(...Continued) The wife of a fisherman and a one-time fisherwoman herself, Sarah Palin's political ascent has been meteoric. Sarah Palin rose from blue collar roots to become Alaska's youngest-ever Governor and the first female Republican Vice Presidential nominee. As Governor, Sarah Palin's approval rating topped 80%, the highest approval rating among all gubernatorial approval ratings. Sarah Palin's high approval rating was largely due to delivering on her promise to reform Alaska's corruption-ridden government. Commendably, Sarah Palin led her reform by example. Upon inauguration, Sarah Palin disposed of the Governor's jet and chef. As Mayor, Sarah Palin cut her own salary. As Ethics Commissioner, she quit her lucrative job to express disapproval of a colleague's ethics violation. Sarah Palin also has bona fide pro-life credentials. Unlike Mitt Romney, who had his anti-abortion epiphany just prior to setting his sights on the White House, Sarah Palin has been staunchly pro-life since her childhood. As the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate, however, she deserved mixed ratings. Her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention was stellar and her Vice Presidential debate performance was commendable. But her television interviews were dismal and revealed not only her ignorance on many key issues, but also a lack of intellectual curiosity to engage and think through such issues - a lack for which she tried to compensate with uninformed decisiveness. Most troubling, however, were her exaggerations and half-truths. Having "put" the Governor's jet on eBay was technically true but what she implied by it, wasn't. The infamous bridge to nowhere wasn't built because she said, "No thanks", but because Congress stopped funding it after the initial $100 million, which she kept for Alaska. What made those exaggerations and half-truths confounding was that they were unnecessary. A Governor is expected to win as much money as possible from the federal government for her constituents, and there is no issue with selling a jet through a jet broker. Her statements became issues for the media because they turned out to be misleading half-truths. And they became an issue for us because they showed her to be relying on political strategists instead of Jesus Christ, who is Truth. For 2012, it is essential for her to realize that a hockey mom surrendered to Christ and His ways can bring Him glory. A hockey mom who relies on political strategists and their ways won't, and given her declared Christianity, even risks dishonoring Him. Our Presidential candidacy rating of Sarah Palin was lowered to a and remains so, pending evidence that the Lord is blessing her with Presidential intellect, and that before she is a politician, she is a Christian - one unafraid to testify about her Lord and Savior when asked.
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