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2009-12-07 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Sherry 2009-12-07 10:28|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 she's poison

Posted by 746 2009-12-07 12:07|| 2009-12-07 12:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Poison for seagulls, perhaps.

Posted by Gabby 2009-12-07 12:52|| 2009-12-07 12:52|| Front Page Top

#3 This year, President Zero was the first president to refuse to address The Gridiron Dinner since Grover Cleveland.

What's the problem? Wouldn't they let him use his teleprompter?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-07 13:17|| 2009-12-07 13:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Nope, EU6305. He found out there wasn't an award, or anyone to apologize to. What's the point?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-12-07 13:39|| 2009-12-07 13:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it has to do with being funny. In his mind everything he says is pure-gold wisdom.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-12-07 16:48|| 2009-12-07 16:48|| Front Page Top

#6 My guess is that he heard that Sarah was going to be there. Kind of a Vampire - Cross sort of thing.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-12-07 16:53|| 2009-12-07 16:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Why did Sarah attend the gridiron dinner anyway? These so called media elites are the problem. Why give them any time?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-12-07 18:07|| 2009-12-07 18:07|| Front Page Top

#8 She has to tame the media elites some. She'll never have them on her side but she has to charm them enough for them not to want her blood. A good charm offensive is central to any conservative with national prospects. See Reagan and Dubya as examples of conservative pols who charmed the press, at least until they got elected.

Posted by Steve White 2009-12-07 18:13|| 2009-12-07 18:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe so, Dr. Steve. But my attitude toward them is that THEY are half the problem. My attitude is to bypass them like Rabaul and Truck Island in WW2 and let them wither on the vine.

I just do not have the patience to charm a$$holes like these people. That is why I am not in politics and why I avoid Washington, D.C. like the plague. Sometime I will tell you how I really feel.
/heh

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-12-07 18:37|| 2009-12-07 18:37|| Front Page Top

#10 the media are deathly afraid of her popularity, and ability to start the memes (see: "death panels") that hurt their agenda and are out of their control. The best thing she can do is approach them unafraid and mock them as she did, with a smile and a joke.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-12-07 18:50|| 2009-12-07 18:50|| Front Page Top

#11 The best thing she can do is approach them unafraid and mock them as she did Then of course, once she has gone into the den of lions & come out alive, she will have even more stories to tell & better jokes to make about them. That approach can be used to build on itself.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-12-07 19:05|| 2009-12-07 19:05|| Front Page Top

#12 One of the things I like about Sarah Palin (and George W Bush) is that they don't seem to take themselves too seriously. They aren't afraid to poke fun at themselves. When Bush went last year (or the year before) he took along one of those look alike comedians who acted like his "internal voice", hitting all the stereotypes: Bush is stupid, Bush is tongue tied, etc. I thought it was hilarious.
Obama, however, seems to take himself waaaay too seriously - I can't see him ever poking fun at himself, or allowing anyone to make fun of him. Of course, some of the comedians (and SNL) are starting to poke fun at him. I can't wait until he declares them "not a real network" or lashes out in some other way.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-12-07 21:56|| 2009-12-07 21:56|| Front Page Top

#13 In other words Rambler - they know that 'its not all about them'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-12-07 22:58|| 2009-12-07 22:58|| Front Page Top

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