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Whittle: Proud of the GOP
Articles on National Review Online — ... five people in our immediate circle who would make a better president than the menagerie of candidates the major parties routinely offer. Sarah Palin has erupted from this collective American Dream — the idea that, given nothing but classic American values like hard work, integrity, and tough-minded optimism you can actually do what happens in the movies: become Leader of the Free World, the President of the United States of America. (Or, well, you know, vice president.) CONTINUED 1 2 ...

Bill Whittle: Proud of the GOP
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] Bill Whittle writes about John McCain and Sarah Palin at NRO. – DRJ

"Spectacularly Ordinary"
TigerHawk — ... the menagerie of candidates the major parties routinely offer. Sarah Palin has erupted from this collective American Dream — the idea that, given nothing but classic American values like hard work, integrity, and tough-minded optimism you can actually do what happens in the movies: become Leader of the Free World, the President of the United States of America. (Or, well, you know, vice president.) If you support the McCain-Palin ticket, whether affirmatively or by default, read the whole thing . If you support O and Joe, you probably should just move along, because Whittle's ...

Palin Punditry and Prose You Won't See in the Papers or on the TV News
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — First, Bill Whittle at National Review Online. That will be followed by observations of commenter "Tom W" (not yours truly) Pajamas Media. If they indeed reflect what is happening on the ground, you won't hear about it from the Associated Press, or read it in the New York Times, or see it on the Big Three Networks news or cable shows -- which is why it's so necessary to post items like this here. In fact, it's fair to say that if you were going to see commentary and commenting such as that which follows, it would have occurred already. Here's just a taste (HT NixGuy) of what Whittle, whose columns are always read-the-whole ...

Is Oprah biased, can Obama admit he’s wrong and other aspects of the culture of narcissism
Roger L. Simon — ... Funnily enough, although I was there, I don’t remember very much of Palin’s speech, only her presence and poise.  I do remember, a couple of days later , much of what McCain said and, possibly because of his “flat” simple style,” it resonates ever more. Of course, not having written speeches, like Noonan, what do I know?  Fortunately, someone I respect agrees with me. ...

Not Quite The White Knight
TheOtherSideofKim Front Page — Bill has written one of his eloquently-emotional pieces, this time at NRO: For the first time, I feel like we deserve to win more than they deserve to lose. And he’s probably right. I remember someone calling out to McCain somewhere, saying: ”Give me a reason to vote for you, rather than against the other guy.” And Bill, in his usual fashion, describes how McCain might have done just that. This struck a chord with me, though: Newt Gingrich’s fire-breathing army of young reform Republicans who stormed congress in 1994 grew, in about a decade, into the party of Duke ...

Robbing Obama — Bill Whittle on the Republican Convention
Innocent Bystanders — Thanks to  Retired Geezer for pointing me towards this well-written and inspiring perspective on how Palin and McCain have undertaken to steal back the election, the Republican party, and the country. Newt Gingrich’s fire-breathing army of young reform Republicans who stormed congress in 1994 grew, in about a decade, into the party of Duke Cunningham, Trent Lott, and the Bridge to Nowhere. I watched this unfold — especially after 2004 — and time and time again, the core conservative values of discipline and responsibility were betrayed, mocked, and ignored. Restraint is not an easy sell in a society this affluent — not compared with the view of government as a bottomless bag of ...

Whittle @ NRO
Silent Running — ... | September 6th, 2008 Bill Whittle is one of the most gifted writers I think I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. Read the whole thing . Very powerful. The only thing I’d have to add would be what HE said! ...

Election ‘08: Coming down to Authenticity?
The Anchoress — Bill Whittle, writing at NRO , nails it ; he explains why the left is having so much trouble “getting” Palin. And why, when CNN uses the spectacularly unsympathetic son-tasing “poor fired trooper” to hurt Palin, it backfires on them. The elites don’t understand how much every part of her story resonates with us in one way or another. She is so absolutely, remarkably, spectacularly ordinary. I think the magic of Sarah Palin speaks to a belief that so many of us share: the sense that we personally know five people in our immediate circle who would make a better president than the menagerie of candidates the major parties routinely offer. Sarah Palin has erupted ...

There’s something about Sarah
Southern Appeal — Bill Whittle nails it : She is so absolutely, remarkably, spectacularly ordinary . I think the magic of Sarah Palin speaks to a belief that so many of us share: the sense that we personally know five people in our immediate circle who would make a better president than the menagerie of candidates the major parties routinely offer. Sarah Palin has erupted from this collective American Dream — the idea that, given nothing but classic American values like hard work, integrity, and tough-minded optimism you can actually do what happens in the movies: become Leader of the Free World, the President of the United States of America. (Or, well, you know, vice president.) Sarah ...

Watersports
Neptunus Lex — You pays your money and you makes your choice: Me? I’m like Whittle: I choose real people.

It’s… WHITTLE TIME!
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler — First our apologies for having been so caught up in other matters that we completely forgot to note, in a timely fashion, that not only has our old friend and Imperial Minister of Truth Bill Whittle written yet another masterpiece , he’s actually appearing on National Review Online now! All we can say, other than CONGRATULATIONS!, is “what the heck took them so long?” A teaser, suggested by LC Azygos : Sarah Palin has done more than unify and electrify the base. She’s done something I would not have thought possible, were it not happening in front of my nose: Sarah Palin has ...

Bill Whittle on the GOP's Big Week
The Discerning Texan — NRO has discovered Bill Whittle! And Whittle has discovered the McCain-Palin ticket. You will, of course, want to read it all. Sarah Palin has done more than unify and electrify the base. She’s done something I would not have thought possible, were it not happening in front of my nose: Sarah Palin has stolen Barack Obama’s glamour. She’s stolen his excitement, robbed his electricity, burgled his charisma, purloined his star power, and taken his Hope and Change mantra, woven it into a cold-weather fashion accessory, and wrapped it around her neck. A candidate who is young, funny, well-spoken, intelligent, charming, drop-dead gorgeous — and ...