rssFear of a Palin Planet
Friday, June 12, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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Ed Morrissey, one of the smartest rightbloggers around, is nonetheless prone to writing things like this about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s made-for-US Weekly feud with David Letterman:
Letterman and his ilk can continue to make all of the coverage about Palin revolve around her daughters, forcing her to respond and to look less serious as a politician … if enough of them do it, the downside for her attackers will be small, and the upside will be to kneecap Palin before she can threaten Democrats in a future election.
Do any Democrats actually fear Palin as a national candidate anymore? We’re talking about the first woman on a Republican ticket that got only 43 percent of the female vote, the lowest in a two-way presidential race since, I believe, 1964. If anything, I think Democrats will regret anything that eliminates Palin from a 2012 primary, where should would drain the oxygen from all other candidate coverage while battling (perhaps unsuccessfully) a party establishment that considers her unreliable and unelectable.
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22 Comments
Comment posted June 13, 2009 @ 6:03 pm
I assume that as (relatively) sane people, Democrats want Palin around for a very long time; her popularity with the Republican base is undeniable, but a clear majority of Americans simply don't like her.
To be fair, though: Letterman was totally out of line making crude sexual jokes about a little girl, and his “apology” was pathetic.
Comment posted June 14, 2009 @ 1:03 am
I assume that as (relatively) sane people, Democrats want Palin around for a very long time; her popularity with the Republican base is undeniable, but a clear majority of Americans simply don't like her.
To be fair, though: Letterman was totally out of line making crude sexual jokes about a little girl, and his “apology” was pathetic.
Comment posted July 7, 2009 @ 12:48 am
Ed errs in assuming the comedians are fixated on Palin, she's just an easy butt of jokes for the writers, who are always going to go for the easy target. Conan and Maher made much worse jokes than Letterman did. What's next, a Palin offensive on South Park? (You KNOW an SP episode in the cards!)
Palin made her kids targets by brandishing them as stage props, if she wanted to keep their issues private or low key she could have. Making peace with Levi might have helped.
Comment posted July 11, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
What happened to Kay Bailey Hutchison or other accomplished female GOPers? At least the conservative-liberal debate would be intelligent and civil without the shrill name-calling and labelling that goes on now.
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