Palin’s Authenticity Is The Obama/Biden Ticket Threat!

William Kristol at The Blog in The Weekly Standard, we are fortunate to be able to read an e-mail he received from Newt Gringich. Newt said to share it widely. This is what Newt had to say:

Authenticity is the one word threat to the Obama-Biden ticket.

There is something going on this weekend which traditional pundits, traditional consultants and traditional politicians are simply missing. All of the normal biography-oriented and issue-oriented analysis misses an emotional gestalt event comparable to when Ronald Reagan in 1980 crystalized his leadership in New Hampshire when he seized control of the GOP debate.

In one sudden moment Friday, John McCain fundamentally changed American politics in a manner that transcends issues and details.

The great threat to the Obama-Biden ticket can be captured in one word: authenticity.

I have done some reading about Governor Palin, mother, mayor, city council member, PTA member and hockey mom…she is authentic (Definition for authentic, an adjective, Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief and Having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship; not counterfeit or copied)…..real….and attracts me for reasons that are personal.

I love that she is an avid hunter….my friend back in Georgia was an avid hunter, she had her own deer stand! We differ in some of our stances, she is more than conservative than I am but I feel she would never judge me for being different than her. In fact I believe she would welcome my differences.

And then there is this story about a chance meeting in an Alaskan airport. Elizabeth Eubanks (she is featured in the picture with Governor Palin and Piper) of Polar Teachers & Researchers Exploring $ Collaborating (Polar TREC) was waiting to return home when she had a chance meeting with none other than Governor Sarah Palin and her daughter, Piper. Elizabeth had much to say about Palin.

Of course I had to check out the “Hottest Governor in the US” and quickly turned to see her pregnant (she has since had her baby) with bags and daughter in tote. Then it struck me as odd. Why is the Governor of Alaska in the airport and preparing to get onto my commercial flight?

I questioned PolarTRECer Craig Kasemodel an Alaskan resident. He let me know that Governor Palin sold the corporate jet after securing her official Governor position.

Governor Pallin said she would sell the jet because it was impractical and that the Alaska state inventory would be relieved of this dept. The jet was sold on EBay to Larry Reynolds for 2.1 million dollars.

Financially sound choice for the state of Alaska in my opinion. Too many boondoggles on too many state owned jets in some places!

More from Elizabeth:

Not only is Governor Palin “Hot”, but she is also very kind. I approached the Governor and told her a little bit about PolarTREC and why I was in Alaska. She told me that she knew of the program and then introduced me to her adorable daughter Piper. We chatted about Florida and Barrow, Alaska and flying commercial. She said she really enjoys and prefers flying with people who either live in or are visiting Alaska. She even flies coach! She was kind enough to take several photos with me.

Not only kind but very approachable. It seems she also enjoys meeting new people as well! One last comment by Elizabeth and so very neat!

It was my pleasure to meet such a wonderful person who represents the state of Alaska so well. Governor Palin maybe known to many as “HOT” but as far as I am concerned she is super “COOL” too!

Elizabeth makes me want to meet this lady who I have so much in common with. As I said she is more conservative than me but we are both mothers! We have both worked in male dominated career fields……and somehow I am drawn to that authenticity that Gingrich wrote about!