Posted by
grad_1986 on Monday, November 23, 2009 4:43:57 PM
If you recall from your high school chemistry class, the definition of a catalyst is a chemical that helps in the chemical reaction but remains unchanged in the process itself. For example, chlorophyll aids in the process of photosynthesis by which carbon-dioxide is combined with water to form sugar and oxygen and water. The chlorophyll itself does not change in the process, but the process itself would not be possible (or incredibly slow) without it.
In regards to Sarah Palin, many are wanting to know if she will run for President in 2012 or not. Those in Washington feel that the only way to elicit change is to become a player of the game and to get into the "inner-circle" of Washington. But to me, that would be a job too SMALL for Sarah. I think her role can be much, much bigger than that. Yes! You got that right, bigger than the president! Without getting to religious here, Jesus said, "Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground it remains a single kernel. But if it is buried and dies, it yields a harvest 10,50 or 100 times"
Now, how does that apply to Sarah Palin you ask? To me it's simple. Sarah could run for office and quite conceivably become the next President of the United States. But she will still have to deal with an out of control Congress (Left and Right) that does not answer to majority of Americans (even in their own districts). Her ability to effect change would be limited and her time in office limited to 8 years but her adversaries are not limited at all and would essentially just out live her in the end. But if Sarah Palin is willing to put aside her political asperations for the betterment of the people, she could be a major catalyst for change our country has never seen. She would in fact be the GOP's answer to Oprah and allow her star-power to give energy to newcomers to the political front that would never get past the GOP's front-door because they don't belong to the correct clubs or have graduated from the right schools. She would be able to open doors for people like Doug Hoffman who before would have had ZERO chance of being elected to Congress. She could effect a change in attitude that Washington has been needing for a VERY long time while herself never setting foot into the oval office.
In fact, I believe Palins "power" stems from the fact that she is NOT from Washington DC or New York City, or any other major metropolitan area. Her roots are in Wasilla, and like some plants, which flourish in some climates and die in others. She too needs to keep her roots there. Any attempt to "transform" her into a more palitable candidate would in the end make her less appealing to those in middle-american that today are shunned and scorned by the ellites on the east and west coasts. Wasilla-Palin has unlimited cultural and motivational power, whereas Washington-Pallin only has minor and limited political power.
Sarah Palin could also be the "voice of reason" that the GOP has lost since Reagan stepped off the stage. She does not have to "channel" Ronald Reagan. She merely must reintroduce us to the principles that guided him in office. She can help short-circuit the dismantling of our Constitution by the progressives that are in our own party by discussing Constitutional answers to the problems we face. She can help take back our culture and show that our families are our most precious resource we have. She can be the voice that middle American has been needing to rise up and counteract the Progressive (communist) revolution that has been slowly imposed on us over the last century.
That is where Sarah Palin will have the biggest effect to me!