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It has become obvious that our girl Sarah Palin is not getting the respect she deserves – even though she is probably the most brilliant choice John McCain has made since he declared his candidacy.

Can you imagine what this campaign would be without her? Say Big Mac had named Mike Huckabee as his choice for Veep. If he and Joe Biden had a debate, Huckabee would turn it into a prayer meeting and Joe would insist on talking about his boyhood in Scranton. (By the way, what happened to Joe Biden?)

Not now – there’s electricity in the air. Sarah Barracuda is out there swinging. Who else but our Moose Huntin’ Mama could accuse Obama of “palling around with terrorists” with a renegade protestor by serving on the same civic improvement committee ten years ago (along with the president of Northwestern University)?

Over at Noblesville last week, she really “energized the base” like nobody else. Dick Chaney never did that. “You have a choice,” she told them, “between a politician who puts his faith in government and a leader who puts his faith in you.” A real zinger. Fortunately, the non-base was not there. They might have wondered why she asked her Senator, Ted Stevens, for $179-million in federal “earmarks” – more per capita than any other state. She’s got real Chutzpa; that’s what we need in a Vice President.

Of course, the “liberal media” might distort all these pearls of wisdom. Just this week, a friend says she ran across some good political advice in the phrase, “Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” What that means, or used to, is: Don’t oppose the position of anybody who owns a newspaper. But that’s out of date. It’s just the opposite now, according to Greg Mitchell, a leading journalist, who points out that a politician “can’t lose by running against the media.”

I think the change started back with Spiro Agnew. Remember him? He was among the first to warn the public that you can’t trust the media, calling them “Nattering Nabobs of Negativity,” a beautifully poetic reproach. Last week, Sarah merely dismissed media criticism with, “Well, you know the media.”

Maybe with a little practice, she can rise to higher levels of scorn for her detractors. If elected, she might even be the best Vice President since Spiro Agnew.
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Come back next week for more on the Virtues of Sarah.

Vic Jose :: Oct.21.2008 :: Uncategorized ::

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