We are Sarah.
Posted on 09/04/2008 2:25:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mrs. Palin may prove to be a disaster--or not. It would be premature to declare her the next Joan of Arc. But to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of her demise, are not only exaggerated, they fly in the face of historical fact.
Like the press corps in Frank Capra's film, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, the Beltway Boys are tagging her a "Country Bumpkin " and assuming her "thin" resume is not only an insult to the importance of the presidency but a slap in the face to women voters.
Conventional wisdom has it that her choice is a naked ploy to snag disgruntled Hillary females, who are so vapid, that they will join the McCain bandwagon simply because there is a member of the sisterhood of the traveling pants suits bringing up the rear.
Sarah Palin is no sister of the pants suit set. If women vote for her it won't be because she reminds them of Hillary. They'll vote for her because, just as Mr. Smith reminded us of our better selves, Sarah Palin will remind women (and men) of their better selves.
Obama spokesman, Bill Burton came out swinging and criticized her for being mayor of a town of less than 9,000. Because he shares much of the media's disdain for folks who come from small towns (you know, we dress funny, drive pick-ups, drink beer not chardonnay, hunt animals, go to church, belong to the PTA,--and can bowl over a 36) he believes voters despise us as well.
Sarah's own press secretary couldn't have delivered a more potent line. Telling Americans that she's more like them than Obama, Biden, or Hillary was a huge coup d'état for Palin's camp. Burton must be too young to have seen Capra's movie.
You see, contrary to what the spin-meisters, and big city editorial writers would have you believe, most of us come from towns very similar to Wassilla.
Capra knew that. That's why his small town hero took D.C. by storm despite attempts to defame, dishonor, and degrade him. Capra's movie wasn't such a success because Americans couldn't relate to small towns. Quite the contrary.
History is replete with small town folk coming to the big city and bringing humility, cultural purity, honesty and character to slay the dragons that vex the corrupt city slickers.
King Arthur may have had royal blood, but he was raised in the Country by Ector. David was a sheppard. He didn't come down from a metropolis to slay Goliath and then become King. If Abe Lincoln wasn't born in a three side log cabin, it was pretty close.
On the Distaff side, Joan of Arc is the poster child of the mythical figure who comes in from the hinterlands, rallies a people and defeats the foe.
The kid who was born in a manger in Bethlehem did fairly well, too.
Like Jimmy Stewart as Mr. Smith, Sarah Palin is us. Hillary, though competent and smart, never was.
We are Sarah.
She's a hockey mom, PTA, basketball playin,' gun totin', square dealin', breakfast makin' , mini skirt wearin' hot mama (Hey, if Kennedy and Bill Clinton get props for their looks, why not a woman?).
She made her rep fighting corruption, taking on the oil companies and bucking the old boys' network.
The more folks get to know her, the more they are going to realize that she has the thickest resume of the bunch. Her CV is crammed with Americana. She truly feels our pain. She can't help it. From a pregnant teenage daughter to a son headed for Iraq, to a husband who's a union guy and works two jobs to support his family, she knows us inside out.
This is a person, we the people can relate to. It's what red and blue is all about.
Do feminists want powerful strong women, or only strong women who think only one way? There is a difference.
In his fabulous speech Thursday night, Obama made the case that he was like us--that he came from humble origins, was raised by a single mother, who worked hard to send him to Harvard so he could qualify as a community organizer.
His background is impressive--but alas, he too has stated his opinion regarding bible carrying, gun toting small town folk. To him, we are bitter. To Capra we are the best of America.
Remember, it wasn't the oil companies that bailed out Senator Smith in Frank Capra's film. It was the pure of heart--the children--the Boy Rangers from middle America--who rallied support and finally brought down the corrupt Joe Pain political machine.
Pundits said Truman, the haberdasher from Missouri, couldn't stand up to Stalin. He did. I'd take Sarah Beracuda going one on one against Putin any day--especially in H.O.R.S.E
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington had an uplifting, happy ending. It will be interesting to see how the re-make, Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington plays out in the end.
We disagree on some social issues, but I really like her after seeing her speech last night. My mom—an independent—does, too, and may even vote for McCain now.
That speech was just brilliant (I know that she probably didn’t write it, but just the delivery was great too). I can’t wait to see her debate now.
Gore claimed that Obama was like Lincoln.
rofl.
Good find
She co-wrote that speech.
Sarah is an answer to prayer. God is on the job.
We are Sarah.
Wow, good for her! That was a brilliant speech.
This is the first time that I’ve been excited about a politician in a long while.
Obama would have been like Lincoln IF Lincoln had told the South, "You can keep Ft. Sumter."
She’s a star in the making. And the MSM is going to go after her with everything they have, after studiously ignoring all of the marxist skeletons in Obama’s closet.
In a society of DC cocktail circuit snobs (and snobs without portfolio, at that!) and Hollywood skanks who dominate our daily news, here comes a REAL AMERICAN WOMAN! I am breathing fresh air for the first time in a very long time!
My personal all-time favorite movie, and Jimmy Stewart is my all-time favorite actor.
I’d like to remake the country song
“A Country Boy can survive”
into ...
“Sarah Palin can survive”
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/williams-hank-jr/country-boy-can-survive-10123.html
Its Wasilla, not Wassilla or Wasilia, I should know its on all my mail.
Hockey Moms can beat up Soccer Moms.
Pray for W, MavCudda and Our Troops
With her I would think this is Mrs Smith & Wesson goes to Washington. Go ahead make her day.
I love watching it take place in real llife!
Love that song:
A Country Boy Can Survive by Hank “Bocephus” Williams, Jr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg
*ALL* politicians have speech writers.
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