And why left-libertarians despise herby Eric Dondero
This is precisely what left-libertarians don't get. The oh-so-hip Reason crowd, the look-down-their-noses policy wankers at Cato, the completely culturally clueless Lew Rockwell-ites. They just don't get our right-libertarian love for this looker from Alaska.
As a number of longtime readers of LR are aware, I had the pleasure in my life of spending 2 hours with Sarah Palin waving signs on a busy median, on a very busy street in Anchorage in 2006. She was running for election to Governor. I was up there petitioning to repeal the Anchorage smoking ban on bars and bingo halls. (We got on the ballot but lost hard 70 to 30%). Jason Dowell, then Libertarian Party of Alaska Chair, and I were driving on North Star. We saw the Palin crew on all four corners, (at least 40 of them.) Jason looked at me, and said, I'm endorsing her. I told Jason, let's make it official and wave some signs with them for a few minutes.
We were whisked to the median with Sarah. She hugged Jason and shouted to all her supporters, "the Libertarians are endorsing me... We've got the Libertarian support." Jason was then right by her side for the next 2 hours waving signs. I was off a bit with some of Sarah's other family members.
What I recall? She is very petite. She's very bubbly, and always upbeat. What you see on TV is pretty much what I saw. And yes, she's stunningly beautiful.
And now a reporter for the Daily Caller, Mark Judge gets pretty much the same impression of Sarah, after only a few seconds. He shouts out the question on everyone's mind. Sarah, who's your favorite band?Here's his lead-up:
And the answer everyone's been waiting for:As word flashed through the crowd that Palin had appeared and the mob began to crowd her, I knew I had to act fast. I also realized this was an epochal moment. Conservatives are always talking about how the culture of a nation is more important than economics or health care policy or the kind of cars we drive. Rock and roll is interwoven into the history of America, and a person’s views on it, even if that person is a famous politician, can be very revealing.
Who’s my favorite band?” she repeats. She leans forward and then it comes: “VAN PALIN, LIKE VAN HALEN!” And she’s gone.
Judge adds:I was also taken aback by her looks. Sarah Palin is the kind of woman for whom the term “stunner” was invented, which is one of the many reasons liberals hate her.Yup! And this is another reason the left-libertarians despise her like their liberal allies.
Palin is still a humdinger at 47. And she's got pizzaz, spunk and glamour.
To left-libertarians it's not about looks, culture, image, celebrity. To the Cato, Reason, Ron Paulists and most of the Libertarian Party crowd, it's all about "the issues."
This is a big item that separates us right-libertarians from the rest of the libertarian movement. We do care about culture, celebrity, image, other matters than just someone's position on monetary policy, and privatization of local garbage collection. Libertarianism is all-encompassing for us. It's a lifestyle choice.
Sarah Palin gets it. She epitomizes right-libertarian on the issues, and most assuredly culture. Her answer on favorite rock band of all time, confirms that.
Van Halen? You betcha! My all-time favorite band as well, Sarah.
9 comments:
I got on the Palin train when I saw she won the governor's seat. I took one look at her before even reading the article and said, "There's a winner." The looks are enough. I voted for Palin in 2008, hoping that McCain would drop dead pretty quickly in the Oval Office. I can now see some of what the media says about her not being terribly bright, but I think she's bright enough.
Can we trade Santorum for Palin? Do a swap thing in the GOP primary? Get Ricky boy and his silly sweaters off the stage. Get Palin - and those great legs - on stage, like now!
Eric, do you mind if I repost your piece on my blog?
Oh, come on Morgan. Do you even have to ask.
Of course, re-post it. And thanks!
I am not a fan of Santorum or Palin, but anyone who thinks Palin has more depth than Santorum must be smoking some good Meth. Palin talks platitudes, cliches, and soundbites, never specifics. I disagree with Santorum on issues but he can state his case in an eloquent manner, not sappy sayings. Sounds like you are very shallow based on your reasoning for Haggy-Ass Sarah.
What we learned: Eric's hard-ons ( i.e. for Sarah Palin) outweigh his notion for critical thinking in picking a candidate.
It's been reposted; much thanks.
Palin talks platitudes, cliches, and soundbites, never specifics.
Either you never listen to what Sarah actually says, JJ, or you must be smoking meth yourself.
JJ represents everything I talk about in this article. The typical snooty left-libertarian that cares only about issues, and nothing else.
The fact that Palin who is labeled a "conservative," could like a band as sexually graphic and excessively libertine as Van Halen means absolutely nothing to JJ. Doesn't even phase him.
We right libertarians are on another planet from the leftside of our movement. Some days I wish they'd just go away and stop using our libertarian label.
Anyone who doubts Sarah's hotness should go to http://www.zimbio.com/Sarah+Palin And, if her choice of favorite rock band, Van Halen isn't enough, another hot governor, Nikki Haley, when asked who her favorite rocker was, replied "Joan Jett"!
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