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Sarah Palin's Media Strategy (Genius or Insanity?)
The Daily Beast ^ | 11/23/2010 | Meghan McCain

Posted on 11/23/2010 8:09:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind
Governor Palin: genius,

Baby McRINO: insanity.

21 posted on 11/23/2010 9:13:50 AM PST by RonDog
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To: November 2010

“Palin won’t have any grassroots problem.”

No kidding. And it will be true grass roots...not ginned up political BS. “Grass root” people deeply identify with Sarah and will turn out in droves. There will be fights over “I was a Sarah supporter before you were!”


22 posted on 11/23/2010 9:18:09 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Meghan McCain...Oink, Oink..


23 posted on 11/23/2010 9:19:48 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: SeekAndFind

Doesn’t seem like that’s the way it is sometimes.


24 posted on 11/23/2010 9:19:50 AM PST by stuartcr (When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
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To: Sacajaweau
Personally, I think Palin is on the verge of peaking....
LOLOL!

She's not even CLOSE to peaking!

She hasn't even gotten her "campaign" out of first gear.

Wait until she actually declares, and then starts holding political rallies in sold-out football stadiums -- all across Middle America.

The crowds that she will attract to her upcoming book tour will be one measure of her continued grassroots support.

25 posted on 11/23/2010 9:23:24 AM PST by RonDog
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To: November 2010
Palin won’t have any grassroots problem. Volunteers will be lined up wanting to help and asking for more signs, events and things to do.

And many of us that volunteered and just rapped up our efforts are raring to go with Sarah or a House or Senate Candidate or all of the above. The good news is we have our sea legs and know what to do and will be able to hit the ground running.

1/2 a million-ish people at the "8 / 28" Rally? IMHO darn near every dang one of them will be doing something for Sarah when she says go.

Obummer ain't gonna a know what hit him politically when he sees this wave of people that will outwork any SEIU doup made up team they can come up with...

26 posted on 11/23/2010 9:23:29 AM PST by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: SeekAndFind
“Palin could hypothetically skip the debates and any national interviews with anyone other than Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck.”

No, I don't think it possible for Palin or anybody else to skip the debates and yet win the nomination.

The debates will be where Palin either shines or fades, and where the majority of conservative leaning Americans will decide on who will get their vote for the nomination and the Presidency.

Myself, I expect her to SHINE SHINE SHINE!

But Meghan is silly to think she could skip the debates.

All in all a rather well written piece..... for a vacuous airhead. Didn't notice the byline until I finished the article and not once did I ask myself “who was the brainless twit who wrote this?”

Meghan is improving?

Heaven forfend! Isn't her 15 minutes up yet?

27 posted on 11/23/2010 9:23:59 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have to give Meghan McCain some credit on this. She actually did a decent job stating the obvious. If Palin can control the whole media so well she most certainly can run the country. As for grassroots Sarah has an army of the most active volunteers in politics.


28 posted on 11/23/2010 9:28:51 AM PST by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: allmendream

It was a better article by her than the vapid adolescent twaddle McCain usually serves up. “Dirty Sexy Politics” my dirty sexy @ss. My bet is she got an editor that is working with her or a ghostwriter.


29 posted on 11/23/2010 9:31:31 AM PST by November 2010
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To: November 2010
I tend to agree. Usually I recognize someones “voice” in their writing quite easily and early.

As I said, I read the entire article without ONCE asking myself “Who was the brainless twit who wrote this?”. That is a FIRST for something written by Meghan McCain. Ghost writer or editor sounds likely and long overdue.

But Meghan of all people should know that when someone of Willow's age uses the term “fag” it is NOT (directly)an anti-homosexual slur and has little to do with any suggestion that the person called a “fag” is homosexual or that there is anything wrong with being a homosexual.

Just as if someone said “that is retarded” they are not suggesting that the people who came up with it have actual mental impairment, or that they hate or are against people with mental impairment.

It is just their lexicon. Get over it, don't be such a fag about it, that is just retarded. ;)

30 posted on 11/23/2010 9:38:27 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: November 2010

Thank you Palin family. Thank you for being great Americans.

Thank you Mrs. Palin for keeping your eyes on our great Republic. NO MATTER your role, we are better off WITH you than w/o.


31 posted on 11/23/2010 9:40:24 AM PST by bicyclerepair (CD-20, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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To: mas cerveza por favor
Let us give Sarah credit for being brilliant.

She is managing her public and private life and there is no one in America more in demand as a speaker for conservative.
She is strong on defense.
She is strong on family values.
She is a Christian.
She is strong on conservatism.
She is strong on drilling for oil.
She is for stopping spending and not for quantified easing of our monies.
She is a great communicator.
She is not corrupted, which is what Washington politicians are in to as a way of operating.
She is a wonderful supporter of Alaska.
She is not afraid of the ‘good ole boys”.. this is major.

32 posted on 11/23/2010 9:40:40 AM PST by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: SeekAndFind
At some point, Palin will have to go meet the people of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Wow Meghan, I'm amazed at the depth of your knowledge.

BTW Meghan, just curious here but, who was that woman running with your Father?

You know, the one who "met" those grassroots crowds on the last Presidential campaign trail (and was the primary attraction)?

33 posted on 11/23/2010 9:42:43 AM PST by Col Freeper (FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
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To: allmendream

Would Palin skip debates?

Not a chance. She’s a competitor. You couldn’t drag her away from debating. That’s what I think, anyway.


34 posted on 11/23/2010 9:45:58 AM PST by frposty (I'm a simpleton)
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To: SeekAndFind
At some point, Palin will have to go meet the people of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. Take it from someone who knows, there is nothing more intense, grueling, and blissfully democratic.

Is this McCain kid really suggesting that she knows more about campaigning than Sarah Palin?

35 posted on 11/23/2010 9:51:05 AM PST by rogue yam
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I agree. If she skips the debate that will be the death knell of her candidacy and all those who said she wasn't serious and lacked intellectual heft will be validated - and that just IS NOT going to happen.

The debates will be where she either clinches the deal, or gets written off.

I am willing to bet that her presence, deft turn of a phrase, consistent conservative ideology, and knowledge (bone up!) will make her stand head and shoulders above the pack.

Everyone else will Palin comparison! ;)

36 posted on 11/23/2010 9:52:33 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: SeekAndFind
At some point, Palin will have to go meet the people of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Hmmmmmm...seems to me that Sarah Palin, for the past two years, has been meeting the general populace/electorate. Has been 'meeting' the people at her various speeches, her political endorsements, her book signings, through her ustilization of the new media (Tweets, Facebook, Blogs). Sarah Palin has been 'meeting' with huge, supportive crowds, to the utter, THE utter consternation of the MSM elites.

37 posted on 11/23/2010 9:56:39 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen (It's the 'Land of Opportunity'... NOT... the 'Land of Entitlements'!!!)
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To: allmendream

It is just their lexicon. Get over it, don’t be such a fag about it, that is just retarded. ;)
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Heh! I like it. We (and our children) also have the option of saying what we mean: “You are overreacting and I suspect that you are being mean-spirited; it makes you seem foolish and unfair.” Sometimes it’s more powerful to say exactly what you mean than to use the slang and phrases. They are cliches and are used too often to have much power.

And I agree with you; that wasn’t Meaghan McCain’s “voice.”


38 posted on 11/23/2010 9:59:30 AM PST by November 2010
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To: Sacajaweau
Probably. In any event the American public appears insane with its willingness to nominate or elect candidates void of desirable experience.
39 posted on 11/23/2010 9:59:44 AM PST by MBB1984
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To: RonDog
The crowds that she will attract to her upcoming book tour will be one measure of her continued grassroots support.

Yep...

Sarah Palin kicks off book tour in Phoenix (Camping Out In Line!)
PHOENIX - Sarah Palin kicks off her nationwide book signing tour in Phoenix this evening at 6 and dozens of her fans have been lined up for hours outside of Barnes & Noble at Desert Ridge.
Dozens of people in lawn chairs bundled up and braved cold temperatures. That didn't stop 18-year-old Hayden Bradley from showing up at 1 a.m. "Definitely worth it."
Greg Goulet from Portland and his son got in line at 4 a.m. to meet the former Alaska Governor and get a copy of "America By Heart." "It's still cold. I mean 45 is 45. It's worth it."
Palin drew hundreds of fans to the Tempe Costco last December when she signed copies of "Going Rogue."

40 posted on 11/23/2010 10:07:07 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen (It's the 'Land of Opportunity'... NOT... the 'Land of Entitlements'!!!)
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