Lights, Camera, Positive-Spin Action: Sarah Palin Is Back

[meegbear]

Just when Republicans were starting to worry their 2012 presidential field would be too boring to bother with, Sarah Palin might be fixing to ride in like a movie hero just at the nick of time.

RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy has the details on a feature-length documentary set to release next month. The film is produced by Steve Bannon and the team behind Generation Zero, a tea party favorite about the financial crisis. Bannon funded the film himself "and he insisted upon taking complete control" -- after Palin asked him to make some videos about her -- but the results as Conroy describes them sound like the best campaign commercial Palin could have hoped for.

Pretty much all you need to know about the tone of the film -- titled The Undefeated -- from Conroy's exclusive look:

The film's third act puts a positive spin on Palin's 2008 vice presidential run, reminding viewers of her initially valuable impact on the McCain campaign by showing the Gallup poll trend lines that had the Republican ticket taking its first lead over the Democrats before the collapse of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15.

It also gives an extended treatment to Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., her '08 peak.

"The Undefeated" eschews less flattering topics, such as the Troopergate saga -- which had little effect on the VP campaign but left a lastingly negative impression of Palin in the eyes of many Alaskans -- and her unimpressive series of interviews with Katie Couric.

About that title: "Bannon originally titled his film "Take a Stand," which was the campaign slogan for Palin's 2006 gubernatorial run," Conroy reports. "But in order to give it a more triumphant punch, the filmmaker changed the title to "The Undefeated."

Palin apparently loves it.

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/lights-camera-positive-spin-action-sarah-palin-is-back.php?ref=fpblg

[HopeHoops]

1. Okay, that's enough. Thanks for coming. You can go back to looking at Russia now.

[sharesunited]

2. It can't do anything for her voice, which is abrasive, or her brain, which is empty.

[immoderate]

3. Yay! I welcome Sarah back to the race! (My sentimenatal pick.)

And she certainly can claim to be undefeated if we just ignore that vice presidential "thingy."

Go Sarah!

--imm

[Fumesucker]

4. Two Mewls for Sister Sarah..

[lbrtbell]

5. "The Undefeated"???

Apparently this douche overlooked something: