Posted by
Katherine Harms on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:29:09 AM
We all knew that this election would be a catfight if Hillary were involved. After Hillary was eliminated from contention, it seemed as if the whole process might degenerate into an “old boy” get-together, Obama’s age notwithstanding.
McCain has changed everything by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Sarah is young, energetic, and most important, Sarah is a woman. Women all over this country perked up and paid attention when Sarah invited them to “Join us.” Predictably, the abortion advocates were appalled to discover that Sarah believes in the dignity of human life, but it is truly amazing to discover the lengths they will go to in order to make Sarah Palin look bad. I thought it was disturbing when they accused Sarah of making a bad choice to give birth to a child with down syndrome. I was shocked when they accused Sarah of not getting adequate pre-natal care, thereby causing the disability. I could not even believe that they would allege that the baby was actually her daughter’s, thereby accusing Sarah of staging an elaborate cover-up. These are the people who allege to believe that people with disabilities should be mainstreamed and respected. Where is that respect now? These are the people who hand out condoms in high schools. Where is the openness to adolescent sexuality now? These are the people who screamed on national TV that Bill Clinton’s sexual adventures in the Oval Office were nobody’s business. Where is all that concern for personal life now?
It’s all about winning and losing. Liberal Democrats see Sarah for exactly what she is: a threat to the anointed one. Sarah Palin stands for everything ordinary Americans value, and she doesn’t whine.
Sarah Palin hit the public stage on the day after the end of the most over-rated spectacle in the history of American politics. The Democrat convention was a constant parade of people in tears. They sat around multiple kitchen tables wringing their hands over the sad state of affairs in the USA. They whined that life is unfair. They cried that everybody is poor. They whimpered that some get better health care than others. They mourned that unions have a hard time bludgeoning people into membership when employees are allowed to vote by secret ballot. The convention culminated in a stereotypical speech with all the usual clichés that say that the only hope for fixing the mess that is America is socialism. It was enough to drive the whole country into a deep psychological depression. People felt hopeless and worthless.
The McCain/Palin team, in rich contrast, makes people feel strong and powerful This team reminds us that we are a strong, free people, who have traditionally faced and defeated many challenges to our freedom and prosperity. The history of the USA demonstrates that a minimally-invasive government encourages free people to engage in free enterprise and produces opportunity for motivated, hard-working people to accomplish things undreamed of in other countries. The team of McCain/Palin represents this tradition.
The Democrat candidates cannot let this happen. The claws have come out in a vain attempt to destroy Sarah Palin’s credibility. For liberal politicians to invade a family’s privacy and try to make political hay out of someone’s personal life would be comical if it weren’t so despicable. It displays the complete inadequacy of their platform to inspire and motivate people.
Democrats make their case by demeaning people and making them feel needy. John McCain and Sarah Palin will win in November by honoring people and making them feel powerful.