Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Oh, yeah!

This is by Cal Thomas for a FOX news forum!

You Can’t Fake Authenticity

What is it about Sarah Palin that has gotten the liberal media’s knickers in a twist? Why are they criticizing, even mocking, everything from her hair to her faith?

She is exactly what the feminists claim to want and admire in women: strong, self-assured, a working mom, a political leader. But wait, she is a conservative Republican and because of that they hate her for displaying all of the aforementioned characteristics.

They are appalled that she would keep a Down Syndrome child when she could have aborted him. They are outraged when she speaks of God as if she knows Him, when their only acquaintance with the name is as a curse word, followed by “damn.” They are even disgusted that she has five children, as they think one (or maybe two) is enough.

Sarah Palin is to the left what sunlight is to a vampire. Her high heels have knocked them back on the heels of their comfortable shoes.

She has galvanized and united the social and economic conservatives, when the left thought it saw an unbridgeable divide between the “oil and water” elements of the Republican Party.

The USA Today-Gallup Poll published Monday shows a ten point advantage for McCain-Palin among likely voters — the most important constituency. That is a remarkable turnaround when you consider Obama received an eight-point bounce from the Democratic Convention, which has now been wiped-out.

I think it has something to do with the fact that average people, who live in what the left thinks of as “flyover” country, identify with a woman who has an intact, yet imperfect family. They can visualize her pushing a grocery cart at the supermarket and shopping at Wal-Mart.

You can’t fake genuineness and if this trend continues, Obama and the entire Democratic Party — which thought it had this election in the bag — will be left to wonder over the next four years how they got their pockets picked by someone they arrogantly consider a yahoo from moose country.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

I really enjoyed reading this!

mama2ryleigh said...

This is REALLY good!

Tamra said...

I hadn't read this article. Thanks so much for sharing it. I saw Sarah today at a McCain rally and she is definitely someone we can relate to - unlike most politicians. Go Sarah!

Dorcas said...

Hi Myranda,
Yeah!! I like this post about Sarah Palin :o) I'm hoping she'll come close to our area. I'd love to go see her!
And yes, I'm the one who ran into you at Walmart earlier tonight asking if you blog! hehe You don't know if you don't ask, right? It was nice to meet you. Stop by my blog sometime. I'll be checking back here often.

Clarissa said...

IT'S ABOUT TIME THE MEDIA BE SHOCKED OUT OF THEIR SHOES. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN AND DIGGING UP THE DIRT, BUT THEY CAN'T HANDLE SOMEONE "NORMAL" IN THE SPOTLIGHT. SHE'S A MOTHER TO LOOK UP TO, AND I AMERICA DEFINITLY NEEDS THAT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.