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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (266321)	9/6/2008 1:05:13 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

The most striking thing in purely political terms about this hurricane of elite rage is the built-in likelihood that it will backfire. It's not simply that it is highly capable of generating sympathy for Palin among puzzled undecided voters and of infuriating and motivating a previously placid GOP base, neither of which is in the interest of the Obama-Biden campaign. It also created an opening for Palin herself to look calm, composed, competent, and funny in response. In her acceptance speech last Wednesday night, anyone could see the poise and skill that undoubtedly attracted McCain's attention months ago, when few others were even aware that he was looking. But it was precisely the venom of the left's assault that heightened the drama and made it a riveting television event. Palin benefited from her ability to project full awareness of the volume and relentlessness of the attacks without showing a scintilla of resentment or self-pity. This is a rare talent, one shared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. For this quality to have even a chance to develop, there must be something real to serve as an emotional backdrop: disproportionate, crazy-seeming rage by one's political enemies. Yes! Yes! Yes! The MSM made it all possible! She could never have given The Speech to 40 million viewers without their unwitting help. Gerard Baker of the London Times says she was front page news all over Europe too.

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (266321)	9/6/2008 2:39:05 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793964

Mr. Bell has hammered the Left's exposed lie..! Thanks for the post. The simple fact of her being a pro-life married mother of five with a thriving political career was--before anything else about her was known--enough for the left and its outliers to target her for destruction. She could not be allowed to contradict symbolically one of the central narratives of the left. How galling it will be to Sarah Palin's many new enemies if she survives this assault and prevails. If she does, her success may be an important moment in the struggle to shape not just America's politics but its culture.

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (266321)	9/6/2008 2:55:47 PM
From: Whitebeard	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793964

Brilliant analysis. Spot on. If Palin wins and becomes an example of what a woman can accomplish, that she can have it all, it gives lie to leftist ideal of womanhood, detached from husband and family. Her example is a constant reproach to them. She embodies traditional values and modern success, both at the same time. They have to destroy her. I can't begin to describe the viciousness of the anti-Palin e-mails that are landing in my in-box. The left is in full hue and cry. Hysterical is an understatement.