Posted on 08/31/2008 6:55:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Leave it to the solipsistic, dead tree media to get it wrong once again. They are trying to come to terms with McCain's selection of Sarah Palin and what a masterstroke it was. They buy into the Obama "hope and change" B.S. then defend his choice of Joe Biden as V.P, yet when a true example of change smacks them upside the dome, they bash it.
What the media can't understand is that Palin has reinvigorated a GOP that sorely needed it. During the primaries, there was excitement and drama as Obama caught and then overtook Hillary Clinton. It was five straight months of excitement and they're now stuck with a candidate that many didn't want. On the opposite side, the GOP primary lacked excitement with McCain trudging along and the others not exactly energizing anyone.
Fast-forward to Friday and look at how the pick of Palin has jolted the party to action just when it was most needed. McCain brought in ove $7-million on that day alone because Sarah Palin is just what the base was looking for. She's a true reformer, an athlete, loves the outdoors including hunting and fishing, walked the walk under difficult circumstances when faced with a choice of whether or not to bring her son into the world with Down Syndrome, supports energy independence and is willing to take on the establishment. She is hope and change while Obama and Biden are machine politicians. Palins husband is a steel worker and a union one at that; that appeals to Reagan Democrats and it offsets the life of privilege Obama now leads (see arugula).
Palin has stirred a fire in the GOP base that was doused during the last three years of Bush's second term. Yes, we saw the good in winning in Iraq and the bad in immigration and spending, yet it's time for real change and that is what Palin represents. Obama supporters didn't exactly light up the Internet sending him money when he selected Biden, now did they?
Back to the media. Just a few examples from my local rag show what he MSM just isn't getting it. The hyper-partisan yet usually intelligent Trudy Rubin mails this one in. Chris Satullo could have gotten his piece from Daily Kos and it's written as if it were a post from that site. Check this out and read DKos or the any other liberal blog and tell me if you can see a difference:
Palin? Every story about her since McCain stunned the nation Friday mentions that Palin was, in her youth, a beauty queen. OK, cue in grumbling about the unregenerate sexism of the political press, but here's the problem:
Conservative male voters have told pollsters for years they weren't comfortable with the idea of a woman as commander in chief.
So why expect them to vote for a woman who two years ago was mayor of a town of about 8,000?
The answer, whispered but unmistakable: "Yeah, but she's hot!" She has no foreign-policy experience, has barely traveled overseas. "Yeah, but she's hot!" She gets mixed reviews from politicians in her own party in Alaska. "Yeah, but she's hot!"
As for women who supported Clinton, I just can't see them easily switching allegiance from their dogged feminist hero to someone they may well view as an arriviste prom queen.
Pathetic, really. I guess Satullo comes cheap or something as I've read better commentary at the Huffington Post. No wonder the Inqy is wallowing in red ink is the opinion pages are filled with that unimaginative drivel. I guess I shouldn't expect more considering that Satullo wrote this piece about how bad America sucks on the Fourth of July.
The only one at the Inqy who may sense the change Palin brings is Dick Polman who is in tune with the blogosphere and probably looks at Memorandum several times a day to see what's hot. He at least tries to play it straight and seems to sense that something is afoot in the GOP, he just doesn't quite put his finger on it.
Palin is an excellent choice and with a Democrat party that is still partitioned into Hillary and Obama factions despite the media lie that they achieved "unity", Palin may just pick off enough to win this thing. For what it's worth, what every single opinion writer at the Inqy failed to realize is that McCain's selection of Palin canceled out any boost Obama would have had from his tepid convention speech. The MSM had their stories written about how it was the most important convention speech ever and how Obama can capture a crowd but it was all forgotten by noon Friday and the bump was negated.
The answer, whispered but unmistakable: “Yeah, but she’s hot!” She has no foreign-policy experience, has barely traveled overseas. “Yeah, but she’s hot!” She gets mixed reviews from politicians in her own party in Alaska. “Yeah, but she’s hot!”
...I went to a party (all conservatives) the night of the Palin announcement. Over and over from the guys you heard, “Yeah, but she’s hot”, “She’s also very hot”, “She’s smart and hot”, “She hunts and is hot”.
Yes! I do believe that conservative men WILL vote for her partially because “she’s hot”. Women (except Feminazis) like her because of devotion to family and church. Palin is a winner.
What the Liberal MSM wants is a Liberal/Socialism agenda.
They don’t want a leader like Palin who has more accomplishments than Obams/Biden and the whole Democratic Congress under Pelosi and Reid.
Wrong. Conservative male voters are not comfortable with the idea of a liberal woman as commander in chief.
And mainly because she's conservative, duh. Who else were they going to vote for, anyway ... Osame bin Biden?
My husband hasn't mentioned her looks at all.
The idea that conservative would not support a black or a woman was always bunk. Conservatives are much less color and gender conscious than liberals. Conservatives care about the ideas and character of a candidate.
The DBMs have their minds made up and only support “facts” that “prove” their desires. Even if they have to invent the “facts.”
Yes, for the reasons you specified, but millions of women will also vote for Palin because she's a woman. My wife has badgered me for weeks speculating on McCain's veep choice. When she found out about Palin, she became immediately more enthusiastic. And get this, my wife (unlike yours truly) is pro-choice on abortion. So the lib idea that many pro-choice women will not support Palin is built on a shaky platform. A platform of losers.
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Steyn: Hostess with the Moosest
The Corner ^ | 8-30-08 | Mark Steyn
Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:38:54 AM by cgk
The hostess with the moosest Mark Steyn
Sarah Palin and Barack Obama are more or less the same age, but Governor Palin has run a state and a town and a commercial fishing operation, whereas (to reprise a famous line on the Rev Jackson) Senator Obama ain’t run nothin’ but his mouth. She’s done the stuff he’s merely a poseur about. Post-partisan? She took on her own party’s corrupt political culture directly while Obama was sucking up to Wright and Ayers and being just another get-along Chicago machine pol (see his campaign’s thuggish attempt to throttle Stanley Kurtz and Milt Rosenberg on WGN the other night).
I just asked mine if he thought she was hot,
He say “yeah!!” and gives me that naughty smile LOL
I didn’t ask, but all he’s talked about is her political positions and experience. Of course, he mainly gets news from the radio :-). On the other hand, he’s married to a well-preserved lady over 40 who has babies, so what’s new about Gov. Palin?
I only wish I was as well preserved is she is. And she has one more baby than I do!!!
“...On the other hand, he’s married to a well-preserved lady over 40 who has babies, so what’s new about Gov. Palin?...”
You don’t just have babies, you have a gaggle of beautiful babies!
:-)
Have a great Sunday
(Yeah, Palin is HOT! That is just the icing on the cake, it’s all those other wonderful qualifies that excite me about this election. She could almost qualify as a G.R.I.T.S.)
They aren’t missing it, they’re ignoring it.
Well, yes. But I'm in the general area of the ballpark, with a little effort :-).
Thank you, and you have a great Sunday, too. Vlad, who is 2, just told me I was cute, so I guess I’m good enough.
Yesterday my hubby was explaining to my son-in-law and another daughter’s fiance why Palin is fully qualified and a great choice as a running mate for McCain. He was actually doing well; mentioning her business experience, and her experience as mayor and governor and being CinC of the Alaska National Guard...I am the onery one, I had to say that it sure didn’t hurt that she was an awesome looking moose hunter. The two young men laughed; hubby was not so amused.
My husband is as conservative as anyone I know, and retired Army. He is really happy with Palin as VP. I asked him if he thinks she is qualified to be President if something happens to McCain and he said he does. His thinking after listening to her speak and checking out her background is that she is smart enough to know when to seek the advice of others when needed, so he would have no worries about her being President. This was surprising to me, but I do agree with him.
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