Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Sarah Palin Threat


I'm 31 years old and have been watching politics since middle school, 6th grade actually, age 11. That's 20 years of watching the Republicans and Democrats duke it out for The White House, for the Senate, for the House, for Governorships. And in those 20 years of watching politics, I have never seen a Vice Presidential candidate attacked as much as Sarah Palin has been in this current election. The closest example I can think of is the 1988 VP debate when Lloyd Benson mocked Dan Quayle with the famous "I know Jack Kennedy, and you sir are no Jack Kennedy".

Why? Why does Gov. Palin pose such a threat that the left will resort to any and all means of attack her?

Examples include:
  • Attacks on her Christian faith, i.e. this article from Newsweek
  • This picture from a West Hollywood, CA house (also posted to the side here)
  • attacks on her intelligence
  • and many many more
So again, why is Sarah Palin the left's favorite target? Palin has admitted that she has aspirations beyond this election and it is my opinion that the left is afraid of that very thing. Palin is pretty and pretty smart. Former Obama speechwriter Wendy Button, who in this blog has explained why she will be supporting John McCain, says this about Palin,
"When someone takes on a corrupt political machine and a sitting governor, that is not done by someone with a low I.Q. or a moral core made of tissue paper."
And Ms. Button you are correct, Palin is smart and is strong. The left wants Americans, especially American women, to believe that all women who vote Republican are 1950's housewife wannabes. Any woman who is smart, strong, and dedicated and who happens to disagree with the left on issues, especially social issues such as abortion, must be attacked and torn down. The only women they want in politics are Hillary clones, like Michelle Obama (a radical college leftist) or KS Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

Don't let the media, such as Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and others fool you, look into it yourself.

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