Maddow: Palin’s campaign tactics are just like Vladimir Putin’s

Playinghardball

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Thu Jun-02-11 09:57 AM
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Maddow: Palin’s campaign tactics are just like Vladimir Putin’s

Source: RawReplay
By Stephen C. Webster

According to MSNBC’s liberal news host Rachel Maddow, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is taking an approach to campaigning that evokes images of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s carefully managed public persona.

Ignoring the media and staging outings purely to project carefully sculpted images, the MSNBC host said recently, is not something that exists in American politics today — but it will soon, if Palin’s media strategy is any indication.

Maddow explains …

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http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/maddow-palins-campaign-tactics-are-just-like-vladimir-putins/

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HipChick

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Thu Jun-02-11 09:59 AM
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1. Vladimir has persona...more press than actual people turn up for Palin, she's not drawing crowds n/t

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HopeHoops

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Thu Jun-02-11 11:44 AM
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2. Well NO WONDER! Palin was watching him from Alaska.

She obviously wasn't doing any "governin' stuff".

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