Sarah Palin: Media Victim or Campaign Weapon?

The Republican National Convention became the coming out party for Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as John McCain's vice presidential nominee. A storm of worldwide negative media coverage scrutinizing every controversial detail of her life at times felt like a soap opera. Now, as the media are portrayed as the bad guys, many speculate it was all a part of McCain's grand campaign strategy. SOURCES: Al Jazeera, Qatar; Press TV, Iran; Tele 13, Chile; TV5, ... Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

An informative story—provided one believes McCain actually selected his VP nominee. But if one believes it was the ultra conservative big money boys who really chose Palin, then the strategy has more to do with cementing support of the right-wing base, picking up stray disenchanted Hillary supporters, and doing what Democrats failed to do—putting a woman on the ticket. And along the way, hoping non convervative voters buy their Rovian concoctions debunking all those terrible authentic facts about the real Sarah Palin. Like anyone who sells out, McCain is no longer his own man, unable to make his own decisions, and without the freedom to speak his own mind.

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