Isn’t it interesting how the mainstream media knows no bounds in their 24/7 attacks on VP nominee Sarah Palin.   First she was unqualified, then she was corrupt, then she lied about the birth of her child, then she wasn’t vetted properly and now she is sounding like a broken record.   This, of course, from the same media who has never once questioned any position, ideal or association of their messiah Obama.  

The mainstream media has gone so far as to report stories coming from the left wing anti-American blogosphere without any foundation or merit, which in the real world would be tantamount to libel.   Each and every story has proven to be false.   The latest media hype is to jump on Palin because she continues to use the same soundbytes throughout her campaign.  

Think about this for a second, she goes to Columbus and gives a speech and then gives the same speech in Pittsburgh. Imagine the audacity of sharing the same message with two completely different audiences.   Of course all politicians do it, including the Chosen One who has parted the waters with a message of “change you can count on” for the past eighteen months but has never been accused of being a broken record. 

The truth is the media has run out of attacks so they are finding little nuances in the campaign that can be used against Sarah Palin.   They have perhaps discovered that gender is off limits after seeing an incredible backlash from their initial attempts to play that card.    They can’t attack her experience, as she has more than Apollo Obama himself.   They can’t attack her children. They can’t attack her for firing a state trooper who just so happened to have threatened her husbands life and tasered her 10 year old nephew.   They are fit to be tied as her popularity continues to soar despite their throwing everything but the kitchen sink in her face. 

So what next? It is being reported that a team of 30 lawyers and investigators have been sent to Alaska to turn up anything they can possible find.   Perhaps there was a parking ticket in Wasilla in 1984. Maybe there is a leash law violation.   If enough bribes are handed out they are certain to find someone who will lie about something.   Don’t underestimate these people who learned all of their dirty tricks from the Clinton’s.  

So far McCain and Palin have stayed above the fray and stayed on message.   The media obviously wants them to change the message creating an even more compelling case to continue using key phrases comparing mayors to community organizers and reminding the world that the difference is that mayors actually have responsibilities.  

By most accounts, the speech by Sarah Palin was an overwhelming success.   Quite honestly, that is an understatement as this candidate hit the ball out of the park.   For having no experience, as the media claims, she stood in front of an audience of millions and wowed people from coast to coast. 

There was no soaring rhetoric, no Hollywood props and no stadium filled with kool aid drinking kooks.   Rather, there was one woman who got into politics for all of the right reasons taking on an establishment filled with politicians who got into politics for all of the wrong reasons. 

At times she was witty, at times charming and at times brilliant.   She mixed a tale of family with a tale of success that every sane person in America can relate to.   She is a mother who got into the PTA to fix the schools.  She got into elected leadership to fix a town and then a politically corrupt state.   The reality is her executive experience in the PTA is more extensive than anything B. Hussein Obama has ever done in his life.  The fact that she is now governor of the largest state in the union should take the experience issue off the table as Obama’s lack thereof pales in comparison. 

The reason that Americans are flocking to Sarah Palin is because she is one of us.  She is not an Ivy League educated elitist or member of the college debate team.  She is a gritty woman from Middle America with Middle American values.  Like those of us who share her values, she is proud of her nation; not for the first time in her adult life but each and every second of each and every day. 

Considering the values and common interests that Palin shares with the real Americans who live east of the Sierras and west of the Hudson, I guess it should come as no surprise that the media despises her just as they despise you and I.   There hypocrisy and double standard is becoming more and more evident as they assail Palin for her lack of experience yet have never raised that issue with regard to Obama.   They have questioned Palin’s involvement in the firing of a state trooper who just so happened to be tasering her nephew with state issued weapons but they have never asked Obama about his associations with racists reverends and unrepentant terrorists.  

The media has done everything in their power to assassinate the character of Sarah Palin and her entire family.   They have libelously assaulted her teenage daughter and continue to report a DUI that her husband had 22 years ago, which by the way was about the same time that Obama was abusing cocaine and marijuana.   What next, front page stories of the Palin’s dog getting a citation for violating a leash law? 

The attacks will continue to rise because the apple cart of the liberal establishment has been turned upside down.   Feminists, who years ago burned bras for the right to gain access to what Palin has achieved are beside themselves because she bucked their liberal agenda.   Rather than relying on government set asides and handouts, she earned her success with hard work and determination, two very evil concepts in the world of liberalism.  

Liberals have cause for concern because their messiah may no longer be a certainty.   They are now faced with a young, articulate and attractive woman who will shatter the glass ceiling that has kept feminists in their place.   The reason the glass will now shatter is because Palin is not a feminist with a radical agenda.   She is one of us who American men will defend because she reminds us of our wives, daughters, sisters and mothers.  She has the qualities that have always been lacking in the feminist movement.   She understands that respect is earned and is not some type of set aside program.  She realizes that Washington is broken and to the dismay of liberals she is going to fix it.   She recognizes that rugged individualism and self reliance, not higher taxes and more government, is what truly made America great.  

It is almost humorous to watch the mainstream media coming completely unhinged over Sarah Palin.   Certainly there is an element of left wing bias as any McCain running mate would have faced intense scrutiny and tough questions from the very folks who have given Obama and his sordid history a complete pass.   More concerning is the overt sexism that dogged Hillary in the spring and has become even more prevalent today. 

Once again we are witnessing the hypocrisy that has become the calling card of liberals who supposedly stand up for the oppressed females.   After all, wasn’t it liberals who created the concept of feminism which created a sense of being and self importance for women, in particular ugly women? 

Sarah Palin embodies all of the reasons that feminism has failed.   She was a star athlete and beauty queen who married her high school sweetheart and then challenged the good ol’ boy network of Alaskan politics.   She did this without the help of NOW or the radical feminist agenda.   Rather, she is a proud wife and mother and lifelong member of the NRA.   She has achieved the feminist utopia without being a radical, left wing liberal which is precisely why she is being tarnished.  

Sarah Palin has become the Clarence Thomas of 2008.   If you recall, there were similar smears against Thomas by civil rights groups because he wasn’t black enough. Of course these same hypocrites are in the tank for Obama who is only half as black as Clarence Thomas. The difference is Obama supports their self serving agenda of race baiting politics unlike Clarence Thomas who supported freedom and individualism. 

It will be interesting to see how these attacks escalate as Palin tells us her life story which will resonate with voters in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.   The media will certainly continue to challenge her experience without acknowledging the hypocrisy of never mentioning Obama’s lack thereof.   They will mistakenly turn this into a race of a number one against a number two and will place race over sex which is a big mistake in a nation that is only 12% black but 51% female.  

Many Hillary supporters will turn out to vote for Palin because of the historical context of this election. Regardless of party affiliation, shattering the glass ceiling is something that is now within their grasp.   Making matters worse for Democrats, this VP candidate may have sealed up the white male vote, in particular union members who will likely buck the edicts of the union bosses and cross over to vote for the GOP ticket.      

What Palin brings to the table is a political paradigm from outside the beltway. She may not have the years of experience of governing that Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan brought with them when elected but she does have common sense and sound judgment.  She has experience governing the largest state in the nation, bordered on the east by Canada and the west by Russia, which is certainly more experience than B. Hussein Obama has as a community organizer.   

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