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Home Front: Politix
The devil with lipstick horns: How Left-wing British magazine portrays Sarah Palin
2010-01-15
Sarah Palin has been portrayed as the devil - with lipstick as horns - on the cover of a Left-wing British magazine.
Setting a new standard for subtlety, are they?
Easier to do this than to portray Mohammed (PTUI). And safer ...
The Republican sabre-rattler, who ran as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential election, was pictured on the front of the New Statesman.
Picture's at the link. See for yourself...
It's irritating, poorly done propaganda. Whatever happened to leftie artist pride?
I find it highly amusing. Did you notice how burstingly phallic her two lipsticks are? A case could be made the artist was experiencing castration fears as he carefully pasted the pre-existing photos together. I would have gone with a pen-and-ink cartoon styling instead, if only to prevent the slightly discerning from thinking of a fifth grade social studies project.
The former Alaska governor, who famously described herself during that campaign as a 'pit-bull with lipstick', is seen as a potent symbol of America's resurgent Right. As support for President Barack Obama wanes, Mrs Palin is increasingly being tipped as a candidate for the 2012 election -- although she has not yet admitted she intends to run.
Probably doesn't know herself if she is yet...
She continues to raise her profile among grass-roots Republicans, whose party -- although divided and leaderless -- is expected to destroy the Democrats' filibuster-proof Senate majority in November's mid-term elections.
The Dems can't quite bring themselves to believe that the public doesn't like their positions, leaving them with the uncomfortable conclusion that the public doesn't like them personally.
This week the 45-year-old mother-of-five made her debut as a 'regular commentator' on the conservative Fox News Channel.
Interesting move. Dangerous, too, if she's not genuine...
But many viewers who saw her on The O'Reilly Factor, the highest-rated of the network's primetime shows, may have felt a bit let down. Media critics said she was unable to 'get off being a candidate and politician.'
She's most recently been a candidate and a politician so that's what they had to talk about.
However, given her self-acclaimed roll to represent the 'real people' of America and her strong working-class support, these teething troubles may not prove to be much of a stumbling block to her career ambitions.
At some point she's going to be talking about things other than being a candidate and a politician. She's going to have to do it every time she's on Fox. Mike Huckabee's been doing quite a good job of it -- though paradoxically lessening my comfort level with the thought of him as presidential material...
She contrasted herself with President Barack Obama who she said does not 'get' ordinary American folk and hence his approval rating is sliding down the polls. 'Of course they're sinking,' she told the host Bill O'Reilly. 'It was just a matter of time before more of that reflection of the people's uncomfortableness [sic] that they feel towards this administration is manifesting in these poll numbers,' she offered.
There's a certain proportion of people who favor social democracy. They're not a majority. Those who don't favor it soon enough figure out the scam.
'There is an obvious disconnect between President Obama and the White House, what they are doing to our economy and what they are doing in terms of not allowing Americans to feel as safe as we had felt.' These words will chime well with 57.4 per cent of discontented Americans who think their country is on the 'wrong track'. Only 35.5 per cent think it's on the right one.

The New Statemen points out in its article that although Mrs Palin is the third favourite to be the next Republican presidential candidate she is the only figure with a current high profile.

However, she faces much criticism within the party, whose supporters favour former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and ex-Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee ahead of her.
Y'all will have noted that it's former governor Romney, ex-governor Huckabee, but Mrs Palin. No doubt that's what passes for subtlety at the Daily Mail.
During her 10-minute segment, O'Reilly quizzed Mrs Palin about a new book about the 2008 campaign which criticised her shortcomings as a candidate. Game Change, by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, includes unflattering recollections by Steve Schmidt, the former campaign chief of Mr McCain.
Poor Bill O'Reilly doesn't even get the courtesy of a Mr, but only the dismissing surname address of a valet or a lady's maid. Is the Daily Mail known for classist pretensions?
However, claims she struggled to pronounce Joe Biden's surname while preparing for the debate with the Democrat running mate were simply dismissed as a 'bunch of BS' by Mrs Pailin. She said the authors are just 'political establishment reporters' trying to 'gin up controversy and spin up gossip'.

'The rest of America doesn't care about that kind of c**p,' she added.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Oh those sophisticated Euroweenies. Forget the devil horns, they hate her because of those pearly whites.
Posted by: regular joe   2010-01-15 15:17  

#12  Gorb and logi_cal, I presume the "F" represents Fillibuster....?
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2010-01-15 14:27  

#11  Say whatever you want. Just make sure to spell her name right.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-01-15 12:22  

#10  They've been playing too many videogames.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-01-15 11:10  

#9  ummmm...

'devil'.
Posted by: logi_cal   2010-01-15 10:08  

#8  Gorb, what's the D for in DILF?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2010-01-15 09:49  

#7  oddly enough Sarah looks pretty good even with the horns
Posted by: lord garth   2010-01-15 06:56  

#6  ODM indeed.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2010-01-15 06:39  

#5  The global left really hate and fear Palin. Excellent. Oderint dum metuant.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2010-01-15 03:34  

#4  Mmmm. DILF.
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-15 03:30  

#3  by being on Fox, Palin can harness her star power and constant advisability to mold the debate and start a movement. i think she can do more good for the country in that manner than by running herself.
Posted by: abu do you love   2010-01-15 01:31  

#2  It's not just you RJ though I thought the same thing about Huckabee when he began his time on Fox and he's not flubbed anything too badly yet, at least not that I've seen.

But Palin has a chance, as someone noted not too long ago, to become essentially the conservative Oprah. There's potential for enormous financial gain and for her to build a massive media empire. And she never has to run another campaign, it's a win/win scenario for her.
Posted by: AzCat   2010-01-15 01:12  

#1  Is it me, or does her move to Fox seem like an end to her Presidential career hopes. The chance of saying things that would make you unelectable is exponential when you're improving on a news show constantly. That and over exposure.

I still think she'd be great running the RNC though.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2010-01-15 00:55  

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