Sarah Palin, Vanity Fair, and 2012
What the controversy surrounding a biting Vanity Fair article on Palin says about her presidential prospects
Sarah Palin: The sexiest and riskiest Republican brand?
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Todd Purdum’s new “hard-hitting" Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin has reignited a high-profile “Republican family feud,” said Jonathan Martin in Politico. GOP pundit Bill Kristol accused McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt of feeding Purdum anonymous quotes about Palin’s “mental state” and possible post-partum depression; Schmidt accused Kristol of libel. This “blistering” rehash of 2008 could be a preview of an insider feud over Palin in 2012.
That’s why Purdum’s “lurid” article is more than a 2008 “post-mortem,” said Chris Good in The Atlantic. Sarah Palin ties with Mike Huckabee as the most popular politician among Republicans, so her “political fortunes are still very much alive.” The question now is whether she can expand her base. Her 2008 national debut was probably a mixed blessing, but the “aftermath is now hers.”
In that sense, Purdum’s “nasty little hit piece” could be good news for Sarah Palin, said Carol Platt Liebau in Townhall. One explanation for his article is that his audience—liberal “coastal elites”—are “afraid of Palin as a potential candidate.” If so, Purdum’s ”contempt and condescension” will just push normal Americans—not just Republicans—to drop any “lingering doubts” about Palin.
Purdum goes out of his way to not count Sarah Palin "out of the political game,” said Dave Cook in The Christian Science Monitor, but Republicans might want to listen to his description of her as “at once the sexiest and the riskiest brand in the Republican Party” before they decide if 2012 is the year they get their luck back.
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Posted by Decca, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 9:30 am I was never a huge Palin fan, but I certainly appreciated her sincerity. With every 'hit piece' I read about her and her family, I find her more endearing. If she is so stupid, why is the Left so terrified of her? She does sound like a girl who grew up in Wasilla, should she start feign an accent like Obama does? He admittedly doesn't speak any language but English, yet says Pakeeystaan, why?
Posted by jethro mayham, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 9:45 am GOP will flame out agin if they go with a loser Palin. She represents the rednecks, old hags, and trailer trash. Do your thing GOP cause you're just the same old party, critize but can't do anything right.
Posted by Cathy, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 10:19 am The left is terrified of her exactly because she is stupid. The last eight years of stupid, and the Republican's notion that as long as a candidate is against gay marriage and pro life, nothing else matters scares most thinking people. And now that you mention fake accents, why does only W have the fake Texas accent none of the other Bush's speak like that?
Posted by AverageJoe, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 11:19 am To the question If she is so stupid, why is the Left so terrified of her? can be answered with one name, GEORGE BUSH. With so many serious problems facing this country and the world, why would anyone Democrate or Republican want to settle for less than the most intelligent person available in their party?She doesn't believe in evolution, global warming, etc. should be a 3story high red flag that maybe she isn't ready to accept science then you really aren't going to like the future. That's not a future I want.
Posted by Georgina W. Bush, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 11:53 am Sarah Palin Georgina W. Bush. THAT'S WHY many Republicans and most Democrats are terrified of her. Among other things, she signs emails IN GOD'S NAME.SHE IS A COMPLETE NUTCASE. THE WASILLA WACKJOB, INDEED!Sorry for the all caps in certain instances, it is appropriate.
Posted by Aaron, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 12:13 pm I'd have to say the main knock on Palin is that she doesn't have the chops that will be needed to undo the extreme damage to our country that the leftist machine, run by the socialist triad of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid will do over the next 4 years. If ever we are in need of another Reagan, it's now. And Sarah ain't it.
Posted by boleeadam, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 1:24 pm Well Decca he might say Pakeeystan because that's the way it's pronounced!! As far as Palin goes she probably thinks Pakeeystan is in Europe! Or borders the United States of America! Since she can see Russia from her home and knows where them jets go from Russia, you would think she would know the countries bordering the U.S.A? Oh, and as for the Left being scared of her,who can blame them she might nuke Canada thinking it was Russia,Hell everyone's scared of her! She is that little girl who grew up in Wasilla,same I.Q. and everything!!
Posted by god's hammer or love, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 1:45 pm She's strangely hot, not unlike her daughter, her husband is an eskimo and her grand?son is a sweetpickle. It's a circus and sideshow whenever she and her hot legs go anywhere. Who cares about anything else.
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