As usual, Matthew, I shall be the one to take up your challenge.
Jodi Riell, Governor of CT. Not especially attractive, but successful. Liberal Republican, though. Not rejected because of her looks or lack of them.
Governor Susanna Martinez of NM. Have you SEEN her? Yet, she is embraced.
Governor Jan Brewer of AZ. Not a beauty Queen, and not young. Embraced.
Palin’s beauty is not why we embrace her. We embodies the values we hold dear. She is honest, a rare thing in pols. She is decent, hard-working. It is not about her physical beauty, because she is beautiful throughout. She is a beautiful person.
As for someone better, this is another fallacy. Republicans lost power in 2006. The Conservatives who took over Congress in ’94 left in 2000. We lack better Conservative candidates, because Conservatives have been out of power for a decade.
We have a nice new crop of them, but they are young and unproven. Look at our future. Jindal, Ryan, Kantor, Haley, Kasich, Brewer, Martinez, Rubio, etc…. Lots of comers, but not ready yet.
Palin, by dint of her national exposure for so long now, and with her track record, is a viable candidate. The others have to develop a record. I think Kasich has what it takes, but he has turn around Ohio first. Bachmann lacks exec experience. Christie has to turn around NJ, and he is a Liberal Republican.
Our bench is very deep, but we have few legitimate stars at the moment, so Palin is it. Sorry, but that’s the way it is. In 2016 or 2020, it will be very different!
