Godspeed Sarah

Ambrose Bierce once said, “A sweater is a garment worn by a child when its mother is feeling chilly.”

When Sarah Palin stepped onto that stage in Dayton, Ohio on August 29, 2008, as John McCain announced that she would be his running mate, she gave freedom-loving, patriotic men and women all across this great land an American flag to wave.

Within moments, Sarah Palin made an explicit appeal to the disappointed supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by praising not only Mrs. Clinton but also the only other woman in American history who has been on a presidential ticket, Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale’s Democratic running mate in 1984.

“Hillary left eighteen million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America, but it turns out the women of America aren’t finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all,” said Palin to the huge applause of the 15,000 gathered in that basketball arena.

On the day before Americans celebrate Independence Day, Sarah Palin announced that she would not seek re-election as governor of the Great State of State of Alaska and took the world by surprise a second time.

This time, however, we need to give Sarah our sweater. She has felt the “chill” of the demonic left who have waged a battle against her wholesome marriage, her frontier spirit, her love of America and her most precious son, Trig. Throughout it all she has carried herself with dignity and grace.

Pundits on the right and left have speculated on Palin’s future following her stunning announcement and have doomed her to failure. I contend that she is hardly fated to failure. She has an exceptionally conventional home life in which she is happy and stable and very much loved. So many do not know and never will know such a life.

Palin said in her announcement, “There is such a need to build up and fight for our state and our country. I choose to fight for it and I'll work hard for others who still believe in free enterprise and smaller government; strong national security for our country and support for our troops; energy independence; and for those who will protect freedom and equality and life. I'll work for and campaign for those proud to be American and those who are inspired by our ideals and won't deride them.”

She also made it clear that her children had endured the relentless mockery of their baby brother Trig. She said that children often set priorities right—that time is precious and that what the world needed was more “Trigs”, not fewer.

Palin’s son, Track, is serving in the Diyala Province in Iraq and she recently visited wounded troops in Kosovo and Landstuhl. She reminded us that they have sacrificed themselves in war for our freedom and security. She said, “They’re bold, they don’t give up, they take a stand and know that life is short so they choose not to waste time. They choose to be productive and to serve something greater than self and to build up their families, their states and our country.”

American politics has descended into the bowels of the Roman Coliseum. It has become little more than a blood sport game of public crucifixions—a “damnatio ad bestia”.

Whatever path Sarah Palin takes, I wish her Godspeed and heartfelt thanks for her love of country and her brief reawakening, in those who would listen, of pride in our great Nation.

Via Fausta’s Blog
Via Joy McCann/pajamasmedia.com
Via The Other McCain
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