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.
Thank you!
because she believes in a free society and a just government.
ping?
AND there is not a corrupt bone in her body.
Absolutely not! As stated, I am a Palin supporter. When I look at the rest of the republican field, she stands so far out in front of the rest of them, that it is a wonder they even remain hopefuls.
That said...there is a huge amount of PR work to be done on Ms. Palin's behalf if she expects to win in 2012...and I think its very much up to the conservative ladies in this nation to start making noise. Lots and lots and lots of noise.
We men haven't done such a hot job to date, have we??
Gotcha! And we will. We are ready to rumble. Believe it.
“The other thing that Palinistas ...”
Why the derogatory tone towards Palin supporters?
You got a thing for Romney?
Are you just another rino?
What is your problem?
Well done Mesta! Great article!
Hey...I'm a believer!!
But if I may...the time to crank it up is now. In my most humble opinion, and based on nothing more than what I think she needs to concentrate on...here's what I'd recommend...remember, this in only my opinion.
1. keep working with the speech coach; they are doing wonders.
2. Begin to rise above the "personal attacks"; they are not going to stop. And as she gets closer to announcing her candidacy and for all the time afterwards, they'll increase in number and severity. It's time to step up or elevate above the fray.
3. Sharpen her debating skills...really really sharpen them.
4. Start traveling to foreign countries (in particular, those not terribly friendly to the US). She needs exposure at that level - I'm thinking of visits to China, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Japan, Afghanistan, Iraq and the like. Let's see if her "star power" holds. Imagine earning praise from the likes of China's premier, Putin, King Abdullah, and others!!!
5. Accept invites to...or demand time on...the left's MSM. Might as well get into the ring with them. I've no doubt at all that she can hold her own against the worst of them.
6. Begin to formulate and stand on well thought out and reasoned domestic and foreign policy statements. She has all she needs in her own moral code. It's time to put them into policy statements and "attack" (yes, ATTACK) the current faux administration. They must be put on the defensive and kept there.
7. Begin to concentrate on winning over the "undecided" voters. And that will take the hiring of the meanest, most hard bitten conservative campaign manager she can find. She's got to turn her public image around, and that means changing the minds of the undecideds.
8. Begin to limit her time on FOX; she no longer needs it; and in fact, it may cause more harm than good over time. Besides, she changes no minds when using that particular "vehicle", and she must begin to change minds....lots of them.
Again, these are just my most humble opinions and thoughts regarding her. I really want her to succeed. With your gal's help, I'm pretty sure she will.
Huckabe?? That corrupt blob of dough? Are you insane? Would you like a straitjacket?
Geez :)).
Well the Nostradamus...who do YOU like in 2012? I don’t know is not an acceptable answer.
Sounds good to me.
What I am doing is pointing out that you are using intentionally inflammatory language against Palin supporters.
And you are doing it again.
You are outing yourself.
I think you are absolutely correct.
Why do you think o will win again? Right now, I can’t even imagine it.
I don’t see Sarah doing the “reach across the aisle” crap. It would be more like...Here’s the CONSTITUTIONAL way of doing it. If you want to come along, that’s fine.
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