Sarah Works

American Thinker ^ | August 31, 2008 | Bruce Walker

[Kaslin]

The selection of Sarah Palin works, on many levels and in many ways.  McCain knew what he was doing when he picked her. Consider all the ways in which Palin helps the Republican ticket.

Women voters know not only that the election of McCain likely will lead to the nomination of Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee in 2012 or 2016, but the election of McCain-Palin may well mean that the nominee of both major political parties in 2012 will be a woman:  Palin, if McCain decides not to seek another term, and Hillary, who would be the presumptive favorite for the Democratic nomination in 2012 if Obama loses in 2008. 

In other words, women voters who vote in this election know that they can probably ensure that the next president is a woman, if McCain is elected.  That knowledge will pull wavering women away from Obama-Biden and to McCain-Palin. 

Sarah may do more than any person in modern history to close the gender gap, not only for Republicans but for conservatives.  Unlike Hillary, who rode into Washington on the back of her husband, Sarah Palin created her own career.  Unlike Hillary, who dwells within a small family focused on politics, Sarah has a big family and focuses on life.  As a conservative, Sarah Palin sees life as more than politics, election campaigns and litigation.  Her husband has a real job in the real economy.  Sarah is athletic, animated, alive.  Her family seems very real to us. She seems very real to us.

Sarah Palin is pro-life, which solidifies McCain's base with conservative voters, but she is pro-life with a vital twist:  She has walked the walk.  Women who favor the right to abortion love to point out that the male political leaders who want to limit abortion do not know what it is like to give birth, to care for an infant, or to endure the heartache of a child born with serious illnesses.  Sarah knows all those things at a very personal level.  When Sarah gave birth to Trig, her son with Down Syndrome, she walked the walk in a way that few people ever have had to do on the abortion question.  He will grow up in a warm, loving family and his mother can tell the world, with perfect sincerity, that all human life has great worth.  

She walks the walk on Iraq as well.  Track joined the Army.  He is going to Iraq.  Sarah and Todd are laying their most precious possession, the life of their child, in harm's way for the sake of freedom.  Sarah Palin, like John McCain, can tell the American people that they know precisely what sort of sacrifices we all must be willing to make if America is to be safe and free.  The contrast between McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden on the personal sacrifices made for America is profound.

The criticism of her inexperience is already brewing, but Sarah can say that she has more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined.  Moreover, she has been a gutsy chief executive of Alaska, which means that she has shown an ability to resist the blandishments of lobbyists which neither Obama nor Biden have demonstrated.  McCain and Palin really do represent a resistance to pork exceptional in a presidential ticket. 

As gas prices becomes an increasingly pressing personal issue for huge numbers of Americans, and as more and more Americans support drilling for oil as a logical way to bring down gas prices, Palin brings a strong and persuasive perspective on ANWR drilling.  She loves the outdoors.  Alaska is her home state, the place where her family lives.  When Sarah says, as she doubtless will, that no outsider can care more about preserving the beauty of Alaska than she does, it will be hard to contradict that.  So when she then says that drilling in ANWR will not damage the loveliness of that Alaskan natural wonder which she loves, then Sarah will be believed by millions of otherwise ambivalent voters.   Sarah, moreover, will be able to make a very cogent intellectual argument for drilling.  She knows more about this issue than Obama, Biden or even McCain.  And it is an issue that becomes more important to Americans by the day.

Sarah Palin on the ticket also creates some serious problems for Democrats in planning their campaign about the Republican ticket.  How, for example, will a reflexively arrogant man like Joe Biden act toward Sarah Palin in the Vice Presidential Debate?  This is the same man who talked about Obama as well spoken, for a black man.  How careful will Biden be when he debates Palin?  The debate will be a virtual minefield for someone as callous as Senator Biden.  One slip, one impolitic remark, could shift millions of votes.

Governor Palin also lives in a frontier state, a land about as far away from Washington as you can be and still hold political office in our republic.  This is a theme that can resonate with voters.  Delaware is right next to Washington:  Biden commutes home after work.  Chicago, the Daley Machine, does not seem to be much of an improvement.  But Palin, and for that matter, McCain, come from another part of America completely.  Alaska and Arizona are very distant from the capital whose machinations must be curbed.  The image of two people from America's frontier cleaning up our nation's capital is potent.

The biggest catch, though, is Palin herself.  She seems utterly genuine.  Her life story sounds familiar and comforting.  Her words come from her heart.  Her ideas come from a mind trapped in Beltway Newspeak.   We want change?  She is change.  More than just change, though, Sarah Palin represents change for the better.  She personifies all the goodness in America which we seem to have lost.  Her election will be a shot across the bow of every entrenched politician in the federal government.   As a nominee, Sarah works.

[bray]

Maverick made a great choice and showed he has what it takes to be President. As for the Dems concern she’s not qualified, maybe they’ll get lucky and he will live another 8 years??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[EagleUSA]

This lady is good for America...something that CANNOT be said for the Marxist Maggots and others.

That is one of the things that makes her so unique, relative to Washington. Not only a breathe of “fresh air” but of real HOPE for true positive reform and a return to a Constitutional American government that cares about its job FOR THE PEOPLE. She is a catalyst for CHANGE....

Amazing how I can use those two words, HOPE and CHANGE, and relative to her they have POSITIVE MEANING....relative to The Obamination, THEY HAVE NO MEANING other than more socialism and oppression.

[MississippiMasterpiece]

I don’t share the enthusiasm for Palin that many on Free Republic do. I think her choice was a weak attempt to pander to female voters with no regard as to her qualifications to assume the presidency should McCain be unable to complete his term. Frankly, I doubt whether the majority of Americans are ready to have such an inexperienced woman one heartbeat away from the presidency, especially when there are other, better choices within the Republican Party.

To me, Palin’s choice practically guarantees an Obama/Biden victory in November. The Democrats will carry (moving roughly from west to east) Hawaii, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, the District of Columbia and Florida. It’s also possible North Carolina and Louisiana will go to the democrats. On election night, if Virginia, North Carolina and Florida go early for the Democrats, you can go to bed knowing the landslide has begun.

[Kaslin]

Sarah Palin is an excellent choice and he will make a fine Vice President and in 2013, or 2017 a fine President

[Kaslin]

You are wrong. Sarah Palin is exactly what John McCain needed. We now have hope again

[Tarpon]

I have been a Gov Palin booster since way back in Feburary — But I never thought there was a snowballs chance McCain would pick her.

McCain must really want to win.

[Kaslin]

And he will win

[bray]

He may have chosen her to get some of the women’s vote and expecially to tear away some Harpy voters so what? I have wanted Palin for 2 mos since she is the perfect pick for the energy issue. She is being massively Misunderestimated and that is normal.

You don’t need 20 yrs in the District of Corruption to lead this Country. She is a reformer with no Corruption which is a breath of fresh air. Her Conservative credentials are by far the best candidate out there. The landslide you speak of will be on our side when this is done.

Pray for W, Palin and Our Troops

[avacado]

WHY AMERICAN LIBERAL WOMEN HATE SARAH PALIN:

Sarah Palin is the fear that every indoctrinated liberal woman has in the dark recesses of her mind. Sarah Palin confirms to every indoctrinated liberal woman that she has been terribly and tragically wrong.

The liberal woman and the women's movement has been wrong that to get ahead, one must limit the number of children that you have through abortion. Liberal women have been taught that abortion is empowerment for the woman. Sarah Palin has shattered that sick ideology and it frightens them.

The liberal woman and the women's movement has stressed that empowerment is selecting a weak male, a mextrosexual male who will back down at the slightest harsh tone. Sarah Palin has a husband that is big, rugged, and 100% American male. This frightens the liberal women's movement.

Sarah Palin comes from a meager background and never once asked for help. She rose all the way to governor of the largest state in the USA and she did it with little to no money. No special interests, no women's groups, no help other than her own hard work and determination. This frightens the liberal women's movement.

Sarah Palin is where she is today because she didn't listen to the women's movement. This frightens the liberal women's movement. Sarah Palin made it to where she is today because she was guided by Conservative principles and she is now the closest woman to not only become Vice President, but President of the USA. And she did it all on Conservative convictions. AND THIS IS WHY THE LIBERALS ARE HORRIBLY FRIGHTENED OF SARAH PALIN! Sarah didn't need the liberal movement -- and they know it!

[avacado]

I’ll take Palin as President over Obama or Biden.

[burster]

You seem to be a troll with the desire to sabotage every Sarah Palin post. You only need to post your drivel once, not in every thread. At least try to say something different rather than taking the lazy way and cutting and pasting.

[Mr. Jeeves]

To me, Palin’s choice practically guarantees an Obama/Biden victory in November.

I share your concerns. Nothing wrong with Palin, but it's all about electoral math and her selection doesn't really change it. She may do nothing more than attract a larger share of the popular vote in states like New York and California, where McCain is going to lose anyway.

[Graybeard58]

You have cut and pasted the same reply on 7 threads today. We get it, you don’t like Palin. Try posting something new though.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

She personifies all the goodness in America which we seem to have lost. Her election will be a shot across the bow of every entrenched politician in the federal government. As a nominee, Sarah works.

A rendezvous with destiny.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I believe that Sarah Palin is the first woman that male, “I’ll never vote for a woman” voters WILL vote for. And not because she’s beautiful; because she’s tough. She stood against Murkowski. She’s not squeamish. She’s thrifty. She has integrity.

The majority of our friends are Marine and Navy Officers around and above their 20 year marks. They absolutely *love* Sarah Palin - because she genuinely respects, loves and WILL care for our military and their families. Because she wants to lessen our reliance on foreign oil. This is important to our military!

My dh grew up in Wilmington, and there is no way on earth he will vote for a ticket with Biden. No way.

[kauaiboy]

coulndt disagree with you more

read the thread and article “Sarah Works” and you will get a better perspective

otherwise you just sound like a CNN commentator or DNC troll

go back to DU or Daily Kooks if so

[Tallguy]

Obama’s pick of Biden — a senator from a small electoral state — opened the door for the Palin pick. I think if Obama had picked a running mate from a larger state McCain would have been forced to follow suit.

I also think that the Biden pick was aimed at Pennsylvania, not Delaware. Biden is well-known in the Philadelphia area as this is the Media market that serves Wilmington, DE. Obama’s grip on the suburban Philly vote is not as strong as was Gore’s or Kerry’s. Picking Biden was designed to shore that up.

But here’s the thing — Pennsylvania is a state that doesn’t really figure in the McCain calculus. If McCain were to win PA then Obama has almost no shot. That said, it’s going to be close enough in PA that McCain can pin Obama here for much of the campaign — forcing him to waste resources.

That’s the way I see it.

[tioga]

I have been unenthuised about McCain.....Sarah Palin has energized me....I have donated, got my yard sign and bumper sticker on the way ...and I am studying for my talking points when I get out there for her! You may not be thrilled but don’t rain on our parade....she is the best news since hunter and thompson were still in this......

[tioga]

I have been enthused about McCain.....Sarah Palin has energized me....I have donated, got my yard sign and bumper sticker on the way ...and I am studying for my talking points when I get out there for her! You may not be thrilled but don’t rain on our parade....she is the best news since hunter and thompson were still in this......