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Media attempts to blacken Sarah Palin once again

Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 at 11:33 PM
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The release of 24,000 e mails from Sarah Palin's time as governor of Alaska has created the kind of media frenzy that defies description.

The New York Times, Washington Post and major TV outlets rushed to Alaska and called for volunteers to scan each and every e-mail as if hidden treasure could be unearthed.

This was not Wikileaks or the Pentagon Papers or the Watergate files. This was the e mails of a governor of a very small state, politically speaking, one who just happened to end up as John McCain's running mate.

The media found zilch of course on this fishing expedition to end all fishing expeditions.

Palin talks about the Miss Alaska pageant, about the oil revenues, and about a thousand mundane things that governors of Alaska discuss.

The media overkill is a symptom of a sickness that cannot be explained by any self righteous blather from them.

The focus on Palin was ridiculous. She will hardly be the presidential candidate for the GOP next year. She is being held to a crazy standard where the media is setting out to catch her in a gotcha moment.

There was no gotcha moment which was drearily predictable.

The major exclusive (gasp) was that Palin was surprised her name had suddenly surfaced as a potential running mate.

The media should be ashamed of itself with this nonsense.


Palin is right, there does appear to be an incredible bias and attempt to nail her. Frankly it is distasteful.



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badolan | Jun 11, 2011, 10:50 PM EDT
She has already "nailed" herself. Look no further than her interviews during the last presidential election. The women made a complete ass out of herself. Palin was a half term governor of a sparsely populated state and a small city mayor. Hardly presidential material.

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maloney | Jun 11, 2011, 10:11 PM EDT
How can one woman put so much fear in the black hearts of so many people but then have no fear of obama's finger on the button? Boggles the mind.

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EphraimKibbey | Jun 11, 2011, 08:50 PM EDT
Did I miss something in the news? This "Freedom of Information Act" request has been in the works since before the election when reporters wanted to find out more about Sarah Palin and her executive abilities. It has taken this long because it went through the courts. MSNBC has not read all the emails yet, but what they have revealed so far hardly seems to "blacken" her reputation. They mentioned that she was concerned about leaving the GOP convention early to get back to Alaska to work. This was before she was chosen as John McCain's running mate. They said that in one email she compliments then candidate Barack Obama on a speech he gave in Michigan, saying that she liked what he was saying about Alaska. According to some emails, she seems to have been working with a number of Democrates in the state to reform the corrupt practices between the Republicans and the Big Oil Companies that were hurting Alaskan citizens. Someone on MSNBC also mentioned that she seemed to understand global warming, the human contribution to it, and was backing counter measures. It all made me respect her a bit more and make me wonder what happened to her that she developed the reactionary right wing character that she plays on TV?

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ciarrai | Jun 11, 2011, 04:18 PM EDT
She is a bollocks and the writer of this press release is, too. Patrick me boy, looking for a new job with Palin Self Aggrandizement Corp? I wouldn't be so quick, she is supposed to be not so nice to work for. She murdered the Paul Revere business and the why-for of the Statue of Liberty and would be beat up by a smart 5th grader and she wants to be POTUS. And you think she shouldn't be getting a rough time by the media? Are you smoking bad weed, too. Leave it alone, Patrick. Go look at the tape of her explanation the Paul Revere story and then, under oath, tell us all that she deserves to be taken seriously (put aside being POTUS). Stop with these silly columns or this site may lose lots of viewers.

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goldenblade | Jun 11, 2011, 04:00 PM EDT
Palin is certifiable. Somewhere in the USA there is a mental asylum missing its star patient.

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SeamusMor | Jun 11, 2011, 03:53 PM EDT
Is anyone OK with the idea of Palin being in control of nuclear weapons? She didn't know there were two Koreas.

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Kells46 | Jun 11, 2011, 03:41 PM EDT
Sarah Palin is a first class IDIOT!!! She could care less about the US or it's history, of which she knows diddly squat! Total garbage spews out of her silly mouth, even she does not know what the heck she is saying. Her one goal is to make $$$$$ and anyone who thinks otherwise is also a first class IDIOT. The woman is STUPID, STUPID, STUPID and is an embarrassment to all intelligent females. Does any member of her family work, or go to school? Stop reporting on her and watch her wither and for me that come soon enough!!!!

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joanxis | Jun 11, 2011, 03:10 PM EDT
I don't think Sarah Palin needs any help from the media to trash her. She does it to herself. A gotcha question? She's reminds me of a female Donald Trump. Well, maybe not quite as egotistical, but close. Calceltic - love your comment.

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Chiefjustice | Jun 11, 2011, 03:00 PM EDT
Strong Woman , Not a Lib. Gotta be trashed by the Lib Press.

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AngelPrecious | Jun 11, 2011, 02:53 PM EDT
LOL, the vicious comments from liberals just make me laugh. Anti-Christ??? Hardly. She has more Christian values than many of you that post these negative comments. I run a Catholic chat room and every one said they would vote for her. Of course, our Irish chatter had already left but I know what his vote would have been...LOL! Calceltic, I am an American and seems I agree with his assessment!

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Jamcelt | Jun 11, 2011, 02:24 PM EDT
More like the anti-Christ than a woman. I swear I think this woman could bring Armageddon with her.

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Siobhan39 | Jun 11, 2011, 02:04 PM EDT
To eileenkny who said, "From what I've heard, they reveal that she was a governor who gave a damn about her state." Say, what. She gave such a damn about her state that she quit being governor after 2 years.

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jflanagan | Jun 11, 2011, 02:00 PM EDT
The same week Brian Williams says NBC Nightly News didn't cover Congressman Weiner and his explanation of the tweeted picture because it wasn't an important story, he spends time on Governor Palin's interpretation of what Paul Revere did. A married Congressman sending pictures to a young lady and, if you listened to his denials, obviously lying about it isn't of any importance but a person who has no elected postion at this time says something not very historically accurate is important. I don't have great expectations for Governor Palin, so what she says doesn't affect me. A Congressman who lies about what is a serious problem does affect me and my life.

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hooligan6a | Jun 11, 2011, 12:59 PM EDT
I have never seen so much fear of one woman.

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John G. Hogan | Jun 11, 2011, 12:45 PM EDT
Wish the media would whiten 0'Bama for once!!! Whiten as in expose!!!

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