After Weeks of Smears, Why Do We Still Love Sarah Palin?
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Victor Davis Hanson answers it perfectly:
I have been asked by many why I have such confidence in a rookie Alaskan governor, given the rigors of the campaign to follow. (Many Republican pundits apparently do not.) I think we are starting to see the answers to that question. The proverbial “they” hacked into her private email accounts. They swore that her daughter was the real mother of her Down Syndrome baby. They sent legions of reporters and lawyers to Alaska to dig up dirt. They wrote columns suggesting that she was stupid, uneducated, dishonest, a liar, and worse still. All this was the work of moralists, who, in their more extreme manifestations, tried to flood a Chicago radio station to disrupt guests, who doctored photos of McCain to subvert his portrait, who disgraced the Atlantic brand by trafficking in pregnancy rumors, and who now publish the private email of Palin.
And? She is still smiling and apparently unmoved. Had they done this to Biden, he would have gone berserk. Wait—they didn’t do this to Biden, and he seems near berserk in his daily gaffes.
I happened to catch a little bit of Governor Palin speaking in Florida today and there she was – just as fresh, positive and combative as she was during her magnificent acceptance speech at the GOP convention. The people on the left who have been hammering her don’t seem to realise that they’ve got another Reagan on their hands – a calm, confident person who doesn’t need politics for self-validation and, furthermore, who doesn’t care what anyone in the MSM/Leftwing echo chamber thinks about her. For Sarah Palin (as for Reagan in the past), the constituency is God, family, friends and the people…news media, other politicians and elitists of various stripes don’t make the cut.
One day the left will get it – she’s one of us. She’s of that part of America – the overwhelming majority – which believes in God, believes in fellow Americans, loves this nation, would rather a child become a soldier than some bizarre, pierced and tattoo’d weirdo participating in anti-globalization demonstrations, is generous to a fault and is keenly aware of personal failings while conscious of the promise of ultimate redemption. Right now, the left doesn’t get it – because they aren’t of us; and the reason Obama is failing to close the deal in an anti-GOP political climate is because he’s so outside the experience of average Americans. Leftists convince themselves this is due to racism but the truth of the matter is that people who love Condi Rice are dismayed with Barack Obama (and, lefties, Condi Rice – for all her superlative brilliance – is still one of us…she’s risen high but hasn’t cut herself off from the average American).
Meanwhile, the left’s failure to “get it” works to our advantage – though Hanson notes that eventually Obama will figure out that attacking Palin (ie, making the battle “Palin vs Obama”) is a sure loser, we can count on Obama, his Democrats and the larger left to continue to impale themselves upon the conservative spear called Sarah Palin. By the time they turn, bloodied an incomprehending, back to the real battle, it may be too late for them to retrieve the situation.
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56 Responses to “After Weeks of Smears, Why Do We Still Love Sarah Palin?”
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searpforbrains;
>>>Palin is a no-account religious fanatic,>>>
soooooooo what does that make oBOMBa ?
after all he sat in a “christian” church for 20 years and was very involved.
Ill be waiting for your learned answer.
Um, Observer20,
First “under speculation” should be “utter speculation.”
Second, your entire entry was nothing but speculation and broad generlizations.
Thank you pondering but that doesn’t change the fact that Conservatives are a dying breed. This was my point. The Reagan revolution is in its winter years.
Also, I find it a pretty big leap of faith to say older people have done a great job managing the economy. It wasn’t Gen Y tht put us in this mess.
Observer20 writes:
“You actually raised a good point in your last paragraph. From 2000-2004 I believe the Republicans in Congress lost sight of their core value of downsizing federal government”
So I assume your core values are personified by Reagan. You do realize government spending and the deficit under Reagan went up.
What,
Actually, “under speculation” also can be applied, and I meant it. That was not a misuse of words, although I’m not perfect. It’s under speculation as to why Democrats get the youth vote and often times the minority vote.
Second, I believe you meant “generalizations.” And, no, it wasn’t all speculation, as I did provide some concrete facts about voting trends and education. However, my personal take on the “why” they vote that way was speculation, as I noted in my post. Also, generalization in and of itself isn’t a bad thing, but a useful tool humans have used throughout the ages. When we’re talking about a generalized group or demographic, such as “youth voters” or “minorities” we tend to have to generalize our answers. Generalization isn’t always bad, only if you use it in a bad way by applying a stigma or stereotype to that group. If I generalized and said, “Most Democrats support raising taxes,” that is not an improper use of generalization because that does not imply any stigma. If I said, however, that “Most Democrats are idiots who don’t understand how the economy works,” that would be an abuse of generalization. Where in my post did you feel I abused my right to generalize that you would portray it in a bad context?
And if conservatives are a dying breed, then this election sure is close considering the economy and whatnot favor a Democratic sweep. So then why are McCain and Obama virtually tied right now if we’re dieing off? Conservatives dieing out plus “Bush third term” equals Obama 20-point lead, correct?
My core values aren’t personified by anyone. Association games won’t work on me because I have nobody to directly associate my complete set of beliefs with. Define core values.
I have no issue with you making generalizations on voting trends as that can be proven by looking at demographics.
The problem comes when you say this:
“Perhaps it’s because younger voters are more idealist than realist, and thus support many programs that would be too expensive or inefficient to run effectively. So it’s no surprise that Obama draws the young crowd.”
This is a generalization that creates stigma. Something you claim to oppose. Your generalization implies that younger people are know-nothings while older people somehow have a better understanding of the economy, war, and energy. This is a fallacy.
Then there is this:
“However, the fact that their income is lower could be the reason why they would support Obama’s tax cuts, or perhaps they haven’t taken the time to research their candidate.”
The first generalization is okay. The next is a mindless leap. You imply that minorities do not exam their candidates with the same degree of scrutiny as whites. You offer nothing to suggest this is true. You merely toss it out there as a possibility. You are offering a stigma as an option. Minorities don’t take time to understand the politcal process.
I like this one, too.
“Anyway, it’s also a common statistic that many former Democrats turn Republican around the age of 35 after they start raising a family.”
If it is so common please cite it. I do not doubt that certain Presidents cause some Americans to shift parties. Reagan changed Democrats to Republicans. I have yet to see a statistic that says there is a large shift in political affiliation at age 35.
My belief the conservative movement is dying is not my own. McCain has expressed his fear he is losing growing minority groups. As for this election, the effects of this voter shift have not come to full fruition. The conservative movement has not died but its future looks bleak.
Finally, there is this:
“Define core values.”
You defined them for me:
“You actually raised a good point in your last paragraph. From 2000-2004 I believe the Republicans in Congress lost sight of their core value of downsizing federal government”
Your line about the Republicans losing their way is simply false. Since Reagan, the motto of lower taxes and smaller government has been only half-heartedly practiced by Republicans. They get the lower taxes part right. It is the less government part they continually fail at. Reagan failed and Bush II failed. When Bush I violated the important part of the motto, he was booted from office.
If you do not follow this Republican motto I am sorry for implying you do. However, given your willingness to repeat the “they lost their way” excuse, I think my mistake was reasonable.
Overall, my point is that Republicans are losing ground with youth voters and minority voters. You have offered very little to uproot this point other than citing a “common statistic” that says it will all change when young people turn 35.
Instead you have tried to explain why this is true by offering generalizations. In doing so you have thrown out stigmas on both groups as possibilities.
What,
So you disagree with the notion that younger voters are more idealistic. And you disagree with the notion that, since most young voters are democrats, they don’t change parties generally at some age for some reason and with some cause on a consistent basis. To me, these aren’t stigmas, as I find nothing wrong with being idealistic or swapping parties for any reason. I believe many young Democrats do vote Democrat simply because to them the party is seen as the one that values idealism. I also believe that many Republicans vote Republican just because it is seen as the party of family values. These may be stigmas if you can call them that, but at least I offer my stigmas equally on both sides.
I’m not going to idolize Reagan. I don’t idolize politicians in general, actually. That’s why I’m saying, without comparing him to any previous administration, that I hope McCain downsizes government. McCain’s the best chance I’ve got of realizing that, much better than Obama, certainly.