* Sent to Sarah Palin

 

Dear Sarah,

 

Thank you for your service to the conservative cause.  I am sorry Virginia went blue but it's been a trend the last few years in this once-red state.  I grew up in the 1980s of Reagan outside of Quantico, VA and now live and work in Fairfax, VA.  I have noticed the blue trend with dismay over the last twenty years.  With all due respect to John McCain, your inclusion on the presidential ticket energized so many of us, not just in Virginia but across the country.  Proof was seen at the campaign rallies, one of which I attended in Fairfax with my brother and Dad. 

 

I feel the need to thank you for your efforts in the campaign.  I also feel the need to let you know that there are many of us out here who are perceptive enough to realize what was done to you.  I don't want to revisit the details, but I am thoroughly disgusted at the treatment you received from the news networks, comedy shows on TV and other mainstream media psuedo-intellectuals.  The complete disregard of impartiality, the sacred mission of journalism, reached its apogee (so far!) in the 2008 presidential campaign.  The attacks initiated against you have been cruel and prove an incredible lack of character on the instigators' parts.  It has been a shameful display of arrogance and ignorance.  Especially when compared to the free pass given to the woefully inexperienced Democrat candidate with the highly questionable background.

 

It is two days after the election and I am hearing the slanderous reports leaking from some in the campaign.  I do not pretend to know anything about any of that and don't care to.  I defy anyone to emerge without difficulty after experiencing what you must have been through.  I feel that you are not the type but please do not despair, for we out here remain in stalwart support. 

 

Your record tells objective thinkers all they need to know.  This record includes your clear bipartisanship and willingness to take on the status quo as well as your own party when necessary, and to do so with enormous courage and success.  Others who have famously claimed to hold the mantle of "change" and bipartisanship cannot point to this factual historical record as you can.  Just as important, you seem to be the only politician who has a record of doing something for our country's energy independence.  Although this has inexplicably faded from the public view, it remains one of the most critical issues of the day.

 

If you decide to re-enter the national scene I will proudly stand with you in support, as will many Americans.  We are mad as hell at what we witnessed these last few months and very motivated to help however we can.  Those in the mainstream media who performed such a hideous disservice to the public will resume their onslaught, so if you choose not to rejoin national politics, I and surely most others completely understand and respect your decision.

 

I apologize once again for my fellow countrymen and women who do not deserve your commitment to conservative principles or your unimaginable sacrifices.  God Bless you and your wonderful family.