McCain and Palin 2008

I wanted to write this post a few weeks ago. First I paused because of all the hype and smears coming from the Dem’s. I wanted to see if there was anything valid to their attacks. It was evident nothing was going to stick. I also began to find comfort in their attacks.

It was something that Obama said in his speech at the DNC convention and was directed to the McCain campaign and RNC. [paraphrasing]

…this election is not going to be determined by the small things…

The small things are being used by the Obama campaign to discredit Palin:

• Palin has no experience: sounds like Clinton spin used against Obama during the primary
• Palin is the Governor of Alaska: evidently the 650,000 residents of Alaska don’t matter. In the same sense as the residents of Michigan and Florida residents votes didn’t matter in the DNC primaries.

The other criticisms actually are what scares the Dem’s the most. But those criticisms are also what energized the Republican party:

Palin is married and a parent of 5 children. Palin was raised to appreciate the outdoors and likes to hunt.

That two sentence description has sent chill’s down the spines of the Dem’s because she embodies the core beliefs of most Republicans. Those beliefs are in God, life, and to bare arms.

There are also Palin’s accomplishments that the Dem’s don’t want to highlight:

• Palin managed a budget that resulted in a surplus: That surplus was given back to the residents of Alaska. Do you know how she was able to manage a surplus? She increased the corporate taxes on the oil companies.
• How about the now infamous bridge to no where: The Dem’s want you to know she was for it before she was against it. Palin even ran for Govenor in support of the bridge to nowhere. That is because at the time it appeared to be the right thing to do. Instead, and something you have to do in a leadership role, she realized that the cost was to great and was actually going to hurt the residents.

It’s Simple

The Dem’s are scared and have realized that Obama made a mistake. A mistake that has highlighted his lack of leadership and vision for change. In my opinion Obama had this election locked after HE was chosen as the nominee. This left Hillary to be chosen as his running mate. The Democrats could have had the first Afro-American President and Woman Vice President.

The petty attacks and one-liners prove it.

Hint: Palin is the real canidate and is being positioned to be there for awhile.

[photo via: for the love of dayton]