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Matthews: Media will destroy Palin if she wins in the primaries
HOTAIR.COM ^ | 07 JULY 2010 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 07/07/2010 2:32:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

This isn’t intended as a criticism of Chris Matthews or his statement about Sarah Palin; in fact, he’s exactly correct in this analysis. If Palin decides to run for President and scores big in Iowa, survives in New Hampshire, and can go big in South Carolina, she will have a strong lead for the Republican nomination. Actually, that’s not exactly news, since that’s also the strategy for Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty (who is spending three days in Iowa), and anyone else seeking the Republican nomination. Matthews is also not wrong about what will happen if Palin manages to do it (emphasis mine, courtesy of Greg Hengler):

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2010electionbias; 2012electionbias; dnc4romney; dncbrownshirts; du4romney; getpalin; msm4romney; palinbashing; pda; pravdamedia; romney; staterunmedia; yellowjournalism
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Someone explain to me how, exactly the media will destroy Palin. Everything they have thrown at her have completely EPIC FAILED. She is still standing and still has star-power and is consistently in the top of polling.

Matthews is desperate and scared, and it shows.

1 posted on 07/07/2010 2:32:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

She will only win the primary if she shows that she has what it takes.

No one is going to hand Palin the nomination, she is going to have to earn it like anyone else.


2 posted on 07/07/2010 2:34:14 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Sounds like a threat to me, Chrissy-poo.


3 posted on 07/07/2010 2:35:42 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin)
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I don't think it's failed, they've succeeded (for now) in framing how much of the public sees her.

However, she just refuses to go down, and is fighting back rather than rolling over. They're not used to that, particularly when they've fired all their ammunition.

4 posted on 07/07/2010 2:35:42 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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Palin wins and little crissys head will explode.Its a toofer.


5 posted on 07/07/2010 2:37:16 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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In other words, they'll keep trying at what they've been doing the past couple years?

6 posted on 07/07/2010 2:37:16 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Matthews: Media will destroy Palin if she wins in the primaries

Pffffftt. They'll try. ;)

7 posted on 07/07/2010 2:37:54 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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The MSM thinks they’re bigger and badder than they really are. There aren’t any Uncle Walters or any other “star studded” anchorcommies with enough power to push Sarah out of the way. Grassroots have deeper roots this time around than ever.


8 posted on 07/07/2010 2:38:49 PM PDT by albie
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Bring it.


9 posted on 07/07/2010 2:39:07 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: TexasFreeper2009

You’re right, and we can debate all day long as to whether she will or not, only time will tell. But Matthew’s comment is ludicrous - it’s not as if they haven’t tried! He’s just hoping there will be more Couric type interviews that provide ammunition for the bloviators like himself, but he’s worried and it shows.

And if anyone has noticed, there have been weekly, if not daily gaffes by Joe Bite-Me Biden, and our Dear Leader has stepped in it on numerous occasions, but when is the last time Sarah Palin has been caught in a misstatement or gaffe? She may be getting some assistance, but she’s also picking her own venues and putting her message out her way, rather than playing defense to a hostile press. If she chooses to run she will have a whole different way of dealing with the media than the McCain Campaign forced her into.


10 posted on 07/07/2010 2:41:57 PM PDT by bigbob
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I personally think he is correct. If they do not destroy her they will do their level best.


11 posted on 07/07/2010 2:41:57 PM PDT by Colvin (Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
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What these fools fail to recognize is that there is a new Sheriff in town. It’s called an informed American electorate....


12 posted on 07/07/2010 2:42:10 PM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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Here we go again, a CommieCrate trying to influence GOP nomination process. Sure he absolutely correct, but this is more a threat than a prediction. He trying to hand the other contenders ammunition with which to shoot her down. That’s because the Corporate Media has been unable to put a dent into her little red wagon, after spending millions of dollars, thousands of man-hours, and hundreds of airtime hours.

Go Sarah Go, and de-RINO the GOP in the process!


13 posted on 07/07/2010 2:42:18 PM PDT by J Edgar
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Since the outcome of that scenario is a given, we need to consider something for 2012. It isn't the nomination of Palin that I want people to mull over...

NOT A ONE OF THE MAJOR NEWS PUNDITS IS IMPARTIAL ENOUGH TO BE THE MODERATOR FOR THE DEBATES.

What, having a woman who had a pro-bama book slated to be released on January 20th wasn't obvious enough?

Whoever drives the questions of the debate (and possibly forwards the questions to Hillary et al) decides the election.

While the public may like or reject the answers from a conservative on the issues, we CANNOT let the media DEFINE the important issues (you'll see more on global warming and less on the problems caused by illegal immigration for example).

14 posted on 07/07/2010 2:42:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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They think their ratings are bad now.. wait till they start in again on that shit.


15 posted on 07/07/2010 2:44:31 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberals are cruel hateful people who think they pass as respectable citizens.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The old media will try a lot of stuff. With most of them being crackheads and dopers it should be fairly easy to assemble a team to compromise them ~ kind of like the way Acorn was busted.

The MSM are no smarter than the retired hookers and released felons in that group. They'll go down.

16 posted on 07/07/2010 2:46:21 PM PDT by muawiyah
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no offense chrissy, but the media has tried and failed.....


17 posted on 07/07/2010 2:46:34 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: a fool in paradise

They still can find a person that would be ‘moderate’ enough for being a moderator. The problem with 2008 was the McCain campaign didn’t seem to try.


18 posted on 07/07/2010 2:46:41 PM PDT by paudio (Mr. 0bama, focus on Gulf, not Golf.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
No one is going to hand Palin the nomination, she is going to have to earn it like anyone else.

...and with the method that a little pi$$ ant state like New Hampshire and then a couple of million in Iowa have such an impact on the nomination process.. McCain wouldn't have had a snowball's chance if our nomination process wasn't so tilted to the favor the east coast (beltway) influence.

19 posted on 07/07/2010 2:47:53 PM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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He had his worts, but Tim Russert must be rolling over in his grave to see what a piece of Merde his NBC and CNBC has become....


20 posted on 07/07/2010 2:48:59 PM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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