About Sarah Palin
66About Sarah Palin
During the 2008 campaign for President the Republican candidate John McCain chose as his running mate Governor Sarah Palin (R) Alaska, she was chosen I believe to offset the fact that McCain is not a real Conservative. Gov. Palin accepted the chance to be McCain's running mate and began her conversion to a national figure. Those of us who are real Conservatives wondered who this woman was and what she would bring to the ticket, she wound up bringing the only Conservative voice to this debacle known as the McCain Campaign!
, McCain was nothing more than a political football kicked around by the Obama juggernaught! The Campaign decided that they would push the "war hero" that John McCain is to an electorate tired of war, constant mention of his trials and tribulations as a Prisoner of War only pushed the voters further away.
However everywhere Palin went she brought bigger crowds than John McCain, she was loved by the Republican base for her unwavering Conservative values. She spoke as if she was one of us because she WAS one of us. She was the typical tough Republican woman!
But in the end it mattered little to a majority of U.S. citizens hardened against Republicans for their lavish spending and berated by the "in the tank for Obama" media. Palin was painted as an empty headed beauty queen with little or no experience as a Head of State who had ever run anything larger than a household. The hypocracy of the media and the Obama campaign in painting their candidate as supremely more qualified than Palin was amazing, Obama has never held a job in the private sector, and had never run even a household!
Fast forward to June 2009, eight months after the election. Gov. Palin in New York City for a charitable event is attacked by CBS late night host David Letterman, he says that she needs to get over her "slutty flight attendent" look and goes on to attack Palins daughter as having been "knocked up" by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez during the 7th inning stretch of a ballgame Palin and her 14 year old daughter attended. In fairness to Letterman I don't believe he meant to attack the 14 year old but rather the 18 year old Bristol Palin.
That matters little to most people who believe that the children of politicians are off limits for personal attacks, you would never hear Letterman or anybody else describe Obama's children as "Nappy headed" to borrow from Don Imus. What I find most amazing about this whole episode is the total silence from feminist groups, Sarah Palin has accomplished much more in 44 years than most "feminists" will ever accomplish! She is a true feminist and deserves the same outrage from groups like NOW as they would give to a liberal woman. It just goes to show Rush Limbaugh has been right about these groups all along!
Now a day or two removed from the latest attack on Gov. Palin by Vanity fair where she is lambasted for being "unprepared" and a "diva" by unnamed sources in the McCain camp there is still silence! There will always be silence from the left wing feminists groups, they are incapable of rational thought and should be relegated to the trash bin of history.
I believe that the only reason the left still attacks Palin is because they fear her, no female candidate on the National stage has gained the attention that Palin has. And I don't think anybody takes Liberal women serious, nor should they!
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I appreciate the note and glad you happened along.
Well written and cogent Hub....Thanks
Whe Sarah announced her resignation the media swarmed all over her, yet when Sibelious, Gov of Kansas, or Napoliatano, Gov of Arizona , both resigned to take a post with Obama, not a word was spoken ...I am getting sick and tired of this media hypocrisy...
I appreciate the compliment, the media will always be liberal. Being conservative means you must take a stand for something and they don't have it in them!
Texan, how do you explain the truth that Sarah Palin thinks the Iraq oil war is holy? Her dominionist thought mixed with neocon thought makes her a loose cannon and a person who could get us into a World War 3 with Russia.
You would do well to read Pat Buchanan's views on the neocons to realize what real conservatives believe. He fears the brazen aggressiveness of the neocons.
BTW you live in Texas. Did you know that the Taliban went to Texas in 1997 and they refused a bribe to build a pipeline to the Caspian for HW?
Dear A Texan, This is a very strong and solid piece of writing -- for the most part. You build a strong, logical and fact-based case. But then you just can't resist edging into hyperbole and speculation, can you? I'd respect this hub more if you quit while you were ahead.
Here is an example of what I'm talking about: "Palin was painted as an empty headed beauty queen with little or no experience as a Head of State who had ever run anything larger than a household. The hypocracy of the media and the Obama campaign in painting their candidate as supremely more qualified than Palin was amazing, Obama has never held a job in the private sector, and had never run even a household!"
So, by your logic, anyone who has run a household is qualified to run for president of the United States???
And as for late night comedians ragging on the children of public figures. You might want to revisit some Jay Leno tapes circa the 1990s. As I recall, Chelsea Clinton -- along with her parents -- was the subject of many a cheap shot.
And not for anything, but if Mrs. Palin is so protective of her kids, why did she trot poor Bristol out with her bulging belly during the 2008 campaign? Maybe I am missing something here on the whole "conservative family values" front.
Mighty Mom Thanks for reading and offering opinions. I believe that anyone who has ever run a household is infinately more qualified than Obama, since when do we need Presidents with impeccable records? Lets take Clinton for example he was elected simply because he wasn't a Republican, we were viewed as liars after the famous Bush #1 satement of Read my lips. Clintons record was spotty and he wound up doing a pretty good job as President! I didn't vote for him but facts is facts! That being said I don't believe we should elect convicted felons but they all don't have to be Harvard graduates that have been handled and groomed to be politicians.
I believe you and I are probably qualified to be President and we would probably do a much better job than most simply because we have run house holds! I am assuming of course that your moniker is accurate! Thanks for reading.
bgamall I don't know that is what she believes maybe she does maybe she doesn't, if she does well thats ok because our enemy is certainly engaged in a holy war so maybe we should be too. Pat Buchanon is no longer a "real conservative" as far as Im concerned. The term Neocon is over used and a little meaningless because it only means New Conservative, not a new type of conservative, It is used by the left as an insult towards conservatives and it misses the mark. But thanks for reading!
A Texan,
A couple errors:
1. You just keep stating that she is a "true conservative," without defining what that means. You say little on her actual record, but make fun of Obama and McCain both, neither for things that they actually did. Try to back up the myriad arguments you start.
2. Why not be a little more angry at the GOP? I'm nearly positive that our definition of "real conservative" is quite different, but that doesn't mean that the left is at fault! The left is simply kicking the republicans whenever they falter, which has been very often lately. The GOP ideology has been off the mark since the "Moral Majority" bullshit shot the Goldwater-style true conservatives right off the map. Religious fundamentalism, as I pointed out to someone named KARAS who wrote a hub about being "Unapologetically Pro Life," does not equal conservative thought. The GOP is so unbelievably off base that it's both painful and embarrassing to read/see/hear any statement by nearly any elected republican.
3. The term "neo con" does not miss the mark, as you said in your last comment, but instead represent the turning of conservative thought as I described in my last paragraph. Neo-cons, thirty years ago, were just former liberals who became "conservatives." They are disgusting and align themselves far more with "social conservative" issues - read: biblical theory in action - and don't care about keeping the size of the federal government down. George Bush is a glaring example of a neoconservative. He spent so many billions and trillions (TARP, after everything else failed), just to ruin the influential standing of our country, bankrupt our economy, bring about socialism in the form of having to bail out banks (making our banking system run by the federal government, SOCIALISM), etc. If you are one that believes that George W. Bush was a conservative, you are a Christian ideologue and absolutely scare me.
Please read Barry Goldwater's "Conscience of a Conservative" and gain a better understanding before you make more rants that have neither basis in reality or support.
-- Flint
I'm all over it
meetbrandon says:
5 months ago
From a fellow conservative Texan, AMEN! Sarah Palin's entrance into the 2008 presidential race was certainly necessary to bring credibility to the GOP's left-leaning moderate candidate! Whereas I have great respect for Sen. McCain for his service to our nation, I only voted for him to vote for Gov. Palin!
And you are right when you say Sarah Palin is attacked out of fear, because in this woman we have found a leader capable of getting Americans to believe in Reagan principles and bring the conservative movement back to this country that has lost its way!
Keep up the amazing work!