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Why the left fears Sarah
American Thinker ^ | 11-18-09 | Bob Weir

Posted on 11/17/2009 10:19:38 PM PST by smoothsailing


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November 18, 2009

Why the left fears Sarah

By Bob Weir

Have you ever seen so much hatred for, and vitriolic criticism of, someone who had only a brief stint on the national political stage? More than a year after the presidential election in which Sarah Palin, as the GOP nominee for Vice-President, campaigned for about 3 months, she is still being pilloried by the leftwing loons as though she had been elected and was now actively engaged in dismantling the liberal establishment. Not a day goes by that we don't hear or read vicious attacks on a woman who represents the conservative, wholesome values of Middle America; values that have been insidiously and incrementally eroded during the last few decades.

There's an interesting contrast between Palin and Barack Obama. We keep hearing that she's not qualified to be president, but Obama is. Why? Some say it's because she didn't have enough experience in government. Yet, as Governor of Alaska, she earned executive experience, while the current Oval Office resident only had a few years of legislative work. Others point to the interviews with Katie Couric and Charles Gibson during the campaign last year.

Let's understand something: Couric and Gibson are liberal journalists who live for those gotcha moments when they can embarrass a conservative and get a round of high fives at the next penthouse cocktail party in New York's Central Park West. In contrast, Obama's interviewers seemed like they were more interested in dating him than they were in getting answers to questions. Obama's personal lapdog, MSNBC's Chris Mathews, gets a thrill up his leg from the chosen one. It's obvious that Mathews has some sort of unresolved intimacy issues to deal with.

In the liberal mind, Obama can do no wrong, mainly because he's black. If he fouls up with a misstatement or a faux pas, they'll cover up for him as though they were protecting a child with a debilitating disease. It reminds me of what Bush 2 used to refer to as "the soft bigotry of low expectations." Therefore, when one of those sycophants asks him a question, it's not only a softball, it comes with heavy breathing and dangling tongues.

Compare that to the lion's den that Palin walked into every time she sat down with one of Obama's obsequious panderers. Given the ideology of the interviewers, I already knew how it would turn out. What really impressed me was watching this woman muster the courage to face her liberal antagonists on national television. How much courage does it take for Obama to engage in one of those cozy love fests with his fan club?

What this country needs is a strong conservative leader with the courage of her convictions. Sensing those qualities in Sarah Palin, the liberal left is becoming frantic because they can't seem to halt her popularity. The reason they're panicking is because they're afraid of her connection with regular folks who work for a living, pay their taxes, attend a religious worship service regularly and believe that our country has lost the moral fiber that once united us. The book, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, covered several historical figures that stood up against the corruption surrounding them, and succeeded in defeating it. Sarah Palin did exactly that in her home state of Alaska. In a saner time in our history, she'd be a shoe-in for the White House.

But we're living in an era of in-your-face corruption; a time when elected officials rob us blind and dare us to do something about it. The powerful Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, New York Congressman Charles Rangel, is facing a growing investigation of ethics and tax scandals. When the man empowered with the responsibility to write our tax laws refuses to pay his, something terrible has happened to our country. With a laundry list of misbehavior attributed to him, Rangel boldly continues to keep his seat, his chairmanship, and is running for reelection.

This has become a pattern across the country. Whether the politicians get caught with their fingers wrapped around bribe money, or with their arms wrapped around someone else's spouse, they arrogantly tell the public that it will not deter them from running for reelection. Once upon a time in America, a politician might be unscrupulous, but if he got caught, he'd be history. Now, we have a President of the United States who appointed a tax cheat (Treasury Secretary Geitner) to his Cabinet and attempted to appoint another tax cheat (Tom Daschle) to lead Health and Human Services before it was discovered that the former Senate Majority Leader was also a tax cheat. Kathleen Sebelius, the Kansas Governor, ended up with the job after paying about $8,000 in back taxes.

I could illustrate hundreds of other examples of rampant corruption by people in elective office. Pointing to government decay is the job of the free press. But are they hounding any of the power hungry scoundrels that masquerade as symbols of decency and honor? No, they're engaged in a continuous merciless attack on a woman who has led the way in the fight against the very corruption that is being overlooked by those who have become blinded by their own ideology.

Palin is a threat because she symbolizes decency in a country that has been taken hostage by moral degenerates. If she isn't stopped, this country might end up reclaiming some of the values that made us the envy of the world.

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.  E-mail Bob.


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1 posted on 11/17/2009 10:19:39 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Not sure what is really driving the anti-Palin mania but it is interesting to watch. Of course most of the antics of the MSM only drives normal folks to want to see what the fuss is about. Hello there Sarah...


2 posted on 11/17/2009 10:24:44 PM PST by Deagle
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To: smoothsailing

The more they hate her, the more she will rise above it and reach the people.


3 posted on 11/17/2009 10:25:24 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Deagle

Palin will start addressing Oba-Mao soon, then you will see.


4 posted on 11/17/2009 10:27:37 PM PST by Tarpon (To destroy the people's liberties, you poison their morals ...)
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To: smoothsailing

One of these days a brave and astute atheist is going to admit that conservative Christianity is the most effective weapon We the People have against statism.


5 posted on 11/17/2009 10:28:21 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade, There are only two sides. Pick one.)
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To: smoothsailing
Sarah Palin is making Obama and his band of meth-smoking marxists more insecure and irrelevant by the day.

Going rogue so early...might just have been the only antidote to 24/7 media Obama lust. It might be proven to have been the only antidote to the ubiquitous obama propaganda. It might just be the only thing big enough to keep those bastards in check.

6 posted on 11/17/2009 10:29:29 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (the obama doctrine: "let's not rush to any conclusions...")
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To: smoothsailing

“Palin is a threat because she symbolizes decency in a country that has been taken hostage by moral degenerates.”

I doubt that I have ever seen it described so well.


7 posted on 11/17/2009 10:30:36 PM PST by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: Deagle

To paraphrase Dennis Miller: I like Sarah Palin because she pisses off all the right people.


8 posted on 11/17/2009 10:33:15 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (I will die on my feet before I live on my knees.)
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To: Outlaw Woman

Heh!!


9 posted on 11/17/2009 10:34:01 PM PST by Deagle
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To: smoothsailing

“they’ll cover up for him as though they were protecting a child with a debilitating disease”

He is a child with a debilitating disease...


10 posted on 11/17/2009 10:34:46 PM PST by babygene
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The reason they're panicking is because they're afraid of her connection with regular folks

True story: One the way to the Boston Public Library to vote last election. While waiting to cross the street, a young meter maid stood next to me and we crossed together. I asked is she had been near the library and was it busy?
She had, it was, and she was looking forward to her shift ending so she could go and vote for Sarah Palin.

Didn't give a fig about Obama or McCain but stated “ Sarah..Sarah is just like one of us. She knows what its like to worry about putting food on the table, raising her kids, clipping coupons - shes worked - shes just..she one of us “

Young black girl about 28 or so, from Boston said this. Sarah connects and that is what scares the hell out of the left.

11 posted on 11/17/2009 10:39:13 PM PST by warsaw44
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To: Gator113

I liked that too, short and sweet.


12 posted on 11/17/2009 10:41:02 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Deagle

I haven’t seen anything like the anti-Palin hysteria since the anti-Reagan hysteria. My sense is that it’s because she has the same kind of plain spoken common sense that Reagan had. It resonates with people across party lines and the Dem hardliners know it. It’s a quality that you can’t aquire by ivy league education or by hiring the right campaign manager. It’s something that transcends the pecking order of the established hierarchy regardless of party. Probably why some Republican establishment types have the anti-Palin hysteria too.


13 posted on 11/17/2009 10:42:39 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: warsaw44

“Sarah is just like one of us.”

You betcha! Think you might have hit on the problem with the MSM...


14 posted on 11/17/2009 10:42:47 PM PST by Deagle
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To: smoothsailing
"For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life." -2 Cor. 2: 15-16
15 posted on 11/17/2009 10:44:56 PM PST by oprahstheantichrist (The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
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To: smoothsailing

A: Sarah is the most naturally appealing politician in a generation.

The Left has to kill her.


16 posted on 11/17/2009 10:47:15 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (America, 1776 - 2009. R.I.P.)
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To: Outlaw Woman

Confucius put it very well—when a student spoke of a recently deceased statesman, the student asked if the dead man had been a superior man.

Confucius said no.

“Why not”? said the student “All the people liked him”

Confucius said: “A superior man is one where only the good like and admire him—the evil ones hate and fear him”.


17 posted on 11/17/2009 10:47:17 PM PST by Mac from Cleveland (Dreams from My Father--food, shelter, and education from some typical white folks)
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To: purplelobster

Damn if you are not right! I have been trying to understand just why the “so called Republican” are putting her down. I think that you may have hit upon the answer...

She absolutely does have the qualities of Regan - truthful, non PC responses to problems. Hell, even if she is perceived as wrong, it is such a wonderful difference from the normal political crap that it is honest to most people.

The other answer is that they fear for their political future since she will not put up with political nonsense!


18 posted on 11/17/2009 10:48:41 PM PST by Deagle
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To: smoothsailing
"The book, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, covered several historical figures that stood up against the corruption surrounding them, and succeeded in defeating it."

Profiles in Courage was ghostwritten by Ted Sorensen.

19 posted on 11/17/2009 10:54:39 PM PST by Ranald S. MacKenzie (It's the philosophy, stupid.)
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To: smoothsailing

bookmark


20 posted on 11/17/2009 11:00:36 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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