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.
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 agree, and I share your passion. I think more and more people will have an epiphany with respect to supporting her, as I have experienced. For me, it came in t he aftermath of this shooting. The Left's (and the Establishment's) deepest fears have been exposed for all the country to see, especially independents. They have not been so terrified of a conservative political figure in my lifetime, and that includes Reagan, since I was born in 1965. When you comprehend it, it tells you everything you need to know.
Sarah is Reaganesque. She's the Reagan for the 21st century. I believe she will eclipse Reagan, if given the opportunity.
In November 2012, the Newsweek headline will be "We Are All Palinistas Now!"
Well said.
Well said. #101 mega-bump.
Proof is in th measure of time....and time alone will tell.