Posted on 09/07/2008 1:51:49 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Does the Angry Left really want to launch a culture war over Sarah Palin? Fine. Lock and load.
That's the feeling of many conservatives who until last week were lukewarm at best about the prospect of a John McCain presidency. The unhinged malice of the cultural left's assault on the Alaska governor's personal life has focused their minds and stirred their hearts. Ms. Palin's astonishingly poised and confident performance in her convention speech proves that this Iron Lady is not about to quail before the judgment of her would-be betters.
Neither will conservatives. If they were indifferent or hostile to the Republican ticket, the cultural elite's savage treatment of Ms. Palin reminded them of what's really in play this year. It's the same snarling spite for small-town folks, religious believers and anybody else who ended up on the wrong side of the 1960s.
Why does the Angry Left hate Sarah Palin? Because of the potentially transformative power of her example.
She stands for the belief that there is no contradiction between being a feminist and being pro-life. She chose to welcome her Down syndrome son into the world, unlike 90 percent of American women today, whose Down babies' lives end in abortion. When teen daughter Bristol became pregnant out of wedlock, Sarah Palin didn't hustle the girl off to the abortionist or hide her from public view.
In fact, whatever the private heartbreak of this Christian mom, Palin shockingly failed to fulfill the left's stereotype of how religious conservatives are supposed to respond to such crises. She defiantly and proudly showcased Bristol and her boyfriend, as if to say: We are family. Don't you dare mess with us.
The cultural left knows that unlike many Republican politicians who pay lip service to the pro-life cause, Sarah Palin's the real deal.
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Good article, thanks for posting.
Great column!! I used to enjoy reading Rod Dreher when he was in NY..... then at one point he got into all that crunchy granola stuff and I stopped clicking on his links. But now it sounds like he’s re-discovering his conservative roots. He really gets it!!
I went to college with that guy. Of course that was along with about 40,000 others, so it wasn’t like we were best buds. In fact I probably never met him. But I’ll still claim him as a classmate.
Say what you might, but can Ms. Palin hold up against Condi Rice?
was that directed at me?
It's "Crunchy Cons" - Cons = Conservatives. Obviously, you didn't even read him much, if at all.
Or do you just hate granola?
People talk about George Washington as the father of our country, well Sarah as the first female to achieve such high office could certainly be the mother figure and if
there’s one lesson liberals should learn it’s...
Don’t mess with MY mom!
Dreher ping
at the same time Sarah is able to excite even RINOs such as Linda Lingle, Rudy, Arlen Specter and I guess we can throw in Lieberman, even though he isn’t a Republican.
An anagram for you:
Sarah Palin = A sharp nail
Just being,
I think her pregnant dtr looks very sad....like she is so upset about becoming pregnant.....she is SOOO lucky to have a wise and accepting mother to help her thru this, and apparently a wonderful father as well...
I think Condi is indeed a very brilliant woman with tons of class and character.....I don’t think she was prepared for the utter meaness and backstabbing in Washington DC.
if condi was VP I would just stay home. Same goes for James Baker or Pat Buchanan.
Fighting over what>
Speaking of women: I have yet to read any national column suggesing the possibility that Cindy McCain is the brains behind Gov. Palin's selection. One day, however, I think it'll come to light that as meek as she appears on stage in deference to her husband, she is far more influential than any of us knows.Yes, this is a theoretical viewpoint. Nonetheless, Cindy McCain is so supportive of Sarah Palin that I can't help believing she urged McCain to move in the direction of a female pick, and the WOW of a candidate emerged. I'd like to offer a public "thank you" to Cindy for her good character and campaign endurance and loving support of Gov. Palin.
Regards . . . Penny
As NFL Commisioner? Yeah, I see your point...
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