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That's my prediction. Sarah Palin will, for the moment, be America's darling once again because the corporate media will agree that she avoided any moose-in-the-headlights moments (even though I believe she had several small but noticeable ones). The media were put on notice that they were being mean to her, so now they will be nice.
Celebrity journalists and pundits will not point out her repeating of discredited lies, because she did it with poise, in their eyes. They will not comment on how she dodged every question of Republican accountability for the past 8 years by scolding Joe Biden for "looking backward" and "playing the blame game" while she took several openings to invoke the glory of Ronald Reagan and the lying, filthy ideology he used on behalf of others to start destroying the U.S. economy, accelerating assaults on the environment, and nibbling away at the rule of law. Looking back is only OK if we are worshipping Ronald Reagan, but not if we are trying to hold his heirs accountable for rendering America into a necrotic basket case, twitching itself toward oblivion in the planet's newest back alley.
Looking composed and glamorous while she recites canned little speeches and Big Lies does not qualify Sarah Palin to be Vice President any more than my Calvin Klein underwear and full head of hair qualify me to stand in as George Clooney's body double.
I have not looked at any news sites or blogs yet tonight, but that is my prediction: expect swooning, completely uncalled-for. I would not even be surprised by a momentary upward twitch for the GOP in the tracking polls. But don't worry: by Monday we may be talking about the decaying financial system once again. And, after all, it's October. Are you ready for your big surprise?
This has been another edition of Moose droppings.
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actually, the middle to left blogs are pointing out her misstatements (or lies) and the very deliberate avoidance of debating or answering questions, but rather using each question asked as an opportunity to work through the checklist she'd studied.
ReplyDeleteShe didn't look glamorous. Not as much as Joe, anyway.
Her disciples will like it and probably inspire some fatal overconfidence in her. Actually, if there is a perceived "success" for her in this, they might use it as the opportunity to pull her out while she isn't looking like a total putz, leaving her a shred of dignity.
BO: I just looked at Cesca and we seem to have picked up on some of the same points, including a momentary uptick in the Republican fortunes. But of course I'm not talking about the blogs: I'm talking about the corporate media. My quick look tells me that at least a few of the mainstream hacks were taking pokes at her. So maybe my initial fear is overstated. One other thing I agree with Cesca about: I thought the debate moderation was terrible, even if Ifill did keep the trains running on time.
ReplyDeleteAh, but based on the Curic interview....can she read at all? Recall that she could not or would not fess up to reading, well, anything!
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