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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 07:48 PM
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Palin is using reality TV and her family as part of her 2012 presidential campaign
We all saw how shamelessly Sarah Palin paraded her family during the 2008 GOP convention. Now that she's. All but guaranteed to be one of the repuke frontrunners for 2012, she's doing everything she can to push her "aw shucks" demeanor. First she gets her daughter on the hit show "Dancing with the Stars" where her rabid teabagger sycophants push her all the way into the finals. Then Sarah gets her very own reality show on TLC, the same network that brought us the Duggars and John&Kate Gosselin. She uses this show to lay on her whole smarmy "golly gee wiz" crap that her followers love to lap up, as well as a platform to push her political views, which she doesn't hesitate to do.

At what point does "reality tv" become a political campaign? Imagine the repuke uproar that would have erupted if Obama or Hillary Clinton would have had their own reality show in 2007.
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 08:04 PM
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1. It's the Truman Show for certain
Edited on Sun Nov-28-10 08:04 PM by Maccagirl
and we have, and will, continue to pay a very heavy price.
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thunder rising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 08:23 PM
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2. Oh please, I have wet dreams of SP being the R nominee. The more the population knows about SP
the more fun the campaign will be.
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 08:31 PM
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3. Be careful what you wish for
Every time she sticks her foot in her mouth, her followers eat it up. To them, she's just one of them. They love her whole "gee shucks" attitude. There's also a sizable anti-Obama sentiment building up, and the economy isn't helping that.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 08:33 PM
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4. America deserves her..

If they ever elect her anywhere the WH...

I'll be across the Pond...
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nenagh Donating Member (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 09:16 PM
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5. Having spent much time on some OilSites during the Oil 'Spill'..
I was surprised by the taunting, name calling and bullying of Obama and his appointees by angry Repubs. That was their idea of clever.

And as much as we scoff at Palin's 'intellect', her team posted masses of tainted videos of Obama's verbal gaffes on her Facebook page... making Obama look foolish and weak.

It's the street fighter smarts they admire..

Eye of the beholder, isn't it?
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 10:28 PM
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6. Palin/Snooki 2012!
Finally, a ticket for the influential bumpit voting bloc.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 01:10 AM
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10. Gryphen at The Immoral Minority called Sarah "Snowdrift Snooki"
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 01:18 AM by Blue_In_AK
a couple days ago. I thought it was very fitting. :)


He's got a great post up tonight about this week's SPA episode. http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2010/11/tonight-spa-moves-away-from-recent.html
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 10:58 PM
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7. and you can bet clips from her show will be used against her
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-10 11:53 PM
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8. Especially the whole "I'd rather be here than in some cozy political position" line nt
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 12:42 AM
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9. The show was a bad idea. It makes her look even more dumb. If that's possible.
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