OBAMA SCOWLS, ROVE GROUSES, FRUM SWINGS HER PURSE
Posted on 11/23/2010 11:46:17 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A journalist yesterday asked me a thought-provoking question:
Why does Sarah Palin command so much media attention? By most measures, she currently stands about equal in the Republican field alongside Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and only a little ahead of Newt Gingrich. Yet the cable shows do not erupt when Mitt Romney makes a speech. Newt Gingrich is on Twitter almost every day, but his messages don’t make news. So why Palin? Five guesses.
1) She polarizes.
Modern media culture favors contrast and conflict. Sarah Palin serves both up by the bucketful. Most presidential candidates present themselves as gracious and good-natured. Even fierce Hillary Clinton worked hard always to be seen smiling and nodding. Palin is a ferocious hater, and she doesn’t care who knows it. It’s like the meanest girl on the cheerleading squad running for student council president. Who wouldn’t be mesmerized by that?
2) She surprises.
Media people have certain beliefs and expectations about how politics works. Palin regularly confounds those expectations. From the Katie Couric interview through her resignation as governor of Alaska to the reality show: actions that the pundit class expected would ruin her career in fact seem to have somehow enhanced it. They call it “news” for a reason, and Palin is new.
3) She reveals herself.
We live in a confessional culture these days. Most politicians shy away from confession. They want to talk about economics or foreign policy or abortion or some other impersonal concern. Not Palin! Her topic is herself: her grievances, her complaints, her family. People find compulsive self-revelation riveting in Hollywood stars – why wouldn’t they find it equally fascinating in a politician?
4) She talks unlike a politician...
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re Palin’s legal defense fund: I was unaware that there was such a fund. Now I feel even more guilty!
Frum is so influential, he’s appearing in a CANADIAN newspaper.
no guilt. the ethics panel made her give back all the money becaus eit had the word “offical” in it.
no guilt. the ethics panel made her give back all the money becaus eit had the word “offical” in it.
Frum is a hate filled piece of garbage and a fool.
“...she just let’s it rip.” That, alone, is good enough for me...after all the mealy-mouth pablum I get from Tennessee Senators when I complain about the obscene Obama-Clinton give-away of “borrowed” taxpayer monies to terrorists who want to destroy Israel.
What a breath of fresh air!
Funny, because Governor Palin was a point guard on the girl’s basketball team, not a cheerleader, IIRC. Frum, on the other hand...
Isn’t he a Canadian?
“No, Palin is the piano. The dog is Republican Party. The clown is the Democratic Party. The wire that is about to snap is the American people.”
I like your analogy better than David’s metaphor.
Thank you! This Frum sissy boy is on a Palin tirade and he really needs a smack down.
Frum is a corrupt, sick, little sissy bastard. He’d wilt in Sarah’s presence.
LOL. You got it!
FrumP - old maid.
He’s writing a column about her every damn day.
He needs a smack down.
GWB and Trent Lott were cheerleaders.
ROTFLOLOLOLOL Yes, Phil!
Hahahahahaha “Frum swings her purse.”
Perfect!
His mother is from Canada where she worked for the government news agency. He’s just a RINO pundit who wants Romney to be POTUS, so he needs Sarah Palin out of the way.
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