Palin in Ascendence:Liberals Admit Defeat

Contentions ^ | 8/29/10 | Jennifer Rubin

[the Real fifi]

he certainly has them on the run. At the National Mall rally on Saturday, Sarah Palin delivered an eloquent and moving tribute to servicemen and a nonpartisan call to restore — not transform — America. The complete text should be read in full. (If you are not moved to tears by the stories of three heroic military men, you have a heart of stone.)

I admit that I had some serious reservations about the Glenn Beck rally. To put it mildly, I’m no fan of Beck’s, and his rhetoric has given liberals plenty of fodder to paint the right as extreme and incendiary. But both he and certainly Palin conducted themselves well — sticking to general themes of faith and service. That the media could not find a single controversial statement is a tribute to the good judgment and restraint that was exercised.

Meanwhile, Palin clearly has the left in a tizzy. They have finally gotten it: she is redefining feminism. In the New York Times, two liberal feminists exhibit more than a little anxiety over the Palin juggernaut. To put it bluntly, they have Palin envy:

[the Real fifi]

Jennifer Rubin wrote it. She’s certainly no doofus. She expressed honestly her views of Beck and her opinion that he and Palin carried this off to the dismay of the Democrats.Not everyone who doesn’t share your high opinion of him is a “doofus”.

[MozarkDawg]

Yes please!