There is altogether too much coverage of Sarah Palin. Usually the VP candidate is heavily scrutinized when the candidacy’s anounced and until the convention, also at the VP debate(s). Otherwise they’re pretty much ignored unless they do something newsworthy (like misspelling potato, for example).
The VP post remains second string and is not really important who has it until the President’s time is up; then the VP becomes the likely party candidate and full spotlights are trained on him.
This year, though, you’d think it was Palin running for president. She’s being more heavily scrutinized, slimed, libeled and photoshopped than any VP candidate I can remember, and almost more than some presidential candidates (like, for example, Barack Obama).
But it isn’t just the MSM. The Democrats are focusing their attacks on her. The Conservatives can’t stop talking about her.
Sure, if McCain wins, she’ll be the likely GOP candidate in 2012, assuming McCain does stick to one term as he has said. And given McCain’s age, she’s more likely than usual to ascend to the presidency (that’s still not all too likely, though. Last Sunday I saw McCain on TV with his mother, all of 96 or so years old. So if heredity matter sin longevity, McCains seems likely to easily finish his term in reasonably good health).
So what gives? And when can we get back to the aprtws of the campaign that matter, like national security?
There is altogether too much coverage of Sarah Palin.
I think the reason Palin is being covered so much is that she and Obama reestablish and put in concrete terms the essential differences between the two parties.
Well, the press sucks. McCain doesn’t get ratings and he’s not liberal enough (scary!) for the press/media. Obama’s been everywhere for so long people are bored with him. Biden is…well, Biden. Palin has a pretty face, she’s new, fresh, controversial and is getting ratings. It’s all about ratings, not what the candidate will do to the country.
I’ve also heard tossed around that McCain is old and not in great health, so there is a possibility his running mate could matter more.
Love her or hate her… either way she is getting the most attention here. She’s pratically carrying the ticket and the party. Last night Fox News was dedicated to “PALIN PROFILE!” (much like BRITNEY WATCH!) and all the sudden Alaska is the new Texas – conserative dream state.
It’s easy, she’s the anti-Obama. A white conservative woman who is a charismatic upstart. It’s very similar to what was happening to Obama last spring.
Love her or hate her… either way she is getting the most attention here. She’s pratically carrying the ticket and the party. Last night Fox News was dedicated to “PALIN PROFILE!” (much like BRITNEY WATCH!) and all the sudden Alaska is the new Texas – conserative dream state.
Have you consdiered how fortunate Fox news is there exists and exclamation point (or rather an EXCLAMATION POINT!!)? Otherwise they would have nothing at all to say
Seriously, that’s exactly the kind of thing I mean. They’ve also been interviewing her friends and former co-workers. I expect every Alaskan will get interviewed at least once before the election is over.
On the Democrats’ side, I think they feel cheated. Remember back early in the primaries they were boasting about the “diversity” of their field, counting races and genders precisely? There was also some criticism that the GOP fielded only white men. So suddenly having a woman in the GOP’s side must really upset them. Therefore all the attacks on her. I think they see her as a “gender traitor,” too.
The Republicans, on the other hand, are stuck on her Conservative views. I really don’t know how Conservative she is, certainly she doesn’t seem to be very fiscally responsible, much in favor of free markets, or even that religious. But the right side of the aisle is very excited about her, and some who vowed to stay home on election day are now saying they’ll vote Mc Cain because of Palin.
The phrase that comes to mind in response to all this is “All sizzle, no steak.” But that isn’t fair. She is an elected governor, a former mayor and she has run a business. meaning she has had to work for a living. But I think still most of what we hear about her is hype and little substance.
Obama is attacking her because as soon as she got elected McCain started leading in the Polls. We’ll see what happens 8 months from now. You can dress a book in any kind of cover you want but the content inside of the book remains the same.
It’s easy, she’s the anti-Obama. A white conservative woman who is a charismatic upstart. It’s very similar to what was happening to Obama last spring.
Ehhh.. Charismatic???.. They are all actors. May the best actor who puts on the best show win!!!
Obama is attacking her because as soon as she got elected McCain started leading in the Polls.
Yes. But the VP post remains irrelevant. So attacking the VP is pointless to begin with. And Obama has developed a Daffy Duck approach in his attack ads. That is, he winds up getting shot regardless of where the guns are pointing.
Ehhh.. Charismatic???.. They are all actors. May the best actor who puts on the best show win!!!
No, charimsa is something you can’t act out. Either you have it or you don’t (it can be acquired, of course). I can’t think of a presidential contender totally lacking in charisma.
BTW this truly had become the identity politics election. Any criticism of Obama is immediately labeled as racist by the Democrats. And any criticism of Palin is ipso facto deemed sexism by the Republicans. Had Obama chosen a Latino for VP, he’d be ahead in the polls by 20 points!
(AP) Gov. Sarah Palin’s church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.
“You’ll be encouraged by the power of God’s love and His desire to transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality,” according to the insert in the bulletin of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has prayed for about six years.
Palin’s conservative Christian views have energized that part of the GOP electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain’s candidacy before he named her as his vice presidential choice.
The more I see, the more I’m convinced that Palin was chosen to pander to the Christian Masters.
Sarah Palin has created her own woes, by her responses to questions regarding her views, which have exposed her for the imbecile she is. She is clearly out of step with the other three candidates in terms of intelligence.
Had Palin had any intelligence, she would have garnered more respect. It’s all too obvious.
McCain doesn’t get ratings and he’s not liberal enough (scary!) for the press/media. Obama’s been everywhere for so long people are bored with him. Biden is…well, Biden. Palin has a pretty face, she’s new, fresh, controversial and is getting ratings. It’s all about ratings, not what the candidate will do to the country.