Posted on 06/14/2011 1:31:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As the primary target of a liberal media establishment intent upon having Barack Obama in the White House, 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin may be the best person to beat Obama in 2012, IF she exposes the ugly truth about Obama and the liberal media establishment.
Unlike some other hopefuls for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Palin has the stuff needed to do what needs to be done.
Ironically, former Palin champion John Ziegler doesn't realize it.
In "The Sarah Palin I Know" (http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/12/the-sarah-palin-i-know/), Ziegler described Sarah Palin's decision to give him an interview in connection with his documentary ("Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted") as "an act which bought her enormous loyalty from me and which over the past two and a half years was repaid to her with compound interest."
The article does not demonstrate gratitude.
After interviewing Palin, Ziegler reported, "with the very best of intentions, [he] told her: 'You have to know, you can't beat Obama in 2012. The media won't let you. They won't let him lose and the narrative about you is too negative to correct in three-and-a-half years."
Perhaps Ziegler would be embarrassed to be proven wrong.
Bottom line: Ziegler advised Palin not to run in 2012 because she would not be allowed by the media to beat Obama right after that 2009 interview and he doesn't want her to prove him wrong, so he's switched from Palin defender to Palin attacker.
Ziegler made it crystal clear that he no longer considered himself indebted to Palin by proceeding to describe Palin as a sure loser if she runs against President Obama in 2012, stating "there was no way she could beat Obama in 2012, partially because of the choices she had recently made (resignation, Fox News instead of an over-the-air network, getting in bed with corrupt elements of the Tea Party, etc.)."
Ziegler's admittedly upset that a Palin lawyer asked him for a copy of a release Palin had signed for him when she gave him the interview.
Ziegler: "Finally, as one last straw, Palin's lawyer kept bugging me about sending him the 'release' Sarah had signed for the movie, even though I had faxed it to her people at the time and I told him it was in remote storage because I had just moved. It seemed the only possible reason to even ask more than once about such a trivial issue was if they were somehow contemplating trying to make me the enemy, which was particularly aggravating because at virtually the same time I was going above and beyond the call of duty to help the new Palin film successfully navigate a potentially fatal legal issue. Regardless, it was insulting and clear that my loyalty meant very little to them. I was done. I could not longer work on behalf these people, no matter how good the Palins may be as or how clearly they have been wronged by the media."
Ziegler also is upset that Palin "appears to be disregarding the advice of [Ziegler] and others [not to run for President in 2012] as she seems ready to embark on this politically suicidal campaign."
Ziegler put it this way:
"...with Sarah's bus tour of historic sites seemingly completed, and the biggest decision of her life directly in front of her, I wish her the best — I genuinely do. Without a doubt, she's been subjected to the most biased media coverage in modern political history; enough to leave even the most thick-skinned of candidates shivering in the fetal position on the side of the road. Instead, she's survived and, in many ways, prospered. For that, I will always respect and admire her. Everyone should.
"However, what she appears to be currently doing is almost certainly destructive to her cause and her country. I say this as the guy who risked $300,000 of his life savings to produce the very first pro-Sarah documentary back in 2009 (and the only one with her participation), while putting everything on the line to fight countless battles on her behalf — such as demonstrating outside David Letterman's studios in New York after the late night talk show host made a joke about 14-year-old Willow Palin getting 'knocked up,' being dragged away in handcuffs from a laughable awards ceremony for the liberal 'news' anchor Katie Couric, getting regularly attacked as a guest by liberal hosts on MSNBC, and responding with $100,000 offers to charity to debate them on her behalf.
"I've fought so hard for Sarah, I'm almost unemployable.
"But in spite of being approached by Sarah's husband Todd only a month ago and specifically discussing the possibility, I won't be working on any Palin presidential campaign. Why? Well, first of all, contrary to what geniuses like Andrew Sullivan and Howard Dean may want you to believe, there is absolutely no way that she can be elected. I've told this to her directly; more than once. While many pundits mistakenly think what she is doing is some Trump-like PR stunt, I'm pretty convinced she is running and in doing so will damage the prospects of any conservative defeating Barack Obama in 2012."
Ziegler incidentally made a strong case that he once was an enthusiastic Palin supporter, but now he's peddling the Palin-can't-win message.
Ziegler offered unconfirmed conclusory generalizations: "Sarah's entire operation is increasingly managed like a CIA field office;...she's adopted a bunker mentality; ...she's trusting the wrong people, some of whom [HE knows] are simply exploiting her. As a result, even those most loyal to her get tossed under the bus, with little or no effort to avoid the collateral damage."
Note to Ziegler: Throwing people "under the bus" is not necessarily a presidential disqualifier. Obama won a presidential election by finally throwing Rev. Jeremiah Wright "under the bus" and he hopes to win re-election by having lied about his relationship with ACORN in the last presidential debate without being generally exposed as a liar (like Congressman Anthony Weiner just was) and then throwing ACORN "under the bus" by signing the law defunding it and dropping it as a census partner.
The best Ziegler offered by way of explanation for singing his Sarah-can't-win song now is that "any chance of Sarah being able to win the White House in 2012 had...been destroyed" when she resigned as Governor of Alaska in 2009.
BUT, Ziegler acknowledged, however, that if "she hadn't resigned, the state would have practically ground to a halt. Plus, thanks to having to defend herself legally against largely bogus ethics complaints, she needed money, which meant it was essential to take advantage of her limited window of celebrity. So she did her best with a really bad hand of cards."
Palin can make the case that she resigned because it was in the best interests of Alaska for her to do so, and that Obama never would have been elected without the complicity of the liberal media establishment.
As a result of Palin's dramatic and defensible decision, Zigler concluded that she had disqualified herself from running for president, at least in 2012. because "Obama [would have] the ultimate trump card against her: when things got tough you quit to become a rich celebrity while I was killing Osama bin Laden. Game, set, match."
Note to Ziegler: The decision to kill bin Laden would have been made by McCain (or Palin) too, and Obama's Osama bump is history.
Ziegler also lamented: "The worst part about the resignation from a political narrative perspective is that it also stripped away Palin's greatest strength. She is clearly a fighter but it is impossible to make 'She will fight for you' the cornerstone of a campaign when she just quit her only big job, seemingly for personal gain."
Ziegler's own description of his Palin interview suggests Palin has what it takes to win: "The interview was spectacular. I defy anyone who buys into the conventional narrative that Sarah is stupid to listen to it and not change their mind. She was engaging, smart, honest, revealing, vulnerable, funny, and charismatic. When I showed her election footage that she'd never seen before and asked for her comments, she not once asked to pause the tape, and nailed every answer."
When Ziegler told Palin not to run against Obama, Obama was a popular president blaming his predecessor for America's problems, Obamacare had not yet been enacted, much less analyzed and challenged on constitutional grounds in court and Republican prospects in 2010 and 2012 were not looking good.
It may be that the ONLY way for a Republican to win will be to run against Obama AND the liberal media establishment that assured his election in 2012, in which case Palin may be Obama's worst nightmare.
Zeigler is not Palin’s champion. Zeigler been trying to get Palin to not run for nominee for the past year, undermining her
what is this “getting in bed with corrupt elements of the Tea Party”, um who???
a ham sandwich could beat obama
My question is, can those who orchestrated Obama’s great rise allow him to speak after his great fall? Imagine a vocal, disgruntled Obama without his teleprompters, handlers, or media sycophants.
also boohoo, the other candidates cant, on their own overcome Palin’s popularity thus require her to quietly leave the scene for the good of the “conservative” movement
I’m in the camp that Palin will not win unless we get a 2008 like crash in the USD and bond market, but I’m not in the camp that say she shouldn’t run. She have every right to. If the other candidates can’t beat her fairly then they don’t deserve to win
Dan Riehl already dissected this guy. Sounds like he thought he had the inside track to the movie that Bannon ended up making. Bannon, however, has the connections to market it more widely.
No, Palin can’t beat Obama. They beat her up because she is of no consequence.
Just like the GOP blows time and money beating up on Dennis Kucinich.
Oh wait......
/s
I think I understand what’s happening here.
Back in the 60s, the CIA was working on the MK Ultra project in the hope that LSD could be used as a mind control drug. The project, while achieving some headway, was an overall failure. Officially, the project was scrapped and that was the end of it...or so they told us.
In reality the project shifted focus toward a drug that would cause journalists, real and wannabee alike, to make complete and utter fools of themselves through their commentary. They achieved total success in 2007. It was distributed at overpriced coffee shops where these types like to gather, providing an easy vector for dispersion throughout the journalistic community.
I defy any Freeper to come up with a better rationale to explain how so many ‘journalists’ can willingly make total idiots of themselves and work so thoroughly against their own self-interest/survival on a daily basis without the use of mind altering chemical manipulation.
Well, that’s no more insane than the ‘Palin can’t win’ garbage they keep writing and sure would explain a lot ;)
She could win but the globalists are counting on massive vote fraud.
Palin can beat Obama.
And, the Marxists fear Palin more than anyone for the same reason they feared Reagan more than anyone.
Palin, unlike the rest of the contenders, is incorruptible.
I once had a boss tell me “You know your problem? You don’t ‘Want’ enough.”
Foolish me...I actually thought all that wanting often got people into trouble. The only thing Palin seems to want is what she says she does...(basically) the country on the right track and doing the right things.
All these politicians and world leaders ‘wanting more’ in the broad sense, is what got us in this mess. It must kill the Msmlibs that they are now faced with a person who is (on a personal basis) satisfied with the things/life/family she has and all the temptations and outright bribes are unlikely to succeed.
Can’t buy her, can’t bribe her and can’t threaten her. Oh what WILL they do? The only thing left isn’t something I want to contemplate, but fear often.
I think she could easily beat him, IF we have a fair election. THAT in itself is the problem/question. Will it be corrupt like the 2008 one? If not, then she would have no problem beating him IMO.
Sara Palin...you go girl.
In the argument the media won't let Sarah Palin win, there is an implied surrender to propaganda. Even the Soviet Union could not survive the painful reality of life versus propaganda. Reality sets in and everyday people act accordingly.
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."
Obama is a failure. The whole world knows it - even his former supporters. The bastard is an empty suit.
“Palin Can Beat Obama”
But it doesn’t look as though she can get by everybody voicing their opinion of her chances.
BINGO!
Palin may or may not be able to beat Obama (I’m in the camp that believes she can). But before she’d have an opportunity to do that, she’d have to beat Romney. And if she doesn’t declare PDQ and start putting together a national campaign, she’s not going to get the job done. So, IMHO, Palin needs to get off her rump and declare officially either way. Otherwise she’s just fracturing the base and insuring Romney will have a walk in the primaries.
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