Palin Rules, Libs Drool

American Thinker ^ | September 04, 2008 | Kyle-Anne Shiver

[vietvet67]

A couple of hours before Sarah Palin rocked the house in St. Paul last night, I caught a few minutes of Bill O'Reilly's interview with Sally Quinn, who is front and center among the female media elites chastising Sarah Palin for her supposed inability to manage the demands of the Vice Presidency with the role of nurturer in chief among her own brood.

We women are not known for our capacity to mind our own business.

As soon as I saw Sarah Palin take to the podium, though, Quinn and her minions' disdain for the tough-as-nails-smooth-as-satin Alaskan governor became crystal clear. 

They cannot stand her because she easily makes 4 or 5 of them.  Palin is able to accomplish, with one arm seemingly tied behind her back, more real work with less complaint than nearly all the working liberal women in America.  From liberal women, one hears nothing but complaint and woe-is-me tales of how unbearably hard their lives as women have been.

Sarah Palin doesn't wallow; she doesn't entertain pity for her lot.

She loves being a woman.  She loves being a mother.  She loves her husband.  She loves America.  And she certainly does not shy from hard work on the people's behalf. 

On those down-to-earth, solid-gold issues Sarah Palin made her speech last night to an all-American embrace that will not be soon forgotten.

Palin rules; Libs drool.

When Barack Obama's campaign unleashed their first stab at Palin's candidacy last Friday, by condescendingly mocking her experience as mayor of a town of 9,000, they opened the door to this Palin zinger:

"I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities."

This line was delivered by Sarah Palin with such amazing aplomb that I wondered how many would be brave enough to point out how far this woman has surpassed the hyped-up charisma of Barack Obama.  Not only does she best him on the experience issue, but she easily outflanks him on stage appeal.  Not bad for one night's work.

Palin rules; Libs drool. 

On what is shaping up to be one of the most important issues of this presidential campaign, Governor Palin, artfully reminded Americans that she has presided over the government of one of our Nation's most important energy suppliers -- Alaska.  And she addressed the drilling issue head on with an intro that should have shamed Nancy Pelosi into hiding under a desk somewhere.  Governor Palin reminded Americans that "our opponents say again and again that drilling won't solve all of our energy problems - as if we didn't know that already."

No-nonsense Palin then proceeded to lay it out for the voters plain and simple, reminding us all that we must begin somewhere soon or saddle our children with an even worse energy situation:

"...the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines...build more nuclear plants...create jobs with clean coal...and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources. We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers."

With impeccable timing and grace, Sarah Palin wowed Americans from coast to coast, injecting a sense of humor and small-town authenticity that even caused somewhat reserved Republicans to herald her with hearty applause and raucous cheers of "U.S.A!  U.S.A.!  U.S.A.!"

Palin rules all right, and if Libs aren't drooling, it might be because they haven't even figured out yet what has hit them.

As the mother of a son, who is profoundly deaf, I was brought to grateful tears myself when Governor Palin took a moment to mention our special-needs population.  Acknowledging the difficulties that special-needs kids and their families face in "making America a more welcome place," Mrs. Palin promised that when she becomes Vice President, all of us "special" families will have "a friend and advocate in the White House."  My own heart did swell at that and nearly burst, simply for that moment of recognition, as I have learned from our son that citizens with extra challenges show us all facets of the human spirit that we would otherwise never see.

Democrats may talk a good game when it comes to love; Sarah Palin lives a life of love. 

Big difference.  Talk is cheap; real love ain't.

For 40 minutes, Sarah Palin delivered one perfectly-timed zinger after another, especially at Barack Obama.  The crowd seemed to be wrapped around her little finger every minute.

Pow.  Pow.  Pow.  Without so much as breaking a nail.

My favorite lines of the speech, however, had to do with Senator Obama's two faces, the one he shows you when he's with you vs. the one he shows when he's not.  Capitalizing once again on her humble, small-town upbringing, Mrs. Palin wowed the crowd thusly:

"...in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening."

"We tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco."

We may rest assured of this, my conservative friends.  Wherever Barack Obama was listening to Sarah Palin, he got this message loud and clear.  That joke going around in Alaska about the difference between a hockey mom and a pit-bull being only in the lipstick, certainly rang true last night in Minnesota.  And Barack Obama has now felt her teeth.  He knows the lady bites.

She smiles while she's doing it, wearing a pencil skirt and heels.

And I'm thinking that by the time November rolls around, citified Barack may want to invest in Johnson's Band-Aid stock.

Kyle-Anne Shiver is a frequent contributor to American Thinker.  She is blogging daily at kyleanneshiver.com 

[ari-freedom]

As the mother of a son, who is profoundly deaf, I was brought to grateful tears myself when Governor Palin took a moment to mention our special-needs population.

especially meaningful because she is part of that population herself...you know it’s not pandering.

[Tarpon]

She loves being a woman. She loves being a mother. She loves her husband. She loves America. And she certainly does not shy from hard work on the people's behalf.

I would add, she is a natural leader.

Who to vote for, the racists anti-American black guy and the doofus, or all American war hero, and his all American Conservative woman running mate. Tough choices, unless you know what country you live in.

[GoldenPup]

Rght on!! Barack is probably out buying lipstick right now.

[Invictus]

Sarah Palin...4 years from now the next President of the USA. Hillary 2012 dead in the water.

[syriacus]

Sally Quinn, who is front and center among the female media elites chastising Sarah Palin for her supposed inability to manage the demands of the Vice Presidency with the role of nurturer in chief among her own brood.

Quinn has changed her tune.

According to a letter, (Feminism dead?) Sally Quinn wrote this at one time

"For most women, equality and justice are at the head of any agenda.

What most [women] don't want is to be told how to live their personal lives."

[Grampa Dave]

AT&T/Yahoo new poll this morning:

How would you rate Sarah Palin’s speech?
Results
Q. The Republican vice presidential nominee combined jokes about being a hockey mom with searing criticism of Obama in her speech last night.

How would you rate Sarah Palin’s speech?

I thought her speech was excellent. 67%
I thought her speech was good, not great. 6%
I thought her speech was just so-so. 5%
I was not at all impressed with her speech. 18%
I didn’t watch / No opinion. 5%

1773 votes

[Russ]

A question O’Reilly should have asked Sally Quinn: “Nancy Pelosi has been in Congress for 21 years. Have you ever suggested that she should have stayed home and raised her five children?”

[syriacus]

Barack is probably out buying lipstick right now.

LOL

He might have to do that when he is finished rifling through his dresser, looking unsuccessfully for that tube he bought a few years back.

[Grampa Dave]

Missing from this great photo, a son from each family on active duty protecting our country and our families.

[sarasota]

Is Sally Quinn by chance a good “friend” of Peggy Noonan?

[ari-freedom]

he's not really a black guy. Cindy cares more about africans than he does (how's your brother doing Obama???)



Rwanda: Then and Now

April, 1994

I was in Rwanda and Goma, Zaire during the genocide and the humanitarian crisis that followed. I can still vividly remember the smell of death, the terror literally in everyone's eyes and the death from disease that came with the millions that escaped. The doctors and nurses that came with me are still heroes of mine. They risked their own safety and health to provide some critically needed medical aid primarily to the hundreds of thousand of orphans that resulted from this tragedy. The day I arrived, I had to step over the body of an infant to get inside the shelter where we were staying.

July, 2008

My memories of those tragic weeks still haunt me, but today, I saw what true human spirit is about. I visited the Genocide Memorial to all those tragically brutalized and killed because of their ethnicity. I paid my respects, fought back my tears at the photos and stories of the infants and children depicted on the walls, placed a rose on the mass grave, said a prayer and sat to think a bit. What occurred later was what will affect my vision of the world from this day forward.

A young woman began to slowly and carefully tell her story of surviving multiple gang rapes, running at night, no food or water and witnessing the death of her entire family one by one before her eyes. The illness, hopelessness and despair that followed when she was faced with no family or home were almost unbearable. She was 15 years old when all this happened in 1994.

Today, I watched as she looked up and with eyes as clear and thoughtful as any woman can have, and proceeded to tell us why she forgave her perpetrators. And then, for the good of all Rwanda, sat side by side with a man who had committed identical crimes pledging to share this story for all so that such cruelty never be repeated again.

Her strength and the strength of all Rwandan women is what will make this country great. I felt so small, somewhat embarrassed and extremely humbled to be in her presence. After my tears, I tried to tell her of my admiration for her courage. The words wouldn't come. She told me with her eyes and her touch as I had told her.

I will carry her with me forever.

[dblshot]

Palin-Jindal 2012?

Who’s the party of change?

[sarasota]

I felt the same way as the mother of a special needs 25 year old. We were watching Sarah together and both had tears in our eyes.

[cowboyway]

Not only does she best him on the experience issue, but she easily outflanks him on stage appeal.

And without the arrogance or that tilting of the chin.

Sarah Palin has that quiet confidence that Americans respect.

[Verginius Rufus]

Her line “They’re always proud of America” was great—obviously alluding to Michelle Obama’s comment last spring.

[sarasota]

She’s a Beltway Woman. They have to stick together for fear of being out of the cocktail circuit.

[Corin Stormhands]

especially meaningful because she is part of that population herself...you know it’s not pandering.

Glenn Beck is talking about that now.

[sarasota]

Many folks believe a special needs child is a “punishment”. Sarah (and I) believe they are special gifts.

[Corin Stormhands]

I thought McCain had two sons on active duty and one at the Naval Academy. Did I hear that wrong?