Quote of the Day (May 11, 2010)

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Cassy Fiano:

"One might think that she would be a feminist dream. She’s smart, she’s accomplished, and she’s got a family. She is the epitome of a woman having it all. She’s got a loving husband... She’s got five beautiful children, yet she still has a powerful career. She thinks for herself, took on her own party in Alaska and beat the corruption, and has made her own way in the so-called boys club of politics. But does any of this matter to feminists? No, to them Sarah Palin can’t be a feminist simply because she’s pro-life... It’s funny, because upon a time, feminists despised abortion. Susan B. Anthony was [adamantly] anti-abortion and Elizabeth Cady Stanton rightly called it infanticide. Modern feminists are nothing but extremist liberal harpies who have hijacked the title of 'feminist' and are no more pro-woman than Margaret Sanger was pro-black."

- JP

Some DeVore supporters losing patience

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Even some of Chuck DeVore's staunchest supporters are getting impatient with their candidate's failure to climb out of the cellar in the California GOP primary for the chance to challenge Sen. Barbara Boxer in the general election.

CNN contributor Erick Erickson, who has been promoting DeVore on his website RedState.com, said on CNN's "John King USA" tonight that if DeVore doesn't manage to surge in the polls in the next two weeks, "I'll be with Carly Fiorina because Tom Campbell is that bad":

You can view a video of the segment here.

DeVore is currently running fourth in a three person race. According to the lastest Survey USA poll, Campbell gets 35 percent of the poll, followed by Fiorina at 24 percent. 23 percent are undecided, and Campbell only manages 15 percent.

Many of Fiorina's backers are calling for DeVore to drop out of the race and join Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, the National Right To Life Committee and others by endorsing Fiorina. They fear that if DeVore remains in the race, he and Fiorina will split the right-of-center vote, allowing liberal Republican Campbell to easily win the primary.

- JP

Sarah Palin in Las Vegas May 23 to address RECon 2010

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Sarah Palin will return to Nevada this month to speak to the International Council of Shopping Centers annual convention in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Sun:

Palin is expected to talk about leadership at RECon 2010, the world’s largest gathering of real estate professionals. The conference, which runs through May 25, is expected to attract more than 30,000 people to the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road.

Only those who register for the conference can attend Palin’s speech.

The registration is $575 for members and $1,150 for nonmembers. Registration is available at the convention center.

Palin will speak about 1:30 p.m.

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The convention provides educational seminars for the retail development industry and gives executives an opportunity to network make deals.

Gov. Palin was last in Nevada March 27 when she spoke at a Tea Party rally in Sen Majority Leader harry Reid's home town of Searchlight.

The RECon webpage is here. The registration page is here, and the ICSC home page is here.

- JP

Sarah Palin Was Right #32: Majority of Americans Still Want Offshore Drilling

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In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Sarah Palin published an op-ed online to explain why she still supports offshore drilling:

"All responsible energy development must be accompanied by strict oversight, but even with the strictest oversight in the world, accidents still happen. No human endeavor is ever without risk – whether it’s sending a man to the moon or extracting the necessary resources to fuel our civilization. I repeat the slogan “drill here, drill now” not out of naiveté or disregard for the tragic consequences of oil spills – my family and my state and I know firsthand those consequences. How could I still believe in drilling America’s domestic supply of energy after having seen the devastation of the Exxon-Valdez spill? I continue to believe in it because increased domestic oil production will make us a more secure, prosperous, and peaceful nation."

She was immediately attacked and ridiculed by the anti-Palin left, but according to the results of an IBD/TIPP poll taken after the rig explosion and subsequent oil spill, a solid majority of the American people agree with Gov. Palin, not the naysayers:

Preliminary results of an IBD/TIPP Poll of 795 U.S. adults, taken from April 30 to May 5, show that a large majority — 59% — approve of "oil exploration and drilling in America's national territorial waters." Just 31% said they disapprove.

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The cold reality is we need oil. A retreat from drilling would be economically unwise. BP's mess must be put into perspective.

"We get more than a fifth of our domestic production of oil here in the U.S. from off the Gulf Coast, over a million barrels a day," says the American Enterprise Institute's Steve Hayward. "If we don't continue that ... we'll be importing more oil to make up for it, even if consumption stays flat."

Today, the U.S. uses about 21 million barrels of oil a day. But we produce only about a third of that. The rest is imported. All told, including Mexico, a third of our oil and gas comes from the Gulf.

Simply, there is no ready-to-use energy source now available to replace millions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas.

IBD's editors explain the significance of the poll results. The DOE tells us that by the time two more decades have elapsed, the world will need 23% more oil than it is using today. We simply can't continue to depend on foreign sources to provide the United States with the oil we will need to meet domestic demands. For the sake of our own security, we must expand our home-grown domestic energy sector.

Average Americans understand that we will need more oil and natural gas, and the only way to get is to drill for it. That we must do so responsibly almost goes without saying, but in light of the Gulf spill, it has to be said. Average Americans also understand this, as does Gov. Palin, who has always argued that we must explore and produce with the greatest of care and respect for the environment.

- JP

Sarah Palin's second book has a title and release date

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Sarah Palin's publisher HarperCollins has told the Associated Press that the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate's second book will bear the title America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, and it has been given a November 23, 2010 release date.

It will include "selections from classic and contemporary readings that have moved her," according to HarperCollins, along with "the nation's founding documents to great speeches, sermons, letters, literature and poetry, biography, and even some of her favorite songs and movies."

The book is inspired not only by her "strong belief in the importance of family, faith, and patriotism," but by some of the people she met last year while promoting Going Rogue. Palin skipped major cities such as Seattle and Los Angeles, traditional stops on most author tours, and instead focused on smaller communities more receptive to her conservative message.

"The book will also include portraits of some of the extraordinary men and women she admires and who embody her deep love of country, her strong rootedness in faith, and her profound love and appreciation of family," the statement from HarperCollins reads.

Tina Andreadis, a spokesperson for the publisher, said that details are being arranged for a book tour to promote the new volume. She added that the initial printing of America By Heart will be a million copies. The first printing of Going Rogue was 1.5 million. and and the book has sold over 2.6 million copies to date.

Andreadis says Gov. Palin will have a collaborator on the new book, but would not confirm that it will be author Lynn Vincent, who worked with the governor on her memoir. Andreadis would only say that she had "no specifics to announce yet." HarperCollins plans for the digital version of America By Heart to be released at the same time as the print edition.

- JP

That spirit is already in Piper's DNA, Stacy

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Stacy McCain received an e-mail from the Brenham Banner-Press asking him to see if he could confirm that the rocking horse on which Piper Palin is perched in a photo from the USA Today Mothers Day story on the Palin family is the same one a Brenham resident built and sent as a gift to the Palins:


That other McCain was able, through one of his sources, to confirm that it is indeed the same item (the Texas flag on the side of the horse was no doubt a helpful clue). Hmmm. Wonder if the gent from Brenham sent some Blue Bell ice cream up Wasilla way along with that horse? Stacy concludes by expressing his wish that Piper "absorbs some of that courageous Lone Star spirit that earned Texans their famous praise":

“They have fought grandly, nobly,
and we must have more of them.”

Not to worry, good sir. Piper already has that fighting spirit all wrapped up in her personal genetic code, and she didn't even need a rocking horse from this great state to donate the DNA. We think her mom and Dad have that taken care of very nicely.

Todd Palin, after all, finished the 2008 running of the gruelling 1,971-mile Iron Dog snowmobile endurance race in fourth place, despite having crashed into a 55-gallon oil drum hidden in the snow. The first dude estimated that he was going 50 to 60 mph at the time, and it sent him flying some 70 feet through the air. It was quite a painful experience and broke his arm, but Todd has a lot of fight in him. He just manned up and rode the last 400 miles with a broken arm. No Big Joe Biden Deal. How did Todd describe the episode to Sarah? "He said, 'I got bumped around a little bit,'" Gov. Palin explained.

And, in case you haven't noticed, the Heath side of Piper's family tree has no shortage of gutsy genetic matter either. Sarah Palin has been fighting the Obama administration and its neosocialist agenda fiercely and courageously for quite some time now. And she has been doing so with gallantry unmatched by most others in the conservative camp. David Karki took note of this about a year ago, and in a North Star Writers Group op-ed, paraphrased Lincoln's famous quote of Grant:

"We cannot spare this woman – she fights."

Much as we proud Texas are more than willing to pass the cup of courage around, we're confident that little Piper or any of the other members of the Palin clan won't need nary a sip. We'll offer it instead to someone who really could use it. (Suggestions?) But we certainly did appreciate seeing General Lee's inspiring quote about the Texas Brigade. Thank you, suh!

Update: That Brenham resident is Antonio Palacios, and the Banner-Press published this feature article about him.

- JP

Sarah Palin Was Right #31: Thomas Sowell on 'A Duty to Die'

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Ssrah Palin's early warning radar detected low-flying health care rationing back in the day when ObamaCare was just an idea being kicked around by the neosocialists, and her prediction that "death panels" would be part and parcel of the left's socialized medicine agenda has been vindicated many times, despite the leftist campaign to ridicule her and brand her a liar.

Professor Thomas Sowell, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, in a National Review commentary, examines the socialist notion that the elderly have a "duty to die." Here are a few choice morsels:

One of the many fashionable notions that have caught on among some of the intelligentsia is that old people have “a duty to die” rather than become a burden to others.

This is more than just an idea discussed around a seminar table. Already the government-run medical system in Britain is restricting what medications or treatments it will authorize for the elderly. Moreover, it seems almost certain that similar attempts to contain runaway costs will lead to similar policies when American medical care is taken over by the government.

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It is today, in an age when homes have flat-paneled TVs and most families eat in restaurants regularly or have pizzas and other meals delivered to their homes, that the elites — rather than the masses — have begun talking about “a duty to die.”

Back in the days of Aunt Nance Ann, nobody in our family had ever gone to college. Indeed, none had gone beyond elementary school. Apparently, you need a lot of expensive education, sometimes including courses on ethics, before you can start talking about “a duty to die.”

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Much of what is taught in our schools and colleges today seeks to break down traditional values and replace them with more fancy and fashionable notions, of which “a duty to die” is just one.

Sarah Palin is the Paul Revere of her time. Read Dr. Sowell's full NRO op-ed here. A linked list of all previous posts in our "Sarah Palin Was Right" series is here.

- JP

Santorum joins Sarah Palin in endorsing Carly Fiorina

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Tuesday night on Fox News' "On The Record" with Greta Susteren, former Sen. Rick Santorum defended Sarah Palin's endorsement of Carly Fiorina and declared his own support for the former Hewlett Packard CEO in California's GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate:



- JP

Gov. Palin will speak to NHLA convention in October

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The National Hardwood Lumber Association says that Sarah Palin has accepted its invitation to deliver the keynote address during the opening session of the NHLA Annual Convention October 13 in Vancouver, British Columbia. NHLA Executive Director Mark Barford said in a news release (PDF):

"Governor Palin supports a free enterprise system with limited government involvement and understands that industries, such as ours are a great example of America’s pioneering spirit. We are pleased and honored to welcome her as Keynote Speaker."

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"Every year we strive to build a speaker line-up of top newsmakers and industry leaders. Governor Palin’s participation continues this tradition and again, we are very excited and honored to welcome her to the premier hardwood industry event."

Registration information can be found here. More convention details are here, and the NHLA webpage is here.

- JP

Day By Day (May 11, 2010)

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Good Morning! It's a wonderful life if we take it Day By Day.



Support Pro-Palin Day By Day here.

- JP

Quote of the Day (May 10, 2010)

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Douglas Ernst:

"Hamas let the women out of the house the other day to participate in a few track and field events. Are you impressed? I’m not... I highly suggest reading the book Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid if you’d like to see the side of the story guys like Neal Gabler are inclined to downplay or ignore in favor of sliming retired folks attending Tea Parties. While it doesn’t focus solely on women, there are some choice nuggets of information you’ll be able to file away for future encounters with American (liberal) feminists. Although, these days they really only scream bloody murder when Sarah Palin opens her mouth, as opposed to the actions of jihadi head choppers and their ideological half-brothers actually causing someone to scream…bloody murder!"

- JP

Sarah Palin uses Facebook, Twitter to slap Obama Admin., UN

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Using both Facebook and Twitter, Sarah Palin criticized the Obama Administration for wanting to scale back pay increases Congress proposes to give U.S. military personnel after it used stimulus funds to give government employee unions lavish pay raises. Her Facebook post linked to this Newsmax story.

In a Twitter message Monday, Governor Palin aid the credibility of the U.N. was "a joke" because the international organization ignored "despicable treatment of women in Iran" and recently voted by acclamation to give that Islamic nation a seat on the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.

- JP

Sarah Palin will speak in Birmingham, AL Tuesday

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Sarah Palin will be in Birmingham, Alabama Tuesday, speaking at a fundraiser for the Rainbow Omega organization.

The faith-based non-profit provides residential care, health care and vocational programs for the developmentally disabled:



- JP

More Quote of the Day Honorable Mentions, Part 50

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"California Calculus" Edition...

Allahpundit at Hot Air:

"Palin’s problem isn’t her base, it’s centrist Republicans and independents, and today’s curveball will help her (very marginally) with that. Frankly, I like the fact that she showed some [spine] and jumped in on behalf of a candidate who might irk the grassroots. The rap on her is that she’s a wingnut robot, mindlessly supporting whoever the truest 'true conservative' in the race might be. Not so. This required some calculation and some risk, and she’s willing and able to undertake both. Good."

Jon Fleischman atThe Flash Report:

"This endorsement is a big boost to Fiorina's candidacy amongst conservatives -- and is a significant blow to the campaign of Chuck DeVore... There is no doubt to this close observer of California politics that Chuck DeVore is the most conservative candidate in this Senate primary. But Palin's endorsement of Fiorina makes it a harder sell for DeVore that he is the only conservative in the field."

Ian Lazaran at Conservatives 4 Palin:

"Right now, Fiorina and DeVore are splitting the conservative vote in California, allowing Campbell to take the lead. It's pretty clear that Campbell is the worst possible choice for conservatives in California... He will be unable to create the contrast that our candidate needs to create with longtime Democrat Party hack Barbara Boxer. Carly Fiorina can create the contrast with Boxer. She is also clearly in a better position to win the primary and then prevail in the general election than DeVore. She has raised a lot more money in her campaign than DeVore in a state where it is very expensive to advertise... There's a reason why liberals attack Fiorina much more than they attack her two primary opponents. The left recognizes that the strongest possible opponent for Barbara Boxer is someone unafraid to take the fight right to her."

Be John Galt:

"My guess is that Palin viewed DeVore as unelectable and made the endorsement more to stop Tom Campbell than support Carly Fiorina. Palin may also believe Fiorina has a better chance of defeating Barbara Boxer in the general election. 'California isn’t Kansas, Toto.'"

Spencer Kornhaber at OC Weekly Blogs:

"Big-name conservatives organizations, like the California Pro Life Council and National Right to Life, have been coming down for Fiorina lately. The Palin endorsement is the latest and by far greatest blow to DeVore's failed campaign to acquire a monopoly on conservative credentials in the Senate primary race. And some of the endorsements DeVore has been racking up of late have been pretty, well, unimpressive... Chuck sent out a soul-searching message to supporters. Yes, the Palin thing stung... Hey [RedState] commenters who said DeVore didn't care about Sarah--how's that nopey, changey thing workin' out for ya?"

Ron Devito at US for Palin:

"Candidate endorsements are not just about principles. They’re about winning. They’re also high-risk, for if one of her endorsed candidates loses, it reflects on Governor Palin. She is not going to squander the political capital she worked so hard to build, to make a few purists happy. Our goal between now and November 2, 2010 is to take back the House and the Senate, so that Obama’s agenda can be stalled, neutered and reversed. In this senatorial race, Fiorina, not Devore, is the one who can beat Boxer. Devore’s campaign has squandered funds almost as soon as they were raised and alienated key Republicans through its amateurish operations. Devore also does not have national name recognition critical in a federal election. The foregoing clearly indicates that winning a primary will be next to impossible for Devore, and Boxer will win a general election with him as the opposition. Governor Palin most absolutely did the right thing endorsing Fiorina."

Taylor Marsh:

"As for Fiorina, she’s charming, smart and has a much better chance of winning than the men she’s up against. Tom Campbell ran against Feinstein in 2000, losing by 19 points and getting beat in his own district. As for Devore, Palin doesn’t want to back a loser... This endorsement makes a lot of sense if you’ve followed Sarah. These two women have both been through the ringer with the press, had serious challenges in their professional lives, failed and gotten back up. Palin supporters need to get a clue. They’re upset because they haven’t done their homework and don’t know the politician they idolize."

Clifton B at Another Black Conservative:

"Despite the great devotion that conservatives have for Chuck Devore, he simply does not have the numbers on his side... Here is some hard truth for my California readers. It appears there aren’t enough true conservatives on the left coast to pull Devore over the line... I think... that is why [Sarah Palin] is endorsing Fiorina."

Phineas Fahrquar at Public Secrets:

"I support Sarah Palin. I like her record; I like what she stands for. And, 95% of the time, I like her judgment. I plan to vote for her and campaign for her should she run for President... I see this neither as a betrayal of 'true conservatism' nor as a divine revelation. It is the recommendation of one very smart, very savvy politician whom I admire greatly – and with whom I disagree in this particular case... So let’s put down the long knives, remember what unites us, and aim for the gold ring in November, not the brass one in June."

Adrienne Ross at Motivation Truth:

"I simply cannot get used to the vehement anger displayed by some whenever [Gov. Palin] does something with which they don't agree. I say again what I've said before: the very thing that drew people to her is the very thing that makes people furious with her when she doesn't do what they expect... When looking at the full picture, it is obvious to me that her endorsement of Carly Fiorina was the common sense decision. She is the conservative with the best chance in this race. Others disagree with this. That's cool, too. But the whining?"

David Forsmark at the News Real Blog:

"The other day, John Guardiano had a provocative post saying that Sarah Paln’s endorsement of California Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina proves she is not a conservative. Of course, it proves no such thing... I’m just curious. If an endorsement of Carly Fiorina disqualifies one from the label of 'conservative,' what does a week long, passionate defense– and endorsement– of David Frum, who makes his living trashing conservatives lately– make John? If nothing else, Carly Fiorina seems to be to the right of David Frum. Just sayin’…"

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs:

"Fiorino notwithstanding, I love that woman. She wears [her Israeli/American flag] pin all the time."

Gary P. Jackson at The Cypress Times:

"We all kind of figured there would be some detractors when Sarah decided to step in and endorse Carly Fiorina in the Californian Republican primary. But the over the top histrionics, and the unprofessional reaction from the DeVore camp simply amazed me... The bottom line though is this: Chuck DeVore has zero chance of becoming the Republican nominee for the United States Senate race. Zero. There are a any number of reasons why DeVore simply didn’t get traction. Most of it can be narrowed down to the fact that he ran a poor campaign The DeVore campaign had trouble raising money, and even more trouble managing money."

Patrick S. Adams at Patrick's World USA:

"I understand how some in the Tea Party and conservative movement feel. I, too, was a little taken aback by the Fiorina endorsement. Like with Palin's resignation, I will come to understand it in time. I know this because I believe in Sarah Palin... I believe in conservatism and see what it can do as a guiding philosophy for political leaders. I'm also a Reagan Republican... Ronald Reagan may have been one of the unwashed masses; but every once in a while he had to don the tux and go sit with some party big whigs... We're going to have to govern some day. While getting there may start with clinging to your dogma while waving Gadsden flags in a field, ultimately how you form coalitions and enact policy on the electoral playing field and in the halls of Congress requires a balancing act between purism and pragmatism... Obama's got a big army and we need numbers."

Stacy Drake at A Time for Choosing:

"Tom Campbell is currently up an average of +6 points in all the polls. If those numbers do not shift by June 8th, Campbell will win the primary and all this bickering between DeVore and Fiorina camps will be for nothing. As a Conservative, as a Californian, as a San Diegan that possibility frightens me. Not only is Tom Campbell way more left-leaning than I prefer for my candidates on issues like taxes, abortion, and the second amendment, but he also has some connections that are deeply troubling... Keep in mind that Chuck DeVore is currently registering 10-14 percentage points in the polls. If he were to hypothetically drop out and shift his support to Fiorina, that would wipe out Campbell’s lead entirely. However, that would take leadership on DeVore’s part, and after the “sheepdog” swipe he allowed last week, I am not holding my breath."

- JP

Defense requests retrial for Kernell on ID theft charge

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Prosecutors say the son of a Tennessee state legislator could face a retrial for identity theft if a defense request for another trial is granted. The jury hearing the case against David Kernell, son of Democrat Mike Kernell, ruled on three other charges, but could not reach a verdict on the count of identity theft:

David Kernell, 22, was found guilty April 30 in federal court in Knoxville of obstruction of justice and unauthorized access to a computer, but acquitted of a wire fraud charge for hacking Palin's account as she campaigned on the Republican ticket in 2008. The jury deadlocked on an identity theft charge.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Weddle on Friday noted defense motions requesting a retrial. He said that only if a new trial were granted on either of the two charges that resulted in conviction would the identity theft case also be retried.

Defense attorney Wade Davies declined comment Friday about his motions for a retrial. During the trial he made motions for a mistrial and now has numerous appeals pending before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Phillips, who presided over the nine-day trial in which Palin was the star witness, has not scheduled a sentencing date or a hearing on the motions.

Kernell could face up to 20 years in prison on the obstruction conviction. The misdemeanor count of unauthorized access to a computer could add a maximum of an additional year to a possible prison sentence.

- JP

Sarah Palin Won't Back Down

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Though some of her supporters aren't happy about it, Sarah Palin won't back down from her endorsement of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in the California GOP U.S. Senate primary:

"The governor is never one to go with the flow," Jason Recher, a spokesman for Palin said, explaining that the former Alaska governor respects the differing opinions but is sticking by her choice. "She is a very independent person, and she shakes things up in establishments -- including grassroots establishments -- all the time."

The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the endorsement on her Facebook page, saying Fiorina's experience running a major corporation is sorely lacking in Washington.

In the Thursday posting, Palin called Fiorina a "Commonsense Conservative" who has the potential to beat "liberal" Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in November.

After some of her Facebook fans posted comments asking Gov. Palin to change her endorsement, she posted an update:

She listed reasons for her support, including the endorsement of Fiorina by National Right to Life and the California Pro-Life Council.

"She is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-military and pro-strict border security and against amnesty," Palin wrote. "Carly is also a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. Like me, she is a member of the (National Rifle Association), has a 100 percent NRA rating, and she and her husband are gun owners."

Fiorina is essentially in a two-person race with former congressman Tom Campbell, a liberal Republican who is leading in most polls. DeVore is lagging far behind, and his campaign is strapped for cash. This bodes ill for DeVore in a hypothetical general election match up with well-financed liberal Democrat Boxer.

- JP

Day By Day (May 10, 2010)

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Good Morning! It's a wonderful life if we take it Day By Day.



Support Pro-Palin Day By Day here.

- JP

Quote of the Day (May 9, 2010)

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Dr. Drew Pinsky:

"Bristol was fantastic. She is clearly a mother. Her parents (Sarah and Todd Palin), have handled it just right. Take the Palins' politics out of it -- they have done a remarkable job with Bristol. She is very poised and clear on who she is. She doesn't apologize for who she is."

- JP

Happy Mothers Day!

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Consider this from the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation:

The most important person… on earth is a Mother.
She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral.
She need not.
She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral –
A dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body.
The angels have not been blessed with such a grace.
They cannot share in God’s creative miracle to bring new souls to heaven.
Only a human mother can.
Mothers are closer to God the creator than any other creature.
God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation…
What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?

--Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

h/t: Free Republic

- JP

Another reason Gov. Palin did not endorse Chuck DeVore?

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Sarah Plain's endorsement of Carly Fiorina in the California GOP primary for U.S. Senate is looking better with each passing day. TheRightScoop catches DeVore on video saying that the Taliban and Al Qaeda do not present "an existential threat" to the United States:



Is the very existence of Al Qaeda and the Taliban a threat? You betcha! Is this DeVore's Gerald Ford moment? Time will tell...

- JP