Battles Fought, Battles to Come, History in the Making

Sundays are a slow day for me, having injected myself with critically-needed medication on Saturday evening that makes me a little ill on Sunday. However, I delighted in watching Sarah Palin as she gave her farewell address and opened the door to the rest of her life. She spoke truths that are unheard from the Washington elites and the corrupt media.

Now, as we who support her ideas and honor her patriotism look to the future, we are emboldened but also cautious because we know the fight has only begun. The attacks on Gov. Palin had and will have a life of their own. Truth in journalism will not show its face until these shallow, elitist and morally bankrupt editors, “news” anchors, reporters and bloggers are shown the door by poor ratings. It is a sad testimonial that many voters have more interest in who is the current “American Idol” or are titillated by the Octomom than whether their country is secure or their freedoms are being removed through clandestine policy as preached by one of Obama’s historic heroes, Saul Alinsky.

What Sarah Palin brings to the table is realism, truth and a spine of titanium. We have not seen such spine since Ronald Reagan. I remember one moment in a Reagan press conference where a reporter was disrespectful to the president. Reagan told him to shut up! This was not arrogance, for Reagan was a most affable fellow. It was “spine!” Arrogance is Barbara Boxer. Arrogance is the president who continues to bring race into American homes. When Gov. Palin instructs the media on truth, it is not arrogance. It is spine. In a world of handcuffing political correctness, Palin is a real and kind-hearted but strong person. And one doesn’t have to stop at Reagan. Palin is giving the media a Harry Truman moment as well. That “common man” was a small businessman from the Midwest. Just a regular guy, like Palin; like her family; like most of us.

My hope is that this freedom-loving, honest patriot, who loves her country, will lead the way to a rebirth of the founding principles and the people’s awareness of their responsibility for their own future and that of their children. 2010 is approaching and this is the great moment of equality where the House and Senate can be rebuilt by new and more honest representatives of the people. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our representatives had to live under the same laws, use the same healthcare and pay their fair share of taxes as do the rest of us? Palin’s iconic status and her obvious passion for the regular folks is the fulcrum and lever by which we can move the huge boulder of government oppression off the chest of the American family.