Posted on 09/03/2008 8:23:08 AM PDT by Scythian
Dear Sarah, tonight, during your speech, do not mention nor even hint at the MSM attacks upon you. If you do the election will have been lost. If you speak over the top of thier attacks you will belittle them and deservedly so, and they will then fly into a frenzie the likes which has never been seen before.
If you do mention, hint or allude to the attacks, you validate them, make the MSM your masters, and turn the conversation over to them. Please, if you have to adjust your speech do it, do not give mention to the attacks. Just talk of hope, honor, and love of country.
Yes, never defend yourself. /sarc
Funny! Hey Sarah!!! Attack the mongrels!!! Let the world know we are on to the tactics and will not tolerate it! ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!!
I know what the poster is trying to say, she CANNOT come across as whining about the coverage.
You have got to be kidding. Nobody likes the media and everyone knows it is unfair to attack children. Sarah will get a huge boost by hitting the media with both barrels.
You’re kidding, right? She doesn’t need to go into great detail, but she needs to fight back.
We’re in love with her because she’s got the backbone our party has been lacking for years.
I hope she rips them to shreds.
I disagree...shoot down their stupid arguments and do not hold back. To me to pretend that these inane accusations do not exist is disingenuous. Stand tall and fear them not.
Look them straight in the eye and take them on...one and all.
That shows character and resolve.
I’m sure she’s spending her day reading your posts. Sheesh.
What I am saying is what I mean, if she ignores the attacks, the American people will see the MSM for what it is, if she validates the attacks, the MSM sway begins to take hold and she will never recover.
I agree........ignore these idiots. No need to defend if there’s nothing to defend. Let the left hammer at her and take the focus off of McCain..........like they are doing now.
What a steaming pile.
Mock them. Own them.
Getting the message through the MSM din may take some attacking, but I’d let someone else do it.
Slightly hyperbolic.
She can field dress a moose, she can field dress...uhhh, handle the media.
There’s a way of doing it subtely, I’m sure she has tbe best speechwriters there to help her out. No offense to the original poster, but this is above your pay grade!
This is series.
That never worked in my life. IMO she should deal with the MSM in the shortest, most direct, most cutting method possible. Then move on to carry the floor and don’t look back.
You’ve been a member here for almost as long as I have and you advocate this?
Jesus stood silent before his accusers. You just might be suprised at Palin’s speech, let’s hope so.
“What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? Lipstick.” - Governor Sarah Palin
I don’t know about you, but I think telling her not to fight back would be like telling a pitbull not to bark.
Give ‘em hell, Sarah!
Heck, it’s above my paygrade too.
I’ve been most impressed by the McCain campaign in the last few weeks. I think they know what she needs to say.
If she was a southernor, she could “bless their hearts.” But with her background, I figure she’s more likely to mount them on the wall.
The sleazy MSM has attracted a very large audience for Palin and the convention. Some people will tune in just to see Bristol’s fiance. Thanks be that they did not ignore her.
Must go on offense with confidence and resolve.
Strike balance between assertive without seeming ballistic.
Someone at NRO had a good suggestion:
Explain what has been said about the Palin family, clear the record and then say: don’t worry about me. The Palin family is strong. Worry about your family and the country, because Barack Obama is not qualified to run a car wash!
Just ignore it because that has worked so well for Bush.
Exactly, she needs to stay above the fray and let the rest of us do the dirty work. Right now, people are going to look at her and judge her as vice-presidential material, based on how she is handling this awful time in her life. If she transcends it, she wins, big time.
Sarah should step on stage, point directly at the CNN booth, and say, “YOU WILL NOT ATTACK MY CHILDREN!! NOW OR EVER.” Then resume her speech.
This isn’t church. Duh.
If the 3 broadcast networks do to her speech what they did to Fred’s last night I will be pissed! They talked over his speech and cut away from it so much you could make no sense of it whatsoever. Grrrrr
Yes he did and he was CRUCIFIED!
Not the best thing to “defend” herself that way tonight. She will have plenty of chances once she gets on the interview trail. And don’t worry, she will rip them to shreds in a way that leaves them saying “What just happened?”.
Man, those chicks....How is she going to do her job and be a mother, too?
Well, gosh darn, she'll do whatever is necessary during the times she's away. She'll still be living with them and hubby and three of them are grown.
Campbell Brown? Is that you? LOL :)
Seriously though ... I get what you are saying, and I think that she can defuse the situation easily enough by introducing her son-in-law to be (and introduce him as “my daughter Bristol’s fiancee of 9 months” — or however long they have been engaged).
As for the rest of it, she has to point out her accomplishments and record of getting things done in Alaska. Finish her introduction speech that she started when McCain introduced her. Fire up the Base, and the hard working women and moms of America who know the unique challenges that a woman like her has faced.
Talk about the challenges raising children today, how she is going to work for the ordinary American who is like herself, and not a Washington Insider. How she has and will continue to root out corruption that is an anathema to ordinary folks (and subtly dig at the fact that Obama and Biden are not ordinary folk). Keep it in the theme of Country First that now appears to be the McCain campaign slogan.
I think if she does any of that she’ll do fine and fire up the Base and undecideds.
She needs to take the tack of a tough reformer. I agree, let the MSM garbage go unacknowledged. If she responds, they win.
At the end of the evening, the goal is for the rest of the country to know what makes this woman tick. If she brings substance and vision and strength and grace, this will be a home run.
Force the media to discuss issues. She will be rebutting the MSM by the presence and unity of her family. She shouldn’t take their vile bait. Let them choke on it.
“I have read some of the most amazing things about my family these last few days. Some of them even have a hint of truth in them. It’s hard to tell if they are more upset with me for not murdering my baby or with their insane idea that I faked a pregnancy to cover up for my daughter. “
She needs to defend herself ONCE.
Something like
“as a new name to the elite DC circles, I could expect to be immediately attacked by some sectors of the media. The goal is to paint someone as ‘this or that’ from the start. And sure enough, that is what happened. This is typical, old-school politics. I was somewhat surprised that they would bring my family into this. BUT So be it. This nonsense will pass, and what is important is that we continue to talk about the IMPORTANT things - lower taxes, energy security, and strong, experienced leadership for our country.”
I watch on CSPAN, no talking, great coverage, watch it on CSPAN tonight guys, way, way better that the talking heads.
Are you kidding? I think she needs to stick it right back to them. Show what a pit bull is. I would like her to pull a Rumsfield the way he used to handle the media.
If not, why suggest it?
She's night and day difference, contrasted with the udder whiner hillary clinton.
Thank you for my new tagline!
Only AFTER he called out the Pharisees multiple times on their hypocrisy and overturned the tables of the moneychangers telling they have turned the temple into a brood of vipers.
SHRILL
I think she should crush them, drive them before her and hear the lamentations of their women!!!
Or something like that.
True, but Sarah is running for Vice President of the United States, not God's Son!
I think I know what you are trying to say ... that she should in no way be seen as whining about it. But she doesn’t strike me a a whiner.
If she totally ignored what has been an unprecedent attack of media bias and hypocrisy, she would look just as phony as all those Democrats standing on their convention stage pretending to be ‘ordinary Americans’. She has to stand up for herself and her family, and she can do so with class and dignity, and shove it right back in their face.
Personally, if it were me, I would mount a Mini-Gun on the podium and spend the entire time razing the press boxes.
Fabulous!
Oh, please, get real.
Ignoring the media lies, just gives them space to ADD more lies!
We are furious at the MSM and will want her to attack! They went after her and her family, she has every right to do so, most of us mom’s would do the same thing.
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