The Detroit Free Press reports that hundreds
camped out overnight to see Sarah Palin in Grand Rapids,
Mich., and by 7 a.m., an estimatef 1,500 were
already waiting in line -- for
a 6 p.m. event.
Remember, the media elite view Palin's
popularity as an existential threat. So how are they to cover
the massive crowds that turn out for Palin's
book tour?
First, expect the major national outlets (NBC, New York
Times, etc.) to ignore this evidence of Palin's overwhelming
popularity. They've been commissioning polls especially designed
to show that Palin is unpopular, and they're not going to let
facts get in their way.
Second, to the extent that the elite media take notice of the
huge crowds at Palin events, expect them to focus obsessively
over any tinfoil-hat crackpots who turn up. Time or
Newsweek will send reporters out to these book-signings,
and the reporters will interview scores of Palin fans until they
find one or two conspiracy kooks who think Obama was born in
Kenya or that 9/11 was an "inside job." And those will be the
only Palin supporters quoted in the MSM stories.
Finally, expect the media to take the good-news-is-bad-news
angle: If Palin is "bad news" for the GOP -- hey,
Newsweek told you so! -- then the fact that
she's drawing big crowds can only mean that the Republican Party
is headed for oblivion, you see.
She's still driving 'em crazy -- or, in the case of Andrew
Sullivan, crazier. Today the
Palin-obsessed Sullivan tells readers he's "gone silent"
because he and his team of "rigorous and careful" analysts are
busy poring over Going Rogue. In a single 440-word post,
Sullivan manages to call Palin a "delusional fantasist," a
"deeply disturbed person" with an "unhinged grip on
reality" who is peddling "lies," "fabrications and
delusions" in a book that is a "work of fiction." Oh, and also,
"We want to be fair to her, and to her family."
Thank goodness for that! We look forward to Andrew Sullivan's
next book, Inside Sarah Palin's Uterus: The Most
Shocking Scandal Ever. Bet they'll be standing in line
for that one . . .
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