When I woke up this morning and automatically turned on my radio, the first headline tease line I heard was: "Hockey Mom Ices Democrats." Of course I knew what it meant. I've been hooked on politics since I was eight years old. My family didn't own a television set in 1960, but I convinced our next-door neighbors to let me sit in their living room and watch live coverage of Jack Kennedy accepting his party's nomination. Eventually all the adults trailed off to bed, but I refused to leave that lumpy couch and go home until the station went off the air.
Last night as I watched yet another national convention, it didn't seem like I stayed up quite as late as that night forty-eight years ago. The images on the television were in living color and easy on the eyes. As I lounged comfortably in my family room, I felt like I was part of the energetic crowd as their thunderous applause surrounded me. One of the great opening lines last night, as Sarah Palin accepted her party's nomination for Vice President, was actually an ad-lib:"You know what the difference is between a pit bull and a hockey mom?" (pause) "Lipstick."
A lot of things came to my mind when she was speaking, but the words of an old Jim Croce song sum it up best:
A lot of things came to my mind when she was speaking, but the words of an old Jim Croce song sum it up best:
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim
Apparently, others are also impressed with her tenacity. Here are some quotes I culled off the web this morning from various media sources that likened Governor Sarah Palin to some strong personalities:
"It is the age of Sara Palin, the Wonder Woman..." ( the Scotsman)
"The great leaders sometimes come from the countryside, from the most remote spots. Remember Joan of Arc! Sarah could be our modern Joan of Arc." (U.S. army veteran Bill Coll, Le Point.)
"Thrilla From Wasilla" (Townhall.com reader comment)I've participated vicariously in many conventions beginning with my childhood days of sitting in a dark room, watching a flickering black and white television screen. But this election is different. I love how last night Sarah Palin said, "If we win," not the presumptuous "when we win." It was a refreshingly honest sentiment, one I've never heard voiced in a political speech. I'm enough of a realist to know that anything can happen in politics. But last night I heard someone say all the things I've been yelling at my television and radio for months. I'm not going to mess around with Sarah Palin. I'm going to vote for her.
3 comments:
My favorite is Thrilla from Wasilla!
Amen to that! This is a great post, I felt the same way as I watched the convention- a sense of pride and hope! I was on the fence about her before I really heard her speak; she is a humble woman who is realistic about what needs to be done for our country.
I feel the same way about Sarah Palin - it is refreshing to have a "real life" person running for politics.
She's going through a lot of trials right now but is remaining strong.
By the way, I met you once - we're friends of Cristin's from California and Utah :)
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