Posted by
Christopher Van on Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:01:33 AM
If politics were baseball John McCain just eclipsed Barry Bonds home run record* with his selection of Sarah Palin as vice president. Not only is she a conservative female, but unlike Democrat ladies she is attractive and has common sense. She is a proud wife and mother, two qualities loathed by liberals. Making matters worse for Democrats, she loves God and her country. She is a lifelong member of the NRA, hunter, snowmobiler and fisherman. Her favorite food is moose stew and her favorite brand of clothing is Patagonia.
This is a far cry from the inside the beltway, politics as usual pick made by B. Hussein Obama with his selection of Joe Biden. The politics of change appears to now be John McCain who went as far outside the beltway as possible to find a running mate who may very well shatter that glass ceiling that recently sent Hillary Clinton tumbling back to the secretarial pool.
Liberals are already on the attack regarding her thin resume. Excuse me; she is the Chief Executive Officer of the largest state in the nation. She has extensive experience in dealing with oil companies and sharing the oil revenues with the people of Alaska. Unlike Obama, who is running for President, she has legislative accomplishments. Yep, legislative and executive experience running for the number two spot against neither running for the number one spot. If you fail to recognize the hypocrisy of the attacks on Palin by liberals then you, my friend, are a lost cause who should do us all a favor and stay home on Election Day.
Could Sarah Palin speak in front of a façade of the Acropolis? She could, but she doesn’t need theatrics and soaring rhetoric to get her points across because unlike her opponents she recognizes the issues facing Americans and has solutions. She is an honest to God, down to earth conservative who embodies real American values, a characteristic in short supply among liberals today. At 44, she isn’t some big city, bedwetting idealist but rather a small town girl who came of age during the era of Ronald Reagan that grew up to do something meaningful with her life.
Liberals are accusing her of lacking foreign policy experience. I am sure that as Governor she had many dealings with liberals from the lower 48 who are more hostile to Alaskans and their oil revenue than most nations abroad would ever be. She has confronted Washington and told them to stuff it when presented with a multi million dollar check for the bridge to nowhere. Unlike Obama, she has decency and integrity that comes across as more than a phony photo op in front of the Berlin Wall.
Her eldest is in the military and her husband is a blue collar worker. She got into politics for all the right reasons, mainly to fix our broken system which is the polar opposite of Obama’s motive of creating the very thing that is broken; government. She never sought out the guidance of race baiting reverends or domestic terrorists to get her foot in the door. Rather, she took on the status quo and beat it. She is exactly what America needs today. Like I said, John McCain hit the ball out of the park on this one which may have just sealed up his election in November.
Christopher Van
* the real record still belongs to Hank Aaron