When politics, Tea Party style, carried Republicans to a 62-seat gain in the House of Representatives on November 2nd, it really seemed like things couldn’t get any better for conservatives. They had recovered a place in the sun, the likes of which they hadn’t enjoyed since the Republican Revolution of 1994.
But last week, the political glory was complimented (and advanced) by the all-out trouncing conservatives gave to liberals in America’s pop culture.
Just think of it: Over the course of just one week HBO aired Dennis Miller’s new stand-up special, Bristol Palin secured a place in the finals for Dancing With The Stars (DTWS), “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” premiered t huge ratings, and President George W. Bush brought the house down on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show.”
While decidedly more libertarian than conservative, Miller’s “The Big Speech” will grate on many liberals because of his ongoing unapologetic support for military actions against terrorism and his abiding love of country. At the same time, his common sense approach to many of life’s quandaries will continue to be a breath of fresh air to the myriad of conservative fans he won to his side in the days and months after 9/11. (This type of approach allows him to remain more comedian than political pundit, yet say of the recent midterm elections: “I think the kids’ table has been in charge for a while now and it’s time for something else. …I’m not anti-Obama, I just disagree.”)
As for Bristol Palin’s ascension to the finals for DTWS, the middle ground is harder to find than it might be with Miller’s show: Her climb toward the top on DTWS has literally driven the Left apoplectic. So much so that liberal bloggers have cried foul, accusing her of cheating and claiming that Bristol has only done this well because “Sarah Palin paid someone off.”
Tweeted another blogger: “These republicans are taking over! They vote Brandy off of DWTS and kept Bristol Palin! Crazy!” And still other bloggers, who lack the couth to blog without resorting to profanities, have indicated in clear language that they believe this will be the last season for DWTS if Bristol does indeed win.
Think about it folks: We have a national deficit that’s gotten so big it almost escapes comprehension, yet liberals are fleeing to medicine cabinets for nitro tablets because Sarah Palin’s daughter has made the finals.
Was last week a great week or what?
Speaking of Palin, her reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” debuted as “the “top rated series premiere in network TLC’s history.” As five million viewers watched that first episode, they saw the kind of woman the National Organization for Women (NOW) hates, because she doesn’t need social programs and pity parties contrived by the Left in order to get ahead in life. They also saw the kind of woman Keith Olbermann deplores, because she can bake cupcakes with her kids and kick the liberal lunacy of open borders in the head at the same time.
Thus, while viewers saw Palin fish, climb rocks, and go glacier hiking, they also saw the 14-foot tall privacy fence her husband built to keep their creepy neighbor from taking pictures of her and heard her say of the fence: “I thought [this] was a good example [that]…others could look at and say, ‘Oh, this is what we need to do to secure our nation’s border.'”
But as good as Miller, Bristol Palin, and Sarah Palin were, the crème de la crème of last week was Bush on Leno. From the moment he walked out on the stage (to a standing ovation), to the moment he and Leno shook hands at the close of the interview, Leno seemed honored, if not apprehensive.
Before an audience that continued to interrupt with applause for various answers given by Bush, viewers heard him defend his decision to make the 9/11 attackers face “justice” and somberly talk about other decisions a leader has to make: like deciding to remain calm in the Florida classroom on the morning of 9/11, because he knew the children were watching him and he didn’t want to react to the news of the attacks in such a way as to scare them.
Bush emerged from the interview a leader again. And this is just one more reason I believe conservatives throughout the nation must be asking themselves if there’s any way this week can be as good as the last.
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