By Frances Rice
“Why Sarah Palin Quit: The Five Best Explanations” by Jay Newton-Small quotes Alaska state legislators who lay the blame at the door of the Democrats. Quoted is Alaska State Senator Gene Therriault, a Republican representing the town of North Pole who said: "We started seeing a proliferation of ethics complaints against her. It was an orchestrated effort to take her down”. That article can be found on the Internet at: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1908800,00.html
Governor Sarah Palin’s surprising resignation announcement in the face of the horrific treatment she received from Democrats and their media allies struck within me a familiar cord. Although Palin’s abuse was mental harassment inflicted through public humiliation via spoken and written words and mounting debt from frivolous ethics charges, she was nonetheless effectively hounded out of public office. This brought to mind the sinister tactics used by Democrats against Republicans after the American Civil War that freed blacks from slavery.
Determined to keep blacks in virtual slavery after losing the Civil War, Democrats set about the task of ending Reconstruction and driving out of the South all Republicans, a result that kept blacks at the mercy of ruthless Democrats for over 100 years.
The facts about the horrors inflicted upon Republicans by Democrats are laid bare in the books “A Short History of Reconstruction” by Dr. Eric Foner and “Unfounded Loyalty” by Wayne Perryman.
The meticulous research by Foner and Perryman uncovered inhumanity by Democrats so startling as to seem surreal. Democrats, Perryman wrote, used every means possible to destroy Reconstruction including lynching, whippings, murder, intimidation, assassinations and mutilations.
Foner exposed how the Ku Klux Klan, that was founded in 1866 as a Tennessee social club and became the terrorist arm of the Democrat Party, spread into nearly every Southern state, launching a “reign of terror” against Republican leaders, black and white. The Klan lynched over 2,000 black Republicans and 1,000 white Republicans.
In a chilling passage Foner wrote: “Jack Dupree, a victim of a particularly brutal murder in Monroe County, Mississippi - assailants cut his throat and disemboweled him, all within sight of his wife, who had just given birth to twins - was ‘president of a republican club‘ and known as a man who ‘would speak his mind’” .
Sarah Palin is a woman who speaks her mind. She is a decent and honorable citizen who loves her family and country. Palin was subjected to a high-tech lynching by Democrats and their media minions because she had the audacity to be a Republican elected official and an apparent great political threat to the Democratic Party’s ruling elite.
For nearly a century, most blacks were aligned with the Republican Party and, thereby, posed a significant threat to the Democratic Party’s quest for power. Terror was used by Democrats for 100 years and monetary handouts for the past 50 years to mold blacks into reliable pawns in the Democratic Party’s political power game. It is ironic that the Democratic Party is now led by President Barack Obama, a black man who unabashedly helps Democrats keep blacks corralled on the Democratic Party’s economic plantation, voting mindlessly for any politician identified as a Democrat.
America, how did we come to the point where we are all held in the Democratic Party’s iron grip of fear of being destroyed personally, as was Sarah Palin, while the Democrats work feverishly to make us economic slaves?
A mock liberal rant, “I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin - The Republicans bring a knife to a gunfight, and lose again” by David Kahane presents a hysterical tirade against Palin by a fictional Democratic Party operative. A comparison of Kahane’s feigned scorn with the real hatred directed at Palin by Democrats shows that his article is close to reality. That article can be found on the Internet at: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDE3MmE5MDVmMGM1YjQ2NmVhMjJkN2I2ZTcxMzhlNjU=
The NBRA tribute to Sarah Palin made long before her resignation announcement can be viewed on the NBRA website at: http://www.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/000143/NBRA%20Tribute%20To%20Palin%20Newsletter.pdf
Frances Rice is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, a lawyer and chairman of the National Black Republican Association. She can be contacted at: www.NBRA.info
Showing posts with label alaska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alaska. Show all posts
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Will Sarah Palin run for Governor again?
After my last post rec'd this comment:
I thought it was a great question, approved it for posting, but wanted to answer here instead of stuck at the end of my last post.
There are a number of reasons I think she won't run for Governor again.
Now that she's "out there" in the national eye, I think it will be harder for her to convince Alaskans that she's NOT going to run for Prez. She'd have to run for Governor answering questions about whether she'll complete her term or take off after a year (or less) to campaign. I can't see her lying or giving the typical political waffling answer so many give when they plan to run in the middle of their current term if elected.
I don't think she can afford to take a chance on losing, or not coming in as strong as she has in the past, because part or all of her electorate believe she'll be running for prez.
She also has the liability of now being in the media's eye in a negative manner. They continue to go after her like she's a sitting terrorist or worse. It's unprecedented and completely off-balanced and biased. Some people are being brain washed, not just hear in the lower states, but up there in her state I'd imagine. Time will tell on that front. We're doing everything we can to combat the smears!
Another reason for not being a sitting Governor while running for President is that as we saw in this last election, it's becoming a much longer process. It's not impossible to run for President and still try to run a state, but it's not easy and a lot of constituents will not be happy.
I think it was easy for Alaskans to understand having their Governor be tapped out of the blue to be a Vice Presidential candidate. It's a different matter when she's planning a run for an office.
What's she going to be doing for two years?
She'll be making sure she's on the right shows, in the right places and preparing for the biggest and most important election of her life --- and ours! She'll be lining up the right people to help her win. She'll be testing people for loyalty, organizing, getting the grassroots movement networked and many, many other things.
She'll be working to win.
Just curious: if you don't think that Governor Palin is going to run for
re-election in 2010, what do you think that she will be doing in those two years
between when her term ends and 2012? I would think that she'd have a better
chance at getting elected as president if she was a sitting governor in her
second term. Also, why exactly don't you think that she will run for
re-election?
I thought it was a great question, approved it for posting, but wanted to answer here instead of stuck at the end of my last post
There are a number of reasons I think she won't run for Governor again.
Now that she's "out there" in the national eye, I think it will be harder for her to convince Alaskans that she's NOT going to run for Prez. She'd have to run for Governor answering questions about whether she'll complete her term or take off after a year (or less) to campaign. I can't see her lying or giving the typical political waffling answer so many give when they plan to run in the middle of their current term if elected.
I don't think she can afford to take a chance on losing, or not coming in as strong as she has in the past, because part or all of her electorate believe she'll be running for prez.
She also has the liability of now being in the media's eye in a negative manner. They continue to go after her like she's a sitting terrorist or worse. It's unprecedented and completely off-balanced and biased. Some people are being brain washed, not just hear in the lower states, but up there in her state I'd imagine. Time will tell on that front. We're doing everything we can to combat the smears!
Another reason for not being a sitting Governor while running for President is that as we saw in this last election, it's becoming a much longer process. It's not impossible to run for President and still try to run a state, but it's not easy and a lot of constituents will not be happy.
I think it was easy for Alaskans to understand having their Governor be tapped out of the blue to be a Vice Presidential candidate. It's a different matter when she's planning a run for an office.
What's she going to be doing for two years?
She'll be making sure she's on the right shows, in the right places and preparing for the biggest and most important election of her life --- and ours! She'll be lining up the right people to help her win. She'll be testing people for loyalty, organizing, getting the grassroots movement networked and many, many other things.
She'll be working to win.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Guess it's never too early?
I've run and worked on many campaigns in past years, been involved in politics for quite some time. I've never thought it was a good idea to publicly announce too early that your were running for a particular office. In the past, if you started a campaign two years out by the time the election rolled around a number of things had happened.
One, people were pretty tired of hearing the candidates name by the time the election cycle got heated up.
Two, the early start kept the election "out there" leading to more opponents cropping up than possibly would have happened if they'd waited.
Three, that candidate usually lost as they'd given their opponents plenty of time to research and come up with opposing views, and they'd given their opponents plenty of ammunition to shoot at them.
It usually worked better to prepare "behind the scenes". Candidates joined organizations, started making sure they were at the right place at the right time, they found good ways to get their names in the media, etc.
Timing may not be everything in an election, but it's important. Announce too soon and all of the aforementioned things might happen, too late and there's not enough time, etc., etc. You want to announce early enough to scare off any potential candidate who's on the fence about running (if you're a strong enough candidate).
There are so many ins and outs, rights and wrongs, involved in running a campaign it would make most crazy trying to keep up! I could go into more analysis and discuss this long enough to put you to bed early, primed for a long sleep, but I'm leading to a short news story I just read so will quit and post the article.
Sarah Palin already has an announced opponent on the Democratic side if she decides to run for Governor in Alaska again. I don't expect her to run again. I think she'll either run for President or she'll head to the Senate. In fact, because I believe she's going to run for President, part of what I'm doing in my "spare" time is trying to start now getting people on board to help her in the 2012 election.
So, knowing she's probably not going to run for Governor again anyway, here's the article from Anchorage Daily News (quite a lot of build up for this little ditty, wasn't it?):
First candidate begins campaign for governor
NAME RECOGNITION: He has almost none, so he's starting early.
By SEAN COCKERHAM
Published: January 7th, 2009 10:19 PM
Last Modified: January 7th, 2009 10:20 PM
Bob Poe says he is running for governor as a Democrat, and he's starting his campaign nearly two years before voters go to the polls.
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/646183.html
One, people were pretty tired of hearing the candidates name by the time the election cycle got heated up.
Two, the early start kept the election "out there" leading to more opponents cropping up than possibly would have happened if they'd waited.
Three, that candidate usually lost as they'd given their opponents plenty of time to research and come up with opposing views, and they'd given their opponents plenty of ammunition to shoot at them.
It usually worked better to prepare "behind the scenes". Candidates joined organizations, started making sure they were at the right place at the right time, they found good ways to get their names in the media, etc.
Timing may not be everything in an election, but it's important. Announce too soon and all of the aforementioned things might happen, too late and there's not enough time, etc., etc. You want to announce early enough to scare off any potential candidate who's on the fence about running (if you're a strong enough candidate).
There are so many ins and outs, rights and wrongs, involved in running a campaign it would make most crazy trying to keep up! I could go into more analysis and discuss this long enough to put you to bed early, primed for a long sleep, but I'm leading to a short news story I just read so will quit and post the article
Sarah Palin already has an announced opponent on the Democratic side if she decides to run for Governor in Alaska again. I don't expect her to run again. I think she'll either run for President or she'll head to the Senate. In fact, because I believe she's going to run for President, part of what I'm doing in my "spare" time is trying to start now getting people on board to help her in the 2012 election.
So, knowing she's probably not going to run for Governor again anyway, here's the article from Anchorage Daily News (quite a lot of build up for this little ditty, wasn't it?):
First candidate begins campaign for governor
NAME RECOGNITION: He has almost none, so he's starting early.
By SEAN COCKERHAM
Published: January 7th, 2009 10:19 PM
Last Modified: January 7th, 2009 10:20 PM
Bob Poe says he is running for governor as a Democrat, and he's starting his campaign nearly two years before voters go to the polls.
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/646183.html
Friday, October 10, 2008
Ruling on Governor Palin, Walt Monegan, Alaska
McCain-Palin 2008 spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following statement on today's release of Stephen Branchflower's report:
"Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country."
"Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country."
Sunday, September 21, 2008
I'll vote for the steel magnolia
Rod Dreher: The Beehive buzzes for Sarah Palin
07:47 AM CDT on Sunday, September 21, 2008
If you want to understand why Sarah Palin has made such a powerful connection with American voters, don't listen to the political professionals. Listen to the voice of the Beehive.
The Beehive is the Wasilla hair salon where Ms. Palin has had her hair done since 2002. She kept going back to the Beehive even after she became the state's governor. A New York Times profile of the salon revealed a Steel Magnolias-style place where a close-knit community of women shares their everyday trials and triumphs. Ms. Palin remained loyal to the Beehive even after she hit the big time. She's that kind of woman, and people sense that about her.
It should be obvious, of course, that one shouldn't choose vice presidents based on hair care. That's not the point. Ms. Palin's relationship to the Beehive telegraphs both her authenticity and her sense of community. She's the real deal – and that made a "gut values connection" with Americans.
Read more:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-dreher_21edi.ART.State.Edition1.26c4760.html
07:47 AM CDT on Sunday, September 21, 2008
If you want to understand why Sarah Palin has made such a powerful connection with American voters, don't listen to the political professionals. Listen to the voice of the Beehive.
The Beehive is the Wasilla hair salon where Ms. Palin has had her hair done since 2002. She kept going back to the Beehive even after she became the state's governor. A New York Times profile of the salon revealed a Steel Magnolias-style place where a close-knit community of women shares their everyday trials and triumphs. Ms. Palin remained loyal to the Beehive even after she hit the big time. She's that kind of woman, and people sense that about her.
It should be obvious, of course, that one shouldn't choose vice presidents based on hair care. That's not the point. Ms. Palin's relationship to the Beehive telegraphs both her authenticity and her sense of community. She's the real deal – and that made a "gut values connection" with Americans.
Read more:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-dreher_21edi.ART.State.Edition1.26c4760.html
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Alaskan Pilots Do NOT Want Us to Elect Sarah Palin!!!
A friend of ours just got back from a big fly-in for pilots of some type small airplane. Pilots came from all over the country for the big multi-day shindig. According to our friend, to a man all of the pilots from Alaska tried their best to talk everyone out of voting for Sarah Palin.
I was shocked given her high approval ratings and all the good reports from Alaska. I could understand one, maybe two, but not all of these guys. I have no idea how many we're talking about, but it was more than a few!
Why? Why? Why?
It's because they don't want to lose her as Governor!
They said she is the first truly honest Governor they've had.
They said she was doing a great job.
They said they wanted to keep her!
Talk about a huge endorsement for Sarah Palin as Vice President!
Did I scare you? Did you think this was going to be something bad? It is bad. It's bad for Obama!
I was shocked given her high approval ratings and all the good reports from Alaska. I could understand one, maybe two, but not all of these guys. I have no idea how many we're talking about, but it was more than a few!
Why? Why? Why?
It's because they don't want to lose her as Governor!
They said she is the first truly honest Governor they've had.
They said she was doing a great job.
They said they wanted to keep her!
Talk about a huge endorsement for Sarah Palin as Vice President!
Did I scare you? Did you think this was going to be something bad? It is bad. It's bad for Obama!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Cool tribute vid for Sarah Palin & John McCain (mostly Sarah ;-)
Great tribute video, love the song and love the lady.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
"Coburn On Palin And The Bridge To Nowhere"
"Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who hollered earliest and loudest about Alaska's 'Bridge to Nowhere,' says that he spoke with Gov. Sarah Palin as the controversy was unfolding and she told him 'that she was going to kill it because she thought it was wasteful.' ... Biden and Obama, said Coburn, 'voted for [the bridge earmark] every time it came up because they played the game on earmarks.'" -- Politico
"Coburn On Palin And The Bridge To Nowhere"
Ryan Grim
Politico
September 10, 2008
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who hollered earliest and loudest about Alaska's "Bridge to Nowhere," says that he spoke with Gov. Sarah Palin as the controversy was unfolding and she told him "that she was going to kill it because she thought it was wasteful." ...
"And can you imagine a governor telling [Alaska Republican Sen.] Ted Stevens what he will or won't do?" Stevens was a vocal supporter of the earmark. He has since been indicted for not reporting gifts he received. ...
McCain was a cosponsor of an amendment that Coburn tried to push through that would have moved the money from Alaska to Louisiana to repair the I-10 freeway damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Joseph Biden (D-Del.) opposed that amendment. Biden and Obama, said Coburn, "voted for [the bridge earmark] every time it came up because they played the game on earmarks. Remember what the appropriators said: 'If you don't vote for this, your earmarks are next. We'll come after your earmarks.' That was the veiled threat." ...
Read The Article
"Coburn On Palin And The Bridge To Nowhere"
Ryan Grim
Politico
September 10, 2008
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who hollered earliest and loudest about Alaska's "Bridge to Nowhere," says that he spoke with Gov. Sarah Palin as the controversy was unfolding and she told him "that she was going to kill it because she thought it was wasteful." ...
"And can you imagine a governor telling [Alaska Republican Sen.] Ted Stevens what he will or won't do?" Stevens was a vocal supporter of the earmark. He has since been indicted for not reporting gifts he received. ...
McCain was a cosponsor of an amendment that Coburn tried to push through that would have moved the money from Alaska to Louisiana to repair the I-10 freeway damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Joseph Biden (D-Del.) opposed that amendment. Biden and Obama, said Coburn, "voted for [the bridge earmark] every time it came up because they played the game on earmarks. Remember what the appropriators said: 'If you don't vote for this, your earmarks are next. We'll come after your earmarks.' That was the veiled threat." ...
Read The Article
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The McCain-Palin Campaign has launched a Truth Squad! Finally....
The Left is coming up with all kinds of bogus smears against Sarah Palin. I'm glad to hear the McCain camp is finally going to start VERY actively trying to fight back. It's always hard to prove a negative, to counter half-truths and misinformation. You never know whether to give it credibility by acknowledging the idiotic garbage by trying to counter it or whether to just ignore it. In this crazy election and in our current atmosphere of mudslinging and lies using the overall cause as justification, I think it's generally best to counter each and every little thing.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, most Republicans aren't the kind of people who spend half their life on the Internet trying to counter stuff.
Here's a statement from the press release the McCain campaign sent out about the truth squad:
Palin has an outstanding record in Alaska and it is despicable that the Dems have sent THIRTY, 30, lawyers and garbage diggers to her home state to try and make up crap about her. Truthfully, I'm surprised they didn't send more! Although, given the number of bloggers they have who follow along like zombies I don't know they really needed the 30.
Here's the official members of the "National Members Of The Palin Truth Squad" who will be speaking out for Sarah:
· Former Governor Jane Swift (R-MA)
· Governor Linda Lingle (R-HI)
· Lt. Governor Sean Parnell, (R-AK)
· Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
· Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
· Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
· Congresswoman Thelma Drake (R-VA)
· Congresswoman Mary Fallin (R-OK)
· Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
· Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX)
· Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
· Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-MI)
· Congresswoman Sue Myrick (R-FL)
· Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
· Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM)
· Jo Ann Davidson, RNC Co-Chair
· Rosario Marin, Former U.S. Treasurer
· Meg Stapleton, Former Aide To Governor Palin
· Kristan Cole, Lifelong Friend Of Governor Palin
State Members Of The Palin Truth Squad:
· Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton (CO)
· State Representative Amy Stephens (CO)
· State Board of Education Member Peggy Littleton (CO)
· State Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff (FL)
· County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez (FL)
· Former Iowa Senate President And Former U.S. Ambassador To The Eastern Caribbean, Mary Kramer (IA)
· State Representative Jackie Walorski (IN)
· State Representative Laura Brod (MN)
· Former GOP State Party Chairwoman And Former State Rep. Barb Sykora (MN)
· Jayne Millerick, Former NH GOP Chair (NH)
· State Senator Jennifer Beck, Honorary Co-Chair NJ Women For McCain-Palin (NJ)
· Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, Honorary Vice Chair NJ Women For McCain-Palin (NJ)
· Bergen County Clerk Kathe Donovan, Honorary Co-Chair NJ Women For McCain-Palin (NJ)
· DA Dona Ana County Susana Martinez (NM)
· Former Lt. Gov. Lorraine Bono-Hunt (NV)
· State Senator Barbara Cegavske (NV)
· State Assemblywoman Heidi Gansert (NV)
· Sue Lowden, Nevada GOP Chair (NV)
&# 183; Kay Ayres, OH GOP Vice Chair (OH)
· Betty Montgomery, Ohio Women For McCain-Palin Chair (OH)
· Mary Taylor, Ohio Auditor Of State (OH)
· Margie Hughes, Clackamas County Chair Of Women For McCain-Palin (OR)
· Linda Neace, West Linn Small Business Owner For McCain-Palin (OR)
· Deanna Smith, Women For McCain-Palin Chairwoman (OR)
· Renee Amoore, PA GOP Deputy Chair (PA)
· Joyce Haas, PA GOP Vice Chair (PA)
· State Senator Lisa Baker (PA)
· Diana Irey, Washington County Commissioner (PA)
· Christine Toretti, RNC National Committeewoman and McCain-Palin Pennsylvania Co-Chair (PA)
· Kim Ward, Westmoreland County Commissioner and McCain-Palin Pennsylvania Regional Chair (PA)
· Former First Lady Susan Allen (VA)
· Lori Ann Miller, Young Republican Federation Of VA Chairman (VA)
· Former Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow (WI)
· Peggy Oban Boze, McCain-Palin Chairwomen For King County (WA)
· Susan McCaw, Former Ambassador To Austria (WA)
· Della Newman, Former Ambassador To New Zealand (WA)
Go Sarah Palin, don't let the Dem Dogs get you down!!!
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, most Republicans aren't the kind of people who spend half their life on the Internet trying to counter stuff.
Here's a statement from the press release the McCain campaign sent out about the truth squad:
"We're proud of Governor Palin's leadership in Alaska and record of taking on
entrenched special interests and the good old boys network," said former
Governor Jane Swift. "Governor Palin's commitment to reform is well-known but
there are those who would seek to distort that record with vile rumors and
smears against her, her husband, her children and her friends. We will not allow
those on the left and in the media to smear a woman who has always served her
constituents with honor. We know the truth and are committed to ensuring it as
well."
Palin has an outstanding record in Alaska and it is despicable that the Dems have sent THIRTY, 30, lawyers and garbage diggers to her home state to try and make up crap about her. Truthfully, I'm surprised they didn't send more! Although, given the number of bloggers they have who follow along like zombies I don't know they really needed the 30.
Here's the official members of the "National Members Of The Palin Truth Squad" who will be speaking out for Sarah:
· Former Governor Jane Swift (R-MA)
· Governor Linda Lingle (R-HI)
· Lt. Governor Sean Parnell, (R-AK)
· Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
· Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
· Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
· Congresswoman Thelma Drake (R-VA)
· Congresswoman Mary Fallin (R-OK)
· Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
· Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX)
· Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
· Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-MI)
· Congresswoman Sue Myrick (R-FL)
· Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
· Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM)
· Jo Ann Davidson, RNC Co-Chair
· Rosario Marin, Former U.S. Treasurer
· Meg Stapleton, Former Aide To Governor Palin
· Kristan Cole, Lifelong Friend Of Governor Palin
State Members Of The Palin Truth Squad:
· Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton (CO)
· State Representative Amy Stephens (CO)
· State Board of Education Member Peggy Littleton (CO)
· State Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff (FL)
· County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez (FL)
· Former Iowa Senate President And Former U.S. Ambassador To The Eastern Caribbean, Mary Kramer (IA)
· State Representative Jackie Walorski (IN)
· State Representative Laura Brod (MN)
· Former GOP State Party Chairwoman And Former State Rep. Barb Sykora (MN)
· Jayne Millerick, Former NH GOP Chair (NH)
· State Senator Jennifer Beck, Honorary Co-Chair NJ Women For McCain-Palin (NJ)
· Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, Honorary Vice Chair NJ Women For McCain-Palin (NJ)
· Bergen County Clerk Kathe Donovan, Honorary Co-Chair NJ Women For McCain-Palin (NJ)
· DA Dona Ana County Susana Martinez (NM)
· Former Lt. Gov. Lorraine Bono-Hunt (NV)
· State Senator Barbara Cegavske (NV)
· State Assemblywoman Heidi Gansert (NV)
· Sue Lowden, Nevada GOP Chair (NV)
&# 183; Kay Ayres, OH GOP Vice Chair (OH)
· Betty Montgomery, Ohio Women For McCain-Palin Chair (OH)
· Mary Taylor, Ohio Auditor Of State (OH)
· Margie Hughes, Clackamas County Chair Of Women For McCain-Palin (OR)
· Linda Neace, West Linn Small Business Owner For McCain-Palin (OR)
· Deanna Smith, Women For McCain-Palin Chairwoman (OR)
· Renee Amoore, PA GOP Deputy Chair (PA)
· Joyce Haas, PA GOP Vice Chair (PA)
· State Senator Lisa Baker (PA)
· Diana Irey, Washington County Commissioner (PA)
· Christine Toretti, RNC National Committeewoman and McCain-Palin Pennsylvania Co-Chair (PA)
· Kim Ward, Westmoreland County Commissioner and McCain-Palin Pennsylvania Regional Chair (PA)
· Former First Lady Susan Allen (VA)
· Lori Ann Miller, Young Republican Federation Of VA Chairman (VA)
· Former Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow (WI)
· Peggy Oban Boze, McCain-Palin Chairwomen For King County (WA)
· Susan McCaw, Former Ambassador To Austria (WA)
· Della Newman, Former Ambassador To New Zealand (WA)
Go Sarah Palin, don't let the Dem Dogs get you down!!!
Monday, September 8, 2008
"Post Endorses John McCain"
The Post today enthusiastically urges the election of Sen. John S. McCain as the 44th president of the United States. McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing the nation stand in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin rsum of his Democratic opponent, freshman Sen. Barack Obama." -- New York Post
"Post Endorses John McCain"
Editorial
New York Post
September 8, 2008
The Post today enthusiastically urges the election of Sen. John S. McCain as the 44th president of the United States.
McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing the nation stand in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin resume of his Democratic opponent, freshman Sen. Barack Obama.
McCain has been in Washington for many years now, but he is not of Washington. He knows where the levers of power are located - and how to manipulate them - but he is not controlled by them.
McCain's selection of the charming, but rock-solid, outsider Sarah Palin as his running mate underscores the point.
Neither plays well with others.
And this is an unalloyed asset at a time when special interests - lobbyists, lawyers and organized labor chief among them - wield enormous influence in the nation's capital.
McCain's Democratic opponents, Obama and Sen. Joseph Biden, lead a party constructed of special interests - public-employee unionists in particular.
There are many reasons to support the McCain-Palin ticket. Here are but a few:
* National security: The differences between McCain and Obama are especially stark.
McCain says 9/11 represented a two-decade "failure ... to respond to ... a [growing] global terror network." He understood that Iraq is a critical front in the war on terror - and he urged perseverance even in the dark days that preceded the success of "the surge."
Obama backed policies that would have abandoned Iraq to its fate, he bitterly opposed the surge, and once insisted that US forces invade Pakistan in search of Osama bin Laden - seemingly without regard for the potential consequences of attacking a nuclear-armed nation, ally or not.
Regarding a nuclear Iran, McCain has pushed for the strongest possible international sanctions and diplomatic pressure. Obama opposes sanctions.
And, when Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia, threatening a return to the Cold War, McCain reacted with stern disapprobation: "We must remind Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability and peace of that world."
Obama called for UN action - unaware, apparently, that Russia's Security Council veto would have prevented any.
* Taxes: McCain knows that when government absorbs ever-larger shares of national income, the economy suffers.
High tax rates diminish investment, killing jobs and stunting growth.
And while Obama promises tax cuts for "95 percent" of Americans, what he actually is proposing is some $650 billion in tax-credit-driven hikes in entitlement and other spending, to be paid for with heavier imposts across the board, but especially on investment - like a sharply higher capital-gains tax.
This is bad news for the millions of ordinary Americans who own stocks, either personally or through pension funds or who plan someday to sell their homes or other real property.
McCain, wisely, vows to keep capital-gains taxes at 15 percent and to keep the Bush-era tax cuts in place - understanding that new growth will boost revenue, and promising to make up the rest with spending restraint.
And he's called for a one-year freeze on most discretionary spending and an end to pork-barrel giveaways.
* Trade: "I object when Senator Obama and others preach the false virtues of economic isolationism," says McCain - noting that "globalization is an opportunity" for US workers. He adds that while emerging economies like those of China and India are worrisome, the answer is competition informed by education and innovation - not protectionism.
* Energy: On the economic issue most vexing Americans today - energy prices - McCain is aggressive
He is a strong convert to offshore drilling: "We have trillions of dollars' worth of oil and gas reserves in the US at a time we are exporting hundreds of billions of dollars a year overseas to buy energy."
He also strongly backs nuclear power - a carbon-free form of energy that America can produce relatively cheaply.
Obama, meanwhile, hews to the Democratic Party line on energy: no nukes, no drilling and no comprehension of the consequences of such policies.
None of this implies an iota of disrespect toward Obama. It took a formidable candidacy to defeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - a candidacy, by the way, which we strongly supported earlier this year.
And the intelligence, the organizational skills and the ability to communicate that Obama demonstrated from the beginning dramatically underscore the history that is being made by the first African-American to head a major-party presidential ticket.
He should be around for a long time, and we hope that he is.
In the end, though, sound security, economic and energy policies - plus allegiance to principle - are critical to keeping America safe and strong.
On all counts, John McCain and Sarah Palin understand this - and that's why we're in their corner to the finish.
Read The Editorial
"Post Endorses John McCain"
Editorial
New York Post
September 8, 2008
The Post today enthusiastically urges the election of Sen. John S. McCain as the 44th president of the United States.
McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing the nation stand in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin resume of his Democratic opponent, freshman Sen. Barack Obama.
McCain has been in Washington for many years now, but he is not of Washington. He knows where the levers of power are located - and how to manipulate them - but he is not controlled by them.
McCain's selection of the charming, but rock-solid, outsider Sarah Palin as his running mate underscores the point.
Neither plays well with others.
And this is an unalloyed asset at a time when special interests - lobbyists, lawyers and organized labor chief among them - wield enormous influence in the nation's capital.
McCain's Democratic opponents, Obama and Sen. Joseph Biden, lead a party constructed of special interests - public-employee unionists in particular.
There are many reasons to support the McCain-Palin ticket. Here are but a few:
* National security: The differences between McCain and Obama are especially stark.
McCain says 9/11 represented a two-decade "failure ... to respond to ... a [growing] global terror network." He understood that Iraq is a critical front in the war on terror - and he urged perseverance even in the dark days that preceded the success of "the surge."
Obama backed policies that would have abandoned Iraq to its fate, he bitterly opposed the surge, and once insisted that US forces invade Pakistan in search of Osama bin Laden - seemingly without regard for the potential consequences of attacking a nuclear-armed nation, ally or not.
Regarding a nuclear Iran, McCain has pushed for the strongest possible international sanctions and diplomatic pressure. Obama opposes sanctions.
And, when Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia, threatening a return to the Cold War, McCain reacted with stern disapprobation: "We must remind Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability and peace of that world."
Obama called for UN action - unaware, apparently, that Russia's Security Council veto would have prevented any.
* Taxes: McCain knows that when government absorbs ever-larger shares of national income, the economy suffers.
High tax rates diminish investment, killing jobs and stunting growth.
And while Obama promises tax cuts for "95 percent" of Americans, what he actually is proposing is some $650 billion in tax-credit-driven hikes in entitlement and other spending, to be paid for with heavier imposts across the board, but especially on investment - like a sharply higher capital-gains tax.
This is bad news for the millions of ordinary Americans who own stocks, either personally or through pension funds or who plan someday to sell their homes or other real property.
McCain, wisely, vows to keep capital-gains taxes at 15 percent and to keep the Bush-era tax cuts in place - understanding that new growth will boost revenue, and promising to make up the rest with spending restraint.
And he's called for a one-year freeze on most discretionary spending and an end to pork-barrel giveaways.
* Trade: "I object when Senator Obama and others preach the false virtues of economic isolationism," says McCain - noting that "globalization is an opportunity" for US workers. He adds that while emerging economies like those of China and India are worrisome, the answer is competition informed by education and innovation - not protectionism.
* Energy: On the economic issue most vexing Americans today - energy prices - McCain is aggressive
He is a strong convert to offshore drilling: "We have trillions of dollars' worth of oil and gas reserves in the US at a time we are exporting hundreds of billions of dollars a year overseas to buy energy."
He also strongly backs nuclear power - a carbon-free form of energy that America can produce relatively cheaply.
Obama, meanwhile, hews to the Democratic Party line on energy: no nukes, no drilling and no comprehension of the consequences of such policies.
None of this implies an iota of disrespect toward Obama. It took a formidable candidacy to defeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - a candidacy, by the way, which we strongly supported earlier this year.
And the intelligence, the organizational skills and the ability to communicate that Obama demonstrated from the beginning dramatically underscore the history that is being made by the first African-American to head a major-party presidential ticket.
He should be around for a long time, and we hope that he is.
In the end, though, sound security, economic and energy policies - plus allegiance to principle - are critical to keeping America safe and strong.
On all counts, John McCain and Sarah Palin understand this - and that's why we're in their corner to the finish.
Read The Editorial
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Love it when OBAMA feels the need to attack Sarah!
When in history has a Presidential candidate felt so threatened that they had to go after the VICE Presidential pick of their opponent? Barack Obama is feeling the heat and is spending his time attacking Sarah.
Sarah Palin has more experience than he does in any area that matters in government and the fact that he is now talking about Sarah Palin brings home the point.
He and his machine are trying to twist what Sarah said during her speech when she compared her experiences as a Mayor and Governor with his experience as a community organizer. They're trying to say she was denigrating community activists, volunteers and organizers.
Huh?
They come out swinging, attempting to hit her on experience. She simply bites back with her barracuda biting humorous touch and says her experience is better than his and the Dems start attempting to change her words.
I think most are much smarter than to be suckered into that one, but who knows? There are a lot of folks out there who simply listen to sound bites and go forth and protest (or worse, vote).
Keep it up Sarah, you have 'em on the run!
Sarah Palin has more experience than he does in any area that matters in government and the fact that he is now talking about Sarah Palin brings home the point.
He and his machine are trying to twist what Sarah said during her speech when she compared her experiences as a Mayor and Governor with his experience as a community organizer. They're trying to say she was denigrating community activists, volunteers and organizers.
Huh?
They come out swinging, attempting to hit her on experience. She simply bites back with her barracuda biting humorous touch and says her experience is better than his and the Dems start attempting to change her words.
I think most are much smarter than to be suckered into that one, but who knows? There are a lot of folks out there who simply listen to sound bites and go forth and protest (or worse, vote).
Keep it up Sarah, you have 'em on the run!
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