The predictable liberal piece appeared yesterday in the Washington ComPost by Dan NoBalls, accompanied with the ComPost's biased polling against her.
Sarah Palin has proved that she can draw a crowd. What she has yet to demonstrate is that she can translate the appeal of a phenomenon into a political force that can attract or mobilize sizable numbers of voters.Not qualified to be President? This is coming from the Washington ComPost, who thought Barack Hussein Obama, who never held an executive position and pretty much voted "present" on everything, was more than qualified to be President. Contrast that with Palin, who was a mayor and the Governor of Alaska.
The former Alaska governor is the Republican Party's biggest celebrity. She has given voice to a grass-roots movement grounded in anger with Washington and President Obama's policies. But her political future remains in question. Is she presidential timber? A force only within the Republican Party? A protest candidate like George Wallace (minus the racial divisiveness) or Ross Perot?
"Sarah Palin will have to choose to be either the leader of a movement or the leader of a nation. She can't be both," said Republican strategist Alex Castellanos. "Right now, she is a figure like [George] McGovern or [Barry] Goldwater, two candidates who led the most intense movements in our country's political history, but who couldn't win the middle."
If Palin harbors presidential ambitions, she has a huge mountain to climb. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 71 percent of Americans do not think the
politician who was Sen. John McCain's running mate in 2008 is qualified to be president.
Then, there are the previous attacks from so-called "conservatives" who are really elitists (Peggy Noonan, David Frum), as well as phonies who masquerade themselves as conservatives in the media in an effort to make a quick buck.
Take Michael Weiner Savage, aka "The Savage Weiner" of Marin County, CA. This former herbalist turned talk-show host has now decreed that Palin is "unelectable," saying, "If you want Obama for a second term, just make sure that Sarah Palin is the Republican nominee." (video found at Breitbart TV).
What political expertise does Weiner base this on? Nothing but political schizophrenia. He claims to be a conservative, but he and his family give money to liberal Democrats like Jerry "Moonbeams" Brown and "Greasy" Gavin Newsom. That's what too many skinny dipping escapades with Allen Ginsberg can do to someone. It's not surprising that his longtime radio station ditched him, once an articulate and authentic conservative voice named Mark Levin took the airwaves at the same time slot as "The Savage Weiner."
For all the nay saying about Sarah Palin, she has an appeal that is essential element to a political future. Gateway Pundit reports she was mobbed yesterday at her appearance at the Daytona 500. There is a connection to regular Americans, who are mocked by the liberal and Republican elites.
All these people are the same ones who mocked the candidacy of a former actor turned Governor of California 30 years ago, and declared his 1976 defeat as the Republican nominee the end of his political career. Yet the one thing Balls, Weiner, other political elites and Republican strategist Alex Castellanos are forgetting. That man whose candidacy the elites declared dead in 1976 was not only seen as the leader of the conservative movement in the 1970s, he became the 40th President of the United States.
His name? Ronald Reagan.
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