I fail to understand why Ari is resurrected so often. He wasn’t particularly effective at the White House. In fact, aside from his prickliness and shrill lies, he scarcely did anything valuable. And, he certainly has not demonstrated any particular grasp of politics.

If you’re partisan Republican, however, you have to find this a more thorough, albeit humourless, disembowelment of Ms. Palin than we have elsewhere seen:

“Sarah Palin is tremendously popular within an element of the Republican party, and the trick to making it in American politics you’ve got to start strong in your base and expand over the middle. She’s yet to be able to prove she’s able to take that second step.”

… within {as opposed to with, which makes that element very small, indeed}
… the trick {Palin couldn’t win over others without resorting to trickery, presumably}
… she’s yet to prove she’s able to take that second step {meaning, I should think she’s unable to}

Looks like the partisan Republican attacks on Our Lady of Perpetual Victimhood are really heating up.

After this interview, I understand that Ari finds Palin ineffective and inept. My question is: For whom is Ari shilling?

Popular in a segment of the GOP won’t win you the Presidency. That’s why John McCain lost badly in 08. By the way is it a coincidence all these guys are all speaking now. It looks to me that they’ve been hired by some of Palin’s opponent.

This Palin criticism started by Karl Rove, who no one’s trust.
Now Ari.
Before them Shmidt and Wallace.
Palin better grow a thick skin, because these jokers do not take prisoners.
Just ask John McCain what they did to him in 2000 at South Carolina.
They’ve been nice to her because she was selected by McCain. But if you step in their way? smear is easy on their side. She thinks the lame streams are head aches, the GOP is worse.
I’m starting to feel sorry for her, with these guys coming.

The derp element?

Ari Fleischer is one of the many political consultants that Sarah Palin will not hire to advise during her up-coming Republican presidential primary campaign as he represents the Party’s “Good Ol’ Boys” that were so critical of her after the 2008 presidential campaign.

Sarah Palin writes about the reasons why the Republicans want to repeal ObamaCare:

http://www.flixya.com/blog/2457496/Right-To-Health-Care

The Real Royal King said:
Looks like the partisan Republican attacks on Our Lady of Perpetual Victimhood are really heating up.

After this interview, I understand that Ari finds Palin ineffective and inept. My question is: For whom is Ari shilling?

I don’t think it’s a “partisan attack” on Palin to suggest the obvious. Many Republicans have long said that if she’s going to go anywhere, she best start educating herself, gaining some gravitas as applies to leadership rather than celebrity, and learning how to deal with a mainstream media with a voracious appetite for her destruction.

I’ve said THAT here often enough.

Her defense that a week long media lollapalooza linking her rhetoric to a mass murderer, was an unfair claim that she is defacto responsible for the victims’ spilled blood, is an accurate one. She needs to go into the water, take on the sharks, and argue why.

An unwillingness to do this is born of a sense of entitlement and obstinacy that hurt her with McCain staffers and continues to hurt her now.

Everyday Joes who admire her, and who are appalled at the Palin media feeding frenzy, can argue with guppies on blogboards who thrill at the smell of her blood.

SHE MUST take on the big media fish by going to them. She’s got to take control of the narrative and answer their accusations face-to-face.

If she’s too stubborn and egocentric to do that. She’ll never be more than a pretty and charismatic former-pol, who propelled a rugged individualist image into a celebrity commentator gig.

Ted Nugent has already filled that slot.

Cecelia said:
I don’t think it’s a “partisan attack” on Palin to suggest the obvious. Many Republicans have long said that if she’s going to go anywhere, she best start educating herself, gaining some gravitas as applies to leadership rather than celebrity, and learning how to deal with a mainstream media with a voracious appetite for her destruction.

I’ve said THAT here often enough.

Her defense that a week long media lollapalooza linking her rhetoric to a mass murderer, was an unfair claim that she is defacto responsible for the victims’ spilled blood, is an accurate one. She needs to go into the water, take on the sharks, and argue why.

An unwillingness to do this is born of a sense of entitlement and obstinacy that hurt her with McCain staffers and continues to hurt her now.

Everyday Joes who admire her, and who are appalled at the Palin media feeding frenzy, can argue with guppies on blogboards who thrill at the smell of her blood.

SHE MUST take on the big media fish by going to them. She’s got to take control of the narrative and answer their accusations face-to-face.

If she’s too stubborn and egocentric to do that. She’ll never be more than a pretty and charismatic former-pol, who propelled a rugged individualist image into a celebrity commentator gig.

Ted Nugent has already filled that slot.

Good points all, Cecelia. Thank you for such a thoughtful and well-written reflection.

The Real Royal King said:
I fail to understand why Ari is resurrected so often

and i fail to understand why bill clinton is resurrected so often, as well. he needs to fade away once and for all.

At least Fleisher admits she will never be elected.

justanotherconservative said:
and i fail to understand why bill clinton is resurrected so often, as well. he needs to fade away once and for all.

Yet, he remains immensely popular. It is a bit of a mystery to me as well.