Nordlinger, Palin to Israel: Despite Obama; You've Still Got Friends in USA

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Sunday at NRO, Jay Nordlindger wrote about one of the many troubling facets of "change we can't believe in" facilitated by the election of Barack Obama -- the great shift in in U.S. policy toward our once-favored ally, Israel:

As I understand it, Israel is the only U.N. member-state — the only one of the 192 nations represented there — that is unable to sit on the Security Council. The only one. All the other states have a shot. And who has been Israel’s friend and protector on the Security Council? I’ll give you a hint: not France (although Sarko has been better than any French premier in memory). If Israel has not the U.S... it has itself, and — many, many Americans and others whose understanding of the Middle East is much different from, and better than, President Obama’s.

I smile at two little facts: Sarah Palin, in her governor’s office, had an Israeli flag. Siv Jensen, leader of a party in Norway called the Progress party, has an Israeli flag in her office. No, those women are not in power. But they represent a lot of people, who count.

Gov. Palin commented via Twitter:

@NROcorner Great work,Jay. Suggest for r Jewish friends(if they can count on enough allies' cont support)"We're here,no fear,get used to it"

- JP

Quote of the Day (May 16, 2010)

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Jay Nordlinger:

"Sarah Palin said, 'It’s time for Americans across this great country to stand up and say, We’re all Arizonans now.' (She followed that with, 'And in clear unison we say, Mr. President: Do your job. Secure our border.' There was JFK in Berlin, of course. And I remember when Reagan said, 'I’m a Contra, too.' A lot of people blew gaskets over that. I loved it."

- JP

Quote of the Day (March 29, 2010)

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Jay Nordlinger:

"I was interested to learn from [an Associated Press] report that Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd, is not a Republican, but registers as an independent. Doesn’t the Left say we’re all blind GOP-ers? "

- JP

Quote of the Day (February 12, 2010)

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Jay Nordlinger:

"Sarah Palin has come in for some abuse for her use of Facebook — for using Facebook to make big policy pronouncements, etc. I thought of this when spotting this headline yesterday: 'Clinton trip announced via Twitter.' And the opening of the article: 'In a first for U.S. diplomacy, the State Department has used Twitter to announce an upcoming overseas trip by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.'"

- JP

NRO goes positive on Palin

A trio of posts on Gov. Palin from National Review Online. Read all three in full, but here's a snippet from each:

Jay Nordlinger:

"John McCain has had about 3,000 debates on the national stage, running for president all those years. Palin has had exactly one. Who did better: the GOP presidential nominee, in his three debates last fall, or the vice-presidential nominee in her one — in her maiden effort?"

Jim Geraghty:

"In her opponents' minds, Palin's made all the wrong choices, and cannot, they insist, be very bright. Yet she's happy and successful. She is an anomaly that invalidates their worldview, and for that, they attempt to immiserate her..."

Mark Hemingway:

"It appears this is a meme that gained currency among those on the far left who actively despise Palin and posess no special insight into her. Either Purdum is far too credulous and should have investigated the claim, or Purdum deliberately wrote up baseless claims of narcissistic personality disorder to make it sound like the diagnosis came from Alaska insiders and in the process made the claim far more salacious. Either way, I don't think Purdum's reporting is to be trusted."

- JP