Palin’s Media Turning Point
Sarah Palin’s appearance on the Conan O’Brien late night show generated huge positive buzz. Even (some of) the Palin haters were hard-pressed to come up with a negative about it.
Palin is winning over people and even members of the liberal media
This marks something of a turning point for Palin. More so than daytime media, late night shows seem to have the power to define a public persona.
Usually, late night references to Palin are of the demeaning variety, most notably David Letterman’s near continuous anti-Palin jihad and the Saturday Night Live Tina Fay skits mocking Palin. When Palin appeared on SNL during the campaign, the appearance was damage control, at best.
Palin’s appearance on Conan’s show was very, very different on a variety of levels. Most obviously, Palin was presented in a sympathetic, humorous manner, and allowed to present a side of her personality most media viewers never see. Palin was part of the show, not the target of the show.
Perhaps even more important was the context. The segment started out with Palin being mocked, mildly, by William Shatner, in the manner of making sentences from Going Rogue seem so silly when presented in Shatner’s signature style. If that’s all there was to the segment, it would have been par for the course.
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I could be wrong, but I believe that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee are the two most sincere and honest people either party has for the 2012 elections. However, those attributes will be argued and rightfully so, as inadequate for the position of President. Having said that, with only the likes of a corrupt set of Democrats (especially Clinton who now sides with the ACLU on banning all things religious) and who knows who else on the Republican side, I will vote for them in a heartbeat.
Palin has class,the socialist the main stream media NBC, CBS and ABC only report what they want,they dont have the guts to report all news. Its time for the american people to shut them off,untill they share the truth on all news,or sale their stock.
Um, you know what would "win me over" about her?
1) If she keeps a job she has for the entire duration of its term.
2) If she goes and reads a book about the Supreme Court and learns about, oh, I don't, Marbury vs. Madison, or Dread Scott, or Brown v. board of education…and next time she gets asked that question she can answer it like an average 8th grader can.
3) She goes outside of the US somewhere other than Canada and Mexico or onto a military base.
She still doesn't get it, that she is still the punchline. That was a bit on comedy show, where every line was scripted, and that is the level at which people consider her. She would probably be okay as a talk show host for a while, but she has will never be taken seriously as a national political candidate.
Please, all you Palin supports, please, we are begging you – HELP HER RUN IN 2012. You guys are so out of touch you don't even see that the number one thing you can do to gauren-freaking-tee a second term for the current administration is to put Palin in the race. Please, knock yourself out, help her with money, help her with funds, talk her up every chance you get. We thank you in advance for our second term.
Sarah has the 'stand up' wit to make decisions (and listen to wise counsel) in that 2:00 a.m. call as opposed to taking 3 months to respond to a wartime decision like another guy I know about.
Like hiring any other CEO, you better FIRST have integrity and grit and then act on selecting those around you that know more than you do about any given subject and lead by example. As someone said during the 2008 campaign … you will know me by the people that surround me. Need I say more?
GO SARAH: WE NEED YOU IN WASHINGTON TO CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION AND YOU HAVE GOOD IDEAS, GOOD COMMON SENSE AND KNOW WHAT THE WORD " TRUTH " MEANS. DON'T LET THOSE THUGS AND COMMUNIST RUIN YOUR GOOD SELF AND VIEW POINTS. THEY ARE AFRAID THEY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS SO GRAB THE " BULL " BY THE HORNS AND RUN WITH IT NO MATTER WHAT THOSE ATHEIST THINK. WE NEED OUR COUNTRY AND CONSTITUTION BACK. THE REASON OBAMMIE WANTS ALL THOSE BILLS PASSED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IS-HE KNOWS HIS TIME IS COMING TO BE FOUND OUT HE IS ILLEGAL ALIEN -IMPOSTER-TREASONER AND DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW ALL THE ILLEGAL THINGS HE HAS DONE WILL BE THROWN OUT. THEY NEED TO GET RID OF ALL THE COMMUNIST,MARXIST,MUSLIM JIHADISTLIARS,LIARS FROM WASHINGTON AND START OVER WITH TRUTH AND COMMON SENSE AND NO RADICAL CHANGE LIKE OBAMMIE IS DOING. HELP:SARAH: WE NEED YOU AND HUCKABEE FOR OUR LEADERS.
She is a breath of fresh air – Loves this nation and what it stands for –
May God continue to go before you Sarah "the Esther of our time"
"How blessed is the person who doe not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But their delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law they meditate day and night. Psalm 1:1&2
One night on late night comedy compared to how many times in front of the teleprompter … now … that is the real scripted comedian!!!
From Billy A .
Those who say Sarah is not qualified do'n't know what they are talking about! Anyone who can accomplish what she did as Gov of Alaska – in two short years – deserves consideation for the highest office. She not only defeated the ACES gang in her own party,but got a gas pipeline to the "lower fortry eight" started when no one esle could do it after many years of trying. She also got Exxon and the other oil companies to share their profits with Alaskans. She cut expenses – including the private jet that the previous Gorvorner (Murkowsky) had immposed on the people, and she got rid of her security – all this, and much more, while raising a famliy (yeah they had problems – what family doesn't? ) and running marathons just for exercxise..She has one other qualiaty that no one since Ronald Reagan has displayed -COMMON SENSE! !
What an article – it says so much This needs to be stated again and again. We need a president with this ideals and so much honesty
Billy A
OOOPS I goofed. in my previous comment I stated that Sarah had defeated the ACES gang. I meant to say that she defeated the CBC (Corrupt Bastards Club ). She instituted ACES Alaska clean and Equitable Share bill which gave the people of Alaska a share of the profits from the gas pipe line with the big oil companies. Not only did the people of Alaska profit but the big oil companies profited too so it was a win win for both parties the best kind of settlement that can be made. that is the way she works and that is why she would be good for the country.