America Needs Sarah Palin

Thomas Sowell on Sarah Palin

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:19:00 +0000

"Not One of Us"
by Thomas Sowell

Analysis and reaction at C4P.

Culture of life #2

pundette@gmail.com (pundette) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Never underestimate the human spirit. Gotta love the coach who put him in.
http://patrickmadrid.blogspot.com/2009/02/against-all-odds.html

Culture of life

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:06:00 +0000

From Esquire interview

(cross-posted here)

Sarah Palin is smart

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Save this excellent article and pull it out when someone questions Sarah Palin's intellect.

Quotes from Sarah Palin

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:54:00 +0000

Conservatives for Palin excerpt some wonderful quotes from Sarah Palin's Esquire interview. These are on motherhood and faith. Click on their post for comments and context.

A courageous person is anyone who loses a child and can still get out of bed in the morning.

I can always go home again and just be Mom and be perfectly happy and fulfilled with the blessings that God has given us. And with a great marriage and great parents and siblings and children, I could today go home and just be Mom.

After a long day, if the weather's good, I like to take a long, hot run to unwind. Otherwise, lately, I take a bath with Trig, and I answer e-mails, and then we all fall asleep in my big bed while we listen to Piper read her Junie B. Jones books out loud. She's learning to read and she'll read for hours on end. It's idyllic. It's amazing.

Many high-powered parents separate work and children; Ms. Palin takes a wholly different approach. “She’s the mom and the governor, and they’re not separate,” Ms. Cole said. Around the governor’s offices, it was not uncommon to get on the elevator and discover Piper, smothering her puppy with kisses.

“She’ll be with Piper or Trig, then she’s got a press conference or negotiations about the natural gas pipeline or a bill to sign, and it’s all business,” Ms. Burney, who works across the hall, said. “She just says, ‘Mommy’s got to do this press conference.’”

I know He hears me when I just call out to Him, which I do a lot. Oh, yes, I pray. I talk to God every day. I've put my life, so I put my day, into God's hands, and I just ask for guidance and wisdom and grace to get through one situation after another.

Iron Dog this weekend

noreply@blogger.com (jill) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:31:00 +0000

Links to stories on this hardcore race:

C4P: Iron Dog, Duct Tape, and Commemoratve Knives

HillBuzz: We don't know which one is cuter . . .

The stories are great.

But this picture . . . !

This is the most photogenic family ever. And they are genuinely interesting people. They, like, do things.

Here's what I wrote about the Palins and their mass-appeal on September 4th just after Sarah's convention speech. That was before the msm smearing kicked in. It's hard to know what "the public" would think of the Palins without the distorting effect of the msm lens.

Here's a fun excerpt from a Washington Post article on Todd from Sept. 7, 2008:

Todd Palin arrived in Wasilla from Dillingham on Bristol Bay in the early 1980s, and cut such a figure at the high school that girls inked T-O-D-D on the back of their fingers, Kaylene Johnson wrote in her admiring biography of the governor. The newcomer chose Sarah Heath, daughter of a popular science teacher, and flirted with her from a two-way radio on the open boat his family used when the salmon ran up Bristol Bay.

Todd Palin claims Yupik Eskimo blood through his grandmother. When he took a job on the North Slope, working Arctic Circle oil pads for British Petroleum, the family's life assumed a rhythm familiar in Alaska: a week or two at home, a week or two on "the Slope."

And when he won the Iron Dog, he basically owned the state. The endurance race involves six days of steering a snowmobile at 80 mph. From its start in Wasilla, the course runs across two mountain ranges to Nome on the Bering Sea, then back down the Yukon River to Fairbanks.

The terrain is so rough that some days drivers pull their hands out of mittens bloody from blistering, and so dangerous that drivers must move in teams. With Scott Davis, who sells concrete block in Soldotna, Palin has won the race four times.

"He's always trying to give someone else credit," Davis said.

(cross-posted here)

Palin's shoes sold on eBay

pundette@gmail.com (pundette) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:07:00 +0000

Sarah's red pumps sold on eBay:

"JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A pair of red pumps purportedly worn by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during her vice presidential campaign have sold for $2,025 on eBay."

A pair of red pumps? You mean these iconic Palin pumps, the shoes that sparked the avalanche of interest in Gov. Palin's footwear. They shouldn't have been auctioned - they should be in the Smithsonian.

Note to ANSP readers:

pundette@gmail.com (pundette) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:05:00 +0000

I've imported almost all of the 500+ posts from AmericaNeedsSarahPalin to my other blog, Pundit&Pundette.

They're labelled with the tag ANSP. They're all there: the shoe gallery, the Harley photo, Maureen Dowd's snipes, Obama's chilling born-alive statements, etc. They're integrated into the other posts by date and it forms a coherent whole, I think.

I'm leaning toward not posting here anymore. But I'll leave the blog up. That way, links to it will still work, and I can visit it now and then when I'm feeling nostalgic. I still love Sarah. She's the anti-Obama. I will certainly continue to write about her. But I'd like to streamline my efforts into one blog and talk about a wider range of topics. The ongoing war to preserve our liberties has many fronts.

Many thanks to all my readers and fellow bloggers, especially to the Read My Lipstick network. Your support and patronage has been greatly appreciated. And surprising. When I started the Palin blog in my excitement after her pick as VP, I never dreamed anyone other than my blood relatives would see it. 20,000 visits (almost) and 32,620 page views later, I'm still a little surprised. But it was all Sarah. Her enormous appeal created a Palin internet boom, and my little blog got just the edge of that. The outrageous smearing, borking, and quayling of her by the msm has kept Palin's supporters busy. They continue to do a fantastic job on behalf of her and of the truth.

Please visit me at Pundit&Pundette. If you list ANSP on your blogroll, would you consider putting P&P in its place? My blogroll there is very inclusive. If you'd like to be linked, email me at pundette at gmail dot com. I'm thinking of making a significantly more exclusive roll for those who have linked to me. ;)

Go Sarah! Go Palinistas!

Jem/Pundette/Jill

Reprise: Sarah Palin's pro-life manifesto

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:31:00 +0000

http://americaneedssarahpalin.blogspot.com/2008/10/blessing-or-punishment-palin-makes.html

Tired of Mr. Right

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Readers, can this relationship last?

Dear Abby,

I've been seeing this great guy for a couple of years now. He is really incredible: smart, cool, great dresser, really ambitious, kind of exotic in a cool way. Did I mention he's cool? And a good listener who really respects my point of view (though, to be honest, he never seems to change his mind). Different from my usual type, I admit, which is more mature, square, and straightforward. You know, boring. I felt like I needed a change and boy did I get it!

So what's the problem? All my old friends think he's a jerk who is just using me, and they tell me so in no uncertain terms. They point out that some of his friends are kind of shady (which is true, but he is so over them now --- he told me himself). And we do disagree about a few things, like children --- he called them a punishment, which is kind of harsh, though maybe I can see his point. And they say he wants to take my stuff and run my life. But would that be so bad? I mean, he is really smart.

So what should I do? I hate to part ways with my friends but this is the chance of a lifetime. And I'm sure he will be different once we formalize our relationship. I can bring him around on those things we disagree on. It will definitely be worth the effort! There is so much promise there!

And my friends are not cool at all. I see that now. So small loss, really.

Thanks for listening!

Signed,
Tired of Mr. Right

(originally posted here by Pundit)

Video: Sarah Palin on Glenn Beck, 1/19/09

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:59:00 +0000

Glenn misread the first viewer question (toward end of interview) and entirely reversed its meaning. Too bad. It was a good question.

I'm pleased that Beck allowed her to talk a bit at the end about the intrinsic value of human life. Parents out there will immediately relate to her enthusiasm when she talks about Trig, how cute he is, "a little Michelin man," and the joy and "healthy perspective" he's brought to their family, reminding them that what matters is "cherishing life."

I'll post a transcript when one becomes available.

Check out the comments at C4P.

Media attracted to yet repelled by Sarah Palin

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:25:00 +0000

They can't live with her and they can't live without her.

From Newsbusters: Chris Matthews Mocks Gov. Palin One Day, Calls Her For Interview the Next

You get the idea from the headline. Newsbusters quotes Bill McAllister, talking to the Anchorage Press:

Introducing the clips, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews referred to “the vice presidential campaign that won’t end,” a characterization that McAllister says was hypocritical, as Matthews had recently called him asking for an interview.

“If it’s so objectionable, why do you want to interview her?” McAllister asks. “This is the double standard we get from a lot of people in the media. I could put her on any TV program you could imagine. She’s being treated as if she’s out there trying to garner all this publicity; we turn stuff down every day. We turn down dozens of things every day. We get invitations all the time for her to speak at various events, either of a partisan or conservative nature or whatever; she’s not doing that. She’s here. She put out a budget. She’s got a State of the State address she’s going to deliver in less than two weeks. It’s not that she’s commenting, it’s that it seems like the national media will just gobble up anything Palin.”

It's irksome that Gov. Palin is being blamed by the media for the public's, and therefore their own, insatiable "appetite for all things Palin." It's real and it's out there. It has been since the end of August.

It must be painful for the msm. They despise her, but they can't ignore her, not because she's looking for the limelight, but because she's a huge story. It's not a moral dilemma for the likes of Chris Matthews. He doesn't mind slamming her one minute and using her, or hoping to, the next. But it must be distasteful to be forced to acknowledge, at least implicitly, that this woman is enormously popular with Americans.

It may be that even Gov. Palin doesn't fully grasp the depth or extent of her appeal:

The governor’s office says she doesn’t want the constant exposure, that the recent blitz due to Ziegler’s film excerpts was unexpected.

Name another vice-presidential candidate on a losing ticket who was this hot a story two and a half months after an election. The msm paparazzi find her irresistible, but are attracted and repelled at the same time. From Newsbusters:

One wonders how the liberal Old Media establishment has the temerity to say they aren't attacking her when one day they are calling her names and the next trying to get interviews with her. We've seen incident after incident here on NewsBusters, so many incidents that NewsBusters has itself risked becoming all Palin all the time.

Temerity is not a stretch for them.

Newsbusters believes Palin's staff needs to do their job better:

Palin has to get a firm hold on her image but so far the people she has helping with that are failing miserably. This is not to say that it is all their fault, of course. It is clear, even to the Anchorage Press, that the Old Media is out to get Sarah Palin. Even they had to admit that Palin is "perhaps justifiably" making the charge that she is "under siege by the media." For the media, that is quite an admission.

Maybe she does need better 'people.' But it's gratifying to see the real Palin emerge, now that she's no longer under the control of the unaccountable McCain campaign staff, who so deeply misused and misunderstood her assets and her appeal to Americans.

Sarah Palin revealed in emails

noreply@blogger.com (jill) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:41:00 +0000

This is a must-read:

"My Cyber Day" by Gov. Sarah Palin

David Shuster: worst person in the world . . .

noreply@blogger.com (jill) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:43:00 +0000

. . . or: John Ziegler, I think I love you.

It's infantile, but I'll nominate John Shuster for WPITW. His interviews with John Zeigler speak for themselves.

Related story at P&P

Paglia on Palin and Couric

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:22:00 +0000

A must-read over at Conservatives for Palin -- Paglia's Take on Palin, Couric and elitism

Just a taste: "What a bunch of tittering lemmings the urban elite have become in this country."

Paglia saves her most withering commentary for Katie Couric. Go to C4P to read it.

Video: Ziegler interview with Gov. Palin

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:35:00 +0000

From Big Hollywood

CNN equates Sarah Palin with criminals and other scoundrels

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:43:00 +0000

Updates at bottom~

Here's CNN's list of politicians who fell from grace in 2008. It includes Blago, Ted Stevens, Eliot Spitzer, Kwame Kilpatrick, John Edwards, Larry Langford, Tim Mahoney, and Sarah Palin. Sing along now: One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong.

You might be tempted to say that CNN fell from grace with this outrageous and slanderous story, but they were already in that uncomfortable place where corrupt journalists go when they sell their integrity. At least they've got lots of msm pals to keep them company down there.

More reactions to this at Conservatives for Palin and Charlotte Front and Center.

Updated to add link to Greta Van Susteren's response (outrage) here. Go Greta!

And then the news that CNN has taken Sarah off their blacklist of badboys. No apology that I could find. Just one fewer face in the lineup. H/T C4P.

Bristol Palin's crime

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:04:00 +0000

On Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin Tundra asks What would we have her do? Excellent question.

Something the msm hasn't owned up to is this: for them, Bristol's pregnancy has nothing to do with the morality of teen sex. It has everything to do with contraception, abortion, and life issues. If Bristol and her boyfriend were sexually active but there was no baby to prove it, liberals would have no problem with them. Liberals aren't opposed to sex in any form or situation; they're just opposed to seeing spiritual meaning in sex and its natural result. They have targeted Bristol Palin for the same reason that they've targeted her mother: through her actions, she's a witness to the sanctity of life. Giving birth to her baby is a silent rebuke to feminists and a powerful testament to the pro-life cause.

The only thing liberals and their lapdogs in the msm would have liked more than Bristol getting pregnant would have been Bristol having an abortion. Then they could scream "hypocrite" at the top of their lungs from now until 2020. Hypocrite is a favorite epithet of adolescents.

(Cross-posted at C4P)

Afterthought: Perhaps these less-demanding pretend babies are more acceptable to our ailing culture.

Team Sarah infiltrated

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:35:00 +0000

Very dirty politics practiced by anti-Palin liberals:
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/01/liberals-attempt-to-defame-team-sarah.html

Granny and Gramps Palin

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:28:00 +0000

Top Ten Photos of Palin

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:47:00 +0000

Palinistas and palinators won't want to miss this:
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2008/12/top-10-10-1.html
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2008/12/top-10-10-5_6117.html

Parade's bad cover photo of Palin, bad stories of campaign '08

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:13:00 +0000

What a waste of paper.

Sarah Palin must be one of the most photogenic people around. It's pretty hard to find an unflattering photo of her. Hand it to Parade Magazine to go with a cover photo of Sarah that makes her look about 40 pounds heavier than she is. The pic is worse than it appears on the web page. If Parade comes with your Sunday paper you'll get the full effect.

Someone must read this vacuous Sunday supplement, I suppose? I didn't bother with their best and worst stories, but did notice these pieces of bad reporting under the heading of Campaign Highs and Lows:

LOW
People shouting, “Terrorist!” and “Kill him!” when Obama’s name was mentioned at some John Mc-Cain-Sarah Palin rallies. While this was neither Mc-Cain’s nor Palin’s fault, it revealed the thin membrane separating civility from mob rule in politics today. —Jonathan Alter, NBC News analyst and author of “Between the Lines”

This urban legend was refuted by the Secret Service. But it lives on in Alter's mind.

And this supposed High for the American people:

HIGH
Some 3.2 million Americans gave to Obama’s campaign, with an average donation of less than $90. Whatever one thinks about Obama, that’s a good thing for democracy. —Jonathan Alter

Really? I guess Alter wasn't paying attention to all those stories about Obama's online fundraising system that was wide open to fraudulent donations.

Merry Christmas to all my Palin-lovin' pals

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:14:00 +0000

Wishing you all many blessings in the new year :)

Now let's all sing along!

2008 ANSP Media Awards

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:23:00 +0000

I'd like to acknowledge the performance of our media, good, bad, and ugly, in covering the '08 election. My theme is dogs. The Pitbull Award is already taken.

Rabid Dogs

Andrew Sullivan: Strangely fixated on Trig Palin's parentage and birth certificate. What was up with that? Is he okay?

Keith Olbermann: Reliably deranged and smitten by The One.

The wimmin on The View: consistently, vexingly stupid. Whoopi fears slavery, Joyless rasps about "demented homeschoolers," Baba is "bothered" by baby Trig's presence at the debate. They all drool over the Obamas.

Maureen Dowd: Queen of snark and cultural condescension.

Lap Dogs

Chris Matthews: Beyond smitten. Tingling with enchantment for O. Theme song: I've Got a Crush On You, Sweetie-Pie.

David Brooks: Felt the tingle, too. Spokesman for Elites for Obama. Announced that Sarah Palin "represents a fatal cancer on the GOP," and "scorns ideas."

Christopher Buckley: Bedazzled by Obama's "first class temperament." The snob factor in action. Lost cause.

Washington Post: Consistently biased, but just can't help it.

MSM: Rolled over and played dead for Obama throughout the long campaign.

Running Dogs

Dana Milbank of the WaPo: Way to go on that phony "ugly crowd" story.

Charles Gibson: Pomposity personified. Afraid to come off as being too easy on Palin, he gave off a condescending professor vibe that was painful to watch.

Katie Couric: Princess of the gotcha question; apparently feels superior to Gov. Palin, though heaven only knows why.

NYT: Non-reporting on Obama throughout, and authored notable hit-piece on Cindy McCain.

LATimes: Refusal to release Obama-Khalidi video.

Lost Dogs

Tom Brokaw: How to explain his bewilderment over Obama in this video, just a couple of days before the election? I guess it never occurred to him to, um, look into some of this during the two-year-long campaign? Or maybe ask a pertinent question or two at the debate he moderated? Nah.

Charlie Rose: Equally benighted. Ditto with the guys from Newsweek, below.

Evan Thomas and John Meacham with Rose: Discussing Obama's "creepy cult of personality," immediately post-election. Great timing, guys! Guess you spent the past 18 months on Mars.

Peggy Noonan: Sadly, a member of Elites for Obama club, though not so far gone as to vote for him.

Carl Cameron: Reporting of unsourced smears was disappointing.

Mixed Breeds

Slate: Kudos for some independent journalism.

SNL: Ditto. Yes, SNL did their thing on Sarah, but they couldn't be expected to waste the gift of Tina Fey, and anyway, political parody is their job in an election year. What was impressive was their excoriating treatment of Biden and Murtha, and of Olbermann, above.

Working Dogs

Rush, Hannity, and Laura Ingraham: In the trenches every day, rallying the troops.

Michelle Malkin: Tireless warrior who takes no prisoners.

Sporting Dogs

Mark Steyn: Too clever by half. His writing entertains, informs, and surprises. Author of A Woman's Right to Shoes, which brought gratification to many a Palin shoe-fan.

Dennis Miller: Another brilliant and funny guy. Great video here.

Watch Dogs

The Corner: An absolutely indispensable resource for anyone who wants to stay informed. Including Kathryn Jean Lopez, Byron York, Jonah Goldberg, Andrew McCarthy, and a cast of thousands.

Charles Krauthammer: Brainiac author of this article, which includes one of my favorite phrases of 2008: "easily swimming in this fetid pond." Also nailed it on why Palin was so viciously attacked by some feminists.

Tony Blankley: Who is Barack Obama?

Robert George: Brainiac on life issues. Great teaching articles.

Thomas Sowell: Valiantly attempted, through reasoned argument, to show O supporters the errors of their ways. Unfortunately reason has little to do with it.

Victor Davis Hanson: Explains the myths of the campaign.

Greta Van Susteren: Defender of Palin during the post-campaign smear phase (click and scroll down for update), and conductor of great interview with Todd Palin. She was like the friendly but nosy neighbor who wants to know every detail. Very human.

Camille Paglia: Intellectual honesty and razor-sharp wit.

Alpha Dogs

David Freddoso: Author of The Case Against Barack Obama.

Stanley Kurtz: Meticulously researching and writing one article after another, doing the hard work the msm shunned, and being savagely attacked by the Obamabots for his efforts.

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Feel free to post a comment letting us know who you think might deserve mention for their performance in '08.

Bloggers aren't covered here. Acknowledging your contributions would be way too much work. I do it the easy way, with blog rolls. Many thanks to all of you.

Thanks, also, to anyone who read this whole post :-), and a big and sincere thank you to all my readers throughout the past several months. It's been fun. I'm not sure how much I'll continue to post here, but please visit me at my other blog. Best wishes to all in 2009.

Video: Bush dodges flying shoes in Iraq

americaneedspalin@gmail.com (Jem) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:09:00 +0000

How did the Secret Service let these guys get so close to the President?

My kids were impressed with Bush's quick reflexes, and said he owned the Iraqi shoe-thrower, whose intent was to gravely insult the President.

It's a darn good thing he stays in shape:

At 62, Bush is physically fit -- the result of a regime that he has dutifully followed the past eight years, directing that a 45-minute workout, followed by a 30-minute cool-down, during which he said he reads and works on speeches, be scheduled on his calendar six days a week.
"I exercise real hard," Bush said. "It helps clear my mind. It relieves frustration. It helps me sleep at night. It helps me get over the really good food they have here at the White House."