The 21st Century Progressive And Sarah Palin

Some are calling Sarah Palin the anti-intellectual, the anti-elitist, the prototypical populist venting anger and rage across the bow of her 21st century progressive counterpart-- Sarah Palin is to the conservative base what Nancy Pelosi is to the liberal establishment. Both women give voice to the die-hard believers within their particular political party's ideology.

To cast Sarah Palin as the silly bimbo from Alaska, to pretend Palin is a simplistic populist, vapid and devoid of character or substance, is to completely miss the mark, and in the end, even if she is what her detractors suggest she is, that doesn't mean she can't win a presidential election.

The left suggested Ronald Reagan was a reckless cowboy and buffoon, but Reagan won a landslide re-election demonstrating the power of a simple message delivered by a simple man. G.W. Bush was declared stupid and incompetent by his opponents time and time again, yet Bush also delivered a re-election campaign that seemed to confound and confuse his critics. Apparently, being a genius isn't required to reach the highest office in these United States, if we are to believe the 21st century progressive voice of strident irrationality.

The simple truth is, the average hard-core leftist in the modern democrat party, will, by definition, define anyone that dares to disagree with them, as uninformed uneducated incompetent idiots without nuance or depth. The 21st century progressive will uniformly dismiss whatever disagreements might confront him.

By ignoring any debate from the perceived barbaric conservative voice of ostensible intolerance, the leftist liberal denies what seems obvious to everyone else, to wit: the nation is a body of mostly conservative people, with a large group of malleable souls in the middle wishing they could fully embrace the passion they see in their conservative cousins, and are generally suspicious of the behavior, the arrogance and attitude of progressive paternalism.

The distinct minority, the 21st century progressive sneers at the majority living around the middle and the far right, attempting to portray their puny numbers on the far left as the enlightened few.

Enter stage right, Sarah Palin.

Palin represents the perfect kind of target for the 21st century progressive. Universally reviled and hated by the modern democrat leftist, she is made to order for the role of bimbo without a brain. Palin doesn't pander to the self anointed power players on the left; instead she walks and talks like that broad living down the street; the babe you might see in the bar having a beer, talking loudly, gregariously, back-slapping and laughing freely with the boys.

Palin appeals to so many for precisely the same reasons she is excoriated by so few. Earnest, honest, simple and straight-forward without pretense, what you see is what you get, that's the appeal of Sarah Palin. People believe she is who she says she is, a G-d fearing woman that believes she has been given a role to play in this world. A woman that understands what it means to be a mother, and a politician on the national stage, Palin comes across as genuine, even if she isn't the smartest woman in the room, much less the smartest person.

It doesn't really matter if they label Sarah Palin, it doesn't matter what the slanderous rants might imply or casually deny; all that does matter is how the public reacts to Palin over the next two years. If Palin delivers the knockout punch I am suggesting she is capable of delivering, it will mean she has proven herself and her abilities for enough people that she'll be the first woman to be president of these United States.

Memoir Is Palin’s Payback to McCain Campaign

Gone Rogue: The Return of Sarah From Alaska

Palin's Base Appeal: The Return of Sarah From Alaska

Sarah Palin Wins Top Award: Media Hoor of the Year

The above links provide ample evidence to validate any claims I've made that some might have found extreme or exaggerated. Sarah Palin evokes the kind of visceral response one might expect from a simpleton rather than an intellectual type portraying themselves as being superior to anyone in the room.