Jerry Wilson: Sarah Palin vs. Rainy Days and Mondays

"We’ve learned firsthand she is a wonderful person."
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The musings of our Blogs 4 Palin colleague Jerry Wilson, which heretofore have been available exclusively at Goldfish and Clowns, are reaching a wider readership, as he's now also a contributor to POWIP (Piece of Work in Progress). We've long been impressed by Jerry's quality writing, and we especially like his second POWIP Post, "Sarah Palin vs. Rainy Days and Mondays," from which we present a few excerpts:

Something most all Palin detractors, and not a few people who are ambivalent about her, rail against is what they perceive as a cultish adoration of her by her devotees, one where not even a whiff of criticism is tolerated. I can’t and won’t deny this element exists. However, it does not define all who hold her in high esteem. In fact, it is a very small portion of her supporters. The vast majority of us support Palin because, as Peter’s post states, she is right on the major issues confronting our nation.

That said, there is a fortunate group among us who have an additional reason for belonging to the Palin posse.

We’ve learned firsthand she is a wonderful person.

As long as there’s hope she will in the very near future be our President, there is hope indeed.

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Those who demonize Gov. Palin by attacking her character and/or her family, have either never met her or through their interaction with her, have demonstrated to the lady that it is their character flaws which are beyond redemption.

Related: See The PJ Tatler, Sarah Palin keeps getting everything right

- JP

In The Battle Over Sarah Palin, Character Trumps All

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There's an outstanding post by Francis Porretto at Eternity Road. It earns our "highly recommended" stamp of approval. Here's are some significant snippets:

Sarah Palin has established herself as a woman of sound character, an effective corruption fighter, a capable administrator, and a good negotiator on her constituents' behalf.

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But what is most significant about Palin's emergence and the excitement she's generated is the vitriol level attained by those who dislike her. Not even Ronald Reagan, arguably the most important conservative politician of the Twentieth Century, elicited so much stridency in opposition.

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Is Sarah Palin the perfect conservative? By no means, though she's certainly preferable to many in the public eye who call themselves conservatives, yet are ready and willing to expand the State when the opportunity arises. But what shines out from her most strongly is her genuine, utterly sincere goodness -- her strength of character. That's what gets the crowds to her book signings and occasional speaking appearances.

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The Left fears Sarah Palin because character cannot be faked. It can sometimes be obscured by a propaganda campaign such as they've mounted against her, but such a thrust can be countered in exactly the way Palin has undertaken: going directly to the American people, just as Ronald Reagan did.

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May God bless Sarah Heath Palin, protect her and her family from the malice of her enemies, and preserve her in goodness until she can rise to the helm of our nation. We need her desperately.

Read the unabridged original at Eternity Road.

- JP

Quote of the Day (October 23, 2009)

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Bob Beers:

"Martin Luther King, the iconic figure of the equal rights movement, expressed a dream not one member of the left has ever fulfilled; to judge a person by his or her character, not by the color of the skin they wear. Sarah Palin has exemplified nothing but superlative character even under withering fire from both her political enemies and those who should have been her political allies."

- JP