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Memo to Andrew Breitbart; Updated [Sarah Palin and the popular culture]
Conservatives4Palin ^ | Dec. 13, 2009 | Joshua Livestro

Posted on 12/13/2009 9:55:28 AM PST by Al B.

Earlier this year, I linked to a Palin-friendly interview Andrew Breitbart did on Neil Cavuto. In it, he set Gov. Palin a challenge:

Cavuto: "What should she do?"

Breitbart: "I think she just continues being Sarah Palin and I think that she needs to go out there and show that she has a fight in her because this is like Rocky Two: Can this person come back from a drubbing?"

After the launch of her mega-bestselling autobiography, her whirlwind booktour, her knock 'em dead appearance at the Gridiron dinner, and her awesome head to head with William Shatner on the Tonight Show, I think we can safely say the answer to that question is 'yes'.

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Breitbart's dream is ultimately the same as hers. He wants to help conservatism reconnect with the broad center by wresting control of popular culture away from liberal Democrats. Well here's his chance. In Gov. Palin, you have a politician who's made for television. The camera loves her. Liberal television critics love her. Even the Tonight Show's LA audience goes nuts when they see her. If anyone can rally conservative spirits in the entertainment world, and help the right reconnect with popular culture, it would be her.

My suggestion: go ahead and throw a fundraiser with the Governor as your guest speaker, smack bang in the middle of Hollywood. Not only would you get all the big name Republican actors showing up - Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, James Wood, Clint Eastwood etc; you'd probably find that the lure of the camera's (and there would be many of them) would tempt out of the closet many a potential halfhearted Republican who would otherwise have been lost to your cause.

(Excerpt) Read more at conservatives4palin.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: breitbart; palin; sarahpalin
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Excellent article by Mr. Livestro.
1 posted on 12/13/2009 9:55:29 AM PST by Al B.
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To: Al B.

A very “mushy” article.


2 posted on 12/13/2009 9:59:05 AM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: Al B.

Andrew Brietbart is the BEST!!! Go SArah!!


3 posted on 12/13/2009 10:00:02 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: GOP_Lady

“mushy?” — I don’t get it.


4 posted on 12/13/2009 10:00:54 AM PST by rae4palin
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To: Al B.

Here’s the part I like:

“Palin isn’t a 50.01 percent, turn out the base, culture warrior, red state plus swing state candidate. Palin is a 55 percent plus, connnect with the heart, all-American, blow ‘em away landslide candidate.”


5 posted on 12/13/2009 10:01:16 AM PST by reasonisfaith (When liberal ideology is put into practice it accomplishes, universally, the opposite of its claims.)
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To: Al B.

What did she say or do to Shatner on The Tonight Show? I missed it.


6 posted on 12/13/2009 10:02:51 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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To: Al B.

A fund raiser for what or for whom? Perhaps for the Wounded Warriors, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.


7 posted on 12/13/2009 10:03:59 AM PST by onyx
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To: Al B.

“Just to be clear”, Sarah Palin is going to be the next legitimate President of the United States.....


8 posted on 12/13/2009 10:04:06 AM PST by Gator113 (Obama is America's First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
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To: rae4palin

GOP Lady is a big time Romney backer. ‘nuff said.


10 posted on 12/13/2009 10:04:36 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: garyhope

There is a link here on the sidebar. Check it out. It was great. She is great.


11 posted on 12/13/2009 10:05:11 AM PST by riri (Resistance-It's the New Black)
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To: Gator113

AMEN to Legitimate!


12 posted on 12/13/2009 10:05:43 AM PST by mcshot (Our White Hut is not made up of the best and brightest, but they are practiced criminals.)
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To: garyhope

http://www.hulu.com/watch/114848/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-shatner-gets-served-by-palin


13 posted on 12/13/2009 10:07:03 AM PST by Spartan79
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I think the paragraph is a little overstated, is all:

“After the launch of her mega-bestselling autobiography, her whirlwind booktour, her knock ‘em dead appearance at the Gridiron dinner, and her awesome head to head with William Shatner on the Tonight Show, I think we can safely say the answer to that question is ‘yes’.”


14 posted on 12/13/2009 10:07:11 AM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: editor-surveyor

This quote at the end from William A. Jacobson also cuts to the heart of the matter, telling us she’s an untouchable in the Limbaugh tradition:

“Palin, by contrast, established her popularity independent of, and despite, the entertainment media. When it comes to Palin, the entertainment media is following not leading. We have reached the point where the mainstream entertainment media needs Palin more than Palin needs the media.”


15 posted on 12/13/2009 10:08:00 AM PST by reasonisfaith (When liberal ideology is put into practice it accomplishes, universally, the opposite of its claims.)
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To: Baynative
If that poorly written contrivance was awesome, there are no words to describe her candid comments.

You're in the distinct minority...

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16 posted on 12/13/2009 10:10:55 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Ann Archy
Ditto that for me they both are great Americans.

Anyone that cannot see the difference between the Sarah Palin of last year's campaign and the Sarah Palin of today is just not looking. She has matured immensely and can now handle herself among the best of the best, left or right.

17 posted on 12/13/2009 10:15:50 AM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: Ann Archy

He just frickin’ nailed it as usual. I am playing the Rocky Theme in my head right now. With Maynard Furguson. Awsome.


18 posted on 12/13/2009 10:16:26 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: reasonisfaith

Brilliant post here, she does not need them at all.


19 posted on 12/13/2009 10:17:55 AM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: rodguy911

No, you’re seeing the Sarah Palin the McCain camp wouldn’t let you see. She hasn’t done anything in the past year but get rid of dead weight.


20 posted on 12/13/2009 10:18:23 AM PST by panzerkamphwageneinz
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