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As we impatiently await an official campaign announcement, it’s fun to compare Palin versus Obama, right? … So much was made of Barack Obama’s presidential “temperament” back in 2008. In fact, in the absence of any other rationale, it became the most popular reason for supporting him as election day neared. Even some conservative pundits fell in love with this one-word justification for electing an unknown entity to the most powerful position in the land. In a world gone mad, we needed someone with the right “temperament” or so they reasoned. But what did that mean – ”temperament”? And can...

We’re all familiar with Governor Palin’s oft-repeated phrase, “You don’t need a title to make a difference.” It makes some folks really nervous, in fact, that the Governor won’t run. More on that later. She has mentioned it frequently in interviews regarding her current role in politics, and it has become a call to action for many ordinary barbarians, folks like Peter Singleton, Karen Allen and others who have stepped up to fill a need without being given an official position to propel their efforts. In fact, the principle of making a difference without a title undergirds the entire Tea...

Governor Sarah Palin endorsed 67 winning candidates in last year’s historic midterm election, a nearly 70% winning ratio. So, yeah, she knows how to pick candidates. And now the Anyone But Palin crowd would like her to keep on picking candidates, including endorsing someone other than herself for president in next year’s primaries. That’s why they use the following bizarre political terms to describe her: “Kingmaker” “Coronator” (Is that even a word?) “Cheerleader” But this isn’t really out of any deep respect for her endorsement power. (Believe us, if she didn’t run, they would completely diminish her attempt to endorse...

What would we do without Hot Air? Seriously… This week they really lived up to their domain name over there. For like the bazillionth straight month Sarah Palin came out on top of their 2012 Presidential poll, garnering nearly 37% of the 6,000 votes cast, her highest vote total ever, and nearly twice as much as her nearest competitor, Michele Bachmann, who incidentally, has actually declared her candidacy. And yet this wasn’t the result desired, so the brilliant Hot Air poll analyst Patrick Ishmael took occasion to offer what he calls “hard realities” for “Hot Air’s front runner” and to...

In the past few weeks we’ve seen the media scrambling to promote a cat fight between Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. As the UK’s Telegraph recently wrote: The first shots have been fired in what could become an ugly battle between Sarah Palin and her potential rival Michele Bachmann for the Republican presidential nomination. [...] A Republican consultant who declined to be named because he is aligned with a rival camp, said: “The claws are out. It’s the cat fight everyone has been waiting for – Queen Sarah being taken on by the Palin mini-me.” This is all obviously designed...

Nothing is quite so damaging to the mainstream media as publishing their own words in context. In her new book, Bring Her Down: How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin, conservative author and C4Per Gina Dalfonzo does just that – in chilling fashion. Ever wanted to compare ABC News anchor Charles Gibson’s fawning interview with Obama to his condescending inquisition of Palin? Dalfonzo has it for you. Here’s a fair representation of the questions which Dalfonzo has in longer form … I can’t think of a better way to illustrate liberal media bias than this. Gibson to Obama:...

Amid phony furor over dog whistles, and the meaning of “blood libel,” the major media not surprisingly missed the central point of Governor Sarah Palin’s eight-minute address to her Facebook supporters Wednesday: Poliltical speech doesn’t cause violence, it prevents it. It really can be boiled down to that simple, refreshingly retro, concept. Indeed, Governor Palin reminded us that political speech is fundamentally protected, and central to our nation’s enduring freedom. In quoting President Reagan, she reiterated that individuals are responsible for their own crimes, and rejected any notion of “collective guilt” that might be concocted as a libelous pretext to...

If Sarah Palin Were a QuarterbackPosted on January 06 2011 - 2:00 PM - Posted by: Nicole Coulter Saturday marks the start of the NFL playoffs. I love the euphoric atmosphere of wildcard weekend, where the hopes of eight pro teams and their undying fans hinge on two fast and furious days of gridiron action. It takes me back to my childhood where I learned the game from my dad as we sat together on a couch munching on Fritos and bean dip during many exciting contests, cheering for the hometown Los Angeles Rams, of course. Ah, the 70s. And...

Salt On a Wound Posted on January 09 2011 - 10:47 AM - Posted by: Nicole Coulter I think I speak for most of us in Palin-land when I say that the last 24 hours have been heartbreaking and maddening at the same time. First a national tragedy: a deranged shooter snuffs out the lives of six innocent people in Arizona, and gravely alters the lives of dozens of others, including a young Congresswoman and her family. Then, some in the liberal blogosphere and punditry pour salt on the wound, choosing to recklessly assign blame for this heinous act to...

With the NBA playoffs underway, and many basketball fans on C4P, I thought perhaps a little sports analogy might be appropriate right now. Back in the 80s, the “Bad Boy” Detroit Pistons deployed a strategy that came to be known as “The Jordan Rules” on Michael Jordan. During their epic playoff battles, the Pistons hounded "Air Jordan" with a variety of defensive schemes designed to disrupt his rhythm. Sometimes, they'd physically challenge him with bigger players or attempt to sew confusion with rotating double and triple teams. At all times, they would hit him hard whenever he took it to...

Nicole Coulter's take on last night's appearance by Governor Palin on the Tonight Show: Things are not well here at HQ. Not well at all, and just in time for our annual upscale retreat. We’ll need to consume a lot of espresso to sort through this growing Palin problem. Sarah Palin killed on Leno last night. She was likeable, friendly, confident and some would even say, “presidential.” She no doubt scored insane TV ratings and in the process made a mockery of Romney’s much-ignored appearance on Letterman. Even Dave’s mom wasn’t watching. This is the kind of epic failure that...