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Obama Benefits in Having Palin as His Foil
New York Times ^ | 1/18/11 | Matt Bai

Posted on 01/18/2011 8:13:57 PM PST by Nachum

There was Sarah Palin again Monday, assuring Sean Hannity on Fox News that she was not going to be silenced, no matter what abuse might come her way. “Other people are facing much greater hardships and making greater sacrifices than I am in just engaging in debate,” said the woman who reportedly made $250,000 per episode of her recently concluded reality show.

She added, several times, “This isn’t about me.”

A lot of Republicans in Washington certainly wish that were the case. But as the new House majority begins its push this week to scale back the Obama agenda, it seems that the president now has, in Ms. Palin, something he badly needed after a punishing election season: the ideal political foil.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benefits; foil; freepressforpalin; obama; palin
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To: Nachum; devere

I’ve often wondered how much the readership/viewership of liberal web sites, publications, TV networks, etc. would decline if conservatives stopped ridiculing them.


21 posted on 01/18/2011 8:26:25 PM PST by Huntress (Who the hell are you to tell me what's in my best interests?)
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To: devere

“This website republishes more articles from Liberal than conservative sources. Why do you think that is?”

Because most of us don’t have the stomach to read the NYT/LAT/WaPo or watch the networks. Or the time. Those who do share bits and pieces that they think others would care about.

There are articles posted regularly from The Washington Times, American Thinker, American Spectator, and the other few conservative written media outlets. And, there are threads every day for the Rush/Levin shows. Many FReepers belong to the related sites, so less need to post the information.


22 posted on 01/18/2011 8:26:32 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: Nachum

I can’t wait for the first live election 2012 presidential debate between Palin and Obama... that’s going to be a sight to behold. Until then, Obama and his idiots in the MSM can continue to grasp at straws.


23 posted on 01/18/2011 8:26:40 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Mr_Moonlight
As well as the NYT...

...the NYT...

Isn't that the newsrag that having already succumbed to intellectual bankruptcy is now toying with financial bankruptcy?

24 posted on 01/18/2011 8:27:05 PM PST by John Valentine
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To: Nachum

Only in his fantasy mind.


25 posted on 01/18/2011 8:28:11 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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pING TO self regarding whiners who don’t know what real sacrifice is. Palin reminds them.


26 posted on 01/18/2011 8:29:22 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Palin '12 begins in '11. In western New Hampshire pour moi.)
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To: Nachum
Well, I think it's really swell of Mr. Bai and the whole gang at the NY Times to give those of us unfortunate enough not to be the beneficiaries of an Ivy League education or a Manhattan address yet another reason not to back Sarah Palin. Because they care about us, they really do.

This sort of stuff ceased to be influential quite some time ago and entered the field of comedy. Somebody buy this clown a rubber nose and some face paint.

27 posted on 01/18/2011 8:31:03 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Nachum
She is being relentlessly attacked due to the obvious fact that the left sees her as the biggest threat to their agenda.

Once a larger threat to their agenda has been identified, that person will be ruthlessly attacked just as Mrs. Palin has been for over 2 years now.

28 posted on 01/18/2011 8:32:07 PM PST by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Nachum

Buckeyesrule,
You mentioned Barbara Bush.
I saw a news clip on FOX a bit ago showing W & Clinton pushing the Haiti thing. That reminded me that they were in charge of helping down there. I got me to wondering if Barbara’s “comment” about SP came before or after SP went down there and suggested that the US needed to get off its duff and get some help down there. Does anyone know if maybe that had ticked Babs off? Or was it just the Jeb thing?


29 posted on 01/18/2011 8:32:54 PM PST by GlockLady
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To: Nachum

He and the Dems had her as their foil for the first half of his term and...you know, that happened.


30 posted on 01/18/2011 8:35:53 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: BOOM. Taste My Cluebat!)
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To: Nachum

Liberals just can’t stand that their progressive agenda is being refused by the American people. They just can’t stand it, so they go after Sarah Palin, bringing up how much money she makes..yeah, she is wealthy and SO WHAT..what is up with liberals and their obsession with how much Sarah Palin makes. Who the hell cares..but they care, because they are #1 JEALOUS..jealous that people watched her show and they don’t give a crap about the New York Slimes..does that paper still even exist anymore because its not even worth using as toilet paper..such jealousy from these people..they are behaving like children..maybe someone needs to put a binky in their mouth to quiet them up because all I am hearing is a whole bunch of whining from these leftists


31 posted on 01/18/2011 8:37:02 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: devere

Because 98% of jourbalists are leftists?


32 posted on 01/18/2011 8:37:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

they can’t even get little details correct: She made $1 million per episode.


33 posted on 01/18/2011 8:39:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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To: Nachum

This used to be called “Whistling past the graveyard.” Can we still say that?


34 posted on 01/18/2011 8:40:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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To: Nachum

Her kids get death threats and the libs don’t care.


35 posted on 01/18/2011 8:40:37 PM PST by toddausauras
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To: Nachum
Obie the agitator always has to have a villain. That may work as a ward healer, but that is no stinking way to run a country.
36 posted on 01/18/2011 8:45:08 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I am proclaiming 2011 as the year of ME!)
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To: Nachum

I just read that after his Tucson speech, when he went backstage, he and Michelle high fived and laughed. Seems someone did take a picture of it. The White House Insider has been right on many many things he/she has reported. If it is true, hope it is posted on the front page of all newspapers.

http://newsflavor.com/politics/world-politics/white-house-insider-obama-celebrates-shortly-after-delivering-tucson-memorial-speech/


37 posted on 01/18/2011 8:45:24 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Nachum

They wish this benefitted Obama but the truth is people tend to notice when someone is leveling with them and when someone is jerking their chain.


38 posted on 01/18/2011 8:46:47 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Billthedrill

Actually - maybe it is time the Ivy graduates of hard science majors divorced themselves from the soft majors.

Don’t buy into this “hate the Ivy” stuff - a bunch of us are your Drs and scientists and aerospace engineers, etc.

This guy is just a turd from the Journalism school.

But we get to keep Coulter.


39 posted on 01/18/2011 8:52:36 PM PST by Eldon Tyrell
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
I just read that after his Tucson speech, when he went backstage, he and Michelle high fived and laughed.

Tremendous find. Thank you.

I have just put it on my site, and next it will be up on Twitter.

40 posted on 01/18/2011 8:54:26 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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