the Boston Globe: Out of office, Palin reaching new heights as media superstar

[spanone]

media fucking superstar????

WASHINGTON - Without leaving home, Sarah Palin will be able to reach much of her political base, courtesy of a soon-to-be be built television studio in her living room paid for by her newest media patron, Fox News. From her house in Wasilla, Alaska, Palin also sends missives to 1.3 million Facebook “fans,’’ writes newspaper columns, Tweets, and signs copies of her book for donors.

She reads daily e-mail briefings on domestic and foreign policy from a small group of advisers who remained loyal after her tumultuous vice presidential campaign in 2008. And though she has fashioned an image as an anti- establishment conservative, Palin also speaks regularly to a bipartisan nobility of Washington insiders who have helped enrich her financially and position her on the national political stage.

Palin is increasingly vocal and visible, with a series of events scheduled this weekend: delivering a paid speech to the Salina, Kan., Chamber of Commerce last night, headlining a national Tea Party convention in Nashville today, and appearing on behalf of the reelection campaign of Governor Rick Perry of Texas in Houston tomorrow.

This latest foray “Outside’’ (Alaskan slang for the “Lower 48’’) culminates a week in which she achieved a typical run of multimedia ubiquity: She e-mailed a high-profile endorsement of Dr. Rand Paul in a Republican Senate primary in Kentucky. She called - via Facebook - for the resignation of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel for using the term “retarded,’’ and announced - via a column in USA Today - that she would attend a Tea Party gathering next month in Searchlight, Nev., the hometown of the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid.

Her growing cast of advisers and support system could be working in the service of any number of goals: a possible presidential run, a de facto role as the leader of the Tea Party movement, or a lucrative career as a roving media entity - or all of the above.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/02/06/out_of_office_palin_reaching_new_heights_as_media_superstar?mode=PF

[Berry Cool]

1. She's nothing but "A Face in the Crowd"

and she will end the same way. All friends and supporters gone, comforting herself with fake applause.

[spanone]

2. i think that, you think that, but the fucking media can't get enough of her

and that might be all it takes

[OHdem10]

3. If she is leader of Tea Party, is it not time for her to have a heart

to heart with the Movement regarding the Hate that exudes
from the TeaBaggers.

I am surprised at how the MSM apparently approve the divisive
messages. They give them continuous coverage and never dare
correct them. Now they are making Palin a star. Wow
we have now seen the Media's true colors. The Boston Globe,
of all things.

[spanone]

4. i wonder is ANY of the media is dissecting this 'media superstar' bullshit???

seems like they are all going along with it

there are over 150 credentialed media covering the 600 teabaggers.....

[polpilot]

5. It's time for presidential representation 'by our peers' or LESS, We've now had

a 'black president' it's time for Trailer Trash in the White House. True democracy.

[HipChick]

6. BS - She pays people out of her PAC to write her speeches,Facebook and Twitter ramblings..

she ghost written her book, her Fox News appearances are soft-balled interviews - she is a parasitic boil on the arse of america..

Media are not doing their job on covering her..she never takes questions unless it is a protected environment

[spanone]

7. absolutely none of that matters to the fawning m$m....they just love her, don't you know

she doesn't know shit, but look how they prop her up.......

She reads daily e-mail briefings on domestic and foreign policy from a small group of advisers who remained loyal after her tumultuous vice presidential campaign in 2008.

Palin represents a new breed of unelected public official operating in an environment in which politics, news media, and celebrity sometimes seem to fuse.

yet the 'media' takes no responsibility for this nonsense

[FreakinDJ]

8. More proof we need the "Fairness Doctrine" to have a Democracy

"courtesy of a soon-to-be be built television studio in her living room paid for by her newest media patron, Fox News."

[tularetom]

9. She's about halfway over the shark right now

The media may still have wood for her, but everybody else including her "base" is getting tired of her schtick.

She's made a lot of wrong moves in the past couple weeks that got a lot of play in the press like failing to call out fatboy for his deliberate use of the r-word, her endorsement of McCain in his primary, and the revelations of her little money laundering scheme through her PAC.

The latest news that the "first dude", a true nut case, was pulling the strings, and her little machinations to get the state to pay for a lot of questionable stuff will further mar the image. And with the election of Sen Brown, the loonies have a new shiny object to fantasize about, one who can actually string more than 3 words together to form a recognizable thought.

She's still in there trying. god bless her, but she's used up about 14 minutes and 45 seconds of her allotted time.

[spanone]

10. i wish i shared your view...i predict she will be propped up by the media long after sale date

[tularetom]

11. Cheer up - just think about this

When was the last time you heard anything on the cable news about Joe the fake plumber?

Six months ago they were dutifully recording every fart. Now - crickets.

Palin lacks the substance to be propped up for very long. She's a dumber trashier version of bush.

[spanone]

12. joe was a plumber - sarah was a governor

[Gin]

13. Typo...................she reaches new LOWS not highs