Collins Report

By Bruce Karlson

Perhaps we should take a few moments to examine what the “it” is as regards Sarah Palin.

There is an oft quoted, or at least it should be oft quoted maxim regarding managers: “Intuitive managers always fail.” Specifically, managers who hire or promote based on perception, feeling, assumption, or appearance will be wrong most of the time. Managers that hire/promote based on performance will usually be right. Simply put, just because someone looks or talks like Stan Musial does not mean he or she can hit like Stan Musial. That certainly applies to the most recent voters’ presidential selection, as it has for many others.

Sarah Palin has been setting and achieving goals all of her life. Her most important quality is her work ethic. She has set and achieved goals, and done so through concentration and unceasing work. Her life is a litany of achievement in things great and small. She has rarely, if ever, spent any time “getting even” or gratuitously knocking a competitor. (Dick Armey opined factually: one cannot get ahead when one is trying to get even.) Spite, envy, petty revenge… These are the tools of the small minded and are, in any case, forbidden to committed Christians. Sarah has always eschewed them.

She does her best to live as a Christian. It has been her daily test since she got into politics. So far, all the signs indicate that she is winning the battle, which further infuriates her opponents. And, like Christians everywhere, she exhibits true humility. Whereas Joe Biden and his ilk are convinced of their own omniscience, Sarah knows her core beliefs and remains true to them. She knows more about energy and rooting out corruption from EXPERIENCE. In other things, she seeks knowledge, not political advantage. President Obama and his coterie of second raters have experienced nothing in the real world and, therefore, have achieved nothing.

One must not leave her inherent and transparent good nature and genuineness out of the “it” as they are crucial to her persona. These are the elements that lend themselves, and are essential to, politics. If she is not believed, her resume is of no consequence.

The element that has not been sufficiently discussed is her work and commitment. She waited and practiced impatiently one imagines, to actually play high school basketball; she ran a Marathon in under 4 hours; knocked on doors unceasingly when running for mayor; and most importantly never gave up.

Her life is a testament to adhering to values, setting goals and achieving them through work. Let’s hoped that America’s voters, having failed their most recent test, will take a long look at the “it” ingredients in Sarah Palin.

We all need to adopt Sarah’s formula for success and work to return our nation to its “exceptionalism.”

Perhaps electing persons that have a life history of working and achieving rather than those that spout bromides and sophistry will take us to where we need to return. Take a long and dispassionate look at Sarah Palin because she is the woman we need to get the job done. She has an “It” that is genuine, not fabricated by media packaging.

After all, we do not want be failed managers of our nation…again.

About Bruce Karlson: Born New Jersey, enlisted in the Navy 1960, discharged in 1964, Kean College – BA, Fordham University – MBA. Sold computers in NYC’s financial district, retired 1992. Divorced, two high school aged children. Interests include bridge, history, politics and cooking.
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