish as much of high significance in multiple terms. Some, not even in their entire political career.

Heck, even out of office, every appearance she makes draws huge numbers and a correspondingly high level of financial support.

Now, you may not like the “where/what/who/when/how/why” she does all that, but claiming she isn’t much of a “doer” is laughable to the point of being patently intellectually dishonest.

Making that doozy of a claim says much more about you than it does Palin.


32 posted on 02/25/2012 9:53:39 AM PST by jaydee770
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To: 2ndamendmentpa

Writing and performing - OK. But “famous” and “in the public eye”? With respect to you - and I mean that - I disagree that Fey was much of a celebrity before the Palin impression, and “30 Rock” never had the spotlight like it now does. But, as I sincerely write - I absolutely respect your viewpoint.


33 posted on 02/26/2012 3:06:13 AM PST by Nathaniel (- A Man Without A Cross -)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
1)Why has she demurely not given a straight answer when repeatedly asked if she would change her mind about running?

2) Is the Loony Left really able to wreak so much havoc on her that they're actually able to chase her away? Isn't that Satan incarnate? Seems like Sarah is a tough woman like Margaret Thatcher, who could take that stuff and she did it with panache and style. In fact, Thatcher, like Reagan, seemed to enjoy the opportunity to mix it up with the Loony Left. I don't know, maybe Palin's not a Thatcher, but I would have thought so.

Anyway, if there's a chance, here's what I have to say to her:

SARAH. GET IN THIS THING. NOW.

34 posted on 02/26/2012 6:08:08 AM PST by PapaNew
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
And it looks like she will run for president in 2016.

What? And where did his piece of info come from? Anyone know about this?

Why would she not run now and wait until there's no more America?

35 posted on 02/26/2012 6:20:36 AM PST by PapaNew
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To: onedoug

What are you talking about, have you a clue?

Palin cut the absolute size of the budget in Alaska through her years in office. Can you name me the last pol to do that on either a state or federal level?

She broke the back of corruption in both parties in her state and registered Gallup’s all-time highest approval ratings for a governor.

Palin is as an accomplished living pol as we’ve got.


36 posted on 02/26/2012 6:25:32 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: wayoverontheright
We like her because she’s smart and beautiful. We’ve come to love her because she talks the talk and walks the walk. She lives her beliefs. She’s the anti-Obama not because of the policies she advocates, but because of her character. Sarah Palin is the embodiment of the notion that conservatism is right, correct, and operative as a way to think and as a way to live. She didn’t reinvent herself after the election, she didn’t need to. Her steadfast conviction enables her to speak freely, and without a teleprompter. This makes her unusual as a politician, and it’s so refreshing. The left hates her because she had that baby, but we know it’s their own self-loathing that is the genesis of this hatred. She makes them feel dirty. They fear her because abortion is at once the foundation of their ideology, and its Achilles heel. They feel utterly threatened by her because her life exposes their tenuous hold on the moral high ground, which they absolutely must maintain, or lose their power.

Wished I could have written that. A beautifully written sketch of a beautiful person who needs to be POTUS.

37 posted on 02/26/2012 6:29:38 AM PST by PapaNew
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