Friday, August 29, 2008

Shrewdly Observed   [Peter Robinson]

Many dozens of emails, running about 20 to 1 in favor of Gov. Palin, roughly a third mentioning that the author had just written a check to the McCain—make that the McCain-Palin—campaign. With other duties bearing down on me, this email, from a particularly shrewd observer, is the last I'll post today:

Simply great pick. The list is endless. Here’s just a few.

• Every time the opposition claims she’s not experienced, it points right to the top of the Dem ticket.

• She can’t be demonized. Dems succeed by stirring up hatred of their opposition, but it won’t work with Palin. It would be like trying to demonize Kerry Walsh or Misty May Trainor.

• She’s made her own way – a classic American success story, with no help from the “establishment”

• She’ll completely disarm Biden in the debates. He won’t be able to attack her without a significant backlash. And every attack he attempts will drip of condescending Washington blowhard insiderism

• You can’t get more “outside the Beltway” than Alaska.

• She’ll really galvanize the pro-life community and is somewhat uniquely able to not just “preach to the choir” but to speak to the other side. She chose life, fully knowing the hardships that can come with a Down syndrome child. She walked the walk. It will touch the hearts of those who have chosen otherwise, or are thinking about it. It could really move the debate forward in a very positive, uplifting way. I am pro-life, but am off-put by some of the aggressive tactics of the pro-life community. In contrast, I am touched to the heart by this woman’s real-life choice of life for her young son. I suspect I will not be alone.

I suspect the money race will be neutralized at worst, and quite possibly turned in our direction. I’ve been sitting on my wallet since 2004, but sent in a contribution to McCain the moment I heard of this pick. I suspect I am far from alone.

The Corner’s been a great site all day. Keep it up.

08/29 08:51 PMShare