Mediaite’s Mark Joyella Talks Sarah Palin’s Presidential Chances On Aussie TV

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by Jon Bershad | 10:27 am, November 19th, 2010

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Sometimes it seems like people in the media just can’t stop talking about Sarah Palin. And it’s not just in America. Recently, Mediaite’s own Mark Joyella joined the hosts of Australia’s The Morning Show (while it was certainly not morning here) to talk the former governor’s chances of ending up in the White House. He pointed out that she’s succeeded wildly in the most important part of an American presidential bid; getting your name out there. Well, when the woman’s being discussed with great familiarity on a TV show from the other side of the planet, you can’t really argue that.

The hosts used Palin’s recent interview with Barbara Walters as a jumping off point to discuss her political future:

“She has gotten her name out there in a big way right now. The interview you just mentioned with with Barbara Walters had some of her most forward speaking moments about actually saying she thinks she could beat the president but this is also happening with Sarah Palin; she has a new book coming out, she has a reality show that just set a ratings record on television – it’s called Sarah Palin’s Alaska – it got five million viewers for its first episode, her daughter is currently entering the final rounds of the dancing show, Dancing with the Stars, and Sarah Palin has been given the honor of creating a word. The American Heritage Dictionary has named ‘refudiate’ the name of the year.”

However, when it came to actually winning the election, Joyella pointed out just how divisive a figure Palin still is, well-liked on the Right, well-very-much-disliked on the Left. It’ll all boil down to those important Independents.

Side note: after seeing this clip and Hillary Clinton’s interview about potato chips, I’m starting to think we should have all of our political news filtered through the Aussies. Mostly just to hear them add an “r” sound to the end of President Obama’s name.

Check out the clip from Australia’s Network 7 below:

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Big Eddie

Well done . Sarah is becoming very plausible as a candidate . Obama does not necessarily have the nomination . It very well could be Sarah vs. Hillary in 2012 .
Moderate

I am surprised the Progressives are not calling the Aussies racist for calling him Obummer.
sarainitaly

nice interview.
Just4thefax

Fact: Palin beats Ozero in 2012. So Democrats throw out another contender.
Moderate

“Democrats throw out another contender.”

Biden could run for President, he is the expert, he has been running for 20 plus years.
http://www.mediaite.com Mark Joyella

Wow. Why didn’t anyone tell me how badly I need a haircut?? Oh wait. My wife did. A week ago.
skyfet

Sarah is a Joke. Like Karl advised 2yrs ago, she needs to educate herself. She hasn’t and is going to embarrass herself in debates. Good times coming, good times, all the Republicans that have been playing nice would now unleash their nastiness.
Harry Flashman

That was one of the most objective analysis of Palin I’ve seen in a while. Well done, Mark. Your lefty commenters here ain’t gonna like it.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

The loony left doesn’t understand, if Obama keeps on the socialist path he is on, ANYBODY will beat him in 2012. Homer Simpson could beat him. Prof. Irwin Corey could beat him. Charlie Brown could beat him. The Cookie Monster could beat him. Trig Palin could beat him, no he is too young.
timcajun

How could Sarah sneak in? The teas love her and don’t care about her limited background, they are a lock. Your half a brain conservatives may back off a little, because there is really nothing there. The on fence vote are there for a reason, because they are looking for answers and want change, not going back to Bush days, most won’t follow her. Then the liberals are a range from never voting for her to thinking she is a joke! She only has a lock on the tea party vote, then several, but not all of the conservatives. That won’t be enough to put her in.
ModerateMan

Thanks for bringing some sanity to Mediaite! That may have been the first objective interview about Sarah Palin I have ever seen.
justanotherconservative

Big Eddie said:
Well done . Sarah is becoming very plausible as a candidate . Obama does not necessarily have the nomination . It very well could be Sarah vs. Hillary in 2012 .

and hillary could win which scares me to no end.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Palin is FAR smarter than Obama. Obama appointed stupid people around him. To be a good president you have to have good people around you. Palin would do that.
Nacho

I’m glad the Aussies got Mark’s joke when he said it was a honor that her made up word was named word of the year.
pakattak

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Palin beats Ozero in 2012. So Democrats throw out another contender.

Not a fact. Pure speculation.

I’m also not sure who this Ozero fellow is. Is there some Democratic candidate I’m unaware of?
pakattak

Honestly, I don’t think anything he said in this interview is untrue. Palin does have a chance at running in 2012.

And I hope to God she does run so we can start becoming more critical of her rather skewed view on politics rather than treating her like some sort of reality show celebrity.