Sarah Palin is President Obama’s opposite in more ways than one.
Supposedly one of the advantages of being Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign was that Obama, as a completely empty suit with no real track record, could become whatever his adoring supporters wanted him to be. Post-racial, post-partisan healer? Sure. Left-wing progressive savior? Why not? Super-intellectual brainiac? You got it.
The delusions lasted until Obama was forced to actually govern, at which point supporters and opponents alike had to start dealing with the reality of who Obama is.
Palin has the opposite problem. Whereas Obama said, “Make me president,” and people immediately imagined him to be whatever they wanted him to be, Palin has said nothing of the sort, and yet supporters and opponents alike have already begun demanding that she act like a presidential candidate, and do so in the manner of their choosing.
Political junkies and media types demand that Palin act like a traditional presidential candidate, even though she has never said she’s running and has never been known for doing things in the traditional fashion. When she resigns as governor, writes notes on her hand or chooses certain interview venues, the learned and brilliant say, “That won’t help her!” even though there is no clear answer to the question, “Help her with what?
Read Dan Calabrese’s piece in its entirety at The North Star National
http://www.northstarnational.com/2010/02/15/support-sarah-palin-want-demand-fulfill-fantasies/
DAN CALABRESE has served as editor in chief, as well as one of the columnists, for North Star Writers Group, which launched The North Star National in September 2009. Dan’s commentaries for The National appear alongside well-known journalists and media personalities such as Bob Franken, Herman Cain and Jamie Weinstein.
Since 1998, Dan has served as an Adult Bible Fellowship teacher at Woodview Christian Church inWyoming, Michigan, where he is also leader of the youth group Toma Club,which he and his wife founded with the help of their friend, the “real-life Baretta,” David Toma. In his teaching, Dan places heavy emphasis on spiritual warfare and on the power of the Holy Spirit to empower God’s people and overcome evil.
He is the author of the recently published spiritual thriller, Powers and Principalities.
