Palin was right...again

Remember this awesome part of her RNC speech?

"But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot — what exactly is our opponent's plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ... take more of your money ... give you more orders from Washington ... and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world." -Sarah Palin RNC acceptance speech 9/3/2008

She called out Obama in a big way there. She saw through his facade and cut to the true Obama politician: the one who believes in maximum government control and how he wants to weaken America. She perfectly described his character as one of rhetoric over accomplishment, and a dangerous idealogue. Palin again predicted the future accurately in her RNC speech made over a year ago. Obama is still continually crafting that image. All of Obama's speeches/apologies - Cairo, the U.N., the Olympics committee, etc. are part of his craft in progress. If you remember it's the same rhetoric he used during the campaign and he's still perpetually campaigning.

The Nobel committee is helping to craft the image that Obama wants to be, and try to recapture that campaign-mode spirit he once had. They've shown the ultimate desperation to get back to "blame it on Bush" with this prize. But Americans are not going to be deceived by this latest bit of political theater. They are now questioning and laughing at the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Obama. His crafted image is wearing very thin and it seems like the only ones left who still believe it are Obama and his circle.

We see the Nobel Peace Prize "win" for what it is: an embarassment to Obama and his career. This award comes dangerously close to his Presidency being one big joke.

Palin attended, but didn't speak at GOP fundraiser

Palin ended up attending the NRSC/NRCC fundraiser in Washington DC last night amidst the confusion over her role in the event. From the outside, it looked like neither Palin's camp nor the GOP had any clue about who was speaking and/or attending. This WaPo article leads us to believe that the GOP offered her a keynote slot, and then rescinded it for Newt instead. That's unbelievably tacky if true - to invite someone to give a keynote and then rescind? Who knows if that really happened, though. We'll never know.

But Palin did attend, giving her and Todd's RSVP hours prior. It appears that Newt still weilds a lot of power in the GOP.

Despite Questions About Her Appearance, Palin Welcomed at GOP Dinner
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 8, 2009; 10:48 PM

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was warmly welcomed Monday night to a major GOP fundraiser dinner, a development that was surprising only because her appearance came after a bizarre, weeks-long saga that had party leaders questioning whether she would show up.

Palin had originally been announced as the keynote speaker for the fundraiser, a dinner benefiting the Republican congressional campaign committees at the Washington Convention Center. But her office then said that she had never confirmed her attendance. Palin's office asked last week if she would speak at the dinner, and party leaders told her she could. Later, though, they rescinded the speaking invitation in deference to the man who had accepted the keynote slot in her place, former House speaker Newt Gingrich.

Without a speaking slot, Palin declined to commit to appearing until hours before the event. But after assurances she would be publicly introduced at the event, the former vice presidential nominee and her husband strode across the stage with Gingrich and his wife as the event started, getting applause from the crowd of more than 2,000 Republicans.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), chairman of the National Senatorial Campaign Committee, praised Palin for her "leadership." The brief mention of the Alaska governor drew more applause from the crowd. Palin herself did not speak at the event.

Despite the controversy, Republicans raised more than $14 million at the event for the committees that help elect House and Senate GOP candidates. The dinner is annually one of the largest party fundraisers of the year.

Palin will not headline GOP dinner

There was some confusion over whether or not Palin would be speaking at a Republican fundraiser, the Senate-House Dinner on June 8. Numerous reports said she was, but SarahPAC said she wasn't. MSM took the opportunity to say that there were communication issues between her and her PAC. I personally think she told them no from the beginning and the GOP kept saying she would speak to drum up interest and turnout. It's not the first time someone has tried to piggyback off her success.

I think she did the right thing by staying in Alaska until the end of the legislative session.

Palin out as headliner for GOP dinner
15 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is in as keynote speaker at a Republican dinner this spring.

The party's 2008 nominee for vice president, Palin had been slated to address the annual Senate-House Dinner on June 8, which is sponsored by the House and Senate Republican campaign committees. Instead, she will be replaced by Gingrich.

A spokesman for the Senate GOP committee, Brian Walsh, says Palin's team informed the committees that her responsibilities in Alaska prevented her from committing until the end of the legislative session.

Let’s send a message to the Republican Party

I’m still over the moon about Sarah’s PAC. I can’t tell you how good this will be, in my opinion, for the Republican Party. Recently, the direction and leadership of our Party has left many disenchanted and bitter. Many of us are a little slower in trusting its leadership after last year’s election results.

This is a Party that nominated John McCain, John McCain, as the nominee in the Presidential election. Leftists believe that Palin was the one who lost the election for McCain. The opposite is true. Palin is the only reason many Republicans even voted. Palin was the reason many Republicans thought the ticket was viable, and had a shred of fundamental Republican ideals represented by her being there. Two weeks ago, the Philly Inquirer stated that McCain’s desire to secure his place in history will lead him to vote with the Democrats (even more than he usually does), so he can have the image of a true bipartisan working with President Obama. His exploits in helping to secure Hillary Clinton as SoS, despite many Republican’s apprehensions, forced noted conservative Jim Geraghty to say the unthinkable, that it was better Obama won the election than McCain.

This year’s Republican National Committee Chair race has been full of backstabbing, infighting and nasty rumors. Reports of the race say it has been “acrimonious” and “the dirtiest ever.” It appears that Republicans are better at fighting with each other than fighting the Democrats. Since he lost the race for the nomination, Mike Huckabee has been taking shots at Palin and Mitt Romney. RINOs are everywhere representing us in Congress, Senate, Governors and even some Republican news outlets. The Party is in disarray, fighting with each other and going more and more to the center.

Palin’s PAC helps us get away from all of this. Those of us who stand for fundamental conservative Republican principles can donate money to SarahPAC instead of the RNC. Her PAC will support “local and national candidates who share Gov. Palin’s ideals and goals for our country.” Money is how we can shift the Party from the center to the Right. Even if she doesn’t run for President, Senator or Governor, the money will go to candidates anywhere in the country who share her views. There are many leaders in both parties who, for whatever reason, can’t run or don’t run at certain times. But raising money now will provide funding for candidates who can and do run, who also share the same views. This is a win-win all around in my book. It will send a powerful message to the RNC that our money is going to support a conservative Republican, who believes in smaller government and less government spending. Wherever the money goes, the ideas will follow.

We nominated a moderate/center Republican for the Presidential race and where did that get us? We lost the election because of it. We tried to “centerize” our Party by electing RINOs in the House and Senate and where did that get us? We now have a filibuster-proof Democratic-led House and Senate. I believe we’re at the bottom, the lowest you can go, as a Party. We need to act and elect more people like Palin, even if it’s not her, candidates like her. It’s a way to take back the Party and say that we don’t need the RINOs of the RNC, or the leftist media, to determine what we believe in.

A long way to go - Part II

One of the most preposterous arguments against Palin during the race was the idea that she was neglecting her children by being in the race, and if she and McCain won her childrens' lives would suffer because she would be failing at her duties as a mother- especially to a special needs baby. I was stunned. So because she has children living at home and her husband makes plenty of money, she should be required to stay at home for the duration of their childhood. Once they leave the nest then she can have pursuits outside the home such as: knitting, the book club, decorating, planning family vacations and bird watching. What year is this, 1950? Those are all great pursuits if that’s what you want to do, the operative word being want. If that’s not what she wants to do she shouldn’t be pigeonholed into doing it because people are stuck with antiquated standards for women.

It’s an old-fashioned theory that women are biologically better nurturers to children than men. Women were not predestined to be only carriers and caretakers of children. Maybe it’s because I was raised by a single dad that I can’t even fathom this argument. To say that is actually very insulting to men. There’s nothing wrong with a man who decides to stay home with the kids while his wife has a career. This is 2008 and there are no more rules. When Todd Palin stood on the stage at the RNC carrying baby Trig, it took my breath away. When have we ever seen that in American politics? Here’s a real man who’s not afraid to stand by and support his wife while she does a very time consuming, potentially powerful and enormous job. Did we hear anything positive about that? No. People couldn’t get over the fact that she wasn’t at home nursing her baby – or in the background like wives Michelle and Cindy.

But if people want to make the argument that she should not have been VP due to her filial duties then so be it, but do the same thing to the male candidates. No one questioned how Obama’s daughters would function with him being gone 90% of the time as President. No one questioned where they would go to school. No one questioned the circumstances of their births (as was done to Palin). No one mentioned that uprooting these young girls’ lives would be too traumatizing and therefore he should quit the race. No one questioned what Michelle would have to do regarding her career if her husband won. No, when a man is running for President, the noble thing for his family to do is follow, and make any and all sacrifices for him. When a woman runs, her judgment is questioned.

No one brought up the good things she’s done as Governor, or the difficult road it was to get there. All they could say was that she was being a bad mother for having a time consuming job outside the home. No one thought that maybe the state of Alaska was better off with her as Governor than not, and it was a good thing she made the sacrifices to do it.

Clearly, a long way to go.