Cold, Yep, those Republicans are a bunch a back-stabbing rat-bastards. Finally we agree on something. ;-)
On Nov 7, 5:32 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Cowardly Character Assassination of Sarah Palin > Michelle Malkin > Friday, November 07, 2008 > > Sunken ships loosen bitter lips. The failed McCain campaign, for all its > high-minded talk of honor, duty and courage, is now teeming with unscrupulous > gossipmongers. Seems the dishy staffers forgot to crack open their copies of > Sen. McCain's bestseller, "Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every > Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember." > > Rest assured: Their cowardly character assassination of Sarah Palin won't be > forgotten. > > The finks turned to Newsweek and Fox News to spread petty rumors about > Palin's intellect and character. The magazine peddled anecdotes from sources > horrified that Palin greeted top advisers at her hotel room -- gasp! -- > "wearing nothing but a towel" and "wet hair." Fox News reporter Carl Cameron > breathlessly reported that his unnamed McCain sources told him Palin lacked > "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate" because, they > claimed, she didn't know which countries were parties to the North American > Free Trade Agreement and "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, > rather than a series, a country just in itself." > > Let's assume for a moment that the McCain rumormongers are telling the truth > about Palin (and I don't believe they are). Who would it damn more: Palin, or > McCain and his vetters, who greenlighted her for the vice presidential > nomination? Don't need a fancy Ivy League degree to figure that one out. > > In introducing her to America, McCain praised her independence and backbone: > She "stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit > down." The inside snipers are now roasting her for that very attribute -- > redefined as "going rogue" -- because she had the nerve to try to schedule > media interviews on her own. The nerve of her! > > Palin's response to the campaign fragging? At a late Wednesday night airport > press conference in Anchorage, immediately upon landing home after the > election defeat, she smiled cheerfully. The Alaska governor shrugged off the > "foolish things" said by the McCain saboteurs, and simply said, "It's > politics. … It's rough and tumble and you've got to have a thick skin just > like I've got." > > Hollywood savaged Palin. Journalists mocked her. Liberal blogs slimed her. > Opponents cursed her, Photoshopped her, hacked her e-mail, hanged her in > effigy, called her bigot, Bible-thumper and bimbo, and attacked her husband > and children. But nothing Palin endured during the election season compares > to the treatment she's receiving from these backstabbing blabbermouths who > worked on the same campaign she poured herself into over the last three > months. > > Sarah Palin worked her heart out. She energized tens of thousands to come out > when they would have otherwise stayed home. She touched countless families. I > didn't agree with everything she said on the campaign trail. But she > vigorously defended the Second Amendment and the sanctity of life more > eloquently in practice than any of the educated conservative aristocracy. And > she did it all with a tirelessness and an infectious optimism that defied the > shameless, bottomless attempts by elites in both parties to bring her and her > family down. > > Liberty needs a virtuous people to survive; self-governance requires virtuous > leaders. "Knowledgeability" is a necessary trait in political life, but it is > not sufficient. The elitist critics of Palin, so blindly enamored of Barack > Obama's ability to hold forth for hours on theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, > ignored the Founding Fathers' counsel: Character counts. In times of > adversity and crisis, it counts more than IQ points, instant trivia recall > and bloviation skills. > > "The most important thing I have learned, from my parents, from teachers, > from my faith, from many good people I have been blessed to know, and from > the lives of people whose stories we have included in this book," John McCain > wrote in "Character Is Destiny," "is to want what they had, integrity, and to > feel the sting of my conscience when I have risked it for some selfish > reason." > > John McCain not only failed to make that message stick with the electorate, > he apparently couldn't persuade his own staff to heed his advice and practice > what he preached. > > http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=3f4092a5-1543-4fc9-826c-6... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
