I think the thing that Palin threatens the most is the pro-abort community. Their three key defenses for their desire to abort anyone are: “(1) What if your life was in jeopardy from the pregnancy? You’d be prochoice then; (2) What if it were YOUR daughter who were pregnant? You’d be prochoice then; and (3) What if your child had birth defects? You’d be prochoice then.”
Theoretical pro-life answers to these theoretical questions are summarily dismissed. But Gov Palin can answer at least two of them with past actions rather than just words. She did have a baby she knew had Down’s Syndrome. Her 17 year old daughter IS keeping the baby that was conceived out of wedlock.
I think the fact that she can look liberals square in the eye and answer how she DID respond scares them to death.
I am conservative on more than abortion/life, and Palin seems to be as well. But she has irrefutable arguments to make in the abortion debate.
Palin is an existential threat to the pro-abort feminists, just as she is to the likes of Chris Hitchens, who hated Mother Teresa because she actually lived a life of Christian charity. Like other socialists —and I use the term loosely—the NOW types put all their faith in political solutions, in this case a draconian law that allows the killing of all children who are unwanted and/or imperfect. They are oblivious to unintended consequences such as the birth dearth that is slowly destroying western civilization.