Friday - September 05, 2008

Sarah Palin’s conviction wowed Republicans.  From Simon Heffer in the USA reporting on our Sarah.

Simon Heffer, in the four years I’ve been reading him, is not someone easily impressed and never gushing.

It’s an early and rainy, windy day here outside Winchester (England) and our morning paper arrived quite early.  So did the start of a darn cold and scratchy throat. Just my luck.

So, opening the paper to Heffer’s page here was his review of our Sarah and I knew I had to boot early and share it with BMEWS first thing, cause I think I’m heading back to bed where I belong today. Ug. 

So without further ado .... Heeeeeeerzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Heffer!

Sarah Palin’s conviction wowed Republicans
By Simon Heffer
Last Updated: 4:01pm BST 04/09/2008

Perhaps it was the enormous will on the part of America’s liberal media that Sarah Palin should make a mess of her speech at the convention that willed her so much to succeed. She certainly did.

Sarah Palin demostrated the strength of her convictions.

Mrs Palin has been the target of sexist and class-based sneering since she was picked by John McCain to be his running-mate. This has obscured the fact that she didn’t reach her present public position - of Governor of Alaska - by being a shrinking violet. For a woman to succeed in such a masculine-dominated world as American politics requires her to be a fighter, to be articulate, to be clever and to have the courage of her convictions. All of these qualities were mobilised when she spoke.

Of course her audience was highly sympathetic, which helped: that was not least because there was almost unanimous disgust among them at the way some of America’s left-wing media has sought to make capital of the fact that her unmarried 17-year old daughter is pregnant. The cheer Mrs Palin received when she came on stage showed how far that ploy has backfired.

After that, all she had to do was string her words together competently and she was assured of success. But she did more, and that was what electrified the convention.

When she articulated her beliefs about small government, or about the righteousness of what America is doing in Iraq, there was no doubt she believed every word. It is rare with a politician to be able to conclude that what you see is what you get, but no-one who heard her will be in any doubt of that.

Her convictions helped her to succeed entirely in the other - perhaps most - important role of a vice-presidential nominee. When she attacked Mr Obama for his inexperience and lack of judgment she was not merely going through the motions. Because of the depth of her convictions she is an intensely partisan figure, and this connected her wirelessly with the souls of every Republican in the hall. It was not so much a speech as a blatant act of leadership.

It gave her audience instant confidence in her, and in her ability to attack the enemy. The purpose of the speech was to dispel doubts about her suitability: only a bigot could have had those at the end of her performance.

She does jokes too - her line about the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull ("lipstick") was unscripted, and suggests this outsider is going to be a Reaganesque presence in high politics if she becomes vice-president.

But it was all part of a rhetorical tour de force that, unlike other examples of the genre, was not about just creating an atmosphere or perpetrating a confidence trick: it was about showing the world the true Sarah Palin.

She is an astounding politician. In nearly 25 years of being paid to sit through political speeches, I struggle to think of one I have heard that was more immediately successful and that will prove to have been such a moment in history.
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As mentioned at the top, I’ve been reading this guy for years and haven’t seen him this complimentary. He seems even enthused

PLEASE SEE THE VIDEO INTERVIEW BELOW WITH HEFFER AND BRIT JOURNALIST DISCUSS MRS. PALIN. YOU WILL BE PROUD!!!!!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1463233317/bclid1475274705/bctid1772821101

Posted by Drew458     on 09/05/2008 at 02:00 AM   
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