SARAH PALIN BLOG

Palin: Thanksgiving Message

Just moments ago, Sarah Palin posted a link to her Facebook page which in turn led to an exclusive Thanksgiving message that was published by The Brody File.  In this message, Sarah openly discusses her many blessings including Trig.

 

From the Brody File:

Sarah Palin has sent The Brody File some personal Thanksgiving reflections. She talks movingly about her young son Trig. It is truly a heartfelt letter that gives God all the glory.

As for Trig, Palin is showing that while there are some people who just talk the talk when it comes to being pro-life she actually walks the walk too.

Enjoy!

 

A Personal Thanksgiving Reflection by Sarah Palin:

On Thanksgiving, my family's traditions will reflect the loyal, active, robust, big family life that shaped me. We're so fortunate to be together to share the making of another year's memory. In these late autumn days with temperatures dipping to 20-degrees below zero, we'll brave Alaska's biting cold to run and skate and ride - just because we can, and for that I am so thankful. Life in America's Last Frontier is not an easy living, but it's a good living. Here in Alaska, where I'm never without inspiration, an optimistic pioneering spirit still permeates, and harsh conditions force us out of self-centeredness and towards community - often in order to survive.

This need for selflessness - and the blessings that come with it - sharpened for me almost four years ago when I was given the gift of broader horizons, clarified priorities, and more commitment to justice and compassion for my fellow man who faces challenges and fears. I was granted this through a gift that arrived in a tiny, six-pound, awe-inspiring bundle. We named him Trig.

I know America's potential for goodness, thus greatness, because I see it every day through my son. Nothing makes me happier or prouder than to see America's good heart when someone smiles at my Trig. I notice it happens often in airports. Often a traveler passing by does a double-take when they see him, perhaps curious about the curious look on his face; perhaps my son momentarily exercises an uncontrollable motion that takes the passerby by surprise. Perhaps, as an innocent and candid child announced when she first met Trig, they think "he's awkward." But when that traveler pauses to look again and smile, and maybe tells me what a handsome boy I have, I swell with American pride. I am so thankful for their good heart. They represent the best in our country and their kindness shows the real hope we need today.

I am thankful that, as in so many areas of life, the bitter people who say bitter things about someone facing challenges are so outnumbered. There have been stinging criticisms, even from people still screaming that Trig should never have been born, but we know those critics may be the loudest and most malicious, but they're not the majority.   More

 

PA man to plead guilty to phone harassment involving Palin lawyer

From the Washington Post:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of making harassing phone calls in a case involving Sarah Palin’s lawyers.

Shawn Christy filed notice Monday in U.S. District Court that he intends to plead guilty in an expected plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Christy plans to plead guilty and be sentenced Dec. 1, according to the document filed by Mary Geddes, assistant federal defender.

Federal prosecutors were not immediately reachable by phone late Monday. Earlier, Assistant U.S. Attorney Retta-Rae Randall said the harassing telephone calls charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Christy and his father, Craig Christy, both of McAdoo, Pa., face accusations of placing harassing interstate phone calls to the former Alaska governor’s lawyers in early August. Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, had been granted state restraining orders against them.  More

Palin's Grit, Tenacity and Fortitude

I've had the pleasure of meeting Stephen Bannon, speaking with him and listening to him discuss the making of "The Undefeated".  Someone unfamiliar with the making of "The Undefeated" would, most likely, assume that Sarah Palin was heavily involved in the making of the film and influencing its outcome.  She was not.  In fact, you'll notice in Bannon's "Grit, Tenacity, and Fortitude" article he specifically mentions filming and observing from a distance but not meeting Palin.  For a documentary film, this might, at first glance, seem odd to some.  I say it lends for a more objective weaving of the story Bannon tells in "The Undefeated", one of "Grit Tenacity, and Fortitude". 

From Human Events:

By Stephen Bannon

I repeatedly get asked: “Why would you make a movie about Sarah Palin​–what could we possibly not already know about her?”

The answer is quite simply, “everything that’s important.”

Sarah Palin is what I describe as a “McLuhanesque” figure—one of the most media-saturated people in the world, relentlessly covered by the 24/7 news cycle, yet her real story is there hiding in plain sight, never having been told.

And what story exactly is that? The rise of a woman from complete obscurity to national prominence through her own force of will and sense of justice.

When The Undefeated starts in the late 80s, Sarah Palin is working on a small commercial fishing vessel she co-owns with her husband Todd, who is a blue-collar union member, working on the North Slope. The daughter of a school teacher, she is not part of the social, political, or cultural elite in the remote Mat-Su Valley, 40 miles northeast of Anchorage. In fact, Alaska at that time, was still a wilderness with the rough-hewen culture of a frontier state.

She is essentially out of the loop in a state that is out of the loop.  More

Bannon Takes "The Undefeated" to Wasilla

From The Frontiersman:

WASILLA — Folks in Alaska have their first opportunity to see the movie “The Undefeated” on the big screen Monday.

Sponsored by the Valley Republican Women’s Club, the Alaska screening also includes a meet-and-greet event with the movie’s creator and producer, Stephen Bannon, from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday at Colony Inn in Palmer. Tickets are $50 each or $75 per couple and include a light meal and a chance to speak one-on-one with Bannon. 

“I’m looking forward to coming to Alaska,” he said Thursday by phone from“I’m looking forward to coming to Alaska,” he said Thursday by phone from Washington, D.C.  Alaska will be a relatively quick since he is planning to spend Thanksgiving at Fort Campbell, Ky., with his daughter, a recent West Point graduate.  More

Palin: How Congress Occupied Wall Street

Since Sunday night's 60 Minutes Episode (clips here, here, and here), the news world has been set on fire with revelations from the book "Throw Them All Out".  Written by Palin's foreign policy adviser Peter Schweizer, the explosive "Throw Them All Out" provides documented evidence of our elected officials (AKA permanent political class) enriching themselves at the expense of their constituents. Think about it.  Acting on a stock market trade with insider information would send you or I to jail (think Martha Stewart) yet our members of Congress have a different set of laws that apply to them.  Isn't that convenient?  These elected officials are privy to all sorts of information allowing them to buy or sell thus giving them the added edge.  In today's Wall Street Journal op-ed, Sarah Palin again calls for "sudden and relentless reform".  Governor Palin, I agree.

 

From The Wall Street Journal:

Politicians who arrive in Washington as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires. Why?

By SARAH PALIN

Mark Twain famously wrote, "There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." Peter Schweizer's new book, "Throw Them All Out," reveals this permanent political class in all its arrogant glory. (Full disclosure: Mr. Schweizer is employed by my political action committee as a foreign-policy adviser.)

Mr. Schweizer answers the questions so many of us have asked. I addressed this in a speech in Iowa last Labor Day weekend. How do politicians who arrive in Washington, D.C. as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires? How do they miraculously accumulate wealth at a rate faster than the rest of us? How do politicians' stock portfolios outperform even the best hedge-fund managers'? I answered the question in that speech: Politicians derive power from the authority of their office and their access to our tax dollars, and they use that power to enrich and shield themselves.  More

H/T Team Sarah member Sherrie

Palin: Talking about 2012 "On The Record" with Greta Tonight

From Fox News Insider:

Who Is Sarah Palin's Pick for 2012?

Who has the best shot against President Obama? Sarah Palin reveals her 2012 pick when she goes On the Record, tonight at 10p/1a ET.

h/t Motivation Truth

 

Palin: "The Fight for Iowa" Tonight

Sarah Palin will appear on a Fox News Special, "The Fight for Iowa", with Bret Baier at 10:00 p.m. Eastern tonight.  Additional details here. 

Palin: If You Love Freedom, Thank a Vet!

Posted to Sarah Palin's Facebook page earlier today:

I proudly display a bumper sticker that proclaims “If you love your freedom, thank a vet!” It was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 that the armistice between Germany and the Allied nations was formed. A year later the White House commemorated the day as one to be “filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory.” Years later 11-11 was officially declared Veterans Day.

We are thankful for this day being set aside to remember our vets, and many of us are overwhelmed with pride and respect for those we honor today. America's men and women in uniform selflessly sacrificed – some giving all – to protect the freedom and opportunities we enjoy today. In honor of everything our veterans have given, I implore Americans to remember them and thank them. And I ask that as a nation we not squander what they have fought to protect: American Exceptionalism that was based on free men and free markets.

May God bless, protect, and heal the hurts of America's finest. God bless our veterans.

- Sarah Palin

Palin: Fire Eric Holder

Posted to Sarah Palin's Facebook page earlier today:

 

It’s tempting to get distracted with the horse race aspect of electoral politics during a primary season. But as pundits talk about “who’s up and who’s down” in the 24 hour news cycle, we must keep our eye on the ball with the Obama administration. They rely on distraction to skirt responsibility, but we’re going to hold them accountable for their corruption and incompetence.

When the stories about Operation Fast and Furious first broke, it sounded too crazy even for this administration.

Why would any government official with an ounce of common sense think it’s a good idea to facilitate the smuggling of thousands of guns into the hands of violent Mexican drug cartels? That’s what Operation Fast and Furious did.

You might think Eric Holder’s Department of Justice was setting up a sting operation in which our federal agents would swoop down and arrest the bad guys the minute the guns traded hands. But that’s not what happened. Eric Holder’s DOJ had American gun dealers sell weapons to “straw purchasers” tied to drug cartels without actually following the movement of the guns as they were then sold to Mexican drug lords. They apparently thought this so-called “gun-walking” operation would help them chart the path of gun smuggling, but they didn’t have a plan to actually control the weapons’ movements as the guns were allowed to “walk” into Mexico. All Holder’s DOJ did was arm violent criminals. What manner of fools do we have working in this administration? What’s next? Supplying nuclear weapons components to the Iranians so we can track their activities?  More

Palin: Crony Capitalism, OWS, and Obama Oh My!

From The Orlando Sentinel:

BAY LAKE — In a folksy speech to Republicans Thursday night, Sarah Palin ripped "crony capitalists" on Wall Street, slammed the Occupy Wall Street protesters for not understanding them, and accused President Barack Obama of coddling them both.

Palin, the former Alaskan governor-turned-princess of the national Tea Party movement since running for vice president in 2008, ripped all who expect bailouts from the government, starting with Wall Street firms.

She was the featured speaker for 800 Republicans dining at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort for the Republican Party of Florida's "Victory Dinner."

She accused Obama of "taking care" of crony capitalists who take government money then fail, such as the solar energy company Solyndra. "And now they're on course to raise a billion in his re-election bid so they can keep scratching his back and continue this cycle," she said.

Palin accused the Wall Street protesters of reaching the wrong conclusions.  More

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