Palin Power Survives 7 Year Itch …
In marriages, we often speak of the “7 year itch,” a time when couples are especially prone to boredom, growing apart and divorce. Supporting a political figure over the course of years is not much different. Once you no longer have stars in your eyes and reality sets in, the true test of support begins. Support is easy when you’re getting shout-outs, links to your site, hugs, and signed swag. We here, at US for Palin have gotten all of the foregoing over these seven years and it’s been great.
But support isn’t just about fun fan stuff; and absolutely is not about hoisting the latest fan trophy, while trumpeting “look at what I got!” Because, support is not rooted in self-aggrandizement. Dealing with reality, deep disappointments, hurts, toxic people, and making major sacrifices of time, money, blood, sweat, and tears over a seven-year-period is tough. Those of us who have done these things can stand proud – we survived the 7 year itch – the good times and the bad. We’re still standing – and we’re still standing with Sarah Palin.
Seven years ago today at 12:26 EDT, the world discovered Palin Power. “The world shook, the world trembled,” as John McCain made history by choosing the first Republican woman to run for VP.
Remember the magic? The magic lives in spite of the 7 year itch….
This was the smashing of hard and thick glass ceiling. You can see it in the shock and joy of a woman in the stands as John McCain said, “mother…” That one word – “mother” – is what told the world this was no ordinary ticket. The game had changed forever.
Unknown except to her own circle and some of the cognoscente, this is the moment she became an household name. During her speech and for at least an hour after, the entire Internet was not accessible in many locations. The world surfed to the City of Wasilla website and to the Alaska Governor’s Website to learn everything they could about her. Yes, even the Internet succumbed to Palin Power.
The world learned and was fascinated that this woman was no stranger to doing things that were heretofore for “men only.” She was one of the first women to be a professional sportscaster. She took on jobs that men twice her size could not do. She hauled in thousands of pounds of salmon with a freshly broken hand. In politics, she took on the establishments ofboth parties – and big oil – and won.
Gov. Palin divided our calendars and changed our lives from the moment her name was uttered that summer afternoon. You can read my story, but mine is only one of millions. The NY Post’s headline the following day was only one word, but the one word which captured the extraordinary day.
Palin Power…
Those who heard Gov. Palin heard Ronald Reagan’s successor – in a woman’s body. None other than Michael Reagan would say so following Gov. Palin’s convention speech on September 3, 2008. Nearly all Palinistas interpreted Gov. Palin’s carrying of his torch as being the 2008 ticket winning – and when that did not work out – Palin 2012 and 2016. Though she did not run, Gov. Palin carries Reagan’s torch by executing a wish he made 40 years ago.
In 1975, Ronald Reagan – said, “Let’s have a new first party – a Republican Party – raising a banner of bold colors – no pale pastels – a banner instantly recognizable as standing for certain values which will not be compromised.” By her endorsements over the years, Gov. Palin is building that new first party. Some of her endorsed candidates are raising that banner of Bold Colors. They are people like Paul Gosar, Ted Yoho, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul. Purging the RINO power brokers and party bosses is not a sprint covering one election cycle. It’s not even a marathon. This is a decades-long process – it’s many marathons covering many election cycles. There is no instant gratification and those looking for it are going to be very disappointed.
In this RNC video made in 2008, the narrator said at 3:28, “Sarah Palin may not be six feet tall, but she is a self-made giant in making government work for us.” Over the past six years, Gov. Palin endorsed well over 100 candidates with an overall endorsement success rate of 60%. You can see her most current success rate in the Master List of Governor Palin’s 2015 Accomplishments. All her candidates were chosen specifically to make government work for us. Gov. Palin seven years later is even more of a self-made giant in making government work for us.
At 3:45 in the video, the narrator concluded, “when Alaska’s maverick joined America’s maverick, the world shook; the world trembled, and the world will soon be a better place.” Though Gov. Palin’s ticket did not win, the world has become a better place since she rose to national prominence. She leveraged Facebook and Twitter to bring the health care debate, quantitative easing, energy independence, and economic policy issues to the fore.
Gov. Palin touched lives outside of politics too. She conducted charity missions in cholera- and earthquake-wracked Haiti and in Alabama after tornadoes hit. She has raised over $120,000 for wounded soldiers, walked for autism, Strike Out Child Abuse, and the March of Dimes, among others. During her final seven months as Governor, she led an airlift to distressed villages in remote western Alaska. She did not go to CPAC in 2009. The little children to whom she personally distributed supplies were far more important than the Washington DC elites.
In these and many more ways, Gov. Palin made the world a better place.
Seven years have come and gone since this moment and Palin Power is very much a force to be reckoned with. For all her “irrelevancy” and “political demise,” there is still a very strong interest in Palin news, as indicated by our analytics. We only publish a leading Palin site after all. Needless to say, the rumors of her political death have been greatly exaggerated.
Wherever Gov. Palin leads, we will follow. The magic of this day forever lives in each of us.
That magic…that’s Palin Power.
