ReaganToPalin uncovered a very well written Op-Ed in the
Gloucester Times, by Stuart Diamond:
I admire Sarah Palin. She gives me hope for the future, and reminds me of the great
Jewish heroine Esther.
Humble, reverential and courageous. I hope she becomes the first female president of the United States. I have carefully observed the impressive onslaught of lies and hatred directed at her since she joined John McCain in his bid for the White House.
I will review just a few of her splendid accomplishments.
What I like most about Sarah Palin is her love for her husband and her children. I've long believed there is nothing nobler a person can do in this life than to do a good job raising their children; it appears that Todd and Sarah Palin have an excellent marriage and a great family.
That's no small success in this divorce-ravaged society.
My second favorite thing about Sarah Palin is her love for her country. I know that her political activism springs from a deep appreciation of our rich history and hope-filled future.
I see in her that pioneering spirit I read of in my favorite book, Undaunted Courage, about Lewis & Clark's exploration of the unsettled West. Whenever Sarah speaks of Alaska and the people of Alaska her love and excitement for the Alaskan experience is evident. Every year I intently follow my favorite sporting event the Iditarod dog sled race across the interior of the Alaskan wilderness.
That same American spirit I see in the participants of that daunting and severely testing competition is what I see in Sarah Palin. She is up to the challenge to change America for the better and has the indefatigable spirit to follow her convictions against a blizzard of opposition.
Sarah is no smooth-tongued politician. She is indeed a hockey mom. And, having raised a hockey player, I know what she means by that. She is from smalltown America but had the grace, self-confidence, moral integrity and intelligence to step out of complete obscurity on to the grand stage of the national political scene and to win the admiration and affection of millions of Americans.
These are the same Americans who made her book, "Going Rogue," a smash best seller before it's even hit the shelves. The word 'rogue' was used disparagingly about Mrs. Palin during the campaign. But, as with her appearance on SNL, SP has turned her critics' smear tactics to her advantage.
Sarah is very intelligent and has a good sense of humor. Thank her school secretary mom and science teacher dad for that.
Those who desperately fear the Christian moral foundations of her humanity went to great lengths to portray her as stupid. All they did was display their hatred for the very principles upon which our country achieved its greatness and how fearful they are of a person who still embodies the morality which our country has tragically abandoned.
A prominent figure in the American Revolution, Patrick Henry, wrote: "It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
In days to come, Sarah Palin will face an avalanche of hostility and slander unparalleled in modern American politics but she will overwhelm and lay to waste all her detractors. Just wait and see.
STUART DIAMOND of Gloucester, MA
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