It's the language, stupid. Compare Sarah Palin's full-blooded, All-American word choices with Barack Obama's bloodless euphemisms. The Ruling Class powers that be — of both parties — recoil at the "Don't retreat, reload" imagery of Palin's prose. It energizes us Country Class, Tea Party types. Photo of Sarah skeet shooting from "Sarah Palin's Alaska."
"I LOVE what JedediahBila & HeyTammyBruce are saying about THE SARAH NOBODY KNOWS" (on the Laura Ingraham Show, where Tammy is subbing), we just twittered: "Once people get beyond the MSM meme, watch out, fuddy duddies." Jedediah nails it:
She ruffles a lot of feathers because she plays by her own rules.
As "Saturday Night Live" Executive Producer Lorne Michaels acknowledged in an unguarded moment way back in October of 2008 before the Palin-is-Stupid narrative had fully set in:
It's taken longer than we expected, but even as her resentful Ruling-Class "betters" flail and try to push her off the stage, the real Sarah Palin has been hiding in plain sight, disintermediating the lamestream media's flaccid memes by "shooting to where it's going, not to where it's been" — as she coached reluctant daughter Bristol trying to get the hang of shooting clay pigeons in a "Sarah Palin's Alaska" episode last fall. Jedediah pulled it all altogether in her heroic Human Events column yesterday, "Setting the Palin Record Straight":
It’s truly astonishing the lengths that some will go to in order to try to discredit Sarah Palin. Sure, the left-wing media loons are a given, but what about the folks on the Right who relentlessly brand her as unelectable, unintelligent, unpresidential, and/or unqualified? What is their basis for those assessments? And if she is so darn unelectable — why the need to consistently, near-obsessively attempt to tear her down?
"I sort of like to shock people. It's one of my hobbies," Jedediah told Tammy. Her compilation of Sarah's considerable accomplishments and intellectually rigorous strategic shots to "where it's going, not to where it's been" since that day in August of 2008 when John McCain pushed her center stage — while establishment sages like Charles Krauthhammer were counseling a "safe" pick — will be a shocker for members of the opinionator community who have been listening to their own voices for too long. We agree with Tammy's assessment:
The Republicans are going to fail. The CONSERVATIVES will prevail.
Update: Conservatives4Palin links here and to our previous Palin post in their Open Thread. Check it out for India coverage and other great links, including Diana West, Matt Lewis, Kathryn Lopez (Rebecca Mansour quote) and Pam Geller!
Update II: The totally awesome Kurt Schlicter of Big Hollywood ("et al") advises his followers to follow Sissy Willis!
Crossposted at Riehl World View, Cloven Not Crested and Liberty Pundits.
Thank heavens for Tiny's Mom and Sarah Palin! Two powerful, effective, beautiful human beings!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | March 18, 2011 at 01:12 PM
I'll always favor conservatives over Republicans...even if Democrats win an election.
Posted by: BWP | March 18, 2011 at 02:49 PM
Well said, BWP.
We might as well have this fight now. At some point, we have to kick out the Ruling Class. Better now than later.
Posted by: Tennwriter | March 18, 2011 at 04:45 PM
The truth, the real Sarah Palin is nothing like the media’s description of her. Eventually, reality will come to light - opponents can only keep it in the dark for so long - and therefore time is on her side.
Sarah has stood up to corrupt Republicans, and corrupt oil companies, and anybody else in order to do her job and serve the people. She shows no fear of the Obama regime including the press. For more than two years, she has been THE target - putting herself in political harm’s way. For her, the cause has been worth it. She earns her support.
Posted by: Bill589 | March 19, 2011 at 01:49 AM
Integrity! The courage and the integrity to fight for the principles of freedom which our founding fathjers stood for and to put these above saying what one thinks will get one elected are lacking in most mordern-day politicians. Sarah is a woman of integrity and frightens those who lack it. Let us hope those who enjoy the freedom of America realize it.
Posted by: goomp | March 19, 2011 at 10:45 AM