Ok everyone. I need to get your attention about 2 things. I will explain the little "toot Yankee Doodle" in a minute, so please bear with me:
*Yes, there are a gadzillion diaries about Palin
*No, that is not necessarily bad
Ordinarily I would write a more substantial diary, but I have seen so many people telling other people not to talk about Palin, saying we should ban the subject, etc. I do not mean to go off on people, but all of this has made me a little testy. Sorry. Perhaps I was having a McMoment. But, here is what I want to say. It parallels a recent comment I made where I perhaps was a little testy with people, but it really is an important point. There is a very good reason we should be talking about Palin:
We are NOT "falling into McCain's trap" by talking about Palin. This does not mean we are forgetting about Obama.
Unfortunately, people saying this are falling into McCain's naive media view that All Publicity is Good Publicity.
But, I've worked in the Ad Business, and I can tell you, it is not...not by a longshot. Here's how I explained this earlier. See below...
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