photo credit: American Thinker
Gordon Wysong at American Thinker vividly remembers Sarah
Palin’s speech at the GOP convention in 2008. Mr.
Wysong’s recollection will resonate with many Cleveland Tea Party readers:
The Democrats don’t have lousy
Presidential nominee candidates merely because the good ones were keeping their
powder dry. A Black Swan candidate of 2008 is appreciably responsible for
it, and no one seemed to notice. When Sarah Palin became the focus of the
hopes of committed conservatives, the swamp did everything in its power to
destroy her. Venal Republican operatives were so beset with personal
jealousy, they were willing to crash the ship on the rocks to ensure against
her ascendancy.
They won their battle, sadly.
But, a single line -- just one -- provided the foundation for
conservatives. Mrs. Palin told America “Do you know the difference
between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick!”
In one succinct line she captured
the commitment and determination of conservatives seeking to protect something
they love.
Fast forward a year, and those same
conservatives saw Obama trying to destroy that which they love and without
hesitation, these conservatives jumped into a new political movement.
Bolstered by their belief that Sarah Palin was an everyday somebody like
them, and infuriated by her maltreatment, they populated the ranks of the Tea
Party. They were determined to protect America. Within months, they were
activists.
As I recall, Sarah ad-libbed the joke because for some reason (???), the teleprompter went down for a few moments. Mr. Wysong's full article is here.
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