“Waking up the sleeping giant”
I am conservative woman, hear me roar:
The media has done more for John McCain in the last two days than he’s done for himself in the last year and a half,” [Tom] DeLay said. “Trashing her is waking up the sleeping giant, and the sleeping giant is Republican women.”
(Link)
A movement is born. From Reader D.:
I heard about a convention attendee wearing a shirt that simply stated “I am Sarah Palin”. Hearing this a light bulb went on. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the McCain camp rolled out an “I am Sarah Palin” ad campaign? It would simply be a series of commercials that show a woman describing herself, like “I am a mom of 2 children, I am a wife, I am a PTA volunteer, I am a team mom, I am a marketing executive, I am a Democrat, etc” then the tag line, the woman says “I am Sarah Palin.”
They could have a series of women of different ages and different races giving their story, all saying in the end, “I am Sarah Palin.”
I would love to see these ads, it would drive the lefty feminists CRAZY.
Someone’s on the same wavelength. Via Jim Geraghty:
Spoke to Hugh Hewitt on radio row. He’s getting deluged with phone calls from women listeners, all saying that they’re appalled by the attacks on Sarah Palin. One has already printed up a t-shirt that says, “I AM SARAH PALIN. HER STORY IS MY STORY. BACK OFF.”
Some enterprising printer ought to consider mass-producing that, I think…
Ask and ye shall receive! Already on CafePress:
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The women will save conservative thought!
Oh yea, chickens coming home to roost.
That is one heck of a slogan! I hope that Sarah Palin is staying strong through all this.
Michelle, your link needs fixed. It’s going to “DeLay says Dems better organized “.
That is the right story. Scroll down. The quote is at the bottom.
Those shirts are sexist…
…and racist.
/sarc
I love the idea of the ad, kind of mocks the ad the Obama campaign ran with the young mother and the baby.
can we get one of those shirts for Obama’s mama?
I’m buying one, stat!!!
My collie says:
**blush**
I hope this wakes them up, but I fear much of this election rests in the hands of typical white men (like me). That type of ad may wake up the sleeping giant – lets hope so – but many men want to see a strong, articulate individual, who is capable of leadership. Stereotype or not, as Osama bin Laden said “people are drawn to the strong horse.”
Bad form with the Osama quote, #11.
Let’s see, my mother worked nights so she could be there when her 5 children got home from school, and this was in the 60s! Sarah Palin has more in common with her, and the rest of us in “flyover states”, then anyone in the Demoractic Party hierarchy could ever dream of having. I’m considering voting for McCain just to honor both women!
Great t-shirt message!
If Palin was the Democrat Party candidate, you KNOW the t-shirt would instead read…”I am Sarah Palin. Her story is my story. So, F*** Off!”
What a contrast…
Bad form or not, OBL was right on that one.
I am Sarah Palin.
this is brilliant!!!!
T – 5 hours 40 minutes
run and hide dem slacks and media hacks
Gov. Sarah Palin is INCOMMINGGGG
Huh? You think Palin does not meet those qualities … Strong, Articulate, Capable?
Men I know admire strong women, like Margret Thatcher, and would vote for a ticket with Palin on it (even on the top of the ticket) in a heartbeat.
It seems like in this generation of politicans, the women have the testicluar fortitude.
Just wait, LCC; you’ll see that strong horse tonight. Sarah is going to blow the roof off the convention center. She’s intelligent and enormously gutsy. McCain has my full support, and now my money, solely because of Sarah. Go, Sarah-cuda – swamp them all!
I am Spartacus.. wait, that was a movie…
I blew up the dam.. No, that was South Park..
I am Sarah Palin
Except for being male and volunteering as soccer coach..
Just because he is an abhorrent individual doesn’t mean he is wrong about everything. A blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
Sarah Palin is my mother.
Hey leftcoastconservative: drawn to the strong horse uh? That tells us you are voting McCain because Sarah Palin, #2 on the GOP ticket, has more experience than Barack Obama, #1 on the Democrat ticket.
Ooooo, I want a T-shirt!!!! *said while jumping up and down*
Paul,
awwww that was sweet
I just saw a lady from The New Agenda on Neil Cavuto. She said back when John Mccain met with the ladies from HRC camp, he mentioned Sarah Palin as a running mate. OMG, it wasn’t just a 1 night stand.
A beauty queen who shoots and hunts.
Yep. Nothing there to appeal to the typical white man.
HAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAA
Great idea! My wife will have one after I donate to McCain/Palin.
This whole mess is typical Obama election strategy. He gets rid of his opponents so he can win. Review his Senate race. Review his state races. That is the only way this guy can win. The great thing will be when he has to sit in the Senate with VP Sarah Palin in the big chair,,,,,,
I can’t say I am sarah Palin because that would be extremely werid. I will just say I support her.
You all – not just MC -need to grab your ankles and extract your heads from your butts. She is every woman in the world to me. This post was about a particular ad to a particular demographic. Sometimes an ad aimed at one group is seen by another – think Absolut Vodka.
I am a second generation Sarah Palin. My Mother was
a widow @ 32 with 6 children, oldest 13, youngest not
quite 2. She worked and raised us. No one questioned her child rearing skills and thank goodness she was an RN, so she could get a well paying job working the 3 to 11 shift.
Go Sarah!!!
McCain campaign manager Rick Davis:
“This election is not about issues,” Davis said. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”
He must have been reading this thread
Do you know how to field dress a moose?
I’ve never been one to play the male vs. female thing. (As I think I mentioned yesterday.) In fact, insults about people who are similar to me never affected me. That was until this whole situation with Sarah Palin. For the first time I feel attacked every time someone says she should be home with the kids or assumes she isn’t strong enough because she’s just a hockey mom or insinuates she’s a hypocrit. I am mad and I am not going to take it. I am indeed Sarah Palin. I am proud to be like her.
I am Sarah Palin’s husband and my kids aren’t perfect either.
“No honey, those wern’t gun shots, just another Dem plan BACKFIRING.”
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: Trolls, Dems and Libs pounding sand.
except for the emasculated feminized ones!
My collie says:
Be nice, collie.
Sorry, I still don’t get it. Must be because I
Oooh, this would be sweet! I really hope this gets picked up by the big-name conservatives (thanks for being the first, Michelle!) and that the word really gets out. Not only would someone get fantastically wealthy from these sales (gotta’ love capitalism!), but I believe it would really fire up that ‘sleeping giant’ base like nothing else would. Yes, yes, yes!!!
Im going to buy a shirt, but I hate to think the money might go to support Obama or anything like that.
Thanks. It’s true. My mother is a strong woman. Let me tell you. She is livid. It irks me to the gills the way uppity snobs from NYC and DC are treating everyday American women.
I like this pic
ROFL!!! Red State Update rocks!
I like the ad, it’s like what Tiger Woods and NIKE did. I think it would be good.
I’m moving to Alaska.
So, you are her “supporter” bra?
Alright I am Sarah Palin in drag!!! In a strictly non-gay, non-werid way of course.
I actually don’t believe in God (don’t dis-believe in him either).
Nevertheless, I am praying to him that she does well over the next two months.
Ultimate Victory = the relentless squirming of Keith Olbermann trying to be “objective” after McCain/Palin win on November 4th.
Mine too, and Bristol Palin is my sister and her baby is my nephew.
And none of us eat arugula.
Lol, and we all think BDS is bad? The media will go into full throttle lunacy if McCain wins. Just look at them for the past 6 days.
Red State Update rocks!
I can live with that Ath.
I still dont get it. You said “…but many men want to see a strong, articulate individual, who is capable of leadership. ”
You think those shirts will turn off white male voters? I am a white male and those shirts won’t turn me off. All my male friends can’t wait to see a real conservative in the white house — male, female, or any ethnic background. Maybe I need a drink of Absolut to understand this but I won’t buy that stuff after their deplorable ad.
I thought that was a good pic Atheling. It showed McCain and Palin embracing the young kids. They are going to stick by them and this will blow up in Obambi’s face.
Now if I can get that damn speech from last night by the Raza Director out of my head……….
aj,
want to see them go fetal?
have Bristol and fiance walk out and
intro Sarah. chelsea intro’d hillary etc it has been done many times.
The dem slacks and media hacks stuck their nose under the wrong tent.
T – 5 hours 15 minutes
If I went anywhere near her bra my wife would kill me.
I don’t think St. Peter expects to see that!
My wife is Sarah Palin.
Sorry, sonofdy, I am moving to Alaska!!
LMC, I guess you had to go back to work. In the event you make it back, I’ll spell it out to you. Absolut Vodka ran advertisments meant for a Mexican audience that were viewed by a hostile U.S. market. BAD for Absolut. Sarah Palin still needs to be viewed as the strong horse. We know she is, but if those who are not already on her side don’t see her as one, they wont vote for her. We need the Sleeping Giant and those poor lukewarm souls who need a shove in the RIGHT direction to vote Mc/Palin.
Oops, sorry about unfinished post #39.
Can I get that shirt in camo?
Bought….in fact, I needed it overnighted!
Conservative women will be kicking serious a**. Political knees, elbows, headbutts, and fists. The Dem men and their womyn allies will be left in a bloody heap this November. I’m betting Congress is transformed as well. Now if our Republican men can grow some ‘nads we will be looking good. Sometimes it takes a good woman to get men off their butts and moving.
It’s nice to mess with a mama bear with cubs, she is one mean critter. Sarah you are wonderful. Please hang in and give the msm a taste of a mama bear.
L
I’m a 45 year old father of 3 who loves his wife. I am Obama’s typical white man.
And I’d wear that shirt.
LMC, you came back while I was typing. Doesn’t turn me OFF either. We need to turn ON others.
Looking at some of those photos of alaska, I agree.
I think all real men support their own Sarah. I know I do and will.
Oh, and McCain to dagnabit!
Tombombadil,
ROGER THAT!!
Paul,
hugs to your Mother she did a damn fine job raising you.
If only there were a legal way to do this:
Confirm beyond any doubt for whom Bill and Shrillary really end up voting!
Next stop: The Clintons at the 2012 Republican Convention (?!?!?!). Heaven knows the precedent is now well established!
And Shrillary was a Goldwater Girl, after all.
Ath Ath Ath
WHEN Mccain/Palin wins not if
/cyber noogie
CyberCipher,
Your collie needs to have a talk with my sheltie. She
could use some guidance which she isn’t getting from
her papillon bff.
The both want Sarah shirts.
Not the – they both want
What an awesome shirt!
You are too kind. If Sarah Palin were a Democrat the t-shirt would say “This Space for Rent” or “You Must Be This High to Ride.”
John,
The picture says it all.
Atheling,
Red State funny stuff!
The liberal media and their lemmings have definitely put their foot in it. It is uncalled for to go after a candidate’s family who has nothing to do with the candidate.
Many women can relate to Sarah’s story and that is something that many liberal women, especially nyk and MJ, don’t understand. In their warped worlds, if you’re not a slave to the Dem platform, they have no use for you. They want to understand us? Only like emptomologists who like to study insects. That’s what conservatives are to liberals.
My mother rasied 3 of us, on her own, with out graduating high school. My father abandoned us when I was 14. My wife has the same story except there were 6 kids and the father was both physicaly and sexualy abusive before he took off. Mothers who make it in these situations kick ass. But on the postive side, my fathers bad example is why I will fight to the end to prevent myself from repeating those mistakes.
I loved those photos as well: genuine, warm smiles all around. Levi shows a lot of class and courage in coming to be with Bristol. Lots of love in that family.
My prayers are with them all. I stand with Sarah Palin and John McCain.
Also,from the Weekly Standard, this is what Johnny Mac has to say:
“They’re not doing right by our vice president, they’re not doing right by the American people,” McCain said, according to a source in the room. “We’re gonna fight back, we’re gonna get ‘em.” McCain pounded his fist into his hand as he spoke, the source said, and made clear that he would be aggressively challenging those who are attacking Palin.
Dick Morris – Palin will meet the high expectations. *claps hands*
The McCain camp was saying over a month OK that the VP choice was going to be a big surprise, different, etc.. They could have meant Joe Lieberman I guess….but I think they knew it would be Sarah quite a while back. There is no way it was a last minute decision.
Someone please wisper this idea to Bristol once we get past tonight. There is so many young women that can identify with her. I don’t know the exact wording but she could inspire so many women to choose life, as well as, give encouragement.
Liberal Media = Panties Bunched Up In A Knot.
“Gore”dian style.
I am so jazzed about Sarah Palin. She is the kind of woman that libs are afraid of. They supposed to stand of all those minority rights when in truth these groups are being used. They really don’t get what they were promised.
bansharia, I also think that Bristol (alone or with her soon to be hubby) should introduce her mom. In fact, I have been thinking about it since yesterday! It would never happen, but I thought her speech could contain the words:
“Since I have been included in the campaign by some of my mom’s naysayers, I figured I might as well really get into the campaign tonight.”
Or something way better that I am apparently not in the mindset to come up with today.
It seems to me we have a Vice Presidential candidate with the same qualities we admire so much in our lovely hostess, except Michelle might not do quite as well on field dressing a moose.
I wouldn’t want to arouse the anger of either of them.
The fact that Sarah Palin clearly respects the difference between herself and her daughter, illustrated by her support as opposed to throwing her daughter under the bus as Obama is apt to do, speaks volumes about Sarah Palin to anyone with at least half a brain. Unfortunately that seems to exclude liberal democrats.
I guess you’re ignoring my compliments for both Sarah Palin and Baldilocks in the past week alone. Your lack of honesty is rather astonishing. You are rather sick.
I am so sick of left wing, anti-everything I hold dear, east coast skirts telling me I’ve let the sisterhood down because I choose to stay home and homeschool my kids instead of return to my high paying job. Even though our circumstances are different, I am Sara Palin. I am doing what I believe is the right thing to do in the face of a culture that assures me I am wrong. Everytime I rage against the shackles of political correctness in my own neighborhood, I am Sara Palin. Everytime I go to bed exhausted and rise before I’m rested, I’m Sara Palin. We are kindred spirits and the way Sally Quinn and the rest of the liberal chick press corps are treating Gov. Palin fully pi…hacks me off. God bless Sara Palin and her family.
Another T-shirt idea.
“Sarah Palin”
Who needs the ERA?
Palin wakes up the far-right but alienates the independent voter which McCain desperately needed. Conservatives were going to vote for McCain anyway, only now they won’t have to hold their noses.
And I find it ironic that given the convention them of “Country First”, McCain picking Palin was a Karl Rove said “a campaign decision” not a “governing decision”. Not to mention Palin’s affiliation with a Alaska first, country second political movement.
Well, rather than “back off,” I’d like to ask, in what areas am I allowed to question Gov. Palin?
Am I allowed ask about her immigration policies, or lack thereof?
Am I allowed to ask about her lack of experience in terms of foreign policy and military affairs? Don’t give me the typical fallacious answer that “well, she has more than Obama.” My toddler is more qualified to attend kindergarten than a newborn, but that doesn’t mean he’s qualified. I care not about Obama. Convince me, on her own merits, that she’s qualified in this area.
Am I allowed to ask about her philosophies in terms of state vs. federal gov’t roles? Taxation? Purpose of gov’t? Social security?
Am I allowed to ask these questions? I’m not limited to voting either Democrat or Republican here, so don’t tell me that “she’s better than Obama.” I want to hear why she’s qualified. In that sense, no, I won’t just “back off.”
Lars,
.
I for one am confident that Bristol and her fiance are doing very well.
They will flick off these lib fleas
and media ankle biters without blinking,
both groups having a very inflated view
of their importance and power
T – 4 hours and 55 minutes
Sorry, not so. The obama “bump” to 4.4% has already droped to 3.3% over these baseless attacks. It will get worse for you.
There is no affiliation. That was fully debunked in yesterday’s news.
Trolls still trying to whizz on the parade… lol, pathetic.
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: yo, trolls whizz in your own yard, wont make a difference anyway your alreadty in the sewer.