Politics and the Palin Moment

After spending several months off the political radar, former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, has boomed to the forefront of American attention. Predictably, the response from the left and that portion of the media enamored thereof has been brutal. Throughout the ’08 campaign, and in the time afterwards, politicians, pundits, and political gadflies broke new ground in the viciousness of their attacks. However, with the release of Palin’s biographical tome “Going Rogue,” the attacks on her have reached a fever pitch, surpassing even the right’s attempted blowtorching of Hilary Clinton.

One wonders why she is so hated by the left. She is a successful woman, a wife, a mom, a governor who relished a 72% approval rating. She ran a successful administration, defeating the aims of old-line Republicans, and generated a BILLION-dollar surplus. It wasn’t until a mountain of ethics charges, relentlessly spewed by Democrat operatives (all of which were proven false) took up so much time that it made it impossible for her to do her job. Her resignation prompted charges of being a quitter. But it’s interesting to note that as soon as she resigned, the ethics charges ceased. This incident was not so much an indictment of Palin’s commitment as it was an example of the Gestapo-like glee of the Democrat attack machine.

Palin’s book tour, easily inferred to be a PR tactic to position herself as the GOP front-runner, has thus far revealed the fighter within, now freed from the jealous restrictions of the McCain leash-holders. Make no mistake. She has identified her enemies and she is on the attack.