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The Crushing of Sarah Palin
The American Thinker ^ | November 22, 2008 | Bob Weir

Posted on 11/22/2008 5:50:07 AM PST by rhema

The other day, as I was watching one of the news channels I had to quickly check my calendar because I had the feeling that I may have only dreamt that the election was over.

The reason for my confusion was that several commentators were still taking shots at Sarah Palin. Here it was, weeks after the woman had left the campaign trail, and the abuse was as strident as it had been throughout her months-long quest for the second spot on the ticket. The man who ran for the first spot on the ticket had shed his bulletproof armor; yet, the woman still needed Secret Service protection.

The continuous assault on Sarah Palin is not so difficult to understand. In fact, it can be summed up thusly: she's a woman opposed to abortion. You see, when a man says he's opposed to abortion, women who disagree can accuse him of trying to control a woman's body and/or simply not understanding how a woman feels about dealing with pregnancy, career achievement and defeating the "good ole boy" network. But, how are they going to justify that to a Sarah Palin, who has raised a family, been elected to the highest office in her state and has gained a reputation as a corruption fighter? And a woman decided to keep, raise, and love a Down syndrome child, her son Trig.

Governor Palin represents a stake in the heart of the abortion movement and for that reason alone, she must be sniped at, ridiculed and trashed until her name becomes a scarlet letter on the bosom of every woman who dares to challenge the inner sanctum of liberal orthodoxy.

Clarence Thomas, during his Supreme Court nomination process, went through a similar pattern of degrading denunciation from those who feared that a black conservative would make it more difficult for liberals to polarize the country. According to some nebulous formula that only exists in the maladjusted minds of mental misfits, every black person should be reading from the same script. In other words, they dare not stray off the reservation. A black who can think and act independently is likely to be the victim of a "high-tech lynching," as Justice Thomas referred to it during the outrageous Anita Hill imbroglio.

Inasmuch as we live in a country that has become obsessively egocentric, we have entire groups who dedicate themselves to single issues. If you believe that women should have the right to kill their fetuses, you may be willing to elect someone with questionable credentials who is pro-abortion, over someone with a sterling reputation who is pro-life.

For these ideological narcissists, nothing is more important than the continued growth and consolidation of their power base. They wouldn't spend a New York minute on the examination of a candidate's qualification, education or history of accomplishment. All they want to know is; will she or he support them in their battle to keep abortion legal.

Not that they'll openly admit it. On the contrary, you'll often hear them say they don't believe in a litmus test for public office. However, the moment they see a name on a list that's connected with pro-life, their eraser will be ground down. Even Obama, when asked about Justice Thomas during the campaign, said, with obsequious submission, that he would not have nominated him.

That was merely another knee-jerk genuflection to the pro-abortion jackals, whose sharpened fangs, dripping with the blood of infidels, were poised to pounce on another lost sheep with the temerity to stray from the flock.

Sarah Palin lost, but her wholesome family values image continues to be a threat; hence she must be crushed.

Bob Weir is a former detective sergeant in the New York City Police Department. He is the executive editor of The News Connection in Highland Village, Texas.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008; abortion; atleastsheisusaborn; marines; obama; palin; prolife; sheevenhasabirthcert; waronsarah
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1 posted on 11/22/2008 5:50:07 AM PST by rhema
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To: rhema

She will need all the protection both political and personal that conservatives can give her.


2 posted on 11/22/2008 5:53:26 AM PST by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: rhema

Yeah, the MSM is going to attack Sarah for the next 4 years. It also looks like they are going to try to promote Romney to the republicans for the next 4 years.


3 posted on 11/22/2008 5:54:07 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: rhema

The way I see it, after 0bama establishes the precedent of prosecuting and jailing journalists that write unfavorable articles about the President, we’ll elect Sarah to the Presidency and she can get her revenge.


4 posted on 11/22/2008 5:54:38 AM PST by Hardastarboard (America is so "twenty minutes ago")
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To: rhema

Bob Weir

5 posted on 11/22/2008 5:54:45 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: rhema

Sarah Palin has become the Joan of Arc for the conservative right, and now we know how many forces and interests (national and international) absolutely scorn and HATE the conservative right. Anyone who mentions God or (heaven forbid) Jesus in a respectful way- is to be ridiculed and feared as an “armband wearing” oogley googley religion.

.... and that’s just within the GOP!


6 posted on 11/22/2008 5:55:12 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: rhema
She won't get crushed. If the media succeeds in tearing her down, it will be a precedent to EVERY conservative who ever rears his or her head. They want to make a clear example to us: "Don't challenge the criminal liberal establishment or we'll not only destroy you, but also your family."

They aren't only trying to destroy her, but the whole conservative movement. The next conservative rising star will get the same treatment.

7 posted on 11/22/2008 5:56:30 AM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin - Everything that is Sweetness and Light! WE STAND WITH HER!)
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To: rhema

On one hand she continues to be attacked by those who fear her, but on the other hand, she is being inundated with book, film and TV offers:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_re_us/palin_s_popularity_2

I hope she chooses wisely.


8 posted on 11/22/2008 5:56:45 AM PST by Canedawg (The media is a ass, a idiot.," said Mr. Bumble.)
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To: rhema

They will do their level, or unlevel, best to destroy her NOW. Then she will be no threat in 2012. That is why they are still after her. They see the threat.


9 posted on 11/22/2008 5:58:56 AM PST by RetiredArmy (NOTE TO REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS: PLAY THE CONSERVATIVE CARD!!!)
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To: rhema
I really doubt that it is only her anti- abortion stance that they fear. In my opinion they fear her because she has connected with conservative Americans better than any other politician. She has awakened the sleeping giant whom they fear.
10 posted on 11/22/2008 5:59:16 AM PST by OldEagle
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To: rhema
In fact, it can be summed up thusly: she's a woman opposed to abortion.

That's far too simple a reason. There are a lot of reasons they don't like her - this is just one.

11 posted on 11/22/2008 5:59:18 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: rhema

The real savaging of Sarah now is coming from the exact same source who originated and perpetrated it during the campaign: McCain and RNC insiders. The good old boys know that if Sarah succeeds, they will be gone old boys (as well they should be), so they will do anything to help bring about her demise. That’s just the way the game is played, folks.


12 posted on 11/22/2008 6:00:34 AM PST by hampdenkid
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To: DannyTN

Romney got my vote once. not again.


13 posted on 11/22/2008 6:00:39 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("There is no insanity greater than electing a pathological Narcissist as president.")
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To: rhema

It ain’t just abortion.
It’s also the kids, the reforms, hunting, the hubby, the gun thing......
But also—SHE WAS THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE on either ticket.

Can’t have THAT now, can we?


14 posted on 11/22/2008 6:00:40 AM PST by Flintlock
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To: Hardastarboard

The difference is that Sarah is honorable enough to respect freedom of speech, and doesn’t view revenge as a mechanism to satiate adversarial accusations.

Her enemies hate Christ within her far before they hate her, but fail to identify exactly what it is they really hate. They are victims of their own natures which they refuse to control.


15 posted on 11/22/2008 6:01:27 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: SolidWood
"Don't challenge the criminal liberal establishment or we'll not only destroy you, but also your family."

I am sure that she had some idea what would happen when she agreed to run for VP, but no one could imagine that it would have gotten as bad as it did. The sad thing is the number of young people who have no idea who Sarah Palin really is, because they get all of their news from SNL, The Colbert Report, or their NEA teachers. My husband happened to have The Colbert Report on one day before the election and I could not believe how nasty he was being to Palin. It was embarassing.

16 posted on 11/22/2008 6:01:51 AM PST by Elvina (BHO is double plus ungood.)
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To: rhema

bump


17 posted on 11/22/2008 6:01:59 AM PST by Christian4Bush (The left-wing cancer took root in the 1960s and the funeral took place on November 4th, 2008.)
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To: rhema
When Sarah Palin was first name the VP nominee, that they would turn her into Dan Quayle. That is exactly what they did.

I guess it means that almost everyone is an idiot. If you went to a public University, if you are not from the East or West coast. You too are an idiot.

We need to stop these people. I don't think will be able to do it using their tactics. We need to have a war against them.

18 posted on 11/22/2008 6:02:54 AM PST by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: rhema
A black who can think and act independently is likely to be the victim of a "high-tech lynching," as Justice Thomas referred to it during the outrageous Anita Hill imbroglio.

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And who held the noose? None other than the former Senate Judiciary Committee Chair and current Veep-Elect, the one and only, Joe Lunchbucket!

19 posted on 11/22/2008 6:03:37 AM PST by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
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To: rhema
Obama, when asked about Justice Thomas during the campaign, said, with obsequious submission, that he would not have nominated him.

Ha!   The allegedly-converted Muslim, empty-suit, Arab mullato wouldn't have nominated the entirely self-made, stellar black jurist!

HF

20 posted on 11/22/2008 6:03:40 AM PST by holden
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