Posted on 08/26/2010 2:12:23 PM PDT by dselig
All the clues suggest Sarah Palin is right in the mix for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. Consider the niche she’s carved since resigning as Alaska governor last year. A best-selling memoir, with another book in the pipeline. Keynote speaker at the National Tea Party Convention. Frenzied supporters attaching near biblical significance to every Facebook post or Tweet. And a litany of successful primary endorsements – including just this week, with obscure Alaska Senate contender Joe Miller appearing, in what would be a stunning upset, to have tipped out sitting senator (and Palin arch-nemesis) Lisa Murkowski.
Just one problem: the family. Palin can’t seem to control it. As she conceivably gets set to tango with Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee for the chance to lead the free world, her daughter will be hoofing it with David Hasselhoff. Meanwhile, Levi files to run for mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin's old job.
Presidential candidates normally strive to exert iron control over their image. At a minimum, this means moving heaven and earth to keep the kids from becoming a distraction. As she launches a bold and determined effort to rehabilitate herself, it must be highly stressful having to worry what silly thing Bristol will say next to a gossip reporter.
Bill Clinton is living proof of Americans’ high tolerance for soap opera. But Clinton, like him or not, never had the challenge of proving his seriousness or mastery of policy. Earlier this year, when Bristol called off her engagement with Levi (amidst allegations that he had fathered another child), Palin publicly counseled that her daughter would henceforth know to “trust, but verify.” This was Ronald Reagan’s signature phrase during tense weapons-reduction negotiations with his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev. Yet Palin now invokes it with a wink to put down the family black sheep.
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From the rag that just sold for $ 1.00 .
Is that the little 10-page pamphlet I saw in the dentist's waiting-room last week?
Is this the best Newsweek can do?
LOL
Dancing with the Stars is a respected show. It’s not a reality show, its a dance competition. If its true and Bristol is in fact doing it I wish her the best of luck. I have seen the show many times, politicians have been on it as well as sports stars and many celebrities. I will watch if she goes on it
Mr Harmon got ripped off.
I was going to say if the whole company just sold for a dollar, then how much is the the content worth? One would have to pound a penny into copper dust and then try to extract one grain to get close.
Yep. Almost as valuable as Salon.com!
I wouldn’t have bought NewsWEAK for 25 cents..I consider even that amount a total rip off
Alan Mascarenhas - Newsweak Buttboy
I don’t know, did brother Billy destroy Carter?
There is only so much responsibility we have for our relatives.
Bristol is of course Palin’s daughter, but, she is also a young girl making very typical young girl faux pas.
It’s not ok. But it is fairly, sadly, normal.
How is Bristol any different from Levi?
She loves media and she is cashing in on her mom’s fame.
It is icky.
She will probably charm the socks off of everybody and raise the Palin brand.
My daughters watch. I’ll vote for Bristol!
Interesting how quickly the Libtard rags can come out with a negative Sarahcuda hit piece.
It’s daily on WaPo and the NY Slimes.
I completely agree with you.
Wasn’t Tom Delay on the same show?
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