Friday, November 26, 2010

The Palin Factor: Even Republican Elites Don't Get It

" I happened upon an article in the Weekly Standard by Matt Labash with a title poking fun at Palin's Twitter abbreviations: "R U Lovin' Sarah's Alaska?" Labash throws quite a number of petty hits at Palin, ridiculing her folksy language, her rural underpinnings, and her lack of "gravitas" in the context of her hit TV show. Conservative elites have heretofore been more circumspect with their criticism, preferring the knife in the back in a dark alley to open confrontation. Apparently, that is changing as 2012 approaches.

Here in flyover country, we see an honest woman with our values and our best interests at heart. She is not a liar, nor is she a fool, and she is as angry as we are. The "we love her but don't want her to be president" push poll is meaningless two years out from 2012. It is a tool to mute enthusiasm for her. The electorate is tired of "old boys" and their endless manipulations. The Tea Party and Sarah Palin are not sitting back, content to savor the latest victories. The spin-masters and talking heads who lament Palin's lack of "gravitas" forget that Obama has "gravitas" aplenty. Obama's attitude is a façade and an affectation, while Palin, love her or hate her, is the real deal. Unlike Obama, you can read the details in her résumé. "     [American Thinker]

2 comments:

  1. Everybody who disparages Palin for any reason is now an "elite?" That's kind of a scary way to think. Sounds like something the Left might do. Maybe you're a RINO.

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  2. Where did I (or the clipping's author) say that EVERYBODY who disparages Palin is an "elite". And what makes you think I'm a Republican .... in name only or not? As you should read in my bio.... I am a Conservative... and make no claim to being a Republican.

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