Five for five is a very good batting average in baseball and seldom achieved in politics. Tuesday's elections resulted in all five of Gov.Palin's endorsements winning their primaries. Just as critics were saying that the Palin magic was over, evidence of her influence hit them squarely in the face. Just as critics were minimizing the importance of the tea party groups, the tea party candidates defeated candidates supported by establishment Republicans.
This would be bad enough for the Palin Derangement Syndrome sufferers, but that was only the beginning of a bad week for them. Gov.Palin had two more successful speeches and then appeared at the Glen Beck "Restore Honor" Rally. Hundreds of thousands attended the event at the Lincoln Memorial and Palin's appearance was among the highlights of a successful event. This was not a political event, but instead, one aimed at encouraging a spiritual revival in America and support for our military. Beck and Palin both recognize that in order to return America to living within its means and under the Constitution, a spiritual as well as political awakening must occur.
The media reacted to the huge turnout to this event with disbelief. Some reports only mentioned that there were two rallies, the other by liberal Al Sharpton and they dealt with them as being equivalent. Of course hundreds of thousands attended "Restore Honor" while the Sharpton rally drew hundreds to maybe a thousand. It doesn't seem to matter to these guardians of our liberty that the whole thing was on C-Span and that photos give the lie to their reports.
Gov. Palin gave an impassioned speech supporting our military, one that could have been delivered by a patriotic president. In the absence of such, Gov. Palin filled the role well. Many in the audience were seen wiping their eyes as she detailed the heroics of three veterans being honored. Palin wiped her eyes as well as the bagpipes played "Amazing Grace".
Although the Beck event had no relationship to any tea party group, the media referred to it as a large tea party rally, hoping the tar they had thrown at the tea party might stick to the "Restore Honor" attendees. Some pundits claimed the group was racist, ignoring a large number of black featured speakers and performers. Few mentioned that Martin Luther King's niece, a staunch pro-life advocate, was one of the featured speakers.
Gov. Palin is probably the only politician on the national scene that has not only supported smaller government, advocated by the tea party groups, but also achieved it while in office. She is also the only politician who has always advocated pro-life decisions, and also has lived out those decisions in her own life. She can act as standard-bearer for three separate movements, tea party, pro-life spiritual revival, and a reinvigorated woman's movement that includes married women and mothers. With estimates of tea party support at over 20% and pro-life at over 50% and women making up over 50% of voters, the convergence of these groups headed into 2012 bodes well for a Palin candidacy.
As I watch today's McLaughlin Report, recorded earlier in the week, the panelists are discussing who will be the Republican 2012 nominee. Only Pat Buchanan mentions Palin. The others all hold to the belief that Republicans will do as they always have and nominate the one who is next in line, Mitt Romney. The tea party people are just a few kooks and democrats will easily defeat them. I wonder if they should start taping their program later in the week.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Who is Driving this Wagon?
Gov. Palin has President Obama right where she wants him and people are starting to notice. By bringing the Cordoba Mosque into the national discussion on her Facebook page, Sarah Palin said what a president of the US should have said if they were representing the people and a nation that had been attacked by militants acting in the name of Islam. She put the president to shame (politely) for not having stated a position on the mosque, but it didn't start there.
Gov.Palin had just finished criticizing Obama for inaction on protecting us from illegal immigration, stating that he lacked "cojones" to enforce the immigration laws. The kick in the cojones was closely followed with bringing up the mosque issue. He knew he must show that he had the courage to respond and he did by telling a Muslim audience that he supported the Mosque. Reaction from democrat candidates across the nation prompted a next-day clarification that defies understanding. He was agnostic toward the mosque before he was for it, and he was still agnostic. Gov. Palin had painted him into a corner. She then proceeded to show him an escape path, a plan by Gov. Paterson to encourage the building of the mosque at a different location. All he has to do is add his encouragement to that of Gov. Paterson. She has imprisoned him and is now dangling the keys in front of him.
Gov. Palin has been driving the wagon of public discussion for some time now beginning with her "death panels" comments on the health care bill. Now that the bill has passed and we can find out what was in it, we find many boards and panels politically appointed and composed of non-medical personnel that determine standards of care, and in individual cases determine who will get care and who won't. In other words, death panels.
Gov. Palin is starting to raise questions in the heads of even NY liberals. Why am I agreeing with what Sarah Palin is saying about the mosque while I'm disagreeing with my president? Why do I think she's more right than he is about our relationship with Israel? Am I starting to think that she has better judgment than Obama? Am I starting to doubt that she's a stupid woman and if so, am I starting to doubt what the media has been repeating over and over. Am I starting to realize that her daughter's pregnancy was irrelevant to whether Gov. Palin would be a good president?
Equating building the mosque at Ground Zero to an issue of freedom of religion is a major error that the democrats are now being forced to buy into. We have the freedom to own a gun, but not to take it on an airplane. We have the freedom to speak but not to threaten. Muslims have the freedom to follow their religion but not to gloat at the site where nearly 3000 people lost their lives while celebrations erupted in Muslim nations across the globe.
Gov.Palin had just finished criticizing Obama for inaction on protecting us from illegal immigration, stating that he lacked "cojones" to enforce the immigration laws. The kick in the cojones was closely followed with bringing up the mosque issue. He knew he must show that he had the courage to respond and he did by telling a Muslim audience that he supported the Mosque. Reaction from democrat candidates across the nation prompted a next-day clarification that defies understanding. He was agnostic toward the mosque before he was for it, and he was still agnostic. Gov. Palin had painted him into a corner. She then proceeded to show him an escape path, a plan by Gov. Paterson to encourage the building of the mosque at a different location. All he has to do is add his encouragement to that of Gov. Paterson. She has imprisoned him and is now dangling the keys in front of him.
Gov. Palin has been driving the wagon of public discussion for some time now beginning with her "death panels" comments on the health care bill. Now that the bill has passed and we can find out what was in it, we find many boards and panels politically appointed and composed of non-medical personnel that determine standards of care, and in individual cases determine who will get care and who won't. In other words, death panels.
Gov. Palin is starting to raise questions in the heads of even NY liberals. Why am I agreeing with what Sarah Palin is saying about the mosque while I'm disagreeing with my president? Why do I think she's more right than he is about our relationship with Israel? Am I starting to think that she has better judgment than Obama? Am I starting to doubt that she's a stupid woman and if so, am I starting to doubt what the media has been repeating over and over. Am I starting to realize that her daughter's pregnancy was irrelevant to whether Gov. Palin would be a good president?
Equating building the mosque at Ground Zero to an issue of freedom of religion is a major error that the democrats are now being forced to buy into. We have the freedom to own a gun, but not to take it on an airplane. We have the freedom to speak but not to threaten. Muslims have the freedom to follow their religion but not to gloat at the site where nearly 3000 people lost their lives while celebrations erupted in Muslim nations across the globe.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Eye-Rolling Vs. Being Rolled
This is what it's come down to. Every body movement is scrutinized in an attempt to find some negative to attribute to Sarah Palin. This time it's an attempt to show that Sarah doesn't like teachers. When a lady protester with a sign that said "World's Worst Governor" said she was a teacher Gov. Palin dissed teachers by rolling her eyes. So they say. Of course, Sarah comes from a family of teachers so we know that's not true.
When Barack Obama is involved, it's a different matter. There is no need to examine his body movements, his eyebrows, or manner of dress to determine his attitude toward anyone. His speech doesn't seem to matter either. When he said that certain people were bitter clingers clinging to their guns and religion, that didn't mean anything. He wasn't dissing people who believe in the Second Amendment and he certainly wasn't meaning to put down religious people. When he said in his book that he sought out Marxist professors in college, that didn't mean he was interested in Marxism or that he was a Marxist. When he told Joe the Plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth around", that couldn't possibly mean that he believed in socialism. When he told George Stephanopolis that he was a Muslim and George had to correct him and tell him he was a Christian, that was just a meaningless misstatement. When he said that Europe was a country and that he had visited 57 states, he must have been tired. When he ordered a full court press against the State of Arizona for wanting to have federal immigration law enforced, he wasn't disrespecting Arizona voters and their elected officials--no problem. When he appointed admitted communists, Marxists, and socialists to office, that didn't mean anything either, but when Sarah Palin moves her eyebrows... what an awful person she is.
Gov.Palin has given hundreds of speeches covering just about every aspect of American life from international politics to energy to womens issues to religion. What the media covers is her appearance, anything they can piece together to make her appear stupid, and the latest antics of Levi Johnston.
The media gave up it's neutrality long ago, but criticizing Palin based on eyebrow movement while ignoring Obama's blatant actions and statements is taking the bias to an extreme.
When Barack Obama is involved, it's a different matter. There is no need to examine his body movements, his eyebrows, or manner of dress to determine his attitude toward anyone. His speech doesn't seem to matter either. When he said that certain people were bitter clingers clinging to their guns and religion, that didn't mean anything. He wasn't dissing people who believe in the Second Amendment and he certainly wasn't meaning to put down religious people. When he said in his book that he sought out Marxist professors in college, that didn't mean he was interested in Marxism or that he was a Marxist. When he told Joe the Plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth around", that couldn't possibly mean that he believed in socialism. When he told George Stephanopolis that he was a Muslim and George had to correct him and tell him he was a Christian, that was just a meaningless misstatement. When he said that Europe was a country and that he had visited 57 states, he must have been tired. When he ordered a full court press against the State of Arizona for wanting to have federal immigration law enforced, he wasn't disrespecting Arizona voters and their elected officials--no problem. When he appointed admitted communists, Marxists, and socialists to office, that didn't mean anything either, but when Sarah Palin moves her eyebrows... what an awful person she is.
Gov.Palin has given hundreds of speeches covering just about every aspect of American life from international politics to energy to womens issues to religion. What the media covers is her appearance, anything they can piece together to make her appear stupid, and the latest antics of Levi Johnston.
The media gave up it's neutrality long ago, but criticizing Palin based on eyebrow movement while ignoring Obama's blatant actions and statements is taking the bias to an extreme.
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