The pro-life movement is pro-women, and it empowers women with the message that we are strong enough and smart enough to be able to pursue education, vocations and avocations while giving life to a child. This movement is largely run by women. In fact, many of the earliest leaders of the women’s rights movement were pro-life – women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul, the author of the original Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, who said, “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” Today, more and more young women agree with these feminist foremothers, for they know in their hearts that the culture of life empowers women by offering them real choices. Unfortunately, rather than portray this positive message, the media often focuses on divisions among Americans on this issue. But this annual rally is not about anger and controversy; it’s about a huge grassroots effort to make our voices heard in support of women and their children.
Sarah Palin supporting the March for Life in Washington, D.C. - (via Facebook)
All life is precious and should be celebrated and protected. If you can’t be in D.C. in person, join Governor Palin and thousands of others in the Virtual March for Life to make your voice - and that of the unborn - heard.
- tdc
Why is Governor Schwarzenegger pushing for the same sorts of policies in Copenhagen that have helped drive his state into record deficits and unemployment? Perhaps he will recall that I live in our nation’s only Arctic state and that I was among the first governors to create a sub-cabinet to deal specifically with climate change. While I and all Alaskans witness the impacts of changes in weather patterns firsthand, I have repeatedly said that we can’t primarily blame man’s activities for those changes. And while I did look for practical responses to those changes, what I didn’t do was hamstring Alaska’s job creators with burdensome regulations so that I could act “greener than thou” when talking to reporters.
Governor Palin responds (via Facebook) to Arnold Schwarzenegger questioning whether she is “really interested” in the subject of climate change, or whether she is simply “interested in her career and in winning the [Republican presidential] nomination?”
Would it be rude of me to say that the Governor of California is out of his league and would do well steer clear of a rumble with the former Governor of Alaska so as to avoid looking a fool? It would? Ok then…nevermind.
- tdc
This nonsensical opposition to American domestic energy development continues to this day. Apparently the Obama-Biden administration only approves of offshore drilling in Brazil, where it will provide security and jobs for Brazilians. This election is about American security and American jobs.
There’s one way to tell Vice President Biden that we’re tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation’s progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!
Governor Sarah Palin responds to VP Joe Biden regarding her position on energy policy
*When will they…? Oh, nevermind…they won’t learn…
Despite what candidate Chris Daggett is claiming, I have never contacted him or his campaign. I have never asked him to drop out of the NJ Governor’s race. Now, if a politician is going to play loose with facts like this, the electorate needs to know it.
So, to the good people of New Jersey, please know that Daggett’s claims are false. I’ve never even suggested he should drop out of the race. But, come to think of it…
Governor Sarah Palin on the NJ race for Governor (via Facebook)
*When will they learn? You don’t mess with the Gov…
The Game-Changer-in-Chief
Last night, Governor Palin issued a “call-to-listen” on her ever-influential Facebook page. The statement reads, in part:
Mark my words - tomorrow is the game changer! Tune in to hear common sense solutions that bury the false accusations that conscientious members of Congress have no solutions to meet America’s health care challenges.
After the this note made the initial social media rounds, there was speculation as to what motivated the governor to issue her statement at this time and for this purpose - to listen to a Saturday morning GOP address (CORRECTED: video here).
Some presumed that she was making a deliberate move to show her support for the Republican party and to dampen speculation that she would seek to lead a third-party movement. Others wondered if she was vulnerably opening herself up to be linked to not-so-popular congressional leadership, and a legislative position she did not craft.
Both of these hypotheses are plausible. But, my take on this brief statement?
First, I am all but certain that Governor Palin was aware of exactly what was going to be said in this morning’s address by Representative Boehner. After what she experienced in the Fall of ‘08, I think it’s safe to say she’s had a lifetime’s worth of being blind-sided.
Secondly, I would not be surprised if congressional leadership reached out to her and requested the use of her considerable soapbox - which brings me to the crux of my real theory.
The GOP leadership in Washington has been saying for months that they have been shut out of the debate on healthcare reform. Indeed, the “debate” was more of a monologue crafted by the Democrats and alternately performed by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The Republicans were like mimes stuck in an imaginary box (CSPAN?) they couldn’t escape.
Enter Governor Palin, stage right.
She’s outside of the D.C. box and she has the eyes and ears of a good portion of the nation at her beck and call. For a beleaguered group of representatives who have been trying to garner attention to the hard work they have been doing these last few months, Governor Palin’s Facebook page may have seemed like the only way they could be heard by more than the few political-diehards who actually know how to find a video on CSPAN.org.
Further, I think this is right in line with the way Governor Palin operates. She’s all about communicating directly with The People, and the Republicans in Congress have been unable to do that on a large-scale these last 10 months.
I think both they, and she, recognized that Governor Palin’s Notes page might just be their last, best attempt to speak up - and stand up - for themselves and for us before the curtain falls on this healthcare bill.
- tdc
