Posted on 02/13/2010 7:03:37 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin’s most ardent supporters in “real America” love to suggest that those of us who don’t buy into her silly shtick fail to grasp why they adore her, citing her realness, plain-spokenness and whatever else they can conjure up.
Folks, nice try, but as a native Texan, I’ve seen many politicians and wannabes over the years that had charm, wit, charisma and a twinkle in their eye.
You want a media darling politician with substance? Try the late Gov. Ann Richards, a woman who could cut you deep but beam ear to ear with her motherly smile. But unlike Palin, she had a host of strong ideas in her head that actually made sense and appealed to a cross-section of folks.
Congressman Charlie Wilson, who died this week, was a smooth-talking Texan who loved to party hard, but when it came to politics, he knew how to get things done. The media loved him because he could sit with you and enjoy a beer over a barbecue, give a hilarious quote or two and explain foreign policy better than Henry Kissinger.
So why haven’t I cottoned up to Palin? Because she desires to portray herself as a straight-talking politician, but she is nothing more than a political celebrity willing to cash every check she can grab.
What truly exposed her? The ridiculous way in which she reacted last week to two political heavyweights using the word “retarded.”
When it was reported that President Barack Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told a bunch of liberals that they were “retards” for threatening to run ads against fellow Democrats who weren’t jumping on the health care reform bandwagon, Palin demanded his resignation.
As the mother of a child with Down syndrome, Palin has often used her bully pulpit to demand respect for the mentally challenged. Nothing wrong with that. It is an issue that is close to her heart and she should be a fierce advocate.
Yet when one of her biggest supporters, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, also castigated liberals by calling them retards, Palin provided him cover -- even trying to explain away his comments.
In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, Palin said Limbaugh was using satire, while Emanuel was blasting those who disagree with him. But anyone who can read or listen could understand that Limbaugh did the same thing as Emanuel.
Emanuel and Limbaugh used retard to describe folks they disagree with, but only Emanuel was wrong? Yep, that’s how it is in Palin’s world. She was quick to pounce on someone she disagrees with politically, but not her patron saint, Limbaugh.
Sarah, if you were true to your cause, you would have demanded an on-air apology from Limbaugh and scolded him for using the word. Instead, you showed your true colors.
I haven’t bought into the fake “I’m a real American” persona you are trying to portray, Sarah. You slam the president for using teleprompters, but write crib notes on your hand to remember basic beliefs that should be easy to regurgitate. You decry the “lamestream” media, but you bask in its glory and have now joined its payroll as a Fox News contributor, even having them build a studio in your home (talk about media elite!). You give a speech riddled with falsehoods about the president and national security, and then try to shrug them off as the “lamestream” media attacking you.
You don’t fool me, even as your legion of fans considers you the second coming of President Ronald Reagan.
You quit on the people who elected you to become a political celebrity. You had the opportunity to show everyone that you’re willing to take on anyone who crosses the line against those mentally challenged, and you failed to do so.
Please, make as much money as you can. Paraphrasing comedian Martin Lawrence, ride this train until the wheels fall off. But please, cut the crap. You’re a crass politician with no true conviction. Your actions have shown that.
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Roland S. Martin is a CNN contributor and a talk show host for WVON/AM in Chicago.
Had to stop reading there; barfed a little in my mouth. Excuse me, gotta go....
basic beliefs that should be easy to regurgitate.
That’s all they are to liberals, just spew, the
half digested remnants of a long ago constitutional
dinner.
Ann Richards, excuse me but wasn’t she the one born with
a silver manure fork in her mouth?
Sarah Palin will be in the history books long after Roland S. Martin is forgotten even by his family. This is another example of the left telling us how insignificant she is by obsessing over her. Too funny...
In the words of Dennis Miller, “the reason I love Sarah Palin so much is because she annoys the hell out of liberals.”
I'm sure the Palin haters and 1%ers will love this article.
I assumed he threw out his hip dancing with Donna Brazile on election night.
Who knew?
But those affirmative action 'rat stepnfetchits like Martin they just loved Miz Ann.
I just went to Wikipedia to look for some evidence of that. Results, inconclusive.
I thought my sweetie was kidding about it, until he sent me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a7iXEpVsDs
Where’s that quote about the eyes not being able to forget that which has been seen?????
I have a question for you.
Why is it 95% of the articles you post are critical or down right negative towards Sarah Palin.
It’s just an observation I have noticed. Has anybody else noticed this.
We know Sarah Palins College roomates, and her friends , we know her evolution into o[politics, we can see her academic records, we know her parents and they hide nothing.
Obama on he other hand is a cipher. We do not know where he was born, he wont release his oroginal loong form borth certifiocate from Hawaii and has spent 2 million dollars keeping litigants from seeing it. His Occidental College records are sealed. His right side cranium shows trauma scars of surgery or repair and we know nothing of his health records to explain that.
All we have is a clap trap book Obama is said to have written ( doubtful), full of factual inconsistancies, half truths, and altered, photo shopped pictures.
We know who the empty politician is and it IS NOT PALIN!
Guess Who?
Maybe because 95% of the LSM articles are negative about her.......
First of all, see my tagline.
Second, most long-term FReepers and Lurkers know where I’m coming from.
Third, if I only posted articles praising Governor Palin, I might do four a year. The jourbalists HATE her, and that’s my point. They hated President Reagan, they hated President Bush 43 (even though he wasn’t really conservative) and they’re REALLY going to hate President Palin. Might as well get used to it, Clyde.
Ok Roland, thanks for stopping by. The doors right over there. See ya!
I read Pitts’ Op Ed or Open Letter to Sarah Palin today. It is hilarious to read or listen to the so-called ‘progressives’ rant against her. If she is so insignificant, why all the personal vitriol against her. I attach a link to his rant.
http://www.themonitor.com/opinion/run-35386-sarah-dear.html
Eat a salad,Roland!
(1) Palin lives real-life traditional American values. There is nothing phony or staged about her, which is why the base loves her. So for the author to say she's "cashing in checks" is pure hyperbole.
(2) Obviously, the author never listens to Rush or understands his satirical sense of humor, because Rush never called anyone retarded, per se.
Very poorly written and thought out article here.
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