Posted on 11/15/2010 10:38:04 AM PST by teddyballgame
Sarah Palin has officially “jumped the shark.”
Last night’s premier of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” will be remembered as the moment the once-promising, conservative darling crossed over into the absurd.
Part Alaska tourism promo, part window into the family Palin, TLC’s eight-part series features clips of the former governor at home in gym shorts and shots of the family enjoying the great outdoors while she calls out folksy comments like, “this is flippin’ fun!”
If that’s not enough, Palin takes Kate Gosselin (of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” fame) camping in the Alaska wilderness - the two women reportedly didn’t get along (Kate, it seems, is a bit of an indoor cat).
Conduct unbecoming a former governor and vice presidential
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
“I am a Palin supporter, but I am not a blind follower.
In my opinion this particular thing did not help her if her objective is to become president. If she doesn’t ever want to be president.... then the show was fine and slightly entertaining.”
That’s pretty much where I’m at. I like Palin and what she’s done for conservatism in this country. She energized the base in 2008 and has helped a lot of candidates get elected in 2012. She’s a heckuva a lot smarter and more qualified than Obama - and she drives the media nuts. I don’t think the TLC show particularly helps her, but politics have changed - candidates tweet their messages and update their facebook pages - who would have expected that five years ago. 2012 is a long ways a way - I don’t need to decide on a candidate for quite some time.
I would like to know what you want your 2012 presidential candidate to be doing right now? Let’s see some examples.
It seems to me, her books and her tours and these shows are designed to show us who she is.
If you don't like it, don't vote for her.
I personally am delighted that she fights back in an incredibly effective way. She is being paid to let you and me see her as she wants to be seen.
I thought it was great and made Sarah even more appealing as a real person. I wouldn’t expect N.E. liberal media elites to understand that!
New UMass trustee Jennifer Braceras seeks to improve the university’s national standing
http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=1368&id=41821
Also appointed by Gov. Romney yesterday were: attorney and UMass alumnus Jennifer Braceras of Concord
http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/09-06/09-02-06/01local.htm
“This show is one of th dumbest things I’ve ever watched.
I’d vote for Jack Osbourne (Ozzy’s son) for President before I’d vote for Palin at this point.”
This tells us a lot about YOU! And none of it’s good...
No problem.
What’s going to happen is the perception of the MSM “jumping the shark”, in their constant effort to marginalize Palin.
This perception is not important to the readers here. It is important to independents who will eventually see Palin bashing as a marginal activity and disregard it.
I liked it! I thought it was a great way to showcase Alaska, and it is truly beautiful!
I give her big kudos for the way she lives her life. He has bigger stones than most of the rest of DC put together. Could you imagine Obama snowshoeing in Alaska? Or rock climbing? Hell just shooting a 30ot 6? Oh HELL NO!
I thought it was great. We got to see a glimpse of who she really is, and not what Katie and the rest of those idiots paint her as being.
The claws are out because she is a threat. And more of a threat than she was before the series.
I too am a Palin supporter and not a blind follower.
I personally don’t go for the tabloidesque side of her and her family’s pop culture participation and would rather her be seen advancing political philosophy and policy when she’s before a camera. Love what she’s done with her Facebook page, feel squeamish about some of her Twitter posts.
But I’m not entirely Middle American either, I guess. I can’t really gauge when she’s winning over potential casual voters and whether she’s gone too far. So I suck it up and hope that she moves into campaign mode, with more of the Serious Sarah on display, soon.
Jennifer C. Braceras?
Who?
A free lance writer and lawyer?
Who?
Jennifer C. Braceras?
Who?
You’re right. It’s much better if we elect a President with a hidden college transcript.
I saw it and thought it was great. I set the DVR to automatically record future shows. Obviously the author of this hit piece is drunk on ideology.
| JENNIFER C. BRACERAS Lawyer and Freelance Writer Boston, Massachusetts POLITICAL AFFILIATION: REPUBLICAN
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Jennifer C. Braceras is a lawyer and free-lance writer. In December, 2001, President Bush appointed her to a six-year term on the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights. Ms. Braceras’s articles on politics, culture, and law have appeared in the Boston Globe (where she was a regular contributor during the 2000 presidential election), as well as in the Boston Herald, Legal Times of Washington, National Review Online, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Weekly Standard, and The Women’s Quarterly. She has appeared as an expert on politics and legal issues on a variety of broadcasts, including CNN Morning News, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Fox Special Report with Tony Snow, and New England Cable News (NECN). Ms. Braceras, who has taught courses in federal anti-discrimination law at Suffolk Law School, is also a former Senior Fellow for Legal Policy with the Independent Women’s Forum. From 2000 until 2002, Ms. Braceras was a research fellow at Harvard Law School, serving first as the Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow and then as a John M. Olin Fellow in Law. During her time at Harvard, Ms. Braceras’s research focused on Equal Protection Clause jurisprudence and civil rights challenges to standardized tests. In 2000, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recognized Ms. Braceras as one of the state’s top ten Lawyers of the Year. From 1996-2000, Ms. Braceras practiced law at the Boston firm of Ropes & Gray, where she counseled a variety of institutions on employment-related matters. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Ms. Braceras served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ralph K. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ('95-'96), and to the Honorable William G. Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ('94-'95). Ms. Braceras is a member of the Committee for Justice, the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) and the Civil Rights Practice Group of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts. |
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Even worse, a nouveau-snob. LOL!
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/13/style/jennifer-cabranes-roberto-braceras.html
Jennifer Cabranes, Roberto Braceras
Published: April 13, 1997
Jennifer Cabranes and Roberto Maria Braceras, lawyers in Boston, were married yesterday in New Haven. The Rev. Francis Aaron Laushway performed the ceremony at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary.
Mrs. Braceras, 29, is an associate at Ropes & Gray. Mr. Braceras, 27, is a trial attorney in the criminal division of the Justice Department. The bride graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received a law degree from Harvard University. Mr. Braceras graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received a law degree from Yale University.
The bride’s mother, Susan Feibush Saccio of North Haven, Conn., is a clinical social worker for the Child Guidance Clinic of Greater Waterbury. The bride’s father, Judge Jose A. Cabranes of New Haven, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. The bride is a stepdaughter of Dr. Joseph D. Saccio, who practices psychiatry in New Haven, and of Kate Stith, a professor at the Yale University Law School in New Haven.
You just know the PDS’er nags are always far less attractive than Sarah, past their prime, or both.
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