Sarah Palin shone the spotlight on the American Dream in a visit to the Statue of Liberty this morning, the latest stop on her "One Nation" bus tour of the land of the free and the home of the brave. Disintermediating the powers that be, she left "Beltway journalism insiders eating her dust," as Michelle Malkin writes with wit and wisdom in "Chasing Sarah: The Boys Behind the Bus." American exceptionalism resonates under culture warrior Palin's tutelage: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" (Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus," engraved on a bronze plaque inside the Statue of Liberty). Image above of "Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island (1892-1954).
"We'll highlight the beauty of legal [!] immigrants' work ethic and love of freedom while visiting Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty today," Sarah Palin twittered her 538,522 followers this morning, shooting "to where it's going, not to where it's been" as she tossed a word bouquet in the direction of the historic port of entry for generations of "huddled masses yearning to breath free":
Thanks for beautiful flowers, NYs Bouquets & Baskets! Man, people are nice around here! Glad immigrants who built USA got to come here first.
"Good morning! It's Fleet Week here in NYC and I've had the honor of meeting many Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen. Thanks to all for their service. Had a great time in the City. Enjoyed some great NY pizza with Donald Trump and his wife last night in a nice quiet setting, Times Square," quips Palin at her dazzling new website, SarahPac. At Liberty Island this morning, above.
Too bad Ruling Class opinionator Charles Krauthammer isn't following Palin's tweets, let alone the disintermediating logic of her "One Nation" bus tour of "historical sites that were key to the formation, survival, and growth of the United States of America." Brilliant as he may be in his areas of expertise, when it comes to Sarah Palin, Dr. Krauthammer has always been stuck on stupid, from that day back in late August of 2008 when he declared John McCain should have chosen someone "safe," up to last night on The O'Reilly Factor [h/t The Right Scoop], when he once again revealed his contempt for Sarah Palin and people like us who are energized by her fierce determination and authentic American voice:
The problem with her, I think, is that she is not schooled. I don't mean she didn't go to the right schools. I mean when you get into policy, beyond instinct. I like her political instincts, I like her overall view of the world, but when it comes to policy, she's had two and a half years to school herself, and she hasn't.
How would he know what she has or hasn't been doing in the last two and a half years? He needs to get out more. As we say, stuck on stupid, and while the good doctor and leading member of the Northeast Corridor fuddy-duddy community will never see it, we twitterred him and his fellow Beltway tribesmen a little advice this morning:
Honest and truly, @Krauthammer & fellow #RulingClass fuddy duddies, if you want to know what's up, must follow #Palin in both old & new media.
Update: Making friends and influencing people: New York Daily News reports "Sarah Palin Takes Manhattan (and Jersey City)" (h/t twitter buddy Charles @repub9989):
When she emerged from the statue an hour later, a high school band visiting from Illinois broke into a rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner, as Palin covered her heart and the waiting news photographers snapped away. “She looks better in person [and] she’s definitely got my vote if she tries to run for President,” said Clayton Tarpley, 19, who snapped a picture with Palin and declared: “It’s going on Facebook.”
Crossposted at Riehl World View, Cloven Not Crested and Liberty Pundits.
The things that made the USA the freest and most prosperous country are there for all to see but to the intellectuals it is terrrifying to have it so simple and like Dr. K they refuse to see it. Let us give thanks that Sarah is relighting the way.
Posted by: goomp | June 01, 2011 at 01:13 PM
Krauthammer cannot "get out more" Sissy. It would shake his complacently settled view of the world! Much as I adore the man - and his brilliant mind - and much as I am of an age with the Northeast corridor fuddy-duddies, what has happened is that mentally I have remained fresh and young! I revel in the uproar and turmoil attendant since Mrs. Palin's arrival on the scene. May it continue long enough to dispose of all of those fusty mental midgets that the "Elite Media" is trying to foist on the right! The so-called front-runners are nothing more than the people being promoted in the media right now, much as they promoted John McCain in 2008. Once he had the nomination, they crucified him and that's what they'll do with the new Republican nominee - if they are permitted to do so.
Posted by: Gayle Miller | June 01, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Gayle: I couldn't have said it better myself. Have bumped your comments up to a new post: Krauthammer's Complaint.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | June 01, 2011 at 10:00 PM