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.
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