There are a lot of people who have an emotional investment in who wins the presidential election. I am not one of those people.
It is no secret that John McCain is a candidate that I will only be voting for because I find Barack Obama’s far-left, liberal ideology so undesirable (to put it kindly).
Even then, I will not be crushed if Obama wins. If anything, I think it could be the best thing to happen to the conservative movement since Jimmy Carter.
I did, however, have a lot emotionally invested in Sarah Palin doing well in last night’s debate.
And did she ever.
Sure the media is already out there spinning this as a Biden win, leaving out his debate untruths, I’m sure. But make no mistake about it, Sarah Palin won last night.
Traditional and new media alike have spent the past weeks trying to portray Palin as an air-headed bimbo. Last night, she showed America that she is more than capable of holding her own on the national political stage.
Regardless of how this election turns out, last night was a victory for Sarah Palin.
And for every woman who has ever been dismissed as intellectually inferior, despite her accomplishments, we won last night, too.
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Ha …
Palin stood tall for increasing taxes on the oil companies in Alaska, increasing funding for public education with an emphasis on teachers’ salaries and more regulation on Wall Street.
I’m glad you’re finally coming over to the good side, Charity.
October 4th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Palin lied, never answered a question directly, just rattled off her mini-speeches and it was glaringly obvious when she was off-book. Were I still a Republican I would be ashamed of my party for nominating such an extremist bimbo instead of a much more solid woman. And who, pray tell, is General McClellan?
October 4th, 2008 at 9:48 am
On the other side: Palin also stood up for increased powers to the Vice President … even applauding tricky Dicky Cheney’s expansive view of it:
“IFILL: Governor, you mentioned a moment ago the constitution might give the vice president more power than it has in the past. Do you believe as Vice President Cheney does, that the Executive Branch does not hold complete sway over the office of the vice presidency, that it it is also a member of the Legislative Branch?
PALIN: Well, our founding fathers were very wise there in allowing through the Constitution much flexibility there in the office of the vice president. And we will do what is best for the American people in tapping into that position and ushering in an agenda that is supportive and cooperative with the president’s agenda in that position. Yeah, so I do agree with him that we have a lot of flexibility in there, and we’ll do what we have to do to administer very appropriately the plans that are needed for this nation. And it is my executive experience that is partly to be attributed to my pick as V.P. with McCain, not only as a governor, but earlier on as a mayor, as an oil and gas regulator, as a business owner. It is those years of experience on an executive level that will be put to good use in the White House also.”
If it isn’t the tax raising, government expenditure increasing Sarah Palin, perhaps is the Dick Cheney modeling Sarah Palin you’re so enthralled with?
Charity, I honestly find it hard to believe your views are in line with hers … or maybe they are?
October 4th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
“And for every woman who has ever been dismissed as intellectually inferior, despite her accomplishments, we won last night, too.
So, if I’m understanding you correctly, based on Palin’s performance, intellectually inferior women have scored a victory?
October 4th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Annikee, Gen. McClellan was from the Civil War, but I’m sure Palin just pulled that name out of nowhere, because she probably doesn’t even know about the Civil War, ya?
October 5th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I would have to agree that an Obama presidency would not be the end of the world, but I am still voting third party since I so dislike McCain. Furthermore I really wonder if the GOP could ever reemerge successfully as a real conservative force since it is so wed to the ideologies of the New Right and the neoconservatives. Libertarians and traditionalists (like myself) really haven’t had a place at the table in the era of Bush II and I don’t see the philosophy of Russell Kirk eclipsing that of Pat Robertson and John Podhoretz. And if McCain and Palin get into office I don’t see things changing either. Neither McCain nor Palin are “movement” conservatives like Reagan was and Bush I and II pretended to be. Then again four years of Obama might just be what conservatives need to reenergize.
October 5th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Speaking of intellectual inferiority, JD, you need to brush up on those reading comprehension skills.
I said, “dismissed as intellectually inferior,” meaning her accomplishments were ignored and she was treated as if intellectually inferior.
So, Sarah Palin says McClellan, instead of McKiernan and it is a big effing deal, but Uncle Joe can talk about FDR’s 1929 television address and it’s nothing.
Palin “lied” in the debate, but..wait…what do we call those 22 untruthful things that Biden said during the debate?
I am having a hard time getting these double-standards straight.
John McCain is too old and too entrenched in Washington, but Biden, who has been there longer than McCain, brings experience to the ticket.
Palin’s time as a governor and a mayor make her too inexperienced to be VP, but Obama’s light resume, which he even said in 2004 made him unqualified, is billed as a refreshing change. (Or is that the socialism that is the refreshing change?)
Whatever. I am so ready for this election to be over.
NP said, “Then again four years of Obama might just be what conservatives need to reenergize.”
I was thinking about this the other day. I was going to do a post about it this weekend, but I took a break from the blog.
I agree with your assessment of McCain. From a political standpoint, his election will damage the conservative movement, unless it finds a new party.
I am still not sure if I can be a party to Obama getting elected, by not voting for McCain. That is the decision I am trying to make right now.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Oh, I got what you’re saying. There’s no doubt in many people’s minds how intellectually inferior Palin is (yours, notwithstanding, of course). The ones that tend to think she’s smart also seem to share similar views like belief in End-times bullshit and other severe strains of anti-intellectualism, as well, so I can see why you admire her so much. Every time she opens that mouth of hers she makes it painfully obvious that she really hasn’t progressed past her beauty queen stage.
Although I agree that I can’t wait for it to be over. I’m also thrilled that the conservative movement is in all likelihood destroyed for a generation. As society continues to be more secular, tolerant, and inclusive, it will be that much harder for it to recover. “Traditionalism” will be relegated to the fringes where it rightfully belongs.
Socialism? Puh-leeze. You people use that term for just about anything that involves government assisting people instead of hanging them out to dry to the whims of predatory capitalism and those “market forces”.