Posted on 08/31/2008 9:52:16 PM PDT by Jodeo
Dear Governor Palin,
You know this was coming, and this is only the beginning.
First, the obvious barbs from your opponents surfaced: "Sara Palin has less experience than Obama." "She has no foreign policy experience." "John McCain is desperate." "She's the former mayor of a town of 9,000." These arguments can be batted away with reasonable ease.
But it's the charges from the left that Bristol, not you, is the mother of newborn Trig that hurt. It's very personal, not political. It's a charge would send any reasonable human into a fit of rage. Especially a good mom like you. But don't let it. You see, they don't care about the allegation; they care about your response. This is a test of temperament, not truth.
Don't blink.
Keep your eyes on the meaningful issues, not the painful distractions. Even when it's a hard attack that hits your kids, keep your head high and offer to not dignify this gutter speak with any acknowledgment.
First of all, if stories such as this ever get legs, let your surrogates chop them off at the knees. When the country sees your focus and knows that the facts are in place they'll move on. Don't blink.
Second, expect more of this. The left is desperate to stop Senator McCain and you from succeeding. They know you have thick skin so they're coming at you with verbal Husqvarnas. Stare them down. Don't blink.
Finally, they'll keep pecking at you with the trite arguments about experience. Fire back: When was the last time Senator Biden spent any appreciable amount of time in the community of a small town? How has Senator Biden demonstrated his connections to places like Wasilla AK, Wetumpka AL, Winslow AZ or Wynne AR in his 30-plus years inside Washington, DC? How can Senator Biden honestly say he's in touch with fly-over (or, in Alaska's case, "fly-short-of") country when he's remained in touch with inside-the-beltway special interests for over three decades?
Governor Palin, we're impressed by the stature of your character, the strength of your political backbone, your exceptional story and record of accomplishments, and the potential you possess to contribute to a reformed Washington. Along the way it's OK to shed a few tears and even close your eyes to the vitriolic outpouring from your adversaries.
Whatever you do, just don't blink. Keep your eyes focussed on what matters most in this political season: You role in preserving the Constitution and our great republic.
Gov. Palin strikes me as one tough cookie. I don’t think we have to worry about her being put off track by all the negative stuff from the left wing loonies.
but... but... but... Biden told us how hard it is commute from his mansion to D.C.!
FWF
Don’t dignify it with a response.
If you’re answering stupid stuff you’re off message. Stay on message and you win. Get pulled off into the mud and you’ll shrink and you’ll lose.
Right now the incredible shrinking candidate is Obama, shrinking right before our very eyes. Don’t do anything to help him.
i have 4 kids, and one of them is a girl, bristol’s age
my heart breaks that there are such evil vermin smearing this child
Alan Colmes stated that Palin’s child was born with Down’s Syndrome because she “didn’t take proper natal care”. If Hannity doesn’t demand a retraction and an apology on-air next time H&C is on, I’m sending Hannity a series of e-mails until he does.
Bravo. Well put.
Thank you for posting that verse.
The fact that the KOS conspiracy theory article lasted for 5 days is amazing. It was so far fetched and insane. And it was fed fuel by the Leftie Loonies who drooled over the article like the return of the zombies. Even now that Karl’s pictures of her being pregnant have been put out there, the loonies are crying foul, claiming photoshop, etc. I have never believed this was a KOS thing from the start. It has the Obama/Carville signature all over it. John McCain took the wind out of Obama’s sails from his Denver 200 million dollar “I love Me” party. So the OBOT machine retaliated.
Right now the incredible shrinking candidate is Obama, shrinking right before our very eyes. Don’t do anything to help him.....
This post, #5, is very important....Calmly repeat your message...
say it over and over again....never stop...stay on message. 
Biden gets so much vacation every year that he only has to make that commute for half the year.
Simplicity itself:
Sarah Palin: "here is the original birth certificate of my new baby boy"
Perhaps Obama would like to show us his original certificate?
You are absolutely correct. It’s already distracting FR from focusing on the relevant issues. JUST STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
The louder the left screams this charge the more shrill and desperate they sound. Treat this with the dismissive wave of the hand that this pathetic claim deserves.
The more we talk about it, every denial and even outrage at it, we are falling into their trap. They are not making the charge because they believe it, they are doing it to distract us.
No no no. Any public denial would only give this ridiculous story legs that it doesn’t merit. Just ignore it and stay on message.
I suspect that outrageous lie is going to end up hurting Obama and Co. far more than the Palin family.
All that does is highlight Obama's non-existent experience. The Left plays the experience card at their peril.
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