Liberty Reborn

Conservatives have been looking for someone they can believe in this election. That someone seems to have been found in Sarah Palin. Far from perfect, Palin is at least giving many conservatives something to “cling” to and a reason to vote for John McCain.

No, I’m not in that camp. I am not voting for McCain. Could I vote for Palin if she were the top of the ticket? Most likely. But she’s not so that means I will not be voting for McCain/Palin.

But 60,000 showed up to cheer her on in Florida in an appearance that you bet has Obama’s disciples worried.

THE VILLAGES — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told wildly cheering, flag-waving, chanting supporters that John McCain is “the only great man in this race” and promised Sunday he will fix the nation’s economy if voters give the GOP four more years in the White House.

“He won’t say this, so I’ll say it for him,” the Alaska governor said in an almost confidential tone at the close of her first Florida stump speech. “There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you. John McCain wore the uniform of his country for 22 years — talk about tough.”

The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has about 70,000 mostly adult residents — many of them military retirees — who vote reliably Republican in statewide races. Tens of thousands inched along roads into the picturesque town square of the complex, where they stood in sweltering heat for about four hours as local GOP officials and a country band revved up the crowd.

“Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!” they chanted at every mention of her name, applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were distributed — along with free water bottles — by local volunteers. The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.

There is of course a difference between 60,000 people showing up to see someone who at least has some substance behind her rhetoric compared to those showing up to touch the hem of their messiah’s garment as he promises them “hope” and “change”.

Liberals will disagree – but like on so many other things they will be wrong on that too.

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