Posted on 05/24/2011 6:39:47 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
Shortly after Republicans swept last November to a historic victory in which Sarah Palin was credited with playing a central role, the former Alaska governor pulled aside her close aide, Rebecca Mansour, to discuss a hush-hush assignment: Reach out to conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon with a request. Ask him if he would make a series of videos extolling Palin's governorship and laying to rest lingering questions about her controversial decision to resign from office with a year-and-a-half left in her first term. It was this abdication, Palin knew, that had made her damaged goods in the eyes of some Republicans who once were eager to get behind her potential 2012 presidential campaign.
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I must say its impressive they were able to keep this quiet. Obviously has very loyal people who believe in her and the message she wants to bring.
I’m glad to see even before she’s in that the people who are involved with her are running a pretty tight ship.
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Very good point.
Those who don’t get it have brains of mush so it was very easy for the MSM to feed them their propaganda pablum.
Should be interesting.
I don’t know about you....but I felt a bit energized after reading this....lol
>>Brilliant, just brilliant!<<
Not so much.
Think about it. You have a politician upon which your mind is made up. Said politician releases a publicity movie which tries to “explain” (average person: lecture to) you why you should not have your mind made up.
2 questions:
1) would you spend even 5 seconds watching such a movie?
2) assuming you made it through the movie, would it change your opinion?
I think Mrs. Palin is great, but I am going to say that:
100% of the left will say no to #1
75% of the middle will say no to #1
20% of the middle will say no to #2
45% of the right will say no to #1
20% of the right will say no to #2
leaving....
the only people this will influence will be... Sarah Palin supporters.
Feel free to bash me — this is objective political analysis. If you think my tag (or anything other than pro-Palin emotion) is influencing my analysis, please show me how.
You are over thinking it, my FRiend.
It puts her message, uncorrupted out there head to head with a media that is anything but. It’s also going to be a cash cow and I do think the proceeds will be utilized quite wisely.
Palin, thinks in ways that are fresh and modern and is quite viable.
Organizational discipline. Palin has it, Bachmann doesn't. Palin is a strategical thinker. Mrs. Bachmann hasn't demonstrated that she is and often seems to fly by the seat of her pants. These are important things to me and the reason Gov. Palin is in my view heads and shoulders above Representative Bachmann.
My feeling on this is the only people that she has to worry about seeing this movie are Republican primary voters. I think we can all agree that her resigning as Governor is something that has hurt her with Republicans concerned about the “quitter” label.
Who cares if liberals or moderates won’t watch it right now? They are not voting in Republican primaries. The movie could give her the opportunity to bring back “not sures” to her (I emphasize could).
What about if she does win the nomination? Do you think there is a possibility that people who are open to changing their vote from 2008 would see it?
We’ll find out.
I’m glad to see something coming from her. A lot of people want to know what she is going to do.
Well, I guess there's been some bad blood in the room. I wasn't around. Your method of organizing data is useful, but I don't agree with all the measurements. Agree with you about 100 percent of the Left not watching it. But that's 20 percent, maybe, of the electorate, and so much of a write-off that they're an indispensable barometer: If they really hate you, you know you're doing something right.
As for the rest, people are surprisingly subject to influence, most of all by a change in the conversation. Mrs. Palin's gift, which winoneforthegipper called "just brilliant!" is to change the conversation and make it about her. And yet not be dishonest or uninteresting. Time will tell, but my take is that people get used to a candidate on repeated contact, which is why they all write books and pay for expensive TV specials.
In other words, if the great mass of people weren't subject to incremental change during an election cycle, I would agree with you. But I've seen it happen so much, not least in myself.
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Sarah Palin is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
I’m not bothered by her leaving her Governorship. Imo it was a reasonable and responsible thing to do under the circumstances.
I agree...BRILLIANT!!!
She is positioning herself nicely....we shall see.
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I just knew the trolls would be out in force (like clockwork) to either snipe or go pish-posh-pashaw at ANYTHING pro-Palin. Hey trolls, this film is not for you, it’s for those who are fans, those who have some sort curiosity, and those who can be persuaded.
It’s about messaging, politics and imaging, and you act surprised by this? Either you’re a troll-hack, jilted, or a neophyte.
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