WSJ- Does the Media Fear Palin?

1480 · 09-04-08, 09:11 AM

Interesting op-ed piece I ran across this morning:

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Even as the Obama camp ponders how best to handle John McCain’s veep pick of Sarah Palin, the high priests and priestesses of the media have marked her as an apostate. The Beltway class is in full-throated rebellion against a nondomesticated conservative who might pose a threat to their coronation of Barack Obama and the return of Camelot-on-the-Potomac. …

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1220...w_and_outlooks

Quick but interesting read.

Sea Demon · 09-04-08, 10:14 AM

Yes. The media and the Democrats both fear Palin. She is in the second spot on the GOP ticket, yet outshines the top of the other ticket, which is Obama. Obama's meager experience as "community activist" is being outdone by a female governor of a state that provides 20% of America's energy and 13 billion in revenues. She's actually had to make tough executive decisions unlike Obama. And she's not afraid to tell it like it is about her opponents. Yes, they're scared of her.

SUBMAN1 · 09-04-08, 10:35 AM

I love this part!

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...We are instructed that Mrs. Palin isn't qualified, because she lacks Washington experience. But until recently that was said to be a virtue in Mr. Obama, who is at the top of his ticket....

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SUBMAN1 · 09-04-08, 10:38 AM

This is also good!

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...The irony is that while Senator Obama is running on change, his acceptance speech made explicit that he's promising only more power and money for Washington. Sarah Palin's history of taking on the career politicians of a corrupt Alaskan GOP machine -- her own party -- shows that she's the more authentic change agent....

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joegrundman · 09-04-08, 10:46 AM

Does the media fear Palin? Apparently the WSJ does not. The WSJ is media, isn't it?

SUBMAN1 · 09-04-08, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

Does the media fear Palin? Apparently the WSJ does not. The WSJ is media, isn't it?

Not what I would call the mainstream media - CNN, NYT, etc. They are a financial peice.

Nice try though.

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Sea Demon Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,552 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Yes. The media and the Democrats both fear Palin. She is in the second spot on the GOP ticket, yet outshines the top of the other ticket, which is Obama. Obama's meager experience as "community activist" is being outdone by a female governor of a state that provides 20% of America's energy and 13 billion in revenues. She's actually had to make tough executive decisions unlike Obama. And she's not afraid to tell it like it is about her opponents. Yes, they're scared of her.