Sarah Palin’s New Ad Looks A Lot Like A Presidential Campaign

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by Glynnis MacNicol | 9:53 am, July 8th, 2010

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If you are wondering what a Sarah Palin presidential campaign might look like you need not look much further than the ad released today by SarahPac.

Titled (what else) ‘“Mama Grizzlies” the video depicts Palin touring the country, meeting and greeting women supporters. Says Palin in the voiceover:

“This year WILL be remembered as the year when common-sense conservative women get things done for our country….It seems like it’s kind of a MOM AWAKENING in the last year and a half, where women are rising up and saying, ‘No, we’ve had enough already.’ Because moms kinda just know when something’s wrong…You thought PIT BULLS were tough, well you don’t MESS WITH THE MAMA GRIZZLIES. [Applause.] … Look out, Washington, because there’s a WHOLE stampede of pink elephants crossin’ the line and the ETA — stampeding through — is November 2nd, 2010. Lotta women, comin’ together.”

First reaction: This is really well done. Truth be told it almost manages to make Palin look presidential, or at least a serious candidate. It plays to Palin’s strengths without being overly kitschy (apparently pink elephants are the new pitbulls wearing lipstick) and as Mika Brzezinski noted this morning there’s not even a hint of Palin portraying herself as a victim of the media. So perhaps she’s figured out that that’s always a losing card.

Equally interesting is the fact this video makes no mention of any of the women Palin initially dubbed the ‘mama grizzlies.’ This video is all about Palin. The closest it comes to acknowledging another candidate is at the very end when she notes “there’s a WHOLE stampede of pink elephants crossin’ the line and the ETA — stampeding through — is November 2nd, 2010.”

Mike Allen notes: “The emphasis on women could help expand Palin’s appeal toward the center, helping the Republican Party with its demographic peril.” And it certainly seems as though Palin has decided marshaling the power of those 18 million cracks is her best bet. If there was any doubt that Palin wants to be a player in 2012 (and I’ve certainly had plenty) this video pretty much clears it up. Watch below.

Mama Grizzlies, Mika Brzezinski, Sarah Palin

Big_F-ing_Deal

Jesus Christ, stop with the Mama Grizzlies already.

Is she going to repeat the same tired catch-phrases ad nauseum again like she did in ’08?
Big_F-ing_Deal

In a way I am actually hoping she does win the Presidency.

It will be hilarious to watch her age 10 years in one term like they all do. A beauty queen without her looks.

She’s already looking kind of haggard around the edges. lol
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Flinner/1438330220 Mark Flinner

A lot like your Prez. Oboma?
tiredofbs

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
She’s already looking kind of haggard around the edges. lol

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
A beauty queen without her looks.

What a sexist statement. Sad
Don’t you worry about Sarah. God gave her those looks to pi$$ u liberals off,
& she’ll look as stunning at 80

I hate to bring Talking Points (of others) here but this is a reminder of
SOME of Sarah Palin’s accomplishments people try to forget:

1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governor’s office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican’s “Corrupt Bastards Club” (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing “la la la la” (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. But while you’re thinking, I’ll continue.

“2- Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So, she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called “ACES”. Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them “don’t let the door hit you in the stern on your way out.” They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.

“3- The other thing she did when she walked into the governor’s office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as “pork”. She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the “when-hell-freezes-over” stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, we’ll pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governor’s jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor’s cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning-I imagine-that she’s packing heat herself). I’m still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.

added after original posting FFY07- Murkowski’s federal requests total: 63 projects @ $349,497,000 FFY10- Governor Palin’s federal requests total: 8 projects @ $69,100,000 It’s 80% not 85% … oops

“4- Now, even with her much-ridiculed “gosh and golly” mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn’t impress you, then you’re trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.

“5- For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn’t start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. This summer, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.

added after orginal posting (from Tommy Report Petroleum News 8/09) “…Cashman also notes that it’s unlikely that Exxon/Mobil would have started drilling in Point Thomson had Governor Palin not taken a tough stand with producers… Even under ACES, Exxon/Mobil and its partners should be able to recoup more than 45% of their $1.3 billion cost of developing their phase 1 Point Thomson project , it is doubtful the Point Thomson partners would have made the decision to move forward with the high pressure gas cycling project under ACES if they weren’t in danger of losing their leases tot he State of Alaska.”

(Feb ’10) Well, they started drilling (the first drilling there since 1983. February 9th They hit a pocket containing 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That’s a shit-load of gas … now equaling 25% of all the gas in the North Slope. Palin sure has a knack for making the right decisions, huh?

“6- President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025.
Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona . Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that’s just a cover-up. I’m still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. I won’t be holding my breath.

“By the way, she was content to to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldn’t let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers. And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda known better.”

I forgot to mention in this original posting the a couple of years ago, Palin also posted the State’s checkbook and ledger on line, displaying any check over a thousand bucks, who and what it was for.

Oops, I shouldn’t have used the “CBC” (Corrupt Bastards Club) depiction, which was a different unrelated event, but instead used “GOB” (Good Ol’ Boys). Sarah’s narrative is accurate, mine is funny.
BatBoy

We like Sarah Palin…

BUT…the left will go after you, just as they have with Michelle Malkin. If you want to read intollerance, take a look at the e-mails she received after appearing on Hannity last night. michellemalkin.com
Toshiba2

Sarah Palin is a joke, 37% of Americans has a favorable view of her, I mean wait up people, she will never win a national election!

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2010/03/sarah_palin_and_the_tea_party.html#more
Toshiba2

Wake!
sarainitaly

BatBoy says:
July 8, 2010 at 10:43 am (Quote)

wow. just wow. i haven’t seen the c-word used so often in my life. those are some NICE people there….
philipjames

Poor liberals…. they can’t defend anything that Obama and his band of merry dolts have done in all the time he has been in office. Isn’t it depressing that the exalted one is a complete and total failure?
So, what do they do? Complain and hate Sarah Palin.
It must be terrible to be a Democrat right now… sort of like what people who are smokers feel like…. shunned and ridiculed.
Well, in two years the idiot will be kicked out, hopefully before he destroys the entire American system. Then the hard work of undoing all of the marxist, socialist, union butt kissing, black nationalist screw ups.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

Gorgeous Gov. Sarah Palin is a fearless, fashionable feminist freedom fighter who will make a magnificent President.
yweston

Old crazy eyes is at it again. (Tea Hee)!!
roxsteady

How will she get Dems and Independents and women to vote for her? The sane women in this country outnumber the wingnut women. She doesn’t even have the guts to do an interview with anyone otther than fox. Would she do Meet The Press or This Week? Tapper is still waiting. And how do you think she’ll do in a Presidential debate with Obama who has full command of the issues? She can’t debate via Facebook and Twitter. She still hasn’t responded to her blunder that Ronnie Raygun attended Eureka College in California. It’s actually in Illinois. Stay home dear. You still haven’t mastered that Momma thing.
RTB

Using the washington post as a source….ya thats a legit fish wrap…
I hope she doesnt run, i want her to do well, but shes not ready yet…
whytee

There is no way Sarah Palin will run for office in 2012. It will require financial disclosures that would be extremely damaging to her politically. I think her earning potential goes up the more speculation there is about a potential run, so I can see why the people backing her want us, the great unwashed, to believe it.
Pablo

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
Jesus Christ, stop with the Mama Grizzlies already.

Is she going to repeat the same tired catch-phrases ad nauseum again like she did in ‘08?

She should try something new like “Yes we can!” or “Hope and Change!”
BatBoy

Or…”NO you Didn’t or Wouldn’t….but I will!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

If you want Sarah Palin as your president, you probably have mommy issues and you’re probably an ignorant idiot that, instead of basing their opinions on fact, you base them on how you “feel” about Sarah.

Funny, I thought Dems were the people that were too soft, but maybe it’s Republicans, who have to have a mommy figure as their main candidate. If you are basing your decision on your feelings instead of real policy, you’re not a Republican, you’re a little bitch.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Geoff-Hines/1663431000 Geoff Hines

wake me up when she actually does a press conference w/ actual reporters where there are no filters put on them. until that day, she’s a quitter and always will be a quitter.
Larkinvos

If we, as a country, elect this woman, then
we deserve everything that happens to us.
MichelleF

How will she get Dems and Independents and women to vote for her? The sane women in this country outnumber the wingnut women

Rox, I would love for you to back that statement up. You clearly AREN’T sane, so you theory gets off on a very bad foot.

And how do you think she’ll do in a Presidential debate with Obama who has full command of the issues?

Well, she did fine against plugs and according to your side, he’s some kind of a genius!
http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

“Mika Brzezinski noted this morning there’s not even a hint of Palin portraying herself as a victim of the media. So perhaps she’s figured out that that’s always a losing card.”

Hahahahaha

Palin’s no “victim” and she never has been either!

Palin’s savvy enough to have known all along that all these wild eyed media attacks will please and even inspire the most radically rabid Left, but while that’s occurring, she’s able to showcase herself as a normal smart American Mom, who just wants to do whatever it takes to get our country out of this mess the Left’s gotten all of us into.

Go Sarah go!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tempi-Sanchez/100001308091623 Tempi Sanchez

Sorry die hard Palin fans. I just can not buy a thing that this mental midget says. Be careful with the people that you support politically. She is really a George W. Bush clone and nothing more than a shameless money grabber. Some people thinks she represents good. That is what people thought of Hitler. Hitler was endorsed by the Catholic Church. Sarah is still loved by the gullible uneducated who think Rush Limbaugh is their God. God save us from these disgusting traitors to America. Rush, Hitler and Palin = Racist pigs.
tiredofbs

Tempi Sanchez said:
empi Sanchez says:
July 9, 2010 at 3:32 am Tempi Sanchez(Quote)

Sorry die hard Palin fans. I just can not buy a thing that this mental midget says. That is what people thought of Hitler. Hitler was endorsed by the Catholic Church. Sarah is still loved by the gullible uneducated who think Rush Limbaugh is their God. God save us from these disgusting traitors to America. Rush, Hitler and Palin = Racist pigs.

Wow !So many buzz words in a teenytiny lil paragraph
The Catholic CHurch,& Palin is Hitler traitors & racist pigs…

IF U LEAN REAL CLOSE TO MONITOR U WILL*HEAR THIS: :::flush:::
DrFunke

Alright! Every Democrat should be rejoicing!

This woman comes off like a total and utter moron to anyone with even slightly any objectivity

I hope every day that she wins the Republican nomination