Sarah Palin Has Just 65 Days To Prove Herself

Times of London ^ | 09/01/08 | William Rees-Mogg

[BunnySlippers]

There are some strong points in her record. She has an 80 per cent approval rating as Governor. I doubt whether there are at present any other governors in the United States whose ratings are even close to hers. Alaska is an oil state, with reserves almost as important as those of Canada. Governor Palin believes that Alaskan oil should be developed. That is already one of the central issues of energy policy, and she has developed her own position. That is not the action of a lightweight.

I'm afraid that a lot of sophisticated people will sneer at Governor Palin. She will get some of the backlash that women politicians have to expect. The men who talked down Hillary Clinton will talk down Sarah Palin as well. That goes with gender politics. On the other hand, some women, including some of the 18 million who voted for Hillary, will vote for Sarah, simply because she is a woman who might become the first woman president.

European visitors to the United States are mostly exposed to the East Coast culture; many Americans live wholly inside that culture. It is a culture of modernism, in no way to be despised, but it is not the only culture in America.

The view of the world from Harvard Yard is very different from the view from those states that Europeans seldom visit, and do not really understand. These are the states that have retained much of the religion, the practicality and the moral values of the frontier. In those states there is a conservative majority, based on the Bible, the Family and the Flag.

Senator McCain has found a running-mate who is not a neocon, which is a subtype of Washington intellectual, but a genuine conservative.

[VOA]

I'm afraid that a lot of sophisticated people will sneer at Governor Palin.

LOL!
MANY of the "sophisticated people" that I grew up with in a
relatively rich crowd might say that in public.

And when they stand in the privacy of the voting booth this fall,
I suspect a majority of them will cast a vote for McWhatsHisName
and Sarah Palin.

Because they know she's THE REAL DEAL...and as Cromwell said
to his portrait art...she doesn't mind being seen
"Warts and all".

Gov. Palin...YOU GO GIRL!!!