Posted by
Sanity 102 on Friday, July 20, 2007 2:42:06 AM
Steve from Campaign2008VictoryA and a number of Palin for VP bloggers got into a wierd discussion with a Pittsburgh Tribune columnist...wierd because the reporter had interviewed Gov. Palin and seemed supportive, yet his hard driving meeting with them was anything but.
Steve...the reporter wasn't looking for a story on Palin...he GOT that. He was looking for a story on the kind of people that would support someone a national columnist (Fred Barnes) would write about...this wasn't a swipe at Palin so much as a swipe at Fred Barnes,,,a case of the little leaguer pointing out that sometimes even the biggest of hitters strike out.
The columnist is extremely shortsighted.
Instead of this being a story of a national reporter that missed, a story that might not even make the evening news in his home town and would most certainly be forgotten in a couple of days...the Tribune writer could be on the ground floor of a story that would make HIM a major player. Imagine being credited with the launching of a future White House occupant?
I sometimes wonder if the press understands that the best selling news isn't necessarily bad. Princess Diana sold more copies of magazines when the public thought she was going to live happiler ever after...and the public loves to hear about the rich and famous when they ARE rich and famous instead of going broke and facing has been.
People love winners.
Sarah Palin comes across...as all beautiful people (yes unfair) do...a winner.
Here are some other "unfair" facts:
To continue to wage the War on Terror...the GOP MUST keep the White House and/or regain Congress.
To win either in 2008...the GOP MUST have extraordinary politicians...the kind that has very little to none political baggage, yet somehow manage to have executive experience. They must know when to keep silent and when to hammer home a point.
I admit to knowing very little about Sarah Palin's view points...but I've spent the last 2 years hearing enough rhetoric to never give another person a pass based on what they "say".
Time will tell us what she really believes in and if her words have meaning. Right now..she can help give America the only chance it has to make sure the next crucial decade is not in the hands of people who have no desire to continue and finish the war that was started on that fateful day in September.
After 2 "cycles" of "interning", Palin might turn out to be another Maggie Thatcher or Golda Meir...or someone we'll pass on.
Either way, right now, it is the only viable hand we have left to play.