What is it about Sarah Palin that has the McCain camp running scared? The election has been over less than a week and we have anonymous leaks from staffers throwing Governor Palin under the Straight Talk Express tour bus.
Where is Senator McCain? The same McCain that chastised his supporters for shouts in rallies that might hurt the sensibilites of the Obama camp. Strangely, he says nothing. No, he’s back in Washington hangin’ with his peeps sitting in the aisle between the Republicans and Democrats.
I watched The O’Reilly Factor last night, and Bill said something that really hit home with me. He mentioned the fact that as soon as Sarah was announced, every news organ in the country headed North to Alaska, they went North to find some dirt. With all of their resources and money, they came up empty, there wasn’t any dirt to find. And now, we are to believe stories from someone who won’t even give us his (her) name? Let’s get real shall we?
Sarah Palin was the only conservative voice in the entire campaign. It was her conservatism that energized the Republican base. I know that I was disgusted with the Republican choice of McCain, and had made up my mind to vote my conscience and cast my vote for Bob Barr. I knew he had no chance of winning the national election, but he came closer to my ideals than McCain did. It was Sarah Palin that changed my mind. Her speech when she was announced as McCain’s running mate sold me. I heard and watched a woman come out on stage and deliver a tremendous speech that truly seemed to come from the heart, and reminded me of Ronald Reagan, not only in delivery, but in content. Here was the new voice of conservatism.
This whole thing reeks of politics as usual in Washington. No one liked the way Obama supporters and the media went after Joe the Plumber with a vengence. Here is the Republican nominee for Vice President being attacked by a coward who won’t even identify him/herself who was a staff member. Don’t worry so much about vetting the candidates, worry about vetting the staffers.
I hope this doesn’t sour Sarah Palin. I know that this is one reason why it will take a lot of convincing to get me behind anything that goes on in Washington. Sarah, Bill O’Reilly has offered you 30 minutes on Monday night’s program to tell your side of all this. I, for one, hope you will take him up on it and at least let us hear your take on this whole experience.
But, that is just My Arrogant Opinion
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