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Tainted...
On p. 61 of GR, Sarah continues her discussion of the Exxon Valdez oil-tanker disaster of 1989. She writes, "'There will be a taint on our fish, too, Sarah,' he [Todd] told me, referring to the harvest from Bristol Bay, as well as fisheries farther north. 'Buyers will assume all Alaska salmon is soiled. Watch our price drop this summer.'
"He was right….processors insisted they could pay the fishermen only minimal prices for a product perceived as 'tainted.' "
I would like to consider briefly this morning the concept of "tainted" on a couple of levels.
First there is tainting on the physical plane. The devastation wrought by the oil spill on Alaska was truly monstrous: A tragedy in environmental terms, with the ruin of so many of God's creatures; a tragedy in economic terms, with the ruin of so many small businesses; a tragedy in personal terms, with the ruin of so many families and lives.
It was only with the greatest difficulty that the terrible situation was even partially ameliorated.
This "tainting" was filthy, plain and simple. It was dirty from the point of view of the oil that was spilled; it was dirty from the point of view of the creatures, the enterprises, the lives so deeply affected by it.
Second, I would like to consider "tainting" on the level of reputation and good name; specifically, I would like to reflect on the diabolical trashing of Sarah's name and reputation by the Leftist political attack machine.
There is a great difference and distinction between this kind of "tainting" and the physical staining considered above.
The filth that has been thrown at our Sarah IS FILTH, ex parte actoris, that is, from the point of view or from the side of the one(s) doing it. However, unlike the oil, this filth TOUCHES SARAH NOT AT ALL in the moral sense. The slanderers and liars are indeed dirty; Sarah remains pristine and clean from the moral point of view.
However, there is the problem of the way she is perceived by some of the public.
I believe that, unlike the case of the spilled oil, which was only with great difficulty, if at all, wiped off of so many poor animals, this slime can be easily wiped from Sarah.
What is the difference?
Simply this:
On the PHYSICAL plane, oil and muck and dirt and grime will adhere to, and even adhere stubbornly to, PHYSICAL substances.
On the MORAL plane, slanders and lies have no natural power to adhere to, to cling to one that is CLEAN.
To put it another way:
On the physical level, dirt makes something clean to be dirty.
On the moral level, dirt cannot make someone who is clean to be dirty.
These are two different orders of, two different levels of, two different planes of reality and existence.
Sarah is not a "tainted" or damaged candidate, as John Ziegler and many others seem to believe.
The dirt does not ADHERE to her; it just sits lightly around her, ready to be dissipated by a few puffs of the limpid air of TRUTH and REALITY!!
All those poor birds and fish in Alaska really WERE DIRTY, physically speaking…it was not a mirage or a deception.
Sarah is NOT DIRTY, MORALLY SPEAKING. The dirt they have so viciously cast at her has nothing to do with her.
When she debates obama next year:
A GOLDEN look from those brilliant eyes, mirrors of a stalwart soul;
A GOLDEN word from that eloquent tongue, herald of a powerful mind;
A GOLDEN smile from the deep places of the loving and brave heart that brought precious little Trig into this world…
ALL THESE will help the American People to see the Truth of Sarah Palin!!!
