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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> nrlc@nrlc.org [mailto:nrlc@nrlc.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Art
Kelly<BR><B>Subject:</B> Immense Grace Under Pressure<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P align=left><B><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Today's News &
Views<BR>October 22, 2008</FONT></B></P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"
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<P><B><FONT size=4>Pro-Life Gov. Sarah Palin: <BR>Immense Grace
Under Pressure</FONT><FONT size=2> -- Part One of <A
href="http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Oct08/nv102208part2.html">Two</A></FONT></B></P>
<P><I><FONT size=2>Editor's note. <A
href="http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Oct08/nv102208part2.html">Part
Two</A> is a delightful story about a young pro-life champion.
Please send your thoughts on both parts to <A
href="mailto:daveandrusko@hotmail.com">daveandrusko@hotmail.com</A>.</FONT></I></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Like you, over the years I've been on the receiving
end of a fair number of shots across the bow. At the risk of stating
the obvious, most often the slings and arrows are launched by people
whose "tolerance" level is zero, bashing us for our alleged
intolerance. Go figure.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>But then there are people who are really in the eye
of the storm, like pro-life Gov. Sarah Palin. It's one thing to be
personally the butt of vicious caricatures and character
assassination. Such blows sting but you can brush them off. But it
is quite another when the attacks come from everywhere and are aimed
at your children and (in Gov. Palin's case) your husband. To plow
ahead, day after day, you have to be made of stern stuff.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>On Monday Gov. Palin, along with much of her family,
was in Colorado. Pro-life Dr. James Dobson, founder of the
Colorado-based "Focus on the Family" ministry, caught up with Sarah
Palin as she was running from one campaign stop to another and
interviewed her by phone. You can listen to this special broadcast
by going to <A
href="http://www.citizenlink.org/clspecialalert/A000008476.cfm">http://www.citizenlink.org/clspecialalert/A000008476.cfm</A>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>What amazed me the first time I saw Sarah Palin at a
rally in Missouri was her uncanny ability to inspire and motivate, a
direct reflection of her amazing capacity to connect with her
audience. You knew from the moment pro-life Sen. John McCain
introduced her as his running mate that Sen. McCain had made an
inspired selection.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Everybody has their own theory why the "mainstream
media" instantly went on a search-and-destroy mission. Some are very
complicated explanations, some make you scratch your head, and some
suggest darker impulses. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>While there may be some truth in all of them, my own
explanation is much simpler. Gov. Palin's nomination threw a monkey
wrench into the plans of pro-abortion Sen. Barack Obama's legion of
media cheerleaders to coronate him in September. Instead of cruising
to a relatively easy victory, Obama now would have to stand and
fight.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>In her interview with Dr. Dobson, Sarah Palin
displayed the other quality I have found most impressive. To me it
blends a fiery competitive spirit with a kind of upbeat serenity.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>She talked about the times in her life--and Sen.
McCain's--when she was in the underdog position. Palin spoke of how
this motivated her, made her work harder, and strengthened her
faith. Fighting against the odds seems to bring out the very best in
her.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Indeed when Dr. Dobson asked her how she handled
what he described as the media's attempt to "destroy you personally
and politically," Palin's response seemed to suggest she saw this
almost as a test of her character. Rather than dwell on the
unfairness, she simply said, "If I can't handle it, I shouldn't have
offered myself up for public service." </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>But is it what she called her "tough skin" that is
sustaining her during the media siege? What came through clearly in
her answers to Dr. Dobson is that what holds her up is her faith,
which is her "foundation."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Gov. Palin specifically mentioned the prayers of
Americans that she knows are being offered up on her behalf. I know
from a torrent of emails and postings on places like Facebook that
millions of her fellow pro-lifers are praying that she and her
family be protected by what the Apostle Paul calls the full Armor of
God.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Gov. Palin said she has faith in the wisdom of the
American people, especially if she and Sen. McCain can get their
message across "minus the filter of the mainstream media." So do I.
But that requires help.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>You can help circumvent that filter by downloading
the presidential comparison sheet at <A
href="http://nrlc.org/Election2008/comparison0909084c.pdf">http://nrlc.org/Election2008/comparison0909084c.pdf</A>.
You can also order multiple copies online at only a nickel each at
<A
href="http://www.nrlchapters.org/comparisonbuy.htm">http://www.nrlchapters.org/comparisonbuy.htm</A>
and have them sent out the same day.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Gov. Palin is an amazing woman and a credit to the
cause of life.<BR><BR><B><A
href="http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Oct08/nv102208part2.html">Part
Two</A> -- </B></FONT><B>When the Educated Become Educators and
Inspire Others</B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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