C. Edmund Wright: Hating Sarah

At American Thinker, C. Edmund Wright observes that Sarah Palin doesn't simply appeal to the (conservative) base. Much more than that, he says, The Arctic Fox is someone who can make the base appeal to America.

Recognizing that quality in the former Alaska governor, the political left and its trained media attack dogs hate her for it, and they are engaged in an obsessive campaign to destroy her. Palin Derangement Syndrome (PDS) has, at least in the world that liberals and the media live in, gone pandemic:

The persistence and even growth of Palin's popularity and impact on the national discussion now makes unavoidable the reality of the elitists' worst fear: that there are more of us than there are of them. And we now realize it.

As many have correctly pointed out, the pundits' vitriol and patronizing comments smack of a hatred and anger that only thinly veils the real emotion underlying their irrational behavior: Fear. Part of it is fear that she will indeed hold public office again. But it goes even deeper than that.

It is an increasing awareness that Palin's impact is much more than a strong advocacy of conservatism as a sound political philosophy. These people are now finding it hard to escape the reality that her life is a compelling and real advocacy of conservatism as a powerful life philosophy. Life trumps politics.

And once the casual voter has related to Palin's life philosophy as something that is true, practical and worth adopting, they are dead to liberalism forever. They will never again believe in "the electability" of moderates like McCain and never again fall prey to a "clean articulate black man" with a good tele-prompter.

Read the full Wright diagnosis of the Liberal-Media Complex's full-blown Stage II PDS affliction at American Thinker.

- JP

A Few Thoughts on Hate and Negativism

I sometimes wonder what it must be like to be a Shannyn Moore, a Dan Fagan, a Celtic Diva or a member of their crews. I can't visualize it in my mind, because I don't harbor such vile hatred in my heart. In my "come to Jesus" moment years ago, I learned that any amount of hate in the heart only serves to poison the soul. So I work real hard on easing the burden by getting rid of as much of it as I can manage. The Lord taught us to do this, and I believe it is the most difficult task He has charged us with.

As a blogger, I have asked myself how can anyone spend every minute of every day going all negative on someone - even a politician - with whom that blogger disagrees? All that negativity weighs heavily upon the soul. I know this, because I once tried to do it, but I failed. Yes, I tried my hand at doing an Obama oppo site, not because I hated the man, but because the prospect of a socialist at the helm of this nation scared the dickens out of me. Even though he supports the grisly practice of abortion which destroys human life, I don't hate him. I pray for him. I ask the good Lord above to shine a light for him and show him the error of his ways. Anyway, I had to abandon the project because working on it was making me miserable.

The amount of I time I have to spend railing against the Energizer bunnies of negativism who are in attack-Sarah-Palin mode 24/7 could be better spent blogging about what I am for rather than what I'm against. But defending the governor and her family requires a great deal of it. As it is, I find it tiring, but it must be done, because the dark side forces are tireless. If I had to spend 100% of my time doing it, I would find it exhausting, not to mention troubling at best.

It would be a terrible thing to have to live with, being a hateful, negative person who spends ever minute online, every stroke on the keyboard, trying to destroy another person or persons. I can't conceive of what a load it would be bear false witness against that person and lash out at her children. "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

- JP