Posted on 11/18/2009 4:51:57 PM PST by SolidWood
In my interview with Governor Palin yesterday evening, we touched briefly on some current events, including President Obama's trip to Asia and the place of the tea-party movement in the Republican party. Some highlights:
1) I asked Palin about the anti-tax-and-spending tea parties. "I love the tea party movement," she said. "It's beautiful, it's healthy. It's part of that good healthy competition that's needed in a political party." She contrasted the somewhat tumultuous state of the GOP to what's going on in the Democratic party today. "It seems like the Democratic party is filled with more sheep-like individuals, who go along and get along," she said.
I brought up the Senate primary fight in Florida between Governor Charlie Crist and former state house speaker Marco Rubio. Palin isn't ready to make an endorsement. She told me she's just starting to look at the candidates "and see what their positions are." Palin added that she is eager to meet Rubio. She worked with Crist at the Republican Governors Association and thought highly of him. "I hear good things about Rubio, too, though," she added. No question, if Palin decides to endorse a candidate in this race, her influence will be powerful.
2) Would Palin bow or curtsy to the emperor of Japan? "No," she said. She went on to say that Obama's recent bow to the emperor was "symbolic" of the new administration's "apologetic mode of operation." "I'm not comfortable with it, and I don't think most Americans are as well," Palin said.
In other Asia news, Palin expressed a willingness to meet with the Dalai Lama, and said that she was happy to hear that Obama brought up the "abuse of human rights in China" during his visit. But she also said that Obama needs to focus on "getting our house in order." "There are so many things that need to be taken care of domestically," Palin said. The president, in her opinion, ought to "buckle down on the huge challenges facing our country."
3) I was surprised to learn that Palin, who is using social media to speak directly to her supporters, is the only member of the Palin family on Facebook. "Ironically, I banned the kids from using it," she said.
Associate editor Matthew Continetti is the author of The Persecution of Sarah Palin.
Meek and obedient, you follow the leader, down well trodden corridors, into the valley of steel"
What a surprise! A look of terminal shock in your eyes. Now things are what they seem,NO, this is not a bad dream"
Group: Pink Floyd, Album: Animals, Song Title: Sheep
Baaah.
And they wouldn’t allow Gov. Casey (Democrat, Pennsylvania) to speak at their nat’l convention because he was pro-life. I believe his son is now a Dem. office holder in Pa., and also is pro-life.
Palin looks strong in all these interviews. She’s calling it straight-up. She’ll win quite a few independents in this round.
Who in the heck is Matthew Continetti?
A writer at the Weekly Standard and author of “The Persecution of Sarah Palin”, which is IMO recommended reading.
A good guy.
I very much liked her interview on Sean Hannity’s TV show last night
Bought the book this morning. So far a great read, definately a story about “an American Life”.
Have alot of work to do so not focused enough, will be reading more tonight.
I thought I’d be most intested in policy, internal campaign PC stuff and then her early life and local politics.
But, I’m drawn to the local politics section right now...I’ll be reading it by them versus front-to-back.
The percentage of people who vote do not really follow politics I have heard some strange reasons for why people vote. If they are good looking, I am a democrat and my family has always been a democrat no matter what syndrome. And some people will believe just about anything about the candidates, like Bush, the most terrible things were said about Bush and people truly believed them, they never bothered to check things out for themselves. I believe we need to get people out to vote, the percentage of Americans who vote is depressing.
The leftist/democRats that I know are worse than sheep -
they are “elite worshippers”, putting a religious level of faith in the elite ruling class
that “they know best, and will do the best thing for us, despite the evidence we see”.
I try to put that level of trust in God, but I damn well won’t put that level of trust in any human.
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