Powerless Against Palin

American Thinker ^ | February 26, 2010 | Gene Schwimmer

[neverdem]

The Palestinians have nothing on liberal Democrats. Palestinians, as Abba Eban, Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations, famously quipped, "never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity."  But the Democrats and the jogging canines of mainstream journalism never miss an opportunity to miss the obvious. 

Allow me, then, to explain the reason -- the real reason -- why the aforementioned devote the enormous amounts of time, effort, ink, and pixels to attack one woman, Sarah Palin. Palin is a private citizen, who does nothing but give speeches, sell books, post Facebook messages, and is a "Fox News contributor" whose only substantive "contributions" so far, from what I can see, have been to Fox News' bottom line and to her own bank account. 

After all, we never saw the left direct this level of vitriol -- no, let's call it what it is, hatred -- against the likes of Ron Paul, Steve Forbes, Ross Perot, and others whose names, for good reason, I cannot recall.  And, unlike Sarah Palin, these were all declared candidates, actively-campaigning for the presidency in an election year.

What could possibly account for this borderline deranged venting of hellfire, this spewing of enough bile to float a battleship, enough gnashing of teeth to pay the college tuition -- all four years -- of the children of a whole battalion of cosmetic dentists?  After all, it's not like Sarah Palin could actually be elected President of the United States or anything.

Or could she?

Of course, she could, or at least the people attacking her think so.  That is not to say that she will be elected or even nominated, but she could and that's clearly one reason why the left is so viciously attacking her and her alone.  This has to be a sweet irony if you're Sarah Palin:  Your enemies are screaming to the rafters that you can't be elected precisely because, in their heart of hearts and brain of brains, they know that you can.  The New York Times' editorial board doth protest too much.

But even that is only one factor that explains, the ferocity, the hateful, the sheer derangement of the left's anti-Palin barrage and it's not the main factor, which is this: They are powerless to stop her.  And they know it.

For Democrats, it is, literally, the Fear That Dare Note Speak Its Name, the fear that Sarah Palin could indeed be elected president and that there is nothing they can do about it.

Follow my impeccable logic here:  While anything can happen between now and the first Tuesday of November, 2012, as the situation exists today (absent a swift and substantial rightward shift by Obama, a dramatic drop in the unemployment rate, the emergence of the Tea Parties as a viable third party, a decision by Obama not to run, or the sudden appearance of a deus ex machina) Barack Obama is a one-term president.  If present trends continue, the next president will be a Republican.  Mitt Romney, Scott Brown, your Aunt Petunia.

Or Sarah Palin.  Whoever the Republicans nominate in 2012 becomes president in 2013.  And that's the key word:  "Republicans."  Whoever the Republicans nominate.

And that's got to be frustrating for your average liberal Democrat:  knowing that absent some surprising favorable development, the Republican Party will choose the next president.  The Democrats role will be limited to simply standing there and letting it happen.

But as the late Billy Mays liked to say, "Wait!  There's more!"  Because if you're a liberal Democrat facing this prospect, you're probably thinking:  "The Messiah's a goner, but if we're to have a Republican president, please, God, please, anyone but Sarah Palin.  Anyone but an attractive, charismatic, principled, conservative, pro-life woman."

Now sometimes appeals to the Almighty work, but not always, or the nation would have been spared the Obama administration, and any appeals and arguments to the voters -- anything the Democrats do after the GOP chooses their candidate -- will be too late.  The Plan A dog (to reelect Obama) won't hunt in 2012, which leaves liberals with Plan B:  dissuade the Republicans from nominating Palin in the first place.  Throw everything, including the kitchen sink, at her.  Blast her with every crack, every criticism, every accusation, no matter how absurd, how hysterical, how rabid and irrational, and hope something sticks.  Sully her good name; taint her so badly in the public's eyes that Republicans won't dare nominate her.

Either that, or turn on the TV at noon, January 20, 2013 to see Barack Obama, out after one soon-to-be-forgotten term, standing on a platform in front of the White House -- and the entire world puts her left hand on the Bible, raises her right, and repeating after Chief Justice Roberts (or reading from her palm) says:

I, Sarah Louise Palin, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States...

Is it any wonder the Dems are going bonkers?

Gene Schwimmer is the author of The Christian State.

[genetic homophobe]

Yes, you’re right. They hate her because she lovingly carries a failed abortion on her hip.

[Don Corleone]

I, Sarah Louise Palin, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States...

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[Brices Crossroads]

“You’re up, kid. Make it count!”

That is a great picture and quote, very much like what the Gipper is actually saying, as he observes the 30th anniversary (February 26, 1980) of his tremendous victory over the RINO establishment in New Hampshire Primary, coming back from a narrow defeat in Iowa (31%-30%) to thrash George H.W. Bush 51%-27% (in a field of ten candidates). This victory effectively clinched his 1980 nomination.

February 26, 1980-the day the Gipper won one for the conservatives, all of us. Thanks, Mr. President. It is up to her to win one for you in 2012. And she will.

[RRTJSP...........]

I laughed when I read your entry....... mine is, “Madam President, will you please take your oath of office”.....

I would walk through a room full of broken glass, barefooted, just to vote for her..................

And last August 29th, I knew nothing about her...........

[zeugma]

Dont forget the Republican establishment hates her too..perhaps more so.

Absolutely. She'd upset quite a few apple carts.

Reason enough to support her IMO.

[antisocial]

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[CPT Clay]

I had to laugh. Good article.

[Vigilanteman]

In my opinion, the biggest hurdle Sarah Palin has to clear is what I call the "catty factor": Women who hate her because she has everything-- brains, beauty, family, strength and power. They will vote against her for no other reason than insane jealousy. So, yes, if the election were held today, O'Bummer would probably clean her clock for that reason alone.

But give O'Bummer three more years, or even two. Even most of the catty women who vote with their feeeeeelings will have had enough to vote for the only viable alternative to four more years of O'Bummer.

[Lakeshark]

Good article ping.

[Lakeshark]

Ping to article.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

...she still has enough principled fire in the belly to do some really conservative things if she gets a chance (reminds the ones that are old enough of AuH2O in ‘64).

..........................Before The Storm
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And .....moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" 1964 acceptance speech

[Rummyfan]

Because if you're a liberal Democrat facing this prospect, you're probably thinking: "The Messiah's a goner, but if we're to have a Republican president, please, God, please, anyone but Sarah Palin. Anyone but an attractive, charismatic, principled, conservative, pro-life woman."

And that is exactly why they hate her.

[Rummyfan]

I’d be proud to have this woman as our president.

[SuperLuminal]

"If present trends continue, the next president will be a Republican. Mitt Romney, Scott Brown, your Aunt Petunia. "

Hmmmm! Definitely Aunt Petunia...if that is the group...

[hinckley buzzard]

They hate her because she is so sweet and nice and likable.

True enough, but those attributes miss the core of the issue. Liberals hate her fundamentally because she embodies the three things liberals fear most: She is good; she is free; and she is a patriotic American.

If she does make a run I expect that the left will do something irretrievably evil to stop her.

[Tonytitan]

Women who hate her because she has everything-- brains, beauty, family, strength and power. They will vote against her for no other reason than insane jealousy.

If she ends up the nominee in '12 she will have beaten out the men in the field who would present the women you speak of with the opportunity to express their insane jealousy by voting for them instead of her.

And given the choice between voting to perpetuate 15%-20% unemployment brought to you by Obummer and voting for someone who has actually run something other her mouth and who might be the best option for getting her husband working again, I think most women would vote to feed their households as opposed to indulging their jealousy.

[Lakeshark]

Nice opinion.

Too bad you're wrong.

:-)

[Bryan24]

At the end of the day, her election will hinge on her ability to show that she makes good desicions. THat will be reflected in:

1. Her record in Alaska.

2. Her personal life.

3. Her advisors.

[Tonytitan]

How is my opinion nice and wrong at the same time?

[oldfart]

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