This article is not about endorsing Sarah Palin for president. It is about illustrating the liberal media’s ability to brand an image. Case in point, conservatives saying Palin is not smart enough to be president.
The Left launched their “Sarah Palin is Stupid” campaign the next day after her incredible VP nomination acceptance speech. A woman, pretty, smart, witty, confident and bold with an ability to inspire and fire up the conservative base, Sarah Palin was the Left’s worst nightmare. They were livid. The only thing which could have made it worse would have been if Palin was black. The Left would have surely lost their minds.
The clarion call went out, “Palin MUST be destroyed!”
When Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live, I watched with a bunch of my conservative friends. My friends laughed and made comments such as, “This is great. It shows Palin is a good sport and doesn’t take herself too seriously.”
I thought, “This is wrong. Why help the Left sell the message to their audience that Palin is stupid?” Humor is a powerful sales tool.
The assault on Palin’s intellect intensified daily. Every word out of Palin’s mouth was dissected and placed under a microscope. Then, viewed through a lens tainted with the paradigm that “Palin is stupid”. Who amongst us could withstand our every utterance judged with such extreme scrutiny?
Conservatives saying under their breath at cocktail parties that Palin isn’t too bright is evidence the liberal media’s branding of her has worked on some level.
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AND, Obama is smart I suppose?
How would anyone know? We don't even KNOW he went to college. The only school we know for sure he attended was a Muslim school in Indonesia. After that, he is a blank.
Yeah, sure–only if you ignore a wealth of evidence to the contrary. On the other hand, we do know that Pallin went to a bunch of colleges.
The wealth of evidence that you mentioned includes his records at Occidental,Columbia, Harvard and the University of Chicago.All citizens have seen is long form birth certificate,adoption records,travel records and his passport records.Just like all presidents before him Obama has presented these records to prove he has nothing to hide.
We as citizens can certainly understand how smart he is by the grades he received while attending these institutions.
He has also illustrated his intellect when he stated that he had campaigned in 57 states.Or when he pronounced the letter S in the word corps.LOL.
James show the proof then if you are so assured? Lol! Most likely Obama attended your old University The University Of J.C.Pen'Ney'.
Or as ellen/ellena/Ellen/granite/Ellena/Ellana/Ellan/Granite would say:
"His records are ______"
Right-On Gary There Is A ACLU Trend Of Ellen Ellana James Bond Soros Replies, Yikeess, Pull-Up A Real PhD John C. Drew A Person That The State Run Media Omits.
"Conservatives saying under their breath at cocktail parties that Palin isn’t too bright is evidence the liberal media’s branding of her has worked on some level."
So if liberals say Palin is stupid, they're sexist, but if conservatives say she's stupid it's because they're gullible simps who've been influenced by liberals? Yeah, that makes sense.
In truth, however, the McCain campaign probably did Palin no favors by shielding her from the press so much, helping guarantee that there were a lot fewer phrases coming from her to analyze. Obama, on the other hand, never stopped talking. I say probably, because perhaps the McCain folks kept her away from more media because they also thought she was stupid.
James your analysis is stupid! In fact the McCain campaign signed their own doom by not turning Palin loose on your Gay Lord Obama.
Or….they knew any little slip would be scrutinized?
Well, I'm tired, gotta see what's up in the other 57 states, see if our national motto is still
e plurubus unum, see what the Marine Corpses did today, see if He tweeted anything else
about "Libia", and see if Tina Fey can still see Palin's house from Russia :0
Right-On Gary in Colo The Iron Lady Sarah Palin Can Handel Obamacare And The Union Goons And She Can Tell You How Many States In The Union, Yippee, God Bless America.
"….they knew any little slip would be scrutinized?"
If she can't stand the heat….
Hay Hay The Thumbs-Down Expert ACLU Union Goon James Bond McPheww With That Obama Smell Of The Skunk Patrol,Yikeess, At Least Sarah Can Tell The Truth!! God Bless America.
Um, no. This is evidence that conservatives watched Palin's interviews and were left with the impression that Palin is lite on info about some major national issues. That doesn't mean she's stupid & the polls don't show that we conservatives think that she is. It means that we see she needs to better educate herself. All this proves ONLY that conservatives think for themselves rather than accepting what media tells us we should think – be they left or right.
GO SARAH GO, if you do nothing else but piss off the socialist/communist I love you!
For somebody that is supposedly, "so dumb" the media keeps giving her a lot of attention
and the left continues to get choked up about everything she says/does and theyr'e the
ones giving her all the attention in the first place.
It is delightful that we are beginning to see a wealth of possible Republican candidates lining up to do battle with the obamabots next year although it probably won't be much of a fight. Between the sheer incompetence of this administration and their unbelievable un-American values and actions, there are a dozen other reasons that they will be soundly rejected in 2012. If patriots and real men were in charge this political charade would have ended months ago with investigation and impeachment. Sarah Palin has more courage, spirit and goodness in her than the entire membership of both Houses. A ticket comprised of that lovely lady and Donald Trump would force the stink lockers of corruption to be opened in Washington DC and the whole Mess to be laid bare, cleaned out and renewed.
"although it probably won't be much of a fight"
True–Obama will probably win handily. Again.
"Donald Trump would force the stink lockers of corruption"
'Cuz who's more trustworthy and in touch with the typical American than an egomaniacal multimillionaire, right?
I agree with you a 2012 PALIN/ TRUMP TICKET would lay the lot of COMMIERATS to REST…….
What an EXPLOSIVE TICKET to have EXCELLENT CHOICE….. GO SARA PALIN AND DONALD
TRUMP TO 2012 VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama is following Karl Marx not James Madison and the MSM thinks he's smart? Marx destroyed hundreds of millions of people and destroyed Western Civilization. Madison liberated hundreds of millions of people and produced wealth, miracles and wonders that made America the envy of the world. Now who's smart?
Sarah Palin is sure a lot smarter than these other hooligans who think they know it all…and getting elected…. And she is patriotic, knows what side her bread is buttered on……
she is smart enough for me…….and she certainly got my vote……
Amen!
How do these "journalists"," reporters,"or whatever they answer to, determine who is Smart ??? Exactly what are their IQs ? Everything is relative, and these clowns have already researched the answers to those ridiculous questions beforehand. Sara Palin is no dummy !!! Interviews should work both ways………….you ask a question…….you get one in return. A degree in journalism can be earned by displaying a total lack of common sense and an SAT score of 200.
Couric tried to make Sarah Palin appear stupid in that famous interview. Couric is one of the cover-up MSM tools who are being used to aggrandize the Socialist push and ridicule traditional America. Now Couric herself is being thrown under the bus by her controllers. Her ratings are way down and they want to give her a $5 million salary cut (a hopeful sign people are finally getting wised up). Couric is thinking about taking a position on Winfrey's new OWN network as a talk show host. Good ridance! These clowns will be lucky if they avoid prison for their deception when the truth comes out.
Why Does Anyone Say That Sarah Palin Is Not Smart Enough?? Yikeess, Give Us A Break Pres Obama Is Only A Sorry Organizer With A Telepromter And Has The Worst Record 0-30 And Counting, Yikeess, Now Lets Take Ex-Gov Sarah Palin The Iron Lady Of The USA, Yippee, Read Her Book "Going Rogue" And Compare With Any Of Obama Books, Hands Down Sarah Is Smarter And Has A Birth Certificate, Than Rope-A-Dope Do Nothing Except BS Obama, Yippee, God Bless America And Sarah Palin POTUS Soon.
The media controls all. That' the article Carol. They spun it and repeated it.
And they somehow let it slide, don't report, or downplay when the TOTUS constantly does what he
does in any of the 57 states (48 CONUS, AK, HI, Russia, Libya (or as he recently tweeted "Libia"),
China, Egypt, Mexico, Venuzuala,& Cuba)?
Well James, as the article title and story said….
And good luck with your hopes if they (media) continues on the current path:)
If they somehow start branding her as some genius, then….
Sorry, Carol Gerber