Soundbite: Palin Is The Most Important Brand In American Politics After Obama

by Joe Coscarelli | 10:52 am, November 22nd, 2009

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“Palin is far and away the most important brand in American politics after Barack Obama, and attention must be paid. Those who wishfully think her 15 minutes are up are deluding themselves.”

— Frank Rich, op-ed columnist for the New York Times, in a Sunday column entitled “The Pitbull in the China Shop.”

Frank begins him column his a chuckle-worthy and true enough premise: “At last the American right and left have one issue they unequivocally agree on: You don’t actually have to read Sarah Palin’s book to have an opinion about it.”

He then continues to give his own review, marveling at the celebrity name-dropping, remarking on Palin’s ego (“outsized,” even for a politician) and calling the fact-checking of the book by Democrats and the media “another fruitless sideshow.”

Sure, it’s more ink for Going Rogue, but did you really think this was over already? The whole column is here.

Pat Doherty

Frank Rich continues to be the most consistently inane voice bellowing from the New York Times. Rich’s self-affirming soft-left ramblings, when coupled with utterly asinine analogies (a Rich trademark) regarding the relationship between politics and pop culture, make Maureen Dowd seem coherent.
Ted

Pat Doherty – just because you can appreciate some superb writing does not necessarily mean there is something wrong with the author. Maybe you’ve got a comprehension issue. Just a guess though.
Sunnyr

Right now Sarah Palin is MORE popular than Barack Obama. We’ll see it she can hold the attention of this nation and I am betting she can. Go Sarah!
Ted

Only is she decides to become a stripper…which is an outside possibility.
Pat Doherty

Ted- I think you mean I can’t appreciate superb writing, which in my opinion is not true. Given the tortured prose in both of your posts regarding Rich’s doggerel, I wouldn’t be making any comprehension arguments if I were you.
Ted

Well Pat, I never said anything about my writing ability. What I did say was that you have a comprehension problem. It’s just my opinion, don’t hate me because you come off as a dumb ass.
Pat Doherty

Ted- The point I was making was that given your manifestly poor writing (writing ability as we all know closely relates to reading ability), you shouldn’t be so eager to mock others’ reading comprehension. I think it’s a very linear observation. Your instant retreat into the confines of the ad hominem tells me all that I need to know about your intellectual confidence.
Ted

Pat – I’m sure you can do better. Your lame retort is nothing short of banal, cliched, and predictable which is all I need to know about your intellectual confidence, and I use the term loosely. By the way, who uses “doggrel” in a blog post? I mean Jesus man, you evidently have something prove, perhaps you’d like to write when you grow up. But again you come over as yet another uniformed moron, which leads me to this…do you understand hypocrisy…I think I saw it once in the dictionary, yes I’m sure of it. By the way, its clear to me that linear thinking is the only thinking you are capable of. Does that fall within the confines of ad hominem? Dumb ass.
Nachi

Utterly common hillbilly white trash. Adored by millions of the unwashed masses. Her “lifestyle” envied by many. Murcuhns all. Jesus – and The Holy Ghost. Amazing. Could this be the very lowest ebb in Murcuhn history?? Yup.
Pat Doherty

Ted- Wow, I struck a nerve there. Doggerel (you forgot that first e pal) is the perfect descriptor for writing one finds inane. If you’re implying I don’t have much intellectual confidence, you wouldn’t need to use the term loosely. Given the utter lack of objective facts you’ve forwarded thus far, it leads me to believe you think banal, cliched, predictable, uninformed, and hypocritical mean “people who disagree with Ted.” You seem to think your political views evidence a high intelligence, which is unfortunate. I would get on you about ending that second to last sentence of yours with a preposition, but really, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel at this point.
Nachi

OMG! We have a regular heated sesquipedalistic squabble taking place here! I like it! You go, folks!!
em

i have nothing against Palin. I see her as a woman who craves attention and i also feel sorry for her. I hope she gets the help she needs.
Sondra

Pat and Ted have the same writing style and are obviously the same person. Nice try, Patted.
Ted

Pat – I never claimed to be a writer. This is a blog, and you are making it far too easy. You seem to think that pointing out errors in grammar (you have quite a few of your own, but why bother) somehow makes you clever, even, dare I say it, smart. Like I said, maybe someday you will grow up and write as well as Frank Rich, perhaps even have your own column. But I doubt it. Good sir, you are clearly a boob.
Pat Doherty

Ted- The only grammar mistakes I’ve pointed out were ones that were essential to your arguments. Your inability to write coherently leads me to question your cognitive abilities regarding other areas (i.e. politics). Instead of laying a case for why you believe Frank Rich is a great writer, you’ve launched an inarticulate, impotent rhetorical assault on yours truly. I’m beginning to think you don’t even read Frank Rich, you just know his politics more or less line up with yours, and therefore any criticism of him must be harshly refuted. Your arguments thus far have been limited to desperate ad hominem attacks and inept, transparent, unintentionally funny attempts at co-opting my original observations. I don’t think you can tell me why I’m banal, cliched, hypocritical, etc., you just know they’re unflattering words and relatively intelligent-sounding. I’m not sure if I’m smarter than you, but I do know that you’re unaware of how to frame an argument.
ImNotBlue

Nachi says:
November 22, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Murcuhns all. Jesus – and The Holy Ghost. Amazing. Could this be the very lowest ebb in Murcuhn history??

WHAT THE HECK ARE “MURUCHNS”?! IT’S NOT A REAL WORD!
germ

Damn those Muruchns (a what? no such word), or Muruchans (a real word and a brand of Japanese Noodle). I hate then those noodles get in the way and clog everything up.
marigrace

Nachi said…
Utterly common hillbilly white trash. Adored by millions of the unwashed masses. Her “lifestyle” envied by many. Murcuhns all. Jesus – and The Holy Ghost. Amazing. Could this be the very lowest ebb in Murcuhn history?? Yup.

It is obvious the “lefties” are having hissy fits, because so far, their “boy king” hasn’t even been in office a year and already has fallen off the throne and acquired the status of a court jester.