Her media smarts are considerable

[Cetacea]

She only gave that "speech" in order to be in the same news cycle as President Obama, who clearly knocked her out of the park, speech-wise. Still, she got what she wanted. There will be just as many articles and segments about her as there will be about Obama tomorrow, if not more so. That's why she is always sure to say or do something controversial. It brings guaranteed coverage. It doesn't matter if it's flattering or not. There she is, on all of our television sets. But maybe, just maybe, she really did blow it this time. But I doubt it.

[justiceischeap]

1. She seems to take the PETA approach to publicity

Even bad publicity is publicity.

[Cetacea]

3. Exactly. And it works.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Agree

Unfortunately

[leftstreet]

4. Who is keeping this moron visible?

The GOP? If they plan to use her down the road, they need to take control of her now

I don't get it

[Cetacea]

6. They'll clean up her act in the primaries.

Most of the things she says will go down the memory hole with help from the media.

[Mark Maker]

7. Every Democratic and progressive website, cable news and radio

program in the country?

[leftstreet]

9. Good point

Kinda makes ya wonder...

[Forkboy]

11. Not really a good point at all.

The Right is what's keeping her going, not the Left.

That post did make me wonder, just not about the same thing that it made you wonder about.

[leftstreet]

12. I don't know...seems establishment GOPers are starting to turn on her

:shrug:

[Forkboy]

13. One can only hope for that kind of sanity.

:)

[Forkboy]

10. Yeah, that's it. The Left is why Sarah Palin is still around.

:eyes:

[Mark Maker]

14. The question was "who's keeping her visible"

are you in F'ing denial?

[RetroLounge]

15. Making a lot of friends in your 2 weeks here, I see

:puke:

RL

[Forkboy]

17. Now I know why tigers eat their young.

:)

[RetroLounge]

18. exactly...

:rofl:

RL

[Mark Maker]

19. .............

[RetroLounge]

22. WTF ever...

Is that supposed to be a threat?

:rofl:

RL

[Forkboy]

16. No, are you?

[Hannah Bell]

20. Posters at DU? They seem to think she's the most important thing in politics.

[Puregonzo1188]

23. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.

[frazzled]

5. As Lawrence O'Donnell said tonight

He's never seen a politician (I'd maybe contest the fact that she's really a politician) who has never once, ever, not even once, attempted to speak to anyone outside her own supporters. The more she plays the victim, the more they love her.

It's true what they say in the entertainment world (and Sarah Palin knows this): there's no such thing as bad publicity. She is an entertainer, with a fan base. It's how she makes her living. She has no serious political philosophy or political aspirations. Those are impossible at this point. But she knows how to wrap the media around her little finger.

[glaeken777]

8. agreed, and did so hoping Obama would whiff

... instead he hit one right out of the park.

Hers was a very risky gambit, and she ends up looking like the dingbat we all know she is.

[Hamlette]

21. no, smart media would have released it the same time as Obama's speech or tomorrow morning

the pundits trashed her all day, by tomorrow they will be on Obama with Palin as a footnote (note how much more presidential Obama was than Palin was.)

[Stinky The Clown]

24. Eleven

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x189887

[spanone]

25. the only bad publicity is no publicity...an old show business saying...recommended

[Doctor_J]

26. Horseshit

Gad, you Palin addicts are really a bunch. If Big Media weren't run by her subjects, sycophants, and crushes, no one would have ever heard of her.

[Shagbark Hickory]

27. I agree and I think if she blew anything, it was her chance of being potus.