In Sarah Palin's National Review piece I searched once again for a cogent plan for governing a nation, state, or any enterprise. I believe that anyone meeting the constitutional requirements for seeking the Presidency should be able to compete for the office. However I am still searching for Sarah’s plan specific for leading this great nation forward in an economic, moral, ethical, and practical way to achieve the aspirations of all Americans.
In the NRO piece she asserted that "Political contests are not always about truth and justice." I cannot think of a moment when any serious candidate would fail to place truth and justice at the top of their ethos, what is she talking about? When you make it clear that truth is not always an underpinning and operational part of a campaign you are in a danger zone subscribing totally to situational ethics. Is Sarah like a chameleon on a crazy quilt not knowing which color or position to adopt?
Her observation that successful candidates must first set the narrative for me is nothing more than a dangling phrase which makes absolutely no sense to a serious voter. Often intervening variables, unexpected have resulted in huge affects on the national and international scene. President Bush was reading a book to school children when three planes changed the narrative that is still remains a major concern of us all. How can a serious administrator be so inflexible as to enunciate and stubbornly hold to an artificially established narrative?
Her observation that if we don’t agree with some of her postulates and assumptions that, "You are living on a unicorn ranch in fantasy land. Then to further bewilder someone looking for a meaningful plan she makes a sweeping assumption that "there are millions of conservatives, Democrats and Independents ready to join our cause." I am a conservative, but I am not ready to join Sarah Palin's cause since, in my opinion, it has never been articulated in a discernible way to the nation. Will that plan ever be presented to us for our consideration, “You bethcha it won’t.”
Dr. Alan Phillips, Sr.
