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Palin and Obama--What Really is Wisdom?
Real Clear Politics ^ | September 22, 2008 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 09/22/2008 4:52:48 PM PDT by MichaelAsher54

Palin vs. Obama

The race unfortunately has been framed the last two weeks by Democrats as one of Obama versus Palin. That will stop as Obama realizes he loses should it continue. Nevertheless, the comparison of the respective experiences of a McCain and Obama is so much in favor of the former, that it requires no discussion. So I turn to Palin, given the charges that she is unfit and clueless.

Is Palin Tough?

I have been asked by many why I have such confidence in a rookie Alaskan governor, given the rigors of the campaign to follow. (Many Republican pundits apparently do not.) I think we are starting to see the answers to that question. The proverbial "they" hacked into her private email accounts. They swore that her daughter was the real mother of her Down Syndrome baby. They sent legions of reporters and lawyers to Alaska to dig up dirt. They wrote columns suggesting that she was stupid, uneducated, dishonest, a liar, and worse still. All this was the work of moralists, who, in their more extreme manifestations, tried to flood a Chicago radio station to disrupt guests, who doctored photos of McCain to subvert his portrait, who disgraced the Atlantic brand by trafficking in pregnancy rumors, and who now publish the private email of Palin....

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TOPICS: Education; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: elections; mccainpalin; obamatruthfile; palin; palinping; palinpraise


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1 posted on 09/22/2008 4:52:48 PM PDT by MichaelAsher54
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To: 3D-JOY; 60Gunner; AGreatPer; AlwaysFree; Angelwood; Apple Blossom; beandog; BillF; bmwcyle; ...

My short list ping


2 posted on 09/22/2008 6:01:26 PM PDT by BufordP (Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
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To: BufordP

Excellent find Mr.P. Thanks.


3 posted on 09/23/2008 5:56:20 AM PDT by AGreatPer (If it's in the Yellow Pages our government shouldn't get involved.)
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To: BufordP

Thanks...nice to read that.


4 posted on 09/23/2008 9:06:54 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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