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Thursday, January 22, 2009

"NO! NO! NO! IT'S ALL ABOUT MEEEEEEE!!!"
Posted by Jill | 5:06 AM
The Thing That Wouldn't Leave:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children. But political observers say the former Republican vice presidential candidate can't have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.

Palin's criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.

"I think she's positioning herself. She's attacking the media as a way to generate support among a base she hopes will support her," said Leonard Steinhorn, a professor of communications at American University in Washington and an expert on the presidency.

Palin shied away from interviews during the campaign, although her children often accompanied her on her travels, including her oldest daughter, Bristol, who was pregnant at the time.

But in recent weeks, she has personally reached out to media outlets such as People magazine and The Associated Press to complain about information she claimed is wrong.

She slammed reports that 18-year-old Bristol Palin and the teen's fiance are high school dropouts. The governor insists the two are not dropouts because they enrolled in correspondence courses.


Sarah Palin: Determined to give comedy writers enough material to get them through the Obama drought.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Palin's criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.

I think if Palin runs in 2012, it will be every bit as successful as Dan Quayle's campaign in 2000. If she's still in the race after the New Hampshire primary, I will be very surprised.

Despite her popularity with the knuckle-dragger wing of the Republican Party, a lot of Republicans blame Palin for the severity of McCain's defeat.

Palin will also most likely be competing with Mike Huckabee for the wingnut vote and right now I give the edge to Huckabee.
1/22/09, 11:52 AM  
Blogger Mattttt said...
Could we just ignore her? All of us, as a country? Is that possible?

(Actually, my favorite exchange from Inauguration Day was between two friends, and went like so:

#1: I wonder if Sarah Palin was miffed that she didn't get to make a speech.
#2: Sarah who?)
1/22/09, 8:10 PM  
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