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Sarah Palin Wows Right To Life Rally

Sarah Palin lived up to her billing as a national spokeswoman for the Right to Life.  Already a pro-lifer, coupled with supporting her decision to not abort her Down syndrome child, she told her story to 3,000 to 4,000 enthusiastic admirers on Friday in Columbus, Ohio at the packed capacity Aladdin Shrine facility.  They came by the bus load and shuttles; the elderly, the church groups, young people, all waiting to hear her story and listening as if entranced to each carefully chosen word.  By those in attendance, she did a great job and hit a lot of bases, even citing a Biblical proof text, Isaiah 49:16  to respond to those who criticized her palm notes:  "See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." Who else can mix hilarity, God, the Bible, and palm notes at a Right to Life Rally.  Clip here: Video

"If what was good enough for God, scribbling on the palm of his hand, it's good enough for me, for us," Palin said. "In that passage he says, I wrote your name on the palm of my hand to remember you. And I'm like okay, I'm in good company."

The Rally opened with the Worthington Christian High School Choir singing the National Anthem. Video

Her introduction was by football star Chris Spielman.  Video

Sarah Palin did not disappoint fans as they thronged to the front stage for autographs. The event may not have persuaded her detractors, but it gave enthusiasm to prolife supporters.

Commander-In-Chief Quid Pro Quo

Anyone reviewing our national politics realizes that most things are rarely free, especially in D.C.  We have seen favors and legislation bought in front of our eyes and paraded on national TV.  Citizens are fuming at what Obama campaigned he would stop: entrenched business as usual and rigid partisanship.    The modern day “Louisiana Purchase” and “Cornhusker Kickback” the “Union Loophole” in exchange for healthcare votes are glaring, not to mention the $459,000.00 check the DNC wrote Ben Nelson shortly afterwards on the pretence that Nelson might need it to defend himself, according to ABC. http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/02/another-cornhusker-kickback.html

If you believe in political coincidences, it won’t do much good to convince you that there is only a Santa Claus in Washington DC. if he is paid for.  Call it a bribe, a tit for tat, or one hand greases the other,  is there a price for votes?  You may see it in future legislation when no one is looking, or maybe in a spirit of corrupt desperation, it’s plainly evident.   And sometimes in veiled threats that gives new meaning to ‘implied consent’.   
Another healthcare ‘coincidence’ erupted this week with House Democrat Jim Matheson of Utah being invited as one of ten (Altmire, Boyd, L Davis, Herseth-Sandlin, Kratovil, Markey, Matheson, Murphy, Shuler and Tanner)  to the White House for some arm twisting to change their ‘no vote’ for a future ‘yes’ vote.  When what to our wondering eyes appear,  a White House press release prior to the meeting indicating Matheson’s brother is selected as nominee for a Judgeship.  Another fine time for a coincidence?    The Weekly Standard writes “     The timing of this nomination looks suspicious, especially in light of Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job not to run against Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania primary. Many speculated that Sestak, a former admiral, was offered the Secretary of the Navy job,”  in the WS article titled ‘Obama Now Selling Judgeships for Health Care Votes? Obama names brother of undecided House Dem to Appeals Court.” Article

Even last July, the Dems wanted their blue dog Jim Matheson to hop on board the healthcare wagon. “ President Barack Obama's campaign group is turning up the heat on conservative House Democrats -- like Utah's Jim Matheson -- who have balked at the health care reform package moving through Congress”, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Article

The White House press secretary responded by calling any connection as a ‘silly argument’.  But here’s another coincidence:   On the Morning Joe show,  Tim Kaine, the DNC Chairman, responded to the interviewer’s question:  MIKA BRZEZINSKI: “Are you saying there is no other reason but qualification for this?”  TIM KAINE: “Qualification is the most important and I'm sure there are other factors. Life is life, right?”

Press Release: Article

Schwarzenegger Attacks The Tea Party & GOP; Pouts, Touts, Spouts

"Arnold, you are no Ronald Reagan."   Yes, Reagan’s son, Mike, said this about a year ago at a Tea Party Tax Day Rally, one of many held across the nation. :  “Michael Reagan, the talk show host and son of the former president, drew one of the loudest roars of the day when he ripped Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Sacramento event by saying, "Arnold, you are no Ronald Reagan." Article   Once touted as a Conservative and fiscally responsible, Schwarzenegger’s California public approval rating is in the tank.  He pouts about his state’s deficit, puts the blame on immigrants, and spouts against the GOP and the Tea Party in recent interviews.  After all, he’s in his last term, and his pouting and spouting over circumstances now out of control would make the ‘Predator’ of the evil deficit and corresponding poll numbers carry the day.  

“Conservatives, once the bulwark of his support, disapprove of Schwarzenegger's job performance now by nearly 2 to 1, according to the poll by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.  Overall, just 33% of California adults give Schwarzenegger a positive job rating, barely above the record low of 32% that he hit in 2005 after pushing a package of failed ballot measures in a special election”, according to the LA Times.   Article 

ABC carries his words regarding the GOP and Tea Party:  SCHWARZENEGGER: “ They're the party of no, and at the same time, I think that there are a lot of people that are disenchanted and dissatisfied and they're angry and this is why you have the Tea Party and all of those things.  The Tea Party is not going to go anywhere.   I think the Tea Party is all about just an expression of anger and dissatisfaction and I see it in California when people come up to me and says, you know I'm angry that you guys don't get along in Sacramento.  I'm angry that they're not getting along in Washington.  I'm angry that nothing gets done.  I'm angry that I'm unemployed.  I'm angry that people are losing homes. I'm angry that businesses are losing their businesses and all of those kind of things.  And the economy is down. Video

As a beggar in the streets, he takes his tin cup to the White House for a bailout while writing IOUs within California.  The Tea Party will long outlast the Governator’s term and is now more popular than both political parties.  He can play the blame game, call people hypocrites, and the only thing he has left is a possible movie gig; perhaps ‘Terminator vs. the Tea Party’. 

Sorry Gov., but this time the Tea Party’s spout is looking at you.    

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