All because they decided ahead of time that Sarah Palin was going to be a flop.
“When Us went to print Monday night, it looked like the ticket was falling apart," says one magazine editor. “They went to print thinking Palin was dead in the water, and their mistake was thinking everyone who reads Us is a Democrat, when they’re not. Readers are loyal, but the base of a political party is more loyal. They don’t need to read the magazine when there’s so much press around it to know to be upset.”
Upset might be an understatement: One Us advertiser has admitted that they’ve received calls from angry former subscribers threatening to boycott their products. “(Us publisher) Jann Wenner supports Obama, Wenner media decided to follow the buzz around Palin before her speech, and now subscribers feel like a vote has been cast on their behalf," says another magazine editor. “It’s going to be tough to bounce back from this one. Especially if the advertisers get involved. If they get nervous, that can hurt all of us.”
HEH
Looks like everybody underestimated the appeal of Sarah Palin and Obama is now desperate so he is going to "dispatch" Hillary Clinton and other prominent females to attempt to counter the "Palin effect."
First off, "dispatch"? Are they serious, what are these women to Obama, tools? Servants to "The One?"
Obama has learned nothing about Hillary Clinton diehard supporters and if he thinks they are going to appreciate Hillary, who in their eyes was snubbed by not being chosen as VP, after the hard fought battle of the primaries where she received more popular votes than he did, being used and abused some more.....well, I just have one question.
Is he and his campaign deliberately trying to hand this election over by alienating even more woman from the Democratic Party?
The sheer "audacity" of Obama is becoming apparent to many at this point.
Let us take a gander at how some diehard Hillary supporters, those over at Puma Pac, are reacting to this audacity.
Headline "Hey, Precious! Fight Your Own Damn Battles. Seal Your Own Damn Deal."
Not looking like a favorable reaction just by the title, now is it?
The post is even worse.
News last night from The NY Times, via Riverdaughter, that Obama has run home to Big Sister to plead with her to fight his battle with Saracuda Palin for him. Oh, the poor Precious! Can’t face a tough woman on his own, huh? What’s the matter Barack? Just tell Saracuda that she’s likable enough. Call her a Sweetie and tell the media that she gets moody and bitchy periodically when she’s feeling down. That oughtta work. Or send Sebelius — woo-hoo! I’m sure she can take on Palin and come out of the encounter victorious.
Yes, his "audacity" is working out real good for him with the PUMA Pac Hillary supporters, now isn't it?
Make sure to go check out the comment section, to get a good feel of how utterly disgusted these folks are over Obama.
Riverdaughter, linked in the quote above, is far more vocal about this news about Obama using Hillary to fight his battles against the rough and tough Sarah Palin:
Let me get this straight, Sarah-cuda beats you up and steals your lunch money and instead of standing up for yourself, you send out a little note about how she hurt your feelings as a community organizer and you send out another girl to fight your battle. Er, OK. Will you also be sending her out to do business with the Russians, the North Koreans, the health insurance biggies? How about if she does all the debates for you too? Because if you need Hillary to do all the fighting on your sorry ass behalf, then maybe she should be nominee.
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It won’t do you a bit of good. We LOVE Hillary Clinton and we want you to treat her with respect. If you send her to Florida to kick in Sarah’s teeth, we will see it as a mark of disrespect for her. She is a brilliant politician and a dedicated public servant, not your personal gladiator.
Guess Obama is showing how weak he truly is...imagine this weakness shown in running the country.
The new polls, which haven't even accounted for Palin and McCain's speech yet, show that Obama's Convention bounce totally evaporated and the race is back to a tie and that is just as McCain's convention bounce has just began.
Yes....today has shaped up to be a good day so far..... For the McCain/Palin ticket.
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