Posted on 07/17/2011 1:52:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The new Sarah Palin documentary, The Undefeated, opened to solid box office numbers this weekend. Oddly, the Atlantic tried to cook up a quick hit piece on the Palin film by sending the hapless Conor Friedersdorf to an unadvertised midnight showing in Orange County on a Thursday night. He proceeded to note at great length that not many people were in the theater.
This story was quickly picked up and run by other media outlets, in an attempt to construct a “flop” narrative, quickly rendered as hollow and irrelevant as an Obama economic prediction.
Friedersdorf, and the others who ran with his story, cannot be stupid enough to think that theater attendance at 12:45 AM on a Thursday night, at an unadvertised screening of a documentary, while one of the year’s most anticipated summer blockbusters was rolling out, could be truly indicative of The Undefeated’s opening weekend performance.
They had to work fast to manufacture this hit, since the eagerness of Palin fans to see The Undefeated was not exactly a secret. Their goal was to pump one more anti-Palin story into the billowing cloud of toxic smog pouring from major media outlets. They did it so that liberal readers who won’t go anywhere near a screening of this movie can high-five each other and chuckle about what a bomb it was, providing the ”reality-based community” with another of its many fables that survive any chance encounter with contradictory evidence.
I want Palin to run because I want a candidate who inspires that kind of desperation in the Left. I want someone who drives them to sit in little circles around their campfires and tell ghost stories.
This might sound harsh, but I also consider the way Palin brings out the knuckle-dragging misogyny of liberals to be a plus. Modern liberalism is an ideology of hatred and envy. Its blood burns hotter as every product of its imagination becomes a titanic failure in the real world. It has nothing left but hatred now. Liberals have sunk so low that they openly value punitive taxation more than avoiding national default. They spend their time looking for targets, not solutions.
Similar levels of shrieking hysteria are directed at the Left’s other class and ideological enemies. The sexist fury they unleash against Palin is a useful reminder of their true nature to voters that should understand what kind of future they are voting for, when they vote for a liberal. Palin has proven she can take the heat.
Some of the other 2012 GOP contenders strike me as the sort who will be very surprised by what crawls out of the media’s Hellraiser puzzle box after they win the nomination… especially the ones that want to run as “moderates.” Sorry, fellas, but nobody to the right of this radical President is going to be anointed as a “moderate” once the general election campaign begins. If you don’t fill out your Tea Party application now, rest assured the press will do it for you next year.
The media has no surprises left for Sarah Palin. She handled their combined onslaught when major news outlets were openly calling her an accessory to murder in the Tucson shootings. Not all of her potential 2012 competitors were quick to stand by her side, but they should have been. If you can’t swiftly and forcefully defend your party’s tireless, highly visible former vice-presidential candidate from such disgusting slander, what kind of Republican are you? I want Palin to run because she’s a candid voice in an age of lies and deceit. Her running mate in 2008, John McCain , buried his own candidacy in a shallow grave by refusing to speak candidly about Barack Obama ’s shady background and penchant for falsehood. Palin did that, and was excoriated as a “bomb thrower” in the media. She was right. Everything she said about Obama was right. We’ve lost trillions of dollars and millions of jobs because not enough voters listened to her.
The debt ceiling debate has given America a long, hard look at the sick and degenerate politics of Democrats. The President of the United States just lied about opinion poll numbers during a major press conference, in a desperate attempt to make himself look like less of an extremist. This came after days of fraudulent threats to default on America’s financial obligations and freeze Social Security checks. Americans don’t need another presidential candidate who wastes our time being excessively deferential to someone who lies to us and threatens us incessantly. We need one who calls him out the way Sarah Palin always has.
Palin has been dead right about a lot of important issues. She outperformed quite a few high-performance economists in her assessment of the Quantitative Easing monetary strategy. She’s always been right about domestic energy production, and it gets more obvious by the day. How does her record of accurate predictions stack up against the President and his wise men over the past two years? Some other candidates can do a pretty good job of dissecting the Obama record. Palin did it in advance.
She walks eagerly into the crossfire to support people like Rep. Paul Ryan, even back when he was still working on his “Ryan Roadmap,” the precursor to his “Path to Prosperity” budget. Few of the other presidential contenders have done as much for the Republican Party, and the conservative movement, as Palin over the last few years. That will count for a lot, when the new President must assemble congressional majorities to pass crucial legislation. I can remember many crucial moments since 2008 when Sarah Palin took a firm position on important issues with a whole lot of empty space around her, where other Republicans should have been standing.
Most importantly of all, I like Palin’s aura of confidence… not just in herself, but in the people of the United States. There is something luminous about the way she expresses it. Her cheerful reverence and affection for ordinary people is both comforting and inspiring. Many candidates give impressive performances. Not all of them seem as impressed by us as Palin does. To Palin, we are “the undefeated.”
The great struggle ahead of us will involve returning liberty to a nation that has lost confidence in its government, years after the government so obviously lost confidence in us. Our enormous national debt means that Washington sees the American people as so feeble that the rest of the world must be induced to fund government programs to take care of us.
It is said that we must indenture our children for generations to come, in order to finance welfare benefits for today’s population of adults, who are helpless in a growing number of areas without government supervision. The bumbling descendants of the Greatest Generation must be told what kind of car to drive, what kind of light bulb to use, which kind of inefficient and overpriced energy should fuel their businesses, and how to handle their health care needs. A stagnant, jobless economy is presented as the “new normal.” Things would be even worse, if the Democrats hadn’t told the future how to spend four trillion dollars of its wealth.
The leader who challenges that dark fantasy must have a great and inspirational belief in the strength and wisdom of the American people. Where the State has failed, free men and women will succeed. Where regulation has failed, enterprise will triumph. The rot of central planning will burn away in the light of private sector risk and investment. It shouldn’t have taken us decades to remember that politicians don’t know squat about running a business… but better late than never.
I want Palin to run because she gets all that, and doesn’t need stare into a mirror before TV interviews and remind herself to believe it. The people who look down their noses at her have an equally low opinion of the public they have failed so utterly. Worship of the State is all about submission. I don’t see anything coming out of the Left that I feel like submitting to any longer.
We the people of the United States stand on the verge of withdrawing our consent from a collapsing system that will curse us with its dying breath. That’s going to take guts. Sarah Palin honestly believes we can do it. So do I. The time for doubting ourselves is over.
“To Palin, we are “the undefeated.” “
A real Leader.
Outstanding article!!! Bump back to the top.
There is light at the end of the tunnel..and it is US, the still free men and women of these blessed United States. I’m ready for what’s ahead because I want to leave this place better than how I found it. It won’t be easy undoing the crap that’s been foisted on us for so many years..but when we do, we need a leader who will continue to support and believe in US. There’s precious few in leadership that have that belief and Sarah Palin is at the top of that list.
tet68 - I’m with you there. Somehow, I’ve been fortunate enough these last two years that I can consider an early retirement come January. If Sarah Palin announces, I will go to work fulltime in whatever capacity I can to get her elected.
Yup, she needs people willing to fight beside her. We need all 3 and we need the 2 stacked to the best of our ability with those of the ‘best abilities’ to do the job.
I think the ‘wave’ she creates will bring a number of those people into office with her. Lots of POd people with Bohner and company. That is one man that HAS to be replaced.
” Their goal was to pump one more anti-Palin story into the billowing cloud of toxic smog pouring from major media outlets...Its blood burns hotter as every product of its imagination becomes a titanic failure in the real world.”
Good writer and a good article. Lots of juicy sentences to chew on.
I agree she would bring a bright light and enthusiasm to the GOP not seen since Reagan, but we must join forces today and show her that there are enough of us willing to fight simply because we are patriots not just Palin supporters.
Labor Day
I’ll be right beside you brother!
LLS
Ping for later read.
EXCELLENT!!!
Sarah is US.
$1000. from 1 million patriots will fill her coffer to overflowing. Then we shall see a new 4th of July fireworks show.
I’m sure she would be honest as well, however those .gov depts are full of communists and someone needs to get rid of them.
Since I’ve been out of work for the last 15 months, $1000 is not practical, but I’ll send $100 even if I don’t eat for a week. If every one of her Facebook friends did the same thing, I think it would get attention.
Every month for the last 18 months I have tucked some cash into my Sarah Palin for President escrow account. When she announces, it’s all hers.
My $2500 is in the bank, waiting....
I catch flack for saying this sometimes, but I really think the incoming admin needs to bring back HUAC or the modern day version of it.
Every part of govt, from top to toilet cleaner needs to be rid if the leftist infestation. And before some one says it, the Constitution/Bill of Rights are not a suicide pact that allows Left/communists to overthrow A Constitutional Republic.
There are plenty of ways to do it without resorting to witch hunts. The easiest of all... Can the person pass a FBI background check/security clearance? This IS OUR government after all. If they cannot do something that simple, they do not belong in govt at any level. That’s pretty hard to seriously argue. We need GOOD people, not whatever is available. Then go from there.
As for the elected, obviously they can’t simply be ‘fired’ but if they cannot pass the same test that gets a janitor a job, they sure as heck do not need access to the greatest seats of power in the world. Congressman swear an oath and that oath is not to Liberalism or it’s communist principles. It it to America, our Constitution and it’s people. Hold them to it with Cong/Senate rules.
They can pass house/senate rules codifying that under their rules...no “law” required.
And sell that idea to the public loud and clear.
First, strip the moles of committee assignments and let the voters decide on a recall. Leave them with no power bur a yes/no vote. Voters will want to replace a thus neutered rep via recall ASAP and get the representation a good person in the office would provide. If the check turns up something criminal, charge them immediately, then the house/senate can investigate and if guilty, vote to remove them.
Guys like Rangel would be effectively weeded out in 1 election cycle. And few of that ilk would seek those seats knowing that they would be found out. It would take some time for them to ‘reorganize and subvert this with “clean” leftists. By then, we can develop a long term solution and have it locked in place.
Like I said, simple, legal, ethical, constitutional and no witch hunt required. There’s more but that’s the start of it.
“We are the Undefeated”
Great read! Mr. Pen and I went to see The Undefeated yesterday afternoon. That is exactly what we came away with as well...’We are the Undefeated’. This movie is not just about Sarah Palin...it is about us...conservatives. It reminds us all of why we fell in love with Sarah from the very beginning. It reminds us to not bow in the face of unmitigated evil and slander about our beliefs or those who we deem honorable enough to carry and voice those beliefs in our name. We could not pick a better vessel to carry our beliefs to 1600 Penn. Ave. than Sarah Palin! She carries what is the very best in all of us and she will make us all proud.
This movie will have you standing in applause and better yet...it will have you standing tall and firm in your convictions!
RUN SARAH RUN!!
Thanks for the ping. Doc Zero has written another gem.
The Founding Fathers were radical!
What they proposed, what they founded was a radical departure from anything the world had ever seen. It is why millions upon millions of people have come to this country, for it is only here that liberty and opportunity is free for all comers.
It is a sad fact that those ideas and the government founded upon them by our forefathers are considered radical in 21st century America.
Run! SARAH! Run!
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