Posted by
Sanity 102 on Monday, June 11, 2007 3:13:38 AM
At Steve's blog "CampaignVictory2008", we've moved on to the subject of a V.P. for the 2008 ticket. Bruce gave us a challenge as both of us had mentioned Governor Palin of Alaska (see my "Sarah Palin, The White Queen essay). He wanted to know what issues the MSM would throw against a Palin V.P. candidacy.
The top portion of each section is what I had written as the issues the MSM would try to play against Palin...and the "R" is how I believe it would really run with the American voter.
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The number one thing they will bring up is the fact that she has been governor for less than a year and that she "won" it from a very unpopular man.
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R- The base on the Right has joined it's Left counterpart in telling the American voter that politicians cannot be trusted, especially REPUBLICANS. Palin has been governor for just one year (but two term mayor) in one of the most remote states in America. In fact Alaska might as well be a different nation the way some American shops will charge double for shipping there. Palin will seem like an outsider...and in our political climate, being an outsider is good.
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They will bring up the fact that her husband is a fisherman (not even a professional!)
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R- The majority of Americans are NOT professionals and dislike those who talk down to them (wealthy Romney, ambitious Queen Hil and a hair cut few can afford Edwards come to mind). Yet, they want those that govern them to be one of the intellectually elite, otherwise, why should THEY call the shots over ordinary people?
Palin has all the "prerequisite" education credentials of a leader--and like Bush with his "acceptable" Librarian wife...Palin's spouse' non-elitist status will appeal to the average voter and his being a fisherman takes away any idea of his being a pansy to his powerful wife.
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They will talk about her betrayal to women's rights and "other minorities" aka gays.
R- Palin has managed to head a city and a state...if she gets in line to run a country...the idea of her betraying her female sisters is going to look awfully lame.
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They will call her a "dizzy blonde" and someone that wasn't even a lawyer "for God's sake".
R-Voters are tired of lawyers making laws with enough loop holes for them to ply their trade (and ex-lawyers turn talk show hosts--sorry, that's my sentiment). Voters are NOT tired of attractive blondes--honest.
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And a life time member of the NRA? Can we spell "hick-country-gal?"
R- One of the largest and most powerful voting blocks is the National Rifle Association. And despite what the MSM would have you believe, when people talk about gun toting grandmothers and rifle carrying hunters, the image created is one that is very American. Our country is one of the few that trusts ordinary citizens to own guns--and it is ordinary Americans that will have guns to protect their families, their businesses and their homes. For most people, hunters are NOT pitting themselves against helpless animals...they are going up against wild frequently uncharted terrain, miles of rocky mountains, mosquitoes, open fires, hard ground, and hours of male bonding.
A pretty woman who can appreciate THAT is a keeper.
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They will discuss her being an ex-beauty queen and ex-jock...two types not known for brains.
R-The MSM and the elites from ivory towers know first hand how EASY and UNFAIR it is to lose to the pretty girl and the jock.
An ex-beauty queen who also happens to be an ex-jock will drive them nuts...and they will tell an American Idol loving public and a sports nut that gladly forks over hundreds of dollars for tickets...that supporting Palin because of how she looks or how she performed as a jock is stupid?
Yeah, that will go over REAL well.
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And the fact that she has said zero about the issue of the day aka illegal immigration.
R- Ah and about illegal immigration...Palin is from a state as far away from Mexico as you're going to get...the American voter...especially the Right will understand why she has no real involvement in the issue...
And be sooooooo glad.