Jabs at Sarah Palin only make her more endearing
If you wonder why so many Americans are attracted to Sarah Palin, just take a look at the crowd now nipping at her heels, doing its best to derail her appeal through personal attacks that are scurrilous.
She?s been a mayor and a governor, yet they say she lacks experience, though they remain enthralled by a loquacious president whose own resume was barren by comparison.
She?s a happily married mother of five, one a soldier who served in harm?s way, another a son born with Down syndrome, meaning she understands what it means to live life on life?s terms.
Of course, the kid who gets all the media attention is the one whose life was filled with the bumps and bruises of a rocky relationship, as if that should be the measure of her mother?s viability. It?s unconscionable. On either side of the political spectrum, common decency demands you don?t advance your cause by using a candidate?s kid as a punching bag.
Palin has many ways to incense her critics, yet they all seem to endear her to the masses.
She doesn?t believe in killing unborn babies, and feels marriage is the union of a man and a woman, an institution defined and ordained by God. For this, she?s called hateful.
She believes immigrants ought to submit to an established process that would lead to legal citizenship. For this, she?s called divisive.
She?s not ashamed to admit her life is informed by her faith, which was nurtured in the Assembly of God Church, the fastest-growing denomination in this country. This offends her critics, who thought it was no big deal when they heard their would-be president?s pastor hollering, ?God damn America!?
Now they vilify her for opposing the construction of a mosque on the hallowed grounds where thousands of Americans were killed by madmen declaring, ?All praise to Allah!?
The late Sen. Robert Byrd lived long enough to observe, ?America has lost its moorings. What took thousands of years to build is being dismantled in a generation.?
That?s our generation. It?s Sarah Palin?s generation.
What bothers her is what?s bothering lots of us, and the fact she?s become a lightning rod for social anarchists is what makes her all the more appealing to Americans who feel their values and beliefs are being mocked and trashed daily.
Look again at her critics, and you will understand why her popularity continues to grow.
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If you wonder why so many Americans are attracted to Sarah Palin, just take a look at the crowd now nipping at her heels, doing its best to derail her appeal through personal attacks that are scurrilous.
She?s been a mayor and a governor, yet they say she lacks experience, though they remain enthralled by a loquacious president whose own resume was barren by comparison.
She?s a happily married mother of five, one a soldier who served in harm?s way, another a son born with Down syndrome, meaning she understands what it means to live life on life?s terms.
Of course, the kid who gets all the media attention is the one whose life was filled with the bumps and bruises of a rocky relationship, as if that should be the measure of her mother?s viability. It?s unconscionable. On either side of the political spectrum, common decency demands you don?t advance your cause by using a candidate?s kid as a punching bag.
Palin has many ways to incense her critics, yet they all seem to endear her to the masses.
She doesn?t believe in killing unborn babies, and feels marriage is the union of a man and a woman, an institution defined and ordained by God. For this, she?s called hateful.
She believes immigrants ought to submit to an established process that would lead to legal citizenship. For this, she?s called divisive.
She?s not ashamed to admit her life is informed by her faith, which was nurtured in the Assembly of God Church, the fastest-growing denomination in this country. This offends her critics, who thought it was no big deal when they heard their would-be president?s pastor hollering, ?God damn America!?
Now they vilify her for opposing the construction of a mosque on the hallowed grounds where thousands of Americans were killed by madmen declaring, ?All praise to Allah!?
The late Sen. Robert Byrd lived long enough to observe, ?America has lost its moorings. What took thousands of years to build is being dismantled in a generation.?
That?s our generation. It?s Sarah Palin?s generation.
What bothers her is what?s bothering lots of us, and the fact she?s become a lightning rod for social anarchists is what makes her all the more appealing to Americans who feel their values and beliefs are being mocked and trashed daily.
Look again at her critics, and you will understand why her popularity continues to grow.
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