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Because regardless of her qualifications (or lack there of) people are talking about her.
By talking about her, they’re ultimately talking about the Republican ticket which means (in a roundabout way) they’re talking about McCain. The same McCain who was often seen as getting less than half the press that the photogenic and media savvy Obama was getting.
Just how many people are talking about her now? Well hell, even world recognized movie critic Roger Ebert has written not one, but two articles on her.
Of course, he has nothing nice to say about her and her Veep Candidacy, but hey, there’s no such thing as bad press right?
Examples?
I think I might be able to explain some of Sarah Palin’s appeal. She’s the “American Idol” candidate. Consider. What defines an “American Idol” finalist? They’re good-looking, work well on television, have a sunny personality, are fierce competitors, and so talented, why, they’re darned near the real thing. There’s a reason “American Idol” gets such high ratings. People identify with the contestants. They think, Hey, that could be me up there on that show!
My problem is, I don’t want to be up there. I don’t want a vice president who is darned near good enough. I want a vice president who is better, wiser, well-traveled, has met world leaders, who three months ago had an opinion on Iraq…
I would also want someone who didn’t make a teeny little sneer when referring to “people who go to the Ivy League.” When I was a teen I dreamed of going to Harvard, but my dad, an electrician, told me, “Boy, we don’t have the money. Thank your lucky stars you were born in Urbana and can go to the University of Illinois right here in town.” So I did, very happily. Although Palin gets laughs when she mentions the “elite” Ivy League, she sure did attend the heck out of college.
Five different schools in six years. What was that about?
All the press she’s getting brings to mind something that we haven’t done around here in a while…
Let’s google the candidates!
Barack Obama got 72,200,000 hits
Joe Biden got 4,700,000 hits
John McCain got 56,900,000 hits
Sarah Palin got 20,600,000 hits
Joe Biden, having been in the Primary race and Senator for 30 some-odd years got roughly a quarter of the hits Palin got.
Palin despite having really only been in the political spotlight for a few weeks now gets a third of the hits of her running mate McCain. That’s still after McCain has run for President before, and had all the press during the Primaries.
Whether she’s qualified or not, regardless of what you have to say or think about her, Palin is doing her job, and that’s bringing the media back to the Republicans. Now they just have to hope they make good use of it, rather than crumble under it’s critical gaze.
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