Let Sarah Palin Be
October 1, 2008 / 9:25 am • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierI didn’t see the whole Couric interview. Evidently, Sarah Palin didn’t perform well and even conservatives are cringing. I buy it. The part I saw, made me wonder if she was sitting on a bed of nails, she was so nervous. Coached and careful, defensive and self-doubting, she clearly just wanted to get through it and get it over. Understandable. Katie Couric is a dull-witted, pugnacious twit who hates conservatives.
Here’s my two cents: Sarah Palin is already over-handled. If there is one thing needed during this economic crisis, it’s someone who is in touch with average Americans and speaks the language. Sarah Palin is not stupid, she’s unaccustomed to the blood-sport that is DC politics. It is almost impossible to convey the depths the press and the opposition, and even “friends” will go to destroy a person for having “imperfect” ideology (any ideas that clash with ones own.)
And how do you integrate an ability to talk with awareness without sounding defensive? How do you not sound defensive when the person sitting across from you wants you destroyed? Sarah Palin is still a real person. DC is an unreal realm. I want her to stay real.
Staying real means that people can teach her the history and the geography and the policy, but don’t do it at the expense of her true self. I feel that George W. Bush has been overhandled. When allowed to speak freely, he speaks the best. He reaches the people. I love his Q&A sessions with the press where he instinctively answers questions. He speaks the people’s language.
For Sarah Palin, more polish will come. Or not. Hells bells, Joe Biden isn’t polished and no one gives him a hard time. He’s an outright liar and that seems charming when coming from his mouth, evidently. Sarah Palin has integrity, at least. And don’t give me garbage about her time in Alaska. A politician doesn’t get an 85% approval rating state-wide by being dirty and stupid.
So, I’m not worried about Sarah Palin. I’m worried about a country where a politician like her can’t make it. If all we get are bland, handled, “intelligent”, worldly, cut-throat elites like Obama, I don’t want any part of it. When average people desiring to influence politics for the better have no place in America, we’re in trouble. Sarah Palin gives a lot of people hope–not because she’s the smartest, most polished, most worldly, but because she seem really concerned about how policy affects average Americans and puts their needs first.
Sarah Palin threatens all DC holds dear and that’s why they want to destroy her. Those who ostensibly support her can destroy her too: by making her something she’s not. Let Sarah Palin be. She’s good enough for America. I’m not sure DC is good enough for her.
Cross-posted at RightWingNews
7 Responses to “Let Sarah Palin Be”
By Eddie on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
Great article, I completely agree.
By Rick Mctague on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
The reason Sarah Palin has stirred up the vicious slander from the left is because she represents the values of the “regular folks” in flyover land (the zip codes of those areas of America containing people who do not think as the left thinks). Every rude comment, display of bias and disgusting and unfounded rumor have their roots in a deep seated hatred of decency and good that people on the left have.
If she is allowed to be herself, Americans will see a real and unvarnished person of values, integrity and passion. Of course, the left-controlled media knows this and will continue to frame her settings that distort and with questions and commentary that warp.
The real enemy here is the control of the media. If objectivity and fairness could be restored, then America could judge for herself who is best able to lead (Utopia, yes I know). As it is now, America - at least the America who doesn’t take time and make the effort to dig out the truth from people like this outstanding blog - will make her decision based on a warped and skewed portrayal of the available candidates.
Truth be told, this left-controlled media are the ones who selected these presidential candidates and at least the selection of VP’s is not up to them.
Thank God for Sarah Palin and for John McCain for having the courage and foresight to select her.
By Lee on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
When McCain became the Republican candidate I was a pretty happy guy. I felt the country would be in a good place with either McCain or Obama. I’ll be voting Democrat this election (I go back and forth depending on the issues and the times) but I thought McCain was a reasonable legislator and would find some common ground on difficult issues. I thought he would go with Lieberman or Snow as VP, but Palin? Oh my. And here is my response to your comments in “Let Sarah Palin Be”:
Sarah Palin is “good enough for America”? Since when is “good enough” the litmus test? I don’t know about you but I don’t want a “good enough” doctor, or lawyer, or car mechanic, or anything else. There are plenty of competent Republicans available, men and women, who would bring us the best of what this country has to offer. Why are you satisfied with “average”, particularly with the position of VP of the United States?
Also, how can you be comfortable with such a short time frame for the vetting of this person? We are told to accept Palin because she is “one of us”. Sorry, I want to see a candidate for the most important job in the world be run through the same mill that all the other candidates were. A year and a half on the campaign trail allows us to learn much about those running for office. We’re supposed to embrace a person we know so little about? No chance for us to learn what her instincts are or her level of intelligence? That’s putting an awful lot at risk, don’t you think?
Sometimes I vote Democrat. Sometimes I vote Republican. Sometimes Independent. Depends on the issue and the times. Ultimately I try to do what’s best for the people. I know most Americans do.
I don’t think Palin, being average, is the best choice for the job. I want someone who has traveled, experienced many cultures, has lived with diversity, and are, to use the word that you seem to equate with bad, elite in their intellect and statesmanship.
Thanks, but I’ll pass on McCain/Palin. His choice of Palin has disqualified him from leading this country, in my opinion. I’ll roll the dice on mayor, and maybe governor, but VP? No way.
Lee Gross
By Naqamel on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
Lee Gross: I’ll roll the dice on mayor, and maybe govenor, but VP? No way.
And yet, you’re willing to roll the dice on President by voting for Obama?
Obama has less experience than Governor Palin.
By Phillipa on Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
I don’t think Palin is very intelligent, and after reading your gibberish I’ve come to understand that only those more dim-witted than her can still truly believe America needs “average” folks to lead them.
You have to be wilfully obtuse not to recognize the disaster that was Bush. That you want to see more of this incurious, my-way-or-the-highway leadership is a testament to your stupidity.
If Sarah Palin is “good enough for America” then you don’t hold your country in very high esteem.
By Matt Keyworth on Oct 2, 2008 | Reply
If Palin collapses before the likes of Couric, how do you suspect she would fare against someone like Putin?
By mr. chuckles on Oct 2, 2008 | Reply
Howdy Doc!
Sorry, can’t feel sorry for Palin. Press scrutiny comes with the territory, and yes, she looked woefully out of her depth in the interview. I’m sorry, but the last person I want representing me is “joe six pack” (what an unbelieveably stupid thing to say by the way). We’ve had “joe 12 pack” (or maybe joe fifth) representing us and making beer goggle decisions for the last 7/12 years and it ain’t working out too well for most of us. I can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t want the best and brighest in leadership roles. Do you really think the military should pick it’s officers from the bottom of the pack? Should Harvard or Stanford grant scholarships to “c” students because they’re just “regular guys”? Call me old fashioned, but I thought that leadership should be assigned to the best and the brightest. God knows I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer - and I know that I shouldn’t be a heartbeat away from the most important job on the planet. Gee Doc, as an educated person I would think that you could see all of this. Palin should be scrutinized even MORE, not less. She is asking us to elect her to the second highest office in the land but she doesn’t want the scrutiny because it makes her feel uncomfortable? You’re kidding, right?