Posted on 05/07/2009 6:14:50 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
EVERYONE is piling on Sarah Palin, even though she will never be president of the United States.
The Alaska governor is everyone's favorite foil, from the left-wing Huffington Post to the ever-posturing Mitt Romney. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee who cynically chose her as his running mate, now snubs her with relish.
They all act like she has a real chance to win the White House, when they all know the truth. When it comes to be taken seriously by the general electorate as a potential president, it's as over for her as it was for Dan Quayle.
Quayle was doomed even after he served four years as vice president. He was the proverbial heartbeat away from the first President Bush, but could never overcome the perception that he lacked gravitas.
Palin only ran for vice president; she never made it from Wasilla to Washington. And her political problem is bigger than Quayle's, because it extends to her family.
Think about the picture-perfect Obama family, from adorable First Daughters to adorable First Puppy. And speaking of adorable, what is more adorable than the president and his wife strolling hand-in-hand around the White House grounds after a Saturday night date? Their family image is managed expertly by the White House with help from the media.
Palin's family portrait is much more complicated and gritty. In some ways, it is more reflective of the reality of American family life. But it brings baggage that is especially difficult for a female candidate to overcome.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Dying skunks have one last spray in them.
ya think?
Isn’t this about their final issue?
Has to be true, because our thought-bosses in the media tell us it’s true. They would never lie to us. We must never question their words. That would be doubleplus ungood.
Propaganda from Pravda aka Boston Globe/NYT.
Is it possible to kiss ass more than this? Jeez
Obama’s perferct family like his aunt in South Boston or his brother in Kenya. What about Biden’s daughter?
Yeah their perfect.
The Boston Globe ‘romneys’ Gov. Palin, again. Surprise? not.
[And speaking of adorable, what is more adorable than the president and his wife strolling hand-in-hand around the White House grounds after a Saturday night date?]
Couldn’t stomach it after that.
Sarah has a birth certificate, never did rails off a hooker, has no associations with convicted terrorists, and pays her taxes, but has no chance of being President.
Got it. Why again is the Boston Globe going out of business?
This isn’t even news. It’s some Boston liberal Maureen Dowd wannabee expressing her opinion. Better do it now while you still got a paper to print it Honey.
Gotta remember that one. Great!
As opposed to the family charm of child lobotomizers, serial philanderers, movie star killers, boiler room girl killers, smack addicts, drunks, rapists, and on and on...
LOL!!!
Get a clue Joan. They’re piling on to MAKE SURE SHE DOESN’T have a real chance to win the White House. Of course she’s taken seriously - hence the campaign to destroy her because she IS a threat. If she was as hapless as the demlibholes, MSMwhores and RINOs make her out to be, they’d all ignore her.
Where’s the double bagger barf alert?
...pro-abortion and annulment Catholics....
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