Senator John McCain and Former Governor Sarah Palin are together again - today, in Arizona. She is campaigning for and with Senator McCain.Read Sarah Palin's Arizona Republic op-ed for Sen. McCain here.
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And guess what?
Both Senator McCain and Governor Palin will be our guests tonight at 10pm [9pm Central] ON THE RECORD.
Palin will seek to bolster McCain's conservative credentials at a Tucson rally today, a Phoenix fundraiser tonight at the same hotel where they conceded to the Democrat ticket in 2008, and another rally in Phoenix Saturday.Though Tea Partiers and McCain supporters may not see eye to eye on many issues, one thing they can most certainly agree upon is that Saturday in Searchlight is not too early to get Harry Reid's retirement party started.
McCain's opponent, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, paints himself as the true conservative and seeks to dismiss Palin's popular participation as "the very human impulse of gratitude" for plucking her from Alaska's relative political obscurity and dragging her down to a decisive national defeat. Which she's now turned into a bestseller, a newly-confirmed TV documentary series on the Learning Channel, a couple of million dollars and an active SARAHPAC.
Longer term, Palin is doing what any possible presidential candidate should do 32 months out: Hand out her precious personal campaign time and PAC money to potential allies for her own race should she decide to launch one about this time next year.
That's her much vaunted Common sense way.
"MSNBC... must still be fuming since Palin ignored them on her book tour and took the rest of the country by storm. In the end Palin sold over 2.4 million copies, having one of the highest selling political biographies in history. The elitists at MSNBC just cannot accept that... The fact she snubbed the cable network and still was a nationwide best seller is too much for them to take."- JP
Speaking for the Liberty and Freedom Foundation, Palin said that she felt very welcome in the Permian Basin.Palin said many Americans are opposed to the trillion dollar deficits incurred by the Democrats in Congress and the White House, and they are pushing back as "patriots standing up and speaking out and neighbors helping neighbors":
"There’s such an appreciation here for your freedom," Palin said.
In addition to energy production, which she called one of her favorite subjects, Palin was focused on getting people out to reverse what she called the leftist direction of the county under President Barack Obama.
"What makes America exceptional is not her politicians, it's her people," the former Alaska governor said. "I see it in our brave men and women in uniform who are willing to sacrifice it all for our country.The first woman to be the vice presidential candidate of the Republican Party said she would discuss energy production in detail at an evening event at the Petroleum Club, where at least 400 people had paid a minimum of $1,250 per ticket. The two events were fundraisers for the Liberty & Freedom Foundation.
"Freedom is a God given right and worth fighting for. Our government is supposed to be working for us. We're not supposed to be working for the government."
Palin stringently criticized the health care reform legislation just passed by Congress, saying, "Obamacare is not sustainable.
"It's impossible to fund. They say we would learn to like their programs if only we were smart enough to understand them. But we are smart enough to understand. We just don't like them."
“Susan B. Anthony would be proud of Governor Palin’s consistent, passionate witness for women and the unborn, and especially her commitment to the families of children with special needs,” said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Governor Palin is the modern personification of the authentic leadership modeled by early women’s rights trailblazers like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Our nation’s earliest women leaders understood that women’s rights could never be advanced at the expense of the broken rights of innocent unborn children.”Tickets can be purchased online at www.sba-list.org/breakfast.
“Governor Palin sees the value, necessity, and joy inherent in every human life,” continued Marjorie Dannenfelser, “and that quality rises above and beyond politics.”
The black-tie evening will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by a five-course dinner and dancing.For ticket information, the number is 209-667-3131.
Palin drew on her experiences as a mother, governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate. She said she’s been successful with family support and by toughening up during the challenging times.With her husband Todd at her side, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate quickly left the Civic Center on her way to make a 1:45 event she has scheduled in Midland.
“Like my dad said, ‘You don’t retreat, you just reload,’” she said.
An adviser to Palin responded by pointing to several instances in which the former Alaska governor has urged supporters to focus their energies on civil debate and action at the ballot box - not extremist activities.Sen. John McCain, Gov. Palin's running mate in the 2008 presidential election, defended the governor's Facebook posting on NBC's "Today Show" this morning:
"We are now the keepers of an honorable tradition of conservative values and good works, Palin said at the national Tea Party Convention in Nashville last month. "We must never forget that it is a sacred trust to carry these ideas forward. It demands civility and it requires decent, constructive, issue-oriented debate."
The adviser also noted that Palin spoke out last year after the murder of abortion provider George Tiller in Kansas, writing on her PAC Web site that "violence is never an answer in advancing the pro-life message."
"Its good that she finally agrees with the Democrats on something," the adviser told CNN. "[House Majority Whip] Jim Clyburn said that silence equals consent, and in this matter she agrees, which is why she has been vocal about condemning violence."
"I have seen the rhetoric of targeted districts as long as I've been in politics, please," McCain said. "Any threat of violence is terrible but to say there that there is a targeted district or that we reload or go back into the fight again, please, those are fine, they are used all the time."- JP
The eight-episode travelogue will “reveal Alaska’s powerful beauty as it has never been filmed, and as told by one of the state’s proudest daughters,” Peter Liguori, Discovery’s chief operating officer, said in a statement.Discovery's news release characterizes the endeavor as a “documentary series about the remarkable Governor Palin and her home state of Alaska.” The company has acquired both the U.S. and overseas rights to the series.
The channel has not yet specified a premiere date for “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” in part because it has yet to start filming. The title could change.
Eileen O’Neill, the president and general manager of TLC, said in a statement that “TLC is grounded in great storytelling, strong characters, and passionate audiences drawn to extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. We are confident ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ will be another compelling television event.”Discovery's announcement is here, and the Times' full report is here.
On Monday morning, the Washington Post decried the "hideous display" of Tea Party protests, but it sounded pretty foam-flecked on Wednesday as Post Metro columnist Courtland Milloy was expressing violent rage on the front of the Wednesday Metro section against the Tea Party protesters:The second example is from the DNC's unofficial PR agency, MSNBC:"I know how the 'tea party' people feel, the anger, venom and bile that many of them showed during the recent House vote on health-care reform. I know because I want to spit on them, take one of their 'Obama Plan White Slavery' signs and knock every racist and homophobic tooth out of their Cro-Magnon heads."[...]
Milloy’s racial animus is on Red Alert, but no editor at the Post suggested he count to ten. They must have wanted it this angry.
If there's one liberal pundit in absolutely no position to criticize others about stoking a climate of violence, it's Chris Matthews. Just a few months ago, the Hardball host indulged this hyper-violent fantasy: "at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into [Rush Limbaugh's] head and he's going to explode like a giant blimp." [H/t reader Matt W.]There are many more examples, some of which NewsBusters has collected here and Big Government reported here.
But, predictably, that didn't stop Matthews, as NewsBuster Geoffrey Dickens has documented, from making the condemnation of Republicans in connection with recent untoward incidents the focus of his show this evening.
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So please, Chris, spare us the moral indignation. You don't come with clean hands.
"You republicans who considered Sarah Palin’s populism so bad for the country that nothing could be worse, try socialized medicine on a grand scale."- JP
The bus service was arranged by Get Motivated with Beaumont Independent School District, said Mark Arrington, division manager for the Civic Center. The city has coordinated five designated parking areas for attendees who choose not to use the shuttle service:The East Texas event, which features Gov. Palin and "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani as two of the featured speakers, starts at 8 a.m. and continues until 4:45 p.m. (CDST) tomorrow. Tickets for as low as $5 for individuals and $19 for groups are still available by phone at 1-800-880-7058. They will cost considerably more at the door Thursday ($225 apiece).
Julie Rogers Theater, 765 Pearl St.; Postal Encoding Center, 750 Pearl St.; First United Methodist Church, 701 Calder St.; First Baptist Church, 900 Calder St.; Ebenezer Baptist Church, 675 College St.
"Sarah Palin consistently speaks to the liberty and freedom our founding fathers fought and died for. Like the great Ronald Reagan before her, Sarah brings optimism and a can do spirit that is sorely lacking in others. Sarah Palin sees America as 'that shining city on a hill' that Reagan often spoke of. Sarah also brings her competitive, never say die, spirit to the fight. No road is too long, no mountain is too high. Sarah inspires us all with her grit and determination. Watching her, a woman who grew up in a simple log cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, and rose to the highest levels of power and achievement, inspires us all to do our best each and every day, to work hard toward our goals, and to enjoy life to the fullest while we do it. She reminds us we all have the power to succeed."Laptop of the United States:
"Madame is quite the shooter, whether she's on the basketball court or out hunting. Well, it became quite apparent that she has a whole slew of new targets for November: all of the softy southpaws who voted for Obamacare who represented districts that Senator McAnonymous and Madame won in 2008. Madame may have been re-loading after she resigned, but let me tell you, she is unloading now!"US for Palin:
"Governor Palin is a savvy business woman. She absolutely loves Alaska and quite obviously wants to share it with those of us down here in the lower 48 and around the world for that matter. Combine that with the talent of Mark Burnett and you have the ingredients to make a great documentary. Nothing trashy, nothing trite, nothing like the image the media is trying to portray. Sarah Palin is much classier, more talented, and a far better person than those in the press could ever hope to be. She is a strong leader, a true patriot, and someone the media cannot tear down no matter how badly they try."My Two Cents Worth:
"Geoffrey Dunn, writing a nice little hit piece on Sarah at The Huffington Post, cited the unanimous passage of legislation that would protect the military and our veterans from any changes ObamaCare would've brought as proof of the Governor being 'duplicitous' as well as 'disingenuous'... There is, however, one little problem... Roughly twenty-four hours (if not more or less) after Sarah tweeted about the military's health care plan, legislation was passed to protect the military from ObamaCare. The way Mr. Dunn wrote his hit piece, it sounded like an implication that Sarah tweeted her entries yesterday, and not the day before... Nice try, Mr. Dunn, in your failed attempt to smear Sarah Palin as clueless and as a liar. You and The Huffington Post are made for each other."Conservatives 4 Palin:
"I am a Palinista, and if Sarah Palin chooses to run, she is who I will support. I consider her intelligent, capable, and among a very small circle who can defeat Pres. Obama in ’12... We want a GOP POTUS nominee who is Pro-Gun, Pro-Property, Pro-Israel, Pro-Life, Pro-Business, largely anti-tax, and anti-Obama. We don’t want to hear about bipartisanship, reaching across the aisle or how important legislation was crafted with my respected late colleague from the state of Massachusetts. This is my plea, as I make my walk to remember to the Tag Agency to change my registration from Independent to Republican."Republican Catholics:
"I have three threads I am holding on to: Repeal the UnConstitutiional Death Care Bill/Law; then, involk the Tenth Amendment, the States Rights one; Elect only Conservatives (probably Republicans because we can't trust so called 'blue dogs, like Massa and Stupak), and finally Vote in November 2010... Those were the three STRONG Threads Sarah Palin... laid out last night on the Hannity Show on Monday after the Pelosi, Reid,Obama orgy on Sunday... Write the three threads on your PALM. Read them when you feel like there is a no hope to straighten out the Dope. I have to go now. I found a credit card with $40 on it to add to the million dollar FIRE PELOSI Campaign."Sarah Palin 2012:
"Comparing Mitt Romney's first statement yesterday with Palin's is like night and day... She takes the lead on the repeal by giving us information on how to do it. She spells out a goal. She tells us we can throw out the corrupt Democrats and elect true patriots who will vote according to the will of the people. It starts with us, the voters. She firmly believes a repeal can be achieved. She states that we can't be discouraged because it would be too easy to feel that way. Romney is reveling in the misery, Palin is telling us to buck up. Palin stirs passion and hope with her words, Romney puts readers to sleep. It's crystal clear that Palin will be more effective than Romney in getting a repeal done."Conservative American:
"Sarah Palin is critical of President Obama’s recent foreign policy failures when it comes to dealing with our longtime friend and ally, Israel... Palin is, of course, right… again. If she’s supposed to the dumb one and Obama is supposed to be the brilliant Messiah, why is he the one making all the mistakes and why is she the one getting it right? Hmmmmmmmm?"Governor Palin for President 2012:
"Still, of the crowd, only Palin generates the excitement needed to sustain a national political campaign. The juxtaposition of her laughter inducing stand-up routine on the Tonight show with Romney's yawn inducing snoozefest with Dave Letterman tells you all you need to know about how people will react to the dueling campaigns."Motivation Truth:
"Contrast [Katie Couric's] treatment of Governor Palin to her treatment Sunday of Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's Chief of Staff. Couric could barely keep from smiling, and might as well have put him on her lap, rocked him back and forth, and told him to blow while she wiped his nose. Was this an interview or was this Mommy taking care of Baby? I know spring is here, but it's a bit early still for softball."Moms for Sarah Palin:
"I admire Sarah Palin and I thought if she can take the shots she did… I’m not going to be a wimp. I pray everyday for strength. I’m not going to sit down and shut up! I have five children and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let all this go without doing all I can to save the best place on earth, America!"Generational Dysfunction:
"I remember going hunting and fishing with my father before he died. Those memories have never left me, even though he died when I was only 16... In reading Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue, I was immediately transported back to those times with my father. My absolute favorite part of the book was in her describing the trips with her father into the 'us against nature' environment. Perhaps that is why I am so intrigued with her. Her experiences with nature and her ability to recount it as a positive life's experience are telling to me. It is something we are inspired to provide to our own sons and daughters. I have no doubt that Sarah Palin has already captured her children's hearts with multiple trips into the 'us against nature' environment... I can only hope that the future contains some huntin', fishin' and campin'. That may be the thing that connects my son to me forever, as it did with me and my father."The Palination:
"President Obama apologizes for America abroad, bows to foreign leaders (and sometimes Floridian mayors), and chastises our allies. Governor Palin, on the other hand, wants America to stand with her allies and to not appease to our enemies... She didn't even shake the hand of a Hollywood producer who supported Hugo Chavez and referred to President Bush as the devil. President Monroe had his Monroe Doctrine... President Bush had his nebulous Bush Doctrine... The Obama Doctrine could be verbalized as be a citizen of the world, appease your enemies, and lecture your allies... The Palin Doctrine very well could be simply stand with your allies and don't sit with your enemies. That sounds like common sense to me."Conservative Men 4 Palin:
"I'm amazed that [Sarah Palin] and Michele Bachmann seem to be the most aggressive republican spokes persons condemning the Obama administration. Where are all the republican men? Why are these two little women doing more to hold this administration and the democrats to account than all the republican men in congress have done combined? God's speed to both of them, and I know they will be appearing together at several events this year..."Motor City Times:
"Think about it, the most visible conservative leaders today are Sarah Palin, Liz Cheny, Michele Bachman… The Conservative guys need to step it up."Palin 2012:
"The truth is that this President promised change in Washington, yet shows what he said to get elected is not how he governs. So yes it was "Just Words, Just Speeches". I can promise you one thing, in November we will not forget. A couple days ago Governor Palin shared a link to a petition on her Facebook Notes, that serves as a reminder to Congress of that fact, we will not forget in November. I suggest you drop by and add your name to the over 300,000 Outraged Freedom Loving Americans that say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"GOP Thinker:
"In The Dunce-Filled World Of Liberal Land... a successful AK Gov. with a 12-year political career isn't fit for office, but a guy who can sing 'Jack & Diane' is."Michiganders4Palin:
"CBS makes note of the the fact that Mystic Lubricants was owned by Citgo, a company that is run by state of Venezuela. And the latter is run by the dictator Chavez, whom Sarah Palin has not had kind words for. Therefore, they conclude, Chavez has somehow endorsed Todd Palin and Sarah Palin. This is asinine thinking. It is sort of like saying that because I pay taxes, and our tax money is used to fund (insert wasteful government program), therefore I support government waste. That's just bad logic."The Spyglass:
"It's interesting, watching liberals try to find some sort of caricature for Sarah Palin that will really stick. They've gone through several versions over the last year and a half, but while they've managed to give a lot of people a negative impression of her, they haven't had anything like the sort of success they had in destroying George W. Bush's public image, and she's shown a disconcerting ability to blow their efforts away whenever she speaks in public or shows up on camera."Inspiration Sarah:
"Sarah received our gift and was gracious enough to take a picture with it! I couldn't believe it! Getting the email with this photo put a huge smile on my face. Rachelle and I weren't expecting anything in return. We just wanted to send a gift to Sarah for her birthday because she deserved it! Sarah, thank you for all that you do! You have inspired me to be the best I can possibly be! I have learned from you to never let anyone change who you are and to always stand by what you truly believe in no matter what others may think."- JP
According to everyone from Variety to The Washington Post, the series Sarah Palin's Alaska has been picked up for a reported $1-million-plus per episode.Don't touch that dial...
Variety says Palin's project with reality-TV rainmaker Mark Burnett "will center on interesting characters, traditions and attractions in the 49th state – with the ex-VP candidate as a guide."
Sarah Palin is coming to West Texas.Only 450 of the $20 tickets were available at each location.
Earlier tonight, tickets for her appearance at the CAF went on sale at the Jumburrito in Midland, and at Sid and Sam Steakhouse in Odessa, and people were lined up to get their hands on some.
"Had Sarah Palin not resigned as governor to 'reload,' who would be beating Barack Obama like a rented mule?"- JP
Don’t Get Demoralized! Get Organized! Take Back the 20!
With the president signing this unwanted and “transformative” government takeover of our health care system today with promises impossible to keep, let’s not get discouraged. Don’t get demoralized. Get organized!
We’re going to reclaim the power of the people from those who disregarded the will of the people. We’re going to fire them and send them back to the private sector, which has been shrinking thanks to their destructive government-growing policies. Maybe when they join the millions of unemployed, they’ll understand why Americans wanted them to focus on job creation and an invigorated private sector. Come November, we’re going to print pink slips for members of Congress as fast as they’ve been printing money.
We’re paying particular attention to those House members who voted in favor of Obamacare and represent districts that Senator John McCain and I carried during the 2008 election. Three of these House members are retiring – from Arkansas’s 2nd district, Indiana’s 8th district, and Tennessee’s 6th district – but we’ll be working to make sure that those who replace them are Commonsense Conservatives. The others are running for re-election, and we’re going to hold them accountable for this disastrous Obamacare vote. They are: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1), Harry E. Mitchell (AZ-5), Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), John Salazar (CO-3), Betsy Markey (CO-4). Allen Boyd (FL-2), Suzanne M. Kosmas (FL-24), Baron P. Hill (IN-9), Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL), Charlie Wilson (OH-6), John Boccieri (OH-16), Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3), Christopher Carney (PA-10), John M. Spratt, Jr. (SC-5), Tom Perriello (VA-5), Alan B. Mollohan (WV-1), and Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3).
We’ll aim for these races and many others. This is just the first salvo in a fight to elect people across the nation who will bring common sense to Washington. Please go to sarahpac.com and join me in the fight.
Stand tall, America. Real change is coming!
- Sarah Palin
Sources say Discovery Communications has edged out rival A&E Networks in the bidding for the project, titled "Sarah Palin's Alaska." An agreement could be announced in the next few days.It is rumored that the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate is asking for $1.2 million per episode. THR says the series will be in high-definition format and will be shot in a style similar to "Life" and "Planet Earth." Sarah Palin will appear as a guide to the Alaskan outdoors and narrator for each episode.
It's still undecided which network in the Discovery suite would air "Alaska," which is being produced by Mark Burnett Productions.
Although travelogues are on brand for the Discovery flagship, having Palin as a centerpiece also makes the show a fit for mom-friendly TLC. Clearly nature docs are still viable for the company -- Discovery's latest effort in genre, the miniseries "Life," just debuted to 11.8 million viewers on Sunday night.
"Say what you want about Sarah Palin, but when she was Alaskan governor nobody got eaten by wolves."- JP
