Some see Palin's online effort lacking

theHill.com ^ | Nov. 28, 2009 | Jordan Fabian

[Al B.]

GOP online geniuses weighing in on Sarah Palin. I'm surprised Matt Braynard didn't join in on the piling on...LOL.

[Jagdgewehr]

But getting in the bus and interacting with real people is working for her.

[Always Right]

Senate Republican Conference online communications director Sean Hackbarth lobbed this charge at Palin’s online presence this week: “I'm sorry, Sarah #Palin has one of the lamest online efforts of any national political figure.”

And yet every time she posts, it is big news. Maybe lame, but it is far more effect than any other national political figure, bar none.

[NittanyLion]

Senate Republican Conference online communications director Sean Hackbarth lobbed this charge at Palin’s online presence this week: “I'm sorry, Sarah #Palin has one of the lamest online efforts of any national political figure.”

And after all, the Senate Republicans so effectively convey their message to America. LOL...

[Always Right]

And here is Mitt Romney's website... Does anyone go there or ever quote it? I had no idea it existed without doing a web search. Meanwhile, everyone knows Sarah has a facebook page and every post she has ever made there was reported by the national media. Slick versus effective.

[tet68]

Senate Republican Conference online communications director Sean Hackbarth lobbed this charge at Palin’s online presence this week: “I’m sorry, Sarah #Palin has one of the lamest online efforts of any national political figure.”

And John McCain has a better one?
I guess they prefer Obama’s?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

More proof that the GOP is completely out of touch.
Do these morons realize that Facebook has a larger audience than most online web portals and websites?
Who is primarily using Facebook? Younger voters, the same people who supported for Obama. Who is out there at Palin's book signings? Young girls and women, working class men.

This is the problem with Republicans. They think of everything in conventional, organizational terms. See, Sarah is supposed to have an "official" website, with a party logo in the corner, managed by a bunch of "online strategists," that can ask people to sign up for email "please donate" spam.

The GOP just doesn't get it.

[LibFreeOrDie]

These “GOP consultants” are ticked off that Sarah hasn’t paid them $$$ to build websites and ad campaigns. She’s doing just fine with free Facebook and Twitter.

(Or else these schlubs are already working for other candidates...)

[BobL]

Yea, if Sarah doesn’t beef up her Internet presence, she’ll never get the name recognition to be a serious candidate.

I love it.

[Steamburg]

Just look at all the RINO pundits headed for unemployment. They better check, there are already too many of those lame jokes on the left and less room in the middle every day. Screw’em!

[Right Wing Assault]

The GOP just doesn't get it.

How 'bout some nice newspaper ads? /s

[torchthemummy]

This is beyond ridiculous. At this time, when she is not running for any office and has just had published her autobiography, it is smart to have one single primary stop and Facebook (and Twitter to a certain extent) fits the bill.

These supposed experts can surely be linked back to other aspiring candidates. This inane article that had to search for a handful of Pubbie “experts” to create an image of Palin as lacking web savvy is the result of a general paranoia that Palin will take on not just the Dems but the country club Pubbies too.

[LiberConservative]

"If I was making a conscious effort to make a run for president, I wouldn't do it like this,” said Soren Dayton, a new-media consultant who has worked on Capitol Hill and on Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign.

The last dolts I would be taking advice from are the folks who ran McCain's campaign.

[manic4organic]

#1 on NYT Bestseller, Amazon and just about everywhere else. I think Sarah is getting the word out just fine.

[ABQHispConservative]

And yet, there are a bunch of Sarah-inspired websites, like Conservatives 4 Palin, Texas for Palin, etc. All grassroots!

These ‘experts’ need to think beyond the old formula, and think about a more expansive strategy. The key is a grassroots led movement, not a ‘smoke-and-mirrors’ campaign.

[FrankR]

""What I don't like about as far as an online strategy is that she puts most of her eggs in the Facebook basket. "

Does this clown really thinks that if Palin decides to run for office - which she hasn't - that 'Facebook' would be her only vehicle? Pulllleeeeezzzzzeeeee.

This article is not "news", it's a Palin hit piece plain and simple. The press is still trying their best to marginalize her, with very little success, I might add.

I'm sure Sarah is not as sadistic as I am, but if I was in her position I'd try and get under the left's skin as often as possible. Whip them up into a strong enough anti-Palin frenzy, and they'll blow the whole anti campaign.

It's funny to watch them squirm...

[EGPWS]

Some see Palin's online effort lacking

It's that pesky "Going Rogue" book flying off the shelves that is stifling Sarah's on line promotional concerns. ; )

[HiTech RedNeck]

If she is the first Facebook president that would be fine with me.

[dforest]

Same old GOP losers that gave us the incredible online effort in the McCain debacle picking on Palin. How did that online effort work out geniuses? This is one of those times to shut up and not be heard.

[EGPWS]

The GOP just doesn't get it.

Conservatives do however.

Let's show some political muscle for a change!