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The defining moment in last year's presidential election was the battle over Sarah Palin. The minute Barack Obama won his party's nomination and delivered his victory speech, John McCain unveiled his surprise running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. During the first news cycle, Palin won rave reviews — a true populist from humble origins who battled the oil interests and drove crooked politicians (including fellow Republicans) from office, she seemed straight out of Central Casting — a telegenic mom married to a rugged athlete with cute kids including a Down syndrome baby she refused to abort. The American public,...

< img src = "http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/images/members/Hotovely_Tzipi.jpg"> Tzipy Hotovely. Conservative? You bet! And good lookin to boot. Moshe Phillips writes the following: "The differences between Livni and Palin are considerable. Among the profound differences is that Livni is not a social conservative. Witness that Livni spoke at a homosexual activist event held as part of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2009 at the park's homosexual Pride Center." "The myriad differences of opinion between the two women on social and other issues are far beyond the scope of this essay. What is significant is that there is...

Sarah, what we need is the leadership of this country to believe in the American Citizen as the solution to the current challenges we face as a nation. President Ronald Reagan did during his presidency and look at his legacy! His belief in his fellow American was historically justified and unflinching! What we absolutely don't need are globalist sycophants who seem to think the only way we can survive is by becoming a socialist nation through further erosion of our hard fought for individual liberties. I will be in Washington D.C. on 9-12 standing with other like minded, freedom loving,...

I was searching for something else, and I fell in love again.

On August 7th, Sarah Paling wrote in her facebook page The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death panel” so...

Sarah has started her new career with a big bang. She called the end-of-life proposals in the health care reform bills government death panels. Suddenly the Senate Democrats say they are taking this out of their proposed bill. Obama tells a child at a town hall meeting, we aren’t going to pull the plug on grandma. Nice. It would have been tactless if the child weren’t the daughter of a big Obama supporter and a plant in the audience with a question. Obama’s town hall meetings are like the jungle ride at Disney, all little tired and not worth the...

David Nelson, of the Leader Telegram, wrote a very telling piece on how irrational and wrong the left is about Governor Palin. He briefly touched on Governor Palin’s successes as governor of Alaska but his point is clearly made. Why does the left have such a preoccupation with bashing Sarah Palin? What is it about her that frightens them so? A recent column by Gene Lyons is a case in point. Most of his article came from MSNBC, which has the same credibility in evaluating a conservative as Rush Limbaugh has in giving a reasoned, rational evaluation of Obama.

Oddly enough, Andy Ostray of The Huffington Post, had nothing but almost great things to say about Governor Palin. Are we starting to see even the left seeing the power of Palin? Simply posting notes on her Facebook page and she is changing national policy and putting the White House on the defense. Imprerssive to say the least, according to Andy Ostroy. As the debate over Obama's health-care overhaul intensifies, one thing has become quite clear: it took former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin just three weeks into 'retirement' to prove that when it comes to major domestic policy, she is...

Sarah Palin said it: The Obama administration's health care plan could create "death panels" that could kill Americans. And people listened and acted, from the U.S. Senate to President Barack Obama. So if you think the former Alaskan governor is irrelevant or doesn't know what she is talking about (and clearly on the death panel comment she didn't), it doesn't really matter. This week, the Senate Finance Committee said it would not include advance care planning consultations in its health care bill. The panel clearly was scared off by Palin's contention and all the white-hot attention it had received, including...

Gov. Sarah Palin rips apart Obamacare with a withering attack today on her Facebook page.

I'm a huge Green Day fan despite their radical liberalism but it struck me as a I listened to their CDs the other day that many of the lyrics that were inteneded for liberals aptly apply to us conservatives fighting the socialism that is being crammed down our throats. That said, as I was listening to American Idiot it dawned on me that "She's a Rebel" very much fits Sarah Palin and I think it's her perfect theme song. Here are the lyrics and a link to a youtube video of the song. She's a rebel She's a saint She's...

Folks, meet Sarah Starchak, brilliant student, super talented singer/songwriter, dancer, beautiful and conservative. Sarah endured severe harassment in high school from her fellow students for her reasoned opposition to worshiping their rock star, Barrack Obama. Winning a scholarship, Sarah begins college in the fall. If I sound like a proud uncle, I am. Not by blood, but by my relationship with Sarah's family and her dad, master music producer/engineer Frank Starchak. Frank is the producer of my national “American Tea Party Anthem”. (Deltona Records)When Sarah was six, she sang on my “Amazing Grace” project. I am grateful that Sarah has...

"Gryphen" a/k/a Alaska blogger Jesse Griffin, decides apparently at random to unload on Trig Palin again: Sarah Palin has used this heartrending diminutive prop with such careless abandon, that even people who once supported her are embarrassed at her apparent disregard for the well being of this baby. Leaving behind all of the questions about Trig's parentage, the question we must now ask ourselves is how well is he currently being cared for? I believe that many people have very powerful concerns for this child. We see him trotted out when Sarah wants to make a political point, or create...

As Americans spend the next few weeks discussing health care reform, I thought it might be helpful to share some articles (and one panel discussion video) that I’ve found especially insightful. Washington Post editorial, July 26, 2009 “The Health-Care Sacrifice: What President Obama needs to tell the public about the cost of reform” But Mr. Obama's soothing bedside manner masks the reality that getting health costs under control will require making difficult choices about what procedures and medications to cover. It will require saying no, or having the patient pay more, at times when the extra expense is not justified...

<p>Anchorage, AK – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called Obama's health plan "downright evil" Friday in her first online comments since leaving office, saying in a Facebookposting that he would create a "death panel" that would deny care to the neediest Americans.</p>

As more Americans delve into the disturbing details of the nationalized health care plan that the current administration is rushing through Congress, our collective jaw is dropping, and we’re saying not just no, but hell no! The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know...

Governor Palin tells POLITICO that widespread blogosphere reports about a possible divorce from her husband, Todd, are “made up.” In a brief telephone interview on Tuesday night, Palin quipped that she loves finding out “what’s goin’ on in my life from the news.” “Do you want to talk to Todd?” she teased. “He’s sitting right next to me.” But he didn’t come on the line.

"Free from her old job as Alaska governor, Sarah Palin resurfaced over the weekend at a friendly venue -- a gathering of gun collectors. The former vice presidential candidate, who resigned as governor on July 26, gave a speech Saturday night at the Anchorage banquet which capped a four-day National Rifle Association seminar. NRA director Wayne Anthony Ross told The Associated Press that Palin attended a dinner with husband Todd and spoke to about 130 attendees about gun rights." http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/NATLPalin-Sighted-at-Gun-Show-52350007.html After quitting as governor of Alaska Palin's hopes of one day becoming president are toast. Palin's conservative base will never...

An attorney for Sarah Palin has delivered a letter threatening legal action against an anti-Palin blogger who was the source of a divorce rumor that the attorney for the former Alaska governor called "categorically false." Publication of the letter at a Web site that repeated the rumor has uncovered circumstantial evidence that the anti-Palin blogger "Gryphen" is a kindergarten teacher at an Anchorage elementary school.... CNN stringer/anti-Palin blogger Dennis Zaki published ... a copy of a letter from Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein, ordering "Gryphen" to retract the allegations -- calling them "complete fabrications, false and defamatory" -- or face...

This is the first official DitL of Sarah Palin thread. Much in the same tradition as the Daily Dose of Dubya, the Daily Dose of Sarah will focus on the activities of a specific day, chronicled with photos. Here are the game rules: 1. The official thread poster will post the photos. As always, please wait until all clear before posting any additional photos. 2. Debate is encouraged. Slams, slander and general 'makin' up crap' will not be tolerated. If you can't understand the difference between honest political debate and the other stuff, don't post. 3. Please keep the fawning...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Personnel Board has dismissed another ethics complaint filed against Gov. Sarah Palin. The latest is the sixth complaint filed by Anchorage resident Andree McLeod. In her complaint, McLeod says that two days before Palin was named John McCain's running mate in the fall of 2008, she signed travel documents that stated "conclusion of state business." Upon returning to Alaska, a similar document indicated Palin was returning to duty. McLeod says that Palin should have turned over the governor's responsibilities to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell as required by the state constitution, but instead continued to collect...

Sarah Palin said she decided to quit as Alaska's governor so she could fight for truth without the divisive politics that has surrounded her since her vice presidential run. Should Sarah Palin run for president?

From SarahPAC, via Governor Palin's Facebook: As repeatedly stated to several in the media over the last week, former Governor Sarah Palin is not committed to attend the Simi Valley Republican Women’s event at the Reagan Library and in fact is not attending the event. Neither the Governor’s state staff nor SarahPAC has ever committed to attending this event or speaking at this event, and even requested that the Governor's name be removed from the invitation several weeks ago. The Governor has other work and commitments to take care of at that time. She looks forward to visiting her friends...

Maybe the finest 12 minute video commentary explaining the crap from the left and the crap from ELITES on the right. Whittle makes it clear that there is a war on between fly over country and the inside the beltway elites. He ends with a story about Marines on Gaudacanal and Japanese war rules that are traps for decent people. This is a fighting words video well written and not afraid to punch elites in the nose.

As speculation over Sarah Palin's presidential aspirations heat up now that she has stepped down as Alaska's governor, a former member of George W. Bush's staff said Palin had no chance of winning the White House. "Impossible," is how Bush's former speechwriter David Frum described the likelihood Palin would become president. Frum based his opinion on Palin's decline in approval ratings from when she was announced as John McCain's Republican presidential running mate in August termed her "divisive" within the party. Asked what she represents for the future of the GOP: "political defeat."

Gov. Sarah Palin R-Alaska Farewell Address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0u5mOXzCKA

the video is back up here http://en.sevenload.com/videos/GEc10shT-Exposed-Ethicsgate-Obama-and-the-democrats-multi Exposed "Ethicsgate" Obama and the democrats multiple direct links to the political effort to destroy Sarah Palin ALASKAN BLOGGERS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO HAD IT REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE IT SHOWS POLITICAL CONSPIRACY AND POSSIBLE CRIMES

WASHINGTON (CNN) – It looks like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have one less fan. On the same day that Palin is set to transfer power to her lieutenant governor, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos said her prospects for national office looked grim. “’I’ve been a supporter of Sarah Palin — at times,” Castellanos said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “She gave the McCain campaign its best two weeks. But, you know, if we’re going to be critical of Democrats when they shirk their responsibilities, we have do the same within our own house. She abandoned her state in...

I love Sarah Palin and the speech she gave today, I feel, made it plain to her critics, and those in the MSM, that today begins a new era for Sarah, and America. She can and will fight back. Sarah, keep speaking the truth and you will always win for America...

Sarah Palin may become the great champion of liberty in an era when it is under threat as never before. Two pictures contained herein in this express this hope. Blogger Arienne, of the site Motivation: Truth, took some pictures of Sarah Palin at the Governor's Picnic in Wasilla, and posted them to her site. I am unable to contact Arienne to ask permission to re-post her picture, but like Dan Riehl (from who I learned of the photos), I am going to borrow one in particular, because it shows something about both Sarah and the movement ahead. Check out the...

Dear Governor Palin: There has been much speculation in both the new media and old regarding what you will do after Sunday when you have handed over the keys to the governor's mansion to Sean Parnell. On the eve of that historic event, many of us who support you are not too worried about that. That is because you have our support regardless of what you decide to do, and we trust you to do what is right for your family, Alaska and the nation. There has been no small amount of speculation that you will move to the lower...

Sarah Palin, the former Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate, will step down as Alaska's governor on Sunday with her political future clouded by ethics probes, legal bills and dwindling popularity. Palin made a surprise decision on July 3 that she would resign, raising questions about her next move and whether she was planning to mount a run for president. She has cited a variety of reasons for quitting -- the burden of fighting nearly two dozen ethics charges, which she has dismissed as "frivolous," her desire to avoid being perceived as a powerless "lame-duck" governor, and a "higher calling," among...

WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin kicked off the first of three picnics marking her departure from office with a hometown tribute to the troops and an elbow at the news media. Speaking before a friendly crowd of nearly 5,000 at a park here Friday night, two days before she resigns, Palin invoked her soldier son to assure supporters that she is not downcast over the political frustrations that are prompting her to quit before her term is up.

Dame Peggy is now hoping that “Common Sense May Sink Obamacare.” This is why she gets the big bucks: | This is big, what’s happening. President Obama | appears to have misstepped on a major initiative | defining issue. He has misjudged the nation’s mood… Oh, has he now? Maybe a few other people did too? Like–perhaps yourself–you ego-bloated twit? I have news for you, Peggy…[Pardon me, I don't usually do this, but I feel a sudden need to switch to all caps and channel Mark Levin....THERE] …HEY PEGGY, COMMON SENSE WOULD HAVE SUNK THIS FRAUDULENT JACKASS BACK WHEN HE...

Did conservative Sarah Palin self-destruct by resigning as governor of Alaska? Is she toast in politics? I doubt it. What's the approval rating of most of our politicians at the national level? What kind of image does the typical politician in this country project? Most, of course, don't have our respect. Along comes a maverick. Along comes a politician that is totally different. She thinks out of the box. She's not part of the establishment and let's us all know she doesn't want to be. How refreshing is that! Why is the liberal left so afraid of this woman that...

--snip--Good evening.A diversified show tonight. We begin with, in New Orleans, James Carville, the CNN political contributor and Democratic strategist. And in Washington, Liz Cheney, the former deputy assistant secretary of State in the administration of President George W. Bush and the daughter of the former vice president, Dick Cheney. Let's start with the latest concerning the soon to be former governor of Alaska. A.P. reports, guys, that an independent_investigator for the Alaska Personnel Board has found evidence that Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal bills. How much trouble could this...

Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a joint resolution declaring Alaska's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution – and now 36 other states have introduced similar resolutions as part of a growing resistance to the federal government. Just weeks before she plans to step down from her position as Alaska governor, Palin signed House Joint Resolution 27, sponsored by state Rep. Mike Kelly on July 10, according to a Tenth Amendment Center report. The resolution "claims sovereignty for the state under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted...

You’ve got to hand it to them. The Democrats and radical lefties know how to hit below the belt. For the umpteenth time in a long string of dismissed complaints, a leaked investigative memo details that soon to be ex-Governor Palin may have traded on her influence for personal gain. The report is so laughably shoddy and lacking in common sense. It lacks two important things: One, any mention of what Palin may have traded (in kind) for contributions to the defense fund. Instead, the report states that a normal individual wouldn't be able to raise money like that and...

The day Sarah Palin announced her resignation as Alaska governor, I wrote a post speculating on whether there was anyone who could stop her from getting the Republican nomination. (Answer: Huckabee). I was surprised to see that most of the subsequent commentary was not on whether she was a lock for the nomination or merely the frontrunner but rather whether her political career was destroyed or merely grievously wounded. Why am I so much more bullish on Palin than most pundits? The sources of her appeal remain undiminished. Her popularity never came from her track record as governor, so failure...

Republican Governor Sarah Palin may be packing this week to leave the Alaska governor's mansion, but she isn't going to exit public life. Neither are her policies disappearing, any more than is the large constituency she appeals to with its jingoism, Cold War symbolism, proclivity toward economic protectionism and lack of sophistication about business, banking or regulatory reform. Palin is the Michael Jackson of politics, and my prediction is that she is likely to end up in the media on her way to another bid for the White House. Her next gig should be as a Fox Network anchor with...

<p>You all know that the country is going through a war against the socialized medicine that Obama is trying to rush through.</p> <p>And what I want to know is, where is Sarah in all this?</p> <p>This is the greatest fight for freedom in history, and she should be out in front.</p>

If voters get to choose between Republican Mitt Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, a new national poll suggests the race would be too close to call. Both Romney and Obama had the support of 45 percent of respondents to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday. The public opinion polling company asked 1,000 likely voters nationwide on July 18-19 whether they would vote for Romney or Obama if the 2012 presidential election were held today. The telephone survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent. Utah's top pollster, Dan Jones, said...

The debate over Palin is sort of ossified. But lost in all of this is whether she is up to national politics, or simply wishes to capitalize (an Oprah-like talk show?) on her sizable financial potential. On the one hand, Palin is obviously bright. Few could raise a family without capital in Wasilla, and within a decade end up as Governor of a large state-whose protocols hinged on an old-boy network where politicians accommodated oil and mineral interests. On the other hand, a mother of five, knee-deep in local politics, without money and leisure, is not going to be reading...

Who knows how the Sarah Palin story will play out? It seems as if every political pundit in America has a take on PalinÂ’s resignation as AlaskaÂ’s governor. They can be mean-spirited (SheÂ’s hiding a scandal!), or cynical (Since she can rake in $60 grand and up for a simple speaking engagement, sheÂ’s taking the money and running like hell.) Some wonder whether this is her way of tuning up for a presidential run in 2012, or is the resignation a case of a hometown girl unable to stand the heat in her kitchen? We will get more information, but...

The future ex-Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, decided to dip her toe in the water on the national debate over energy and climate legislation in an op-ed in the Washington Post recently. Hailing from Alaska, one would assume the Governor might have noticed the water around her is indeed rising. While the Governor’s op-ed does not mention the words global warming, Alaska sits on the frontlines of climate change, with temperatures rising four degrees Fahrenheit in the last 50 years; melting permafrost is sending homes and roads in coastal villages like the centuries-old Shishmaref plunging into the sea. I do...

About a month ago in this space, I told you that The New York Times had rigged a poll about Americans wanting to pay higher taxes to fund government-run healthcare. The Times poll said 57 percent were willing to pay more tax; 37 percent were not willing to do so. But what The Times did not tell its readers was that 48 percent of those polled voted for Barack Obama. Just 25 percent supported John McCain. So, of course, the poll results would skew left. Now, we have another media deceit. In the most recent Newsweek magazine, there is a...

Recently, the New York Times has provided major space in its liberal newspaper attempting to form the image of Sarah Palin as insignificant. If it is correct in that observation, then why should the New York Times and other major liberal newspapers and media outlets provide space to slam Palin on many different issues? One of the most used attacks is that she has little experience in government leadership. Well, look at our current president and the experience he had in the executive area of government – none. Did you hear anything about his total inexperience and on-the-job training? No....

There is a very interesting opinion piece today from the political website politico.com. The piece is written by Gary Bauer and Daniel Allott. Bauer is a former Reagan administration official, the former head of the Family Research Council, and a former candidate for President in 2000. Allott works with Bauer at American Values and has worked as a former community support provider for people with disabilities. There is probably no more polarizing figure in American politics today than Sarah Palin. A recent poll of Republicans showed that she has a 72% favorability rating within her own party - higher than...