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Is Sarah Palin's Star Beginning to Fall? (Hit Piece)
US News & World Report via Little Green Footballs ^ | 9/18/2008 | Katherine Skiba

Posted on 09/18/2008 2:59:08 PM PDT by zimfam007

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To: zimfam007

They’re right, two weeks really is too long for anyone to be on top. She’s like Icarus.

Meanwhile, Biden’s star fell about a hundred years ago.


21 posted on 09/18/2008 3:08:27 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: zimfam007

If the MSM throws out her ratings are going down it is they who are saying it not that it’s reality .... they say whatever they want to say ....


22 posted on 09/18/2008 3:08:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice")
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To: Azzurri
It’s all going to come down to the debates. It Palin exceeds expectations, and McCain merely does as expected, they will win quite easily. If one of them flubs, all bets are off.

I think we will be OK, if one of the questions is "Define patriotism?"

23 posted on 09/18/2008 3:09:49 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: zimfam007
Unless Sarah Palin is an idiot beyond belief, she knew she would be subjected to her abuse from Day One. She gets nothing but admiration from me.

The fact is, these days the polls show a dead heat. Three weeks ago they showed McCain an "also ran."

The Democrats are in a state of panic. The most frightened of them all is Hillary. She is terrified that Obama will fire the plagiarist and ask her to replace him. The last person on earth who wants to be compared to Palin is the succubus.

24 posted on 09/18/2008 3:10:29 PM PDT by stevem
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To: zimfam007

“Fortier and other political scientists spoke Thursday at the think tank, where Ornstein observed that Palin gets his vote, at least in one respect. “Sarah Palin’s choice did electrify the country,” he said. “I believe she’s the prettiest vice presidential choice since John Edwards.”

Leftist trash, trying to convince people that she is not who she really is.


25 posted on 09/18/2008 3:10:30 PM PDT by stockpirate (McCain/Palin 08 - Palin 2012 and 2016)
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To: zimfam007

They are using the same tactic on Palin that they have used on Bush for the last 8 years - that is to suggest that he’s stupid. They’re full-on to re-create her in the image of a bimbo.


26 posted on 09/18/2008 3:11:31 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Gator_that_eats_Dems

Well said gator. Way too many nervous nellies on FR lapping up every negative post like it was their last meal. I would hate to go into battle with any of them, their first instinct would be to immediately surrender at the slightest threat.


27 posted on 09/18/2008 3:11:57 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Hey DU: Shut your festering gobs, you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous perverts!)
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To: anniegetyourgun
They are using the same tactic on Palin that they have used on Bush for the last 8 years - that is to suggest that he’s stupid. They’re full-on to re-create her in the image of a bimbo.

But Sarah can communicate very well, so it just won't work.

28 posted on 09/18/2008 3:12:51 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: DaveyB

I’ve traveled a lot recently, and have overheard lots of talk against her. It’s frustrating to be polite and not butt in and say, “actually, that’s an urban legend...”


29 posted on 09/18/2008 3:13:13 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gator_that_eats_Dems

Nah I don’t think this piece shows Repubs running scared... like so many others have commented, and of course I added the (Hit Piece) notation at the end of the title. This is just the MSM trying to discredit her appeal... and like I have said many times before.... they cannot even begin to comprehend why she is so appealling... they do not understand what makes this country so great and simply b/c they fail to understand that, they fail to understand her appeal.


30 posted on 09/18/2008 3:13:20 PM PDT by zimfam007 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: HerrBlucher

I don’t know surrender. I am energized and pumped for this race. This is the battle that Obama does not want.

Democrats want to attack Republicans with fire, but won’t do it against terrorists. We do it against terrorists and Dems.

I say just bring it!!!!


31 posted on 09/18/2008 3:15:34 PM PDT by Gator_that_eats_Dems
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To: stevem
Right. They are doing town halls . They love Palin . The palin whistle stops are drawing big crowds. The couric interview will start the wave again with the newbies. You know the big 3 viewers are the last to get the word.
32 posted on 09/18/2008 3:16:08 PM PDT by fantom
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To: zimfam007
Much as we detest them, the MSM is still a powerful political force. The MSM destroyed the Bush presidency. Now they have turned the efforts to destroying Sarah Palin. Win or lose in November, we must find ways to take back the institutions that we have ceded to the liberals over the years. The only way conservatives will ever influence schools is from the inside. That goes double for things like movies, tv, or the MSM. To often people on this board underestimate the power of the news and entertainment media to shape public opinion. IMO, that is a big mistake.
33 posted on 09/18/2008 3:18:02 PM PDT by goldfinch
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To: zimfam007
Much as we detest them, the MSM is still a powerful political force. The MSM destroyed the Bush presidency. Now they have turned the efforts to destroying Sarah Palin. Win or lose in November, we must find ways to take back the institutions that we have ceded to the liberals over the years. The only way conservatives will ever influence schools is from the inside. That goes double for things like movies, tv, or the MSM. To often people on this board underestimate the power of the news and entertainment media to shape public opinion. IMO, that is a big mistake.
34 posted on 09/18/2008 3:18:58 PM PDT by goldfinch
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To: zimfam007

I said a couple of days ago that although I love Sarah; she really needs to come up with some new lines. The news media have replayed her talking points so many times that it is starting to get boring and it is making her look like politics as usual instead of a fresh face and fresh gusto. I think she would be much better if they turned her loose as the attack bulldog that we all think she could be.


35 posted on 09/18/2008 3:19:23 PM PDT by my right
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To: zimfam007

Alert ! Its CBS/NY Slimes POLL Results RECYCLED by the CNN’s David Gergen newsletter! AKA , A Palin HIT Piece with a Poll attached !


36 posted on 09/18/2008 3:21:41 PM PDT by ncalburt
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To: my right
I think she would be much better if they turned her loose as the attack bulldog that we all think she could be.

She can't say what she really thinks because John McCain is the top of the ticket. Her task is to support his candidacy regardless of her own ideology.

37 posted on 09/18/2008 3:23:53 PM PDT by DaveyB (Those who are merciful to the cruel will be cruel to the merciful.")
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To: zimfam007

THe 30% represents the hardcore dem and liberal base. That number would be the same if George Washington was running as a Republican.


38 posted on 09/18/2008 3:24:24 PM PDT by yazoo
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To: zimfam007

Most news organs are simply round-the-clock propaganda broadsheets with a little news to bait the hook.

They use polling as a tool to see if the propaganda is working, and as filler news, and as propaganda in its own right.

The problem with all this is that sometimes they start to buy into their own propaganda, and lose sight of what is real. Big mistake for a propaganda professional, to believe your own hype.

Palin isn’t losing popularity. She is cleaning Obama’s clock.


39 posted on 09/18/2008 3:25:13 PM PDT by marron
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To: griswold3

Well, God Love ya, pal, I mean ta say God Love ya, Joe can’t help himself, he really can’t, I mean, I really can’t... ya know, darn it all, it’s just great, really great, ta be up here with such a hot err... I mean ta say, God Love her, great gal that Sarah Palin, great gal, God Love her, great legs too, really great, can I say that? I mean, God Love her, it’s the truth, what the heck, I mean...


40 posted on 09/18/2008 3:26:31 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Government is only efficient when it has a gun in its hand.)
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