Both Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin (yeah, the site that doesn’t like me all that much) wrote about rapper Eminem’s latest music video yesterday. Joshua Livestro wrote the post for C4P while AllahPundit took care of the matter for HA.
AP believes the video delivers a mighty blow to Palin because it once again portrays her as a sexbomb whom should not be taken serious. Joshua, on the other hand, believes it’s actually good news: it shows she is a household name and “important.”
It’ll surprise some, but I’m going to side with Joshua on this one. Palin has the best name recognition of any possible Republican nominee for 2012. Eminem would not have used her (well, a look-a-like) in his clip if he thought she is unknown and highly unpopular.
No, the rapper likes to shock people. How do you do that? Right, by pretending to have sex with a wellknown, conservative, and moral leading female politician.
Furthermore, most of those who will vote in the Republican primaries of 2012 don’t listen to Eminem – and those who do, know that to be in one of his clips actually boosts the reputation (and name recognition) of a politician.
Palin could have done worse. She has an image problem, I’ll be the first to say so, but this video won’t add anything to that. In fact, it may even help her do something about it.
And yes, this post is serious.
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No comments so far. Maybe she’s finally becoming less radioactive