Sarah Palin: '24-karat character'

Sioux City Journal ^ | 01-19-10 | Harry Oakley

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SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa -- Across the county (Woodbury), state (Iowa) and country, interviewers have pursued citizens' opinions of Gov. Sarah Palin. Almost universally, the characterization of Gov. Palin has been "like my neighbor," "a mother who cares," and similar comments. Governor Palin's success while in executive positions to which she was elected is very seldom, if ever, mentioned or inquired into.

Instead of the above scenario, I offer the following:

She opposed and defeated the "old boy" network in Alaskan politics. She was instrumental in helping complete a major pipeline which had not received the necessary impetus for completion. She has personally demonstrated her commitment to a pro-life society. In spite of these and other accomplishments, she is reviled as a nonentity, a lightweight, out of the mainstream, and other dismissive sleights.

This leads to questions concerning possible candidates for president in 2012.

Prior to overcoming the "old boy" resistance to her ascendancy, Dame Margaret Thatcher

[Psalm 73]

Let them continue to underestimate her - as they did Ronald Reagan.
Beneath that folksy demeanor is a very intelligent and politically skillful pitbull (with lipstick).