Thursday, July 8, 2010
I Am America
Wow! She looks like Sarah Palin unplugged! And I confirmed the fact that she's a "Mama Grizzly"! Do you think that Sarah Palin might be inspiring people beyond politics? It wouldn't surprise me.
Hat Tip: Conservative Examiner
Cross-posted on Generational Dysfunction
The next Great Generation
Dear Friends, As you know, in a few short months the American People will head to the polls to pass judgment on the current Democratic leadership in Washington to determine our country’s path at the crucial crossroads we are currently facing. We have to make the choice as a nation between continuing on our destructive path of deficit spending that is moving us towards economic disaster, and saying ‘enough is enough’. If the Democrats are allowed to maintain their large majorities in the House and Senate, our economy will continue to struggle under the looming threat of tax hikes, the scope of the Federal Government will continue to expand, and the national debt will spiral out of control.Through SarahPAC, we have been able to provide conservative candidates around the country with over $150,000 in campaign contributions. This money goes to support the campaigns of strong, conservative leaders like Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Marco Rubio of Florida, and John Kasich of Ohio. It’s possible for SarahPAC to assist these great Americans, and many other conservatives, because of generous contributions from patriots like you, who are concerned about our nation’s future. We need your help today! Will you make a donation of $25, $50, or $100 to help elect the next great generation of conservative leaders to office? With the help of conservatives like you, this election cycle will go down in history, alongside the Reagan landslide in 1980 and the Republican Revolution in 1994, as a turning point that returned common sense and American values and ideals to the halls of power in our nation’s capitol and throughout the Union. Please help us make sure that Governor Palin has the resources to campaign and contribute in this crucial election by making a donation today, so that we can bring common sense and traditional values to all levels of government. Sincerely, Tim Crawford Treasurer, SarahPAC P.S. Please take a moment to enjoy this new video by SarahPAC titled "Mama Grizzlies". | |
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Sarah Palin's Latest Mama Grizzly: CeCe Heil From Tennessee's 5th
By Gary P Jackson
Sarah Palin has added a new Mama Grizzly to her growing list of warriors who are preparing to do battle with those who are destroying Liberty and Freedom, and seek to further oppress the people of our great nation.
From Facebook:
CeCe Heil for Tennessee’s 5th District
I’m pleased to lend my support to CeCe Heil’s campaign for Congress from Tennessee’s 5th District. CeCe is another tough "mama grizzly" with the experience, passion, and integrity to restore some common sense to Washington. As a small business owner, attorney, constitutional scholar, and proud mother of two, she will fight tirelessly to protect our freedoms and rein in the excesses of an out-of-control federal government that seems set on spending away our children’s future.
CeCe brings the business sense and the constitutional understanding that is so needed in DC right now.
(And those of you who follow the music scene in Nashville will recognize the name of CeCe’s husband, Rick Heil, from his band Sonicflood.)
Please join me in supporting CeCe Heil’s campaign by visiting her website at www.ceceforcongress.com and following her on Facebook and Twitter.
- Sarah Palin
Defending the American Dream
by CeCe Heil
America was founded on the belief that freedom was the key to success, personally, corporately, and politically. Our founding fathers understood what it was like to live under tyrannical control and brilliantly drafted our founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, to place the power in the hands of the people.
By their actions, they unleashed the American Dream. Although our government is returning to that tyrannical control, we need to remind them that we live in a Constitutional Republic governed by a document of enumerated powers.
The people of the 5th District of Tennessee need a representative in Washington who is not only conservative, but also understands the Constitution and federal legislation, and is not afraid to take action to rein in the Federal Government.
As an attorney, a strict constructionist, and small business owner, I have the knowledge, experience and conviction to effect the change needed to reverse course and provide the people the power to rebuild the American Dream.
CeCe Heil is a solid addition to Sarah Palin’s sleuth of Mama Grizzlies. She has a compelling personal story and is the sort of Common Sense Conservative we need in Congress. Let’s all do everything we can to send her to D.C.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Attorney Randy Evans: The harassment of Sarah Palin
Governor Palin's new legal defense fund was greeted enthusiastically by her supporters. We see it as an opportunity to help defray the expenses she and her family incurred as the result of unethical ethics complaints while she served as Governor of Alaska. It is our belief that Governor Palin should not have to personally bear the burden of legal bills that accumulated as the result of harrassment by her political enemies.
As we reported here, Attorney Randy Evans spoke out about a year ago, attesting to the legality of the Alaska Fund Trust, which he actually created for Governor Palin. Attorney Evans is an expert on ethics in government and politics, about which he frequently speaks and writes.
Attorney Evans posted another op-ed today on NeighborNewspapers.com, in which he discusses the considerations that went into setting the Alaska Fund Trust up. He also talks about the ethics complaint process and findings and calls the whole thing as it truly was: "just more harassment."
The harassment of Sarah Palin
By Randy Evans
It took one year, two independent counsels, and tens of thousands of Alaska taxpayer dollars to conclude that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did nothing wrong in connection with a legal defense fund created to pay legal fees resulting from allegations related to her service as governor. Indeed, the story of the endless harassment of Sarah Palin is incredible.
As background, in August 2008, GOP Presidential nominee Senator John McCain shocked the political world when he selected then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. Her selection triggered an avalanche of meritless “ethics complaints.” Unfortunately, the choices for dealing with such politically motivated distractions were limited.
Gov. Palin could have legally made a private appeal for cash from undisclosed donors to be sent to her home address. She did not. She could have asked for a special appropriation of Alaska tax dollars to pay for expenses incurred as a consequence of her service to Alaska. She did not. Instead, she opted for the most transparent, limited, and restrictive option available — the creation of a legal defense fund, following the precedent set by both Democratic and Republican national leaders before.
Yet, because she is who she is, everyone knew that any trust fund associated with her would be subject to unprecedented attack. For this reason, the language of the proposed trust fund was drafted to directly mirror the language and provisions used by the John Kerry Trust fund.
Indeed, former Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Kerry's trust was drafted by Perkins Coie, President Barack Obama's law firm.
On cue, within minutes of the announcement of Governor Palin's trust, a complaint was filed. And, the first "independent counsel" selected to investigate the trust was none other than the Alaska office of Perkins Coie.
Apparently before realizing that Governor Palin's trust was nearly identical to the trust Perkins Coie prepared for John Kerry, the Perkins Coie "independent counsel" found in a detailed nine page “CONFIDENTIAL” letter -- that was promptly leaked to the media — that Gov. Palin's trust was illegal.
Ridicule ensued. In addition, once the conflict of interest between representing President Obama and investigating Gov. Sarah Palin became public, the Perkins Coie "independent counsel" resigned. And so, a new second "independent counsel" (with no background or expertise in the area of legal expense funds) began the investigation anew.
In an unprecedented move of total transparency, Governor Sarah Palin waived her attorney-client privilege so that she and her lawyers could answer every question regarding the creation and formation of her legal expense fund trust. After months of flyspecking every document, e-mail, and statement, the second independent counsel issued a new nine page detailed report citing two new supposed violations of the Alaska Ethics Act that were, interestingly enough, not even mentioned in the Perkins Coie report.
First, the new report challenges the use of the word "official" to distinguish Gov. Palin's legal expense fund from all other funds, including fraudulent funds. In fairness, as word leaked out that a legal expense fund was being created for Gov. Palin, numerous unauthorized funds started to pop up on the internet, with at least one collecting thousands of dollars. The question was how to protect innocent donors from sending money to internet scammers. The answer was to identify the official trust as the "official" (not "Official") legal expense fund.
Importantly, there were no references to anything “Official” on the website or in the trust. So, the website did not include the Alaska flag, the Official portrait (picture), the Alaska seal, and so on and so on. Absolutely nothing “Official” was included. Within this context, the accusation regarding the use of the word "official" became just silly.
Second, the new report questioned whether trustee Kristan Cole, who serves on various boards in Alaska, could serve also as the trustee.
Importantly, the independent counsel's report noted specifically “that the investigation did not uncover any hint that the trustee was motivated by an actual attempt to influence Gov. Palin or that any undue influence or advantage was actually ever obtained or sought as a result of the services of Ms. Cole as trustee.”
So, if the original complaint never complained about Kristen Cole as the trustee, and the Perkins Coie specialists never raised the issue, and there was never any hint of impropriety, what is the problem? Well, basically, the new counsel thinks that “as a matter of policy and good government,” public officials “should” not be allowed to serve as trustees. Enough said.
The fact is that as this process continued, a clear picture emerged.
This whole thing was never about the trust at all. It was just more harassment. All Gov. Palin wanted to do was get it right and that is what the independent counsel found. At least, he got that part right.
Randy Evans is an Atlanta attorney with McKenna Long & Aldrige LLP. He is the former General Counsel of the Georgia Republican Party and remains active in the party on both the state and national level. He can be reached at www.mckennalong.com or McKenna Long & Aldrige LLP, Suite 5300, 303 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA 30308.
MotivationTruth Stands Up for Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund
By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com
MotivationTruth is taking an active role in helping the Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund. As you know, Governor Palin resigned as governor of Alaska when obsessive partisans decided to wage war on her. They filed a plethora of bogus ethics complaints against her, abusing the legal system, tying up resources, and costing the state and the Palin family an obscene amount of money. Although these complaints were dismissed, they continued their plan to destroy her. This, of course, is why she stepped away from the governor's office.
As odd as it is, in Alaska, it doesn't cost the complaint filer money to bring charges, but it costs the accused money to defend herself. Clearly, the law is flawed, but there was nothing Governor Palin could do but pay to prove her innocence. And of course, she was continually cleared of any wrongdoing.
Prior to her leaving office, her supporters set up a legal defense fund to help eliminate this ever-increasing debt based on these ridiculous antics. This kind of fund is common. Bill and Hillary Clinton had one. So did John Kerry. Lawmakers in Alaska had them. It's nothing unusual, strange, or unethical. But there seems to be a separate set of rules when your name is Sarah Palin. So recently her fund was deemed unlawful because of its use of the word "official." How utterly ridiculous. We shouldn't be surprised, however, especially upon learning that President Obama's own lawyers drafted the report against her. And silly people are still so naive as to believe that our president is not afraid of the hockey mom from Wasilla. Read for yourself here. Read more about what really went down here.
Governor Palin is now required to return all monies donated to the first fund, which is now dissolved. She must make an attempt to do so within 90 days of the June 24th ruling. This is where MotivationTruth comes in.
The haters think they have won with this ruling, but they have not. They must not. Their goal was to destroy her name and her pocketbook. MotivationTruth is asking those who contributed, when your contribution is returned, please reinvest those funds into the new Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund that has been established, and give extra if you can. Don't wait until your contribution is returned. Give today if you can.
This new fund is the real deal. The Palin-deranged wasted time and money and, in their determination to destroy her, toyed with people, with no regard for truth or integrity. When an ethics complaint was dismissed, they simply filed another...and another...and another. Why wouldn't they? It cost them nothing to do so. Let's help her get this behind her so she can continue with the business at hand: restoring America.
MotivationTruth has the opportunity to help in a big way. By clicking on the Legal Defense Fund picture on the sidebar or the picture at the top of this post, you can donate to this cause today. Give $100, $50, $10--whatever you can afford. Each donation you make by clicking here will be tallied as a MotivationTruth contribution! We have Governor Palin's back, so let's demonstrate our support for her in this endeavor. My short term goal is to raise $1,000 and then move up from there and set another goal. MotivationTruth wants to show ourselves for who we are: pro-truth, pro-Palin!
Thank you in advance for standing up for Governor Palin. It does make a difference.
MotivationTruth is taking an active role in helping the Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund. As you know, Governor Palin resigned as governor of Alaska when obsessive partisans decided to wage war on her. They filed a plethora of bogus ethics complaints against her, abusing the legal system, tying up resources, and costing the state and the Palin family an obscene amount of money. Although these complaints were dismissed, they continued their plan to destroy her. This, of course, is why she stepped away from the governor's office.
As odd as it is, in Alaska, it doesn't cost the complaint filer money to bring charges, but it costs the accused money to defend herself. Clearly, the law is flawed, but there was nothing Governor Palin could do but pay to prove her innocence. And of course, she was continually cleared of any wrongdoing.
Prior to her leaving office, her supporters set up a legal defense fund to help eliminate this ever-increasing debt based on these ridiculous antics. This kind of fund is common. Bill and Hillary Clinton had one. So did John Kerry. Lawmakers in Alaska had them. It's nothing unusual, strange, or unethical. But there seems to be a separate set of rules when your name is Sarah Palin. So recently her fund was deemed unlawful because of its use of the word "official." How utterly ridiculous. We shouldn't be surprised, however, especially upon learning that President Obama's own lawyers drafted the report against her. And silly people are still so naive as to believe that our president is not afraid of the hockey mom from Wasilla. Read for yourself here. Read more about what really went down here.
Governor Palin is now required to return all monies donated to the first fund, which is now dissolved. She must make an attempt to do so within 90 days of the June 24th ruling. This is where MotivationTruth comes in.
The haters think they have won with this ruling, but they have not. They must not. Their goal was to destroy her name and her pocketbook. MotivationTruth is asking those who contributed, when your contribution is returned, please reinvest those funds into the new Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund that has been established, and give extra if you can. Don't wait until your contribution is returned. Give today if you can.
This new fund is the real deal. The Palin-deranged wasted time and money and, in their determination to destroy her, toyed with people, with no regard for truth or integrity. When an ethics complaint was dismissed, they simply filed another...and another...and another. Why wouldn't they? It cost them nothing to do so. Let's help her get this behind her so she can continue with the business at hand: restoring America.
MotivationTruth has the opportunity to help in a big way. By clicking on the Legal Defense Fund picture on the sidebar or the picture at the top of this post, you can donate to this cause today. Give $100, $50, $10--whatever you can afford. Each donation you make by clicking here will be tallied as a MotivationTruth contribution! We have Governor Palin's back, so let's demonstrate our support for her in this endeavor. My short term goal is to raise $1,000 and then move up from there and set another goal. MotivationTruth wants to show ourselves for who we are: pro-truth, pro-Palin!
Thank you in advance for standing up for Governor Palin. It does make a difference.
US 4 Palin Sim Flight for Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund
US 4 Palin "Fly Sarah from Wasilla to Washington" Campaign
From now until July 31, this site's publisher will "fly 'Sarah Palin'" from her home airport in Wasilla, AK to Washington's Reagan National in a Cessna 172, on Microsoft's Flight Simulator X making over 12 stops along the way. The flights will closely mirror real instrument and visual conditions. Throughout her journey, which will require over 30 hours of flight time, "Sarah" will perform activities similar to the real Gov. Palin. There will be high-level trade meetings in Canada and a stop at Eureka College. A real flight from Wasilla to KDCA would cost $4000 in flight time alone for a rented 172 at $130/hour, with final costs reaching or exceeding $20,000 for food, lodging, fuel, etc.
We chose this plane, because aside from being the one the publisher is familiar with, it is perfect for a low-and-slow fund-raiser trip such as this one.
How to "Fly 'Sarah' from Wasilla to Washington"
- Select an amount you would like to donate to the Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund to sponsor this "flight".
- Come to US for Palin, click any of the Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund Images which appear on the site and make your donation.
- Follow the "flight" along as each segment of the journey is posted and enjoy.
Let's help the Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund reach new heights and get Gov. Palin to Washington!
Alaska Democrats Used Ethics Complaints to
Keep Gov Palin out of Office
- The National Democratic Committee used its Alaska chapter, the Alaska Democratic Party (ADP), to create a website with one stated goal: "Keep Sarah Palin Out of Public Office." To this day, the Democrats use this website to publicly seek donations for funding bogus "legal challenges involving issues related to Sarah Palin."
- The ADP's "Keep Sarah Palin Out of Public Office" campaign used our own legal system to sponsor more than two dozen ethics complaints against Governor Palin. Out of the 27 complaints, 26 were dismissed!
- The so-called "independent counsel" who started the investigation into the Alaska Fund Trust and who took issue with the word "official" was an attorney from President Barack Obama's law firm.
- The word "official" was used so that supporters would know it was not just approved by the family, but that it complied with disclosure requirements, had professional management, created limits on who could donate and how much could be donated, and a variety of other restrictions that made it a very conservative and limited trust.
- Further, the word "official" was used to distinguish the Alaska Fund Trust from other legal defense funds that were starting to pop up and no one knew if these would comply with disclosure laws, lobbyist restrictions, etc.
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