Sarah Palin proves her critics wrong again

The Palin-bashers of the nutroots Left frequently remind their drooling readers that the former Alaska governor is such a rank opportunist that she will seize on every occasion which presents itself so that she can make political hay and advance her career.

But the record suggests otherwise. Consider that the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had the chance to address a GOP women's group at the Reagan Library in what would have been the photo op of the decade. Picture Palin at the podium with the Boeing 707 (Special Air Mission 27000) which served The Gipper as Air Force One perfectly framed overhead in the shot. No ambitious pol would pass this one up, right? Wrong. Palin declined the invitation, just as she passed on several other prime political opportunities.

And now she's done it again. According to Ralph Z. Hallow of the Washington Times:

Nearly 2,000 social conservative activists from 49 states gather for a Values Voters Summit in Washington Friday and Saturday, but movement favorites former Gov. Sarah Palin and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not be addressing the throng.

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Mrs. Palin, who resigned as Alaska's governor in July, and Mr. Gingrich, the former Georgia congressman, are the two biggest draws for conservatives across the country.

Despite their physical absence, Mrs. Palin and Mr. Gingrich will be part of the straw poll - the first major sampling of social and religious conservatives' preferences for 2012.

"The Palins are expecting the return of eldest son Track this weekend from a yearlong deployment with an Army combat brigade in Iraq," Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton told The Washington Times.

As we reported Monday, Track's unit, the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division will complete its rotation home with the last soldier stateside no later than Oct 2.

Why the nerve of that woman! Passing on a prime political opportunity and putting her family before her career. Come to think about it, that's exactly what Sarah Palin did when she resigned as governor.

One of these days, the Sarah Snipers are going to wake up and realize that they have reached the point of diminishing returns by smearing former Governor Palin. It's turning off independents on both sides of the mid-field stripe. Their guy has a negative approval index to the tune of minus eight points; every major item on his agenda is opposed by an increasing majority of Americans (56 percent now oppose his health care "plan"); he is making enemies out of our allies and sucking up to our enemies; he's spending our money like he actually had it; he's run up the national debt and deficit to several times that of his predecessor -- in sum, his presidency is an EPIC FAIL. They are going to have to stop attacking citizen Sarah Palin and get their defense on the field to guard the goal line, or it's GAME OVER.

- JP