Sarah Palin, weapon of mass distraction

[formerlurker]

Sarah Palin, weapon of mass distraction
By KYLE SMITH

Last Updated: 4:48 AM, November 22, 2009

Posted: 12:57 AM, November 22, 2009

Sarah Palin is going rogue. The Democrats are going rottweiler.

Liberals in the media make heinous personal attacks, dress up quibbles and debating as “fact-checking” and compare her to such noxious harridans as Evita Peron and Madonna. Newsweek went with a cover photo of a picture of her in running shorts to degrade her to the level of a spokesmodel and Stephen Colbert broke character to call her book “a steaming pile of s - - -.” They called her a “deeply disturbed person” (Andrew Sullivan) “unhinged” (ibid), a “delusional fantasist” (ibid; Andrew’s been a busy lad) and even — this is really low — “the leader of the Republican party.”

To all of these liberal attacks I say: well played, my friends. Take a bow.

Hate-drunk Democrats are possibly not even aware of what a savvy political move they are carrying out.

By attacking the former governor of a state smaller by population than Westchester County, a woman whose chances of being the next president are about the same as Nancy Pelosi’s, Democrats aren’t wasting their time at all. They are distracting conservatives and changing the subject.

Conservatives should be, but aren’t, completely focused on one idea. It’s liberalism, stupid.

Last week, Obama looked exceptionally weak, naive and disingenuous, even for him: He got a knee in the face when he bowed to China; he admitted his promise to close Gitmo by January was the bloviation conservatives have always said it was; his attorney general invited terrorists to bring their Cirque du Jihad to New York so they can put the US national security apparatus on trial (and added that Obama wasn’t even part of the decision); the claims about stimulus-provided jobs turned out to involve lots of fictitious work in nonexistent congressional districts; a second Democratic senator threatened to help filibuster the health bill; and Afghanistan and Iran grew more dire as each hour brought the president inching ever closer to thinking about meeting to discuss the possibility of suggesting the next half-hearted response.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/sarah_palin_weapon_of_mass_distraction_71AFcAGWOgasJ8WO4Wy0mO

[NHSparky]

Dear me.  Kyle thinks very highly of himself, doesn't he?

For the record, I was getting a haircut yesterday.  You know, haircut--that thing that makes you look human and, oh, nevermind.  Point is, in speaking with the barber, who is far more conservative than even I am, quickly pointed out that Palin is highly unlikely to run for president anytime soon.

So no, Kyle m'boy, we're not distracted.  We can walk and chew bubble gum at the same time, really!

[DumbAss Tanker]

Right you are, Sparky.

Actually, NOT well-played, either by Kyle OR the Dems.  The mockery of Palin from the legacy media is only promoting the book and her success highlights their own obsolescence.  The fact that Obama came back from a heavily-promoted, very visible and expensive overseas trip with a great big bag o' nothin' hasn't been lost on anyone who would care about it anyway. 

[BlueStateSaint]

Right you are, Sparky.

Actually, NOT well-played, either by Kyle OR the Dems.  The mockery of Palin from the legacy media is only promoting the book and her success highlights their own obsolescence.  The fact that Obama came back from a heavily-promoted, very visible and expensive overseas trip with a great big bag o' nothin' hasn't been lost on anyone who would care about it anyway. 

But he looked good and he meant well.  That's all that matters to them.

[littlelamb]

But he looked good and he meant well.  That's all that matters to them.

It does not matter what your outside looks like when your inside is full of hate

[DefiantSix]

It does not matter what your outside looks like when your inside is full of hate

 

[littlelamb]

 

  I will wear that with pride then

[Eupher]

While it's pretty clear to anybody who is even halfway paying attention that Obama's failed odysseys and his low-bowing to his superiors in Japan result in only more humiliation for the US, let's not lose sight of the fact that a great many of us are concentrating on making ends meet, taking the kids to soccer practice, and working on that honey-do list.

When the lame stream media crows about and otherwise trumpets the virtues and the perceived failings of Palin, most of America tends to forget about how the Senate recently embarrassed itself by actually voting to hear the POS health care bill on the floor.

Again, that doesn't speak about those who are paying attention - but most of us, sadly enough, don't.

As long as we have our iPods and we have enough gas in the tank to get to Grandma's for Thanksgiving, whether or not the Senate is embarrassing itself isn't so important. We'll look at Charlie Gibson spoonfeed us our pablum and utter "tsk tsk" as the Palin-bashing continues and she continues to do well on her book tour.

No, Sparky, I think there's an element of truth in what Kyle is saying.

America is easily distracted. And while we're worried about Sarah Palin and her book tour, Chuckie Schumer is uttering vile little epithets like "Failure is NOT an option!" on the health care abortion that the Senate's bill is, and Weirdo Reid schedules votes on a Saturday for maximum hassle factor for the Repubs.