Palin for President???

The Sarah Palin storyline taking shape lately is whether the former Alaska governor, vice presidential candidate and Tea Party icon will run the president in 2012. Every move and word is scrutinized for clues about her future as she travels the country, offering support for Tea Party candidates, castigating President Obama, the GOP hierarchy and the press while raking in millions in her new media career.
On Friday last week in Iowa, for a speech at the Iowa Republican Party's annual Reagan Day dinner, Palin was asked about her 2012 presidential aspirations. She was coy in her response. "I don't know," she said. "I know that you can make a big difference in America without even having a title, so I'm grateful for this opportunity."
On Tuesday, however, SarahPAC, the political action committee authorized by Palin, released a video that makes it hard not to believe that she is making a 2012 run for the American presidency, or least seriously testing the waters wrapped in the Tea Party flag.
The video is a highly produced campaign ad for the Tea Party movement. The one minute, 20 second video shows images of Palin giving speeches to large crowds, proclaiming that the Tea Party is "the future of politics," with "real people, not politicos" speaking out for "common sense conservative principles."
The video leaves no doubt as to who is the leader of the Tea Party and the person trying to remake the Republican party as well.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20017066-503544.html



The purpose of this post is to analyze this video, because I think this video relates to a lot of topics we discuss in class. First, I have to admit that this add is BRILLIANT! I say that because if you believe in what the Tea party group believes in then this add is perfect. Also, this add makes Sarah Palin a genius. By using words such as "real people" and saying statements such as " who can argue movements that is by the people" is just brilliant. Because that is what a democracy is about, a government for the people. If you are a believer in this interest group or in the beliefs of this interest group then you will most like give Palin some cool points, and consider her for the next presidential elections in 2012.

Now, why do I say this video is so brilliant? First this video shows a great deal of dramatization. The song playing in the background adds alot more emotion to the video. Try to imagine the video without the background music and see if it has the same effect on you. Another reason why I think this video is dramatized is because, they use all of the soundbites of Sarah Palin when she is emotional. Like that one video we saw in class "fired up" people giving out speeches do not always yell throughout the entire speech.  This video also shows personalization, because they add is personalized in a manner to make Palin look good with all the effects included.

Overall this is a great add. If you believe in this, then like I mentioned above Palin will earn bonus points. But even if you do not believe in this particular interest group then in my opinion I still think that Palin earns bonus points. Because she mentions that people making decisions is what a democracy is about, and at the end of the day like or hate Palin, those are the fundamental principles of a democracy:)

-HR