{"id":2231,"date":"2008-09-04T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T12:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/09\/our-cultures-newest-star-shes.html"},"modified":"2008-09-04T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T12:04:01","slug":"our-cultures-newest-star-shes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/09\/our-cultures-newest-star-shes.html","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin: Our Culture&#8217;s Newest Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sarahpalinpicforic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/sarahpalinpicforic.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"241\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Hell hath no fury like the media scorned. And their all-out attack on the woman who could be the new feminist icon for a new generation of young women needs to stop. Or, there just need to be some other media outlets who find a way to tell the real story. There was a new star on display last evening, and should warrant all the buzz of an Oscar performance, Emmy nod or American Idol show-stopper.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s not a rock star. She&#8217;s not a TV star. She&#8217;s not a movie star. In fact, she&#8217;s not even a political star.<br \/>\nShe is the un-star. She is a hockey mom.<br \/>\nShe is a family woman. She is a working woman.<br \/>\nShe has teenage kids. She has a baby with a handicap, and she&#8217;s nursing.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s a significant leadership reformer. She speaks the truth to power.<br \/>\nShe has a daughter who has chosen to keep her baby and marry the father. She&#8217;s beloved by Christian conservatives.<br \/>\nShe has spent zero dollars campaigning or negotiating to be the Vice-President of our country, and she&#8217;s on the ticket, compared to a more famous woman who literally spent millions and leveraged political clout and is not on the ticket.<br \/>\nShe has the highest approval rating of any governor in the United States. She is willing to leave that popularity behind to take on a hostile environment in a foreign land.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s fashionable. But not glam.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nShe&#8217;s extraordinary. She&#8217;s herself.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s humble. And, as we saw last night, she knows how to command a grand stage.<br \/>\nI pray that countless young women will be exposed to the life and legacy (so far) of Sarah Palin over the next several weeks. In real time, she is a mid-40&#8217;s woman who can make a mark far greater than becoming the first Vice President of the United States. She can be a role model for female strength, grace, leadership, accomplishment, and excellence which I hope will translate through a biased media to a nation full of young women who can be inspired to be stars of their own, though not in the typical sense that&#8217;s glorified in our culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hell hath no fury like the media scorned. And their all-out attack on the woman who could be the new feminist icon for a new generation of young women needs to stop. Or, there just need to be some other media outlets who find a way to tell the real story. 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