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Why the Media Elites Detest Sarah
http://www.newsmax.com/john_perry/john_perry_trotta_comment/2008/10/06/137725.html
Monday, October 6, 2008 12:29 PM
The mainstream press cannot abide Sarah Palin. It’s not her hair or glasses. It’s not her smile or wink. It’s that she’s different from them.
Nothing illustrates this better than a jaw-dropping performance Sunday by long-time radio and television commentator Liz Trotta, who was once a rather independent voice in the largely liberal cluster of Washington Beltway, Manhattan and Hollywood self-anointed political priests and priestesses.
On Fox News Channel she was ridiculing the Alaska governor, who is certainly fair game as a vice-presidential candidate. No one has to agree or disagree with her, or any other, Fox “contributor.” Fox’s job is to air differing views.
But Liz Trotta made a point of blasting Sarah Palin for appearing on TV with her little Down syndrome baby son Trig. To quote: “dragging it around.”
Since when is a Down syndrome child, or any child, an inanimate “it”? This was no slip of the tongue, no grammatical lapse. She made it clear it was precisely what she wanted to say — with a sneering emphasis.
This may be the only outraged e-mail Fox received, but it’s one that was sent:
“Liz Trotta's personal opinions, one way or another, about Sarah Palin could not matter less to my wife and me.
“But when she goes out of her way to refer to Sarah Palin's little Down syndrome baby boy as ‘it,’ that's inexcusable.
“Ms. Trotta has insulted every American parent, not merely those with Down syndrome children.
“My wife and I have nine children, 15 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a number of other children in our extended family. One of those is a Down syndrome child, who is a human being – not an inanimate object or a lower order of animal.
“She referred to Sarah Palin as ‘dragging it around.’ If Gov. Palin had not embraced that little boy in a public, proud and loving manner, you can bet Ms. Trotta and others would have attacked her for ‘hiding it.’
“Ms. Trotta owes the Palins a profound apology. She owes our family a profound apology. She owes Trig Palin an everlasting request for forgiveness.
“Shame on her!
“[Signed] John L. and Mary Mayne Perry”
The way the Palins have chosen to embrace and love that child may not be the accepted style for the media elites to raise a Down syndrome child — indeed, if they allow the baby to be born alive.
Those raised in a rural setting learn by watching how flocks of chickens treat individual chickens in their midst that are different. They keep pecking and pecking and pecking until the different creature is eventually pecked to death.
Liz Trotta’s attack on Sarah Palin by ridiculing her on how she chooses to embrace her little Down-syndrome boy shows just how far some mortals have evolved from chicken-flock morality.
Candidates always gather on camera with their family members after debates and convention appearances. If Trig Palin had not been a Down syndrome baby, would Liz Trotta have pitched a hissy fit? She may have seethed inside, because display of family values is not politically correct in some circles, but she would most likely have had the political smarts to zip her lip.
Sarah Palin’s political sin is that she’s Sarah Palin, not Liz Trotta et al.
People can identify with parents like Sarah and Todd Palin, who are not, thank God, embarrassed to be seen loving God’s children. That difference is what is driving political elites crazy with fear — fear that she will win and they will lose.
What really makes Sarah and Todd Palin so special is that because of their obvious love for God, they probably also have room in their hearts for love for the likes of Liz Trotta, who clearly could use a little.
John L. Perry, a prize-winning newspaper editor and writer who served on White House staffs of two presidents, is a regular columnist for Newsmax.com.
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WHY WE LIKE SARAH PALIN
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Friday, October 3, 2008
She’s genuine.
That in itself is quite a novelty not to be discovered that readily in DC.
She’s intelligent, articulate, persevering and accomplished. That totally enrages the liberals.
She’s a committed mother and loving wife—though feminists despise both.
She’s a public servant who does what she says—puts the people first, puts ethics above politics and puts the crooks to shame. Liberals know they are nowhere near her league.
She’s a talented woman—superb debater, substantive speaker, gifted administrator. Compare that with the
inept Congress.
She’s already set an admirable track record in public life, working from honest motives rather than the usual double-speak manipulation that has crazed DC
for decades. Honesty in DC just doesn’t work in the main. No wonder she scares them stiff.
She’s impressive, humorous, feminine, and individualistic—all at the same time. The reason? Again, she’s genuine. No fake mold.
Thank God she’s not Nancy Pelosiesque or Hillary Clintonesque. Thank God’s she’s on the other end of the spectrum from Gloria Steinam and Whoopi Goldberg.
She’s in real-life real-time with the rest of America’s hard-working citizens. In other words, she is one of us in comparison to the DC cliques that have craftily removed themselves into safe havens of one sort or another.
She’s an enigma to the liberals, particularly the press. They simply don’t know what to do with her.
In the Vice Presidential debate, she drew a viewership higher than any other since 1992. Viewers did not watch because of Joe. They sat riveted because of Sarah.
But what then could the liberal press do but praise her a smidgen in order to appear civil while saving their sharper knife blades for further down their columns. Some even started out with their journalistic sword swinging. That’s how upset Sarah can make the liberal pen.
Conservative, truly patriotic journalists were fair in calling Sarah Palin the debate winner for in fact she was.
How interesting that Drudge Report poll tallied on Friday at 4:25 PM the following:
Joe Biden with 28%, voters totaling 147,012
Sarah Palin with 70%, voters totaling 362,270.
Total votes were 518,963.
Liberal TIME’s website poll tallied only 18,398 total with, of course, Biden out in front.
Compare 516,797 with 18,398. Drudge and Sarah hit home runs big time.
In other words, Sarah Palin is ready to take on DC in January.
posted by Grant Swank at 1:34 PM
http://jgrantswankjr.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-we-like-sarah-palin.html
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Lisa - Mother of Nine said...
Todd Palin visited Scheel's Sporting Goods in Morehead, Minnesota Friday. The crowd of about 200, packed into the store, cheered and waved McCain signs as well as bumper stickers with the words, “Read my lipstick: McCain-Palin ’08.”
Todd said, "I know John and Sarah will work to get the government back into the people’s hands,”
and went on to tell us that Alaskans share a lot of common interests with Minnesotans. “hunting and fishing and, of course, our Second Amendment rights.”
"I know Sen. McCain and my wife will continue to fight for those Second Amendment rights with your support,” he said.
Finally, he told us to nevermind the critics that say Sarah, as a woman and mother, can't do the job. "She’s been told that in every job that she’s had, running for Mayor, they told her you can’t do it because you’ve got Bristol, Track and Willow. So, any female that puts herself into politics is always going to have that criticism and so, she’s faced challenges before and at the end of the day, she always proves them wrong."
My adult daughters were pretty impressed.
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