The media's attention on Sarah Palin and everything she does and says seems never-ending and curious. On the one hand, they complain that she is "over her head", with limited experience as mayor of a minuscule town and governor of a somewhat remote and disconnected state...suddenly involved in big time politics. When she spoke about the left's baseless accusation that the right was guilty of the recent Arizona shooting tragedy, and her labeling that accusation as "blood libel", which it certainly was, the political media pundits boiled it all down to "she spoke for 8 minutes, 5 would have been better", "she spoke out on the wrong day, in the wrong venue".
Please, I wondered, what is it about this lady that draws all this media attention, what is her fascination, if those trivia and minutia are its focus?
And then I realized that that is it...it is the fact that she is not shackled by protocol and convention and political correctness, the way all other politicians are, but speaks her mind, loud and clear for all to hear. She is not constrained by shoulds and shouldn'ts. (That must be why Hollywood is fascinated with politics. Politicians are play acting, reading from scripts, they are virtually all actors, too.)
I don't know if Sarah Palin has the smarts to be President...I don't see anyone, ANYONE, else who does. I don't know if she can beat Obama, as anyone should...polls now say she wouldn't. But I do know this: as of today, Sarah Palin is my front runner. In fact, she is the only one in the race...because she is free.
And it all begins with that in my book.
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