New Vision

The big question the media hacks are asking about Sarah Palin is what is she going to do? Is she running for president or isn't she running for president. Let me say, it seems pretty clear to me that Palin is likely to run. Until she makes the announcement no one can say for sure. But for the media to rerun column after column of tired quotes from uniformed "experts" parroting that Palin does not like retail politics and isn't interested in shaking hands around the country is just nonsense. Anyone who knows anything about Palin knows she does the greeting line better than most. So I hope this old rumor gets dropped as I am tired of seeing it and hearing it. What I am hoping to see, once she gets the nomination, is her original ideas on solving the critical issues of this country. Kicking the economy into gear is not as simple anymore as tax cuts, small business job creation and building houses everywhere there is a spot of land. We live in a more complex world than ever before. The American middle class is at risk. Safety nets are in danger of being shredded for the poor, elderly and handicapped. Where are the good paying jobs? We need a strong, committed leader with the best interest of the country as the top priority for out problems to be solved.. Sarah Palin is that leader. Will she run or won't she run, we will know for sure very soon.

Time for Time

Time magazine makes a glaring and unacceptable stumble by repeating a fable about Sarah Palin as though it were fact. For a magazine with the reputation of Tiime, this is unacceptable. Yes the editors can run a correction. Yes the correction would be welcome. But it is not enough. Time bills itself as a news magazine. It has a responsibility to check and double check and triple check what appears on its pages and to do this before publication. Running a correction of its terrible blunder is elementary. But Time should also run a cover story documenting all the lies and distortions and rumors and gossip it has printed about Sarah Palin. It should express regret for these falsehoods. It is past time for Time to offer responsible, honest, factual reporting on all politicans. It is past time for Time to keep its editorial opinion on its opinion pages. The opinion pages should not include every page of the publication unless Time wants to change its description and change it now to gossip magazine. A news magazine has a responsiblity to report facts. It's elementary journalism. For now Time is not even in the elementary grade when it comes to Sarah Palin.   

Back To Work

After a rather unfortunate computer glitch, we are back in action and none too soon. The usual gnats are swarming around trying to discredit Sarah Palin. A few new gnats have also flown in around the bonfire of false and manufactured and distorted claims. The latest comes from one of the darkest of dark horses for the GOP presidential nomination, Rick whats his name. He seems to imply that Palin is missing CPAC to haul more cash back to Alaska. Then that old dodger website Politico of course laps up the implication and churn it out as a headline. Then Rick whats his name throws a tantrum because he says Politico misreported what he said or something of the sort.Is he protesting too much?
I'm wondering why Rick is trying to sound like a candidate anyway? Is he trying trying to split the conservative vote? Who would that benefit?

Iowa Speech

The great Iowa speech is now over. Well received, it was rousing and positive and focused on the upcoming mid-term elections. Sarah Palin delivered the approximately 45 minute speech without the aid of a teleprompter. To Politico, great recorder of any dollar earned by the governor, she did not seek or receive a fee for the speech. She did not announce or deny rumors of a presidental run. She talked about today and what needs to be done today for wins in November. I liked the speech. It was wide ranging and typical Palin. My one critique is that I think she needs to move on from the news media comments. Ok maybe make one comment now and then. She has overcome a barrage of crazy, goofy rumors and gossipy speculation and is riding a wave of success. She doesn't have to defend herself against every hack to who foams with speculation. Let others defend her. As to the success of reacting to the wack jobs in the media, consider the NPR report from the speech speculating that Palin implied in some vague way that Rove should go to h---. I submit, some in the media live to speculate. They wouldn't know a fact if they tripped over one. Bored with the drudgery of their lives they blow bubbles of speculation and then report on them. It's called creating the news from a mud tub. Thanks Dan Baltz of the Washington Post for a decent report from the Iowa speech. Thanks to C-Span for telecasting the speech live so we could hear the governor in her own words.

Tonight Is the Night

At 8 p.m., Eastern Time, C-Span will telecast live Gov. Palin's speech from Iowa. This is 7 p.m. Central Time. It is a speech to watch. As the pundits twist and turn trying to determine if Palin is going to run for president she keeps them guessing. Trying to gauge her by the usual actions of prospective candidates, some think she isn't up to grassroots campaigning. Guys check out how she campaigned out for governor of Alaska. Check out how she welcomed the crowds at rallies during the 2008 presidental campaign and took extended time going through the crowds talking and handshaking. Others think Palin indeed may run and that if she does she will be a formidable force. I think if she runs she will run to win. So I'll be listening carefully to the speech tonight and watching the reactions to it.

A Great Speech

It was a well delivered, informative, witty speech and it was given by Sarah Palin on Wednesday, Sept. 15 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event was held by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. Palin was comfortable at the lecturn and displayed an array of comments on everything from how the media is focused often on irrelevant things to how she made her way from council member in Wasilla, Alaska to the governor's office to the national stage. This speech extended for over 45 minutes. Coverage of it by the national media has been next to non-existent. This is not suprising. When Palin gave a major address during the 2008 presidental campaign on equality for women and issues relating to women, the media was on coffee break. The coffee they drank was bitter and the things they wrote about Palin were also bitter and devoid of sugar. Sadly the brew the media heated up all was about Palin's shoes and her clothes and her glasses and her kids. They slept through the women's rights speech.Today the media is still frozen in place and still offering up the same stale brew. But if you really want to hear the governor give a very excellent speech then go to Palin TV and watch the speech she gave in Oklahoma this week. It is a lead up to the very important presentation she will make on Friday in Iowa. Don't miss the Iowa speech. It will be shown live on C-Span. Tune out the lost on earth media who are sinking in the muck they created and hear what Palin has to say direct.

Major speech coming

Sarah Palin will make a major speech on Friday in Des Moines, at the annual Iowa GOP Reagan dinner aptly themed this year as a "Salute To Freedom." Tune in. The speech will be broadcast on C-Span at 7 p.m.central time from Hy-Vee Hall. I suspect some other news organizations will join in. The question continues to circulate, will she run for president in 2012? This speech should offer some very interesting clues as will other aspects of her visit there. More on the event coming here.