It's killing me, but, yes, it is possible.
Her quote was a good one. It showed strength in the face of an ongoing tide of liberal MSM criticism, and it showed character and grace in the midst of the horror of the liberal attacks on her. (emphasis mine)
Fine. Fine, Mr Lakeshark, it was the quote of the century.
Again, I will repeat myself, In an increasingly(*) unstable world, there is a huge difference between saying that you are hoping that you will "always be happy and your enemies know it" (Palin) and "the bombing starts in 5 minutes."(Reagan)
I wasn't certain what "enemies" Mrs Palin had referred to. Apparently, it is the liberal MSM. Or, as you yourself put it, "the horror of the liberal attacks on her."
Puh-leeze. There are people at home and elsewhere who genuinely want to kill us. Sorry, but I just can't get too worked up over the leftist media treatment of Republicans. The liberal MSM almost never gives Republicans a fair shake. It has always been this way. Deal with it.
(And, I might add, quite frankly, Mrs Palin brings much of this upon herself by constantly keeping herself in their crosshairs with her never-ending parade of stupid publicity stunts)
To imply you can only be happy or strong is incorrect. You can be both. She seems to have both qualities in spades.
I'm sorry if I gave the impression that I think it's one or the other. You are correct--happiness and strength is not some Machiavellian dealie like fear/love. I mean that I would rather my enemy (defined as someone who wants to physically kill or maim me, not print a "hit piece" about me) sees me as strong in order to act as a deterrent to genuine violence.
Oh, oh......can I say that Reagan did too? Oh, the horrors.........a Reagan comparison......
Ok, you may say that RR did that too. Only because I'm laughing at your fine print.
(*)Oh, ha-ha, I typed "uncreasingly" in the original post. Wow! It's a made up word! Can I say that I'm just like Shakespeare, too?
I think I will need to again cease any further comment on Mrs Palin. I liked me much better that way. Besides, it is not a productive use of my limited time and even more limited talent.
A pleasant evening, to you, Mr Lakeshark.
Your words, I just said it was a pretty good quote.
It was.
I wasn't certain what "enemies" Mrs Palin had referred to
I'm thinking you're being snarky, or perhaps you don't understand that the war upon America by liberals is very real, and while we sit here and post on FR, she is in the forefront of a real battle. She takes hits, we (some of us) snark.
Our biggest threat is from inside right now, and you should understand that very real fact after the past few years. We are very close to losing our status as "that shining city on a hill", and you should stop aiming at Sarah Palin and start aiming at the libs who are running us off the hill, extinguishing all light, and running us into the ground.
A fine sleep to you Muffy.........