Posted on 01/26/2011 9:43:02 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Rush Limbaugh is fond of saying the left will always tell you whom they fear by making that person the focus of their most virulent attacks. The left despises Sarah Palin. They say she is stupid and incapable of ever assuming the role of president. They mock her education, (B.S. University of Idaho), her small town background and her political accomplishments ( 2006 - 2009 Governor of Alaska ). When she resigned the governorship, they said she was a quitter. Just recently, the left indicted her as being responsible for the shooting of Congresswoman Gibbs in Arizona.
But what of pundits on the right, the Peggy Noonan-Karl Rove types? They hold Palin in equally low esteem. And what of conservative women? Many just viscerally dislike her. Ask them about Palin. Youll get a response which begins with a shaking of the head and some comment about being inexperienced. Press them for facts. You will find most of these women ignorant of Palins background and remarkable accomplishments. Why is that?
Is it because Sarah Palin does not look at all like the admired but camera-challenged women in government, such as Hillary Clinton and Justice Sotomeyer? She has not the stern, formal look of a Maggie Thatcher, the British Prime Minister who turned around Englands economy nor of Golda Meir, the tough former leader of Israel. Palin is softer, attractive, plain spoken albeit with a sometimes irritating voice. Does her appearance put people, especially women, off?
All but three of our presidents in the last hundred years graduated from elite universities, often with law degrees. Truman did not attend college. Ike graduated from West Point, and Reagan graduated from Eureka College in Illinois. Those three are considered among the best of presidents by most. Reagan and Truman were thought stupid by some. Is it that Palin did not graduate from an elite university that causes some conservative pundits to reject her as unintelligent?
George W. Bush was considered stupid and incompetent by the governing elite because he actually believed in God and prayed daily. This despite two Ivy League degrees.
Sarah Palin is openly Christian and prays regularly. She was president of a Christian group in high school. She is pro life and rejected terminating her last pregnancy when she found she was carrying a baby with Downs Syndrome. Perhaps that is the problem for some of her critics.
It seems unlikely that her performance as mayor of Wasilla, cutting taxes while expanding the towns facilities so that it could grow, would be anything but a plus. Just so her role as a member of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. She outed two corrupt officials, one of whom was chairman of the state Republican Party.
Was she wrong in running for governor to oust a corrupt and wasteful officer of her own political party? Was it lack of wisdom which led her to sell the state plane, cut expenses of her office by 75 percent and pass a bipartisan ethics bill? Was she impolite in chasing away the oil company lobbyists so that she could start work on a stalled pipeline for natural gas? Not likely.
President Obama was elected because he appeared to be extraordinary. His academic pedigree and soaring rhetoric shielded from voters his appalling lack of real-world experience and complete lack of substantial accomplishments. His presidency is struggling.
By contrast, Sarah Palin, despite her talents and obvious achievements, seems very ordinary. Americans, believing the smears and punditry, will likely reject Palin without really getting to know her. Once again the nod will go to a member of the cultural elite, a group which has routinely failed to govern well.
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William Dixon is a graduate of Columbia University, New York Medical College and the USF College of Business Administration. He was an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Georgia before entering private practice. He served in the Army as a surgeon and as a Special Forces Officer, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. Dixon can be reached at Wdixon16@yahoo.com.
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Sarah Palin's manner of speaking is reflective of how Alaskans talk. It is very much influenced by Alaska's Canadian neighbor. Has anyone checked out how Canadians talk? Each area of the country has their speaking dialect that should not be a reason for discrimination.
If anything, one should look at New Yorkers. I can hardly understand what they are saying.
If the MSM thought she was a sure bet loss to the dems they would be talking about how "great" she is doing just like they did for McCain in 08.
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Thanks for the great link. Christie also attended the state Dinner for Hu.
Thanks for the link.
If you are saying SP is for amnesty; just come out and say it. We need to know the real truth about our candidates or is it another polarizing lie about her or anyone else for that matter?
Baggage? What baggage?
That is my whole point with people who don’t think she can win, she has NO REAL BAGGAGE!! Made up stories, all of which to date have been disproven? Bogus ethics complaints? What else you got?
The one detraction of her resigning, which I’m sure she considered at the time, was a lack of office would take away her ability to use action to take the air out of alot of these bullhockey stories. When she gets in the race, she will regain that ability with policy proposals, not just statements.
She had to resign, it was the absolute politically right decision for herself and Alaska. This last 19 months has been about maintaining her political viability until she could realistically declare. One thing to keep in mind about the non stop attacks is that 1.) it’s been proven that political attacks by national media are coordinated with the white house directly and 2.) that Barack obama’s electoral strategy history has been to ELIMINATE opponents rather than face them. There is a reason for the attacks. The white house political operation focus groups must be showing that independents and conservative dem groups are responsive to the actual record palin has produced and that they would consider voting for her inspite of what they have heard so far. Thus the next piece of their strategy is to convince republican primary voters not to vote for her thru a variety of push polls, and baloney like this Todd palin story recently.
She wouldn't unless she felt she would serve a greater purpose than her own self interest and that is why I would support her.
But like everyone here, I want to hear clear and concise policy statements, and she would be foolish to reveal that too soon.
She will, I believe seek divine guidance, whether she receives it or not I can't say, but the Bible gave us tools to reason with, like.... By their fruits you shall know them.
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October 10, 2010
"Palin was adamant that illegal immigrants should not be rewarded the bad behavior and continued along in this vein until OReilly stopped her, in a very similar manner to how he stopped Univisión anchor Jorge Ramos in a debate earlier this week, and asked for concrete reactions to the problem. Palin responded that she would like all illegal immigrants to register and that, in an ideal situation, You deport them. You have to get them out of here.
We wont complicate it any more. Lets keep it simple and lets say, No, if you are here illegally and you dont follow the steps that at some point through immigration reform were going to be able to provide, and that is to somehow allow you to work. If youre not going to do that, you will be deported you will be gone.
Ok, without cherry picking a PART of what she said and combining that with a Republican controlled House and a split (or controlled) Senate by 2012, where is the problem?
Currently there is no other pathway than the existing laws.
A amnesty bill must first go through the House and Senate. Not very likely now.
Until such pathway exists the way I read this is Sarah is saying rather plainly and with no embellishment "you will be deported."
She states her fist step is to "register" all the illegals, AS illegals.
That alone will put the fear in them, sending many back across the border, getting the attention of potential employers and will certainly send the communists into a foaming-at-mouth rage causing them to make mistakes. An "amnesty" such as what we were looking at with McCain is not in the cards.
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My concern (among others) is this: Once she announces her life changes. Her handlers will put her in a straitjacket. The media will pounce on any little thing even things beyond her control. Lawsuits will fly. More spies will move up to Wasilla. They will send spies oto follow Bristol. Levi Johnston will offer up more crap on the Palins and then do a book deal or perhaps another Playgirl shoot. It will be a circus and a reality show. Vipers like Katie Couric will try to trip her up with gotcha questions. She will be walking into a minefield. Her dignity will be attacked. She will be treated like trailer trash. It is BECAUSE I lover her so much, I don’t want see her go through this. As much as the MSM loves and worships the divine BHO they hate and despise SP and will do everything imaginable to slime her and her family. They will not even spare Trig.
What makes you think the Dims will run Bammy AGAIN?
The MSM will find “thorns” on all our candidates...including Cain.
I’m not entirely sure that the Rats will run Obummer again.
Then you don't know him well. Plenty of links to Christie stuff on this thread, look into them.
We all love his stance with the unions, but he is much more than that.
Even HILLARY was smart enough to collect IRS data!
Yep. Plays hardball to take away your constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
I'm with you. I've had it with the Palin haters on this thread. Target-rich environment for zots, if you ask me.
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