This one a few days earlier:
Fresh Air
It was a Friday morning and I was floating down the Kenai River in Alaska in a small boat, fishing. We drifted past a small cabin and a man standing on the shore hollered, "You won't believe who John McCain picked for a running mate!!!"
He was probably thinking he was the only one in the back country to know the news but my son had informed me earlier in the morning and when my fishing guide, Jeremy, hollered back, "Sarah Palin!" I guess it took a little wind out of his sails.
By the next day when we got to Palmer to play the Alaska State Fair, people had already swung into action. Placards and T-shirts appeared heralding the fact that the popular governor of the State of Alaska would indeed be part of one of the most important presidential tickets in our history, and as much as the announcement excited and surprised the rest of the country, it just floored Alaska.
The only criticism I heard from the local folks was, "We sure hate to lose her as governor," which is an over the top compliment considering that a lot of states would be tickled to death to ship their governor off to Washington, or Pluto for that matter.
From what I can tell about Sarah Palin, she's a wife and a mother who is pro-life, pro-gun, and proud of having a "Mrs." instead of a "Ms." in front of her name, who ran against a long-established and entrenched political machine and won, befuddling the old boy's club and taking the governorship right out of their grubby hands.
She turned the "Bridge to Nowhere" into the "Bridge That Never Was" and invited oil exploration in ANWR.
If it wasn't so pitiful, it would be amusing to watch the Democratically controlled mainstream media try to deal with this unknown quantity, aghast at the fact that her 17 year-old, unmarried daughter is pregnant.
What crass hypocrisy. Since when did the Democrats ever care about any unborn child, legitimate or illegitimate? You can't have it both ways, guys.
I'll have to admit it, after hearing her speech to the Republican convention I am smitten with the lady.
It's so refreshing to hear a politician speak plainly, in a vernacular we can all understand, letting us see into her true character, and taking on the powerful mainstream media in no uncertain terms. No platitudes, no generalities, just straight-ahead plain talk and in my humble opinion, America loved it.
Here's a lady who has lived her life close to the people, stands strong and unabashed in her beliefs, and not tainted by a beltway mentality.
Here's a woman who has been happily married to a real man for twenty years, has been a successful leader, is proud of her femininity, doesn't wear pants suits all the time and realizes that it doesn't take a village to raise child, it takes a family.
I truly believe that the Democrats are scared to death of her.
Go get 'em, Sarah! http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2008-090508.htm
God Bless Charlie Daniels. An American Treasure.
I don't need more reasons to really admire Governor Palin, but I didn't know this and, if true, my admiration grows even stronger.
IF the losers can challenge that statement, they must do so in the next 24 hours.
Otherwise, slashing their wrists is a satisfactory alternative...
Cat's out of the bag, crooks of all parties...
Or watch a football game and drink a few brews with her husband and not have to explain it.
Take our governator!
Please...
I think Charlie Daniels is spot on!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Charlie nailed it!!! Slap Sarah and they slap the real America!! The LADY might have been sleeping for a while, but SHE is waking now..... God bless America!!!
“Here’s a woman who has been happily married to a real man for twenty years, has been a successful leader, is proud of her femininity, doesn’t wear pants suits all the time and realizes that it doesn’t take a village to raise child, it takes a family.
I truly believe that the Democrats are scared to death of her.”
Charlie Daniels
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God bless Charlie Daniels and make him live to be 100, to keep dealin' sense from the heartland for decades to come.