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Rod Dreher: Palin's a fighter - and worth fighting for
Dallas Morning News ^ | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | Rod Dreher

Posted on 09/07/2008 1:51:49 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Does the Angry Left really want to launch a culture war over Sarah Palin? Fine. Lock and load.

That's the feeling of many conservatives who until last week were lukewarm at best about the prospect of a John McCain presidency. The unhinged malice of the cultural left's assault on the Alaska governor's personal life has focused their minds and stirred their hearts. Ms. Palin's astonishingly poised and confident performance in her convention speech proves that this Iron Lady is not about to quail before the judgment of her would-be betters.

Neither will conservatives. If they were indifferent or hostile to the Republican ticket, the cultural elite's savage treatment of Ms. Palin reminded them of what's really in play this year. It's the same snarling spite for small-town folks, religious believers and anybody else who ended up on the wrong side of the 1960s.

Why does the Angry Left hate Sarah Palin? Because of the potentially transformative power of her example.

She stands for the belief that there is no contradiction between being a feminist and being pro-life. She chose to welcome her Down syndrome son into the world, unlike 90 percent of American women today, whose Down babies' lives end in abortion. When teen daughter Bristol became pregnant out of wedlock, Sarah Palin didn't hustle the girl off to the abortionist or hide her from public view.

In fact, whatever the private heartbreak of this Christian mom, Palin shockingly failed to fulfill the left's stereotype of how religious conservatives are supposed to respond to such crises. She defiantly and proudly showcased Bristol and her boyfriend, as if to say: We are family. Don't you dare mess with us.

The cultural left knows that unlike many Republican politicians who pay lip service to the pro-life cause, Sarah Palin's the real deal.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008election; 2008veep; conservatism; dallasnews; derangedleft; dreher; mccainpalin; msmdrivebys; palin; palinping; palinpraise; republicanparty; roddreher; sarahpalin
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To: Penny

HMMM. I thought McCain was receiving my brainwaves...


21 posted on 09/07/2008 3:50:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: LibertyRocks

Rice probably held back on Georgia because she realized the U.S. helped all but dare Russia to do that by helping to create Kosovo.


22 posted on 09/07/2008 3:53:01 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: chouli
"Say what you might, but can Ms. Palin hold up against Condi Rice?"

Rice is a brilliant woman with an amazing resume and is no doubt extraordinarily gifted. She is not a conservative. She is a moderate on foreign policy and quite liberal when it comes to social issues. She would have brought nothing to the McCain ticket if she even wanted to be VP which she clearly does not. Sounds like she is very much ready to get out of DC and she deserve to do just that with a standing ovation of applause for her service. Not that I agree with some of the things she has done but I blame Bush for that.

Sarah Palin has been an executive. She has lived the small town life the a vast majority of Americans live. Her resume, while quite different than Condi's, is impressive as well. She is a conservative without feeling the need to throw "compassionate" in front of it. Her record validates her words. I think McCain could not have chosen a better person to be his wing man.
23 posted on 09/07/2008 4:11:24 AM PDT by j_k_l
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To: chouli
Say what you might, but can Ms. Palin hold up against Condi Rice?

Condi is a joke. She is just another unqualified, incompetent affirmative action appointee.
If she was a white male would she have been given the job?

Name just one solid accomplishment as Sec State.

I mean an accomplishment for our side.

Forcing an Israli/Hezbollah truce with terms that allows Hezbollah to rearm and then take over the Lebanese government while UN observers either look the other way or actively help doesn't count.

24 posted on 09/07/2008 4:19:51 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The landscape is littered with the bodies of those who have crossed Sarah)
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To: nickcarraway

Feminazis espouse killing babies, hating men, and hating God. That’s not Sarah...


25 posted on 09/07/2008 4:21:50 AM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
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To: Penny

Penny, that is a very interesting thought about Cindy McCain’s influence on John McCain’s SP pick...makes a lot of sense to me too!


26 posted on 09/07/2008 4:24:42 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: nickcarraway
This is one of the main things I aways ding’d Mitt Romney for, him not being a fighter.

The GOP has too many candidates that are Lawyers, and can do ‘business’. I want political warriors. That know that American, liberty, freedom have domestic enemies that need to be politically defeated and destroyed.

27 posted on 09/07/2008 4:32:47 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: Iron Munro
I agree. She's been a female Warren Christopher.
28 posted on 09/07/2008 4:33:54 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: chouli
Condi couldn't, or wouldn't, (it doesn't matter) get her own State Department fagoos to man 'staff' the Baghdad station.

Pathetic.

29 posted on 09/07/2008 4:36:44 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: nickcarraway
Did you see the comment about Biden and his son after the article? I was not aware of this and is worth more exposure.

SENATOR BIDEN'S LEVEL PLAYING FIELD Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware has been a great friend of feminists. He was a major force in getting the "Violence Against Women Act" passed. He supports feminist causes and hobnobs with feminist leaders. He even had hair plugs, so that he could be more of a friend to women.

Biden supports affirmative action and other social engineering to"level the playing field" for women and make everything nice and fair. So Joe Biden is a real fair-minded guy, right?

If you want to find out just how fair he is, ask the thousands of people who just tried to compete for a job opening against Joseph R. "Beau"Biden III, the senator's son.

About 4,000 people applied for entry-level positions last year at the Justice Department. These positions are prestige jobs for young lawyers -- hotly sought out as a ticket to power and inside contacts. Out of those 4,000 applicants, only 163 were hired. And one of them was the senator's son.

Pop and Junior both say that the younger Biden was qualified for theposition. (Such whiny white males -- since when did being qualified for a job mean that you should get it?) But if the younger Biden s "qualified," it's worth noting that when got his law degree in 1994 from Syracuse University, he had a grade point average of 2.69 -- not even good enough to put him in the top 25 percent of his class.

So if he can't make the top 25 percent of one graduating class, how did he suddenly shoot to the top 4 percent of 4,000 job applicants from across the nation?

Surely it was just a coincidence? What kind of strings could Biden possibly have pulled? Well, let's see. Senator Biden is on the Senate Judiciary Committee. In fact, he used to be its chairman. And the Judiciary Committee oversees the Justice Department, where the senator's sonjust got that prestigious job.

And one of the projects the younger Biden will be working on is the Violence Against Women Act -- one of Senator Biden's sacred cows. But this sort of thing is not a habit with Senator Biden, is it?'

Well, let's take a look at the Government Printing Office. The chief lobbyist for the GPO, getting a nice $78,000 a year paycheck, is a man named Francis W. "Frank" Biden. He's the senator's younger brother.

We are proud of Senator Biden for showing us how liberal ethics are put into action -- "do as I say, not as I do." Senator Biden had demanded that we "level the playing field." Everyone out there who feels that affirmative action is unfair will just have to shut up about it and take their lumps. Meanwhile, there is some affirmative action in getting people named Biden -- a woefully underrepresented minority -- onto Capitol Hill.

Senator Biden indeed levels the playing field.

Just think of all those other applicants who get leveled when someone named "Biden" came along.

30 posted on 09/07/2008 4:47:14 AM PDT by G3
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To: G3
I for one added a plus to that comment (if I may modestly point out, my comments are nearby). My gosh! What a revelation for me, too!

Regards . . . Penny

31 posted on 09/07/2008 4:57:49 AM PDT by Penny
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To: iopscusa
Penny, that is a very interesting thought about Cindy McCain’s influence on John McCain’s SP pick...makes a lot of sense to me too!

Why, thank you! You know we women are nearly always the brains of the family (Guys: that's a bit of impulsive humor, not reality).

Regards . . . Penny

32 posted on 09/07/2008 5:00:37 AM PDT by Penny
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To: Penny

Fascinating possibility, and you may be absolutely right.
Thanks for your post!

Semper Fi,


33 posted on 09/07/2008 5:00:48 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
Thank you, SIR!, and thank you most of all for your service!

Regards . . . Penny

34 posted on 09/07/2008 5:04:47 AM PDT by Penny
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To: Penny; iopscusa; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar

I read, I think at the WP, that Cindi was intimately involved in the final decision, and I think she was Mac’s last consultation on the matter, just before the offer was made to Sarah.

I also rejoice that the two women get along so well. It is crucial that there is trust and harmony between them, or the ticket, and [I believe] coming administration, would be crippled.

The Obama/Biden ticket makes for stark contrast. While the courageous Palen pick makes great organic sense even as it is politically brilliant, the Biden pick was pure political expediency at work (a truly foundational theme for synthetic man Obama), making no organic sense at all. Consequently the Dem ticket is inverted and in great disharmony (to the point where Biden apparently drinks on the stump to cope).


35 posted on 09/07/2008 5:37:01 AM PDT by Paul_B
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To: Paul_B
Thank you. I was thinking more in terms of the initial influence the senator's wife may have had; I haven't any doubt that she was in the huddle on the final thumbs-up. One day, perhaps, we'll know the whole truth.

Right now, the main thing is that Gov. Sarah Palin is a soon-to-be Vice President Palin and later-to-be President Palin. HOORAY!!!

Regards . . . Penny

36 posted on 09/07/2008 5:56:31 AM PDT by Penny
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To: don-o

I was being facetious.... and I do like granola..... but not some of the counter-culture associated with it.


37 posted on 09/07/2008 7:46:39 AM PDT by Enchante (Governor Palin DECIDES more every day than all of Obama's "present" votes put together!!!)
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To: Enchante
but not some of the counter-culture associated with it.

I've heard that some of that dreadful counter culture likes ice cream. In fact, I saw Barak and Barak eating a cone the other day

38 posted on 09/07/2008 8:23:28 AM PDT by don-o (Avoid the rush. Donate to FR today. Do the RIGHT thing.)
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To: chouli

I cam imagine they would have a nice conversation then decide what’s in the best interest for America.


39 posted on 09/07/2008 10:35:56 AM PDT by tillacum (We're on the way to victory...As long as we all vote Republican)
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To: Penny

I think I read that Cindy McCain gave her approval before Sarah was announced to the public. Cindy knew before Sarah who Sen McCain’s choice for VP was.


40 posted on 09/07/2008 10:39:20 AM PDT by tillacum (We're on the way to victory...As long as we all vote Republican)
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