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Says she's a Tough-as-nails Paratrooper not to be messed with

Libertarian-conservative Founder of Draft Sarah Palin for VP in 2007/08, and friend of Libertarian Republican blog Adam Brickley attended C-PAC. Over at Race42012.com Brickley reported on his meeting with South Carolina Congressional candidate Katherine Jenerette:

Jenerette, a veteran and paratrooper in the Army Reserve, has a tough race in the GOP Primary to succeed retiring Rep. Henry Brown. Among her opponents are Paul Thurmond, the youngest son of Strom Thurmond, and and Caroll Campbell III, the son of former Governor Carroll Campbell. However, I will say that Jenerette has the drive and the strategy to succeed. She ran a tough campaign in the primary against Rep. Brown in 2008, and managed to win 19% of the vote with a shoestring budget. This time, she’s back for more – and now she’s in decent position as a Tea Partier facing off against a more fractured field of establishment opponents.

After spending a few minutes with her – I think this woman definitely has a shot. For one, she is a PISTOL - and I’m not even sure that term does her justice, even when bolded, italicized, underlined, and capitalized. She sat and chewed that fat with several bloggers for a few minutes - and this woman doesn’t just come off as a real person, she IS a real person. In all my political experience I have NEVER met a candidate with such a total lack of pretension.

Sarah Palin in Fatigues

Continuing:

Of course, she’s solid on the issues, and very well spoken (although in a very down to earth fashion) – but it was the “what you see is what you get” attitude that really hit home for me.

To give you an example, when the topic turned to Sarah Palin (who Jenerette REALLY remind me of) - she not only said she likes Gov. Palin, but that she’d love it if Sarah would be willing come to South Carolina and skydive with her and her friends in the U.S. Army Golden Knights (the army’s elite parachuting unit).

When I explained to her just how difficult it is to get a Palin endorsement, Jenerette looked me in the eye and told me, “Oh, I don’t want an endorsement, I just want to jump out of an airplane with her!”

Maybe this is rather superficial of me – but that was the moment I decided we NEED this woman in Congress. That sort of attitude could go a long way in the stodgy halls of the U.S. Capitol.