I was basically speaking of your statement that the folks that did not like her had good reason, I totally disagree with that! Any decent Conservative that did not like her, has/had a problem within themselves.
Gov Palin can not control how the press behave.
I am glad you are now a bigger supporter! But the folks that openly did not like her have no argument, she did nothing wrong, she is the same person today that she was in 2010 and prior.
God Speed
> “Gov Palin can not control how the press behave.”
No conservative can control how the press behaves.
What they can control is their appearances and access. This is part of handling the press.
Whereas Sarah Palin was naive two years ago to engage the press and think that she could get her message across by force of her personality, she knows now that the press will never convey her message. So she is taking her message to the grassroots and staying away from the press invitations. This is a very good development.
Conservatives of 2 years ago had a reaction to Sarah Palin because she brought bad press with her and she exacerbated the bad press with her counters. In other words she let herself become a punching bag and then when unsuccessful she succumbed to the GOP elite. She went back and forth from being herself to being a tool for the GOPe. In short, she did more damage to herself and others by continuing to engage the press and hoping she could win on their turf.
What she has done is to adopt a battle tactic of duck and dive, make the enemy chase you into the wilderness where they grow tired and become lost. This is working well for her.
Now I hope she will be the Presidential Candidate for 2016, and that by then she will have further mastered the art of conveying a message that is not easily attacked or backfires on the attacker.