Death Threats Against Sarah Palin at 'Unprecedented Level,' Aides Say
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Sarah Palin is a paled image of Paris Hilton, she shows up at functions with one liners designed
to attract attention even if they add little value to the conversation. She has out lived the Republican
Parties ability to defend her. Unfortunately we and I mean most of the general public spends its time
debating her outrageous statement instead of the value of her statement. If that were to be evaluated,
in many cases it would form the opinion she has little to offer.
The Republican Party has two problems. 1 Sarah will drag them down with the image she poses
2 If she won it would divide the country and the GOP and
either way Republicans will suffer the most.
Take a look around Obama is already appointing people to his inner circle that will in fact own and hold
onto the political center when that happens, the political wind will shift and that will happen even before
the first leaves of spring.
As for threats I don't think the people who are threatening realize the damage they do in society,
Threats and assassinations are invitations to anarchy. We regardless of our view or position have to
be civil and invite different opinions into our lives, who knows we might learn something. I make
every effort to listen, because sometimes even those who border on being trolls have something to
offer when they really put their mind to it. Sarah is a spectacle, a diversion from political reality and
why, because she has some ideas at times but her attitude and rude behaviour marginalizes her
effectiveness and she destroys her own cause. I think she has a right to be heard though without
being threatened with death.
to attract attention even if they add little value to the conversation. She has out lived the Republican
Parties ability to defend her. Unfortunately we and I mean most of the general public spends its time
debating her outrageous statement instead of the value of her statement. If that were to be evaluated,
in many cases it would form the opinion she has little to offer.
The Republican Party has two problems. 1 Sarah will drag them down with the image she poses
2 If she won it would divide the country and the GOP and
either way Republicans will suffer the most.
Take a look around Obama is already appointing people to his inner circle that will in fact own and hold
onto the political center when that happens, the political wind will shift and that will happen even before
the first leaves of spring.
As for threats I don't think the people who are threatening realize the damage they do in society,
Threats and assassinations are invitations to anarchy. We regardless of our view or position have to
be civil and invite different opinions into our lives, who knows we might learn something. I make
every effort to listen, because sometimes even those who border on being trolls have something to
offer when they really put their mind to it. Sarah is a spectacle, a diversion from political reality and
why, because she has some ideas at times but her attitude and rude behaviour marginalizes her
effectiveness and she destroys her own cause. I think she has a right to be heard though without
being threatened with death.
I've never pondered Sarah Palin as a human sheild before, but in many ways I can't help but think she's a lot like Ann Coulter... thrust out to the front with the most extreme of the rhetoric because presumably their looks (?) and status as women (?) will afford them the kid glove treatment and more credibility when she says 'I didn't mean anything hostile by it.'
damngrumpy
I love what you wrote in your post - when I first heard Palin I was thrilled a woman who had so much to speak about and with such a huge background of knowledge could be interested in national politics......but she seems to have fizzled....perhaps because she isn't
prepared as she should have been by her initial handlers - or she is not the candidate who can handle a cool thinking rapport with the public (from all political persuasions).
I believe she has taken on too much without the confidence which can only be learned from years of experience in the arena. It is as if the Republican Party adopted this wild child and discarded her when she ceased to be a novelty rather than teaching her moderation and fair discourse with opponents.
I love what you wrote in your post - when I first heard Palin I was thrilled a woman who had so much to speak about and with such a huge background of knowledge could be interested in national politics......but she seems to have fizzled....perhaps because she isn't
prepared as she should have been by her initial handlers - or she is not the candidate who can handle a cool thinking rapport with the public (from all political persuasions).
I believe she has taken on too much without the confidence which can only be learned from years of experience in the arena. It is as if the Republican Party adopted this wild child and discarded her when she ceased to be a novelty rather than teaching her moderation and fair discourse with opponents.
I think there's a lot to what you say. I honestly think that the party officials said, 'oh, look, here's a woman who's a successful governor, let's grab her to run as VP, to counter the black guy', withouth much more thought than that.
Similarly, in Canada, when everyone in the PC party knew that Mulroney had flushed the party down the toilet, none of the logical candidates would step up, so they found Kim Campbell, and I'm willing to bet the thinking was, 'maybe a woman is our best hope, despite everything else, maybe we'll get the women votes'. It was a failure, too.
Palin might have a future if she was groomed better. But then again, she might have blown her wad, so to speak.
I think Sarah may have something up her sleeve- I wouldn't under estimate her intelligence, lest she catches people napping in 2012.
She has a good marketing team behind her - Sarah Palin's Alaska is a masterstroke of marketing for a politician-in-waiting; she is almost never out of the public's mind. It's brilliant. Like Hollywood celebs, even if nothing is going on, their agents make sure they're always in the press one way or another. Bill Vanderzalm used to say 'there's no such thing as bad publicity'. Keep your name out there in the public.
Quote: Originally Posted by JLM
I don't think she's any bimbo- just well steeped in her environment- a gun in her hands probably feels like a purse in the average woman from the lower 48's hands.
I watched her show and they had her shooting clay pigeons. She couldn't knock a sick w hore off a piss pot at 4 paces.
But if that is what you wish to believe then so be it.
''Really? Care to explain your Angry, Hateful, Left Wing Rhetoric Meltdown?''
Sounds more like a Repukeblican in heat. LOL!!
Sounds more like a Repukeblican in heat. LOL!!
Sarah Palin was a big fish in a little pond, and the Republicans were desperate to find
something to cling to while spiralling out of control. They came to her, and in the end
she could be the biggest single weapon the Democrats have. I don't say that to be mean
or even anti Republican. The problem for Palin is she is abrasive and without any sense
of polish, for a while its appealing then when the political winds shift, it becomes a huge,
and I mean a huge distraction. She really fronted the Tea Party as a visual prop and it all
went well, until Gibbards got shot. Now both sides have to find some way to compromise
the public will demand it. If that in fact happens, the Tea Party and Sarah will be voices
from the past. If there is no compromises, it will be on the head of the Republican party.
The campaign rhetoric, what will it be from the Democrats? You guessed it, "They have a
Hidden Agenda" That means nothing at the moment however, if they cut taxes and the
interest rates go crazy and the unemployment rate rises quickly and sharply the Democrats
can make the claim, it was their cuts that caused it. The problem is the optical illusion of
time and circumstance.
Where Sarah made her greatest mistake was on the same day that Obama spoke to the
Tuscon College crowd. Far better she be quiet until she heard what he had to say. Instead
she assumed he would make reference to her, the Tea Party and the Republicans, and he
didn't. I have spoken to relatives who are Republicans and some have the opinion she bit
the hand of conciliation, even before he extended it. She looked like a narcissist, as in the
media is blaming me and I didn't do it. Whether she did or not does not matter. The media
carried her statement, they carried the Obama address, and they played the clip of Abbi
Giffords saying the cross hairs map was out of line with consequences.
To be fair, Sarah did not mean it literally, she just didn't have the tact and wisdom to refrain
from taking something over the line. I have no doubt she listened to the youth wing of her
campaign who don't see the harm in something that can backfire.
Sarah will run in 2012, the Republican Party will dump her, and claim to have done the nation
a favour, yes she will be the ultimate sacrifice.
The Tea Party will suffer the same fate, because they have only one dimensional rhetoric.
Rhetoric before an election and after an election are two different things. After the election the
compromise begins and if you made it your mandate not to negotiate, you become labelled an
obstructionist. This will end just like the Joseph McCarthy Senate Hearing into Communist in
America. It ended when the most respected newsman in America Edward R Murrow said in an
interview, Sir have you no shame? That night President Eisenhower moved to cut off the
money for those hearings.
Sarah knows about PR she know something about image, and she doesn't understand that
sometimes actions can backfire. She also doesn't understand, that there is rules to the game of
politics and if you don't play nice at some point your enemies and your allies will cut you off at the
knees.
something to cling to while spiralling out of control. They came to her, and in the end
she could be the biggest single weapon the Democrats have. I don't say that to be mean
or even anti Republican. The problem for Palin is she is abrasive and without any sense
of polish, for a while its appealing then when the political winds shift, it becomes a huge,
and I mean a huge distraction. She really fronted the Tea Party as a visual prop and it all
went well, until Gibbards got shot. Now both sides have to find some way to compromise
the public will demand it. If that in fact happens, the Tea Party and Sarah will be voices
from the past. If there is no compromises, it will be on the head of the Republican party.
The campaign rhetoric, what will it be from the Democrats? You guessed it, "They have a
Hidden Agenda" That means nothing at the moment however, if they cut taxes and the
interest rates go crazy and the unemployment rate rises quickly and sharply the Democrats
can make the claim, it was their cuts that caused it. The problem is the optical illusion of
time and circumstance.
Where Sarah made her greatest mistake was on the same day that Obama spoke to the
Tuscon College crowd. Far better she be quiet until she heard what he had to say. Instead
she assumed he would make reference to her, the Tea Party and the Republicans, and he
didn't. I have spoken to relatives who are Republicans and some have the opinion she bit
the hand of conciliation, even before he extended it. She looked like a narcissist, as in the
media is blaming me and I didn't do it. Whether she did or not does not matter. The media
carried her statement, they carried the Obama address, and they played the clip of Abbi
Giffords saying the cross hairs map was out of line with consequences.
To be fair, Sarah did not mean it literally, she just didn't have the tact and wisdom to refrain
from taking something over the line. I have no doubt she listened to the youth wing of her
campaign who don't see the harm in something that can backfire.
Sarah will run in 2012, the Republican Party will dump her, and claim to have done the nation
a favour, yes she will be the ultimate sacrifice.
The Tea Party will suffer the same fate, because they have only one dimensional rhetoric.
Rhetoric before an election and after an election are two different things. After the election the
compromise begins and if you made it your mandate not to negotiate, you become labelled an
obstructionist. This will end just like the Joseph McCarthy Senate Hearing into Communist in
America. It ended when the most respected newsman in America Edward R Murrow said in an
interview, Sir have you no shame? That night President Eisenhower moved to cut off the
money for those hearings.
Sarah knows about PR she know something about image, and she doesn't understand that
sometimes actions can backfire. She also doesn't understand, that there is rules to the game of
politics and if you don't play nice at some point your enemies and your allies will cut you off at the
knees.
Well you got two out of three right..... she's motivated and has a strong desire for the spotlight..... but I wouldn't call her bright..... otherwise, she wouldn't have had so many blunders with what she says as she already has.
I remember when Dan Quayle was the punchline of many jokes and considered not very bright...... in comparison, I believe Palin now beat him out on that age-old position.
She makes George Bush seem like a genius.
Doesn't she have some sort of advisor behind the scenes telling her "Hey, you know, it might not be very wise to use this word" or "You might not want to say that." or "Perhaps it would be best if your worded yourself like this...."
It's like they blindfolded her, spun her around real fast and then set her loose with her own devices just to see how well she can screw things up this time around.
But even I have seen on US media so many people agreeing that the US is divided in so many ways....... races, religions, north & south, red vs. blue, guns and no guns, etc. etc.
Something has to be done soon to try and unite people a little better before things blow wide open...... but it'll be pretty difficult to do and I think many people thought Obama would be the one to do it.
Guess not.
Best of luck to those down there.
She sure does get a lot of attention from the Dems and the Left for someone who is so insignificant. Hmmmm. 
Yes many heads will pop if she runs in 2012.She sure does get a lot of attention from the Dems and the Left for someone who is so insignificant. Hmmmm.
and many more will explode if she actually wins.
Sarah Palin is actually doing a good job keeping the whole Left wing focused upon her. Taking all this so called negative chit chat she is getting right to the bank all the while keeping the world wondering who will really be the next president of the United States.