McCain’s Mockingbird
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite novels of all time. It’s the story of Tom and one summer in Mississippi, told through the voice of 8 year old tomboy, Scout (Jean Louise).
Scout’s father is the attorney defending Tom against a false rape charge. During the pre-trial and trial proceedings, little Scout hears her father, Atticus, being attacked and vilified for defending a black man in a white woman rape case. She asks Atticus why people would act in such a way. In his thoughtful way he answers.
“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand.” (Pt. 1, ch. 9)
The truth of Harper Lee’s novel is not racial. It is on the surface but underlying the race implications is the story of a mob, the story of injustice. That is the storyline behind the personal attacks on Sarah Palin and the hypocrisy of the radical Left.
The radical Left advocates women’s rights, the “Uber-Damen”, a super woman who can have a professional career and shatter the glass ceiling while raising a family and being a spouse. But in Atticus’ words above, substitute conservative or traditional values for the word Negro. You’ll have the main stream media and the radical Left’s response to McCain’s pick.
Gov. Palin gave the political speech of the 21st century (thus far), demonstrating her mettle annd her worthiness. She’s a real person, living a real life. Scout said it best,
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” Pt. 2, ch. 23
Folks. Regular, everyday, hard-working, family values, fly-over country, outside the beltway folks. And there is one running on the Republican ticket. Vote McCain-Palin.
