Sarah Palin has done it again. She has managed to make something ‘not political’ into something very political. And, she is strategically using free media to promote herself…once again. As most people probably know by now, Sarah Palin is now the star of her own reality show. This show features her and her family in their natural habitat in the great outdoors of Alaska. As if we all didn’t know, there is speculation that Palin will be running for President in 2012, and this show is sure to help. According to Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, “Everything Palin is doing is ambiguous. These things are helpful if she runs for President. But they don’t necessarily commit her to doing so.” Sarah is using her power and popularity to use free media, just as she did on ‘Dancing with the Stars”. The cameras are always on her and following her every move. Whether she is supporting her daughter on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ or fishing with her kids on her new reality show; all eyes are on Sarah Palin. “A recent Gallup poll found 52 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the former governor. Another poll conducted by AO-GfK found 49 percent of Americans view Palin unfavorably. But, among Republicans, it’s a dramatically different story. That same AP-GfK poll discovered 79 percent of GOP voters like Palin” (Acosta, CNN.com). It’ll be interesting to see if her tactics are successful or not. I guess we will all have to stay tuned to see.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/15/palin.alaska/index.html
Oh my, I didn't even read this article but then saw that our first sentence is the same, I share your sentiments. What scares me is that out of all the news I read, the articles about her are the ones I find most fascinating. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing, it may the same as satring at a 5-car pile up when I drive by, or it could be a guilty pleasure. Either way, I wish a new political/celebrity would come on the scene and be just obnoxious as she, so at least she would have some competition in her world of crazy.
ReplyDeleteI am,seriously,sick of this woman and wish she would disappear!
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