Dear Pals,
Sara Palin's big and unexpected resignation announcement apparently caught everyone by surprise.
The immediate speculation included:
Is she leaving politics for good?
Is she caving in under ethical investigative scrutiny and pressure?
Is there a skeleton in her closet?
Is she getting ready to run for the White House in 2012?
The Democrat National Committee (DNC) wasted no time in issuing the following statement from: DNC Spokesman Brad Woodhouse:
"Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can't handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down. Either way - her decision to abandon her post and the people of Alaska who elected her continues a pattern of bizzare behaviour that more than anything else may explain the decision she made today."
WHOA Brad!
Who is this Woodhouse GENIUS anyway?
Who believes that the DNC's assertions are accurate or are even the only two possible reasons for her decision; other than the rest of the really really really smart people like him at the DNC, who love to think for all of us feeble-minded citizens??
I'm not surprised to see this kind of rhetoric and bile gurgling up from the DNCistern. The DNC is so used to the lies spun and spewed out by their Democrat politicians, that they wouldn't know the truth if it hit them between the eyes like a hollow point .44.
I heard Sara Palin's speech yesterday and I heard her say loud and clear that her decision to resign as Governor was based on these principles, values and priorities:
1. Faith in God - what's right and true.
2. Family - what's best for her family.
3. Alaska - what's best for Alaska.
I'm not surprised that the DNC can't understand her reasoning. The thinking of people with real principles and genuine values is simply unchartered territory for the self-proclaimed intellectual elites at the DNC.
I'm not surprised that the DNC thinks that giving up a prized-plumb political job like being a Governor is "bizzare behaviour."
You see, the DNC thinks the arguably aberrant behaviour of Barney Frank, Chris "Countryside" Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Charlie Rangle, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Howard Dean, Bill Clinton, Tim Geithner and ACORNian activists is "normal behavior."
DNC Law Number 1 states that once you have a political office that you must to hang on to it no matter what. Ask Senator Arlin Spector, the Pennslyvannia Pollcat, the newest Democrat about that.
The DNC knows that political office is the golden-lifetime ticket to status, personal privilege at public expense, special perquisites, unchecked power, lifetime pensions, special retirement plans, special health care plans and a legal license to steal and line the pockets of the party and your fellow politicians.
I think a large body of evidence will support my assertions...on both sides of the aisle.
Let's take a close look at Sara Palin's thinking and her priorities:
1. Faith - she believes in Jesus Christ. Oh my God!! Some people even say she's a "Christian Fundamentalist" - so, if she doesn't believe in Jesus Christ in a certain way that's acceptable to the mainstream media then it's okay to deride her and ridicule her "brand" of Christian beliefs.
The DNC knows that godless Secular Humanism is the only way to fly.
I find myself in Governor Palin's court here. People who know me know that I am not an orthodox religious kinda guy. Far from it. But, I do admire folks with a strong belief in Judeo-Christian values. I don't admire the folks who do really bad stuff in the name of their special version of God's will or because it's deemed to be politically correct.
2. Family - It's painfully obvious that she loves her kids and that her family is most important to her. She refused to abort her youngest child, Trigg. Some people think that Sara Palin was irresponsible for knowingly carrying a down-syndrome child to term.
What presumptive and arrogant nonsense!
Many of this same ilk were quick to defend abortion specialist, Dr. Tiller when he was sadly murdered. He killed 60,000 babies, many by late term abortions; where a hole is punched in a viable baby's head and then the infant's living feeling brain is sucked out.
Dr. Tiller was hailed as a "hero who helped women in need" by the Secular Humanists. (Although I fail to see anything even remotely Humanistic about killing defenseless babies.)
Sara Palin has been criticized for her choice to choose LIFE for Trigg. I'm with Sara on this one too.
Killing babies is well, killing babies. I'm not in the camp of the liberal loons who say, "Shoot a wolf or a moose...it's an outrage! Kill a baby...oh, that's okay."
Sara Palin also refused to take any late night Letterman Lip. She called him out and made him apologize for his really cheap and sleazy shots at her daughters.
Where was the outrage from feminists about Letterman's crude and tasteless remarks?
The silence from N.O.W. was deafening.
Sara Palin knows that her family isn't perfect...but it is her family and she understands that family is very important. One might even say, "fundamentally important," because the nurturing environment created in a two-parent: Mother and Father family is the cornerstone of a stable home, city, state and a nation...maybe even a world.
There are many other politically correct and alternative definitions of what a "family" is today, but so far, I haven't seen a better archetype than a family led by a loving Mother and Father.
I'm with Governor Palin on her personal right to choose LIFE for Trigg. And I'm with her on standing by and up for her family in the face of smug smears by societal elitists like so-called funnyman David Letterman.
You'd think feminists would like and admire Sara Palin, she is a strong and intelligent woman who seems capable of doing any job she sets her mind to.
So why were other women so deathly silent when she and her family were being trashed??
Ooops, I forgot Governor Palin didn't go to Smith, and she isn't a Democrat or a Secular Humanist like that pillar of intellectual feminist supremacy, Joy Behar of da View.
3. Alaska - The DNC would like you and me to believe that Governor Palin "simply can't handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down."
Bull Roar!
She proved that she could handle the job. Her administration's record is clear, enviable and admirable. She leaves Alaska in the capable hands of a great team. There was no groundswell to make her step down.
This was her decision.
And, I for one, believe her stated reasons and find her to have her priorities in admirable order. Like Cinncinnatus of Rome, she does not covet or lust for enduring power. She knew how to serve well and then how to return to her "real life."
So what now?
Well back on January 12, 2009 in my Fearless Forecast, here's what I wrote:
"6. The Values Of The Greatest Generation Will Have A Rebirth - Baby Boomers are now Senior Boomers and they will harken back to what they learned about "hard times" at the knee of their grandparents and parents. Books on rugged individualism, independence and self-reliance will gain in ever increasing popularity. Basic training in bedrock life skills like saving, work ethic values, square dealing and self-reliance will once again be emphasized.
In a surprising resurgence, Theodore Roosevelt's life and epic actions will be revisited in many books. WWTRD wristbands (What Would Teddy Roosevelt Do) might even emerge as visible statement of American strength of character, optimism and idealism as TR's trust-busting-style of personal integrity and zest for living takes hold and the values and energy of the old Rough Rider ride again. Ironically, the Bull Moose-hunting Governor of Alaska will play a leading role in this resurgence of the rugged individualism movement."
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That's what I think Sara Palin will do. I think she will become the very articulate and persuasive point person on the resurgence and revitalzation of a movement - note I said, "movement" not "party."
I think Sara Palin is going to hit the trail all across the nation - in cities and towns, hamlets and crossroads. I think she's going to carry a flag with three words boldly emblazoned on it.
God
Family
Country
I think that eternally-sound hierarchy is just right for these arguably world-turned-upside down times. It reminds me of the maxim that guides an institution that I also admire, The USMA at West Point, where Duty, Honor, Country still resonates.
Someday, I hope to shake Governor Palin's hand.
I admire her grit and gristle.
I wish her well and I hope she can help ignite a movement that will cause America to make a U-Trurn from the path our inspiring new President and the Spend-O-Crats and Wast-E-Publicans have sent us careening down.
If Tom Hanks hadn't made the movie, The Road To Perdition, that might make a pretty good theme for the current State Of The Union.
Go Sara Go!
Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic.
PS: To DNC Spokesgenius, Brad Woodhouse: "Hey Brad, GFY! "
If you don't know what GFY means, it's a personal directive of a copulatory nature...if you need clarification call me. 314-918-7500.
Oh, by the way, if the DNC continues to issue such absurd and highly questionable statements, DNC may also come to mean: Denigrate Normal Citizens.
After all, the folks at the DNC are very very special and very very smart and they know what's best for all the rest of us poor Schmoos.
I also had a really mischievious totally Out-Of-The-Box thought...what if Sara Palin and Hillary Clinton ran together? Now there's a thought that will make Joe Biden fill his Depends.
Hahahahahaha...don't laugh too soon, politics has been known to make strange bedfellows.
Enough brain-shaking for one day.
I remain, The Wise Buddha-hahahaha, alone in my mind without adult supervision.
IMPORTANT NOTE: FOR AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE PLEASE GO HERE:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31745445/ns/politics-washington_post
