Has Palin jumped the shark? Some think Palin's redefining political branding (Not negative!)

WSBT-TV / CNN ^ | March 25, 2014 | Halimah Abdullah, CNN

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Sportsman Channel's promo for Sarah Palin's new reality television venture features the gun-toting politico-turned-celebrity exploring her idea of American freedom: man caves, target shooting and race cars.

"Amazing America's" teaser "She's coming with a full heart and a full magazine," might be getting snickers but some think she's redefining political branding.

That's because, in this media obsessed culture, all of that on camera wilderness exploring, dog racing, and hunting, when coupled with fundraising and endorsing grassroots conservatives, adds up to a hefty boost in the Palin brand and political influence.

"It keeps her visible," said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University historian and CNN contributor. "The way she's doing this, through reality television, might be the way politics is moving. Some kind of combination of being active in political arena...and acting in reality television might work."

In many ways it has for Palin....

[ansel12]

LOL, someone who hasn’t checked in since the 2008 campaign.

[Kartographer]

1.

jump the shark
a term to describe a moment when somethin that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity.

Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on waterskis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show.
Cousin Oliver on Brady Bunch, Scrappy Doo.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I have no idea, but I’d be VERY SURPRISED if she supports amnesty.

[Paladin2]

S! rulz........still....

[2ndDivisionVet]

loy·al·ty /ˈloiəltē/ noun: loyalty 1. the quality of being loyal to someone or something. "her loyalty to her husband of 34 years" ***** So if someone chose you out of 315 million people to potentially be the second most powerful official in the world, you'd later spurn him?

[Nifster]

Sarah Palin is just who she is...what you see is what you get. All sorts of folks want her to be what they think she is or should be...They are wrong because they do not understand that she says what she means and means what she says

[PA Engineer]

Welcome back.

[OneWingedShark]

loy·al·ty /ˈloiəltē/ noun: loyalty 1. the quality of being loyal to someone or something. "her loyalty to her husband of 34 years"

So if someone chose you out of 315 million people to potentially be the second most powerful official in the world, you'd later spurn him?

From another post on her defense of McCain:

BuckeyeTexan:
Horsesh*t. She didn’t rally to his defense. She made a few positive comments and then outlined, specifically, where she disagrees with McCain. This is just another attempt to marginalize what she actually said about McCain.

From the article:

I consider Senator John McCain an American hero and a friend. He fights to remind our President that the federal government's first priority must be strong defense of our homeland¹, and, like Congressman Johnson, he fights against big-spending colleagues who don't prioritize for our military's needs.² Upon the Senator's shoulders he's carried part of our message of opposition to today's "fundamental transformation"³ of America directly to the problem: President Obama ⁴and Harry Reid's far left agenda.

1. Which is why he opposes securing our borders and embraces amnesty.
2. Which is why he voted to end the F-22, saying: [it] may very well become the most expensive, corroding, hangar queen ever in the history of modern aviation
3. Which is why he holds "town hall" meetings on amnesty... tickets for which aren't available to the general public.
   
4. Which is why he made this Freudian slip. (John McCain Says Obama Will Save America)

From the Article:

I appreciate Senator McCain's steadfastness in demanding truth in the White House's Benghazi cover-up. Because of his persistence we WILL get that truth, and then more eyes will be open to see how dangerous an Obama-led retreating America is in this volatile world.¹

1. Which is why McCain refused to back impeachment hearings over Benghazi. (Huffington Post link.)

From the Article:

But then Palin ever so gently gave her former running mate the back of her hand.

It goes without saying we don't all agree on all political issues. For instance, I shall keep pushing to open ANWR, I oppose letting illegal aliens cut in line and receive American benefits via "immigration reform," and I oppose any Congressional action that allows President Obama to incur more U.S. debt.

That's the back of her hand? Hell, I've received praise from my own father more critical than that.

DoughtyOne:
I particularly like the photo of McCain with the Muslim Brotherhood leadership. Nothing says support for our military quite like that.

You're not the only one:
Egyptians Enraged by U.S. Outreach to Muslim Brotherhood

First two paragraphs of that article:

In the eyes of tens of millions of Egyptians, Senators John McCain’s and Lindsey Graham’s recent words and deeds in Egypt—which have the “blessing” of President Obama—have unequivocally proven that U.S. leadership is aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian media is awash with stories of the growing anger regarding this policy.

Yep, that's some support!
Even the Egyptians see him as more more an enemy of justice than Palin does here!

[svcw]

Palin knows what she us doing - truth and a full magazine

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Welcome back! It’s not the same around here without you. :-)

[Hostage]

I sense if Sarah were President today, Putin would have taken early retirement.

[sgtyork]

Wow! I’d been waiting for someone from CNN named Halimah to explain Sarah Palin to me.

2d to None!, 2dDivisionVet.

[Leaning Right]

Right you are. “Jumping the shark” is a very negative term. It implies that something is declining, from quality to silliness.

I'm not quite sure why that was applied to Palin here.

[smokingfrog]

It keeps her visible

[Billthedrill]

Consider it a first step not in trying to describe her irrelevancy, but in explaining her success. I’m getting a lovely aroma of “this can’t be happening” from the Left. It smells like...panic.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Bingo!

“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”

~Mahatma Gandhi

[ansel12]

Zero would be gained by Palin going against a safe Senator McCain, but there was much to lose.

The thing of interest here, is why troll against her for McCain, why not for Cruz, who she put in the Senate?

[right way right]

Hmmmmm. Not negative...what are they up to?

[Billthedrill]

Good to see you. :-)

[ansel12]

Why aren’t you attacking for more recent and relevant endorsements, for instance Rand Paul who she helped put into the Senate, unlike McCain who was already safe in his 25 year seat and who had just come off being his party’s presidential nominee?

Now we have to deal with Paul calling for the party to move left, to drop conservative issues like gay marriage from it’s platform.

Go after Palin for Rand Paul, he is the one currently calling for us to move left.