Sarah Palin: Not Running, But Continuing Her Mission
Earlier this evening, Sarah Palin announced her decision to forgo a run for the Presidency in 2012.
In her statement (via SarahPAC), the governor writes:
October 5, 2011
Wasilla, AlaskaAfter much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.
My decision is based upon a review of what common sense Conservatives and Independents have accomplished, especially over the last year. I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office - from the nation’s governors to Congressional seats and the Presidency. We need to continue to actively and aggressively help those who will stop the “fundamental transformation” of our nation and instead seek the restoration of our greatness, our goodness and our constitutional republic based on the rule of law.
From the bottom of my heart I thank those who have supported me and defended my record throughout the years, and encouraged me to run for President. Know that by working together we can bring this country back - and as I’ve always said, one doesn’t need a title to help do it.
I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets, including in the race for President where our candidates must embrace immediate action toward energy independence through domestic resource developments of conventional energy sources, along with renewables. We must reduce tax burdens and onerous regulations that kill American industry, and our candidates must always push to minimize government to strengthen the economy and allow the private sector to create jobs.
Those will be our priorities so Americans can be confident that a smaller, smarter government that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people can better serve this most exceptional nation.
In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies to assist in replacing the President, re-taking the Senate, and maintaining the House.
Thank you again for all your support. Let’s unite to restore this country!
God bless America.
- Sarah Palin
Though many of Sarah Palin’s supporters are - understandably - disappointed, it is clear from her words that Governor Palin plans to stay engaged, involved, and vocal for the 2012 election cycle and beyond.
Clearly, she understand what her voice has meant for the Conservative movement in this country. She has bolstered others to find their own voices and the courage to speak out in the face of unprecedented challenges to the very structure of our political system.
As Sarah Palin has asserted, almost since the day after the 2008 elections: This is not the time “sit down” or “shut up”. Rather, now is the time to redouble our efforts in support of those candidates and non-title-holders who are willing to step forward in the name of service.
This is the time to restore America together.
- tdc
November 3, 2010 - Sarah Palin celebrates the newly-elected rising stars of the GOP with a new ad from SarahPAC. Take a look at the faces and commit them to memory - we are sure to be seeing a lot of them in the future.
Congratulations to this stellar slate of Conservatives - sure to take the state and national scenes by storm! We voted for you, now we stand with you!
- tdc
*If you want to see more ads like this, donate to SarahPAC!
governor palin: drop and give me 20! and don’t go crying to obamacare…
Governor Palin has been busy!
This afternoon, she launched - yes, launched - her latest rhetorical dissection of all that is wrong with Obamacare and the “yay-hoos” who foisted it on us. The entire post is worthy of lamination, but below is a choice section tdc found particularly spectacular.
In her discussion of the multi-trillion dollar costs of Obamacare, Governor Sarah Palin writes:
This is probably what President Obama was referring to when he admitted recently that he had known all along that “at the margins” his proposals were going to drive up costs. Give us a break! Only in this administration would they refer to a $3 trillion spending increase as “marginal.” Next time he comes to us with another one of his harebrained proposals for a budget-busting federal power grab, let’s make sure we remember the president’s admission that he was lying all along when he told us his health care plan was going to cut costs. He is increasing costs. He admits it now. Period.
Higher costs and worse care – is it any wonder why people are overwhelmingly in favor of repealing and replacing Obamacare? Politicians who have vacillated on this issue need to be fired. Candidates who don’t support “repeal and replace” don’t deserve your support. No amount of money spent on Washington’s “government-wide apolitical public information campaign” (otherwise known as “propaganda”) will convince Americans that this awful legislation is anything other than a debt-driven big government train wreck. We need to repeal and replace it, and that can only happen if we elect a new Congress that will make scrapping Obamacare one of its top priorities. We can replace it with pro-private sector, patient-oriented reform that the GOP has proposed.
Once again, Governor Palin lays out a concise, informative, hard-hitting argument for fighting back against unfunded government mandates and arrogant politicians.
In March of this year, Governor Palin set her sights on gaining twenty key seats in congress. Now, a few short weeks before the election, she and her team have taken their effort to the next step with a new website, Take Back the 20.
From a design perspective (of course, we have to go there…) the site is nicely done. One page, clearly-organized, informative, and makes an immediate call to action - the Palin team has done their due diligence. Now, though, it’s time for us to do our due diligence.
Visit Take Back the 20. See which candidates you can help - with time or resources - then step up and do so. The race for 2012 starts now. Whether the GOP nominee is Sarah Palin or someone else, November 2010 will decide the extent of the mess he or she has to clean up.
To carry the metaphor a bit too far: grab your broom and help sweep some tired ol’ legislators out of office and into the dustbin of politics-as-usual.
- tdc
thank you meghan stapleton!
It is being reported this morning that Governor Palin’s longtime friend and aide, Meghan Stapleton, is stepping down from her official duties with SarahPAC. In relaying her decision to her fellow SarahPAC staff, Stapleton wrote:
While I had hoped to work together on so many more projects, time with my precious 2-year-old has been further minimized with the whirlwind commitments of all things Palin…I have done my best to scale back, but Isabella is now resorting to hiding my BlackBerry, and she shouldn’t grow up begging for a mother to start acting like a mother.”
Meghan Stapleton has been a tireless and dedicated aide to the governor, and it is certain that her absence will be felt by all. She is to be commended, though, for focusing on what really matters: her role as a mother to a 2-year-old toddler. After all, it’s never too early to start grooming the next generation of strong Palin-esque women!
The last two years of American politics have been fascinating and invigorating to watch from the outside in - much of that due to the presence of Governor Sarah Palin in the public square. Indeed, what a “whirlwind” it must have been on the inside! That said, none of it would have been possible without the efforts of many people behind the scenes, and Ms. Stapleton has been a key member of the team.
So, Meghan, I (we) send you best wishes for the future, and you have our gratitude for all that you have done to support the whirlwind that is Sarah Palin.
Thank you, Meghan Stapleton!
- tdc
*Thanks to Palin TV for the link to the story
birthday wishes and a designer gift for sarah palin!
Dear Governor Palin,
As the design conservative, I feel somewhat obligated to offer an appropriately design-related gift to you on your birthday. I thought long and hard about this because I wanted to get you something that would be useful, yet fun. Creative, yet functional. And, alas, maybe something you could even pass on to the kids.
After much soul- (and Google-) searching, I think I’ve found the perfect item to express my gratitude for the things you’ve accomplished this past year. It’s something you currently use with great, shall we say, flair? And, as a bonus, it’s a gift that we - your very appreciative and amused supporters - can only hope will keep on giving in the years to come.
Yes…I think I found just the right thing for you:
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…now, don’t say I never gave you nothin’…
**HAVE A HAPPY (AND CREATIVE) BIRTHDAY, GOVERNOR PALIN!**
- tdc
PS: Readers - consider a donation to SarahPAC. Ya know…more Sharpies…
*BONUS: Bob and Mark, Alaskan radio hosts, give Governor Palin a birthday call
