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The Perils of Palin
Townhall.com ^ | January 22, 2011 | Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

Posted on 01/22/2011 8:13:05 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: MsLady

“I don’t think any fair minded person would think you should either.”

Clearly this does not describe these people. :)


61 posted on 01/22/2011 9:30:56 AM PST by MountainWoman
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To: Kaslin

The attacks on her are personal - she brought it on her self, she interjected herself when things were dieing down, she was mean spirited, she should have responded more quickly, she should have kept quiet. If you notice, the press says nothing about the substance of her response because she’s DEAD ON (vitriolic rhetoric intended).

If they talk about what she actually said, they expose themselves as the liars. The term ‘blood libel’ was the absolute correct term to use. She defended herself as well as others who were defamed by the ‘let’s give Obama his Oklahoma City’ movement. She didn’t draw anything away from the dead - the media did that before the blood spilled on the ground Jan. 8th was even dry. How dare they?!!

Sarah probably has more support now and a higher approval rating then she did before this latest attack on her. For years, Bush let the left’s attacks continue without addressing them. The right howled in agony. Now, we have someone who counters the attacks and the right howls in agony. Please, conservatives, shut up and stand up. It’s time to put our money where our mouth is. We’re not in high school any more.

As I said in a post last night, Sarah Palin has something that there is not much of these days and that is exceptionalism. The same qualities in her that tweeks insecurities in some people, endear her to others. I believe she an exceptional leader, as well. And she’s smart like a fox.

My husband and I both support Palin. We have never felt as strongly about a candidate in our lives. She offers the last, best hope for this country and the left knows it. That’s why she’s being attacked with such vigor. Palin 2012!!


62 posted on 01/22/2011 9:31:03 AM PST by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Ditto. Dick’s advice may be hard to swallow but it helps her in the future. You know the scumedia is going to libel her again.


63 posted on 01/22/2011 9:32:38 AM PST by 2dogjoe (Have a Blessed Day)
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To: Kaslin
She should go right after them tooth and nail. Whether they are attacking her or not. And so should every conservative. Attack the dims. Mock them. Expose their lies and thievery. Show how badly they are hurting Americans with their energy policies based upon a fraudulent conspiracy ginned up to destroy capitalism and make senior dim leaders fortunes. All the while destroying our standard of living and our nation's future. And this message should be pounded into the youth of America.
64 posted on 01/22/2011 9:33:11 AM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Brices Crossroads
You see. Sarah Palin does not need an adviser.

Interesting. Time will tell, won't it? My belief is that everyone benefits from advice. Perhaps Palin is that unique one who doesn't.

65 posted on 01/22/2011 9:33:19 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory; and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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To: Kaslin
The lesson is simply this: She should not become a battering ram hammering at liberal critics -- getting down into the mud with them -- answering every attack, no matter how low, personal or undeserved it is.

AMEN. If you aspire to be President, your rivals are Barack Obama and other GOP hopefuls. NOT DailyKos, Huffington Post, TPM, or MSNBC, ABC or CNN.

66 posted on 01/22/2011 9:34:59 AM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: ETL
She understandably gets frustrated at times since there are so few on our side with the b*lls to aggressively fight back the left.

Bingo! If the Republicans ahad a pair among the whole lot of them, she wouldn't have to defend herself. They would rise up and defend her. [Tut tut, ol' bean. That wouldn't look good down at the club.]

67 posted on 01/22/2011 9:37:08 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
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To: Kaslin

Imho, Morris is simply adding fuel to the fire, and in doing so keeping himself in the public eye. He’s despicable.


68 posted on 01/22/2011 9:39:02 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ETL

All of your posts on this thread: well done!


69 posted on 01/22/2011 9:40:09 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Kaslin
They know she’s inevitable.

They knew it the first time they saw her.

It's why they go insane every time they think of her.

ineluctable

70 posted on 01/22/2011 9:40:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: Kaslin

The “blood libel” statement really hit a nerve with the lamestream media (they hate being called that as well). They are using proxies to come at Palin for making them look like a bunch of ghouls. I think the media, particularly certain of their glorified dingbat pundits came out poorly from this skirmish (am I allowed to use that word anymore... I’ll have to check with CNN).


71 posted on 01/22/2011 9:40:51 AM PST by Moorings
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To: don-o; decimon; neverdem; Sarah Barracuda; SunkenCiv; 2ndDivisionVet
How many sources of information have you been relying on in this latest controversy, don-o?

Not just the shooting; not just Sarah; not just the "blood-libel"; but *all* of them in conjunction?

When Palin was on Hannity, she said that right after the shootings (I believe she said the same DAY!), her cell phone, and Todd's, were lit up with calls from reporters seeking 'comment'.

She gave a standard, tasteful tweet of condolences, and waited for facts and development, while the left-wing nutcase sheriff Dipstick and others tied her, by name, to the killings, without evidence, and it was plastered all over the press.

Methinks that after the cell phone calls, she smelled a rat; so she waited further developments -- even though her enemies, from a cousin of Tiller the baby killer who called her to defend herself, to the lefty columnist accused her of hiding in a cave like "Sarah bin Palin".

She has had quite a balancing act: trying to be sensitive to the victims, defend the free speech rights against the left using the Tucson shootings as a springboard for censorship, and a base for attacks on her. And on top of this, she has to get the tone, timing, and length of her response 'correct' according to a dozen conflicting standards, all of which change according to the whims and convenience of her enemies.

I suggest that the last round (followed by the National Enquirer's publicizing of a rumor that Todd had an affair with a masseuse) is *really* the left's Tet Offensive against Palin. They are going all in and getting slaughtered: the Tea Party members would do well to compare the vile accusations against them ("Nazis", "racist", "violent", "racial slurs", etc.) to those against Palin; and the TV show Sarah Palin's Alaska (tho' scripted) shows a very different persona than the supposedly hate-consumed, deranged fanatic presented on MSNBC.

I'd say she's doing well: Keith Olbermann has been fired, and Dana Milbank is attempting a "Palin-free month". (This speaks volumes about her *real* internal polling, not the propaganda CNN issued. And she's a half-term governor of a low-population state who failed in her bid for the White House as VP. Not bad, not bad at all. Tell me again what Geraldine Ferraro or Jon Edwards have done on the national POLITICAL / newsmaker scene lately?)

Please pass this on to other pro-Palin posters if you feel it merits repeating...

Cheers!

72 posted on 01/22/2011 9:40:58 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: trisham

Thank you, FRiend! (blushing)

:)


73 posted on 01/22/2011 9:43:58 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: stansblugrassgrl

Folks,

Paul Ryan is the candidate! So far, I have not heard a single negative remarks by any side of the isle. He is smart, articulate, good looking and he can sweep the midwest. Ideal for suburban votes that can tilt the race to one side. May be palin/ryan ticket will sweep the floor !


74 posted on 01/22/2011 9:47:22 AM PST by Ranjit
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To: don-o

My comment: “You see. Sarah Palin does not need an adviser.”

Your reply: “My belief is that everyone benefits from advice. Perhaps Palin is that unique one who doesn’t.”

Sorry. You can’t tweak my comment and move on. I said Palin did not NEED an adviser. She might benefit from advice, but that would depend on what the advice was, who gave it and how it was given. Dick Morris is not giving advice to help her. He is trying to build his own creds. If he really wanted to give her advice, he would do so privately,as I am sure many do. ANd if the advice made sense, I am quite sure she would follow it.

But a political adviser? Someone who tells her what to say, how to say and when to say it, as Morris is doing? No way. Her instincts are far, far better than any of them. She does not NEED them. She might listen to them, might even adopt a suggestion here and there.

One only BENEFITS from advice if it is GOOD advice. However, her record so far suggests that her own instincts and judgment (whether her decision to resign and to go national; to blow the whistle on the death panels; to engage in contested primaries to increase conservative numbers) was the right strategy in spite of the fact that the advice from the “experts” would have been contra on every single one of these issues.

“Perhaps Palin is that unique one who doesn’t”

Yes. She does not NEED advice. Reagan was always at his best when he trusted his own instincts. If you doubt that, and are really interested in how over-rated advisers are, check out Rendezvous with Destiny by Craig Shirley or the portion of Going Rogue that deals with the 2008 campaign and how Palin was mis-advised by the so-called experts.

If you can name an adviser whose judgment is superior to Palin’s, based upon her performance during the last two years (in the face of a ferocious onslaught), I am all ears. There ain’t one.


75 posted on 01/22/2011 9:55:04 AM PST by Brices Crossroads
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To: Kaslin

If someone accuses a person of inciting murder, they ought to answer the accusations. - Sarah would have been damned if she did and damned if she didn’t. It’s the only way the RINO’s and the left can get the candidate they want. Note: I’m not voting for Mitt, no matter how much the RINO establishment tells me I HAVE to hold my nose and vote RINO. - Oh, and yeah, I’m sick of McCain’s gibberish about what a patriotic President we have. I held my nose and voted for him, but that’s it.


76 posted on 01/22/2011 9:56:15 AM PST by Twinkie (LEFTIST FREE SPEECH GOOD. - CONSERVATIVE FREE SPEECH BAD.)
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To: Kaslin

They say a broken clock is right twice a day, old dickie is all face and no hands.


77 posted on 01/22/2011 9:56:36 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: Kaslin
Man, the media sure loves this CNN poll.

CNN doen't say jack_hit when Obama's poll #s drop 30 points in a day, but let Palin drop 1/2 point and see what happens.

78 posted on 01/22/2011 9:58:26 AM PST by chemicalman (The Obama's: Proud members of the Vacation-A-Month Club.)
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To: Kaslin

Sarah is doing fine. The MSM is not. Keith Olbermann is out and down, Sarah is still standing.

The world has change and Dick is not on board.


79 posted on 01/22/2011 10:02:48 AM PST by texmexis best (`)
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To: grey_whiskers
How many sources of information have you been relying on in this latest controversy, don-o?

Not very many. No television here. I do have FNC and CNN available via XM satellite radio.

FR is my primary news source.

Does that disqualify me from having an opinion?

At one time, "I will not dignify that with a response" was a legitimate reply to an outrageous question / accusation.

80 posted on 01/22/2011 10:06:27 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory; and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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