I think this Tucson massacre may have finished Sarah Palin

[glarius]

as a presidential candidate. If she tries to make a run for the presidency not only will the "cross-hairs" be brought up, but her reality show with all her shooting and gun toting will follow her with negative conotations.
To this point, Palin has gloried in her reputation as a fearless mamma grizzly....but she will no longer be able to do this.IMO.

[spanone]

1. she may blame it on this, but she was never electable

[Mike 03]

2. I agree: both as a celebrity and more importantly as a politician. NT

[Lesleymo]

3. Please oh please

that's exactly what I'm hoping

[somone]

4. Yep, she's toast

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. One can only hope that this event sticks as evidence of bad judgment on her part.

[bluestateguy]

6. I said that when she quit her job a year and a half ago

And yet she never seemed to go away. The media kept on doting on her, speculating about her for 2012, matching her up in hypothetical 2012 polls with Obama, etc.

I just don't see it.

[glarius]

7. Don't you think there is a big difference between the

circumstances of her quitting her job and the Arizona massacre?

[lunasun]

30. or it may unify her base ie: dont blame poor Palin 2012 IS still on

[X_Digger]

8. *fingers crossed* in hope. n/t

[northoftheborder]

9. She's never been electable, and if the media would stop......

......reporting her every utterance, she would disappear from our lives.

[lunatica]

10. The Republican party will distance themselves from Palin very quickly

She runs at the mouth too much.

[demtenjeep]

11. but let her try to run and let all the idiots send her their money

works for me

[Cleita]

12. I don't know. All the crazy things Bush said didn't

keep him from doing a second term. Remember when he called North Korea part of the axis of evil and alluded to the fact that maybe we should invade them? Well, that took Kim Jong Il from a position of not having nukes to having them and now we have to deal with the fall out from that. I don't find this much different on a domestic front. She might get away with it.

[glarius]

13. I can't help but think the bloody images of the dead and wounded in the minds of the

American people will be more powerful as a deterent to her being elected. This is more personal than the North Korean deal it seems to me.

[RagAss]

16. Has American media shown bloody images? I haven't seen any.

[glarius]

21. No they haven't shown any...I'm just referring to what we

see in our minds when we hear the details of the massacre.

[RagAss]

24. Gotcha

[blondeatlast]

22. But Palin is a celebrity. She lives and breathes on public perception.

the fact that we haven't heard a word from her personally is indication that her agents and handlers are hiding her--and there's a reason for that.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part, but I agree with glarius--she may desperately want to stay in the spotlight, but this tarnish won't rub off, I don't think.

[glarius]

27. I think people will realize what a cold, stupid bitch she is....she

hasn't come on TV and made any comments whatsoever. She would have been smart if she had gone on TV and said something to the effect that she hopes none of her remarks inspired Loughner.

[Cleita]

28. I certainly hope she disappears into her grizzly cave forever, but I'm not

counting on it.

[Turbineguy]

14. I doubt it

her base loves her even more now. They don't have to get off their couch to kill somebody. There's a lone nut out there somewhere who will bestir himself.

[safeinOhio]

15. Hey Sarah, how's that

"don't retreat, RELOAD" thingy working out for ya?


Might make a great bumper sticker.

[Doctor_J]

17. Not a chance

You vastly underestimate the power of Big Media and the impotence of leftists & Dems in this country.

[seabeyond]

18. she was never electable. VP run shored that up. may end her celeb status though

and i am all for that

fingers crossed

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. please god. make it so.

so tired of this nasalhair.

[HockeyMom]

20. Maybe Mama Grizzly should have a long talk

with Mama Green.

[RainDog]

23. she needs to go away

this nation cannot afford her desire to profit off the desperation of the working class with her political theater.

[Hamlette]

25. The right wing noise machine will turn her into the victim by tomorrow.

as one commenter put it:

"Refudiation free zone here. 20 people are mowed down in a grocery store and Palin thinks she's the victim? Typical. You don't get to spend 3 years blowing a dog whistle and yelling fire in a theater then get to wash your hands of it when it goes bad," - from a commenter on Politico.

[PeaceNikki]

26. As much as I *wish* that were true, I disagree. She'll be made a victim in this.

EarlG is right: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x153183

[Jim__]

29. Fearless my ass. She doesn't have the guts to admit she put these people in crosshairs.

She's nothing but a pile of shit. When things get tough, Palin runs away. Fuck that chickenshit bitch.

[riderinthestorm]

31. She'll be made a victim of this. She loves to parlay negative "MSM" press to her advantage.

This is only going to fuel her supporters into a frenzy.

You are also operating under the delusion that Rethugs and Sarah's Tea Party Crazies actually feel remorse for this.

I don't believe they do. Not one bit. I think that's why Sarah's laying low - she's waiting for her followers to whip themselves up in defense of her - blaming Gabrielle Giffords, and the federal judge to boot for provocation.

Just wait, imho, this will only ramp up Sarah's popularity within her base. Already there are supporters begging her to announce her presidential run immediately to somehow "defuse" the controversy! They aren't going to be dissuaded by something like a 9 year old getting gunned down as collateral damage! :puke: The 9 year old is going to be transformed as some kind of heroic icon/martyr by them. I don't think there's any level they won't sink to in order to elevate St. Sarah.

[Johonny]

32. you'd have to be real sucky not to pin her down on this in the primaries

In party low enough to accuse war heroes of having illegitimate children they no doubt will have not problem calling her a murderer if only in robo calls and letters. That crap works though.