Sarah Palin My Hero

So I have not posted in awhile and I have been struggling with what to write. There are so many things going on right now that it is hard to choose something. I finally decided to go with Sarah Palin. She is now the former governor of Alaska and a former VP candidate. She is still a wife, mother, grandmother and one of my heroes.

She burst onto the scene late last August when McCain announced her as his running mate for the 2008 election. Until that moment it was a most boring campaign. A washed up war hero with a less than conservative record trying to run because it was "his turn." Sarah changed all that. She gave us a reason to get excited. She gave us a reason to feel the fire and passion many conservatives felt was so lacking in the '08 campaign. She was a straight talker, a down home girl, and a "true believer." When McCain lost that election I can guarantee that most of us were mourning the loss for Sarah Palin not John McCain. She quietly receded into the background to continue her job as one of this countries most popular governor's.

The left wing and the media in this country had other ideas for her. They continued to hound her about her daughter having a child out of wedlock, her son being born with Downs Syndrome(according to the left he should not have been born at all), her style of dress and make-up, and anything else they could come up with. She began to be plagued with baseless accusations that forced her to seek expensive legal representation. She was taunted by David Letterman, and thrown under the bus by some of McCain's own staffers. Yet, she always acted with dignity and grace under this enormous amount of pressure. She finally made the difficult decision to step down as governor rather than deplete her family's money fighting against all the wrongful accusations. That was a classy move. The speech she gave when she left office was nothing short of amazing. She called the media on their obvious bias and lies. She told her state to resist the pull of big government. She stated that big government does nothing but take away the individuals desire to succeed and be productive. Ladies and Gentlemen we need this woman. I respect her decision to take a step back and focus on family for awhile, however I hope she comes back for 2012.

The left was so vicious towards her because they fear her. They saw the passion she ignited. They saw the way she related to the average worker trying to provide for his family. She doesn't need a teleprompter to share her ideas. She speaks from the heart because she is one of us. She is not an Ivy League graduate or a Washington insider. This woman has the potential to change the party and bring us back to power. Please come back some day Sarah, we need you to save our country.