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The Palin E-Mails: A Teachable Moment
TalkingSides.com ^ | 06/12/11 | CaroleL

Posted on 06/12/2011 1:24:52 PM PDT by CaroleL

The crowdsourcing armies and the mainstream media gave it their best shot but the unprecedented dig into 24,000 of Governor Sarah Palin's e-mails turned up nothing but proof that she was a competent, engaged leader who did her job well and stuck to her principles. Today cyberspace is thick with the disappointment of all those would-be Woodwards and Bernsteins who had hoped to uncover some embarrassing missive, some hypocritical decision or some gotcha type of proof that the media and her political enemies were right about her all along. They weren't.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: alaska; blogpimp; media; palin

1 posted on 06/12/2011 1:24:58 PM PDT by CaroleL
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To: CaroleL
That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

The MSM has been trying to kill Palin for years. Her strength grows. Obama, still untested, unvetted, and unknown, will find her a tough competitor if she runs for president.

2 posted on 06/12/2011 1:30:58 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I swear she’s like the monster in one of those old, B-grade horror flicks from the 50’s, she takes everything they throw at her and seems to actually use their ammo to give herself additional powers! I hate to compare her to a movie monster, but it’s either that or the Roadrunner!


4 posted on 06/12/2011 2:01:02 PM PDT by jwparkerjr (I would rather lose with Sarah/West than win with a any RINO!)
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To: CaroleL
I never had a moment of concern when Governor Palin's e-mails were released and the attack dogs of the media pounced on them, expecting to find a goldmine of scandal fodder they could use to destroy Sarah Palin or at least undercut her popularity. Although Sarah Palin is certainly not above making mistakes, I long ago judged her as being authentic. That is, what you see is what you get. A Christian conservative, happily married and enjoying motherhood while working with diligence and integrity at her job as state governor. Not a a tyrant or a prima donna, just an honest, hard working woman trying to do her job, no more or less.

The media look like the buzzards they are for grasping at the Palin e-mail dump as a potential source of nourishment for their hatred of this good woman, only to come up empty. It's undeniable that Sarah Palin has been vetted about 1,000 times more than any other official or unofficial Republican candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. This gives Palin a tremendous campaign advantage. No 'October surprises'. Another reason why I continue to hope that Sarah Palin decides to run for president in 2012. That she recently quoted Thomas Payne is a favorable indication of her thinking on the issue: "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."

5 posted on 06/12/2011 2:24:59 PM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: CaroleL

As Palin grows brighter, Obama grows dimmer with each ant—business, anti-America, and anti-Israel decision.


6 posted on 06/12/2011 2:27:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Jim Scott

Well written, Jim.


7 posted on 06/12/2011 2:45:10 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: CaroleL

What all this amounts to is the SRM setting itself up for a Geraldo-at-Capone`s-vault redux. Watching them end up with s*** on their collective face is priceless. They were so-o-o-o-o sure this was “it”... their big opportunity to finally drive that stake through her political heart. They couldn`t back her down at the Wasilla Church burning (and I do indeed suspect dems/media involvement on that one), so they attempted this.

And, once again, they failed.


8 posted on 06/12/2011 3:11:13 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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To: CaroleL

What all this amounts to is the SRM setting itself up for a Geraldo-at-Capone`s-vault redux. Watching them end up with s*** on their collective face is priceless. They were so-o-o-o-o sure this was “it”... their big opportunity to finally drive that stake through her political heart. They couldn`t back her down at the Wasilla Church burning (and I do indeed suspect dems/media involvement on that one), so they attempted this.

And, once again, they failed.


9 posted on 06/12/2011 3:11:56 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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To: CaroleL

Madam President


10 posted on 06/12/2011 3:15:01 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now, and in the future)
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To: CaroleL

Palin should collect the best of these into another book.


11 posted on 06/12/2011 3:19:26 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I think after this movie about her makes its rounds, she will emerge as Gandalf the White, purified and ready for the ultimate battle against evil.
12 posted on 06/12/2011 4:01:16 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard
I think after this movie about her makes its rounds, she will emerge as Gandalf the White, purified and ready for the ultimate battle against evil.

There has not been in our nation's history a greater battle against the forces of consummate evil than is coming. The Obama criminal cabal will find this entire nation standing vibrantly against their enterprise. They will abdicate or they will be destroyed.

13 posted on 06/12/2011 4:51:14 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This IS my blog site.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“And I have come back to you, now, at the turning of the tide.”


14 posted on 06/12/2011 6:46:13 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: jwparkerjr

I think of Palin as the “Snow Dog” (from the rock music group RUSH, 1975)! Live version of “By-Tor and the Snow Dog”. You can take a guess who “By-Tor” is!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZY4eaQUiI&feature=related

“The Tobes of Hades, lit by flickering torchlight
The netherworld is gathered in the glare
Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light
The sign of Eth is rising in the air.
By-Tor, knight of darkness,
Centurion of evil, devil’s prince.....”

Across the River Styx, out of the lamplight
His nemesis is waiting at the gate
The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night
Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate.
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Square for battle, let the fray begin...

The battle’s over and the dust is clearing
Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell
Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing
By-Tor in defeat retreats to Hell
Snow Dog is victorious
The land of the Overworld is saved again.


15 posted on 06/12/2011 7:00:59 PM PDT by 21twelve (Obama Recreating the New Deal: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
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To: Louis Foxwell
There has not been in our nation's history a greater battle against the forces of consummate evil than is coming.

It's not "coming" - we're IN it. And as bad as Obama is, we already WON the turning point when Hillary was defeated as Rat nominee.

People forget so fast. There was no "Chicago Machine" - there was only the Clinton Machine. Obama is like the paint on a train, not the train. Hillary RAN the train (machine) for decades. It was an Act of God that she got dumped on her ass at the station. That the train is still going with a "collective" in charge instead of an engineer, fronting its paint as its leader, is merely its defiance as it runs off the tracks.

16 posted on 06/12/2011 7:31:54 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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To: 21twelve; jwparkerjr
I think of Palin as the “Snow Dog” (from the rock music group RUSH, 1975)!

Oh, please. You people are certifiably loony. Snow Dog? How about Iquitarod.

17 posted on 06/12/2011 8:30:16 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: CaroleL

The emails are a game changer — it will boost Palin the polls and force her to declare her candidacy — we are saved!!!


18 posted on 06/13/2011 3:46:18 AM PDT by SarahPalinForPresident2012 (She's runnin')
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To: Talisker

I agree Hillary was a threat to the nation and may have been able to accomplish all that Obama has done without quite the fear and loathing he has spawned. He is nevertheless the devil we have and she appears to be out of consideration as POTUS, tho that could change on a dime.
Your analogy about paint on the train is nice but I do not understand it. Are you saying that the progressive juggernaut is barrelling down the track regardless the designated engineer?
The gift of Obama is his tone deafness to the will of the people, their character and the culture of the USA. He has made it easy for a preponderance of Americans to identify him with socialism and learn why it is despicable.
Same war different generals.


19 posted on 06/13/2011 5:04:17 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This IS my blog site.)
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