Obamacare Ruled Entirely Unconstitutional

By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com

Roger Vinson, A U.S. District Judge in Florida, has ruled Obamacare unconstitutional, not part of it either--the whole thing. Many have challenged its constitutionality from the beginning. Governor Palin, for one, has often referred to it as "the mother of all mandates." Once again, this is America, and in America people cannot be forced to purchase anything. I reported here that U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond, Virginia ruled that President Obama's "health-care legislation goes beyond Congress’s powers to regulate interstate commerce." It did not address other provisions of the bill. Today's ruling, however, renders the entire bill unconstitutional.

The Conclusion (emphasis added):

The existing problems in our national health care system are recognized by everyone in this case. There is widespread sentiment for positive improvements that will reduce costs, improve the quality of care, and expand availability in a way that the nation can afford. This is obviously a very difficult task. Regardless of how laudable its attempts may have been to accomplish these goals in passing the Act, Congress must operate within the bounds established by the Constitution. Again, this case is not about whether the Act is wise or unwise legislation. It is about the Constitutional role of the federal government.

For the reasons stated, I must reluctantly conclude that Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the Act with the individual mandate. That is not to say, of course, that Congress is without power to address the problems and inequities in our health care system. The health care market is more than one sixth of the national economy, and without doubt Congress has the power to reform and regulate this market. That has not been disputed in this case. The principal dispute has been about how Congress chose to exercise that power here.30 Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.

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In closing, I will simply observe, once again, that my conclusion in this case is based on an application of the Commerce Clause law as it exists pursuant to the Supreme Court’s current interpretation and definition. Only the Supreme Court (or a Constitutional amendment) can expand that.

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This is not over. It will be challenged and will probably go all the way to the Supreme Court. It's good to know, however, that the Constitution still matters in this country. Had the Obama administration listened to the American people, and to Governor Palin who called it early--rather than choosing to ram health care down our throats in this manner--things could have been vastly different.

(h/t Whitney)

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Politico’s Andy Barr Caught Red-Handed “Making Things Up” About Sarah Palin

Above: Andy Barr. Lying, corrupt, left-wing hack.

UPDATED AT END OF THE ARTICLE:

SEE SECOND UPDATE AS WELL

By Gary P Jackson

The corrupt, left wing media is at it again. Andy Barr, a "journalist" reports an absolute lie at the so-called "political news site" Politico. At least this time he names a source, highly unusually for a website that's famous for smearing Sarah Palin, and others, by quoting "unnamed sources."

Barr used the lie to further the blood libel that somehow Sarah was responsible for the mass murders in Tuscon, even though that has been totally discredited. This is what Barr writes:

Palin retreats, won't reload

Palin’s putting the safety catch on her references to weapons in the wake of Rep. Giffords's shooting.

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Her speech last night to the Safari Club in Reno was closed press, but thanks to the Reno Gazette-Journal's David Jacobs putting his ear to a closed door, we’re hearing the former Alaska governor’s new line.

Palin dropped the "reload" phrase from her routine, telling the audience of hunters "don't retreat, stand tall" — a shift from her now infamous and well-known "don't retreat, reload" line that played on a loop on cable in the after the Tucson shooting.

In the wake of the tragedy, Palin came under attack for having put Giffords's district in crosshairs on her website.

In Reno, Palin also spoke in favor of gun rights and of her love of hunting, telling the crowd that hunting and fishing is part of American "exceptionalism."

This is, of course, not true. Almost as soon as this BS story broke, a member of Free Republic, SFMom, posted that she attended the event and Sarah not only used her and her dad's trademark line: "Don't retreat, reload" but used it several times.

Rebecca Mansour, who works for Sarah, confirmed via Twitter that the Politico story is "inaccurate" and Sarah indeed used her trademark line.

Is it just me, or is anyone else just a little pissed off this twerp put the word: "exceptionalism" as in AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, in quotes?

How cosmopolitan of Barr.

Now some people may be asking "what's the big deal?"

Well, there are several. One, this lie creates the false narrative that maybe somehow Sarah feels guilty for an event she had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH, or that maybe she is somehow "effected" or even "cowed" by the attacks on her from the vile left wing media, and the democrat party.

It also gives Barr a chance to continue the lies and blood libel from the Tuscon shootings. To plant that little seed again, that Sarah IS responsible, AND now maybe realizes it herself. That's how these corrupt bastards work.

We make it habit of never believing a single thing written on the pages of Politico .... ever. We always consider anything they write an outright lie, unless it can be verified through many other sources, independently.

It should be noted that while Barr himself may not have been a member of the left wing media conspiracy known as JournoList, Politico is lousy with corrupt JournoListers. Many who have conspired to write false stories about Sarah Palin, and cover up damaging stories about Barack Obama.

The bottom line is: Sarah Palin has NOT retreated and has ALREADY reloaded. She's loaded for bear and ready to take on the entire bunch.

This little story does, however, serve to remind Americans nationwide that our media is corrupt, and can no longer be trusted.

UPDATE:

After we wrote this article, a bunch of people took to Twitter to tweet the news story around. Corrupt "journalist" Andy Barr scrubbed the website Politico of the story altogether.

Barr has NOT publicly apologized to Sarah Palin though.

You can encourage Barr to do so on Twitter. His handle is @AndyBarr34

Free Republic and other websites reported Barr's false story as fact, so you can still view what Barr wrote, even though he threw his bogus nonsense down the memory hole

** SECOND UPDATE

As the night rolls on, this just gets sadder for "journalism."

Barr has restored the link to his original lie, but NOW his story reads:

Palin retreat? She's reloading

Palin’s firing back after a Nevada newspaper reported she put a muzzle on her trademark "Don't retreat, reload!!" phrase in the wake of Rep. Giffords's shooting.


Her speech last night to the Safari Club in Reno was closed press, but the Reno Gazette-Journal's David Jacobs put his ear to a closed door.

He reported Palin dropped the "reload" phrase from her routine, telling the audience of hunters "don't retreat, stand tall" — a shift from her now infamous and well-known "don't retreat, reload" line that played on a loop on cable in the after the Tucson shooting.

But Palin aide Rebecca Mansour denied that the former governor dropped the line, suggested to her by her father.

"The governor actually did use the phrase 'Don't retreat, reload,'" Mansour told POLITICO in an email. "She also said, 'Don't retreat, stand tall.'"

"Her father, Chuck Heath, was present at the speech yesterday, and the crowd cheered when she pointed to her Dad and repeated this favorite saying of his," the aide added.

Compare the two stories.

Notice how Barr STILL refuses to apologize for his lie?

More diabolically, since he scrubbed the first story, someone who did not see the original story might get the idea that Barr is just a good old boy "objective" reporter who is merely reporting both sides of the story.

Notice he has no problem throwing the local reporter, who had no clue himself what Sarah did or didn't say, right under the bus.

This is how the corrupt media works. They lie all day long, and when caught red handed, just erase the lie like it never happened.

BTW, Barr DID leave up the nearly 400 hate-filled comments from the left wing loons that read Politico. Make sure you read those. They represent the "cream of the crop" of the democrat party.

These sort of people do not deserve to have a job in the news business. At best Barr should be asking diners if they want fries with that burger. He represents everything that is wrong with journalism, as does the corrupt left wing publication that employs him.

Again, feel free to let Barr know how you feel.

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Gov. Palin at Safari Club: Hunting, Fishing Part of Nation's Heritage

Hunting and fishing are part of America’s “heritage” and the country’s “exceptionalism,” Governor Palin said last night at the Safari Club International Convention, David Jacobs of the Reno Gazette Journal reported.

“Don’t retreat, Reload!" she said, emphasizing the "importance of responsible conservation." Gov. Palin also spoke about the danger to our Second Amendment rights posed by the Obama administration. She urged the crowd to count on Congress, where the Republicans re-took control of the House of Representatives last November. In discussing our Second Amendment rights, Gov. Palin also spoke about the Tenth saying that policy should be set at the local level. Jacobs wrote:

“The best (management) is local” not “bureaucrats thousand of miles away” in Washington making the decisions, she said, drawing on her experience as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, before becoming that state's governor.

Pro-American, Conservation

Jacobs recounted attendee impressions, which were very positive:

Speech attendee Carol Kjorstad of Pinedale, Wyo., said she was impressed with Palin’s focus on conservation.

“Everyone knows that hunting won’t survive without animals being protected,” Kjorstad said. “I wasn’t pro-Sarah Palin, but I really enjoyed what she had to say. There was so much common sense to it.”

Dave Tofte of Williston, N.D. and speech attendee, said he thought the speech was "great."

“She stands for what I like,” he said. “She’s very pro-American.”

Electrifying Excitement

Jacobs reported on the excitement that had built since "days before" Gov. Palin's visit:

Heidi Smith, Republican national committeewoman for Nevada, considers the lucky ones to be those who got their hands on the tickets.

“I know a lot of people wanted her to do something for the (local) Republican Party, but right now she is a hunter and a shooter, and that is what Safari got her for,” Smith said. “They’re paying the big bucks for her.”

Smith’s phone had been busy the past few days with local residents asking how they could see Palin.

“We have always had a lot of people excited to see her,” she said. “Whether people feel that she is presidential material or not, they still want to hear what she has to say. Reno is pretty happy to get her back again.”

Excerpts retrieved from: Reno Gazette Journal.

H/T Ian Lazaran, Conservatives4Palin for story lead

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PDS & the Disinviting of Bristol Palin

By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com

Bristol Palin has been disinvited to speak about abstinence at Washington University in St. Louis because some campus whiners and actress Kate Walsh have decided it's not a good idea. Bristol has been a voice for abstinence by sharing her own story, advising that waiting until marriage is better. It's a message so needed, especially on college campuses, and instead of having her come to share her message, Washington University has caved. So it's not acceptable for a Palin (You know that's what this is all about) to speak, but it's all right for Van Jones, controversial former White House green jobs czar and self-professed communist, to have spoken there?

Cubachi points out the Left's incredible hypocrisy and derangement:

In the new era of civility and “new tone,” liberals continue to prove how much of a farce their calls are. They claim to be for free speech and respectful difference of opinion yet, if you’re last name is Palin or you’re a conservative, then that’s the exception.

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Yet, students happen to protest because they claim Bristol is being overpaid. Really? A woman who was pregnant as a teen doesn’t have the experience? Uh huh. The irony that liberal students who are supporters of big government programs are protesting because of costs.

Did they have that issue when Van Jones spoke at the university? (h/t: Nick Marschel on twitter)

Universities are bombarded with liberal orthodoxy. Anyone who happens to contrast their views with one that is conservative or Christian is often mocked, ridiculed, or prevented from voicing opposition.

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John Hayward of Human Events writes:

Washington University in St. Louis is planning a “Student Sexual Responsibility Week” next month. They decided to invite Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol to speak about abstinence at the event. Bristol is the Teen Abstinence Ambassador for The Candie’s Foundation, a group dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy. She’s also become a popular media figure in her own right, having appeared on one of television’s most popular shows, Dancing With The Stars.

Campus leftists immediately tugged on their jackboots and flew into a towering pillar of rage. Today they were able to intimidate the university and Palin into calling off her appearance – the latest evidence that campus liberals could teach Hosni Mubarak a thing or two about suppressing dissent.

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A November 2010 report from the Student Life newspaper at Washington University said that the Green Action environmentalist group paid disgraced Obama cabinet member Van Jones a $5000 honorarium, which is the maximum allowed for appeals made over the summer. Green Action tried to get another $2500 for him, but the Student Union Treasury voted them down. If Van Jones is worth five to seven thousand dollars, Bristol Palin for $20,000 is the deal of the century, especially since she would be speaking on the important topic of teen pregnancy, not the dead-end hysteria of economy-killing environmental radicalism. Also, Van Jones may have a lot of political influence, but his name isn’t exactly “marquee.” Nobody knows who he is except conservative pundits, communists, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, and Barack Obama.

Another claim made by the campus left is that Palin was “too controversial” to speak, a consideration that obviously doesn’t apply to people like Van Jones. You can see how a young mother discussing the perils of teen pregnancy would be more controversial than the views of a self-described Communist who was run out of the most radical Administration in modern history, because he entertained the notion that George Bush was the real villain behind the 9/11 attacks.

Elevating this line of reasoning to totalitarian art, Sean Janda wrote in Student Life that Palin’s appearance would “fundamentally shift the discourse that this event will create. Instead of discussing issues regarding abstinence in college, students will discuss the suitability of Ms. Palin as a keynote speaker. In this way, Ms. Palin’s appearance will suppress dialogue about the issues that Sex Week is meant to address and, instead, spark dialogue about Treasury’s use of its money.”

In other words, because the campus left is mad with hatred at the Palin family, her presence would be too much of a distraction. Their resistance automatically makes her too controversial to be allowed to speak, which means anyone they really dislike would instantly hit the same level of controversy, and be silenced. I don’t know what else is being taught at Washington U, but Sean Janda seems to understand fascism pretty well.

So let's take a look at who is replacing Bristol. Dr. Katie Plax, a professor at the university who has ties to George Soros and campaigned for President Obama. How very...interesting. It's even more interesting that an actress, a Planned Parenthood-er called for the students to boycott Bristol's appearance. Hayward states:

The real reason for suppressing Palin was provided by actress Kate Walsh, a Planned Parenthood drone who Twittered “Welcome to the idiocracy!” and asked “What does she know about college or abstaining?” when encouraging students to boycott the Palin appearance. Walsh herself is a highly educated graduate of… well, actually, she dropped out of the University of Arizona to do theater. It should also be noted that Walsh starred in the movie Legion, in which mankind was only saved from annihilation at the hands of avenging angels because a young single mother decided not to have an abortion.

Oh, the irony.

Read the full Human Events piece here.

Bristol Palin has used her influence and her experience to make a difference in the lives of people. Many young people look up to her and find inspiration in what she has gone through and her dedication to helping others as they make decisions in their own lives. She had the opportunity to bring that message to Washington University. Instead, she's out--because she's a Palin. They want us to believe, however, that she's out because she's too expensive and controversial. What's really expensive is ignorance and allowing Leftist PDS sufferers to get in the way of free speech and a common sense, much-needed message.

(h/t WendyGav and Cubachi)

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Weatherby's Dr. Kelley: Gov. Palin Capitvated Dinner Audience

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin captivated the audience at the Weatherby Foundation's Hunting and Conservation Award Dinner held last Tuesday, Dr. Richard Kelley said today in his Weekly Briefing. Dr. Kelley sits on the Weatherby Foundation's board of directors. The Weatherby Foundation Dinner kicked off a series of hunting and conservation events in Reno, NV. Gov. Palin is scheduled to speak at the Safari Club International Convention at 2030 (8:30 PM) PST. Dr. Kelley wrote:

Since her presentation occurred at almost exactly the same hour that President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress, I had expected Gov. Palin to give a table-thumping speech slamming massive federal deficits, the size of government, “ObamaCare” and loss of individual freedom.

Not one of those political topics received anything more than the briefest of mentions. Her focus was on sharing tales of her own life experiences – growing up in small towns in Alaska and learning about nature, personal responsibility and family ties through outdoors experiences with her parents and siblings – something she has carried on with her own children.

She also got some chuckles and understanding nods from her audience when she talked about some of the funny and unexpected things that happened while filming the television series Sarah Palin’s Alaska for The Learning Channel.

Listening, I could personally relate to Gov. Palin’s proposition that outdoors activities are a great means of developing family relationships and instilling values in the next generation because I did something very similar with my own children. As they were growing up, we spent many, many days in the fields of all of Hawai‘i’s major islands and later, after I began to spend more time in Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains.

Dr. Kelley concluded:

The only disappointing thing about my trip to Reno was the fact that, due to the recent shootings in Tucson, security was extremely tight. Gov. Palin’s scheduled exclusive meeting with the Weatherby Foundation board, which I might have had the opportunity to join, was canceled at the last minute.

I had been curious to meet Sarah Palin in person. The way the media describes her, one might think she has the horns of a devil, a pointed tail, long, sharp claws, and a pitchfork.

Is that really true? I guess that I’ll never know!

Dr. Kelley...having had the good fortune to twice meet Gov. Palin, I can say you indeed missed out on something precious. You will not find a more authentic person with a beautiful soul. Gov. Palin is a Transformational Leader who leads in order to serve, not in order to rule. When you look into her eyes, you will look through the window to her servant's heart, which you will see very clearly.

Excerpts retrieved from: An Evening with Sarah Palin: The Outdoors Enthusiast, Not the Politician

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WSJ: Eliminationist rhetoric against Sarah Palin: a production of the Missoula Children's Theater - Update

Disgusting.

James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal reports:

For some perspective on the recent "debate" over "civility" and "eliminationist rhetoric," let's turn to Montana, home of the Missoula Children's Theater. A recent production there gets a bad review today in a letter to the editor of the Missoulian, the local daily:

Open letter to MCT director Curt Olds:

First I would like to compliment you and the entire staff of "The Mikado" on the beautiful sets, costuming and professional performance we experienced on Sunday, Jan. 23. However, I must call you on something that was inserted into the play which I am almost positive was not in the original book.

The comments made in such a cavalier and oh-so-humorous way were uncalled for. Now, I realize you play to a mostly liberal audience in Missoula and so, I am sure, felt comfortable in your calling for the beheading of Sarah Palin. I am painfully aware that most in the audience tittered with laughter and clapped because "no one would miss her" but there were some in your audience who took great offense to this "uncivil tone" about another human being.

We are in the midst of a crisis that took place in Tucson where many started pointing fingers at that horrible right wing with all their hatred and targeting and standing for the second amendment and on and on and on. So, here we are in a lovely play with beautiful voices serenading us and we have to hear that it is okay to call for the killing of Sarah Palin because we don't like her and no one would miss her. Unbelievable.

As a professional you should be ashamed of yourself, the audience should be ashamed of themselves and I am ashamed of myself for not standing up and leaving at that very moment. I would like to see an apology from you not because I want to hinder free-speech but for the hypocrisy this so clearly shows.

Rory Page, Clinton

Well, perhaps Olds made a clerical error and one of Andrew Sullivan's works got into the Arthur Sullivan file.

In all seriousness, though, like much of what we have been writing about in the past few weeks, this incident is shocking but not surprising. For all the bogus accusations being thrown at Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, genuinely hateful political rhetoric is commonplace in the art world, even in art that is not overtly political.

You can read the piece in it's entirety here.

Art itself is not overtly political, but a great number of artists are. Being an artist myself, having attended an art college, I am familiar with the prevailing mindset of many in the trade. A left-leaning, sometimes perverse, and poorly informed demographic, if there ever there was one.

This little spectacle at the Missoula Children's Theater no less, is indicative of a bigger issue. The recent calls for "civility" from the left are, as most of us have figured out, a complete farce. For years, the left have used many avenues of communication such as art and literature to dehumanize and vilify their political opposites. Their tone can be vicious and at times, violent.

Yesterday, Alan Colmes insinuated that it was a "crazy right-wing conspiracy" to suggest that the left's call for civility is nothing more than an attempt to silence their opposition. I think the actions of Curt Olds and his "liberal" audience prove the left's mindset, thereby highlighting the lack of sincerity when they speak about a "new tone" in our political dialog. Go ahead and count this as just another example of left-wing America's glaring hypocrisy.

Update: Warner Todd Huston from Rightpundits is reporting that Michael McGill, the Director of the Missoula Community Theater has "apologized." The apology reads:

I am sorry that the satirical reference to Sarah Palin has offended some of our patrons. Gilbert & Sullivan were well-known as satirists, addressing the social and cultural issues of their day—aristocracy, government, etc…. Some of the lyrics performed in The Mikado around the country today reflect the issues and topics of our time. We know that “MCT” means many things to many people—and we are blessed with passionate, loyal audiences, here in Missoula and around the world. In this instance, however, we are talking about an MCT Community Theatre production (not to be confused with a Missoula Children’s Theatre production). Although MCT Community Theatre did not pen the lyrics that were found to be offensive, we have taken the action of removing them from this production. It is my hope that the audiences will appreciate the hard work, artistry and beauty within this MCT Community Theatre production of The Mikado.

Well, he clarified that the play was not a children's production, which is good I guess. However, he did not apologize for what was said or the sentiment expressed, he merely apologized that people were offended. Which is really no apology at all.

(H/T: indemind)

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Why President Obama's Afghanistan Flub Matters

- by Josh Painter
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Here's President Obama telling reporters, “As I said, we will be out of Afghanistan by the end of this year… Combat operations in Afghanistan have ended”:


Obama actually doubled down on his gaffe and said "Afghanistan" twice. Doesn't he know the difference between Iraq and Afghanistan? Well that depends. If you were one of those who insisted that Sarah Palin misspeaking about North Korea and South Korea meant that she was unqualified for high office, then we have a foreign policy crisis on our hands:

Saying "Afghanistan" instead of "Iraq" is something that any of us could easily do.

But here's the thing: Any of us did not stand up two four years ago and claim we were qualified to fill a job that is the American presidency. We haven't written books, made speeches, endorsed candidates and spoken to the (slobbering left-wing) media as if we were policy experts. And we haven't been letting White House personnel leave their jobs to organize a 2012 presidential reelection bid.

In short, more should be expected of President Obama than any of us, based on how he has portrayed herself, and how he is treated by the same media that lied to get him elected.

The real story, though, isn't that Obama said "Afghanistan" instead of "Iraq." Let's be honest: Vice President Joe Biden could have just as easily blown a line like that.

No, the real story is that Obama was discussing a complex, precarious, highly dangerous issue as if he were an expert, even though he clearly isn't.

h/t: Jim Hoft

Cross-posted from Texas for Sarah Palin

- JP

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On Sputnik vs. Spudnut

Governor Palin today posted on Facebook:

Please read this article by the Hoover Institution’s Research Fellow Peter Schweizer. Schweizer, who has written extensively on the subject of the decline and fall of the Soviet Union, offers a Washington Post writer an important refresher on the real history of Sputnik, since many critics are engaged in misreporting:

Palin’s other point is that Sputnik was the sort of government bureaucratic program that got the Soviet Union in trouble; it’s an example of what eventually did them in. Citing Wikipedia (what journalistic ingenuity!), Stromberg argues that actually the Soviet Union didn’t have a debt problem until some “thirty years after” Sputnik. Perhaps instead of relying on Wikipedia, Stromberg might have consulted Robert Gates’ book From the Shadows which chronicles, in part, his career as a Soviet analyst at the CIA. (Just in case they are unaware at the Post, this is the same Robert Gates who is now the Secretary of Defense.) On page 173, he accurately points out that the CIA knew early on of the “Soviet economic crisis. From the late 1950s, CIA had clearly described the chronic weaknesses as well as the formidable military power of the Soviet Union.”

Read the whole thing here.

Now, in a recent interview I mentioned analogies that could relate to solutions to our economic challenges, including the difference between a communist government’s “Sputnik” and the private sector’s “Spudnut.” The analogies I mentioned obviously aren’t comparable in size, but highlight a clear difference in economic focus: big government command and control economies vs. America’s small businesses.

If you’re near Richland, WA, you should stop by The Spudnut Shop, where you’ll find an all-American success story of a family owned small business that for over 60 years has been serving up a product that people want to buy. Businesses like this coffee shop don’t receive big government bailouts. They produce something with their own ingenuity and hard work. And here we see the former communist Soviet Union’s advancement (before its government debt-ridden demise) vs. America’s small businesses that are the backbone of our economy.

We’d be well off if we had a greater appreciation for the free market ingenuity of ordinary American entrepreneurs, both great and small – whether they make high-tech gadgets or potato donuts. And this goes for all our small business owners – whether they run a family farm, a commercial salmon fishing business, an auto shop, a print shop, a consulting firm, a restaurant, you name it. Our government should show them more respect by not punishing their success and limiting their ability to hire more people by over-taxing and over-reaching into their businesses. Don’t stifle their growth with burdensome regulations like Obamacare and cap-and-tax. Government should be on their side, not in their way.

I believe and trust in the strength of America’s private sector. But I sometimes fear that the current administration in Washington distrusts or discounts the individuals who have built this country; hence their belief that only a distant bureaucratic elite in D.C. can make decisions for our small businesses that will provide American opportunity. This administration’s thinking is wrong. We don’t need a command and control economy that “invests” our money in their half-baked ideas. We need freedom, reward for hard work, and a re-invigorated sense of personal responsibility and work ethic, especially among our young people.

We need to be as motivated and optimistic as our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, many of whom started out with nothing but a dream as they built a life for themselves by the sweat of their brow. They didn’t ask for bailouts. They didn’t expect anything from anyone. They wanted the freedom and opportunity to work hard and prosper by their own merits. If at first they failed, they took their lumps, dusted themselves off, got back up, and tried again until they succeeded. They didn’t retreat. They built this country and they passed on to us more prosperity and opportunity than has ever been bestowed on any generation in human history. We must not squander that inheritance. Let’s get back to their common sense values.

- Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin Talks About What A Palin Presidency Would Look Like On The Bob And Mark Show

By Gary P Jackson

This is an incredible interview with Sarah Palin. She talks policy and what she will do as President. It's slash and burn time for wasteful spending, strong foreign policy, entitlement reform and much much more. You understand really quick that Sarah is ready to rock and roll and get things done. She understands what must be done.

Oh, and she's running! 

A must hear interview.

Audio courtesy PalinTV.

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YAF: Gov. Palin will keynote Reagan 100 Opening Banquet

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Great news today from YAF's blog, The Quad:

Young America’s Foundation announced today that Governor Sarah Palin will give the keynote address on February 4 at its Reagan 100 Opening Banquet at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California, for the 100th anniversary celebration of President Reagan’s birthday. Governor Palin was Alaska’s youngest and first woman governor and the first female Vice Presidential candidate in the history of the GOP.

“I am very excited to have been selected to address Young America’s Foundation’s Reagan 100 dinner,” Governor Palin said. “Young America’s Foundation has been sharing the values of President Reagan with young people for more than 40 years, and there is no organization more committed to preserving freedom’s future.”

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, Governor Palin will reflect on the seminal speech by President Reagan, “Time for Choosing,” that discussed the risks and rewards before an America at a crossroads in the early 1960’s. Governor Palin will draw parallels to today while calling for young people to continue the Reagan revolution into the future.

Vice President Dick Cheney will also headline the celebration weekend and deliver the keynote address at the closing Reagan 100 Dinner Banquet on Saturday, February 5 at the Reagan Ranch Center.

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The banquets bookend a series of special events which will kick off a year-long celebration of President Reagan’s life, his ideas and how he remain relevant today. Young America’s Foundation’s Reagan 100: Freedom’s Future initiative celebrates the leadership of President Reagan and how his vision is needed to ensure the future of American liberty.

Cross-posted from Texas for Sarah Palin

- JP

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Governor Palin on the Issues: Energy Regulation

A piece published in Kiplinger earlier this month discussed how, under the Obama administration, energy production is down to a trickle in the Gulf in particular. While the Obama administration lifted the deep water drilling moratorium in October, no leases for drilling in water deeper than 500 feet have been issued. If this continues, estimates state that it would result in lost production of 400,000 barrels a day (equivalent to 7% of the domestic production). The moratoriums and regulations that President Obama have placed on drilling and the subsequent effect these measures have on energy independence show how interlinked energy independence and energy regulation are. Recently, I discussed Governor Palin's stance on energy independence. The next issue I'd like to address is Governor Palin stance on energy regulation.

Governor Palin's experience has made her an authority on this subject. Following her time as mayor of Wasilla, she served as Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) chairman from 2003-2004. In her book, Going Rogue, she discusses the role of this Commission:

AOGCC functions include maximizing oil and gas recovery, minimizing waste, approving oil pool development rules, and maintaining state production records. The commission also lends a hand in protecting the environment from contamination during drilling and also ensures environmental compliance in production, metering, and well abandonment acitivities, so federal agencies like the EPA as well as private interests and environmental groups have key interests in the commission's activities. In my view, the nation deserved an agency that was a fair, impartial body with the best interests of Alaskans and the country in mind.

In short, Governor Palin's experience has given her the expertise to know how best energy development must be overseen to optimize production with environmental protection within the framework of the state and federal government. This framework is something that she would later appropriately challenge as Governor when she sued the federal government for unnecessarily placing a healthy polar bear and beluga whale populations and on the endangered species list which prevented oil and gas development from taking place in those areas. She also has, of course, been a strong proponent of opening up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to development arguing that its small carbon footprint would do little to affect the environment as a whole nor the animal population. Excessive and misplaced environmental regulations prevent energy exploration which in turn makes America more dependent on foreign sources of energy. She also set up a Petroleum Integrity Office to oversee oil companies and keep them accountable.

What you'll find in Governor Palin's approach to responsible energy development is a 180 degrees different than President Obama. President Obama focuses on over-regulation while Governor Palin focuses on oversight. This is seen most clearly in the way that both approached last year's Gulf oil spill.

She pointed out in a Facebook post last summer following the spill that President Obama took nine days to deploy Dept. of Defense equipment to assist in stopping the leak, 3 weeks for Energy Secretary Chu to bring together experts to discuss how to deal with the spill, and more than a month for approval of sand barriers to help protect the Louisiana coastline at the request of Governor Jindal. So as the President dithered, as he often does with tough decisions, Governor Palin offers the a solution based on what the federal government put in place following the largest oil disaster previous to this one, the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska:

The 1990 Oil Pollution Act was drafted in response to the Exxon-Valdez spill in my home state. It created new procedures for offshore cleanups, specifically putting the federal government in charge of such operations. The President should have used the authority granted by the OPA – immediately – to take control of the situation. That is a big part of what the OPA is for – to designate who is in charge so finger-pointing won’t disrupt efforts to just “plug the d#*! hole.”

In a previous Facebook post, Governor Palin offered another solution for how she would deal with such a disaster especially as it pertains to the involvement of oil companies (emphasis mine):

In the meantime, let me make a constructive suggestion to help the White House out of its current impasse. They should reach out to the best oil and gas team in the nation and tap into its expertise. I know just the team: Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources, led by Commissioner Tom Irwin. Having worked with Tom and his DNR team as Governor, I can vouch for their expertise and their integrity in dealing with Big Oil and overseeing its developments.

This team’s (and Alaska’s PSIO team’s) expertise on oil spill issues is particularly relevant. We all lived and worked through the Exxon oil spill, and we all committed to the principle that this would never happen again in Alaska’s waters, at least not on our watch. That’s why we created the Petroleum Systems Integrity Office (PSIO) when we saw proof of improper maintenance of oil infrastructure in our state. And that’s why we instituted new oversight and held BP and other oil companies financially accountable for poor maintenance practices. And that’s why we cracked down on unethical and unsound practices by oil companies and their contractors that operate in Alaska. And that’s why I filed a Friend-of-the-Court brief against Exxon’s interests for its decades-old responsibility to compensate victims adversely affected by the Exxon-Valdez oil spill. None of these actions made us popular with oil company management. (In fact, Commissioner Irwin received a message from a North Slope oil company employee that summed up their view of our efforts well: the message told him to “go to hell, but resign first.”) Our relationship with Big Oil may have been perceived as contentious because we always put the interests of Alaskans first.

One thing that stands out about Governor Palin approach to regulation is that it is not regulation, but instead, oversight. For Governor Palin, it is not about heavy handed regulation or government putting "their boot on the throat" of an oil company. It is about ensuring that an oil company or a company in any industry is accountable for their actions and accountable to the consumer. It is indicative of Governor Palin's philosophy of government. In Going Rogue, Governor Palin wrote, " the role of government is to protect us, not to perfect us". This is quite the opposite of what President Obama is doing. Following the spill, he decided to suspend drilling in the Arctic and canceled leases in the Gulf and off the coast of Virginia; some of this has continued to this day. This is an example of the government trying to perfect. If no drilling is allowed, there is no chance for spills or environmental problems. There is "perfection"-- the absence of accidents. However, as Governor Palin, suggests government has a role of oversight and insurance of accountability as she has suggested with the federal law and the Alaskan office. The occurrence of car and plane accidents have not stopped people from driving or flying, nor should the occurrence of a drilling accident cause the halt of drilling. As Governor Palin also suggested, drilling must continue, and safer opportunities exist--like ANWR:

Please, Mr. President, hear me on this, if nothing else: if it’s your administration’s decision to suspend the leases of new oil field developments off the coast of Alaska in response to the Gulf’s deepwater spill, and you still remain committed to locking up ANWR and other oil-rich lands, please know you are making a mistake. Unless we continue to drill here and drill now, we risk digging ourselves deeper into the hole created by our continued dependence on foreign energy – which often comes from regimes that care nothing for our prosperity or security, and even less for global environmental safety.

We need affordable, reliable, secure, environmentally-sound, and domestically-produced energy, but this administration continues to lock up federal land filled with huge energy reserves. If there is to be a moratorium on offshore development, then it’s time we stop ignoring our safest options for domestic development – places like ANWR and NPR-A in my home state of Alaska.

It also must be pointed out that suspending a large portion of drilling and continual over-regulation does not only make America more dependent on foreign sources of energy, it also affects our economy and American jobs--the very focus of President Obama's State of the Union address earlier this week. Over-regulation and agenda driven economic policies, rather than consumer driven policies, hurt the economy and kill jobs. This has not stopped President Obama from implementing burdensome legislation and EPA administered policies.

Governor Palin has stood for energy oversight, rather than regulation, that protects the environment and hold energy producers accountable while providing both energy and physical security to America. Energy producers are accountable directly to the American people, who are their consumers, and indirectly to the American people via the government, elected by the American people. The Obama administration does not hold oil companies accountable as evidenced by the BP oil spill when the rig that caused the disaster received a regulatory pass just 10 days prior in addition to a waiver the previous year.

Proper oversight by state level agencies like AOGCC and PSIO in addition to appropriate federal regulations can ensure environmental, economic, physical, and energy security for America while ensuring ethical practices of these producers. Burdensome over-regulation accompanied by insufficient accountability leads to an economic and energy environment where America becomes dependent upon foreign sources of fuels,as the Kiplinger piece mentions. Such policies also have a negative affect on the economy and American jobs. Governor Palin promotes oversight that allows for energy industry to remain accountable and America to be secure and independent in every sense of the word.

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Monica Crowley on Palin->Americans are not saying, Win The Future Y'All!

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Gov Palin Outlines Palinomics on Bob & Mark Show

Governor Palin today discussed the Tenth Amendment, fiscal reform and outlined the budget policies that would underpin a Palin Presidency. Gov. Palin declined to state if she would run for President in 2012, but reiterated her promise that Bob and Mark would be first to know.

"Free Money is Never Free"

She said Obama was disconnected from reality regarding our national debt which stands at $14 trillion and counting. "It is already a mountain of debt." Gov. Palin emphasized that China is not our friend and expressed her hope that tough negotiation was occurring behind the scenes. We need to stop merely printing money, she said. She cautioned against accepting federal money. "Free money is never free," Gov. Palin said. Those monies come with "fat strings attached." She recounted how as Governor, she vetoed nearly $29 million energy-related stimulus money and how the GOP-led legislature overrode her veto. The penalty for accepting that money was federal interference with local issues.

Presidential Economic Agenda - Palinomics

• Cut corporate tax rate to encourage companies to conduct business here in the United States
• Cease bail-outs of failed industries, banks, etc.
• Repeal ObamaCare and replace with common-sense health-care reforms. Specifics were not discussed today, but have been in the past:
  
  • Tort reform
  • Ability to purchase insurance across state lines
• Moratorium on earmarks, however, that only addresses $16 billion out of the $14 trillion deficit.
• Cut or cease non-Constitutionally mandated programs.
  
• Ratchet down or eliminate: National Public Radio (NPR), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Amtrak subsidies.
• Open lands needed for energy independence.
• No new entitlement programs and reform existing ones. Existing participants grandfathered in to promised benefits. Benefits to change for new participants.

Gov. Palin said that while lies by some Alaskans are particularly hurtful what is more important are people losing jobs, whose health is in jeopardy, or who have sick children. "Those are the things that really matter." Gov. Palin expressed gratitude for the blessing she and her family have. Gov. Palin said she will "love Alaska till the day I die."

Governor Palin on the Bob and Mark Show – January 27 2011 retrieved from PalinTV

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Obama’s Message to America: The Era of Big Government is Here

Governor Palin today posted on Facebook:

The President’s state of the union address boiled down to this message: “The era of big government is here as long as I am, so help me pay for it.” He dubbed it a “Winning The Future” speech, but the title’s acronym seemed more accurate than much of the content.

Americans are growing impatient with a White House that still just doesn’t get it. The President proves he doesn’t understand that the biggest challenge facing our economy is today’s runaway debt when he states we want to make sure “we don’t get buried under a mountain a debt.” That’s the problem! We are buried under Mt. McKinley-sized debt. It’s at the heart of what is crippling our economy and taking our jobs. This is the concern that should be on every leader’s mind. Our country’s future is at stake, and we’re rapidly reaching a crisis point. Our government is spending too much, borrowing too much, and growing too much. Debt is stifling our private sector growth, and millions of Americans are desperately looking for work.

So, what was the President’s response? At a time when we need quick, decisive, and meaningful action to stop our looming debt crisis, President Obama gave us what politicians have for years: promises that more federal government “investment” (read: more government spending) is the solution.

He couched his proposals to grow government and increase spending in the language of “national greatness.” This seems to be the Obama administration’s version of American exceptionalism – an “exceptionally big government,” in which a centralized government declares that we shall be great and innovative and competitive, not by individual initiative, but by government decree. Where once he used words like “hope” and “change,” the President may now talk about “innovation” and “competition”; but the audacity of his recycled rhetoric no longer inspires hope.

Real leadership is more than just words; it’s deeds. The President’s deeds don’t lend confidence that we can trust his words spoken last night.

In the past, he promised us he’d make job creation his number one priority, while also cutting the deficit, eliminating waste, easing foreclosures in the housing markets, and making “tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development.” What did we get? A record $1.5 trillion deficit, an 84% increase in federal spending, a trillion dollar stimulus that stimulated nothing but more Tea Party activism, 9+% unemployment (or 17% percent if you include those who have stopped looking for work or settled for part time jobs), 2.9 million home foreclosures last year, and a moratorium on offshore drilling that has led to more unemployment and $100 dollar a barrel oil.

The President glossed over the most important issue he needed to address last night: spending. He touched on deficit reduction, but his proposals amount to merely a quarter of the cuts in discretionary spending proposed by his own Deficit Reduction Commission, not to mention the $2.5 trillion in cuts over ten years suggested by the Republican Study Committee. And while we appreciate hearing the same President who gave us the trillion dollar Stimulus Package boondoggle finally concede that we need to cut earmarks, keep in mind that earmarks are a $16 billion drop in the $1.5 trillion ocean that is the federal deficit. Budget cuts won’t be popular, but they are vitally necessary or we will soon be a bankrupt country. It’s the responsibility of a leader to make sure the American people fully understand this.

As it is, the American people should fully understand that when the President talks about increased “investments” he’s talking about increased government spending. Cut away the rhetoric and you’ll also see that the White House’s real message on economic reform wasn’t one of substantial spending cuts, but of tax increases. When the President talks about simplifying the tax code, he’s made it clear that he’s not looking to cut your taxes; he’s looking for additional tax revenue from you. The tax “simplification” suggested by the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission would end up raising taxes by $1 trillion over the next decade. So, instead of bringing spending down in line with revenue, the President wants to raise our taxes to pay for his massive spending increases. It’s tax and spend in reverse: spend first, tax later.

And the Obama administration has a lot of half-baked ideas on where to spend our hard-earned money in pursuit of “national greatness.” These “investments,” as the President calls them, include everything from solar shingles to high speed trains. As we struggle to service our unsustainable debt, the only thing these “investments” will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.

With credit ratings agency Moody’s warning us that the federal government must reverse the rapid growth of national debt or face losing our triple-A rating, keep in mind that a nation doesn’t look so “great” when its credit rating is in tatters.

Of course, it’s nice to give a speech calling for “investment” and “competition” in order to reach greatness. It’s quite another thing to advocate and implement policies that truly encourage such things. Growing the federal government is not the answer.

Take education for example. It’s easy to declare the need for better education, but will throwing even more money at the issue really help? As the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner notes, “the federal government has increased education spending by 188 percent in real terms since 1970 without seeing any substantial improvement in test scores.” If you want “innovation” and “competition,” then support school choice initiatives and less federal control over our state and local districts.

When it comes to energy issues, we heard more vague promises last night as the President’s rhetoric suggested an all-of-the-above solution to meeting our country’s energy needs. But again, his actions point in a different direction. He offers a vision of a future powered by what he refers to as “clean energy,” but how we will get there from here remains a mystery. In the meantime, he continues to stymie the responsible development of our own abundant conventional energy resources – the stuff we actually use right now to fuel our economy. His continued hostility towards domestic drilling means hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs will not be created and millions of Americans will end up paying more at the pump. It also means we’ll continue to transfer hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars to foreign regimes that don’t have America’s interests at heart.

On the crucial issue of entitlement reform, the President offered nothing. This is shocking, because as he himself explained back in April 2009, “if we want to get serious about fiscal discipline…we will have to get serious about entitlement reform.” Even though the Medicare Trust Fund will run out of funds a mere six years from now, and the Social Security Trust Fund is filled mainly with IOUs, the President opted to kick the can down the road yet again. And once again, he was disingenuous when he suggested that meaningful reform would automatically expose people’s Social Security savings to a possible stock market crash. As Rep. Paul Ryan showed in his proposed Roadmap, and others have explained, it’s possible to come up with meaningful reform proposals that tackle projected shortfalls and offer workers more options to invest our own savings while still guaranteeing invested funds so they won’t fall victim to sudden swings in the stock market.

And what about that crucial issue confronting so many Americans who are struggling today – the lack of jobs? The President came to office promising that his massive, multi-trillion dollar spending programs would keep unemployment below 8%; but the lack of meaningful, pro-free market reforms in yesterday’s speech means his legacy will almost certainly be four years of above 8% unemployment, regardless of how much he increases federal spending (or perhaps I should say because of how much he’s increased it).

Perhaps the most nonsensical bit of double-speak we heard last night was when the President said that hitting job-creators with a tax increase isn’t “punishing their success. It’s about promoting America’s success.” But government taking more money from the small business entrepreneurs who create up to 70% of all jobs in this country is not “promoting America’s success.” It’s a disincentive that will result in less job creation. It is, in fact, punishing the success of the very people who created the innovation that the President has supposedly been praising.

Despite the flowery rhetoric, the President doesn’t seem to understand that individuals make America great, not the federal government. American greatness lies in the courage and hard work of individual innovators and entrepreneurs. America is an exceptional nation in part because we have historically been a country that rewards and affirms individual initiative and offers people the freedom to invest and create as they see fit – not as a government bureaucrat does. Yes, government can play an appropriate role in our free market by ensuring a level playing field to encourage honest competition without picking winners and losers. But by and large, government should get out of the way. Unfortunately, under President Obama’s leadership, government growth is in our way, and his “big government greatness” will not help matters.

Consider what his “big government greatness” really amounts to. It’s basically a corporatist agenda – it’s the collaboration between big government and the big businesses that have powerful friends in D.C. and can afford to hire big lobbyists. This collaboration works in a manner that distorts and corrupts true free market capitalism. This isn’t just old-fashioned big government liberalism; this is crony capitalism on steroids. In the interests of big business, we’re “investing” in technologies and industries that venture capitalists tell us are non-starters, but which will provide lucrative returns for some corporate interests who have major investments in these areas. In the interests of big government, we’re not reducing the size of our bloated government or cutting spending, we’re told the President will freeze it – at unsustainable, historic levels! In practice, this means that public sector employees (big government’s staunchest defenders) may not lose jobs, but millions of Americans in the private sector face lay offs because the ever-expanding government has squeezed out and crippled our economy under the weight of unsustainable debt.

Ronald Reagan said, “You can’t be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.” President Obama’s proposals last night stick the little guy with the bill, while big government and its big corporate partners prosper. The plain truth is our country simply cannot afford Barack Obama’s dream of an “exceptionally big government” that may help the big guys, but sticks it to the rest of us.

- Sarah Palin

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Obama’s Message to America: The Era of Big Government is Here

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Gov. Palin: Obama Off-Base. SOTU Filled with "WTF Moments"

Governor Palin tonight said that the State of the Union was "a tough speech to sit through and try to stomach because the President is so off base with how it is he thinks government is going to create jobs." The private sector creates jobs, she said. "His theme last night in the State of the Union was the 'WTF,' you know - winning the future - and I thought 'OK: that acronym - spot on. There were a lot of WTF moments throughout that speech.'"

We should stop incurring debt and deficit spending and cut the budget - real cuts, Gov. Palin said. Programs that are not Constitutionally mandated such as NPR, and the National Endowment for the Arts should be eliminated, she said. Gov. Palin also said that neither ObamaCare, nor any cap-and-tax scheme should be funded as they are job killers. Locking up our lands and depending on foreign energy sources are also job killers that need to stop, she said. New entrants into entitlement programs should receive reduced benefits and the government should be honest about it.

Gov. Palin discusses State of the Union Address with Greta Van Susteren, Part I retrieved from Fox News

Gov. Palin discusses State of the Union Address with Greta Van Susteren, Part II retrieved from Fox News

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William Dixon Breaks Down 'What Exactly is Wrong with Sarah Palin...'

By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com

Read this article by William Dixon about what's behind the disdain for Governor Palin by those on the Left and the Right:

Rush Limbaugh is fond of saying the left will always tell you whom they fear by making that person the focus of their most virulent attacks. The left despises Sarah Palin. They say she is stupid and incapable of ever assuming the role of president. They mock her education, (B.S. University of Idaho), her small town background and her political accomplishments ( 2006 - 2009 Governor of Alaska ). When she resigned the governorship, they said she was a quitter. Just recently, the left indicted her as being responsible for the shooting of Congresswoman [Giffords] in Arizona.

But what of pundits on the right, the Peggy Noonan-Karl Rove types? They hold Palin in equally low esteem. And what of conservative women? Many just viscerally dislike her. Ask them about Palin. You’ll get a response which begins with a shaking of the head and some comment about being inexperienced. Press them for facts. You will find most of these women ignorant of Palin’s background and remarkable accomplishments. Why is that?

Is it because Sarah Palin does not look at all like the admired but camera-challenged women in government, such as Hillary Clinton and Justice Sotomeyer? She has not the stern, formal look of a Maggie Thatcher, the British Prime Minister who turned around England’s economy nor of Golda Meir, the tough former leader of Israel. Palin is softer, attractive, plain spoken albeit with a sometimes irritating voice. Does her appearance put people, especially women, off?

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Sarah Palin is openly Christian and prays regularly. She was president of a Christian group in high school. She is “pro life” and rejected terminating her last pregnancy when she found she was carrying a baby with Down’s Syndrome. Perhaps that is the problem for some of her critics.

It seems unlikely that her performance as mayor of Wasilla, cutting taxes while expanding the town’s facilities so that it could grow, would be anything but a plus. Just so her role as a member of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. She outed two corrupt officials, one of whom was chairman of the state Republican Party.

Was she wrong in running for governor to oust a corrupt and wasteful officer of her own political party? Was it lack of wisdom which led her to sell the state plane, cut expenses of her office by 75 percent and pass a bipartisan ethics bill? Was she impolite in chasing away the oil company lobbyists so that she could start work on a stalled pipeline for natural gas? Not likely.

President Obama was elected because he appeared to be extraordinary. His academic pedigree and soaring rhetoric shielded from voters his appalling lack of real-world experience and complete lack of substantial accomplishments. His presidency is struggling.

By contrast, Sarah Palin, despite her talents and obvious achievements, seems very ordinary. Americans, believing the smears and punditry, will likely reject Palin without really getting to know her. Once again the nod will go to a member of the cultural elite, a group which has routinely failed to govern well.

Read this in its entirety here.

Let me make two points right away. First, I have never found Governor Palin's voice "irritating." I'm not sure where that comes from. Second, I disagree with Dixon's final point: the nod will not go to an elite just for the sake of selecting an elite. We are in a unique time in political history, a time where people are fed up to the ceiling with politics as usual. I choose to believe that once the campaigning--with its competitive primary season, speech-making, fact-checking, and lovers of truth holding the lamestream media's feet to the fire--ends, the American people are going to know the candidates, and they will respond by speaking loudly and clearly in the voting booth. And should Governor Palin decide to run, they will know her. This, I believe, will cause her to be the last one standing.

William Dixon's piece should be quite thought-provoking for those who need to do some soul-searching about why they harbor such disdain for Governor Palin. Those of us who are not so deranged are not surprised by many of the points he makes. Governor Palin is an accomplished woman whose record alone merits the respect of being considered a formidable, viable candidate for President of the United States.

(h/t Doug Brady)

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Anchorage Police Dept: No Todd Palin Link to Prostitution Ring

The Anchorage Police Department yesterday said that Todd Palin has absolutely no connection to massage parlor prostitute Shailey Tripp. Furthermore, the National Enquirer, which concocted the BS story that Todd Palin had visited her for massages concluding with some form of "happy ending" never even contacted the Anchorage Police Department to attempt to verify their "information." Two websites, TMZ and Uncoverage were the only ones in the mainstream media to cover the truth, which is: Todd Palin was never even in the same building with her.

Uncoverage said that mainstream media coverage of this was typical: print lies about the Palins, then bury the truth on a busy news day. Nevertheless, we consider the vindication of Todd Palin's innocence in this case to be the ultimate happy ending.

H/T Josh Painter, Texas4Palin for story lead.

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Gov. Palin: AK and TX Twin Beacons of Freedom

"Texas and Alaska are alike because they are 'good beacons of freedom' and share similar values and work ethic, said Kristen Vander-Plas, president of the Lubbock Christian University College Republicans," Alyssa Dizon of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported overnight.

Gov. Palin addressed the crowd of 1400 at the Lubbock Christian School's fund-raiser, many of whom were alumni, avid supporters, and in some cases curiosity seekers.

"I believe in Sarah Palin and what she represents for America," said Linda Hunt of San Angelo, who won free tickets for the event. "Her enthusiasm, her love for America, her honesty and her core values of representing the people and not just special interests."

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Is America Ready for President Palin?

-from Patrick's World USA

The media has made Sarah Palin a stranger to America

If you read the polls you might be tempted to believe that America is not ready for a President Palin. Since the 2008 election, the liberal media has been trying to tell us what to think by placing their unfounded doubts and their derangement about Sarah Palin into the heads of American voters. To some extent they have succeeded. But to what extent have they gone, and how badly have the liberal media damaged their own credibility in their effort to change the minds of an electorate who loves optimism and respects those who can overcome great adversities? America should be ready for President Palin, but the “state run” drive by media doesn’t want you to see it that way.

When a young, little known state senator from Illinois began his journey to the White House, the media ignored a sordid past which included questionable political associations such as that with William Ayers, a seedy land deal with Tony Rezko, drug use and other indiscretions as a young man, poor grades and a strong propensity for progressive wealth redistributive philosophies that he spoke and wrote of all during his days leading up to his run for president. Heck, whether you believe he’s a citizen or not, they still can’t even find his birth certificate.

Just imagine if this was Sarah Palin. Imagine if she had walked the same path as Barack Obama. The consequences would simply be devastating. The same media which contends that the use of a term (that had previously been used in the same context by other writers without any notice) like “blood libel” disqualifies her for the presidency saw nothing wrong with a pre-presidential Obama attending a dinner with William Ayers where anti-Jewish racial slurs were tossed about more than the salad.

Imagine a parallel universe in which Sarah Palin organized communities with an unrepentant terrorist, used drugs, roused rabbles "to organize for the purpose of registering dead people to vote, shaking down corporations and using the race card as a bludgeon," and whose pastor of 20 years spewed anti-American sermons about chickens coming home to roost. Imagine if the first two years of a Palin administration resulted in practically bankrupting our country, destroying its health care system and weakening its image on the world stage. In that universe, she’d be hailed as a great leader by the media only because she would have a D next to her name. Despite the damage being done, all she would need to do would be to give the appearance of moving to the center and give a state of the union address to Republicans and Democrats sitting together holding hands singing Kumbaya and all would be forgiven.

At the same time in this parallel universe, a hard working family man whose worst vices were that he never attended an ivy league school or he missed a couple of questions during a media interview would be vilified if he had been the one who came from Wasilla, Alaska. Put an R next to Obama's name and give him Palin's life and watch as the media which loves him in the real universe portrays him as dangerous and stupid in the parallel one. His impeccable character would be impugned daily. His family would be mocked. His entire life would be scrutinized under a microscope incapable of finding a birth certificate yet which easily found the words “refudiate” and “blood libel” from the millions of words eloquently spoken and written over the course of years.

Think about this seriously. Just see how blatant the liberal hypocrisy really is. Imagine Barack Obama as a Republican and Sarah Palin as a Democrat. How would the media treat them? What if Sarah Palin's agenda matched that of the media's and Barack Obama was seen as the threat? Surely, the media would have so much more to work with had the shoes been on the other feet.

There would be no need to manufacture scandals or misrepresent Obama's intelligence through caricature. It's never right when the media uses non-related events to portray a preordained picture of someone for the purpose of libelling them. However, anyone with half a brain can figure out that if the media had to smear Obama the way it smears Palin, Obama would make his own sauce likely lessening the need for creativity on the part of the writers who would bring their "opinions" to paper.

America elected Barack Obama based on a false narrative fed to them by the mainstream media. America has been looking for the optimism and hope that Ronald Reagan once spoke of. When they thought they had it in Obama, they took it hook line and sinker. But now that the media has discredited itself, it will not be possible to do that again. Or at least we hope so.

One may think that America knows everything about Palin because of the intense media coverage of her. But it's that same media coverage which really makes her a stranger to America because it's disingenuous. America has been telling us in the polls that it's not ready for the caricature of Palin. But, America is certainly ready for the real President Palin. They just don't know who she is yet.

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Sarah Palin 4 POTUS...Get Used 2 It.

As we approach 2012 there are a lot of things we can do right now to support Sarah Palin. It does not matter at all that she has not announced her candidacy for POTUS (...yet?).

As a patriotic, united, and faithful citizenry we need to be operating as if she already has. Now is the time to get motivated, to get activated, and to get organized.

We proved to ourselves, to our country, and to our government what we are capable of doing in the 2010 midterm elections. We also proved to ourselves, to our country, and to our government what Sarah Palin is capable of.

And they know it. They don't like it...So what. It's not about them, it's about us. Period.

Our hard work changed the country in November 2010. Because of our hard work there are now: 37 Sarah Palin approved members of the House of Representatives, 6 Sarah Palin approved Senators, 7 Sarah Palin approved Governors, 2 Sarah Palin approved Attorney Generals (or is it Attorney's General?), and 1 Sarah Palin approved Secretary of State.

Sarah Palin's Class of 2010 hasn't even really gotten started yet. Just wait.



Gee, I wonder why Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the majority of Americans are being demonized, slandered, and marginalized by the Obama supporting Lame Stream Media? (Can you guys believe we actually got accused of Murder two weeks ago? WOW! Hoax & Chains Hope & Change in action!)

Could it be because the formerly Silent Majority is waking up, standing up, speaking out and becoming silent no more? Yes, it is. It is also because we have figured out what they already know. What terrifies them. There are more of us than there are of them...And we're pissed.

There is no room for Trans-Nationalism, Socialism, and Collective Salvation in the American White House. Regular, everyday, hardworking, patriotic, Americans know this and so we did something about it last November.



We took the U.S. House of Representatives away from Team Obama and gave it back to who it belongs: Team America.

That was Step One. Now it is time to get ready for Step Two.

The Republican Nominee for President will either be Sarah Palin, or it will be a Sarah Palin endorsed candidate. To win a Republican primary when the base is activated, the nominee must have the bases support.

A fancy, cocktail party, Establishment Republican cannot be snuck in with an active, motivated base. Sorry, not this time, we are paying attention. There will be no Bob Dole, John McCain (Bless his heart he means well), or Nelson Rockefeller in 2012.

Fake Conservatism is no better than Fake Patriotism.

The American people led the Tea Party are awake, ready, willing, and able to do what needs to be done. Our voice needs to be heard. Our voice will be heard.

Our voice, our vote, our America.



We know what we are up against too. Two weeks ago the Un-Holy alliance between the Lame Stream Media and Team Obama led an all out assault on Sarah Palin , the Tea Party, and you.

The majority of regular Americans were gleefully and devilishly called Murderers in a futile attempt to: Stop the Message and destroy the Messenger.

We won't be stopped. We won't be silenced. We are united, and we are silent no more.

This is 2008 all over again. Anyone who thinks the Lame Stream Dinosaur Media is not going to do anything, say anything, pervert anything to get Obama re-elected is either naive or lying.

Going into 2012 let's be on the offense:

1. First thing to do is to sign up at Organize4Palin (O4P)

Organize 4 Palin (O4P) is a site many Governor Sarah Palin supporters have been waiting for…a chance to put all of our gifts, talents, and plain old elbow grease to work behind the ideals and leadership of Governor Palin. A sister site to Conservatives 4 Palin and PalinTV, O4P is a grassroots effort and not affiliated with SarahPAC.

Sign up HERE



2. Show other Americans that there is no stopping us and that you stand with Sarah Palin.

Let's combat the Lame Stream Media by participating in O4P's Project Letters to the Editor.

Project "Letters to the Editor" is an effort by Organize4Palin volunteers to utilize that fact through writing letters, op-eds, and articles for their local newspaper. The publicity is free and may be your neighbors' only opportunity to hear Gov. Palin's stance on the issues, as many Americans continue to get their news and opinions from the mainstream media. Many newspapers have an online digital version that can be posted to as well, allowing your writings to reach an even greater audience.


Check out the guidelines and helpful tips HERE.

3. It's not too early to show your support for Sarah Palin by wearing 2012 buttons and T-Shirts. It's not too early to put that bumpersticker on your car either.



Cafe Press and Zazzle have a great collection of Sarah Palin 2012 merchandise to choose from.

The best part about wearing Sarah Palin 2012 buttons is that they act as a conversation piece and you can initiate discussions about your support for Sarah Palin very easily.

4. The tools you will need to do this are literally at your fingertips:

When talking to people about Sarah Palin I have found it helpful to have something to give them. Something for them to take home, read, and share. I keep these with me at all times. Especially when I’m running errands. Familar faces from the pharmacist, to the bank teller, to the check out lady at the grocery store create wonderful opportunities to share. Regular, everyday, hardworking Americans are tired of the stuff going on in Washington and not surprisingly they like to hear about an ordinary person who is doing some very extraordinary things for our country. Two of my favorite pieces of literature to pass out are available online.

101 Reasons to Support Sarah Palin by Nicole Coulter is one of my favorites. It’s an amazing list of reasons to support Sarah Palin with a few tongue in cheek reasons thrown in for fun (Reason #82 “She named her kid after Van Halen”).



What I do is a basic cut and paste job to make these. I copy the text from the link above (cut) and then copy it into a Word file (paste). Then I add the title: 101 Reasons to Support Sarah Palin. The link above just has the title of: Reasons to Support Sarah Palin. But I like to add the 101 myself. I don’t think Nicole will mind.

The next piece of Sarah Palin literature I keep with me is called: Governor Sarah Palin’s Accomplishments. This is a color two page document. You can make these yourself. But I email the document to my favorite Mom and Pop Print Shop and they print these up for me too. This document highlights Sarah Palins numerous legislative victories while she was the youngest governor of our largest state. When people see this document they are shocked at how Sarah Palin got more done in two years than most governors have ever done in eight years. Mama Grizzlies get things done.

5. Educate yourself on Sarah Palin's policies so that you can educate others.

It's very easy to educate yourself on Sarah Palin's policies. To get started all you have to do is:



A. Read her Facebook Page

B. Watch her speeches on You-Tube. You know what? Watch her speeches on PalinTV!

One of the best summaries available on Sarah Palin‘s policy ideas is a November 13, 2010 Facebook note. It was: An Open Letter to Republican Freshmen Members of Congress.

Use Sarah Palin's facebook page as a reference. You may even want to get some index cards and write down her positions on the issues. Keep these cards with you so you are ready to discuss Sarah Palin 2012 with people.

These 5 simple things are enough to get you started.

Well, we have our work cut out for us. It is time to take our country back from Team Obama and stop being deceived and dictated to by the 20% of America who call themselves progressives.

We outnumber them 2-1. Let's act like it.

This time around we're going to be prepared. We are prepared to be called RAAACIST, dangerous, crazy, divisive, negative, and Unelectable. Name calling is all they have. We have the numbers, we have the facts, and we have the truth. When they call us these names we just take the darts and arrows and we remember what we are fighting for.



We are fighting for something greater than self and being called names makes no difference in the restoration of America.

We got snookered in 2008. But 2012 will be a different ballgame. Masks are off, we know the game, we fight back, we fight harder. Or we die. As a republic we die.

Thomas S Schmitz

Palin Promotions

Organize4Palin

Follow me on Twitter: @ThomasSSchmitz

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