Posted on 07/01/2011 6:34:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
With the debut of Stephen Bannon's documentary in Iowa, the media cycle woke up energized Tuesday morning. It seems CBS News managed to find two Republican Iowa women who believe it's time for Sarah Palin to go away.
Of course, Sarah Palin's approval in Iowa greatly outweighs her disapproval, but this type of narrative seems to be a stubborn roadblock for the Mainstream Media.
CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford said, "Palin has been so badly damaged by years of negative media coverage" after one of the Iowa voters declared, "I respect her a lot, and I really do like her, but I think it's time for her to step back."
The second comment came from a Waterloo resident who seems to portray Bachmann as a more serious candidate. Her reasons include the fact that her children are raised while Palin's are not.
With this "news," CBS scores a double-win for liberalism. They get to portray Republican women as anti-feminists while simultaneously using them to characterize Sarah Palin as a housewife on a mission to break the rules of motherhood.
Ironically, news stories like this directly confirm Crawford's claim of press-perpetuated scrutiny. But unfortunately for those in the media and the blueblood elite members of the Republican Party, this isn't the first time Sarah Palin's dealt with it. This in and of itself is not good news for Michele Bachmann.
After the Congresswoman's announcement in Iowa yesterday, Bachmann innocently and erroneously claimed John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. As a result of her gaffe, the media immediately pounced.
While Bachmann is relatively new to the national spotlight and the media's dissection of every word uttered, Sarah Palin has undoubtedly proven it is something she can handle. Since 2008, Sarah Palin has been scrutinized, vetted, quoted, and taken out of context more times than practically any other politician in history.
As a result, she has a steel spine in dealing with it which matches her handling of dismayed establishment-politicians beholden to special interests.
To be fair, it is difficult to point out the differences between the two without first acknowledging the similarities.
Without a doubt, Palin and Bachmann are political allies. While Palin was campaigning with John McCain in 2008, Bachmann was on the House floor standing in opposition to the Wall Street bailout. While Sarah Palin was out selling books and preparing to campaign for a myriad of candidates, Michele Bachmann was rallying strong as a member of Congress against the stimulus and ObamaCare.
Both women are of strong faith. Both women are resourceful, attractive, young, and energetic. Further, they separately and collectively graced stages and podiums in 2010 at Tea Party rallies to deliver great energy to the crowds, leading to the most historic victory for conservatism since WW2.
In all honesty, their convictions alone make them both more than qualified to take on President Obama, win, and lead this country to the greater days we've yet to discover.
Still, on the basis of objective evidence, the chips fall in favor of Sarah Palin.
First, no President since James Garfield in 1880 has gone directly from the House of Representatives to the White House (my apologies to Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul fans).
Despite varying political persuasions, Americans instinctively prefer executive experience found in former governors including Reagan, Clinton, G.W. Bush, and even Carter.
As a former governor, Palin vetoed $237M of wasteful spending under Alaska's billion-dollar annual budget. She proposed and often convinced the legislators on both sides of the aisle to reduce burdens on individuals and businesses by eliminating nuisance taxes and various bureaucratic road blocks to success like license fees and other unnecessary costs.
She achieved a record 88% approval rating by showcasing her independent streak of reaching across the aisle to Democrats in the legislative branch. Doing this made sure that fellow Republicans were, too, held accountable.
While one can appreciate Michele Bachmann's entrepreneurial experience as a job-creator, Palin's similar experience is now combined with that of an executive of a state. She knows how to utilize business experience for the greater good of job creators.
Further, as former head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC), Sarah Palin knows firsthand the complexities involved in dealing with often-stubborn oil giants. Her experience can be utilized to explore tapping into our own resources benefiting our economy, creating jobs, and making us less dependent on foreign sources.
Finally, the aforementioned experience Palin has with handling the media is one characteristic which discourages Republicans from supporting her. However, those same naysayers seem to be ignoring the lashing Bachmann took yesterday.
In addition to voting records, experience, and name-recognition, media-written narratives have become an expected, yet sad reality to our electoral process. Since waiting around for the media to treat a good conservative candidate fairly is not likely to happen anytime soon, we have no choice but to accept it and fight back as we did in 2010.
That mission promises to be a lot easier with a candidate who has spent many years handling it than with one who is not even yet acclimated to it. Be it media wisdom, executive experience, or vast knowledge on issues like energy, it is Sarah Palin whose time has come.
Looks like the MSM can’t deal with strong women.
There’s one small problem with this essay.
RE: There’s one small problem with this essay.
Well, don’t stop there now, tell us what it is...
If you believe the polls, the Alaskan electorate seems to have a very short memory. But most of those changes remained in effect and there's the old adage in politics: "what have you done for me... lately". In that respect, I think a lot of Alaskans are blaming Palin for the woes brought upon them by Obama.
There's one small problem with your post.
Palin may or may not run.
And? What’s the point?
No need to get defensive.
I was at a private screening of “Undefeated” last night:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2742571/posts?page=23#23
Great!
1. What was the most exciting part of the film? the Madison speech?
2. What was the most revealing thing in the movie that you didn’t know?
The Madison speech was the exciting climax after a very exciting build up to it.
There were several things revealed that I didn’t know, or didn’t know in any detail, including the resignation episode. When you see it, you will see that she had no other choice.
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