Posts Tagged ‘sarah palin’

Andy Hefty

That was the Drill Instructor’s call to cease whatever activity was no longer warranted when I was in boot camp.  That call was followed by silence and stillness.  It was a command for everyone to button their lips and pay attention.  The antics were to stop, and everyone was to immediately – and seriously – focus on the task at hand.

But with Congress, such is not the case.

Can you hear me now?

The Associated Press reports that Congress is set to spend more money they don’t have on projects and programs in which the federal government has no business.  But spend they will.

Remember the 1992 campaign?  The previous call for “change,” orchestrated by Bill Clinton highlighted “trillion dollar budgets.”  Now the current deficit exceeds the budgets from only 17 years ago.

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Kelly Anderson Wright

Let’s face it, American women rock. Book authors and basketball players, heads of households and heroes, American women are free to be all they choose to be, or not. Sarah Palin, newly-crowned best-selling author and private citizen, is “all that,” and more.

But more what? The media and her detractors still don’t know what to make of Palin. Now that she’s not a politician, Palin doesn’t follow the rules. She’s not scripted, not packaged and not in sync with old school journalists like Barbara Walters, who openly cringe at Palin’s street-wise jargon.

Sarah seems comfy wherever she is, including Kuwait.

Sarah doesn’t seem to care. She says she’s the most honest she’s ever been, telling talk show host Sean Hannity that all her interviews now are “unplugged.” Every question is fair game, but be careful, Katie Couric… this time, she’ll tell you exactly where Alaskans get their world news (hint: not your network), and what she thinks of the “perky” yet arrogant media anchor who asked her the same question about abortion, 12 different ways.

Palin’s in the ring, her gloves are off, and she’s proving that she’s tougher than a “motha…” bear. No political handlers are scripting what she says. No one is telling her when to eat, what to wear or when to keep her opinions quiet. She’s calling the shots now, she’s gone rogue and she appears to be reveling in it. Why wouldn’t she be? Unlike Senator McCain, she’s not having to tangle with Harry Reid’s health care reform or watch Pelosi’s liberal love-in. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Sherrier

Democrats are taking aim at Sarah Palin’s Facebook posts. Their strategy to shoot her down? Call her a liar.

In their open letter to Palin, the Democrats begin, “You’ve spent a great deal of time spreading lies about health reform, and we’ve had enough. We’re calling you out. And since you’ve spread so much misinformation on Facebook, we’ve decided to come here to do it.”

Oh, no! Her mouth is moving!

The Democrats’ Facebook note has so far generated over 100 comments, mostly from people seizing the opportunity to vent their rage against Palin. Ironically, some people took the time to comment simply to say she wasn’t even worth acknowledging.

On Democrats.org, they state, “A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with family and friends. For Sarah Palin, it’s a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform.”

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Dan Calabrese

Talk about timing. The same day the New York Post runs a piece claiming Sarah Palin is a tough sell on the lecture circuit (” . . . they think she’s a blithering idiot,” says a predictably unnamed “industry expert”), her book becomes a bestseller of unprecedented proportions, two months before it comes out.

Phenomenal.

Palin’s book doesn’t even have a cover design yet, although it does have a name, Going Rogue, which recalls her decision during the 2008 presidential campaign to stop taking advice from the clueless McCain campaign staffers and start following her own instincts.

Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have Palin’s book in the top spot, an absolutely unprecedented performance for a non-fiction book so far in advance of its release date, which is November 17. (That’s my birthday, by the way, hint hint . . .)

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