A Liberal Discusses Palin
It’s Over. We’ve lost.
September 2nd, 2008. The 2008 Election ended this morning as a vast cadre of liberals, progressives, Democrats and like minded journalists lifted the white flag and surrendered.
We surrendered something a whole lot more valuable than our vote. We surrendered our principles. We surrendered our core values.
We surrendered all hope. We surrendered our shared dreams that our daughters would inherit a better world, a world of promise, equality, justice, fairness and honor.
We had dreamed of a world where our 17 years old daughters wouldn’t be striped naked and raped on the front page of the New York Times, above the fold.
We dreamed of a world where a candidate, man or woman, could run for the highest office in the land and not be “swiftboated” with sexual lies and slander so vicious, so cruel, so gross and destructive that they actually wither our very soul.
I actually believed we were better than that. I actually believed “swiftboating” was the sole property of Republicans. I actually believed we wanted to debate the issues. I actually believed we wanted the real change so eloquently promised by Senator Barack Obama. I actually believed we wanted a better world for our sons and our daughters.
So I thought the extremely bizarre story, so obvious a blatant lie, that somehow appeared in The Daily Kos, claiming Governor Sarah Palin had somehow faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her wayward teenage daughter would be laughed off and quickly vanish form the Kos pages like the trash it was. It was a joke, A sad, sick joke.
But instead of the aborted fetus it should have been, it was born full grown into the waiting arms of liberal bloggers and journalists, who quickly passed out cigars and congratulated themselves as proud mamas and papas. All this in spite of the fact that absolutely everyone knew the story was an absolute lie.
The only thing we aborted was the truth.Like all lies, it took many forms and grew in dozens of directions simultaneously. The Huffington Post, already in full blown Palin Derangement Syndrome, ran every possible rumor, variation and invented more lies to compliment the original. And the main stream media, who for a solid month refused (absolutely refused) to reprint or broadcast a single word of the John Edward’s affair, ran with the verifiably fake Palin story within hours of it’s publication.
All of a sudden, “Did you hear what they wrote in The Kos” became an acceptable substitute for fact checking. Of course, since one single phone call could disprove the story, nobody in the mainstream media could be bothered to pick up a phone.
Finally, Governor Palin was forced to issue a statement. She had no choice. She advised the salivating media of her teen daughter’s pregnancy. And that’s when we finally surrendered our all of our most cherished principles.
Armed with an official statement, nothing could possibly hold the main stream media back and the liberal blogosphere went berserk. The full fledged gang rape of Bristol Palin was underway. Any shred of decency that remained in the liberal blogosphere was gone.
Remember that wonderful Academy Award Winning Movie, “Juno?” Remember the warm and supportive television series “The Secret Life of An American Teenager?” Remember liberals demanding we treat a pregnant teenager with love, support and respect. Well, fuck that shit, there’s a conservative teenage harlot to burn at the stake!
There are a very few crying “don’t.” I point with great respect to The Ikonoclast and to Lee Stranahan over at HuffPo, but the mob is out of control and cannot hear their pleas.Barack Obama himself is pleading for restraint. But the town sheriff’s eloquence cannot stop the mob. There’s a lynching to be held.
And now, on day two, we’re going full force after the teen father. Seek and destroy. Seek and destroy. Seek and destroy.
So I’ll simply leave you with the eloquent words of one of our very own leaders, Senator Dick Durbin, who on June 12th of this year said:“But I will tell you this: the hottest ring in hell is reserved for those in politics who attack their opponents’ families. And if there are some strategists who think that’s the way to win the election, I think they’re wrong.”
At the time Durbin said it, I didn’t think it was true.
But I do now.
I posted it all, because it is true and deserves to be read. And I’d forgotten about that movie, Juno. I didn’t see it, but all of my liberal friends adored it. Where are they today?
- Aggie
joyce said,
September 2, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
I agree with you wholeheartedly. This is an American family in the truest sense. And Sarah Palin is smart and tough…a great role model for ALL women…and will make a great VP.
Thw Wizard, fkap said,
September 2, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
Thanks for cross-posting by blog comments.
I very much appreciate your support and kind words. What has happened to Sarah Palin and especially Bristol is a shame. It is a disgrace to all Americans and is a blight on the media.
Both Palin’s have my full support!
mikatollah said,
September 2, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
Yeah, thanks for this list of right wing talking points… really adds to the discussion.
Carol said,
September 3, 2008 @ 7:36 am
Mikatollah, how tone deaf can a lefty be and still have ears? The plain and simple fact is, all this business with Sarah Palin has revealed what a bunch of stinking hypocrites lefties are. She has a baby and she works - that was supposed to cease being a crime when The Feminine Mystique was published. She has a daughter who, along with a boy, got caught with her pants down - tell all of your constituents on welfare what a crime that is, please. She has only been an executive for small-ish government entities (it’s true Alaska isn’t a big state) -but it’s more management experience than the rest of the field put together.
Democrats play so dirty that I don’t know who will win this election, but the left has revealed itself in all its glory so I guess that’s something.
Bloodthirsty Liberal said,
September 3, 2008 @ 9:11 am
Carol,
I promised myself never to utter this phrase again, but… “You go, girl!”
BTL
Thoughtful said,
September 3, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
Wow. Just wow. This one is directed at Carol, but also to everyone who likes to categorize “lefties.” Maybe you should think before grouping people together and insulting them. I am a “lefty.” I am a Democrat. I am not for bashing Palin’s personal life because it is none of my business if her kid is pregnant. The simple fact that you call every “lefty” a hypocrite. What are you Carol? Can I group you and yours into a word or a phrase and point the finger at you for something that you may or may not believe in that was spoken by some media source or politician?
This is why I almost hate aligning myself with one party. A person as an individual can be intelligent, but more importantly, that person can be held responsible for his or her decisions as they are his or her own. When people get together, there are decisions made for the whole group that came from a few and it is assumed that everyone within that group was in full agreement. Wrong. I’m sure McCain doesn’t speak for every Republican and I’m sure Obama doesn’t speak for every Democrat. How about you wake up and start holding individuals responsible for their roles instead of entire parties.
Screw you being Republican/Independent and screw me being Democrat. I can blame you for your assumptions because you are one person making those assumptions, just as you can blame me for whatever I just said in this post. Just don’t act like the entire Republican or Democratic Party swings one way and one way only.
Angered,
Thoughtful
Bloodthirsty Liberal said,
September 3, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Thoughtful,
Carol can speak for herself, and I am sure that she will get around to it. But let me just toss this out -
For eight long years, we have tolerated “Bush-Hitler”. Many of us have been shunned by people that we thought were close, even family, because we didn’t join in the feeding frenzy. Family occasions became miserable. Some group… I either read this in the NY Times or the Wash Post… did research on the ability of conservatives to have friendships across political lines vs. the ability of liberals.. and guess which group was more comfortable socializing across political lines? Conservatives. By a long shot.
I do understand where you’re coming from. Believe me, it has been infuriating over the past years to have sibilings says things like: “You’re a baby-killer,” because I support the Iraq war. If I was unique, I would forget about it. But I am not unique. If you are at all honest, you will remember those events.
I believe in civility above all, but at some point, it becomes necessary to point out the fact that if only one side practices it, they get creamed. Think about pacifism. If one side practices pacifism and the other side practices genocide, what happens? Sadly, I don’t see a truce in the culture wars any time soon.
- Aggie