Sarah Palin is media filler. A side show. Political Barnum & Bailey.

[pinto]

It's good for a weekend, 3 days in a real good venue. Then they have to pull up the stakes and move to another town, another sound bite, another camera crew.

[virgogal]

1. Yet people keep watching her and people keep posting about her.

Ignoring her would be the best approach

[pinto]

4. Yeah. I'm advocating that political media recognize marginal stories and favor

some substance over the entertainment gist that passes for political reporting these days. Admittedly a pet peeve for me, yet some of the pioneers of television news are probably rolling over in their graves at what's become of the medium.

[virgogal]

7. Newton Minnow was correct,wasn't he? None of us believed him at the time.

[Greenpeach]

2. Still, like "The Emperor's New Clothes"

...she is still being quoted and acknowledged by people like Pat Buchanan and others as though she has some credibility.

[Bobbieo]

3. My Mohawk grandmother had an answer for her - "I wouldn't

pee on that woman if she were on fire." She'd curl up her lip in distain.

[pinto]

5. Eh, it takes two to tango. She's been given a big stage, even though she's no longer

Governor of Alaska or a VP candidate. Go figure.

[Doctor_J]

6. You mean like George W Bush?

:shrug:

[no_hypocrisy]

8. No, she is a freak.

http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=&usg=AFQjCNGR9spg4JrOMFHuBStr1HhdlPwUqA

[TexasObserver]

9. She's like Jon & Kate meet Octomom, with Kim Kardasian's ass.

And by Kim Kardasian's ass, I mean Bruce Jenner.

[bridgit]

10. Palin? Palin is at best a Political MirrorMask escapee