Sep
10
2008
Troopergate Continues
Newsweek has the scoop on Troopergate. Apparently Palin and her husband made disparaging remarks about her brother-in-law before she was governor, remarks a judge said bordered on abuse of her brother-in-law’s children.
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By James DiBenedetto, September 10, 2008 @ 7:45 am
Well, at least she didn’t have her operatives open sealed divorce records in order to embarrass and force his first Senate opponent out of the race (granted, anybody who would cheat on Jeri Ryan probably is too stupid to live, and deserves whatever happens to them, but still…).
And she never wasted $110 million in taxpayer money on a failed education “reform” project masterminded by an unrepentant terrorist whose only regret was that he didn’t set off more bombs back in the 70’s.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
In all seriousness, I don’t think the attacks on Palin are going to stick. The Democratic narrative, I think, is that (aside from the actual truth or relevance of any of the allegations/attacks) (1) with so many attacks, SOMETHING is bound to stick to her, and (2) forcing her to defend herself (and McCain to defend her) takes them off message and makes them look weak, evasive, defensive, etc.
The Republican narrative is that an out-of-control press that’s already in the tank for Obama is on an insane feeding frenzy, and they’re trying to destroy a popular, hard-working, admirable mother of five.
I honestly think that the Republican narrative is going to resonate better with voters than the Democratic one is. The press, in general, is not popular these days.
I think it’s interesting also that, besides the usual Republican complaining about media bias, all the complaining done by Hillary Clinton about sexism during the campaign, and that the press favored Obama over her, may be coming into play as well. She laid the foundation for the things that McCain and Palin are saying now to counter Obama’s attacks and the media’s questioning of Palin.
It’s kind of ironic.