The Pitbull Takes Wing
July 5, 2009
Sarah Does It
It’s interesting to see that there are a lot more people supporting Sarah Palin’s decision to resign as Governor than there are those who are upset by it. I found one solitary voice whining, “But they are calling her a QUITTER!” I asked him if he believed it, he said, “No,” so I told him to stop listening to CNNPMSNBCABC and think for himself.
One thing you can be sure of: Sarah Palin did not make this decision on the spur of the moment, and she is NOT finished. Her detractors had better mind their P’s and Q’s from now on, or they might find themselves as defendants in a libel or slander suit that couldn’t be brought while Sarah was in office. It’s interesting how something like this resignation has “set her free.” You know as well as I do that 99.9% of public figures and politicians would never have resigned. They would have clung to the office, to the title, to the perks, and to the fame desperately, as if it was their only identity.
But Sarah has a real identity elsewhere. As a believing Christian, her faith gives her strength and confidence. The title and position of Governor meant less to her than the opportunity for service did. When her service became a liability through the expensive and time-consuming nuisance suits against her, she had no problem with removing herself from the position. A “Servant’s Heart” is so rare in national politics that nobody knows what to think of her decision.
But there is a lot of thought, wisdom, leadership, and perception behind what she has chosen to do. When she realized she might have to leave office before her term expired, she gathered teams of like-minded people who would continue to lead by serving after she was gone. It would not surprise me a bit to find a copy of Sun Tzu’s Art of War on the bedstand beside her Bible. As I told the reporter who interviewed us at the Tea Party rally yesterday, “Sarah is a champion athlete. She is smart, aggressive, competitive, and perceptive. She is a strategic thinker, and she is unafraid of any opponent yet put before her.” The more I learn about her, the more impressed I am with the abilities and the leadership she exhibits in everything she does. One thing she is NOT, and that’s a “quitter.”
Alaska has been BLESSED and has prospered during her time in the Governor’s office, but I know that she is the kind of chess-playing General who can see several moves ahead. She sees the tactical advantage in her resignation and is setting out to make it happen. She has a strong message for the people of America, and even if she doesn’t run for President in 2012, she is going to energize and galvanize the people in this country like no leader before her has done since Ronald Reagan.
We owe Sarah Palin all the support we can provide, and we need to be praying for her and her family diligently, because there are forces out there that would rather see her removed completely than to see her strategy bear fruit.
Watch and pray.
