Melissa Clouthier reviews 'America By Heart'

"America By Heart is the anti-Audacity of Hope"
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Dr. Melissa Clouthier read America by Heart over Thanksgiving, and posted her review of Gov. Palin’s new book Sunday at Liberty Pundits:

Here is what I believe about Sarah Palin: She is a political force of nature. She should be taken seriously. She has a tremendous amount of political capital and would be a contender if she chooses to run in 2012.

In addition, Palin has driven the political debate since President Obama has taken office. She, more than any other Republican, has been a philosophical counter-point to Barack Obama, and really, to the establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C.

Her book deserves to be read on all these grounds. And anyone who claims to be an intellectual but refuses to engage intellectually by refusing to read her book deserves to be ignored.

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Most Americans who read America By Heart will find little to object to therein. The Smarty Pants Set™, on the other hand, will despise the book. Sarah Palin takes aim at their cherished premises and counters them one by one.

In addition, Sarah Palin manages to write a highly philosophical book without sounding stridently ideological. Indeed, she says what most Americans believe but don’t say because they have been brow beaten into politically correct silence.

And yes, the themes and ideas espoused in America By Heart feel distinctly Reaganesque. However, unlike Barack Obama who studied tape of Reagan to get the gist of the lingo and mannerisms to appeal to broad audiences so as to deceive them into believing he had centrist ideas, Sarah Palin believes the ideas and sounds and acts…well, she sounds and acts like Sarah Palin. That is to say, Sarah Palin is a wholly unique political character and unlike anyone else in the political world.

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- JP

Clouthier: They couldn't stop making things up

Melissa Clouthier, commenting on the nutroots going all viral with the false Palin split rumors:

Let’s see, it’s a New Media trifecta: unsourced, no confirmation, no eye-witnesses. Lots of innuendo, next some backtracking and finally, the denial from the person involved, Sarah Palin.

Why do they do it? Fear and loathing.

What will the public take away from the ugly business?

This whole episode says more about the amorality of the Left than it says anything about the Palin family. When a political threat exists, the Left, with one accord, grabs the metaphorical pitchforks and readies the stake. They’ve had the fire burning for Sarah Palin for months. Now, all they need is the Scarlet letter and they’ll feel justified in doing what they’ve wanted to do all along-burn her to a cinder. Well, they’ve been doing that anyway. What they need is justification for their actions.

A friend told me that Sarah Palin Hate reveals so much about the hater. Yes it does.

So what can we expect after such an episode?

Clouthier says the more Sarah Palin goes around them to get to the people, the more vicious the media will get. How dare she bypass them! So they made stuff up. And proved Sarah Palin's point:



- JP

Quote of the Day (July 29, 2009)

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From Melissa Clouthier at Right Wing News:

"Bush Derangement Syndrome seems like a head cold compared to the Palin Hatred. Palin Hatred is like a full-blown mental swine flu."

- JP