Reacting to the recent string of bad economic news, Palin said the Obama “administration has got to be honest and candid with the American public” and criticized their policies up until now.We will have video up of Gov. Palin's FNS appearance as soon as Fox News posts it.
“Bottom line is their plan for bigger government, more federal control over our private sector, more regulations and burdensome mandates on the people and our businesses, it’s not working and we do need to shift gears and change course. And it’s very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.”
What would a “President Palin” do?
“I would go the opposite direction of what these Democrats and President Obama have already tried in his two-and-a-half years. What President Palin would do is cut the federal budget, making sure that we’re not crowding out private sector investment. We will cut that spending. We have no choice. We’re going broke. We’re going bankrupt. We have absolutely no choice.”
The former governor of Alaska added that she thinks one of the most important things that can be done to help the economy is “unleashing our domestic energy production opportunities… Energy is the key to prosperity, to security.”
Addressing one of the pressing issues on Washington’s calendar this summer, Palin said that while she does believe the debt limit is going to be raised, if she was a member of Congress, her vote would be no.
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8AM (Central) Sunday on Fox, 1PM & 5PM on Fox NewsSarah Palin’s “One Nation” bus tour is the talk of the political world. We’ll talk about her current trip, what it means for her political future, and get the former governor’s thoughts on the current state of the economy. Sarah Palin in an Exclusive interview, only on “Fox News Sunday.”The interview with Gov. Palin will air in the program's first segment on the Fox network at 8AM and rebroadcast at 1PM and 5PM on the Fox News Channel (all Texas Time).
*Sarah Palin joins “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the 2010 midterms, the Obama Administration, and her own political future. Plus, the former Alaskan Governor weighs in on a federal judge’s decision to block some key parts of the controversial Arizona immigration law.The program airs on the Fox Network at 8 AM Texas Time and repeats on the Fox News Channel at 1 PM and 5 PM.
“I think Rand Paul is right in his clarifications about what he means and his interpretation of the impacts of the Civil Rights Act... He's a supporter of the Civil Rights Act and equal rights. He would have marched with Martin Luther King Jr., he said. And he will oppose any efforts to diminish or erode away any aspect of the Civil Rights Act, so he's supportive.”Citing her own treatment by a corrupt press, the former Alaska governor warned conservative and libertarian Republican candidates to beware of the state-controlled media and its agenda:
“Don't assume that you can engage in a hypothetical discussion about constitutional impacts with a reporter or a media personality who has an agenda, who may be prejudiced before they even get into the interview in regards to what your answer may be… You know, they're looking for that "gotcha" moment.”The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate called on her party not to take the current political environment for granted in trying to take back control of both houses of Congress:
“It’s a wakeup call in terms of anybody assuming that you can just take it for granted that the voters' mood will just, I guess, usher in all the Republicans. That's not, that's not the case.”Gov. Palin was critical of the media's coverage of how the the Obama Administration has tried to deal with the Gulf Oil Spill:
“I don't know why the question isn't asked by the mainstream media and by others if there's any connection with the contributions made to President Obama and his administration and the support by the oil companies to the administration.”When asked by host Chris Wallace what she will be doing to help the GOP in the upcoming midterm elections, Governor Palin replied:
“I'm going to keep out there talking to people, hearing from people, those who desire a less intrusive government in our businesses, in our lives and in our family matters. I'm going to keep speaking with them and helping to empower them to effect this change that is so needed in the midterms.”And when asked the obligatory question about her intentions concerning a potential Presidential run, the governor answered:
“If the voters of America are in the mood for a kind of unconventional, candid, honest public servant, and it doesn't necessarily have to be me, but if that's what they're in the mood for, they're going to let that be known and they're going to help really propel and push that candidate forward, and then that candidate, of course, will make the decision whether to run or not. Don’t know if that’s going to me, Chris... As I’ve always said, I’m not going to close any door that perhaps would be open.””- JP
This past Tuesday provided a glimpse of the electoral atmosphere facing both political parties. Kentucky Senate Candidate Rand Paul delivered a victory to the Tea Party movement in the Republican primary, but another conservative favorite lost a special Congressional election in Pennsylvania. The former Vice Presidential candidate gives us her take when she joins “Fox News Sunday” in an Exclusive interview.- JP
The snows that obliterated Washington last week interfered with many scheduled meetings, but they did not prevent the delivery of one important political message: Take Sarah Palin seriously.Broder says he was also impressed with Gov. Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention in the summer of 2008. But the Palin he saw this weekend has learned much since the '08 campaign, and she is putting that knowledge to good use. This weekend, he says:
Her lengthy Saturday-night keynote address to the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville and her debut on the Sunday-morning talk show circuit with Fox News' Chris Wallace showed off a public figure at the top of her game — a politician who knows who she is and how to sell herself.
Palin used the Tea Party gathering and coverage on the cable networks to display the full repertoire she possesses, touching on national security, economics, fiscal and social policy and every other area where she could draw a contrast with Barack Obama and point up what Republicans see as vulnerabilities in Washington.Having armed herself with a "pitch-perfect" polulist message in a year when the national mood has become anti-encumbent and anti-estabishlishment, says the columnist, the former governor of Alaska has staked claim to strategic political ground:
Her invocation of “conservative principles and common-sense solutions” was perfectly conventional. What stood out in the eyes of TV-watching pols of both parties was the skill with which she drew a self-portrait that fit not just the wishes of the immediate audience but the mood of a significant slice of the broader electorate.
In the present mood of the country, Palin is by all odds a threat to the more uptight Republican aspirants like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty — and, potentially, to Obama as well.David Broder's full op-ed is well worth the read.
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Those who want to stop her will need more ammunition than deriding her habit of writing on her hand. The lady is good.
Nielsen reports show Wallace's high ratings with 132,000 viewers and a 4.2 Household rating - record-breaking numbers for the show in D.C. In the demographic (25-54), "Fox News Sunday" had 58,000 viewers, beating all three shows -- NBC's "Meet the Press", CBS's "Face the Nation" and ABC's "This Week".A FOX video of the interview is here.
Host Chris Wallace said that Palin will be next Sunday's "special guest," mentioning that she's speaking at the upcoming tea party convention. From that description, it sounds like Palin will be on more in the role of political figure than pundit.On his blog Wallace Watch, Chris Wallace is asking viewers to submit questions that they would like for him to ask Gov. Palin when she appears from Nashville on his program next week.
