A self proclaimed “artist” Chad Michael Morisette wanted to create a macabre scene at his home for all to see. He said he did it in the spirit of Halloween. “It should be seen as art, and as within the month of October. It’s Halloween, it’s time to be scary it’s time to be spooky,” said Morisette.

Our Long History of Hate Now Forgotten

Morisette must have forgotten our nation’s long history of hate. Today, hate crimes have been codified into law. For anyone to lynch a caricature of any minority person or representative sample of any minority group would be classified in many states as an official hate crime. Hate is a crime…the Feds typically investigate hate crimes.

The lynching of Sarah Palin under the guise of “art” as the perpetrator (artist!) put it or, a Halloween “free speech” statement as others have characterized it would be, if applied to Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi or perhaps Representative Barney Frank, labeled a hate crime by Al Sharpton and immediate cause for FBI investigation and possible prosecution. And, such a labeling and investigation would be warranted.

Is the Lynching about Women or Just Certain Women?

Not so with Sarah Palin. The emblem of lynching has a caveat, a loop hole. The loophole is conservative women who run for political office.

The lynching of Sarah Palin is problematic on several fronts, not the least of which is its potential to incite the many whackos and nut-cases running loose in our streets to consider transforming the metaphor into reality.

The mannequin lynching of Sarah Palin, its tolleration by many and the pathetically low level of public outcry is evidence that we really have come that far with respect to our application of the images of hate that riddle our country’s historical timeline.

Are we to believe that the lynching of Sarah Palin is tolerable because she is a woman, a white woman, a conservative white woman, a conservative white republican woman?

Have we collectively denied Sarah Palin her civil rights and the protection she deserves as a candidate for the second most powerful position in the world, Vice President of the United States of America?

Yes, we have.

Governor Sarah Palin defined the gender disparity in her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention by asking the question what is the “…difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?”

Answer: Lipstick!

Not only do women compete with a separate set of standards but they are also judged by a separate set of standards than their male counterparts. This difference could not have been more evident than with Sarah Palin’s style during her acceptance speech.

Not more than a few days ago the media was praising Joe Biden’s fitting role as Barack Obama’s attack dog. The difference between Biden and Palin is the lipstick.

Women are going to understand the depth of what Sarah was talking about last night. Women are going to understand the demands placed on them and the double standard by which they are forced to compete.

Women are going to be taking a very long, hard look at supporting the McCain ticket in November because if they do they will have their first Pitbull wearing lipstick!

In an exceptionally gender-biased mind-bending way the liberal, left leaning, mainstream media continues to put the forth the questions, “Can a mother of five from small town America lead a nation?”

Sarah Palin lit fires under millions of every soccer and hockey mom in America by saying, “I joined the PTA…every family has its ups and downs…” She smiled as she delivered carefully crafted hammer-blows to the inexperienced Barack Obama.

Behind the Smile

Don’t be fooled. Behind the smile there is a powerful woman of incredible resolve, conviction, family values and nerves of steel.

Palin is the real deal. We found out that John McCain’s first duty as President was his ability to pick a running mate that can (1) be President and (2) connect with America. Palin can do both.

More Media Bias

This morning on CNN’s “American Morning” Paul Begala reminded everyone “…she didn’t write the speech…” in an attempt to further diminish her as an incapable woman. Of course CNN failed to inform everyone that Obama and Biden don’t write their speeches either.

The most important line of last night’s speech was Palin’s comparison of her experience as a small town mayor with Obama’s experience as a community organizer saying that the real difference is that as mayor “…you have actual responsibilities.”

Since this is Palin’s first national exposure, expect the Obama surrogates to be out on the stump in force for the next several days attempting to spin her remarks into “meaningless” or “dangerous” rhetoric.

The Really Big Question

In November, American’s will answer the question, “Can a hockey mom lead a nation?” Millions of moms who each year spend millions of hours organizing and directing millions of families (and millions of husbands!) in millions of ways will be the niche that will most likely decide the election.

This is an election that is going to turn on the women of this country and how they perceive their role not just within the family and societal structure but as people who can influence a nation from positions at the top.

John McCain has answered the question “Can a hockey mom lead a nation?” by simply saying, “My friends, please meet Sarah Palin.”

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

- Thomas Jefferson – Founding Father

Tonight the GOP Convention turns a corner. The boredom ends tonight when Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani and the most famous V.P. Candidate of all time, Governor Sarah Palin, each take the stage with a message designed to position John McCain’s campaign for the final home stretch.

The iVoteAmerica speech content predictions for each of them are summarized as follows:

ROMNEY: Mitt will deliver a senior statesman-like speech designed to elevate the Republican message above Obama’s centralized government platform. He will most likely lace the speech with strong talk. His message will also position him for another run for President. Tonight Romney will become the new Ronald Reagan of the GOP.

HUCKABEE: Mike’s speech will be evangelical in tone…he will stop short of passing the collection plate. He, of all the speakers tonight, will inspire and motivate the GOP faithful to the “higher” calling of Party standards, character, belief in absolute values and iVoteAmerica expects that Mike may actually carry the evening. He’s professional, practiced and polished. This evening is right up his alley.

GUILIANI: Rudy is going to once again position himself as America’s Mayor with a review of the impact of 911 on the psyche of the U.S. population and he will then direct our attention to the experience of John McCain to lead us in a time of uncertainty. Mayor Giuliani will be prosecutorial with respect to asking the American public to convict Barack of all charges against him. He will send the jury out to deliberate and return a guilty verdict in November.

PALIN: This is the “really big show” and iVoteAmerica predicts a delirious crowd will be hyper-energized over Sarah Palin’s presentation and we can expect a stellar speech that will connect the dots regarding her conservative political positions from point one through point 100. When she completes her speech the Party will get an immediate bump in the polls of at least five percent. We will all know Sarah Palin for the first time.

Democrats and the left leaning liberal mainstream media (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and others) and their blog site counter parts such as Huffington Post and DailyKos will suck-in every phrase and launch an even more aggressive witch hunt that will attempt to burn Sarah Palin at the political stake.

Palin’s speech will be the mother (no pun intended) of all V.P. speeches of all time. It will go down in history as one of the greatest V.P. speech ever! She will rally the right side of the spectrum and bring the evangelicals back into the fold. Expect her topics to include each and every hot button from energy to abortion and from family to national security.

Palin will make tonight John McCain’s water shed moment. Sarah Palin will step up to the podium and deliver a do-or-die message on his behalf and in so doing solidify her position in the GOP for years to come.

John McCain came into Minneapolis today to prepare for his acceptance speech on Thursday. His moment is coming; the prisoner of war, maverick republican is finally where he always wanted to be, on center stage asking us all to make him the next commander and chief.

The GOP will recover tonight from a less than enthusiastic convention that has been riddled with negative press, attacks on Palin and her family, and hurricanes. Tonight, expect the GOP train to be put back on the tracks moving forward with huge momentum.