I know she has a lot of nicknames: “Barracuda” because of the way she played basketball at high school, Sarahcuda, … and on bumper stickers in Alaska you can read: “Coldest State, Hottest Governor.” That`s a nice title! But I`d like to add another one: VVV-Sarah. Because that is the feeling I got when she entered the stage: Veni, Vidi, Vici - I came, I saw, I conquered. Yes, that is the feeling I got when I first saw Sarah Palin.
And I did not know anything about her. I had never seen her, never heard her name, I did not know anything about her achievements, her life, her family, and all the knowledge I had about Alaska I got from watching “Men in trees” ;-)
Now I know a little more, but this has only fostered my first impression. She is amazing!
Bold, intelligent, good-looking, and after only one week on stage already trendsetting: Her glasses became bestsellers and action figures are made in her likeness.
I know Democrats stated that she was lacking experience, but as former mayor of small-town Wisilla and youngest first-ever female governor of Alaska she has more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined! I love the way she put it herself:
I guess — I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.
What a great sense of humor! And here is one of my favourite quotes:
But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed, when the roar of the crowd fades away, when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot…
When that happens, what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?
I love that!
And I am appalled by the amount of vicious and sexist criticism she gets. But on the other hand this should not make me too angry. It has already backfired. Because it simply shows one more time that Left-wing people are were good at talking the talk, but Conservatives also know how to walk the walk.