Posted on 01/26/2015 9:09:05 PM PST by Bratch
By now I’m sure most of you have read or heard of Byron York’s hit piece on Governor Palin’s speech in Des Moines this Saturday. (I won’t link to it because it’s gotten enough traffic as is.) I’ve learned one way you can tell if a journalist is being fair in an article is by whom they quote. Byron York quotes one Iowan by the name of Sam Clovis, who trashes Palin’s speech along with other nameless "activists".
You may think, "Wow, by listening to the words of these so-called activists and the journalists who picked up their thoughts, everyone there must have hated the Gov’s speech!" However, in the very next paragraph York states a conflict of interest that should have disqualified Clovis from being quoted at all. Clovis was a candidate who ran against Joni Ernst in Iowa for the Republican Primary and lost to her miserably. Governor Palin endorsed, rallied, campaigned for Ernst and helped raise her national profile. Did this important tidbit keep York from not quoting someone with a political ax to grind? Of course not, because he had an agenda and wanted the speech to appear the way he wanted not the way it was received .
And how was it received? All you have to do is look at the standing ovations Governor Palin received at the beginning of her remarks and after her speech’s conclusion. Iowans are extremely hard to impress as far as voters go. They know they have a special role in Presidential elections and see candidates all the time, so it speaks volumes about the Governor’s speech when it was given the ovation it did. The fact that so many "activists" for other campaigns trashed it shows the effect it had on the Freedom Summit’s attendees. In fact, in conversations with multiple people who were on the ground in Iowa, they’ve told me they were hard pressed to find anyone who would say something negative about the Governor’s speech. We have learned since 2008 to take what the media says with a healthy dose of skepticism and it appears this will not change as we head towards 2016.
SarahPAC had a fundraiser later Saturday evening and there were several important Iowans present as well as other great Americans. Rafael Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz, Congressman Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Congressman Steve King of Iowa, Bristol Palin, Jason Recher, Iowan Becky Beach and Puppy Jake were all present. Governor Palin also had a long conversation with Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Did Byron York quote these folks to get a sense of what they thought of Palin’s speech? No. But by judging the looks on their faces they loved it.
Right. That's why they voted for Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and even Pat Robertson, in recent cauci.
York is an Ivy League pussy who clearly has a sick crush on George Will, emulating him right down to the bowtie and little round glasses. He works for GOPe buttkisser Roger Ailes and is no better than that fat little Rove (you malignant bastard!).
I am sure that you have read about the teleprompter failure. It is a fact that her speech was rambling and too long. Don’t make too much of it. It will not affect her career as a political activist.
...and Barack Hussein Obama. Iowa did this to the US.
Sarah’s speech was fine. She likes to talk to people instead of just reading a speech and that throws the inside the beltway crowd crazy. Last year she spoke at an event much like this and “talked” in the same fashion and very few media factions took jabs at her for it but this event is different only because Sarah said that she was seriously interested in running before and that in my opinion was the signal for the media to go in attack mode because they fear that she may succeed
Ping for Tuesday fun
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Uh, no. It was horrible, the worst I've ever heard from her. Tremendously disappointing.
Too bad. She was the best speaker at CPAC the last couple of years. Last weekend's speech seemed like one long gripe session about how the media was too mean to her. Most un-presidential and utterly uninspiring.
If she really wants a future in national politics, she needs to do the following:
1) Hire a competent speechwriter.
2) Win a US Senate seat.
3) Serve at least one full six-year term.
4) Help conservative candidates nationwide win races over at least two election cycles.
Not that we need further proof, but this just shows {again} you can't trust the press.
byron york is a lispy fag that needs a haircut.
That’s what I got from the article.
The negative coverage was mainly friendly reporters repeating the spin of various campaign consultants.
Which explains why so many of the stories used similar phrasing.
I would add: hire a voice coach to smooth out the rough edges of that annoying Upper Midwest accent.
Don't get me wrong: I would live to see a SP presidency some day. I think she blew a major opportunity by not running for the Senate seat last year.
Sounds like SWMNBN is your candidate of choice.
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