Posted by
mrsbooks on Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:40:00 AM
I watched wtih awe as Sarah Palin gave her acceptance speech on Friday, August 28, 2008. And I concur with other conservative pundits that she's ignited the conservative party at just the right time. It's too early to tell how she'll do for the rest of the campaign, but I, like most other social conservatives, have faith that she'll fight the fight and come out winning.
Paliln reminds me of Queen Esther of the Old Testament, especially in Esther 4:12-17, where Mordecai, her cousin, admonishes her, and she responds to his rebuke. The passage says, "When Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back this answer, 'Do not think that because you are in the king's house, you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remin silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?'
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 'Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish."
Granted, Palin's appointment is for the Republican Veep, and not to save a particular class of people, except maybe saving the conservative base of the Republican party and from electing a super liberal, questionable alliances, Barak Obama. Yet she speaks to many different groups of Americans. Notably, social conservatives, but also to parents with special needs children; parents with teenagers; parents with pregnant teenagers; parents with kids in the millitary; blue collar workers, and hunters. Plus many more can resonate with her background, culture, and values.
She's a woman for our times, unlike any other woman whose gone for public office. And as the MSM (Mainstream Media) continues to rear its evil head, Palin still comes out shining because she's here for such a time as this.