Little experience, virtually no knowledge of foreign policy and half the country despises the candidate. So the New York Times could have, quite rightly, written about Abraham Lincoln in 1860. We all know how that turned out. Now enter Sarah Palin, nearly 150 years later, and just like the Great Emancipator, both her mind and heart are in the right place on the issues that face the nation, including the single most divisive one.

But this is not about abortion, the slavery issue of modern times, only worse, as hard as it is to imagine something more horrible than the practice of owning other human beings. Rather, this is about the fitness of Sarah Palin to be vice president or president and the terror of the entrenched liberal establishment at the thought of her being one heartbeat away from the presidency.

These liberal interest groups are threatened by Palin’s moral outlook, her sense of family values, and her willingness to fight established and failing government. They have relentlessly attacked Palin since day one of McCain’s VP announcement in an effort to protect their debauched beliefs and the degenerate government that currently protects those beliefs. Indeed, they will say and do anything to cast doubts on Palin’s abilities.

Sally Quinn, an elitist Washington Post reporter, wrote that McCain picked Palin only because she is a woman and would appeal to Americans with morals (not exactly how she worded it, but nevertheless accurate). Even if that were McCain’s only reasons for choosing Palin, these motives stand up at least as well as those of Democrats who selected Obama just because he is African American and has a sparkling personality.

Alan Colmes, the token liberal that Fox News keeps around to shock thinking viewers with whiny snippets and crazy liberal ideas, suggested on his blog that Palin’s baby has Down Syndrome because Palin did not immediately rush to the hospital after amniotic fluid began to leak. Ignoring the fact that Colmes is okay with smashing an unborn baby’s skull in and sucking its brains out, one still has to wonder, even if this claim were true (which, medically, it isn’t), why Colmes would bring the subject up. It goes beyond being merely tasteless, thoughtless and cruel; it was deliberately meant to suggest that she’s not capable of being a mother and, therefore, certainly not fit to be vice president or president.

Andrea Mitchell of NBC said Republicans think they can pull in Hillary Clinton supporters to vote for Palin but only the “the working class women, not college educated.” But for a liberal, education is merely a euphemism for indoctrination; one of the key ways communism, socialism and liberalism itself are able to survive and subjugate people. Education aside, if you can but think for yourself, believe in liberty and freedom, and understand that you and not government can better manage your money then you already have enough knowledge to know that you can’t possibly cast your vote for Obama.

Perhaps the most ridiculous slur against Palin was the comment by David Letterman suggesting she and her family belongs on “The Jerry Springer Show.” Her unwed but pregnant daughter, since she decided to accept responsibility for her actions and not murder her unborn child, somehow deserves derision for being accountable for her actions?

What the mainstream media says aside, the real Sarah Palin is an inspiring individual who has effectively governed the state of Alaska. She is currently the most popular governor in America with an approval rating in the 80s. Only people who are successful achieve such ratings (which explain why the Democratically controlled Congress has sustained approval ratings at historic lows).

Palin successfully cut big government spending in Alaska, vetoing roughly half a billion dollars of wasteful spending. She stood up to members of her own party for their ethical violations and corrupt dealings, emphasizing honest, open government. Further, she understands that it isn’t so much that the environment needs to be protected from the people but rather that the people need to be protected from the environmental crazies. For all the whining this fringe group of tree-huggers does — and who have fought to keep gas prices high for their fellow Americans by preventing any drilling in ANWR to protect caribou — I found it delightfully ironic that Palin’s parents interrupted their caribou hunting trip to hear their daughter’s VP announcement. May their next trip be very successful.

Perhaps most importantly she did not discuss working with people in her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. She did not speak on seeking consensus with liberals. She did not speak about getting along and coming together. She spoke about fighting and defeating not only America’s enemies but the status quo as well. She became governor in Alaska to take “on the old politics as usual. . .” to “stand up to the special interests and the lobbyists and the big oil companies and the good old boys,” she said.

And this isn’t just talk. She’s taken out fellow Republicans, trounced rivals, and slaughtered enemies. Dave Dittman, who worked for her campaign for governor, said that “the landscape is littered with the bodies of those who crossed Sarah.” Imagine such a force in Washington, D.C., where the political landscape of Capitol Hill is littered with the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and all the other members of the anti-American, tax-and-spend, socialist, surrender-now crowd. Along the way, maybe she can lay low some of the problem children in the Republicans’ own camp: Chuck Hagel and Olympia Snowe come to mind.

The maverick and this tough, take-no-prisoners Alaskan belong in the White House and provide a clear contrast to the Democratic offering: the newbie and the loudmouth.

Jeff O’Bryant is an amateur historian and holds two degrees, a bachelor’s in education and a bachelor’s with honors in history. He can be contacted at jeffobryant@catt.com or through his blog at rightnewsandviews.com.