-
The Religion of Peace Strikes London Again
May 22, 2013 | 1 comment
-
Carney Goes Birther on Major Garrett
May 22, 2013 | 7 comments
-
Ray Manzarek, R.I.P.
May 20, 2013 | 1 comment
-
Thoughts on The Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
May 20, 2013 | 1 comment
-
Alan O’Day, R.I.P.
May 20, 2013 | 3 comments
The Spectacle Blog
I came across this piece in The Washington Post by Dan Balz contrasting the remarks made yesterday by President Obama and Sarah Palin with respect to the shootings in Tucson.
The article could be summed up in six words: President Obama good, Sarah Palin bad.
But there’s one passage from Balz’s article which demands commentary:
Perhaps by an accident of timing, Palin put herself into the same news cycle as the president. After several days of silence, she offered her first extended commentary on the shootings.
On what planet does Balz reside?
Sarah Palin didn’t put herself into the news cycle. She was thrust into it by Paul Krugman and stood accused of being complicit in mass murder. Those leveling these accusations assured Palin remained in the news cycle by demanding she break her silence. If Palin hadn’t spoken yesterday, liberal pundits would have contrasted Palin’s reticence with Obama’s eloquence.
But alas Palin did speak yesterday and apparently committed an impropriety by having the temerity to speak on the day as President Obama. I didn’t realize Palin was required to seek permission from the liberal media to speak if President Obama plans to speak on the same day.
The bottom line is that Palin is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t.
View all comments (21) | Leave a comment
More Blog Posts by Aaron Goldstein
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/01/13/not-exactly-on-the-balz
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
Carol Ann Carelli| 1.13.11 @ 4:24PM
Yes, Sarah Palin is "damned if she does and damned if she doesn't," and I wholeheartedly hope she continues DOING! The ignorant TWITS on Twitter who bash her need to STOP and find a positive cause. They only expose their lack of common sense and good judgement.
MacDaddy| 1.14.11 @ 11:02AM
I thought Sarah knocked it out of the park in a restrained, respectful, dignified fashion. I thought Barrack Obama read an eloquent speech, marred as it was by the campaign-stop environment, and by the perception (shared by many, I suppose) that he meant NOT ONE WORD of what he was reading.
Patriot| 1.13.11 @ 4:29PM
Palin's a lightning rod for the Right; if the Left destroys her, they seriously damage or destroy the credibility of the Tea Party movement.
This ain't rocket-science.
That's why it upsets me so much when people on our side attack her.
NVA Patriot| 1.13.11 @ 7:00PM
Hint: They.are.not.on.our.side
They are simply the 4th priority amongst 100 to deal with. Dem Congress flipped R first-check, senate #2, 2012, President, 2012, New 'establishment' tackled simultaneously with reducing debt, tossing out bureacrats and draining the Swamp that is DC
Patriot| 1.13.11 @ 7:13PM
Okay, then people who are 'pretending to be' on our side attack her.
Tina B| 1.13.11 @ 5:27PM
True and seconded. We are being put into a situation where we must now circle wagons just to hold on to the few rights we still have left. The Fairness Doctrine and proposed anti-gun laws are going to stop the momentum we have gained thus far through the Tea Parties and conservative media outlets. Sarah Palin is one of us. We cannot help them to stifle her. I, too, hate to hear conservatives here criticizing and her using the same garbage the leftists do. Don't you see you are helping the 'bad guys"? We must stand together as they do. Or we will fall together.
I Survived Arlen Specter| 1.13.11 @ 5:39PM
Mr. Goldstein, please explain this to Ross Kaminsky, because he certainly doesn't get it. Thank you for a good, honest perspective on yesterday's events. GOD bless!
NVA PAtriot| 1.13.11 @ 7:03PM
Ross is trolling for hits.
Maybe he's looking for a Washington comPost gig or looking forward to working oppisite Client#9 when CNN dumps what's-her'name
Patriot| 1.13.11 @ 7:14PM
Agreed.
manonthestreet| 1.13.11 @ 6:03PM
They are trying to take Sarah Palin down because they have seen her get over 57 Republicans elected and they are afraid she will win in 2012.
If the Dems lose a lot of seats again they will be out of power for many years.THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.PALIN IS DESTROYING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE LIBERAL MOVEMENT.
BorderPatriot| 1.13.11 @ 6:43PM
The biggest problem with Palin's response was...she didn't have to respond at all! It's the same old trap.Create a villan with lies and false framework,apply pressure through media,when she responds,it's picked apart and ridiculed even more.With what we know now,four days later,she didn't need to even say anything except maybe condolences;take the moral highground and"Hold the Line"
Patriot| 1.13.11 @ 7:16PM
I thought Sarah did great, I always think Sarah does great. I'm so sorry she has to go through all of this hateful garbage. She's very brave, braver than I.
Richard Baker| 1.13.11 @ 7:25PM
Rush has said that the liberals will always tell you who they fear by who they attack. It appears Sarah Palin is it.
Clint| 1.13.11 @ 8:01PM
Apparently, Dan Balz is missin' his.
hugh BNYN| 1.14.11 @ 12:19AM
DON'T fall for the latest false paradigm controlled
opposition ----Tavistock Institute scripted 'novelty candidate' ----Sarah Palin.
FACT IS capstone Freemasonic 'charitable' foundations and NGO's have been setting the
agenda for decades.
Surely, the Rockefeller, Carnegie, Ford, Gates
Foundations ARE the designers, engineers, funders and founders of globalism and those
diseased China opium syndicate guilt-feuled
notions of world government ---and 'population
control' (sterilization, extermination of the unborn and MASS genocide).
----Freemasonry in its directive upper, capstone
reaches if not only a religion ---it' Luciferian.
DO the homework! ---and get with the DE-program,
Eric Cartman| 1.14.11 @ 2:21AM
That's not what my friend Mork from Ork says.