WhatFinger


Palin “…a problem, a disease for the Conservative movement…”

Thoughts on Conservatives, conservatism, Sarah Palin and “The Moderates”



This note was born from my rebuttal to a former facebook connection’s lambasting of Governor Palin wherein he (and several of his “friends”) critiqued a POLITICO article — favorably — which targeted Palin as “…a problem, a disease for the Conservative movement…” Conservative principles, with respects to how a politician speaks, are best summed up by the actions and words of the most recent modern father of Conservatism, Ronald Reagan. Reagan taught us, through word as well as deed, that Republicans live by the 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of anyone in the GOP. He took that creed to heart when campaigning against Ford, a gentleman’s pledge not reciprocated by president-Ford-to-be.

Support Canada Free Press


In terms of what concerns could be voiced by a member of the Conservative GOP party – as far as Reagan’s example would teach us – as long as a politician focused on the issues, remained a gentleman (or a lady), and avoided personal attacks, they were adhering to the Conservative moniker. Case in point: Reagan’s defining of Nixon’s administration; one of the catalysts leading to Ford’s presidency. But today’s “Conservatives”, particularly conservative columnists (Krauthammer) as well as those formerly considered stalwarts of the GOP (Karl Rove) haven’t a clue as to the 11th Commandment. They routinely eat their own for the world to witness. Krauthammer has been lashing out against those in his own party so frequently these days – and praising Obama for some ludicrous imagined move to center – that his “Mondale liberal” moniker should be put back in play. And Rove? Ditto the burning of those in the GOP at the stake. (And if those in the general public require a list of the victims, you haven’t been paying close enough attention to the Fox network everyone is intently discussing). When Governor Palin set out on the campaign trail, she was attacked by the liberal left for being a hypocrite: leaving her children at home to pursue a career, “hey, don’t Conservatives have rules about that sort of stuff?!” In response, Palin quotes National Review columnist Kathryn Lopez:
“Who, by the way, do you think has been raising all those male candidates for all these years? Conservative men and conservative voters weren’t raised by savages. Mom might have something to do with how they turned out.”
Attacks by the left are easily shunned: they hold no water. But now, witness Conservatives (regrettably) ignoring – yet again – the eleventh. And, yes, this sentiment on my part is directed not only to those individuals listed in a recent POLITICO article, but likewise to those laypersons seemingly on board with these crucifiers of their own. George Will lambasts Palin, stating “the contrast between he (William F. Buckley) and Ms. Palin is obvious”, while overlooking the most glaring irony in his positing of such rhetoric (Will literally uses the word “disease” when defining Palin’s persona). Conservatives in the vein of William F. Buckley (Reagan, Goldwater – again, using Will’s own words) would never resort to such callous language. Will, through rhetoric not becoming of the very Conservative idols he positions so as to tear down Sarah Palin, has rendered void his entire argument. In other words, it’s not Palin’s conservatism Will is attacking (if truth be told), it is her womanhood. As for attacks from those who have enjoyed the limelight under the Bush administration, these feeble arrows are as transparent as Obama’s Marxism. Palin/Bush 101: she fought the pipeline and won. End of story. From Rove to the maid, everyone from the former Bush administration loathes Palin; and she’s a better politician because of it. Finally, for the naysayers attacking Palin based on the formidably worn out rhetoric that “she’s not electable”, or “she’s a dummy”, or “she has no policy or platform”, in addition to the preceding, it is recommended that one engage in at least SOME preliminary research on their own. Palin’s policies have been clearly laid out for the world to see, in print and also easily accessed publicly through her social media pages. Why should one be concerned with vetting potential politicians? Oh, I dunno; perhaps because the last time America didn’t vet the campaign contestants she wound up with a Marxist Muslim in the White House instead of the Moderate Democrat the media was selling?! Just my two cents.


View Comments

Christopher Massie -- Bio and Archives

Christopher Massie, BS, CS, Founder & Patriot of Drain The Swamp 2010,
Critical Reading for the Conservative American


Sponsored