The Palin Effect in FL-08: Patricia Sullivan Inspired to Run

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Patricia Sullivan is just one of the many "mama grizzlies" who have been inspired to run for public office by the example set by Sarah Palin. A constitutional conservative, Sullivan says she hopes to "empower her fellow citizens to take back their government, to return to the vision and values of our Founding Fathers."

The mother of four who home schools her children believes strongly in local, rather than federal, jurisdiction over education. Like most "domestic engineers," as Sullivan describes homemakers, she balances the family checkbook and lives within a budget. This is why one of her top priorities is to stop the deficit spending and federal buyouts that she believes "put our country and our children’s future in jeopardy."

Sullivan, one of the founders of the North Lake TEA Party, said in an interview last November that Gov. Palin is her inspiration:

"Sarah Palin really was a breath of fresh air. I remember the day she was announced as McCain’s running mate. We stopped our book work to watch TV. Our oldest daughter, Jennifer, was immediately engaged in the election because of her. I remember watching Sarah walk through crowds with Piper holding her waist and now my youngest is doing the same while I’m talking with voters in my district."

Her district is Florida-08, which takes in parts of Orange County (including part of Orlando), Lake County, Marion and Osceola County.

The central Florida district is currently represented by Democrat lunatic Alan Grayson, who has called free speech "a threat to democracy." Grayson sees no problems with his own free speech, however, as he has called Linda Robertson, an adviser to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, a "K Street whore." After Sarah Palin called for Grayson's ouster in a speech to the Orange County GOP Lincoln Day dinner in March, the rabid representative referred to the first woman to win the Republican nomination for vice president as a "wild Alaskan dingbat." Grayson has also said that the health care plans proposed by Rep. Eric Cantor and other Republicans were for Americans to "die quickly," and he ran afoul of the Anti-Defamation League for referring to the health care system as a “holocaust in America.”

Before she can take on Grayson, however, Patricia Sullivan must best a crowded field of no less than thirteen in the District Eight GOP primary, which will be decided on August 24. She is pro-life, an advocate for fiscal responsibility, a believer in border security, and a constitutionalist who strongly supports the second and tenth amendments.

Those who would like to contribute to her campaign can do so here.

- JP