Thank You Sarah Palin!
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2012 Election, Palin, Republicans, VideoA new PAC is launching some ads thanking Sarah Palin for running for VP this year, and there’s little doubt that these folks want her to run in 2012.
Part of me wants to think that this stuff is nice, but the marketer/social media strategist in me screams, “Why did they have to form a PAC to make such a crappy commercial?!”
See, this is where the Republicans just don’t get it. The days of PACs are all but done at this point. Sure, they’ll never truly go away, but what should a candidate’s supporters do in this day and age of social media and viral video? Create a PAC or a blogging army?
Grassroots Republicans need to wise up and start engaging in social media spaces that allow their message to spread virally. Look what happened to Ron Paul. He allowed his supporters to take control of his campaign and it launched him into the national zeitgeist. And sure, some of his supporters were certifiable, but he got to where he was without any high profile interviews or big endorsements.
So instead of wasting their time on painfully mediocre commercials, why don’t these folks get everybody in that video to learn about blogging, build dozens of blogs and start a 2.0 movement behind the Alaskan governor? Because, in the end, that’ll be how Palin will stay top of mind with the American voters, especially since her visits to the lower 48 will be few and far between.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I am grateful that she ran too. Without her incredible ignorance, arrogance and petty meanness, John McCain might of had a chance to beat Obama, but Sarah pushed it over the top, and destroyed what little confidence intelligent people had in the Republican Party.
Thanks again Sarah, please run again, and again, and again.
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Michael - I agree. The more she talks the more she splits the party in more and more pieces, like at the RGA. That’s why I have a “Sarah Palin Appreciation Section” in my blog.
More turkey interviews, Sarah!
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
So instead of wasting their time on painfully mediocre commercials, why don’t these folks get everybody in that video to learn about blogging, build dozens of blogs and start a 2.0 movement behind the Alaskan governor?
My guess is that they took one look at such a movement, acting on Obama’s behalf, treated Palin and her family in the weeks after the GOP convention, and quickly decided they didn’t want to stoop to that level.
If this is the case, they are making the same miscalculation that McCain did. One of my favorite postmortem statements I read on a blog after the election was to the effect that ‘McCain wanted to be a nice guy; Obama wanted to be the President.’
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Hush up!