Posted on 09/08/2011 8:15:58 PM PDT by One Name
The Sarah Palin “Cult”
I’ve been trying for awhile to get my mind wrapped around all this, and would like to offer these thoughts going into this election cycle….
I first stumbled across Free Republic when checking out Obama's eligibility issues prior to the 2008 election. I first experienced the Drudge Report after listening to Rush during the Lewinsky scandal.
When I really got into FR I felt like I had found the mother lode of conservatism; an eclectic group that regularly mixed it up over issues I hadn’t thought of as issues before.
For instance, I had never considered myself a “statist” for enjoying the benefits of the REA…
My granddad left the farm in Missouri during the dustbowl and joined the CCC; going on later to the US Army and the State Department and a gun shop- I hadn’t thought of him as a communist before!
Fast forward to Sarah Palin; even among Republicans, her advocates are known as the “Palin Cult”, “Palinistas”, and “Palin-Bots”.
These are terms of marginalization that are designed to evoke unfounded responses in the uninformed which we must counter.
A “cult” is a heretical religious group, straying from the sound doctrine of the orthodox mainstream. While there is certainly a religious component of conservatism (we wrestle with secular conservatives and libertarians) who believes the descent of the USA has a distinctly spiritual aspect; there is no deviation from orthodox interpretation of scripture on which to hang a tag of heresy here. The picture is painted as such, however. God chooses leaders and anoints whom He sees fit (See Romans 12). When we acknowledge this we are now cultists? The “bitter clingers” are non-orthodox heretics?
“Palinistas” are the socialist rebels equated to the “Sandinistas” of Nicaragua. Supporters of SP are neither socialist nor rebels- quite the opposite. They are patriots, working class, veterans, taxpayers and voters who are in fact the backbone of this country. Once again, this is a reversal of the truth.
“Palin-Bots” implies a robotic, non-thinking blind support programmed from some external headquarters. Since Sarah didn’t come through the Ivy League system, she must be intellectually inferior as are her “bot” supporters. Guess what- most of the country didn’t come through that system, either. We manage to make it through life anyway, and are much more resourceful and determined than the elitists. We know how to actually work.
In a nutshell: We’re not a cult; we are mainstream, orthodox, and Scripturally- based.
We are not rebels; we are restorative and Constitutionally-based
We are Free People; who think for ourselves, reject the elitists and have the will to defend this Republic against the many challenges, internal and external.
God Bless Sarah Palin!
You’re right.
In an earlier life on the east coast I knew some bluebloods.
I still correspond with one who grew up in Kennebunkport and is an evangelical black sheep.
We all know how it eventually ends- but I intend to go down advocating and fighting if need be for the Truth.
Thanks!
I mean I don’t know how reliable they are(The Daily Kos poll showed the same numbers, even they see Palin doing well amongst Independents, makes the Fox News poll look pretty darn pathetic) but the fact that these are Democrat pollsters showing Sarah doing well amongst Independents is very good news. She is not going to get Democrat support(Well DUH LOL) but if she can gain enough Independents to vote for her she wins
When in effect, they are evoking a cold calculating anger from this child.
Weather or not Palin enters the race, Perry and any of the other candidates need to earn my vote, and watching his performance last night he has a lot of coaching to do before his next debate.
We are all on the same team. I will advocate, but I promise not to denigrate unless something obvious occurs...
Excellent analysis.
She fought when all the other republican dogs were licking wounds and hiding.
She took it straight to the enemy from day one.
Totally agree!
Both the GOP and Dem elites are scared of Sarah. They all know as soon as she announces she IS the hands down frontrunner with great appeal to middle class, freedom loving Americans.
P.S. one man, one vote; there are more of us than them.
Run Sarah, Run!
They are laughing just as they did during the “Congressional Post Office Scandal”. If I remember correctly it was members of both parties and they were chumming it up in the steam room about how stupid the voters were and how easy it was to scam us.
Great post! I know that the “elites” look down on Palin and us but I don’t really care because I feel so frickin’ superior to them! heh heh heh
I think the biggest problem concerning people who bring up valid questions about Palin.. is that after all of the hard insults and attacks (which they will wear up and down it never happens and ask us for “proof or stfu”... then we provide links and they say - blablabla..excuse after excuse..
It is hard to tell who is being an a$$ and who is actually being honest. I try to avoid falling into that trap, I usually lay low and observe... throw in a ‘Palin sticker’ here and there.. and leave it at that.
But I understand what you are saying (and it is DEFINITELY not limited to Palin followers!)
wear => *swear* :p
Amen- We the People know how to make things work.
Beautiful Pic!! You need to get that signed and framed!! :D
Dont we hate PPP because their polls are so inaccurate?
We the People
Those were our founding words- why are they so scary and radical-sounding now?
We’re made out to be freaks...What’s up with that?
# of respondents, likely voter / registered voter / adult, Party Affiliation (leaners) / Tea Party Affiliation / leaners, various GOP names head-to-head or against Obaama, and with crosstabs.
Two possibilities come to mind.
1) They're trying to puff Sarah up to set expectations too high so that if another GOP candidate does better than the low bar set for THEM, they can declare that Sarah had a bubble but it burst, she'd waited too long, etc.
2) Admission against interest. Palin is really up by (for the sake of illustration, make up some large number) 35%+ over Obaama, which means the effect is REAL, and they can't get caught with TOO much egg on their face.
Cheers!
As a matter of fact all of them,but i found this funny coming from PPP.
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