Posted on 01/30/2015 4:23:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
We know how the mainstream media piles on Sarah Palin. Its the industrys obsession when its not covering missing planes, New Jersey bridge closings, and binders full of women.
Now, were seeing a new attack on the former Alaska governor, and its coming from an unexpected source: conservative media.
Palin had it coming, to a degree. She made a speech in Iowa last week, and she fantastically flubbed a metaphor after an alleged teleprompter hiccup. Its ugly on the ears: The man can only ride you when your back is bent so strengthen it! Then the man cant ride you, America wont get taken for a ride, because so much is at stake.
Plus, her delivery focused too much on her own battles with the press and not enough about her partys future.
Was it the first time a politician gave a speech that left a sour taste? Hardly. It happens all the time, even to a supposedly gifted orator like President Obama. Yet several large conservative outlets pounced on the moment as if to say, See, shes really the caricature our chums on the Left were telling us all along now, go watch HBOs Game Change.
Kicking the Lady When Shes Down
Consider how TheBlaze.com focused on Palins gaffe both in a headline and via the story itself: What Sarah Palin Did in Iowa Left Democrats Saying Two Words: Thank You!
The story could have led with some Palin-approved red meat or a positive message before getting to the gaffe du jour. Instead, the author focused on the DNCs glee:
What could Sarah Palin possible say that would leave Democrats saying, Thank you?
Quite a few things, it turns out.
The Daily Caller also pounced with the sort of click-bait headline meant to undermine Palin as a figure of consequence: Sarah Palin Was Back In Iowa And She Said What?
Sarah Palin should give all the campaign speeches she possibly can in her possible run for president.
First and foremost: She needs to keep trying out lots of new inspirational metaphors. It doesnt matter how dumb they sound. The more the merrier.
Daily Caller writer Betsy Rothstein went further, tying the moment to Palins interview with Katie Couric during the 2008 presidential race.
Much like CNNs Newt Gingrich, Palin likes to trash the media for what she perceives is the lamestream media making her look like an idiot. But its hard to forget her interactions with the media, most poignantly her interview with Katie Couric, which quickly became an unforgettable SNL parody.
The Washington Examiners Byron York, an august member of the conservative media class, filed a report entitled, As 2016 race begins, GOP faces its Palin problem. The Examiner separately ran a piece describing how grassroots bloggers also are stepping off the Palin bandwagon.
The headline on a new National Review piece speaks volumes: Sarah Palin Slips Into Self-Parody.
Sarah Palin Deserves Better
Maybe theres some truth to the commentary. Palin could be rusty from being out of direct political matters. Perhaps her fiery rhetoric does have a shelf life or needs to be modulated as the 2016 presidential race draws near. And her decision to quit as Alaskas governor remains a key stumbling block for any major aspirations.
Still, her bond with Tea Party members is undeniable. Shes fought hard for GOP candidates over the past few years and is willing to counter-punch when attacked unfairly from the Left. Other GOP members often slink away and accept the faulty premise at work.
She also is known for her swift social media retorts. That matters at a time when a well-timed quip can go viral, and the GOP needs all the social media warriors it can snare.
Surely those measures, plus an understanding of how brutal mainstream reporters have been to her through the years, should earn her a bit more support among conservative outlets.
Should Palin run for the White House in 2016 well see the most unfair, wildly imbalanced media coverage the annals of journalism. The medias track record toward Palin makes that abundantly clear. Its not every day major news outlets asks readers for help finding gotcha content, as The Washington Post and The New York Times did against Palin.
Nor does the Associated Press make it a habit of assigning 11 fact checkers to political biographers, as it did with Palins 2009 book, Going Rogue.
Yet the strongest body blows shell face in the months ahead could come from her own party.
Her party is the thin sliver of true believers who don’t compromise and take no prisoners. We few, we happy... few.
‘the party’ is full of progressive operatives.
of course they’ll attack strongest the candidate they fear the most
The thing that continually amazes me is that at this point most of those in the media cannot make a distinction between what she has actually said in the past the comic portrayal of her on Saturday Night Live. Actual quotes have been nothing short of prophetic.
Half our party is the other party!
If she ever runs for President, it will be done her own way with her own base of support and money - a person would have to be brain-dead to think the GOPe would ever truly get behind her (just look at what happened in 2008 and the point of this article). So I don’t think she gives a flying flip what the media says about her - I know I don’t.
you speak the truth sir......her batting average is prophetic, damned near a perfect record...
Same people who want to diminish her voice and her influence are the same ones (Dems, elites, GOP-E) who want to diminish the power and influence of the Tea Party. The corrupt political class.
Any time I see a so-called “conservative” pundit join with the libs in the frenzied wilding of Palin, I know which side of this war for America they are on. And it’s not mine.
If Barack Obama had undergone half the scrutiny Palin faced he would never have held political office.
Same people who want to diminish her voice and her influence are the same ones (Dems, elites, GOP-E) who want to diminish the power and influence of the Tea Party. The corrupt political class.
Any time I see a so-called “conservative” pundit join with the libs in the frenzied wilding of Palin, I know which side of this war for America they are on. And it’s not mine.
If Barack Obama had undergone half the scrutiny Palin faced he would never have held political office.
I am a woman, straight, and conservative.
Nevertheless, I have to say that Sarah is one gorgeous lady!
Sarah Palin is so dumb that she doesn’t know that there are 57 states, or that our country was founded 200 centuries ago. She doesn’t know that the FBI is 100 days old, or that reforms bring greater inefficiencies to the healthcare system. She doesn’t even know that countries like Europe are willing to stand with us in our fight to halt the rise of privacy, that Israel is a good friend of Israel, that you treat asthma with a breathalyzer, or that there is a term for that in the Austrian language.
What an idiot she must be not to know these things!
Any time I see a so-called conservative pundit join with the libs in the frenzied wilding of Palin, I know which side of this war for America they are on. And its not mine.
BTTT!
Outstanding!
Same here, I’m just like you and you’re right, and I’ve met her in person!
She’s gorgeous and ever so kind.
Me too onyx. She is even prettier in person, and very gracious.
So GOOD to see and I’m sure you’re exactly the same as Sarah Palin in person: EVEN more beautiful and kind than I imagine.
God bless and keep you and all your loved ones.
Go Sarah!
Republicans always fight conservatives the hardest.
Most of “her” party answers to the DNC..
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