Governor Sarah Palin is a pit-bull without teeth
Dr. Sherman N. Miller
John McCain’s strategists have the
national media kowtowing to their political gamesmanship with Governor
Sarah Palin. Palin’s ability to avoid the press is an orchestration to
guarantee an overwhelming audience for her and to exploit free media
versus spending millions on advertisements.
McCain’s strategists are borrowing one
of the teachings of the Great Chinese War Philosopher, Sun Tzu, in their
orchestration effort of the Palin Vice Presidential campaign that mocks
the national media for its kid-glove handling of Sarah Palin. “For to
win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of
skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”
McCain’s strategists are jumping for
joy because Governor Palin proclaims herself as a pit-bull dog with
lipstick. This pit-bull dog caricature is to incite fear at this killer
dog bred in the minds of the national media and lead to Obama campaign
strategists shivering at the thought of going after this new untouchable
female. The mere thought of being
labeled misogynistic is leading to media gridlock on what to do with
Sarah Palin. As a self-trumpeted
pit-bull dog, Governor Palin has proclaimed that she is ready to take on
all comers, both male and female, with equal ferocity and she has
abdicated her rights to be respected as solely a lady.
Declaring oneself a pit-bull dog and
the ability to battle aggressively are two different things. A pit-bull
must be tested in combat to determine whether it is merely a paper tiger
or a true warrior champion. Thus, let us start by giving Sarah Palin a
political jab as the new Republican Party Vice Presidential Candidate to
see how well she stands up under real pressure.
It is disingenuous that the media is
allowing Palin to force a teenage boy into a yesteryear style shotgun
wedding of her pregnant daughter to save her and John McCain’s political
face knowing the probability of this marriage prospering in today’s
divorce-prone mindset is very poor. Surely
we can predict a classic
Maury Polvich show where the DNA of this teenage father is checked for paternity to
make sure this young woman did not have an affair with someone else and
he is being railroaded into being the fall guy to offer parental
heritage to this child. Is Governor Palin willing to provide the results
of her daughter’s DNA test before the 2008 General Election having
paraded this pregnant child before the nation and making her fair game
for media scrutiny?
I am sure
Maury Polvich will provide any guidance Governor Palin needs in sorting
out who is the real father and let the nation not become coconspirators
in railroading a teenage boy into supporting someone else’s child to
protect the non-promiscuity image of Palin’s daughter. The tragedy here
is Governor Palin’s religious right persona did not reach even her own
daughter. So why is she any different from the un-churched inner city
poor mother whose teenage daughter gets pregnant from being sexually
active as a teenager without regard to the consequences of her action or
wanting a child merely to have someone who will give her real love?
Governor Sarah Palin, you need to come down off your religious right superstar pedestal trying to appear so high and mighty when it is clear that you and many modern parents have sinned against the teaching in Proverbs 13:24: “He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him takes care to chastise him.” I can only conclude, as a purportedly religious zealot, you failed to chastise your daughter with any effect, so you are not this idealistic supermom that the right wing conservatives want to ballyhoo in the media. The evidence is clear that your family compromises are leading to a new grandchild. Surely, Governor Sarah Palin, you are at best a pit-bull without teeth.
