"What I would like to see is a little bit more of the GOP contenders' not hesitating to call one another out on their records," Sarah Palin told Judge Napolitano on his Fox Business show "Freedom Watch" yesterday, adding "We condemn the Democrats … for not having vetted their own candidate. Obama wasn't vetted by the press, but he also wasn't vetted by his own party." What a novel idea. Using primary debates to inform the public rather than conceal what the candidates are really up to. See Palin Promotions' "Gov. Palin on Freedom Watch: 'Love to Give White House Fits" for an excellent summary with quotes, and watch the interview here. Props to twitter buddy Brian of The Right Scoop for putting up the vid.
Her fierce determination and authentic American voice won our heart and mind that fateful day in late August of 2008 when she burst into the national consciousness as John McCain's pick for vice presidential running mate. For nearly three years now all things Sarah Palin have been relentlessy savaged by a "lamestream media" hard-wired to reject any member of the fair sex who isn't buying — or selling — the postmodern feminist party line of woman as victim and identity politics as savior. Palin's agile mind and servant's heart eluded not only the usual suspects on the left but — more revealingly — many among America's "Ruling Class," members of the Northeast Corridor Conservative fuddy-duddy community for whom being a member of the tribe trumped any interest in the conservative cause. But now some of those former fuddy-duddies are peeling off, taking a fresh look at Palin and liking what they see. As Dan Morgan, aka danthebarbarian, twittered last night, referencing Fox News personality Judge Napolitano's engaging and informative Palin interview pictured above:
"If @judgenap and @DennisDMZ can change their minds so can a lot of Americans!"
After all, it wasn't that long ago the Judge was just another voice in the Palin-Is-Stupid chorus:
Judge Napolitano Attacks Palin; Calls Her a "Goofball" Without the "Mental Capacity to be President" - Audio 11/17/09
Now he's laughing with her, not at her, and eliciting serious answers to serious questions.
Update: "She has proven that you CAN, in fact, win a fight against the media," writes Haystack at Andrew Breitbart's Big Government:
If you believe everything you read, Sarah Palin is the worst thing that has ever happened to America. She has proven that women aren’t, in fact, victimized by a male-dominated society to the extent that organizations such as N.O.W. and Planned Parenthood would have you believe …
I love this woman, and whether she’s the right person to be our next President or not, she ought to be America’s SoulKeeper™ for what she endures and what she gives back in the abject lessons she’s helping us learn about how evil people really CAN be when someone comes along that doesn’t fit into their tidy little mold of how people should think and act. God bless her for that.
Update II: Joy McCann, aka Little Miss Attila, links!
Crossposted at Riehl World View, Cloven Not Crested and Liberty Pundits.
Drives me nuts how certain twitterers ("tweeters?") will slander her as stupid for giving a garbled answer, yet blithely ignore interviews like this or the recent one with Chris Wallace where she's on top of her game.
Posted by: Irishspy | June 17, 2011 at 01:37 PM
Not to mention -- which they will NOT! -- stuff like John Kerry's getting the name of the Bruins goalie wrong when he called in to a local radio station yesterday. 57 states? You don't want to go there. :)
Posted by: Sissy Willis | June 17, 2011 at 02:06 PM
Sara Palin has withstood the most unrelenting assault on her intellect and character by the left-wing media that I have ever seen, and she has WON! Ever heard the term “Good prevailing over Evil.”
Gregory H. Bontrager
Posted by: Gregory H. Bontrager | June 18, 2011 at 03:35 PM
The second-best thing about a Palin presidency would be watching various left-wing heads explode.
(Your call for the first.)
Posted by: CGHill | June 18, 2011 at 07:27 PM
Judge Andy! The Napster was a schoolmate of mine... but back then I thought he was being conservative just to stick it in the eye of all the hippie freaks.
Posted by: Elisson | June 20, 2011 at 09:55 PM
Well it has lot of matter to read..
Very nice content..Glad to read..I like your blog very much..It is worth to read..
Posted by: crowd SPRING | July 15, 2011 at 03:02 PM
Well one of the best thing about a Palin presidency would be watching various left-wing heads explode...Pretty good post.
Posted by: Gatehouse Academy reviews | July 22, 2011 at 03:56 AM