Podcast Show Notes

Attacks on Governor’s Palin’s faith, coupled with a dedicated cadre of leftist extremists who’ll do anything to win (Hat Tip: The Corner.) including a media dump of personal Palin information are getting some conservatives fighting mad.

The Decency of Meghan McCain.

Obama mouths off another challenge to a foreign policy after having issued several challenges in the past and declining to appear.

Obama blunders and shoves abortion into the campaign. (Hat Tip: The Corner.)

Students boycott class to protest  poor conditions in Chicago Public Schools. (Hat Tip: Right Mind.)

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The ‘mainscream’ media are using  Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter Bristol’s pregnancy as evidence the Republican vice presidential candidate is a hypocrite. They base this notion that Christians don’t engage in sex out of wedlock.

The liberal left licked their  wolf-like chops when the news hit last week,  some with palpable enthusiasm.  But with forgiveness comes restoration.  And when love becomes so profoundly evident, perhaps the nation will see clearly that Christianity isn’t just about avoiding what’s wrong but it includes forgiveness and repentance and making right out of wrong.  Somehow in all this Jesus’ death is still in the center.

Let Sarah and Todd’s unconditional love and support be an example for every family facing a similar situation.

The surprising (for some) choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as running mate was truly a bold move by John McCain. When all those “talking heads” were encouraging him to play it safe, he proved that he is still a bit of a maverick. Thankfully, he chose to play the risk game with a proven conservative and not a liberal. Sarah Palin is the real deal.

I wrote that first paragraph a couple of hours after the announcement of Palin as VP. Since then, many things have come to light. Not that any of them originated in the light, mind you, but in the dark recesses of the world of political mudslinging. Did any of these “startling revelations” change my mind about Sarah Palin? Well, yes and no. Let me explain.

The confetti had hardly finished dropping when the MSM, liberal blogs, weak-kneed Republicans, and those members of our Party that merely tolerate Social Conservatives began the onslaught of whining. “She’s not experienced enough to be President!” “No one knows who she is!” “What about Troopergate?”
Allow me to address these initials complaints before delving into the more nefarious diatribes that came later. I just finished dinner and it would be more than I could stomach to deal with the Daily Kos right now.

First, as to experience, Sarah Palin has more executive government experience than anyone still in the race. Even more than the man that chose her. She has been a mayor (I know, a little podunk town in AK, but what have any of those men been mayor of?). She is currently the Governor of Alaska, which may be one of our least populated states, but is the largest geographically. Last time I checked, a Governor did not just govern the people of a state, but also it’s resources. If I had to pick a state that I would want my next President trained in, Alaska would be right up there. It’s rich in natural resources and is basically wedged between Canada and Russia. What other state can claim to be bordered by two different foreign countries? Ok, technically, it doesn’t border Russia, but you can see it on a clear day and if you’re really good, you could probably spit on it. My point is that Sarah Palin has got foreign policy experience by virtue of which state she governs. In fact, she just signed a deal with a Canadian company to begin development of a 1,715-mile natural gas pipeline from a treatment plant at Prudhoe Bay to the Alberta Hub in Canada. Most people are unaware of how much dealings Governors have with foreign interests in the course of their jobs. Is it the same as negotiating a treaty or deciding whether or not to go to war? Of course not, but no one has that kind of foreign policy experience when they enter the Oval Office unless they’ve been VP or Secretary of State.

Now, the question of unfamiliarity. I totally understand that only Alaskans and political junkies had any real prior knowledge of Sarah Palin. I just don’t see why that’s a bad thing. It seems to me that when you are running against a candidate whose only calling card is “change”, an unknown might just fill the bill. Look at how much grief Obama got for choosing a long-time Washington insider! If McCain had made a similar choice, the mantra of “four more years of Bush” would be ringing across the land. Anyone who is even vaguely aware of JM’s prior record knows he would have never gone for that. So what were his options? Well, it’s since been revealed that he really, really, really wanted Lieberman. Thank goodness he was convinced, at the eleventh hour, of the foolishness of that choice. That pretty much left Sarah Palin. Does that mean that it was a rushed decision. One without proper forethought? No, it doesn’t. It was a process of elimination among qualified, fully vetted candidates. I suspect that the more America gets to know her, the more they will love her. She’s one of us.

Then there’s “Troopergate”. I admit, when I first got a whiff of that one, I was a little worried. I was worried for exactly as long as it took me to google it. Trust me, Palin ought to get a medal for this one. The problem began when her sister left her husband, Mike Wooten, who was a state trooper. Wooten made death threats against his father-in-law, his estranged wife, his stepson, and Palin. This was all before Palin was governor. When she became governor, she brought all of this to the attention of Walt Monegan, her appointee to the Board of Public Safety. I can’t imagine why she expected him to fire a trooper that had a restraining order against him for domestic violence, had tasered his 10 year old stepson (supposedly to prove the child wasn’t a “mama’s boy”), was known to drive while intoxicated and was stupid enough to have a picture taken of him riding a snowmobile while he was out on Worker’s Comp. Silly me. I actually expect law enforcement officers to obey the laws, not just enforce them on others. Still, that’s not the reason given for the dismissal of Walt Monegan. He was offered a position with the Bureau of Alcohol, but turned it down and was, subsequently fired as the head of Public Safety. Palin’s administration sticks to her story that it was because of his dereliction of duty in the filling of vacancies in the department and his inability to “play ball” when it came to the budget. We’ll probably never know what the real reason was. I, frankly, don’t care. Government appointees serve at the pleasure of the governor. She obviously wasn’t pleased. Nuff said. My only problem with the whole thing was that it took her so long to get rid of the idiot.

So, you see, I still really like Sarah Palin, but the news of the last few days did change my mind. It made me like her even more.

I’ll deal with the despicable treatment of the Palin’s children in another blog. It’s still too soon after dinner.

Confidential Memo

To: Democratic Operatives, Our Media Allies

From: Dave Screwtape, Democratic Consultant

Sarah Palin must be discredited. The risks of having the first woman Vice-President be a conservative Republican are just too high. It will make young women more open to being Republicans, or even to opposing abortion. Nothing good can from a Palin Vice-Presidency, and we must, in a careful calculated way, begin the process of discrediting her before she does serious damage to the county, and more importantly, our party.

How Not To Discredit Palin

First of all, Alan Colmes and the Daily Kos have been out front questioning Palin’s prenatal care on her last pregnancy. I don’t know about you, but to quote our nominee figuring out the appropriate decision on pre-natal care when her water broke while she visited Texas is above my pay grade.

It’s really quite unbecoming for men, in particular, to be talking about this. We want to avoid such overt sexism in this campaign. What’s really called for is far more subtle sexism.

Covert Sexism

I am a fully liberated man who respects that women are unique individuals and equals. However, this is an election and we must carefully exploit sexist tendencies in the American people. Some may be squeamish about this, but this is politics, and in politics, you go for the kneecaps.

Obviously, we can’t say, “Don’t vote for Palin, because she’s a woman.”

However, we can say that she’s not ready to lead. When conservatives point out that Palin has as much experience as Senator Obama, they only weaken their case. Everyone who’s ever lived with a woman knows they take longer to get ready.

Another great adjective was used by the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, Barbara Lawton, who bravely set an example for all Democratic women, by putting her party before her gender, saying Palin would make “a fragile president.” She’s set an example for us all. Don’t say Palin’s weak because she’s a woman, say she’s weak and the voters will believe it because she is a woman.

Secondly, strongly emphasize her physical attractiveness. Even with the glasses and ridiculous hairdo she outclasses most women in politics. No one takes attractive women seriously. Find a single attractive woman in the U.S. Senate. You can’t.

Most people believe that attractive women should be modeling tight-fitting garments on the Price is Right, not trying to school the nation on energy policy.

Religious Hypocrite

Now, some people may be minded to search for her pastor having said controversial things. Let me ask, “Do we really want to go there?” Personally, I’d rather leave the Jeremiah Wright story buried as it has been for three months now, and you can’t bring up anything Palin’s pastors might have said without putting Jeremiah Wright into play.

However, it is fair to go after Palin as a religious hypocrite. The good news about this is attacking her as such doesn’t require that one actually understand the religion. Most Americans only go to Church on Easter, if that. They think they understand religion because they’ve seen movies about it made by people who also don’t understand religion.

If one understands the mindset of most Americans on religion, you can accuse her of one of three unforgivable sins:

• Having, at any time, worn any clothing that’s exposed anything above her knee. Thus, it is legitimate to try and find a picture of Governor Palin in a bikini. It also helps with the previous point.
• Having at any time had premarital sex.
• Her children having premarital sex (this is called hypocrisy by proxy.) After all, if you’re a good parent, your children do everything you tell them to.

State Record

Go after Palin’s state political record with reckless abandon. People often cite her 80% approval ratings, but the fact is that 20% of Alaskans don’t approve of how she does her job and many of these people have blogs.

State political records are like inkblots or clouds. Their shape is in the eye of the beholder. Thus, with no knowledge whatsoever of Alaska politics, you can begin cherry picking the record based on statements from disgruntled Alaskans. It’ll be hard for the Republicans to fight back because most of them have no clue about Alaska politics, either.

I urge you to heed the words of the French Proverb and tell the policy lie that gets half way around the World before the truth gets its boots on. Be unashamed to distort the record of this woman, because no one will correct you who can be heard in any meaningful way.

Finally, never refer to her as Governor Palin. Refer to her as Ms. Palin, a former Beauty Queen (preferred) or the former Mayor of a town of 9,000.

Be careful not to tolerate similar treatment of Senator Obama. If some wise guy starts calling Barack Obama, “A Former State Legislator” or “Former Law Review Editor” call them out as the racist they are. 

Regards,

Dave Screwtape.

The Screwtape Report is satire written by Adam Graham. The Screwtape Report is written from a Democratic perspective by a conservative in order to reveal Democratic strategy and thinking.

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