Posted on 07/08/2009 5:36:52 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Just wondering. Do you still think Sarah Palin is ready for the big stage?
Good question! And very timely after Palin's shock resignation as governor of Alaska this past Fourth of July weekend. I assume that family priorities -- personal as well as financial -- had become all-consuming. Given her success with finalizing the massive Alaska pipeline project, I think Palin should have stuck it out, but of course she is master of her own fate. What certainly was blameworthy was the chaotic and rushed statement itself. Something so politically consequential needed more careful composition and rehearsal. Why provide more fodder for the vultures and harpies of the Northeastern media?
Unfortunately, it's pretty obvious that Palin still lacks that cadre of trusted pros ... (snip) ... she remains hugely popular with the Republican grass-roots base ... (snip)
Of course you'd never know that from reading hit jobs like Todd Purdum's sepulchral piece on Palin in the current Vanity Fair. Scurrying around Alaska with his notepad, Purdum still managed to find comically little to indict her with. Anyone with a gripe is given the floor; fans are shut out. This exercise in faux objectivity is exposed at key points such as Purdum's failure to identify the actual instigator of Palin's extravagant clothing bills (a crazed, credit-card-abusing stylist appointed by the McCain campaign) and his prissy characterization of Palin's performance at the vice-presidential debate as merely "adequate." Hey, wake up -- Palin cleaned Biden's clock! By the end, Biden was sighing and itching to split. (snip)
As a Democrat, I detest the partisan machinations that have become standard in Northeastern news management ...
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
Come back? Did she ever go away?
No , but dream on .
You should read her writings on abortion. She calls it what it is, infanticide. She has no problem with abortion, she has a huge problem with those who don’t look at things squarely.
I admire Miss Paglia, though I disagree with her completely.
Sarah’s still here, thank God!
Only time will determine if her resignation was a brilliant political ploy or the suicide of her career in public office. But either way it's going to be interesting to watch.
You beat me to it!
She never went away!
All she did is just leap closer!!
Go Sarah Go!
Now she is free to travel in support of candidates who will support her for 2012. It will give her an opportunity to really build on the grassroots support she has and not have the continuing ethics debacle that has gone on.
It makes her the most dangerous woman in politics. That is why the left has to demonize her.
That is a good summation.
***It makes her the most dangerous woman in politics. That is why the left has to demonize her.***
Exactly.
If Palin were really political “history”, the MSM wouldn’t STILL be screaming their venom about her.
Her point about Palin needing national-class political operatives is fair. What worried me was hearing those CBS reporters, I think it is, who have a book coming out about Palin. They reported that Palin had contacted some old operatives from the McCain campaign over the weekend and asked them to come up and help manage her message. I don’t want any of that crew near her! I’d rather Mary Matalin or some such would take on the role.
Can she come back? She is getting more press tha Zero.
PTL!
Otherwise she'd understand why it's all "rushed".
Well, she was interviewed while "gone fishing" yesterday!
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The reports of her “death” are greatly exaggerated. What is nice is time will tell whether you’re right or wrong, and it won’t be that long of a wait.
Paglia pretty much rips the Northeastern elite media and their double standards.
Depends upon what to come back to. If national prominence as a potential Presidential contender, maybe not, but I don’t think that matters to Sarah at this point. What does matter to her is promoting conservative ideals by getting them back to the core of the Republican party and supporting candidates at all levels who think likewise. Any candidate worth his/her salt would want Sarah in their corner. For that to happen, though, they will need to subscribe to a conservative philosophy. I don’t see her expending energy and time giving speeches and raising funds for weak-kneed RINOs.
I’d love to have her as President, but I strongly believe that’s not even a goal for her. I think she sees herself as the loud, assertive, unabashed conservative voice we’ve needed for a long time.
If they win. So I advise her to pick the candidates she supports very carefully.
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