Posted on 08/30/2008 1:14:20 AM PDT by Fred
When a hockey mom named Sarah Palin ran for governor as a Republican outsider in 2006, she took on not only a sitting governor from her own party but also Alaska's Republican establishment -- vowing to clean up a political system that had been rocked by an Federal Bureau of Investigation corruption probe.
After handily winning, her popularity in Alaska soared as she went on to sack political appointees with close ties to industry lobbyists and shelved pork projects. Gov. Palin has shown similar fearlessness in going after Big Oil, whose money has long dominated the state. She appears, for example, to have forced Alaska's dominant oil producers, ConocoPhillips and BP PLC, to finally get serious about a natural-gas pipeline -- without making any tax or royalty concessions.
"People see her as the symbol of purity in an atmosphere of corruption," says Anchorage pollster Marc Hellenthal. "She's more like Saint Sarah."
Republican presidential candidate John McCain drew on that image in choosing Gov. Palin as the first woman to run on a Republican Party presidential ticket.
The 44-year-old Gov. Palin is a mother of five. She served as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, (pop. 8,500) and was winner of the Miss Wasilla pageant. She has been featured in a photo spread in Vogue.
Although Alaska only has about 700,000 people, the state has outsized strategic importance because it contains some of the richest mineral resources in the world, including some of the largest known oil reserves in the U.S.
Before her selection as running mate, Gov. Palin served as an informal energy adviser to Sen. McCain, saying she has spoken with the Arizona senator about the need to drill more in places like Alas
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And on top of it all, they slavishly praised HRC and women voters.
Now, Hillary's supporters will see how civil Obama and Biden will be to a woman who is all of those things and more.
Gonna be a lot of dem women watching this and thinking of the WORDS that were said during the convention, and comparing them to the viciousness with which Obama and Biden attack, because Barack isn't the New Thing anymore--Palin is. And she has the substance Obama doesn't.
Obama was a lawyer, a lecturer, a "community organizer" or whatever the heck it is, who spent 20 years in a racist church and hangs out with terrorists. He became a senator who's done nothing in office. (For someone who's about "change" why didn't he use the opportunity he had by being one of the most powerful legislators in the world?)
Palin is a mother of five, with a son on the field of battle, married to a working man. She's worked in energy, fought corruption, and been a governor--a leader, something Obama has not been. She is one of those strong women, one of those mom's with a son in Iraq, one of those parents dealing with a child with medical issues--all those things the Dems looooove...except she's not a victim.
You're gonna trash her now, boys, (after a campaign of "change" that's the same old tax-and-spend/VP who's an insider crap) and show the world what freaking hypocrites you are ? Good luck with that!
That’s awesome.
Well put.
Most they seem to have on her is a "he said, she said" domestic issue her sister had. Good luck, Dems, trying to make hay with that and keep your cred with the gals!
Nice link!! Should be a thread of its own, definitely. Maybe two.
Palin is a mother of five, with a son on the field of battle, married to a working man. She's worked in energy, fought corruption, and been a governor--a leader, something Obama has not been. She is one of those strong women, one of those mom's with a son in Iraq, one of those parents dealing with a child with medical issues--all those things the Dems looooove...except she's not a victim.
What a great synopsis of the two candidates! Palin with genuine life experience; Obama with superficial "activist" social justice training and a very questionable background.
The Dems will try their hardest to smear her, but the fact is she's the anti-Hillary--she made her own name, and she brought up FIVE children AND governed a state.
She's lived the life of an AMERICAN--family, religion, hard work, a varied life experience.
Obama and his wife went to big schools and made big money for writing papers and making speeches.
Please, tell me who the majority of Americans can identify with? Hmmmm....tough one!
My running thoughts upon awakening? Hmmm... I wonder how Hamas and Hezbollah would entertain being criticized by a female VP of the US?
Sarah Palin is my type of girlfriend.
Just last night I decided to semi-test a male reaction to Sarah Palin. Watching a Fox clip, I turned to my husband and said: Doesn't her voice sound just a little shrill?
OH, the bluster in defending Gov Palin which ensued from his lungs! lol. He accused me of attacking myself. He loudly proclaimed Gov Palin was just like me, and why couldn't I just see it! And why couldn't I just see the similarities. My brothers called me "moose".. and he just had to bring up the "hunting moose" and that I used to hunt too. lollololol...
Bottomline: Of course I know all this! I just wanted to see what a wholesome, rock-ribbed American male response, at the personal level, would be. Thrilled? He was bouncing off the walls last night - so happy was he over this nomination! :)
All you have to say is Democrats have been dissing small towns and women who are trying to break into the male club. ( scared of losing small town votes and trust me they are more afraid of the women’s vote. Actually attacking her is worst than a racial slur on Obama. More women than blacks.
Anyone who has ever lived in a small town knows, ultimately, it is women who run that town. Governor Palin is one of us. Hillary never was.
Asidem, I heard Geraldine Ferraro on Fox last night; speaking from Fire Island, NY. Anyone know what's up with that?
Isn't that where all the homosexuals hang out?
Cheers!
Consider yourself highly commended, sir!
And I admit freely here, when Ferraro was running, lo those many years back, about the only thing I liked about her was her hair - she has beautiful wavy hair. It's a shame she's cut it all off, IMHO.
I'm gonna have to dig up a picture of Patsy Schroeder (1987 Presidential wanna be, D-Colorado, Sob-Sister)to see if she's sportin' something similar...
Okay, I looked. Did not find a recent picture.
Only this one from Michele Malkin's blog, dated August 22, 2007.
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