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The transparency and bias of the media has gotten so pervasive, so predictable and so much a part of life that it has become accepted. They lie, twist the truth and tell half a story whenever it suits their agenda while we, the consumers, take it. There have been dozens of examples of “media squirm” over the last several days, yet Sarah Palin simply knows the truth and is content to stand with it. What a remarkable example she is! Underlying the liberal agenda is utter fear. This is not fear of Sarah Palin’s agenda; it goes far deeper than that. Sarah Palin has brought back authenticity, common sense and morality. People who pander are the diametric opposite of this. For almost forty years the Socialists, and professional smear merchants in the media, have perfected setting the agenda. Palin has the horsepower to break that grip and they know it. They can’t permit her to remain standing. On the night of her acceptance of the nomination as Vice Presidential candidate for the Republican Party, Keith Olbermann and his flunkies were unable to attack the content of her speech so they went after her in context, not content. One of his more meaningless gnomes attempted to coin a memorable phrase; “The conservatives have found their Obama” he said. This was the best he had to offer as it filled the narrow vision allowed by his dogmatic world view. Obama is not just his candidate, Obama is his icon and he could see nothing or higher significance than Obama. He was unable to see that there are commodities that make one great and that greatness is a product of those tenets rather than a bestowed title. Now that Sarah Palin has broken the ice that covers the pool of common sense, somehow, it is the task of news consumers to see past the pabulum we’ve come to accept. When a Vice Presidential candidate can reference the remarks of the Senate Majority Leader and use his condemning remarks as an endorsement, she has shown us what it looks like to beat them at their own game. If we want this Administration to be successful, we must emulate her approach. That means aiming at principal over the rhetoric rather than allowing the media to continue setting the agenda. Note that there was not a word of defensiveness or admonition in her remarks. She kept her eye on the situation and lined the situation up with the issues.