Well, since no one is buying photographs to help young Jewish people get to Israel (harrumph), it looks like I'll have to spend less time blogging and more time fund-raising this summer.
Be that as it may, I'm still addicted to blogging and can't resist sharing, for instance, this story of Sarah Palin's triumph over the very media that got Oblahblah elected and props him up to this very day. Need I point out that in the process, they have repeatedly tried to destroy Gov. Palin's image, reputation and chances for political success?
.... For more than two years, Palin-bashing journalists (on the establishment left and the right) have mocked the conservative supernova while milking her for headlines, circulation, viewership and Web traffic.
They lambaste her as trivial, while obsessing over her shoes, glasses and hair — and turning one of her misspelled words on Twitter into Watergate.
They label her a grievance-monger for calling out media double standards and then kvetch, moan and wallow in a pool of self-pity when she doesn't spoon-feed them coveted political scoops.
They call her dumb and then run around in circles trying to figure out her "mystery" tour and blame her for "faking them out."
They blast her for incompetence, but grudgingly acknowledge that she is a master of social media who has changed the rules of the presidential campaign game....
.... What makes Sarah stand out in the national GOP field is that she is beholden to no one and controls her own destiny. She doesn't need media kingmakers to make her. They need her. She doesn't need newspaper or TV producers to drive her story. She drives them. Crazy.
The unhinged reaction of the Palin-hating convoy reveals what its attendants fear most: a politician who doesn't fear them.
And if you like that, you might like this... about twice as much:)
Posted by: Hope | Wednesday, 01 June 2011 at 05:06 PM