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socialjustice_fsu · 03-27-2010, 10:38 PM

Sarah Palin is going to have to be reckoned with...that is a certainty. Yes, she calls out the extremists but does so in an unbelievably uncanny way. She pumps 'them' up...sort of incites the old riot...and then seizes more of a powerbase. The Tea Party has money. Lots of it. And it is a powerbase whether we like it or not. She was paid a handsome fee for her keynote speech only to donate it back to her cause. She is a talking head with a whole lot of clout from the right wing and she is positioning herself quite well at this point in time. The media joins in the ranks and 'projects' the general population as seeing President Obama in an unfavorable light thus making it fertile ground for someone of Palin's character (or lack thereof) to lock in the powerbases. I thought my days of political activism had moved to the back burner...but the thought of Palin even running on a ticket makes me want to step up to the plate and re-think what to do with my time, money and talent.

03-27-2010, 10:38 PM	#96
socialjustice_fsu Member How Do You Identify?: Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: It’s all good. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The gulf waters are sapphire blue and the beach sand is white as snow. Posts: 607 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,866 Thanked 2,155 Times in 439 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I agree with Softness and AtLastHome... Sarah Palin is going to have to be reckoned with...that is a certainty. Yes, she calls out the extremists but does so in an unbelievably uncanny way. She pumps 'them' up...sort of incites the old riot...and then seizes more of a powerbase. The Tea Party has money. Lots of it. And it is a powerbase whether we like it or not. She was paid a handsome fee for her keynote speech only to donate it back to her cause. She is a talking head with a whole lot of clout from the right wing and she is positioning herself quite well at this point in time. The media joins in the ranks and 'projects' the general population as seeing President Obama in an unfavorable light thus making it fertile ground for someone of Palin's character (or lack thereof) to lock in the powerbases. I thought my days of political activism had moved to the back burner...but the thought of Palin even running on a ticket makes me want to step up to the plate and re-think what to do with my time, money and talent.