Posted on 07/22/2010 8:35:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On the very day America learned so-called journalists conspired to destroy Sarah Palin from the moment John McCain chose her as his running mate, Politico's Roger Simon declared she's at the top of the Republican Party.
Assuming he's correct, what does that tell us about all those in the mainstream media that have been looking down their noses for almost two years as they worked overtime to smear this woman?
Before we attempt to answer that question, let's see what Simon had to say:
More than 13 months ago, I wrote a column that began: "Sarah Palin can be the Republican nominee in 2012. [...]
Now, more than a year later, I have not changed my mind about Palin's political potential. This is not based on the polls - especially a recent one showing her in a 46 percent to 46 percent tie with Obama in a hypothetical 2012 face-off. I don't believe such polls tell us anything meaningful.
I am basing my belief now, as back then, on Palin's ability to connect with the base of her party. Name a bigger name in the Republican Party today. Heck, name any name in the Republican Party today.
And the most energized wing of her party - Republican tea partiers - has good reason to like her.
After discussing Palin's fabulous performance at February's Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Simon hit on some key points:
Whatever Palin has been doing since then seems to be working. And I have noticed a certain change in how the media are viewing her. In a recent column giving advice to journalists, Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic wrote: "Be humble about conclusions. ... Sarah Palin may not be ready to be president today, but that doesn't mean she won't be ready to be president tomorrow."
In even better news for Palin, her political opponents continue to dismiss her. Mark Halperin wrote in Time magazine recently: "An adviser to Mitt Romney ... says of Palin, ‘She's not a serious human being.'"
Simon concluded:
Besides, does the most serious human being always win? Did Al Gore? Did John Kerry?
Sarah Palin has something more than intellect. She has the ability to understand, connect with and energize her party.
More than that, she has the ability to connect with PEOPLE, something Gore and Kerry didn't. Clearly, this is an issue Simon's colleagues in the press continue to ignore which has been a common failing in their ranks for decades.
Media elites have been attacking the intellectual capacity of Republican presidential candidates for years. According to them, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush were all too stupid to be Commander in Chief.
But what these so-called journalists have been missing for so many years is that most Americans don't have college degrees and don't necessarily identify with those that do. According to the Census Bureau, only 27 percent of our citizens has a bachelor's degree; only ten percent has a masters or doctorate.
Yet, the elites in the media keep wondering why so-called "intellectuals" typically fare poorly at the polls.
Despite such lack of success, press members continue to bash the intelligence quotients of those on the right.
In 2008, it was Palin's turn, and they've been doing it ever since. These folks had a field day recently with the former governor's new word "refudiate"
To be sure, the attacks on her character, along with a number of disturbingly dishonest press tactics, got Barack Obama elected in November 2008. But in the long run this strategy might have backfired - and badly.
After approaching 24 months of incessant Palin bashing by the media, as Simon noted, her popularity continues to rise. At the same time, polls show Obama and the Democrats hitting new favorability lows.
Irrespective of the press's support for a failing administration, Americans seem weary of this hopey changey thing.
Which bring us to the moral of the story: the more the media denigrate a conservative's intelligence, the more popular he or she becomes.
Makes you wonder if all of these folks with their fancy degrees will ever learn.
Really....? I missed that. Did she make Bob & Mark a promise that if she announces, that it will be on their show?
I believe that for every one of us who is actively involved with the Tea Parties, or who spends time posting to political forums like FR, there are many, many more who are quietly disgusted and angry with Washington, and who will lodge their complaints with their votes in November.
The country is seething with resentment over what Washington, and specifically Congress, is doing to the country. Their approval rating is just 11%, per Gallup. I'll bet it's not even that high.
Lord help them if they stupidly strike a match to the dry prairie grass of the American citizens' anger.
My take on Sarah is that she, like American patriots before her, simply operates with her core principles. She just instinctively makes the most pro-American and ethical choice in everything she does.
Her mind and judgment have never been clouded by the mental illness of liberalism or anti-Americanism, so conducting herself in public life is simple for her. Simply do what the Founders would have done, when faced with a decision.
Remember what Reagan said when asked about our cold war with the Soviet Union. He said, "It's simple. We win - they lose." Sarah Palin thinks exactly the same way.
Principled conservatives and patriots will always confound and confuse leftists and liberals, because they operate with the truth.
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