Let's be honest, Sarah Palin is the bomb.com. I won't lie to you and say I'm her biggest fan, but what I love most is the chord she has struck with the Left. The Left has spent more time and energy villifying an Alaskan hockey mom than it has trying to solve the healthcare problem, and all for one reason: jealousy.
I remember the day I heard that John McCain selected Sarah Palin (who?) as his running mate. And I remember thinking, "Absolutely brilliant." Loved the idea. The Democratic party just finished waging an internal war where an up-and-coming Chicago governor upset the former president's better half for top billing on the 2008 US Presidential ballot. Hill was the favorite to win the nomination and many people invested many monies to make sure she did so. Only problem, she wasn't cool enough to appeal to young'ns who preferred Barry Obama's energy and freshness. Liberal females who pinned their hopes on Hill were crushed again, left to wonder if a female would ever get on a presidential ticket and represent females across the board. Barry didn't even deem her a suitable running mate, further crushing the female pro-Hillary base and resurrecting the thought that Washington would forever be controlled by crusty old white guys. Next, Republican candidate John McCain weighed his VP options--would he choose Tim Pawlenty? Bobby Jindal? Condi Rice? Nope, none of those. He then trots out the Alaskan governor few had ever heard of, and so began the fascination with Sarah Palin.
The Left immediately criticized Palin as small-time, inexperienced, and out-of-touch. But in reality, how ironic is it that the "party of the people" would so violently attack a gun-toting, moose-hunting, Pee Wee hockey-loving, happily married mother of 5? What's more blue collar than that? Leftists, and women particularly, were waiting for a worthy female candidate to rise to the top, and all of a sudden they got their wish. One thing, though...she played for the other team. They couldn't stand that Repubs beat them to the punch and pushed the nation's first ever female on a presidential ticket. It killed them. If I had told you in January of 2008 that a female would be on the presidential ticket, what party would have first come to mind? Not only would you immediately have homed in on the Democrats, but you would have first thought of old Hill. If not, you would have guessed that a popular female was running independently. The old crumudgens of the Republican Party would never do something like that.
Allow me an analogy. In the winter of 2004, the Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, and Reds pursued a young pitcher by the name of Carl Pavano. He was a 28-year old stud with a live fastball and a World Series ring to boot. Everyone wanted this guy--he toured the stadiums and met with management all while fans of all the aforementioned teams called into sports radio shows to talk about how they needed Carl's services. He ultimately signed with the Yankees despite receiving bigger offers from Boston and Cincinnati. Carl Pavano went from one day being hailed as the next big thing in Boston and another prized young arm to the next day being a total bum. That he signed with the Yankees made him an overpaid, egotistical, lazy diva. At the end of the day, Yankees fans and Red Sox fans both recognize the best talent in the league and they want their organizations to go out and get the best players. They both want good guys. They're really just rooting for the laundry.
Republicans and Democrats want the same kind of candidates--newsworthy, bold, interesting, strong-willed people. The "fans" of each of these parties are really just "rooting for the laundry." Just like Carl Pavano was nearly burned in effigy by Red Sox fans the day he donned his #45 Yankees jersey, Sarah Palin was egged as soon as she set foot on stage for the first time. I remember hearing liberal female friends of mine who were "outraged" and "disgusted" by Palin--a candidate they likely knew nothing about. Don't you think if you took Mrs. Palin, kept her fiery energy and stubbornness, and slapped some liberal values on her, she would be a total rock star for the Left? They would eat her right up! She'd be the next big thing! Keith Olberman would have Sarah Palin underwear! It's clear that Sarah has not gotten a fair shake from the media, but for obvious reasons. The liberally-controlled media is terrified of Palin-mania and figures that by trashing her, it's doing its part to slow her momentum. At this point, you can't really stop her, you can only hope to contain her. In the end, we all need to just take a step back from the situation. If you want to hate someone, do your homework and be educated. Have good reasons. Make your own decisions. Don't just root against the laundry.
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