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Over at American Thinker, there is a significant piece on this year’s face off in the United States.  This one is an eye opener, that you need to read.

Unexpectedly — perhaps even astonishingly — this year’s presidential campaign is shaping up as the decisive battle in the Culture War that’s been tearing apart our country for decades.

On one side are the Traditionalists.  We believe that church and State should be separate, but that religion should remain at the center of life.  We are a Judeo-Christian culture, which means we consider those ten things on a tablet to be commandments, not suggestions.  We believe that individuals are more important than groups, that families are more important than governments, that children should be raised by their parents rather than by a village, and that marriage is a sacred relationship between a man and a woman.  We believe that rights must be balanced by responsibilities, that personal freedom is a privilege we must be careful not to abuse, and that the rule of law cannot be set aside when it becomes inconvenient.

We believe in economic liberty, property rights, and in giving purposeful and industrious entrepreneurs the elbowroom they need to start and run their businesses — and thus create jobs for all the rest of us — with a minimum of government interference.  We recognize that people in other countries see things differently, and we are tolerant of their views.  But we believe that despite its imperfections the United States is history’s most blessed country, and when attacked we will defend this country with our lives.

So the past couple of weeks have seen the nomination of Sarah Palin as a candidate for VP.  She has turned out to be wildly popular across the board, and it is becoming very apparent why that is so.  She is a real person.  She is not a lawyer.  She is not a career politician.  She is not a celebrity.

The press have hung various labels on her (moose hunter, hockey mom, etc.).  But the one that the seem to have a hard time articulating is that Gov. Palin is a real person.  She has a set of values, and experiences that are common to a significant section of America.  She combines those values and experiences with a refreshingly common sense attitude that people are comfortable with.

Over at American Thinker there is an article that does a great job of articulating this phenomena.

Sarah Palin is not that special. In fact, she’s typical of the conservative American women who don’t whine about how difficult it is to wear so many hats. We just do it.

Go read the whole thing.

Nicely Done!