Palin Reignites The Culture War

I am a Democrat. I am not worried about Cultural war or anything. However, I am very uncomfortable with Barrack Obama. He chooses easier path for solving problems. All American people, buy home, securing mortages but what OBAMA has done is unthinkable. He asked a criminal felion to fund his home purchase, with all bells & alarms going on ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Tony Rezco is convicted & is in jail. I am not inclinde to vote for some one who makes serious judgement erroe even in buying his own house. Clearly Unamerican. He has a potential to be extremely corrupt & thereby make wrong decisions for America.

Whenever you hear someone using the word "elitist" to describe someone else, just replace it in your mind with "acting white". Stop for a moment and think about what both of those expressions mean. They are used most frequently by those trying to hide their own mediocrity in group identity, either that of being black or that of being rural, white, "good folk". They absolutely scream "inferiority complex" and fear that someone who actually makes something of him- or herself will throw light on how cheaply they value the limited number of heartbeats each of us is allotted. If they want to waste their lives that's their business, but that's no reason to trash someone who is curious, loves this life and wants to experience it to the fullest. The Bible tells us we'll reap what we sow, and the Koran teaches us to spend of what God has given us, not to let it lie fallow. What is so wholesome and value-oriented then about people who waste their lives in mediocrity and try to tear down anyone who demands more out of life and themselves. They should be held up as role models, proof of the American dream, not trashed by those who go through life with blinders on and would impose them on others.

Again - "elitist", "acting white". Anyone who can tell me what the difference between those two is, please email laptaperATgmailDOTcom.

I'm surprised at how out of touch and rambling some of Ms. Clift's articles have been lately; I hardly think Palin ignited even a culture discussion, let alone a "culture war".

Palin was VERY surprising and effective this week. She was composed, biting and communicated very well to the camera. It is obvious she has great potential. The problem is that a) her comments -although well delivered- lacked any kind of substance and b) she is still the same person who was unable to answer Couric's basic questions earlier this week, that hasn't changed at all. It's not that after this performance she suddenly became a professor! If so, she should go to all the shows and grant all the interviews she's been hiding from.

With her performance Palin stopped the bleeding in the McCain campaign, a bleeding she herself was partly responsible for, but as Paul Begala said, she seemed to have helped her chances for 2012 more than the McCain campaign this time around. If that is the case, it will be interesting to see how those in the right who wax rhapsodic for her now treat her during republican primaries. She could do well, but the problem with people like Palin is that they have so much charisma and spunk that they forget they need to read to actually know something about anything. If she puts her mind to it she could be a very effective politician. And god help us all then.

No Cazador1972, I think the dip in the polls had more to do with the public seeing George Bush, hearing him ask for $700 Billion, and suddenly remembering part of what they've hated about the past eight years, forgetting that they hate Congress even more! Surely the mantra that Sarah is unqualified hasn't helped but if you compare her specific qualifications and judgements to Obama's, the clear winner is Palin!

Obama's family on food stamps, please spare us the drama! His Columbia education was bankrolled by Nadhmi Auchi. His $1.6 MILLION house was bankrolled by Tony Rezko. And, his campaign and political machine was bankrolled by the terrorist Ayers. IF his family was on food stamps, it was only because he could not disclose the money he obtained illegally.

As Gov. Palin so eloquently put it during the VP debate on Thusday: Sen. Obama wants to ???waive the white flag of defeat??? in Iraq. I think most Americans, right of left of the aisle, do not want that to happen. Regardless of whether or not you supported the war at its onset, not to mention the debacle it transitioned into before Gen. Petreaus got there, we are clearly winning now. The terrorists are on the run, safety is improving, and if we don???t get it right this time, we???ll probably have to go back 10 years from now to fix it anyways. It???s like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Iraq has been doing well lately and it would be crime to let the lawlessness that has reigned for the last 3 years loose once again to ravage the country and its people.

Palin went on to point out that Obama is insistent on pursuing ???dangerous??? foreign policies and remains ???naive??? when it comes to the ways of the world. Imagine what people would say about anyone else promoting a 16 month withdraw plan for well over 18 months, and then saying that no revisions were necessary? That sounds pretty naïve to me. Obama says that we must win in Afghanistan, which to him is the central front on the War on Terror (the Generals in the military disagree), and not necessarily Iraq. I can't imagine how we could possibly win in Afghanistan if we capitulate in Iraq. That is a very dangerous thinking.

I think Palin made the decision that voters face this year very clear. Vote for a winner, or vote for a loser.

The real Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26C-rxIVW8

I love hypocrite liberals with their double standards like Ms. Clift.

Palin has more real experience than Obama, yet Obama is "qualified" because he graduated from elite Eastern liberal colleges... salutes liberal dogma.. and... let's be truthful.... he's Black. Ms. Clift is willing to ignore his total lack of accomplishment and experience to validate her soft racial bigotry and liberal race guilt.

We all know Ms. Clift would be cheering Palin on if she was a liberal candidate.

Indeed. Obama is supremely unqualified to lead anything but a campaign. One shouldn't sneer at community organizers (ssems to be the only thing on his resume), but what else has he done? Clift is a robot liberal though, and no rational argument will sway her. At least Palin has real achievements.

Eleanor: I just read your hatchet job on Sarah Palin. You are so out of touch with small town America. All you can do is put down this woman. Palin???s alleged lack of experience as the VP candidate compares favaorably to the lack of experience of ???The One???, and he is seeking the Presidency! You hope that while you trash a woman who is trying to do her best for her state and country, we will not notice that the emperor is naked. I particularly loved your term,???gibberish??? to describe the arguments of Ms Palin. It is so so Ivy League and spoken by someone with such a superior intellect. You cannot stand that a woman could choose life for a disabled baby. Exactly when did you loose your heart? You liberal hypocrites would move heaven and earth to save the life of a mountain climber who chose to put his life in peril, but oppose all efforts to save the millions of unborn children who have no say. You are correct about one thing, we are in a culture war. I can only pray that your side does not prevail. Richard Bierly.

Palin ignites culture war? Liberal/elites/MSM ignites it is more correct. These groups look at the majority of Americans which Palin represents with repugnance, lacking the polish and lofty rhetoric that appeals to them. At least Biden showed a little awe along with his horror...

Eleanor, the radical left's attempt to force homosexuality, abortion and many other countless issues down America's throat is the start of the culture war. How can "conservatives" start a war when they are the ones trying to keep things the same?