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Sic transit gloria mundi

By alw, in Speakers Corner

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". . . never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." however, when the pork'er is siphoning off the life blood of your family, neighbors, community, or nation you may be inclined to dive into the wallow. If you do you will most certainly get dirty.

Like many, I have a voracious appetite for information and Sarah Palin has fed that appetite. I tend not to think in terms of politics but motivation. Those two factors have led me to gorge myself on the words being written and spoken in this election campaign. Being informed is a continuum, a journey towards a decision. I’ve taken this opportunity to pull in to the rest area on that journey and assess what I’ve consumed to date.

On Sarah Palin, I see that she went after funding for her community while mayor. If I had been living in Wasilla at the time I would have supported her. What comes from others I don’t have to pay for. I like the idea of an advocate that works for my interests. I doubt that Mrs. Palin’s mayoral motivation was to show her support for earmarks. In fact at the time this occurred I doubt that Mrs. Palin’s political level of sophistication included an opinion on earmarks.

The instances in judgment that are being cited as reasons Mrs. Palin should be labeled as just another conservative insider may have been misread by those who judge by their own standards. Take for instance the infamous bridge to nowhere. I again see a people’s advocate. Taking the money and rejecting the bridge – ok by me if I’m an Alaskan. Likely most Alaskan’s don’t need the bridge but do need or at least will benefit from the projects that will get the money. I don’t know if she would have opposed the earmark or not, but at least she used it to benefit her constituents.

In my search for information on the Governor and the woman I could see a pattern emerging, one of a successful politician to be sure, but a politician that basis that success on giving the people what they want. This is pure politics not propaganda politics. This is politics to garner votes, not campaign financing. And how does one succeed with this tactic in a cut throat political climate? I guess we’ll have to watch the Vice Presidential candidate and find out, there isn’t much modern history to navigate by. Perhaps there is another quote that applies. “All politics are local.” Sarah Palin is taking a local political approach to a national campaign and her running mate is benefitting from it.

This is going to be an interesting race, one of stark differences. Americans can sense this as witnessed by the enormous interest in the party conventions. Local small town politics versus big city machine politics, advocacy versus idealism, and issues versus issues all will be tested. I think I’ve seen the tipping point. It’s the point where voters see a kindred spirit in the race. Someone who will be at the president’s elbow that can whisper in the president’s ear what we might if we were there. Sarah Palin’s attraction to me is not one of an astute politician, but that of the slave that road on the chariot with Caesar whispering “ sic transit gloria mundi" meant to remind him that, despite the grandeur of the ceremony and the office, he is a mortal man.

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She obviously doesn't have much persuasive influence in her own home. Seems neither her husband nor her eldest son are registered Republicans:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12989.html

Do they know something we don't?

And obviously her guidance on sexual morality and personal responsibility hasn't exactly paid off, either.

"Hockey mom?" She can't even run her own household. Yeah, let's trust her to be next in line to run the country.

Yes, glory truly is fleeting. But Mrs. Palin needs to be the whisperEE, not the whisperER.

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