On
August 29, 2008, Republican Presidential nominee, John McCain,
announced Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska as his VP running mate.
That selection has trumped and checkmated the Obama-Biden ticket.
Coming
the day after Obama's historic acceptance speech at the
Democratic convention, which speech and Obama's earlier pick of
Joe Biden as his own VP running mate, were expected to be the
top news item leading into the Republican convention the
following week, McCain's pick of Sarah Palin however completely
eclipsed those events.
In
less than 24 hours, Obama's day in the sun had been come under a
cloud of shadow and was relegated to history being completely
upstaged by the Palin choice. The news cycles have talked about
nothing else since in terms of the presidential politics.
The
choice by McCain has stunningly energized the conservative base
of the Republican party, an important segment McCain had his own
problems with. But by choosing Palin, a staunch conservative, he
has revitalized his commitment and perception in that area. Many
conservatives who had relegated themselves to simply voting
against Obama, are now more than willing to for 'for' Palin.
The
choice also reached out directly to independents and disaffected
Democratic voters, particularly women, who were so sorely
disappointed by Hillary Clinton's narrow loss and the way they
had been treated since Obama sealed the nomination. Particularly
in overlooking Hillary Clinton, who won 18 million votes in the
primaries, and actually had more votes than Obama, those
disaffected women are also excited about Palin, and indicating
by the tens of thousands on blogs and disaffected Hillary voter
sites on the web that they intend to cross over and vote for her
and McCain.
The
Obama campaign and DNC, curiously, have already launched all out
attacks against the choice and Palin herself, indicating that
she does not have enough executive or national experience.
Excuse
me? She does not
have enough executive experience?
A simple analysis of the relative
experience levels of Sarah Palin compared to either Democratic
candidate puts this to rest. For over the past decade, Sarah Palin
has been involved in executive decision making at increasing levels
of elected positions of public trust. Obama has no executive
experience, Biden has no executive experience. During that time,
Palin left off running an actual private business in Alaska, a
commercial fishing business and was elected to her city council and
then, in quick order to be Mayor of her home town. She did so well
there that she was ultimately elected to be Governor of the State of
Alaska, managing 17,000 personnel and a 9 billion dollar budget.
Obama and Biden have absolutely no comparable experience at all,
neither of them.
Mayor
Sarah Palin executing her duties as Mayor.
Sarah Palin being sworn in as
Governor
Governor Sarah Palin executing her
duties as Governor, signing legislation.
Governor Sarah Palin acting in her
capacity as the executive of the State.
In
Alaska, as Governor, Sarah is also the Commander in Chief (CINC) for
the Alaskan National Guard. This is a critical national assignment
as Alaska sits on the border with Russia where Air National Guard
aircraft intercept Russian Bear aircraft. Sarah Palin has taken her
role as the Commander seriously, regularly visiting the units and
coming to understand their duties and capabilities.
Sarah thanking the troops
Governor Sarah Palin meeting in the field with Guard Units.
Governor Sarah Palin, an avid shooter herself, learns the operation
of equipment of guard units (She's manning the gun).
As Governor, Sarah has helped devise
and push through a project for the largest natural gas line in the
history of the US...taking on entrenched politicians (on both sides
of the aisle), lobby groups, and large corporations in the process.
Her involvement with, and her understanding of, the Energy issue is
unmatched by either Democratic candidate.
Outside of her direct role as Governor and speaking more to her
personal values and commitment to them, Sarah walks the walk on the
pro-life issue. Having found out well in advance of delivery that
her youngest child would have downs syndrome, she and her husband
thanked God for the blessing and brought the baby into a loving
home. (By contrast, Obama has stated publically that he doesn't want
his children 'punished' with a baby).
As Governor, Palin actually visited
the wounded soldiers in Germany, while Obama, when given the same
opportunity in Europe, refused to comply with Defense Department
guidelines regarding his entourage, and skipped that part of his
schedule.
Beyond
all of this, there is also a part of Sarah Palin that most hard
working, patriotic, and committed Americans are coming to adore
about her. She is real. She is authentic. Not only has she stood
up to corrupt politics and the old networks that have produced
so much waste, fraud, and 'bridges to nowhere', she is also a
regular person, and authentic all-American girl, wife, mother,
and citizen.
She
has actually walked the walk of reform and change instead of
just talking about it.
She
does not come from privilege, did not aspire to it, or become
placed in it. She did not attend the Ivy League or prestigious
schools. She has gotten to where she is by pure honesty,
integrity, and strength of charachter and has been raising five
kids and enjoying life while doing so.
Sarah Palin loves to Four-wheel and
fly with her family in Alaska.
Sarah Palin loves fishing and hunting
in Alaska.
..and, oh, did I mention? Sarah Palin
loves to shoot.
All of
this drives the leftist and anti-American crowd mad. Sarah Palin
is the real deal. Young, refreshing, committed wife, mother,
American citizen. She is the real deal when it comes to the change
that is so much needed in American politics, particularly in
Washington. John McCain must be congratulated for vetting her,
seeing this, and putting her on the national stage.
She
represents in fact, and in her own actions, what so many others
(including Obama and the entrenched Biden) only talk about, and
then go on with business as usual.
Obama, in his own actions and
positions as a State Senator (voted merely present so many time in
the State Senate, but voted no defending the Born Alive Abortion
Protection Act there), in his own actions and positions as a US
Senator (spent only 144 days on the job before beginning his
campaign for the President, but in those short days was recognized
as the Senator with the furthest left record), and particularly in
his own willful associations of long standing with hateful, racists
individuals like Jeremiah Wright (who preached 'Not God bless
American, No, No, No, God Damn America!) to Obama and his children,
and with the likes of Bill Ayers, the unrepentant, arrogant, and
militantly anti-American political connection where Obama kicked off
his own political career, who bomber the US Pentagon, the US
Capitol, and NY City Polic Headquarters and then claimed in an
interview published on 911 that his only regreet was that he had not
done enough...no with such actions and such associations (npot to
mention TOni Rezco, Pleger, and others), Obama has proven that his
change is precisely the type we do not want or need in Washington.
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Monday, March 21, 2011 04:21:36 PM
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