{"id":6051,"date":"2011-06-03T01:07:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haakondahl.com\/blog\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2011-06-03T01:07:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T16:07:18","slug":"sarah-palin-media-nemesis-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/sarah-palin-media-nemesis-3-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin: Media Nemesis (3 of 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 1<\/a>
\nPart 2<\/a><\/p>\n

I think I know what Palin is doing: I’ll never know for sure until proven wrong or the post-game reports starting in mid-November 2012.<\/p>\n

[pullquote]she is going to draw the media out, to give the conservative candidates a series of shots to take[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

I think that she is going to draw the media out, to make them keep going over the top in their hatred and bias, to give the conservative candidates a series of shots to take at the media. \u00a0Along the way, she will be more than happy to sideswipe RINOs, and I like it.<\/p>\n

Her mere existence is one of the things holding the door open for more candidates to join the field; another is Obama’s sheer awfulness. \u00a0The right will be very careful to vet their candidate for weakness in the face of a tyrannical king.<\/p>\n

If Republicans take a leap of faith that Palin is not committed to run, a strategy opens up. \u00a0It relies upon Palin as a decoy, and unity among the Republicans.<\/p>\n

Palin stays in the media focus<\/strong>. \u00a0She does this by maintaining an \u00a0uncertain status and a nominal level of activity: the MSM can’t help themselves. \u00a0When interest wanes, she takes a step closer to the line, and the MSM’s resolve to ignore her crumbles again. \u00a0This also has the effect of motivating the GOP to not abandon the Tea Party. \u00a0The RNC doesn’t really want Palin in, and the best way to keep her out, by her own admission, is to nominate somebody she can support.<\/p>\n

Republicans defend Palin<\/strong>. \u00a0This is not so much because she needs defending, or because the RNC\/GOP are taken with her ideas, but because it helps unify the GOP in the face of the seamless unity of MSM, White House, Hollywood, and academia. \u00a0It allows the GOP to call the media out on their own distortions and refusal to follow up on stories the MSM wishes to kill.<\/p>\n

Conservative media weeds out 3rd party spoilers<\/strong>. \u00a0Push the issue: “Will you support the GOP nominee?” \u00a0Our own media should not entertain vain fools who threaten with 3rd party runs “if not nominated”. \u00a0Fish or cut bait, and make your mind up now. \u00a0Not one penny of GOP resources should go to somebody who will wind up as a third-party spoiler, and we’ll have to get people on tape swearing that they won’t go 3rd party to help keep them to that promise. \u00a0No promise, no debates, no coverage.<\/p>\n

If these three things are done, it creates an opportunity for Republicans to campaign to the right in the primary while simultaneously gaining a generic republican bump by exposing the MSM for what they are. \u00a0Conservative media should be unabashed in their support for the right, as this will force the leftist media to abandon their pretensions of objectivity. \u00a0It forces Ron Paul out to the independent jungle, which is where he’s going anyway, and I would rather start fighting him now.<\/p>\n

We have a rare advantage in this race, and that is a widely reviled communist with delusions of royalty in the White House. \u00a0Americans hate him, but are exceedingly polite, for a number of reasons. \u00a0The hatred for Obama will only grow as the next election approaches, but the MSM will be beside themselves shoveling scorn and ridicule on decent people who oppose this takeover. \u00a0They can defend Obama unless we force them to defend themselves for a change.<\/p>\n

[pullquote]If I am reading this right, the Palin gambit is a shot at winning by neutralizing a corrupt press.[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

If I am reading this right, the Palin gambit is a shot at winning by neutralizing a corrupt press. \u00a0They are the big guns on the hill that we always have to simply endure while slogging toward the objective. \u00a0The problem is that now they are coordinating fire without regard for who notices. \u00a0The advantage is that now we have air support; if we will only use it.<\/p>\n

Look at her current bus tour, and the dust being kicked up all over the media. \u00a0Republicans should be taking potshots at the low dogs of the media while they disgrace themselves, instead of figuring that it’s Sarah’s problem. \u00a0If it weren’t for Palin, that would be you. \u00a0Ideally, I’d like to see the race end with her endorsing a strong conservative. \u00a0I’ll accept her as VP. \u00a0In the end, Palin may run for the top of the ticket. \u00a0That’s a risk among many worse risks. \u00a0I do believe that if she gets to A) influence the race, B) provide a service through charisma and deviousness, and C) bring the temple walls down on the MSM, that will be enough for her. \u00a0And she, of all people, could sell that to her ardent supporters.<\/p>\n

This window of opportunity closes soon.<\/p>\n

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Part 1<\/a>
Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

I think I know what Palin is doing: I’ll never know for sure until proven wrong or the post-game reports starting in mid-November 2012.<\/p>\n

[pullquote]she is going to draw the media out, to give the conservative candidates a series of shots to take[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

I think that she is going to draw the media out, to make them keep going over the top in their hatred and bias, to give the conservative candidates a series of shots to take at the media. \u00a0Along the way, she will be more than happy to sideswipe RINOs, and I like it.<\/p>\n

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