I like Sarah Palin. Hell, what is not to like? She is every conservative guy’s dream girl. For the record, I don’t think she is our savior and I don’t think she is a saint. I don’t think she can do no wrong and I am no cultist. I just like her.

Judging by the way people are lining up to see her on her book signing tour and the way her book is actually selling, it is pretty clear a lot of people like her. She seems full of energy and she exudes honesty.

In fairness, she can afford to wear her heart on her sleeve. She doesn’t have to parse words or conceal a hidden agenda. Her public at large is comfortable with what she has to say. When she talks about family values, her love of America, her pride in the armed forces, her support for private property and capitalism, her belief in God or her support for the Second Amendment, you know she means what she says. She has no reason to conceal her true beliefs; her true beliefs are part of why people like her. They are her strength.

Contrast this with the crypto-Marxist currently occupying the White House. Obama has to be cagey with his real views and make certain that he never reveals his true radicalism. He excuses himself of 20 years in the church of Jeremiah Wright by stating that he never knew his real views. He dismisses a long partnership with Bill Ayers by claiming he is “just a guy he knew.” He pretends to support business when his goal is to undermine it. He claims to despise abortion while defending it to the point of infanticide whenever he is able. His socialist agenda is hidden behind a facade that is occasionally revealed when an open mike picks him up calling for the redistribution of wealth.

Obama is a radical at heart but he is never fully free to speak from his heart. If Obama were to actually speak the beliefs he holds in his heart, Americans would be appalled. Supporters who share his views seem to understand that he must conceal his true agenda or risk losing the support of mainstream America. His radical base shares with him an unspoken understanding that his seeming moderation is stagecraft meant to deceive the rubes of middle America. With a wink and a nod they allow him to pretend to support national defense and property rights. They have an unspoken rapport.

To the rest of the country, however, his inability to every be fully open and truly reveal is feelings and purpose makes him appear cold and aloof. He can never truly speak his true agenda and is constantly required to live his lie. It is emotionally and intellectually exhausting to live a lie and, no matter how good at it you are, people will eventually begin to perceive an innate dishonesty. This is the phase Obama is currently entering. His falling approval numbers coincide with the loss in confidence independents have in the man.

This is a situation that Sarah Palin and others like her will never have to face. Since they speak their true agenda they are free to speak from their hearts. They don’t have to engage in the endless emotional and intellectual juggling act living a lie requires. Palin is able to commune with others on a foundation of intellectual honesty that Obama can never fully realize. The radical difference between the cold and aloof Obama and the warm and open Palin is based on a simple dichotmy: Obama is living a lie and Palin is not.

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