Saturday, September 13, 2008

WHAT PART OF 'THE LADY IS THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB DOESN'T THE OPPOSITION UNDERSTAND?


I have to give it to those who are envious of, confounded by or who just plain hate Sarah Palin and what she stands for. They deserve "A" for effort when it comes to producing reasons for not voting for her or for why she shouldn't be allowed to run for office in the first place.

All she was, before ascending to her present position, was a wife and mother, a member of the PTA, a basketball coach, the Mayor of her town, then the Governor of her State. Not a bad little resume that. Of course, it was the opposition who thought the fact that she is a practising Christian and a Pro-Lifer was worth mentioning. Not necessarily in glowing terms mind.

It would appear that the fact that she was a Mayor is worthy of derision. Really? Try it some time. Of course, she might have aspired to the position of Community Organizer as Barack Obama did, but no one could come up with the job description. Being Governor didn't fare much better. After all, what good will come out of Alaska? When Middle Eastern dictatorships don't want to rip consumers off - by selling oil at very unpleasant prices - any more or when they think everyone is so desperate that we will pay anything for oil and we can't, let's decide if we want to freeze in the dark for half of the year or whether we want to change our minds about Alaska and its potential. Suddenly the Alaskan pipeline might not sound so bad. On the subject of Alaska, it comprises 20% of the United States land mass. Not a bad jurisdiction or stomping ground.

When the detractors say she has no experience in foreign affairs, do they mean she hasn't screwed up? What experience did her predecessors have? It was Cindy McCain who reminded us that Sarah Palin has, all her life, lived closer to Russia than most Americans and that has equipped her with considerable knowledge of foreign affairs - the naive who still believe that the Iron Curtain has truly fallen notwithstanding. Just ask the Georgians how benign Russia is. Sarah Palin figured it out.

In response to those who will continue to the bitter end, to paint her as an ambitious babe-in- the-woods, anyone who had the imagination to put a government jet on eBay seems, at least to me, to be pretty sharp. Anyone who has the guts to expose, oppose and fire parasites - even those in her own party - seems to be pretty courageous.

One broadside is the alleged failure to vet the lady. Questions were asked re the parentage of her beautiful little baby. Absurd allegations were made, her husband was asked to take a paternity test, she was asked when her amniotic fluid broke. Gee what else is left to ask?

The fact that Sarah Palin tolerates this garbage with grace, while finding time to say nice things about Hillary Clinton, says a lot for the lady's resolve. Good things are in store for the USA.

3 comments:

Osumashi Kinyobe said...

The pure and simple fact is that Sarah Palin, who is running for VP, has more experience than Barack Obama, who is running for president. Had Obama been pro-life (and is the extreme opposite), he wouldn't seem so palatable to liberal voters, the same who deplore Sarah Palin for that reason.

Anonymous said...

Palin seems to be the only solid candidate out there. These put-downs will only help her.

RuralRite said...

Which goes to show, you can't fool all the people all the time. It's thankfully, made more people aware of the continual media bias against anyone with any real values.