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Listening to Sarah: She is a happy American warrior.
National Review ^ | October 30, 2008 | Michael Novak

Posted on 10/30/2008 8:35:08 AM PDT by publius1

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Novak is great -- & this is a great piece -- I just wish he would unlearn the word "diss." That said, I loved the endorsement, & the recognition of strength -- & more: It is a good thing to have conservatives remind the George Wills of this world what they have forgotten in their time up there on Olympus.
1 posted on 10/30/2008 8:35:08 AM PDT by publius1
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2 posted on 10/30/2008 8:40:42 AM PDT by lewisglad
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I hope Sarah is the mother of the re-birth of the R party, conservative, non-establishment, non-wall street/Washington buddy buddy.


3 posted on 10/30/2008 8:41:49 AM PDT by sickoflibs ( Obama's "95% Middle Class" ="those not paying taxes who deserve YOUR wealth")
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Great article!


4 posted on 10/30/2008 8:46:53 AM PDT by griswold3
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She will be our Maggie Thatcher!


5 posted on 10/30/2008 8:53:18 AM PDT by balls (From each according to his ability. To each according to his need - Karl Marx/Obama)
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I like her too.

A unique person.


6 posted on 10/30/2008 8:58:37 AM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Democrats still want to get Pres. Bush and/or VP Cheney; there might be show trials in Feb09)
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“Every time I hear Sarah Palin talking......... I hear the voice of America speaking.”.......

Yes, great article. The first sentence clearly explains what it was that drew so many of us instantly to her, and put us squarely on her side. She sounds like so many of us....because she IS one of us. I liked her instantly. The more I learn about her, the more I like her. I had read about her BEFORE the pick, and liked what I read. Hearing her completed the deal.

Go McCain/Palin!

pattyjo


7 posted on 10/30/2008 9:02:38 AM PDT by pj_627
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She is really amazing. I find myself getting frustrated and annoyed with constant liberal drumbeat of the MSM and the other Dem cheerleaders and how hopeless it seems at times. Then I just think of all the crap she has put up with and the positive attitude she still exudes, I am like wow , I want to do whatever it takes to help her. She is what has kept me working the phones , registering voters, and trying to persuade others to join our cause. GO SARAH GO!!


8 posted on 10/30/2008 9:05:32 AM PDT by Hones
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Listening to Sarah: She is a happy American warrior.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119684/posts

McCain camp trying to scapegoat Palin (NAUSEA IMMINENT!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119703/posts

If Mccain looses election it is Bush/McCain, not Palin. Bush for a disaster (should have quit December 2006) and McCain for trying to run as a reformer that reaches to the other side, and cowardly supporting bailout, and now claiming he is against it. I am just glad McCain is closing this election by exposing Obama. This is key even if he loses.


9 posted on 10/30/2008 9:09:35 AM PDT by sickoflibs ( Obama's "95% Middle Class" ="those not paying taxes who deserve YOUR wealth")
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The media does that because they are afraid of Sarah and what she can become.


10 posted on 10/30/2008 9:22:14 AM PDT by lewisglad
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I just wish he would unlearn the word "diss."

The first time I heard the term "diss" was in 1988 was when some thug gunned down Office Eddie Byrne as he sat in a patrol car in Queens because he had been "dissed" by the police.

At the time, I recognized it as the language of the uneducated, soul-less thug, and decided that I would never use the term. Mr. Novak should remember where this term comes from.

11 posted on 10/30/2008 9:35:34 AM PDT by gridlock (18 Million Democrats voted for Hillary in the primaries. Are they all racists?)
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IMHO, at the end of the day, all the hysteria over Sarah Palin comes down to Trig.

Those who are comfortable with Sarah Palin’s decision to accept Trig, limited though he will be, as a beautiful gift from a loving God are comfortable with Sarah Palin. Those who are uncomfortable with that decision find it impossible to understand Sarah Palin and feel threatened by her.

We have become accustomed to arguments over abortion being abstract and impersonal discussions. Trig Palin makes that impossible.

There are an awful lot of Republicans who are uncomfortable, on some level, with the pro-Life plank, or who get along with pro-Lifers because it advances the Party. These people hate Sarah Palin, but they can’t be frank about why they hate her, perhaps even to themselves. So the argument revolves around nonsense like book burning that never happened or how much Sarah Palin pays for her shoes.

Trig Palin is the most important person in the 2008 election.


12 posted on 10/30/2008 9:43:47 AM PDT by gridlock (18 Million Democrats voted for Hillary in the primaries. Are they all racists?)
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I hope Sarah is the mother of the re-birth of the R party, conservative, non-establishment, non-wall street/Washington buddy buddy.

Ditto.

13 posted on 10/30/2008 9:50:45 AM PDT by TheFourthMagi
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Sarah has already saved the lives of many babies through her love for her son. She can save many more -—millions more-— as President.


14 posted on 10/30/2008 9:53:34 AM PDT by TheFourthMagi
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She may become President some day. Maybe in her 60’s. We are in for a long ride of government dependency not unlike the 60’s and 70’s. That’s what gave us Thatcher and Reagan. But it is going to have to get really bad first. And that is going to take 15-20 years. What I never could understand is this: Our citizens LEFT Europe for a better place and more opportunity. Why is it so many desire for us to copy the Europeans today?


15 posted on 10/30/2008 9:59:33 AM PDT by bombthrower
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2012.


16 posted on 10/30/2008 10:04:41 AM PDT by TheFourthMagi
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Diss"

Sometimes you use a "word of the times" to reach a certain demography, a certain group of citizens, though I agree with you and your disdain of the "word".

FMCDH(BITS)

17 posted on 10/30/2008 12:27:03 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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My disdain for the word stems, in large part, from my revulsion at the assassination of Eddie Byrne. This is an emotional response.


18 posted on 10/30/2008 12:42:12 PM PDT by gridlock (18 Million Democrats voted for Hillary in the primaries. Are they all racists?)
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It is a good thing to have conservatives remind the George Wills of this world what they have forgotten in their time up there on Olympus.

Great article and your comment is dead on!

19 posted on 10/30/2008 1:00:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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The Bible is full of examples of God using the simplest things to make His point. The apostle Paul assured that God uses the simple things to confuse the wisest people. I think this is a great example of how God works, preferring the simple to the complex and depending on the faith of His people to understand how the complexity of His ways is not connected to the wisdom of His plan for them.

There is nothing as powerful as seeing Sarah Palin on the podium in front of thousands of people holding little Trig in a way that demonstrates a mother's love for her child. And it's just so obvious from the way the other children hold him and cuddle him that this is a lady who practices what she preaches!

Isn't God wonderful, the way He sends simple signals to His people of His love for them?

20 posted on 10/30/2008 1:15:16 PM PDT by jwparkerjr
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