Posted on 11/23/2010 11:46:17 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A journalist yesterday asked me a thought-provoking question:
Why does Sarah Palin command so much media attention? By most measures, she currently stands about equal in the Republican field alongside Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and only a little ahead of Newt Gingrich. Yet the cable shows do not erupt when Mitt Romney makes a speech. Newt Gingrich is on Twitter almost every day, but his messages don’t make news. So why Palin? Five guesses.
1) She polarizes.
Modern media culture favors contrast and conflict. Sarah Palin serves both up by the bucketful. Most presidential candidates present themselves as gracious and good-natured. Even fierce Hillary Clinton worked hard always to be seen smiling and nodding. Palin is a ferocious hater, and she doesn’t care who knows it. It’s like the meanest girl on the cheerleading squad running for student council president. Who wouldn’t be mesmerized by that?
2) She surprises.
Media people have certain beliefs and expectations about how politics works. Palin regularly confounds those expectations. From the Katie Couric interview through her resignation as governor of Alaska to the reality show: actions that the pundit class expected would ruin her career in fact seem to have somehow enhanced it. They call it “news” for a reason, and Palin is new.
3) She reveals herself.
We live in a confessional culture these days. Most politicians shy away from confession. They want to talk about economics or foreign policy or abortion or some other impersonal concern. Not Palin! Her topic is herself: her grievances, her complaints, her family. People find compulsive self-revelation riveting in Hollywood stars – why wouldn’t they find it equally fascinating in a politician?
4) She talks unlike a politician...
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Frum sleeps with a Mitt Romney blow-up doll.
The Republican Country Clubbers talked the same way about Ronaldus Magnus back in 1978 and 1979. By 1980, they had decided that discretion was the better part of valor.
Frum is a country club elite who sucks up to fellow elites, whether RINO or RAT.
On the ground is a poodle performing a stunt. Above the clown’s head, dangling from a thin wire, is a piano. The piano is teetering, tottering, looking as if at any moment it might slip, crash to earth, and crush the dog.I'm confused.
The dog is the one under the piano.
So who is the clown?
Oh... I know! That's you, Frum! That's you!
5) The thrill of impending disaster.
The author, David Frum, is 1 for 5 here. His #4 is correct and is one reason Palin reminds me of Reagan:
“4) She talks unlike a politician.
Most politicians speak in ways intended to guard against mistake. This imperative leads many to a style of speech that sounds artificial, remote, even stilted to many listeners. Palin doesn’t do that. She just lets it rip.”
Overall, Frum is 1 for 5 = batting 200 = 20% correct. Frum is a failure overall.
Frum and his RINO (incl W) friends brought America Democrat control of the House, Senate, and Presidency and allowed the Bammer to slant 2 seats on SCOTUS.
They absolutely bear that responsibility. It is up to Sarah Palin and her Common Sense Constitutionalists to fix it because Frum and gang are to stupid too see the danger.
Why are we posting articles by Mrs. Danielle Steele?
What is up with Frum? Who is he against here Palin or Obama? RINO’s fight more against their own than the Dem’s.
Does Palin not have one commentator that will speak for her? I read somewhere even Bill Kristol is advising his readers to move on from the “Palin” effect?????
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“Imagine you’re at the circus. On the ground is a poodle performing a stunt. Above the clown’s head, dangling from a thin wire, is a piano. The piano is teetering, tottering, looking as if at any moment it might slip, crash to earth, and crush the dog.”
LOL, he changed metaphors in midstream and didn’t catch it. It’ll change later.
Is Palin a “clown” or a “poodle” David?
How do I say this...in some respects, it’s our fault. The instant Palin began to be harassed by bogus legal challenges, we, the conservative right, should have set up a legal defense fund for her.
Millions of dollars would have poured in. But at the time, I really wasn’t paying enough attention to think of that.
First time in history the blow-up doll had sex with the human instead of the other way round.
Fixed it.
I like Sarah, although I’m not the cheerleader for Palin that some here are.
That said I take serious issue with the “ferocious hater” comment.
The threat, to the Rinocratic Oligarchy, of Constitutional Government, is the equivalent of a crucifix to a demon. IMHO, the 2012 race will essentially be America against DC.
Palin is a ferocious hater,””
Beyond being patently false, that’s an unbelievably gay statement.
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