I was wrong to dismiss Palin because of her inexperience. I rushed to judgement after the Katie Couric disaster. I should have waited for the debate before counting her out. I was wrong. This is my mea culpa.
I still believe she has an experience gap (the same reason I strongly opposed Bobby Jindal being the VP), but she brings to the table a far more valuable asset than experience: an ability to articulate and champion the values what we stand for. As Ronald Reagan, the Great Communicator, demonstrated, you can't put a high enough price on the skills of a great salesperson for your cause. In a year in which the Democrats have nominated an empty suit orator full of words and litte experience, we need a voice like Reagan's now more than ever to sell the American public on what conservatives stand for.
The message for conservatives: Get out there and sell, sell, sell!
As our salesperson, Sarah spoke so eloquently about America and what we stand for:
"But even more important is that world view that I share with John McCain. That world view that says that America is a nation of exceptionalism. And we are to be that shining city on a hill, as President Reagan so beautifully said, that we are a beacon of hope and that we are unapologetic here. We are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights. Those things that we stand for that can be put to good use as a force for good in this world."
"We have to fight for our freedoms, also, economic and our national security freedoms."
It was inspiring and would make Ronald Reagan proud. Palin has a gift for oratory that McCain and my hero, Dwight D. Eisenhower, are lacking. In short, last night Palin exposed her inner Reagan."It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream; we have to fight for it and protect it, and then hand it to them so that they shall do the same, or we're going to find ourselves spending our sunset years telling our children and our children's children about a time in America, back in the day, when men and women were free."
"We will fight for it, and there is only one man in this race who has really ever fought for you, and that's Senator John McCain."
On one Presidential ticket, we now have a reformer in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower combined with the conviction and communication skills of Ronald Reagan.
In stark contrast to the McCain campaign, Obama and Biden blame America for the world's problems and apologize for America. McCain wants to reform and make America even greater. Obama says America is broken and only he can fix it.
With Obama, it's not "ask what you can do for your country", instead it's let's soak the rich and let big government take care of everything for you. That's not how Jack Kennedy talked. JFK inspired Americans by telling us how great we were and how we could be greater yet. That's the same way Reagan talked. It's a message that resonated with all Americans, regardless of political affiliation. That's not the message I hear from Obama and Biden. I can't believe in their change because they don't even believe in America the way that FDR and JFK did. I want a leader who believes in America and doesn't apologize for it.
I hope I'm wrong about Obama and Biden. I hope if Obama should somehow win, that he'll find his inner JFK or his inner FDR and stand up for American values. But from I've seen so far, Obama is no Jack Kennedy. He's not even FDR, who deserves great praise along with Churchill.
Who will lead America and the UK in what could again be one of our darkest hours? In the 1980's we had Reagan and Thatcher to finish the Cold War. These are even more dangerous times. This is not a time to be a partisan, it's a time to pick a leader to represent and advocate for America, not apologize for America.
Choose wisely.
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