Despite the old-time religion, if you listen to the Michael Medved Show (KTTH m-f, 12-3p), you know: she's no doormat.
(photo: Diane and Michael Medved)
last week on her blog, "Search For the Bright Light," she opined about Sarah Palin in a way which likely indicates not only the views of her household, (that would be her prominent, conservative husband) but those of many thoughtful "values" conservatives all over the country.Dr. Diane hails the pre-publishing success of Palin's book, Going Rogue (release date: Nov. 17) saying conservatives should all be happy, our views will be spread far and wide, and the book business will have a better 3rd quarter. "So why," she asks "do I find myself so...uncomfortable?"
She answers her own question writing, "By violating my conservative values, [Palin's] getting what she wants. Which appears to be loot..."
Medved takes Palin to task for basic conservative values forsook. Like "honoring commitments, never quitting, and focusing on the long-term." Without her Alaskan governorship, McCain would have never chosen her as a running mate, she writes:.
"And after her loss, she looked around and saw that even if the tundra was cold, the iron was hot. She left office, disappointing those of us who felt that any future career required a brilliant performance as governor to bolster her tissue-thin resume of PTA mom, City Councilman (in a victory of 512 to 310 votes) and until 1992, Mayor of Wasilla (population 5,469 in the 2000 census).Diane then lets it out (and you can tell this has been fomenting for awhile) with a litany of Palin complaints that mirrors those of us liberals.
Just a couple days after her gracious acceptance to Sen. McCain's VP selection, she announced her 18-year-old unmarried daughter Bristol's pregnancy, flummoxing supporters. Throughout the campaign, Bristol and fiance Levi Johnston were shown publicly holding hands; they broke up before marrying and he now provides amusement to detractors by disparaging the Palins and posing for magazines like GQ and Playgirl.
Given all the stories about Palin hunting moose, approving a plan to cull wolves by aerial gunshot, switching colleges four times, winning third-runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, sportscasting on local TV...there's bound to be plenty in the book to criticize and with which to sympathize. Despite its stated goal, what Gov. Palin won't do in her memoirs is convince anyone that conservative values are the most direct path to a satisfying and productive life.
We love all this, of course, because it buttresses our argument that Palin is finished as a politician, and takes the GOP's only shot at charisma out of the running. We know it's risky to predict any politician's demise, but no matter how sought-after as a saucy filler of blue jeans, or gal next door with slop-trough tropes to match, we're betting she's lost some important parts of her base: conservative women, educated men, and evangelicals who believe in walking the talk.
Devastatingly, Medved compares Palin to Chauncey Gardiner of Jerzy Kozinsky's Being There. who was "... thrust into prominence with no basis, because the suit makes the man, much like Sarah Palin's glasses and upswept hair make the intellectual-looking woman."
We can't help but suspect deeply that Diane's Michael is no stranger to these views.
Sarah Palin is lazy... or something. How many times has it been said that all she has to do for the enhancement of her intellectual credibility is for her to "hit the books, immerse herself in history and policy, and she'll be fine?" She failed to do it devastatingly during the election, and after. Then she quit the governorship to make six-figure speeches and write a bestseller. What will she do next year to get in the papers? Get a divorce?Stay tuned.
ya think?
Posted by: sparky | October 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM
oh sparkles
last time you spread lies about sarah palin and divorce it came back to bite you.
ya think!
Posted by: Puget Sound | October 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
No it didn't. You just hoped it would. Besides, you only read the words you want to see.
Posted by: sparky | October 22, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Ahh putsie, the revisionist. Do you think by recharacterizing someone’s point gives you the upper hand? You look like a silly lire. The point is there for you to debate, but you look for the convenient lie.
Posted by: toad | October 22, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Diane Medved is comfortably ensconced in a luxurious Mercer Island home and she has the balls to criticize Sarah Palin's pursuit of money? That hypocritical biatch needs to STFU.
Posted by: mrogi | October 22, 2009 at 11:05 PM
...all she has to do for the enhancement of her intellectual credibility is for her to "hit the books, immerse herself in history and policy,...
Honestly, Michael. If she did all that, she'd become a Progressive! Then chux would have to go find himself another vacuous pin-up girl.
Posted by: joanie | October 23, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I like Medved. I've listened to him and I don't agree with him but he does make his points clearly and provides analysis that is at least reasonable. There's so little of that on the right these days. Reason seems to be MIA on the right.
Posted by: joanie | October 23, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Pretty tough to find a bad pic of that babe, eh.
I agree she will not have a future in politics and I also agree with your inference that a divorce may be forthcoming.
Posted by: fRed | October 23, 2009 at 06:03 AM
ahh toad.
i tried that before with 'sparkles' and it rarely works out.
but go ahead, give it a shot. lets see what you got.
i like michael medved but as brilliant as his wife diane is she wasn't that interesting on the radio. when michael first came up to seattle his wife would fill in for him regularly. i haven't listened to her lately so maybe it is better. she clearly has a lot to say and is an accomplished person.
btw, it is so funny to hear the usual suspects blather on about dori...
Posted by: Puget Sound | October 23, 2009 at 06:29 AM
This reflects Michael's views as well. As "liberated" and independent as she tries to appear, Diane Medved is a Good Wife who would never stray too far off the Orthodox reservation of submissiveness.
Posted by: sartre | October 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM
She quit her job as Gov to try to get a TV show she was denied. Poor
little Sarah is even to dumb for the right to have her exposed on the tube everyday.
Posted by: Crystal from the old KIRO chat | October 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Is that the ultimate pot kettle scenario you calling Sarah to dumb.
shouldn't that be too, Einstein?
Posted by: fRed | October 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM
"Too is relative."
-- Einstein
Posted by: Fremont | October 23, 2009 at 01:57 PM
So ah... whatsamatta' with bein' in it for the loot? Make hay while the sun shines...
RRR
Posted by: Ricerocketricky | October 23, 2009 at 02:43 PM
"Why does she sound like the woman in 'Fargo'"? - caller to Sean Hannity afer McCain picked her for VP. My sentiments exactly.
Posted by: Tommy008 | October 23, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Joanie,
Medved is articulate, but he is .. speaking as a Jew .. a real dybbuk.
Jes, like every other group, have people who misuse our traditions to serve other ends. The worst of these, min our history, have been people who have turned their knowledge against their own people.
Paul is the first great example, but I suspect few goyem realize that most of the inquisitors of the inquisition were converts. Reading their arguments is as chilling as listening to Glenn Beck misstate the Constitution would be if he were not such a clown.
Medved's evil is very specific ... he supports the same Christians whose goal it is to sell the idea that Jesus was OUR messiah. He also denigrates the great jewish leaders who have fought for universal rights.
A real dybbuk,
Posted by: sms | October 24, 2009 at 09:10 AM
dybbuk: In Jewish folklore, the wandering soul of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and controls his or her behavior. Really?!?
Speaking as a non-Jew, I suspect that the word "Jew" could be eliminated from the above post or replaced with the name of another religious acolyte and the same point would be made.
Posted by: Fremont | October 24, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Medved's evil is very specific ... he supports the same Christians whose goal it is to sell the idea that Jesus was OUR messiah. He also denigrates the great jewish leaders who have fought for universal rights.
You give him too much credit. Listen to his techno intro/bumper music. Listen to his snivelly fem voice. Now add it up and think it over: there's something he hates/loves so much more than his jewishness.
Posted by: mercifurious | October 24, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Holy crap, Merci and Fremont came out on the same day!!!
Glad to see that you both are still kicking.
Posted by: chucks | October 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM
I don't think Medved is being hypocritical..it's just that such Horse S**T comes out of Sarah's mouth about PUBLIC SERVICE, A HUMBLE HEART, God's SERVANT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, Blah Blah...
I think Medved just looks over there and says GEEZ SARAH, that is such blatant HORSECOCKY coming out of your mouth, how stupid do you think we are?
It's not that Palin is stupid, she just thinks everyone else is.
Posted by: DEO | October 24, 2009 at 06:28 PM
merci
i don't agree with you but do miss you posting on this blog.
come back and visit more often.
Posted by: Puget Sound | October 24, 2009 at 08:02 PM
Usually when Merci appears, Duffman can't be far away. As for Sarah Palin, agree with Medved here. However, I keep seeing the loony progressives remain uptight about her and try to demonize her with lies at every turn ala moveon.org and MSNBC.
It's good that she can succeed outside of politics. She would be OK as Senator from Alaska someday, but POTUS is not her calling, IMO.
Posted by: KS | October 24, 2009 at 10:32 PM
She just figured this out???
Posted by: Dana | October 26, 2009 at 07:00 AM
However, I keep seeing the loony progressives remain uptight about her and try to demonize her with lies at every turn ala moveon.org and MSNBC
Tell us KS: What part of "Duh" interview involved loony MSNBC and moveon trying to demonize her? What part of a car's headlights demonize a dumb deer?
Occam's razor: Palin was a circus peculiar that the GOP gambled on and lost everything; but now think they can double-or-nothing and make it all back.
Moral: Stop digging. Turn away from the side-show train wreck and pay attention to the road ahead... or not!
Posted by: mercifurious | October 26, 2009 at 05:16 PM
as an Independent Hispanic mother (i voted for Bill Clinton both times; was about to vote for Hilary; voted for my Democratic Congresswoman twice; and also voted for a Republican State Senator, Republican Congressman twice), i not only support Sarah Palin, I respect her. She was the Chief Executive of one of the largest land mass states, and under her watch, the people of Alaska got checks of over $1000 per household! She's smart. And she's got common sense! I respect her decision to step aside as Governor when it became apparent that the numerous bogus lawsuits filed against her were not only costing the state millions and her family hundreds of thousands of dollars, it was also horribly distracting. (have you ever been hit w/several lawsuits at once?) I am impressed that she considered the needs of her state & her family by passing the baton of Governor to her qualified Lt. Governor, who is unified w/Sarah in the vision for Alaska.
I could go on and on about all the reasons i am impressed with Sarah Palin.
Posted by: jasmine hauser | November 02, 2009 at 10:57 PM
get the fuck out
Posted by: AuthenticAndrew | November 02, 2009 at 11:29 PM
I could go on and on about all the reasons i am impressed with Sarah Palin.
But I can't think of anything else to say.
Chief Exec of a large land mass? Full of oil? Wow! And George Bush was Chief Exec of a large land mass, too. Oil land - although he couldn't find any. Yes, I see where you're coming from. Just what we need. Another George Bush.
Posted by: joanie | November 03, 2009 at 07:35 AM
joanie, "jasmine hauser " is not a real person. It's some sort of internet propaganda compaign. Normal people don't say things like this "I respect her decision to step aside as Governor when it became apparent that the numerous bogus lawsuits filed against her were not only costing the state millions and her family hundreds of thousands of dollars, it was also horribly distracting"
It looks like they're trying to reframe Palin's image to improve her chances at national office in 2010 or 2012.
Posted by: AuthenticAndrew | November 03, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Diane Medved is a smart woman but how could anybody be so naive as to EVER think that Sarah Palin was anything but a shill for conservative values? She left Alaska in a mess, partly because she was never at work, and most of the facts about her personal life are still unknown (except by me). The fact is, McCain needed a populist opportunist type and she fit the bill. People like Diane made assumptions about Palin based on carefully controlled spin. Unfortunately, the office of President requires a little more than knowing how to wink at a camera.
Posted by: Tru Polette | November 07, 2009 at 08:19 AM
I don't know if you did a little bit a research and figured this out already, but Michael Medved himself said on his show that the driving force behind Palin publishing her book was for money. The Medveds disagree on a few issues, but this isn't one of them.
Posted by: Daniel | November 20, 2009 at 04:31 PM
Daine Medved and Michael are elitists snobs who have bought into the MaCain insiders spin. I think what she has written here is a disgrace,and malicious. Diane and micheal should stop being so devisive and just shut up and let the Primaries take care of the rest if Palin runs. I like Michael and have listened to him daily for the past 4 years. But I won't be if he keeps trying to sabotage Palin.
Posted by: willegge | November 21, 2009 at 07:11 PM
I don't know if you did any research yourself, but if you had listened to Michael Medved's show and actually heard his comment, he said that Palin appears to have written the book for the money AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. That is actually the direct quote from his show.
His point, and Diane's, is that the Palins a typical American family and are not rich moneybags with a 1.4 million dollar mansion or book deals like Obama and so if they need to provide for their family, this would be a good way to do so.
The length to which you go to distort the meaning of what is actually said is breathtaking.
Posted by: Tom Brosz | November 22, 2009 at 05:06 AM
Interesting how the McCain campaign is responding to Palin's book.
Posted by: sparky | November 22, 2009 at 09:04 AM
Jasmine, Alaskans have been getting those checks long before Palin was participating in beauty pageants.
Is she taking credit for that, too??
Posted by: sparky | November 22, 2009 at 09:10 AM
It never ceases to amaze me every time I hear people like you state that Palin doesn't have the experience to hold a high office (e.g. 'tissue-thin resume of PTA mom', etc.). Can someone answer this question - What the HELL kind of experience does Obama have??!! Community Organizer is hardly the kind of experience that prepares one for being the President of the United States! Give me a friggin break. This past year is a glaring example of how unprepared he was to be President.
Posted by: Gem | February 08, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Just one more arrogant and self righteous bigot looks down her nose at a much smarter and prettier woman.
Sarah is for real, Medved is as phony as they get
Posted by: Larry Johnstone | October 31, 2010 at 02:43 PM