A Different Take on Sarah Palin: “A Sophisticated, Elegant, and Articulate Politician”

After all of the left-wing, sexist garbage thrown at Sarah Palin lately, I was stunned to come across this item at the Huffington Post by Noel Irwin Hentschel. Hentschel recently had the opportunity to meet Palin in person, and she describes the GOP VP nominee as follows:

‘“She may be folksy while in her charming hometown of Wasilla, but when she is on the road, in San Francisco, Sarah Palin is also a very sophisticated, elegant and articulate politician. I brought my 27 year-old daughter Shannon, who is a third year law student, with me to meet America's most recent ‘talked about’ role model.

“We were preparing to be introduced to the Governor of Alaska when she took the lead and walked across the room, in a dark business suit and knee high boots, with her arms stretched out to greet us. She then put both her hands in mine and then in my daughter's to shake them warmly, telling us how happy she was to make our acquaintance. We then spoke about China and the importance of our relationship with this powerful country and how tourism from China to America was vital to our nation's economy.

“Earlier in the year, I had heard from friends in the Chinese government that they had visited Alaska and met the Governor and they were very impressed with her shared desire to bring more Chinese visitors to her state and to the U.S. to help offset the balance of trade. We discussed that Chinese travelers spend more money than any other international traveler and that tourism was a key "people to people" form of diplomacy. I let the Governor know that Madame Ma, the Vice Minister of Commerce for China, was looking forward to meeting her in Beijing and I would be happy to make the introduction of these two dynamic women leaders, both committed to strengthening the friendship between America and China for economic stability and peace in our world.”

To read Hentschel’s post in in its entirety, go here.