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Loyal Sarah Palin Booster John Ziegler Urges Her to Accept Tapper’s This Week Invite

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by Tommy Christopher | 2:01 pm, June 2nd, 2010

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We reported yesterday that ABC News’ Jake Tapper has taken to Twitter in an attempt to get former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin‘s fans to encourage her to appear as a guest on This Week. On day two, Tapper’s campaign is at least a partial success, as Palin’s biggest booster, Media Malpractice director John Ziegler, exclusively tells Mediaite why he thinks she should accept Tapper’s invitation.

Tapper, meanwhile, continued to engage Palin on Twitter. In response to this Palin tweet:

Assume u WON’T get straight scoop on Israeli flotilla incident via mainstream media;PLEASE read Krauthammer,Horowitz,et al 2learn other side10:34 PM May 31st via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Tapper responded:

So @SarahPalinUSA says the media won’t cover the flotilla incident fairly. How so? Come on #ThisWeek, Governor! #PalinThisWeek about 23 hours ago via UberTwitter

Tapper’s not being cute here, he would genuinely like to discuss this with Palin. As I said yesterday, if Palin is looking for someone to conduct a tough, fair interview, she couldn’t ask for a better host than Jake Tapper. Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks so.

I can’t think of another person who can lay claim to being a more staunch defender of Sarah Palin than John Ziegler. He made an entire (very entertaining, if blinkered) movie based on the premise that the media treated her unfairly during the 2008 campaign, and has come to her defense repeatedly since then. Here’s what he had to say about Tapper’s Twitter campaign:

“Personally, I wish Governor Palin had gone to work for “This Week” instead of Fox News so she could have reached/persuaded more people in the middle. I have always encouraged her to do more adversarial interviews because I think she would pleasantly surprise a lot of people and really do great. I hope she does appear on “This Week” but I don’t think this is the best way to go about getting it done.”

Ziegler knows a thing or two about such an invitation, as he challenged Keith Olbermann to a $100,000 charity debate on Palin, which Olbermann ignored. Surely, Palin’s fans can count on her to show more fortitude than that.

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The Real Royal King

Now, John Ziegler is going after Sarah! Why must people torment Sarah? WHY?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Jackie/100000824834645 Jeff Jackie

How about if the Golfer-in-Chief broadens his base beyond hosting parties and hitting the links!

Hey, Let’s host a Paul McCartney concert during a catastrophe… Yeah, that’s the ticket!
The Real Royal King

McCartney is British, and has in fact been knighted. BP is a British company. Having McCartney appear at the White House shows British solidarity with the American people. What’s to criticize?
paulmdoro

Hey if Bush can spend nearly 20% of his presidency on vacation, why can’t Obama hit the links?
ImNotBlue

The Real Royal King says:
June 2, 2010 at 2:39 pm

Really King? That’s dumb even for you.

paulmdoro says:
June 2, 2010 at 2:43 pm

Because I thought people were voting for “change.” Not, GWB Part II.
paulmdoro

They did vote for change, obviously. Bush went to his ranch. Obama goes to the golf course. Sounds like change to me.
kittycat

John you are really are reaching for rating to get batbird to tweet. You are an enticer just like the batbird—she can’t even tweet with any substance—-she for the buck which is her new GOD and says anything to keep her in the limelight —-this is to keep from fading which is going to happen very soon —this woman is boring and tiresome alway playing the victim—-So John you are just like her out for the rating on your tweeting of wanting her—you disappoint that why you too will fade.
The Real Royal King

ImNotBlue says:
June 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm

The Real Royal King says:
June 2, 2010 at 2:39 pm

Really King? That’s dumb even for you.

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Indeed, and its satirical response to a stupid comment. You know satire? You use it often to excuse the noxious and obnoxious omissions of the Drop Out Governor of Alaska, her soulmate Glen(n) and Lard Limbaugh.
ImNotBlue

The Real Royal King says:
June 2, 2010 at 4:04 pm

Indeed, and its satirical response to a stupid comment.

Next time use the tag, so we know. It’s so hard to tell with you.

You use it often to excuse the noxious and obnoxious omissions of the Drop Out Governor of Alaska, her soulmate Glen(n) and Lard Limbaugh.

I’m not sure I know who you’re talking about… so I’m not sure how you’ve figured me to defend them.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dona-Barone/1060506711 Dona Barone

$arah can’t actually discuss anything that doesn’t her directly, so….forget that.
ImNotBlue

Dona Barone says:
June 2, 2010 at 5:50 pm

Uh-oh… looks like you made a typo. I guess that makes you dumb like Palin, right?
Jackie_Treehorn

Queen Dumbass won’t do it unless everyone involved in the show pony’s up $5k like the idiots Baggers she scams nightly…..