Comments on: Sarah Palin: Old China Hand? http://www.chinahearsay.com/sarah-palin-old-china-hand/ China law, business and economics commentary Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Stan http://www.chinahearsay.com/sarah-palin-old-china-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-75261 Stan Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:47:58 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3795#comment-75261 Ha! Sarah Palin, the evil genius with the diabolical master plan for 2012. She is so focused on her overall strategy that she doesn't mind acting like a complete idiot in the short term. I think this is a publishable thesis. Perhaps the Weekly Standard would be interested? Ha! Sarah Palin, the evil genius with the diabolical master plan for 2012. She is so focused on her overall strategy that she doesn’t mind acting like a complete idiot in the short term.

I think this is a publishable thesis. Perhaps the Weekly Standard would be interested?

]]> By: dedlam http://www.chinahearsay.com/sarah-palin-old-china-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-75260 dedlam Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:29:08 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3795#comment-75260 I have to say that coming from the conference industry that Palin's presence is to get bums on seats. People, even bankers and investors love a good show and if I was invited by CLSA to attend a conference with Palin, I'd make time to come along too. It is also quite likely that media presence would probably be something that Palin's agents would have charged more money for or would have been a deal breaker for Palin as this would have given CLSA an incredible amount of exposure. So their PR guy needs a pat on the back for creating media exposure by announcing that there will be no press at an upcoming Palin speech. I tip my hat. Alternatively Palin might have always though that the 2008 election was never winnable and is actually really really smart. By intentionally dumbing down her public persona she can gradually collect redneck support and then shock the hell out of the rest of us in 2012 by behaving intelligently in the leadup to the the next race. I have to say that coming from the conference industry that Palin’s presence is to get bums on seats. People, even bankers and investors love a good show and if I was invited by CLSA to attend a conference with Palin, I’d make time to come along too. It is also quite likely that media presence would probably be something that Palin’s agents would have charged more money for or would have been a deal breaker for Palin as this would have given CLSA an incredible amount of exposure. So their PR guy needs a pat on the back for creating media exposure by announcing that there will be no press at an upcoming Palin speech. I tip my hat.

Alternatively Palin might have always though that the 2008 election was never winnable and is actually really really smart. By intentionally dumbing down her public persona she can gradually collect redneck support and then shock the hell out of the rest of us in 2012 by behaving intelligently in the leadup to the the next race.

]]> By: Lesperado http://www.chinahearsay.com/sarah-palin-old-china-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-75256 Lesperado Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3795#comment-75256 She's just another pretty face to them! She’s just another pretty face to them!

]]> By: Stan http://www.chinahearsay.com/sarah-palin-old-china-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-75253 Stan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:27:16 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3795#comment-75253 I'm not familiar with CLSA, but no, this does not make them look so good. I wonder if it occurred to them that attendees might actually want to learn something of value to inform their regional corporate decision making? The only decision that Sarah Palin ever helped me to make was who not to vote for in the Presidential election. I’m not familiar with CLSA, but no, this does not make them look so good. I wonder if it occurred to them that attendees might actually want to learn something of value to inform their regional corporate decision making? The only decision that Sarah Palin ever helped me to make was who not to vote for in the Presidential election.

]]> By: jg http://www.chinahearsay.com/sarah-palin-old-china-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-75252 jg Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:21:02 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3795#comment-75252 If the press were present someone might ask her to point to China on a map, and I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be able to find it, since it's not visible from her front porch. And if you can't see it from there it couldn't possibly have anything to do with foreign policy. What terrible PR for CLSA. Swimming with the guppies. If the press were present someone might ask her to point to China on a map, and I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t be able to find it, since it’s not visible from her front porch. And if you can’t see it from there it couldn’t possibly have anything to do with foreign policy.

What terrible PR for CLSA. Swimming with the guppies.

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