Posted on 06/26/2010 1:25:27 PM PDT by Michael van der Galien
It’s getting rather old, but the Left continues to attack one of the most influential conservative women alive today: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
When she was invited to speak at Stanislaus university in California last Friday, leftist students immediately went through trash cans, trying to figure out how much Palin was being paid. They organized protests, asked their friends of the mainstream media for help, and altogether did their best to ruin what eventually became the most successful fundraising dinner in the university’s history.
The material recovered by the students, which detailed perks such as first-class airfare for two and deluxe hotel accommodations, prompted California Attorney General Jerry Brown to launch an investigation into the finances of the university’s foundation arm and allegations that the nonprofit violated public disclosure laws.
Would they have done the same thing if Palin was a leftist? Have you ever heard of progressive students protesting against the speaking fees of, say, Al Gore or Hillary Clinton? No, of course you haven’t. That’s because this is not about fairness or money but about Palin’s ideology. She is a conservative, and that’s reason enough for leftist students to ruin her evening and to disgrace the university that invited her.
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Even the leftists understand Palin’s appeal has the potential to reach far beyond the “Christian right” caricature they try to pin her down as. Especially in light of Obama’s failures and woeful lack of experience on the ever pressing issues of oil and energy development — Palin only continues to gain more credibility — not as a “right wing darling” but as a viable contender for the presidency.
And yes, even the California breed of Republicans like her and Carly Fiorina benefitted a great deal from her endorsement.
No way!
It's a war against her because of her personality.
Where oh where is that "Captain Obvious" post?
The left would never admit it, but they are scared to death of Sarah Palin. That is why she is their number one target for destruction. She has been since the day she was chosen as McCain's running mate. She will continue to be their number one target until she is either destroyed or elected president.
This cannot be said enough and it needs to sink in fast! When you're in a fight to the death, you can't play under Marquess of Queensberry rules while the liberals fight with Alinsky's rules.
Wow, Dave used a lot of words to say the left is agressively discrediting GOP primary candidates they most fear will disrupt their agenda.
great post.
...didn’t Jerry Brown refuse to investigate ACORN even after the corruption story broke?
She’s about the only decent thing MacCain has done for us.
bttt
By choosing Palin, McCain may have quite literally saved conservatism.
“It’s a war against her because of her personality.”
Care to expand on that, Captain Obvious?
Logical reason for that, too. ;)
It’s a war on patriotic America.
Communists have totally infiltrated the education system and are filling the mush brained charges with their one world communist religion. We will all be in Mao jackets and Che tee shirts if this is not stopped.
One political decision MacCain made that has made sense.
True but it was just as self-serving as every other decision McCain makes. He only picked her because his campaign advisers talked him out of picking Lieberman.
It is very distressing that many FReepers- who cannot support Sarah Palin as a presidential candidate- have begun to follow the leftist strategy of hateful invective.
Sarah is a fantastic standard bearer for Conservatives - putting herself in harm’s way to help other candidates and if you cannot support her - I beg you - do not destroy her.
Yep, reminds me of a stopped clock.
Supporting McLame is reason enough to dump her worthless RINO persona. We need conservatives in deeds...just just words.
yawwwwwn....
“She’s about the only decent thing MacCain has done for us.”
So true!
Except for bombing North Vietnam.
Sarah Palin does more to promote the conservative movement on a slow afternoon than you will in your entire lifetime. That’s a fact. Live with it.
“Supporting McLame is reason enough to dump her worthless RINO persona. We need conservatives in deeds...just just words.”
Who sent you? Who do you work for?
She isn’t a candidate. There is no field of candidates.
The cart is always in front of the horse around here.
I am not supporting anyone as a candidate unless they declare themself a candidate.
I stand corrected - s/b
*a potential presidential candidate*
So why all the criticism????
There is little doubt that the students went through exactly one trash can in the school's administrative office after a liberal administrator suggested to a liberal student that they just might find the contract in that trash can.
It’s more than a war on Conservatives, it’s a war for corruption, and keeping independent outsider OUT! IMHO
You can be a Conservative, if and only if, you are corruptible.
Sarah has integrity, that is what absolutely scares the elites in Washington DC the most.
Lest you forget, Reagan chose George HW Bush as his running mate.
Does that make Reagan a worthless RINO persona?
Stealing the quote for my tagline.
Huckabee, Buchanan, Paul, Bush, McCain, Goldwater, seem to be associated with the label, in public perception and parlance. (all except Buchanan won several elections, and satisfy enough voters searching for conservatism, as they define it)
It doesn’t win elections to argue with the media about the label. Primaries are the internal argument forum, after which the common interest is best served by unity.
It does win elections to have good candidates, and to support them.
The Republican party would have no problem whatsoever if it had more Palins.
She’s a real person who has succeeded through her own merits. She is in a committed marriage and is raising her children while serving her community. She lives out her ideals. She walks her talk. She communicates creatively. She is the mother of a soldier. She’s owned her own business. Her husband is a working man who does not seem threatened by her success. She is dynamic and enthusiastic and positive. She believes in American ideals.
What’s not to like? Why all the rabid negativity? I guess some people just like to complain, no matter what. Some also boost themselves by criticizing others. Some feel remorse because they have not made the same great choices Palin did in her life and they resent her success. Some are so rigid they can’t accommodate any viewpoint that varies slightly from their own.
Keep Sarah Palin in your prayers; she’s a lightning rod.
In any thread dealing with Sarah Palin it is amazing the name that is absent from the discussion: Barack Obama.
I don’t believe in coincidence, especially when it deals with politics.
You who attack Palin have your own agenda. When you do not attack Obama in the same breath you have virtually outed yourselves as either anti-Palin foes on the right (Paulbots or Romneybots) or trolls on the Left who infiltrate sites like FR to soften our support for Sarah.
Start condemning the Messiah more and I might believe you’re here to give Palin constructive criticism.
The War on Sarah Palin Really is a War on Conservatives
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Yes indeed...
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