THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume X, Issue # 227, September 11, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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PALIN ATTACKERS REALLY AIMING AT MCCAIN
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE 2008 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE AMERICAN POLITICAL LEFT, & THE POLITICAL RE-EDUCATION OF JOHN SIDNEY
MCCAIN III: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, THE ATTACKS ON SARAH LOUISE HEATH PALIN, & THE UNMASKING OF THE
UGLY FACE OF LEFTWING LIBERALISM -- JOHN MCCAIN BEGINNING TO REALIZE THE FUTILITY OF FORSWEARING
PARTISANSHIP & ATTEMPTING TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE, "BUILD BRIDGES" WITH THE DEMOCRATS, & APPEASE THE
POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT -- MCCAIN LEARNING A BRUTAL LESSON ABOUT GENUINE FRIENDS & FOES INSIDE THE
BELTWAY, A LESSON THAT WILL LEAVE HIM WITH ABSOLUTELY NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT THE HOSTILITY OF THE LIBERAL
LEFTIST DEMOCRATS & THEIR "HIGH SOCIETY" WASHINGTON MEDIA CRONIES
FULL STORY:
It is high time that the mask comes off the ugly face of Liberalism. Whenever Liberalism collides with reality, all those lofty
sounding ideals from the political Left are revealed to be nothing more than empty rhetoric intended to manipulate the
Leftists' “useful idiots” who fulfill the role of expendable foot soldiers. If the mountains of evidence over the past
half-century are not sufficient to make this case, the atrocious assaults on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during the past two
weeks ought to be.
Honest feminists (few though they may be) are waking up to the grim reality that Liberalism was never really an avenue for
the advancement of women. Rather, women and “women’s issues” were selectively considered, and only as a means by
which to advance Liberalism. On the day any woman or any of the collective concerns of women presented a potential of
derailing the advances of the American political Left, they were to be discarded, discredited, or, if necessary, destroyed.
The attacks on Sarah Palin reveal nothing less. Just as American minorities are lauded and upheld by the Liberal
establishment only so long as they further its nanny-state, Socialist agenda, so can women expect support on the basis of
their gender only so long as their situations redound to the ultimate benefit of the Left. Otherwise, everything about them,
including their gender, suddenly becomes “fair game” for Liberal political hit squads.
It is beyond credibility that Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., could have made his “lipstick on a pig” comment with no expectation
that it would be construed as a jab against Sarah Palin. Obama is the candidate who “interpreted” an entire dissertation of
racism from the mere mention of his middle name. His is the political party that built an entire campaign strategy on the
one-time misuse of the word “Macaca.” Obama, and all who refuse to denounce him, show their real regard for all women who
refuse to offer themselves up as fodder for the “cause” of Liberalism.
Nevertheless, Governor Palin is hardly the real target of the disgraceful assaults so hysterically promoted among the
Democrats since her selection by Republican presidential candidate John Sidney McCain III as his pick for Vice-President.
Were Palin’s enemies to succeed, her hoped-for disgrace and destruction would merely amount to “collateral damage” in this
vicious onslaught from the Left.
Admittedly, all would be well among Liberals if Palin could be scared into a defensive posture, but that hardly seems likely.
Nor was it ever the Liberals'intended goal. Neither did they realistically expect to uncover real and discrediting “dirt” by
which to soil her reputation. Yet, the blitz of negative news stories commenced with amazing speed the moment she was
announced as John McCain’s running mate, and it has only intensified since.
Rather than being battered and politically damaged by the Leftist “offensive,” Palin’s name-recognition and reputation has
since soared among Americans. But the drumbeat of negativity from the press and the Democratic Party political apparatus
continues, as if they fail to recognize that their efforts are only highlighting her unwavering Conservatism, to her own
political advantage, as well as that of the McCain campaign.
So, what could have been the intentions of this ludicrous “strategy,” and why has it not been abandoned after proving to
be such a complete fiasco? The answer is quite revealing about the current desperate nature and vulnerabilities of the
Democrats, as well as their real assessment of John McCain.
The grim truth for Democrats is that, at present, they have no other options. Having campaigned on a vacuous message of
“change” and “hope” for the past seventeen months, they cannot compete with a candidate of substance such as Sarah
Palin. Every attempt to assail her on issues of policy only serve to highlight the Democrats' own complete lack of a
worthwhile plan for America. So, their only alternative is to continue the personal smears, in hopes that, eventually,
something negative will resonate with real America.
But even this does not explain the immediacy and depravity of their campaign against her. Palin has never shown a
propensity to backtrack under pressure. Nor does it take a rocket scientist to predict that the American people would rally
to her aid once they perceive that she is being unfairly targeted. The only individual whom the Liberal media and
Democratic Party political operatives might have counted upon to change course under such a maelstrom is John McCain
himself.
In truth, the Arizona Senator has had a history of attempting to get into the good graces of the political Left. All too often,
he has undermined Republican Conservatives in the Senate in order to forswear “partisanship, reach across the aisle, and
“build bridges” with the Democratic Party opposition. So, among all parties involved, it was presumed that McCain held
the greatest potential of desiring to mollify his critics by moving leftward from the Palin nomination.
Arguably, on too many occasions, McCain’s past actions serve as precedent that reinforces such a notion. And had he
proven consistent with their presumption, his campaign would promptly implode. But something amazing has transpired
inside the McCain camp over the past several months. In sharp contrast to the insipid prospect of a McCain administration
ushering in a new era of “bipartisanship,” he has strenuously campaigned against his Liberal Leftist Democratic opponent,
and with every such effort, his credibility and popularity has only increased among the Conservative base.
While attempts to destroy Sarah Palin have been exceedingly vicious, their effect on John McCain may prove to be an
enormous blessing. In the same manner that U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas, as a result of his brutal 1991
confirmation hearings, eventually ascended to the High Court with absolutely no illusions about the hostility of the
Democrats and their “high society” Washington media cronies, John McCain is likewise learning a brutal lesson about
genuine friends and foes inside the Beltway.
His past, ill-founded hopes of rising above the D.C. rancor are undoubtedly being reformed by the outrage of Palin’s
treatment. Any formerly presumed collegiality from the Liberal Washington establishment will be tempered by his eventual
recognition that the mud being slung at her is ultimately intended to foster his own political demise. So, if John McCain
survives this onslaught and wins in November, he will do so with the undeniable proof that he owes nothing to the Liberal
establishment in Washington, and that Sarah Palin’s ideology, enthusiastically embraced and supported by America’s
Conservative grassroots, won the day.
A McCain Presidency, tried by fire to a degree he never expected, and so violently divested of any ties to the governing
elites of D.C., now holds a greater promise for America than ever before.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics, Political Competition, & the Control of
Public Policy: Elections, Political Parties, Political Factions,
Ideologies, & Special Interest Groups
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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