Grassroots for Palin Meeting in February

An e-mail from our Bloggers for Sarah Palin colleague Steve Maloney :

Dear Friends of Gov. Sarah Palin:

Just a reminder: there will be a meeting the evening of February 19, 2010, in Washington, DC, where CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) will be held Feb. 18-20. The pro-Palin meeting will be separate from the CPAC convention. Those in attendance will be people who strongly support Sarah Palin for President.

The purposes of the meeting will be:

(1) to enable pro-Palin activists from around the country to meet one another and discuss strategy and tactics;
(2) to discuss fundraising opportunities for Gov. Palin (mainly through www.sarahpac.com);
(3) to discuss building our organizations;
(4) to get bloggers and other online communicators to work in a coordinated manner.

Other facts about the pro-Palin meeting:

(1) The cost will be about $15 (to pay for room rental) per person;
(2) Perhaps 6-8 people will speak, but remarks will be held to no more than 5-7 minutes each;
(3) There will be a major effort to hold down costs for those attending;
(4) There will be a telephone conference call on approximately Feb. 21 for those unable to attend the DC meeting;
(5) There will be no requirement to attend the CPAC events;
(6) There will be no guidance from "on high" for the meeting -- that, no financing from any political committee or candidate; it will be a pure grassroots effort;
and,
(7) There will be an effort to get all pro-Palin groups represented at the meeting.

God willing, at least one member of the Palin family will attend the meeting. I hope as many pro-Palin activists as possible will be there, including people from Hawaii and Alaska.

Your input is encouraged.

Steve Maloney

- JP

Gov. Palin meets with Lithuanian defense minister

For a Palin blogger, it's hard to find much news about the governor's trip to Kosovo to visit the troops, as we have to wait for tweets from Gov. Palin, press releases from her office and practically nothing from the mainstream media. This is not the msm's fault, since the governor apparently took no embed reporters along with her, as per Army wishes. So we really have to dig for information. Sometimes, we are rewarded for our efforts with something new.

On the website of the Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Lithuania, we found a story about Defense Minister Rasa Juknevičienė's visit to Kosovo. Gov. Palin had tweeted:

"Met w Lithuanian Minister of Defense, Rasa Jukneviciene. She's a conservative in Parliament here for Change of Command & peacekeeping exercz"

The story on the Ministry's web page contained a paragraph on the meeting:

While in Camp Bondsteel Lithuanian Minister met with the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin visiting the US forces. High officials met for a discussion on participation of their countries in international operations.

Nothing much new there, but the story led us to this great photo of the defense minister and the governor engaged in conversation:



Update: Thanks to DVIDS, the 24/7 operation that connects media around the world with our military serving overseas, we now have this video of Gov. Palin's arrival at Camp Bondsteel, visiting with the troops, taking a guided tour of the nearby Kosovo town of Ferizaj and excerpts from her speech to the soldiers. Spc. Joseph Samudio of the 69th Public Affairs Detachment was responsible for the outstanding camera work.

Also, some photos of Gov. Palin in Kosovo, taken by U.S. Army Sgt. Adam David Pepper, are now posted on the governor's website.

- JP