Posted by
SouthCountryMom on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:08:40 PM
Wow! What an exciting time the last few days have been for Conservatives! From the announcement of John McCain's running mate, to the onslaught of Gustav, to the onslaught of the liberal hate machine on both the Republican National Convention and Sarah Palin.
First, allow me to say that I think the shots from Michael Moore and former DNC Chairman Don Fowler fell like BBs on the carpet as our president and the lineup of Republican governors rolled up their sleeves in the Gulf to face Gustav on the eve of the Republican National Convention. These patriots were not concerned with the festivities as much as with the humans whose lives were in such turmoil and danger. The Democrash-it class clowns only highlighted the fact that the real men were sacrificing on the Gulf while these cases of arrested emotional development were laughing at them. Badly done, Mr. Moore and Mr. Fowler, badly done.
Now I move on to our vice-presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin. My husband Rory has said all along that he hoped that John McCain would chose a woman for his running mate. We are ecstatic that the choice was a woman and what a woman! Rory also forsaw the vicious attacks from the scared libs once they got a gander at this gal.
The feminazis don't like her because she looks like a swan and loves her husband and her motherhood. The far left whackos don't like her because she stands for what is good and they know that heroes and heroines tend to bring out the celebration of goodness in those exposed to them. The media doesn't like her because she is a leader focused on her own principled agenda and not a follower of their agenda. The Obama camp is runnin' scared as Obama tries frantically to juggle the damage control necessary (due to the afore mentioned media and class clowns) with the need to be able to lauch his own attacks toward the McCain-Palin ticket. And the sad fact is that as the light shines on the real Obama all he'll really be able to do is run for cover. Indeed, Sarah Palin is disliked by many, sad to say.
On the other hand, Sarah Palin is a figure of strength and inspiration to a vast number of Americans whose nostrils are becoming irritated by the odor of moth balls which eminates from the hallowed halls of our legislature. Just as the free spirits and the free thinkers and the mavericks among us, enemies of our media all, have loved our 'cowboy presidents', we love this western woman's frontier spirit and spunk and strength. She reminds us of our roots, of the force and vigor of those who forged our nation from which we sprang.
The liberal groupies have tried to capitalize on adjectives like 'progressive' and 'free thinking' in order to make them sononymous with their numbers and their agenda. The reality is that they insist on clinging to the same philosophies and stuffy moth-eaten heroes of the frantic 60s, which are too far in the past, the teeming followers too crowded at the chute to be granted the use of these terms. They are not progressive, they are stuck in a bygone era pounding their little hippy mantras. They are not free thinking, they are herded by their grizzled old heroes of yesteryear. Yeah, they've traded in their bongs for martinis and their earth shoes for wing tips but they're the same ol' crowd.
Enter John McCain the maverick and Sarah Palin the 21st century woman. The air is smelling fresher already!
So Sarah has baggage. Who in this era doesn't? In truth, people have always had it but in this era of lightening fast media the 'common man' can know about it and have details of it. That being the case we are all now skeptical of those who seem to be above the norm as we know it. We aren't that interested. We no longer wish for leaders we can stand in awe of from a distance. We wish for leaders we can feel a bond of commonality with, someone we can understand - and, more importantly, someone who we feel can understand us.
The real 21st century woman will love Sarah Palin because, through her, she can accept the nomination of vice-president. She, who is working 24 hours a day to help her own teenage daughter to raise her child; she, who is working outside the home instead of planning dinner parties for foreign dignitaries; she, who cheers their husband, brother and children in stock car races, fishing tournaments and little league games; she, who has a heart of gold-and-steel alloy, who is the unsung heroine, will have one of her own accepting this honor on her behalf. Sarah Palin is one of us who has moved into the Governor's mansion, rolled up her sleeves, and 'cleaned house' in Alaska. What woman can't identify with that? We've all ached and wished that we could show our spunk and clean up a good-ol'-boy network or two!
I don't think that this woman does anything for the approval of the media or for the sake of political jockeying, so I truly doubt that the media will dint her will or her spirit at all. Her intent and her purpose are much more honorable than winning a popularity contest. She's a woman of principle.
So, do I think that the strength and the inspiration of Sarah Palin will be paling before the blitz of the left? NO! I do not! I'll tell you this, right from the mouth of an American woman, she ain't paling as far as this ol' gal's concerned!
Tara Bricco
TaraBricco@rorybricco.com