Posted on 01/20/2011 1:03:30 PM PST by MestaMachine
Having been alerted to Sarah before John McCain ever picked her as his VP running mate, hoping against hope that she would actually be the one, I was nevertheless surprised, albeit overjoyed, when he announced her. She did not fit him. She was everything he is not nor can ever hope to be.
The outpouring of love and admiration for Sarah was a thing to behold! Conservative coffers, closed to McCain, suddenly swung wide open showering huge cash on Sarah...and we all know it was the exact opposite of what McCain expected.
His poll numbers went up like a rocket and she outshined him like the sun outshines the moon. He was only seen ever after in her glow, and so they had to diminish her in any way they could. His campaign staff is still on the job and his own backhanded damning with faint praise "defense" of her is nothing short of shameful.
When she was attacked mercilessly by the hard left, he and his campaign never stepped up to the plate to blunt the attack machine, and meanwhile, McCain defended obama with great zeal, telling us all that indeed, obama would make a wonderful president, that he was a "patriot," and he chided the Conservatives who tried to take obama on for his socialist policies.
In short, McCain's own campaign not only did NOT defend Sarah, they fed the opposition ammunition to use in their attempt to destroy her.
Since then, Sarah has done what no politician in my lifetime has ever done, and she did it during the same time that the hardcore left was digging under every rock from since the day she was born to find something, anything, they could use to defame, discredit, and destroy not just her, but her entire family.
And they have failed utterly.
The extreme leftist women who have gleefully slandered her are the dregs of femaledom. Some look and act as though they have been preserved in formaldehyde. Others, including many of the RINO women, look as though they are wearing botox deathmasks and/or fifty or a hundred extra pounds. Still others are so filled with venom that their inner ugliness shows on the outside. They shot their worst at Sarah and only succeeded in finding themselves covered with the blowback of their own exhaust...as it should be. Spit into the wind and find youself covered in slime.
The men on the left who excoriate her on an almost daily basis are the most insecure examples of "manhood" I have ever seen. Not a single one of them could do what she has done, let alone in such a short amount of time. They seem to need to prove their manliness by being tough on ladies. And when I say "ladies," you know I am speaking of Conservative women because the left just doesn't produce that kind of quality. As a group, gay or straight, you seldom see even a remnant of the class that Conservative women all over this country exude. The women of the left are shrill and shrieky to the point where one simply can't stand to listen, and if you try, what you most often hear was not worth the time you took because three quarters of what they say either makes no sense, or it is outrageous and ridiculous.
The men on the left are pretty much in the same category. It makes one wonder whether they are jealous because she has Todd...and they don't.
Then we have our own so-called "conservative" men who have been so used to running the show...and the party...into the ground, that they cannot brook the thought that a "mere" soccer mom from Alaska, of all places, could do in one year what most of them cannot do in a lifetime. All of their "achievements" have been because they got somewhere on someone else's coattails, and they played fast and loose with their core "values" and "principles" to do it.
Newt Gingrich comes to mind. Does he think we have forgotten who he was in his previous life? Or that he attacked Conservatives for demanding that those who represent us DO adhere to core values and principles?
Charles Krauthammer, who sometimes has flashes of conservatism, all too often doesn't. He is an insider who runs with the pack, and his views are often couched in an "old boy" elitism that makes me want to throw shoes at my television.
Those are just two, but you get my drift. The men who have held on to the reins of power are having serious withdrawal symptoms. But I have news. The women Conservatives in the Republican Party are strong and growing stronger. We will not allow the old boy network to overshadow us or the Conservative men who stand for ALL of us and not for themselves. It is no longer your establishment party, and Sarah is just the tip of the iceberg.
John McCain, chameleon that he is, might have done his greatest public service, whether he intended to or not, by choosing Sarah Palin as his runnung mate. It has ushered in a new age of American politics the likes of which hasn't been seen since the FIRST American Revolution.Would that he had retired gracefully and left that as his legacy. Alas.
Now back to the original question. What in the world IS wrong with Sarah Palin? And the answer, without any equivocation, is...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
THAT is what drives the whacko left and the elitist "moderate right" to insane distraction. They have left no stone unturned to find one, just ONE, thing wrong with her, and they can not do it because it doesn't exist. All they have found is graciousness, intelligence, honesty, humanity, strength, conviction, patriotism, and faith. She has stood up and they will never succeed in knocking her down because she doesn't NEED them.
Know thyself and to thine own self be true. That is Sarah. And we know Sarah.
Hey, that would make a good tagline. May I steal it? Or would you like to use it? I think I could modify it to fit into a tagline.
You crack me up
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Thank you!
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I have no idea where you obtain the data you quote; but this I know.
Though I wish it were otherwise, as of now (today) Ms. Palin does not have enough votes to place a distant third in a republican primary (yes...my opinion).
As to her winning debates....with whom? She'd never ever be able to hold her own if she had to go up against the little tin god now. She needs to establish some much much wider credentials. She needs to fight a few 3 rounders with suitable opponents...the get on a sub-card somewhere and win a few 10 rounders...convincingly so (pardon all the boxing references - but this is going to be a fight.)
She needs to become the recognized "under-dog" but a sure winner if given the chance. Right now, she's not even out of the gym yet...she's working on the speed bag, and doin' a few rounds with the heavy bag....and has a very deep but terribly narrow following.
She'd better get into the ring...and win some.
At any other time in history, I might agree with some of your points, but here is what I believe...my opinion.
We are living in a time when all bets are off. The body politic is in chaos. The corruption is out of control. The hatred from the left is pure and utter insanity. This is not simply an election. We are at war. In a war, you pick your battles. You do not play by your enemy’s rules.
You gather your army. You find and appoint the best generals and commanders.
Sarah has impressed me for these reasons. SHE owns the battlefield. If she so much as utters three words on her Facebook or her Twitter, the whole world hears her. She has not made a single misstep or mistake since she trusted John McCain and his staff and they literally threw her to the wolves. That she survived and thrived after that is a miracle in itself and a testament to the inner strength she possesses. She TRUSTS herself. And she TRUSTS the American People.
She has not made that mistake again. When she speaks, she steps back and allows all the incoming. They are so bent on finding something wrong that they say anything no matter how outrageous or obnoxious, and keep at it way too long. It’s called overkill and they do it every time. They do it until common sense and common decency in the land sees them for what they are. The left is losing this war. And the more they lose, the more shrill they become.
It is winter. Sarah has worked beyond anything we had a right to expect from her. She gave us and our Tea Party the impetus to fight and fight even when it seemed the odds were so far against us that we had nary a prayer of success.
She walked the walk. She showed up for us. She didn’t stay in the bunker and watch through a slit in the armor. She didn’t just join the battle, she led it. And no matter what anyone says or what words they say to detract from it, SHE WON hands down and WE won, hands down.
Had it not been for corruption beyond our capacity to overcome, (at the time,) the sweep would have been complete. The left knows this. They fear her and every time they attack, she beats them by speaking once then remaining silent while they chew themselves up.
We are smarter now. We watched what they did and we know how they operate. And Sarah Palin has become their paradox...one they do not understand and cannot defeat. She is the proverbial immovable object AND the irrisistable force.
And she will choose her own time and place. No one else will choose for her. Her instincts have carried her this far and dang if she doesn’t deserve a rest.
When she chooses, we will be there. When she chooses, she will win. WE will win.
If I was Sarah, I would be watching and listening to everything and everybody, and choosing those I trust MOST for when the fight is joined. I would have my generals ready to move as fast out of the gate as possible.
I trust her. There is no other politician on earth I can say that about without lying through my teeth.
WHEN she chooses, IF she chooses, she will win.
Absolutely no reason to give those low-rating's disasters any boost in their ratings at all.
She is piad by Fox News, (which will stop) when or if she runs.
I she runs, I’m taking her at her word, that she’ll be “in it to win it”. I do not foresee her in the role as the sacrificial lamb. She will be prepared for the run, if that’s what she has in mind, and the media and her haters be damned.
The national electorate will have to decide:
obamacare or NOT?
The Kenyan Marxist or an all-American Patriot?
Our Republic or NOT?
Polarizing? You betcha!
MestaMachine, you are absolutely correct. Boxing analogies do not apply; nor do analogies from any other sport.
If people want some comparable analogies, they need to study Operation Overlord, Operation Fortitude, Operation Dragoon, etc., etc.
The fight ahead is more akin to the retaking of Fortress Europe, than it is comparable to any or all sporting endeavors. This is not a game, and many millions of lives are at stake, as well as the future of Western Civilization.
I'm listening to the Michele Bachmann Speech at Iowans for Tax Relief Event - 1/21/2011 and her speech is extremely pertinent to this topic and this discussion. I highly recommend that everyone debating here watch this; please watch this.
I had not seen that! Just wow!
There are others, but I happened to save that one. You see, the lamestream, doesn’t pay much attention to Rasmussen because he either polls *likely voters* but always *registered voters* whereas the others, like cnn and wsj/nbc and the other networks and PPL, poll *adults* and usually on weekends.
You have it exactly right, just like Rush. You’re in the best company!
10 Qualifications Sarah Palin Has Over Five Recent Presidents (Part One)
10 Qualifications Sarah Palin Has Over Five Recent Presidents (Part Two)
A History of Palin Accomplishments: Part 1, Wasilla City Council 1992 – 1996
A History of Palin Accomplishments: Part 2, Wasilla Mayor 1996 – 2002
A History of Palin, Part 3: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2003 – 2004
The Integrity Gap, Part I of III: Gov. Sarah Palin
I absolutely believe this. We are at the end of an age here. We MUST be ready to go forward as a lamp unto the world.
All this time, I have refrained from attaching spiritual or religious connotations to Sarah Palin. I thought maybe some of the rhetoric and comparisons were a tad much. As time has passed, that thinking has changed. So, for the first time I see a comparison that suits her beyond anything I have seen anywhere.
She is not a saviour. She is a leader. I believe G-d has chosen and tested her with fire and flame and she stands ready.
If I was to compare her to a biblical figure, based on everything I have seen, I would choose Moses.
I have been hoping Brices Crossroads and Al B. would come to your thread to read your initial post, so I will ping again. I might have forgotten to ping one or both. I’ve been so busy and my memory is clogged. I lost one day this week already. I’m shocked this is Friday night.
Moses, not Esther or Deborah. Coming from you, that’s very meaningful to me.
Yep, and it usually works, until someone like Ronald Reagan comes along. Or Sarah Palin...
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-just-witnessed-medias-test-run-to-re.html
“The ruthless efficiency with which the left-wing blogosphere tied Palin to the shooting, and the success of their efforts in equating Palin with mass murder, is a lesson we should not forget.”
“The ruthless efficiency with which the left-wing blogosphere tied Palin to the shooting, and the success of their efforts in equating Palin with mass murder, is a lesson we should not forget.”
“The ruthless efficiency with which the left-wing blogosphere tied Palin to the shooting, and the success of their efforts in equating Palin with mass murder, is a lesson we should not forget.”
That’s a wonderful photo.
Those "hard disapproval numbers" will disappear like dust in the wind when the People are forced to choose between either Palin and Obama.
And that's the choice I want: clear and stark. Not like the muddy, "lesser of two evils" choice we'd be faced with in the case of some RINO like Romney winning the nomination.
It's someone ambiguous like Romney, some of whose policies are indistinguishable from Obama's, who would surely de-energize the TEA Party base, and hand Obama an easy reelection...
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