Schlafly: Palin's appeal is 'across the board'

Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly believes GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has brought the most energy and enthusiasm to the Republican Party since Ronald Reagan. And polls among white women are indicating the Alaska governor has revitalized the GOP campaign among that demographic.

Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly says she personally knows delegates who went to the Republican National Convention (RNC) last week not planning to vote for John McCain -- but after hearing Sarah Palin's speech, were "standing up on chairs cheering for the McCain-Palin ticket."

"I think it is energy and excitement that we haven't had in years. It's funny; Sarah Palin's appeal is across the board. It's young, old, men, women. She's just authentic, she's for real, and she's just a total package," Schlafly contends. "[Palin] comes from a state that is, all of a sudden, very important to us. I think energy independence is the number-one issue of this campaign, and she's well aware that we are very eager to get all that goody American oil up there in Alaska."

Schlafly, who praises Palin for her pro-life stance, notes that the Alaska governor has five kids, so "she cares about the future of the country." Homosexual activists have been criticizing Governor Palin of late because she was honored at the RNC by Eagle Forum, and her church is promoting an upcoming "Love Won Out" conference organized by Focus on the Family.

Polls and the 'Palin factor' Meanwhile, poll numbers are confirming that Palin has revitalized John McCain's presidential campaign and greatly improved his once slim chance of winning the White House.

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll indicates there has been a 20-point swing among white women voters from Barack Obama to John McCain since he named Palin as his running mate. Before the Democratic National Convention, Obama held an eight-percentage point lead among white women voters (50-to-42 percent); but after the Republican convention, McCain was ahead by 12 points among white women (53-to-41 percent).

Allison Kasic IWFAllison Kasic, a senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, says the 20-point swing can be attributed to the Palin factor.

"I do think that's probably the critical factor -- just because, if nothing else, when McCain picked Palin as a running mate that really just changed the dynamics of the debate and of the race," she contends. "It energized the conservative base particularly -- and coming out of the conventions, the Republicans really had a lot of momentum. And correspondingly, we've seen a lot of polls shift in their favor," notes Kasic.

Kasic says Palin's message of reform seems to be resonating well with both male and female voters. The political analyst believes economy and energy will be the top issues for female voters in the weeks leading up to the November election.

It's good to see the living legend Phyllis Schlafly still going strong supporting a good conservative like Sarah Palin.

It's good to see the living legend Phyllis Schlafly still going strong supporting a good conservative like Sarah Palin.

I have been wondering about Schlafly, and why I hadn't seen any stories about her on the Palin pick. Well, finally we have one.

2 posted on 09/15/2008 8:14:41 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what hall iron do?" --Chaucer)

Homosexual activists have been criticizing Governor Palin of late because she was honored at the RNC by Eagle Forum, and her church is promoting an upcoming "Love Won Out" conference organized by Focus on the Family.

Well, they can criticize her all they want. Obama is the homosexuals candidate, value voters will gladly vote for Gov Palin, err I mean McCain!

3 posted on 09/15/2008 8:15:18 PM PDT by jan in Colorado (For Barack Hussein Obama TRUTH FILE see my homepage!)

I’m a middle aged man and I love Sarah. Why? She’s a normal small town person like me, lifetime NRA member, hunter, angler, conservative, what more could one ask for? No weird Bill Clinton or Ted Kennedy antics (committing crimes and geting away with it).

4 posted on 09/15/2008 8:17:29 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (No longer holding my nose to vote - McCain/Palin 2008!)

sarah is sarah

and not a phony

like obamao or biden.

thank you, phyllis!

for the reagan association.

5 posted on 09/15/2008 8:23:19 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)

Sarah appreals to a wide rande of people. Conservatives are a broad groups of people. But some times guys just like a
Regular Lady.

Whiskey Girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP3L5w8dphM

7 posted on 09/15/2008 8:39:53 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)

I must be getting old. I remember campaigning for her in the early 1960’s while I was President of the Eastern Illinois University Young Republicans.

I guess I now belong the old Republicans. I remember the day while I was a Young American For Freedom (YAF)marching across the street from the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in Chicago. Wonder if Ayers and Dorne were some of the ones on the other side of the street.

8 posted on 09/15/2008 9:21:45 PM PDT by Dream Warrior ( Palin - the last best hope for America))

wow!

you were ahead of me.

i woke up when i read ayn rand’s “the new left”, a group of essays she wrote in the early 1960s, published about 1980.

and then ronald reagan and milton friedman set me further on the correct course.

9 posted on 09/15/2008 9:26:21 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)

I will have to read those essays. Cool. Love the story of how you ‘arrived’ :-)

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