In Defense of Sarah Palin
A must-read article from today’s Wall Street Journal:
In Defense of Sarah Palin
by Norman Podhoretz
Nothing annoys certain of my fellow conservative intellectuals more than when I remind them, as on occasion I mischievously do, that the derogatory things they say about Sarah Palin are uncannily similar to what many of their forebears once said about Ronald Reagan.
It’s hard to imagine now, but 31 years ago, when I first announced that I was supporting Reagan in his bid for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination, I was routinely asked by friends on the right how I could possibly associate myself with this “airhead,” this B movie star, who was not only stupid but incompetent. They readily acknowledged that his political views were on the whole close to ours, but the embarrassing primitivism with which he expressed them only served, they said, to undermine their credibility. In any case, his base was so narrow that he had no chance of rescuing us from the disastrous administration of Jimmy Carter.
Tags: Norman Podhoretz, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Wall Street Journal
March 29th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
I love Sarah!!!! She’s got my vote if she ever runs.
March 30th, 2010 at 1:44 am
she’s a useless idiotic bitch. i hope she runs too…obama can say hello to a second term
March 30th, 2010 at 3:26 am
I’m still mixed on Sarah. I like her, and I think the media’s given her an unfair shake – but i still question her qualifications in becoming president. Better than Barack Hussein Osama though.
March 30th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
This is a very bad article. To sum up the arguments:
-Once upon a time there was this guy people thought was dumb who actually turned out to be a great president. Therefore, we should not assess someone’s intelligence in determining whether or not they’d be a great president.
-For my next trick I shall read the minds of Mrs. Palin’s detractors and tell you the *real* reason they don’t think she’s a credible presidential candidate.
-She’s better than Obama (like anyone wouldn’t be, but can we aim higher than that please? ie. for someone who can remove him from office)