Long Time Palin Cheerleader No Longer Cheering for Sarah
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Did you ever wonder why Sarah Palin was so popular? How did she rise from obscurity to a national figure? Well, it’s because she had people who supported her, no matter what idiocy of the day spouted from that Alaskan pie-hole. Those people were known as cheerleaders, and, after her most recent speech, a debacle by most accounts, her last cheerleader has put away his pom-poms.
(Newser) Conservative pundit Matt Lewis has been a big Sarah Palin fan from the get-go. In fact, as he explains in theDaily Beast, he was a fan before the get-go—pushing for her as a VP candidate even before John McCain made his pick. Since then, he’s staunchly defended her from critics on the right, and he’s even edited a book of her quotes. Now, however, the party is over. “I got some stuff right, and my position was justifiable at the time, but in hindsight I regret contributing to the premature deification of Sarah Palin,” Lewis writes.
Her recent speech in Iowa—sample line: “‘The Man’ can only ride ya when your back is bent”—was so roundly panned that it feels like “we have finally reached a tipping point where criticizing Palin isn’t only acceptable for conservative opinion leaders, it’s now almost expected.” Lewis’ new view of Palin is that of an “incredibly talented political force” who sold out and squandered any chance of greatness. “And it’s worth considering that maybe her early critics saw some fundamental character flaw—some harbinger of things to come—that escaped me.”
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Who is this idiot who calls himself “me” and writes like a third grader?
I gave Me a nice parting gift.
Well Jess I am willing to bet that her star has risen much farther that yours ever will…. You discredit yourself when you take it were you did…. but you probably have no credibility ? If you can not admit that Sarah Palin has redeeming qualities then you yourself have none…
TROLL ALERT!
Not even a good one Mike. Where have all the good trolls gone? They aren’t even trying anymore, makes the baby Jeebus weep.
You’re right Jess. He is a sad troll indeed.
Aw come on now, you can do way better than that can’t you?
Oh and for our musical interlude I give you this. Yer very welcome, now don’t say us libruls haven’t been nice and giving towards you when you go away ok.
Me, you probably get your information from the same place the The Palin does. You know, “all of them” newspapers and stuff.
“an incredibly talented…that sold out” Her only talent is farting in tubs and eating the bubbles.