Related: Insane Sarah Palin, Late At Night On July 4, Threatens To Sue Entire Internet, Via Twitter
WTF, honey? I'm loving you out here!
Makes one appreciate how SPECIAL a politician DR. RON PAUL IS!
Once again, the MSM gives me great pause when they have an axe to grind:
"No holiday for TV channels chasing Sarah Palin news
You can tell a lot about a news operation by how it responds to a breaking news story on a holiday or weekend when the A-Team is away.
I first wrote that in November about cable coverage of the Mumbai attacks and the sorry performance by MSNBC, which mainly stuck to its canned lineup of prison documentaries while CNN and Fox scrambled to cover the story live.
Well, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dropped a political bombshell late Friday afternoon in announcing that she would resign only two and a half years into her term, and it was fascinating to watch the 24/7 channels already in holiday mode chase the story.
MSNBC responded this time. Even though the program guide had a prison documentary slated for the 4 p.m. hour, MSNBC had Alex Witt at the anchor desk and such analysts as A.M. Stoddard, of The Hill, dissecting Palin's resignation.
MSNBC was using NBC News resources as well. An on-screen headline said: "Sources tell Andrea Mitchell Palin is out of politics for good." We'll check back in on that one in few weeks to see whether it turns out to be true or not. But it sure beats a Lockup doc.
By the 5 p.m. hour, MSNBC had NBC backup White House correspondent Mike Viqueira on, and he provided some of the finest analysis anywhere on TV up to that point. He was one of the first to deconstruct Palin's resignation speech and point our how "meandering" it was.
The speech was more than meandering -- it was disjointed, inconsistent and utterly unconvincing in her explanation as to why she was resigning. Good job by Viqueira in nailing that on the run.
Fox was impressive in quickly getting up to speed and bringing in a range of diverse and savvy voices. And, again, maybe it was mostly the result of the usual A-Team of conservative analysts being unreachable right away on this holiday weekend, but you have to acknowledge the excellent analysis offered on Fox by Lanny Davis, a former White House aide to Bill Clinton, and University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato.
The latter was brilliant in explaining how Palin's abrupt mid-term departure would make her look like Ross Perot, the 1990's independent candidate whose presidential aspirations were in part dashed by opponents who labeled him as "erratic, unstable and likely to resign in mid-term" -- just like Palin did Friday.
I had just left CNN's Washington bureau about 3 p.m. Friday after taping a segment for Sunday's Reliable Sources, so I had a pretty good on-scene sense of how much the news operation was into holiday weekend mode. Suzanne Malveaux, who had been subbing all week for Wolf Blitzer, was at the helm of The Situation Room Friday.
And while it was clear CNN couldn't field its usual on-air team of top political analysts, it showed some real depth putting CNN political editor Mark Preston on the set with Malveaux and bringing in political producer Peter Hamby by remote. The presence of those two seemed to really stabilize and center the coverage.
They were followed by a range of voices, including that of conservative strategist Ed Rollins, who offered a withering and informed analysis of Palin's decision to resign on a dime.
Or when they DO NOT:
"In Israeli jail, McKinney expects more from Washington
"Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, who is in an Israeli jail for trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza, says the White House has done nothing to secure her release.
Speaking to Press TV from inside the Israeli jail, she said US taxpayers paid for Israel's 22-day war on the Gaza Strip.
“Operation Cast Lead was made possible by the US taxpayers' gift to the Israeli war machine in the form of F16s, helicopters gunship, white phosphorous, depleted uranium, cluster bombs and anything that kills," she told Press TV from inside the Israeli jail on Saturday.
McKinney has been in Israeli custody since Tuesday when she and 20 other humanitarian activists were arrested by the Israeli Navy while trying to take humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
She also criticized US President Barack Obama and his special envoy for their policies in the region, saying she was seeking to do what "neither President Obama nor his special envoy has done and that is to visit Gaza in the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead."
McKinney along with her group refused to sign a document admitting they violated Israel's blockade soon after they were taken to custody.
Family, friends and supporters say Cynthia McKinney believed she was in international waters and was free to pass.
"The Israelis hijacked us because we wanted to give crayons to the children of Gaza," McKinney said.
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There is only one conclusion to draw: AmeriKan MSM is Racist
And SHE is ALSO BEAUTIFUL in SO MANY WAYS!
And the MSM are STILL PUNCHING TODAY!
"If White House is goal, Palin takes risk" by Adam Nagourney, New York Times | July 5, 2009
Why am I not surprised at the insulting tone of the following piece?
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is viewed disparagingly by many of the elites in her party, no matter how many conservative Republicans have flocked to her.
Which makes me LIKE HER even MORE!
She has grown increasingly unpopular in her own state and nationally....
Yeah, THANKS, crucifying Zionist MSM!
Sara Taylor, who was the White House political director under President George W. Bush:
“It’s a brilliant move if she wants to go make money, write books, and give speeches, and I don’t think anybody could fault her for that.’’
I won't -- nor will I fault her for bailing out of the piranha pool.
If one of Palin’s goals was to erase the perception of her as flighty - a perception encouraged by some McCain lieutenants in the rough aftermath of the failed campaign - it certainly could not have helped to have a staged an out-of-the-blue announcement that shocked even her closest aides and whose theatrics probably tempted Tina Fey and the “Saturday Night Live’’ production crew to abandon their vacations and head to the studio.
Oh, the ELITE INSULTS never stop, do they?
And if Palin’s goal is, as she suggested, to put an end to the rush of what she described as hectoring investigations from the news media, the sheer frenzy of the reaction to her decision was a reminder of how difficult that might prove to be.
Jonah Goldberg, an editor at large at the conservative National Review Online, posted an open letter to Palin even before she announced her decision, urging her to use the time before the 2012 race to fill in what he said were deficiencies in her knowledge that had hampered her as a vice presidential candidate.
“So here’s my advice,’’ Goldberg wrote. “Stay home....’’
Where are you, ladies? I wouldn't mind staying home with Sarah muh-self; we could find something to do, I'm sure.
I meant PLAY BASKETBALL, readers!!!!!! Get your minds out of the gutter!
;-)
Yet the dominant reaction of Republicans has been befuddlement. Her move may play well with her strongest supporters, but her political instincts and stability were once again being questioned in other circles of the party, which had already been wary of her after last year’s election.
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Nothing about the scandals the bloggers uncovered, MSM?
