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Title: Why They're Wild About Palin
Source:
CBS News
URL Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/1 ... coopscorner/entry5360238.shtml
Published: Oct 2, 2009
Author: Charles Cooper
Post Date: 2009-10-03 21:37:51 by mirage
Keywords: None
Views: 292
Comments: 29
Ever since John McCain catapulted Sarah McCain onto the national stage in the summer of 2008, I've watched my lefty friends here in San Francisco threaten to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge if the former Alaska Governor ever became president. Their standard refrain: "She's just too extreme, she's just too dumb, she's just too snarky - she's just too..too!" Suffice to say that this crowd does not get `Sarah-Appeal' and never will. So leave it to a comedian to solve a riddle that still flummoxes liberals. During his appearance on Bill O'Reilly's Fox television show Wednesday night, Saturday Night Live alum (and now radio talk show host,) Dennis Miller, summed it up with lapidary precision. "I'm a Palin fan, because she irritates just the right people for me," he said. Exactamundo. Democrats may equate the name Palin with the sound of sharp nails clawing a chalkboard but so much the better, says Miller, a show business pro who understands a thing or two about shtick and the art of pushing peoples' buttons. "I mean, she drives the right people crazy," he told O'Reilly. "Do I think she's going to outsmart you? No. But do I think that, in some way, she has an appeal with people that practiced politicians might never have? Yes, I do." If you judge by the numbers, there's no debate he's right about that. Palin's upcoming memoir Rogue is ranked No. 1 both on the Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble bestseller lists - and this, still a full month and a half before the book is scheduled to go on sale. As they look to 2012, the Republicans already have a media superstar in their stable. The one caveat: Palin remains a lightening rod for controversy. So it was that after readers responded to our post reporting the advance success of Rogue, I came across a post by one person who goes by the handle "two-cats." He wrote: "Comic book, soap opera baloney is more like it. I shall not be reading anything by this woman...not interested in anything she has to say (or, rather had written for her) and it infuriates me that a ding-a-ling like her gets so much media attention." Harsh. But in slamming Palin as an undeserving dolt, Mr. or Mrs. "Cats" (or two-cats, as the case may be) supported Miller's thesis. Palin has this knack for sending the liberal-left into knee-knocking spittle-inducing convulsions. More than any other Republican, Palin stirs passions. Most important, she has the sort of sass that attracts big crowds of true believers willing to open their wallets for her. Can you say that about the likes of Tim Pawlenty or (gasp!) Bobby Jindal? Not with a straight face. Rogue undoubtedly will make Palin wealthy overnight. It also provides a springboard for a political comeback and a possible run to lead the party as its presidential nominee. (Just as Six Crises did for Richard Nixon.) No secret what comes next. After the book signing tour, Palin hits the rubber chicken circuit to rack up points with Republican congressional candidates running in the mid-term elections. She can also do herself a favor by presenting the "new Sarah" (reminiscent of the "new Nixon") and banish memories of that disastrous Katie Couric interview. No such need to reintroduce herself to the party's conservative base. That crowd already recognizes Palin as one of their own. My liberal friends will never understand the appeal. They reduce the Palin effect to that of a media-created sensation - one fostered by her amen corner at Fox News, talk radio and the right-leaning blogs, who appear willing do anything to keep her in the public eye. Whatever truth there is to that explanation, it does little to explain the persistence of the true believers. Here's the key point: For them, Palin is not another wishy-washy, faux conservative on the John McCain model. She speaks their language on issues that are central to their sense of who they are as Americans: gun rights, religion, abortion, patriotism and the role of government in their lives. They also remember the insults. And each time the left and Democratic media apologists (like Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow) caricature Palin as a dumbbell hick from the sticks, that just reinforces their conviction that they must be doing something right. After all, if it ticks off the liberals, it must be good. Right?
Poster Comment: "I'm a Palin fan, because she irritates just the right people for me" I have to agree. She irritates just the right people.
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#1. To: mirage (#0)
I am moving to Alaska.
Kick off the zio-kneepads, and I'm there. Otherwise, pass.
Get a grip. Unless you're in Anchorage, you'll freeze your ass off.
That would cinch my vote.
I can't argue with that and won't. I'll just set here and smile.
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
Been to Alaska, in the deep of the winter. Hated the numbing cold. Why anyone would want to live there is beyond me.
Hated the numbing cold. Why anyone would want to live there is beyond me. Deep of the winter, numbing cold, cabin in the woods, Sarah Palin. Sounds pretty good to me.
I think you speak for all of us.
COMRADE! Why are you not showing your Party affiliation and showing proper respect for Dear Leader? Put your Barackstika armband on RIGHT NOW!
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Well, 130 million Americans agreed with you, they voted for McKooK and Obumski. I suspect some people are programmed and do not realize it. Still carrying that dirty baggage around, worshiping the two party system of fraud.
Lots of people wind up in management who shouldn't be there.
COMRADE! Why are you not showing your Party affiliation and showing proper respect for Dear Leader? Put your Barackstika armband on RIGHT NOW!
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Voting in national elections gives this government legitimacy.
Voting with electronic voting machines gives Chrisine's new kitten legitimacy. Or me, or you, or any of us here.
Here in the hills we still use olde fashioned paper ballots. If 800 people walk in to vote at end of day there are 800 ballots all counted and saved. Hey, we are backward here but there is no cheating.
It doesn't matter whether it's Palin or anyone else in the White House as long as the Israeli lobby and its associates run American elections and its media.
I can't argue with that and won't. I'll just set here and smile. Even when she stretches for a morning run ........ she freaks out the libs. ****
Only in the mind of the "voter" ... otherwise based upon the facts the governments (all governments) are a collection of assholes fuckin up a perfectly wonderful world. A vote for anarchy is a sensible rejection of the organized crime called GOVERNMENT.
The U.S. Govt is a tyrannical butcher; U.S. taxpayers are accomplices to international murder and mayhem. If you satisfy your fears by bowing to this butcher, you forfeit your humanity and possibly your soul.
That's the Key Factor in our Nationsal Problem.
Tee hee. :))
Redneck vs. cop: Redneck. Cop vs. n-word: Cop. n-word vs. white guilter: n-word. Being a lawyer knocks you down a peg, so redneck lawyer vs. cop and n-word lawyer vs. white guilter are toss-ups. White guilter lawyers are the lowest form of life. The most vehement denunciations of her in recent days have come from her own side: Palin 2012 Would be "Catastrophic" Pick I more often see people on the left BEGGING the GOPers to nominate her, especially since she quit her job.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
With 0bama cratering in the polls, assuming the trends continue, the GOP could put up a "Yellow Dog" on the ticket and win. Me? I'm in it for the entertainment value. Assuming 0bama continues on his current trajectory, he may just lose a primary challenge. Wouldn't that be fun?
COMRADE! Why are you not showing your Party affiliation and showing proper respect for Dear Leader? Put your Barackstika armband on RIGHT NOW!
Nice "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
If 800 people walk in to vote at end of day there are 800 ballots all counted and saved. Hey, we are backward here but there is no cheating. Stay that way and pray for the rest of the country with the electronic scam machines.
Really now – just how dumb is Sarah? Now that the dust has settled - wasn’t quitting the governorship was one of the most intelligent political moves ever? She is not dumb – she is western – and therefor something to be feared by the East Coast elite – Democrat and Republican. And more importantly --- Sarah Palin is true blue Middle Class! That is what the elite fear the most ----- a real down to earth American populist! In the article the author painted her as another Nixon – no so – by the time Nixon ran for president a second time he was part of the Washington East Cost elite. From a historical perspective, if Sarah were to become president, she would be like Andrew Jackson --- in his time, Jackson was a multiple first – middle class, a westerner, and a populist. Sarah Palin could add “woman” to that list. p.s. While Sarah was governor, she truly did work for the middle class in Alaska – she gave the Republican Party elite much grief --- good on her!
Depends on who you ask. Joe Average seems to like her. The Beltway Insiders think she is an uncontrollable twink. I'll go with Joe Average.
COMRADE! Why are you not showing your Party affiliation and showing proper respect for Dear Leader? Put your Barackstika armband on RIGHT NOW!
The Republican Party will try to defeat Sarah in the primaries. But I think there will be many crossovers voting for her. If she losses in the primaries – she can run as an independent – and she could win! All she needs to win is 34% (the others getting 33%)or 1 more vote then the next person in any given state. That is due able!
#2. To: mirage (#0)
#3. To: Cynicom (#1)
I am moving to Alaska.
#4. To: mirage (#0)
I've watched my lefty friends here in San Francisco threaten to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge if the former Alaska Governor ever became president.
#5. To: mirage, Cynicom (#0)
After all, if it ticks off the liberals, it must be good. Right?
#6. To: Lod (#3)
#7. To: Cynicom (#6)
Been to Alaska, in the deep of the winter.
#8. To: Lod (#2)
Kick off the zio-kneepads, and I'm there.
#9. To: mirage (#0)
#10. To: ghostdogtxn (#9)
#11. To: ghostdogtxn (#9)
Lots of underqualified, out-of-their-depth people identify with her.
#12. To: Cynicom (#10)
#13. To: mirage (#11)
#14. To: ghostdogtxn (#12)
#15. To: Cynicom, all (#14)
Voting in national elections gives this government legitimacy.
#16. To: Lod (#15)
#17. To: mirage (#0)
#18. To: Tatarewicz (#17)
#19. To: Original_Intent, mirage, Cynicom, Liberator (#5)
After all, if it ticks off the liberals, it must be good. Right?
#20. To: Cynicom (#14)
Voting in national elections gives this government legitimacy.
#21. To: Cynicom (#10)
"I suspect some people are programmed and do not realize it. Still carrying that dirty baggage around, worshiping the two party system of fraud."
#22. To: mirage (#0)
Palin has this knack for sending the liberal-left into knee-knocking spittle-inducing convulsions.
Open season on them.
#23. To: mirage (#0)
#24. To: Sam Houston (#23)
I more often see people on the left BEGGING the GOPers to nominate her, especially since she quit her job.
#25. To: beyond the sea (#19)
legs lake - that looks like a good point to fish from.
#26. To: Cynicom (#16)
Here in the hills we still use olde fashioned paper ballots.
#27. To: mirage (#0)
"Rogue" undoubtedly will make Palin wealthy overnight. It also provides a springboard for a political comeback and a possible run to lead the party as its presidential nominee. (Just as Six Crises did for Richard Nixon.)
#28. To: your_neighbor (#27)
Really now – just how dumb is Sarah?
#29. To: mirage (#28)
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