Alaska’s Sarah Palin Huge Hit in Small New York Town: Crowd of 20,000 Excited to See Palin
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 8, 2009
Love her or hate her, she’s a star. And for those who love her, that love runs deep. Sarah Palin isn’t as polished or as politically savvy as other politicians (and liberals are always quick to savage her on that at every opportunity), but she has a sincerity, transparency, and honesty that we haven’t seen in a LONG time in Washington, DC. Anyone can memorize Supreme Court cases or rattle off a list of elitist liberal publications, but you can’t fake a servant’s heart, a conservative Christian spirit, or basic common sense. And that makes many Democrats wanting you gone, gone, gone.
Sarah, you’re magnificent. Never change. God bless you.
| Gov. Sarah Palin Leads Auburn’s Founders Day Parade |
Associated Press | Auburn, NY
Saturday: North Country People Visit Sarah PalinAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin helped Auburn celebrate hometown son William Seward’s purchase of Alaska in 1867 as part of the upstate New York community’s inaugural Founder’s Day on Saturday.
More than 20,000 people turned out to see Palin lead a parade through downtown Auburn and sign a proclamation honoring Seward, the 19th-century Secretary of State who negotiated the $7.2 million deal with Russia for Alaska, which is celebrating its 50th year of statehood.
Later, Palin spoke to several hundred people at a private fundraiser for the Seward House Museum, where she criticized the Obama administration for its policies on national security and energy and its handling of the economic crisis.
From Daily Messenger:
The all-day event was designed to commemorate famed Auburn resident William H. Seward, the 19th century secretary of state who brokered the United States’ purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 for some $7.2 million. Alaska is marking its 50th anniversary of statehood this year.
Palin praised Steward for his foresight and courage.
“We are blessed that William Seward recognized what Alaska could offer with our strategic location, with our resources that today could help secure the United States and make us less reliant on foreign sources of energy,” Palin said.
Snippet from Syracuse.com: “Sarah Palin wows the crowd at Founders Day in Auburn”:
…After she was given a print of a picture depicting Auburn’s William H. Seward brokering the purchase of Alaska in 1867, Palin looked back in her 10-minute speech at the 2008 presidential campaign.
Palin had the crowd rolling when she took a good-natured swipe at actress Tina Fey’s “Saturday Night Live” skit. Palin had defended her lack of foreign relations experience by noting that Alaska is close to Russia. Fey, playing Palin, poked fun at Palin with the line, “I can see Russia from my home.”
Referring to the Seward print, Palin said to the crowd, “They’re looking at a globe and they’re pointing to Alaska in this painting, and I’ll betcha anything what Seward was pointing out was: ‘Lookie there, you can see Russia from Alaska.’”
The crowd roared.
Great stuff here about Palin…
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John Ziegler, Big Hollywood: The Truth About Sarah Palin’s Resignation
Hot Air: Pat Buchanan: Maybe it’s time for Todd Palin to push Levi Johnston’s head in a toilet and Video: Palin takes on the Beltway in upstate New York
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Leigh Scott, Big Hollywood: Leadership: If Barack Obama is Spock, Sarah Palin is Kirk
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: Another Endorsement of the Sarahcuda
Pundit & Pundette: Gov. Palin: 11 trillion in debt and still digging
John Nolte, Big Hollywood: Pop Culture vs. America: This Round Goes to Sarah Palin and Top Ten Possible Letterman Reactions to Fallout Over Willow Palin Rape ‘Joke’
GayPatriot: Obama & Palin: Blank Slates on Which “Journalists” Project Their Biases
This just breaking… a “must read”:
Drudge Report: “Told Ya So”
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and husband Todd wave to cheering crowd of thousands in a parade through Auburn, NY’s streets for inaugural Founder’s Day celebration, of which she was guest of honor | Photo credit: Jason Adams
Other Frugal Café posts on Palin and conservative women… a growing directory, if you will:
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Why Sarah Palin Drives Female Liberals Crazy
The Savaging of Sarah Palin and the ‘Uncouthness’ of Barack Obama
Price of Hate: Alaskan Liberals Out to “Get Sarah Palin”
Ann Coulter, in Defense of Christian Beauty Queen Carrie Prejean: ‘Liberals Are Ferocious Misogynists’
Condoleezza Rice: Warrior Princess, Diplomat, and a Class Act
Lloyd Marcus: Proud Conservative Patriot, ‘Tea Party Anthem’ Composer Inspires Many with His Background & His Music
“I Left My Wallet… in San Francisco”: Huge Gov’t Salaries in “City of Pelosi” Adds to California’s Disastrous Debt
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No Hate Here at Playboy, Guys… Just Some Good Ol’, Fun-Lovin’ Power-Rape of Conservative Women
Bravo, Elisabeth… Elisabeth Hasselbeck Goes After Playboy for Disgusting ‘Hate-Rape of Top 10 Conservative Women’ Article (video)
Mark Steyn ‘Heart’ Sarah Palin: Helped Remove Vile Stench of Levi Johnston’s TV Sex Talk
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Sarah knows where she stands and isn’t afraid to say it.
I didn’t vote for John, I voted for Sarah.
She’s got a strong backbone, I admire that, similar to my wife’s.
I agree that Sarah Palin has star power, but so does Britney Spears and I would not want Britney running the government. Charming, perky and cute don’t make a president. I’m wondering if she would not be better to run for Mother Theresa. This last election, we got the “Change” American voters wanted and look where we are now. I am a conservative and the more I see of Sarah Palin, the more I realize she is all fluff and no facts.
With all due respect, I disagree.
Palin is overseeing Alaska’s state budget far better than the governors of California and New York. The state is not suffering the same dire financial catastrophes from overspending that a majority of states in America are. What Palin lacks in Ivy League background, she makes up for in conservative savvy. One of her mantras is “Don’t spend yourself into bankruptcy.” You said you don’t want to see perky Britney run the government nor Palin… what in the world has Palin been doing all this time in Alaska’s government, then? And she’s been doing quite well.
Palin is like Britney Spears? In what universe? To equate Palin to Britney Spears, who is a narcissistic, former party-girl high school dropout who has never gone to college, is a proven spendthrift, nor has she run a business (except the “Britney Business”) nor has she ever been elected successfully to any office, is in gross error (and shows a lack of knowledge of either woman). Based merely on “perkiness” (and I know a lot of sharp, highly successful business women who are not sour and somber, but are upbeat and perky) seems like a narrow yardstick to measure anyone. You should look at their track record, at their accomplishments, their failures, their honesty, their humility. It you didn’t, then it’d be like comparing Joe Biden’s constant gaffes and blunders to Bozo the Clown or the village idiot and Barack Obama’s reckless spending and stubbornness/immaturity to not listen to his economic advisers to a self-absorbed, rich college frat boy who is happliy reckless with Daddy’s credit card and the keys to Daddy’s sports car. Oh, wait, I have compared both of them to those. LOL
You don’t have to like Palin, but to dismiss her as “fluff” is, IMHO, short-sighted. You’re ignoring her many fiscally responsible, highly acclaimed accomplishments as a mayor and governor. She has a strong moral compass, which includes operating, to the best of her abilities, as a steward for the state of Alaska. Sure, she’s made mistakes, who hasn’t? But in the end, her mistakes have not cost citizens as much as those in more liberal states. Nor in this country, as the current administration is doing.
Concerning her “star power,” isn’t that what seduced a huge percentage of folks to vote for Barack Obama? And his applicable background was much closer to that of Britney’s than Palin’s was. Especially the spendthrift part.
It sounds to me as if MO Inkslinger hasn’t seen much of Sarah Palin. Maybe he should google Palin’s statement about 0bama’s reduction of the missile defense budget, maybe he should read the editorials in Investors Business Daily regarding her energy policy, maybe he should listen to her state of the state addresses for 2008 and 2009. Maybe he should listen to the speech she made at the Seward House in Auburn, or the Right to Life event in Evansville, and actually get some facts, before he makes a judgement obviously based solely on the carefully constructed image of her by the MSM.
Well said, Greg. And so true. Palin has more business and governance talent in her pinkie finger than most of these liberal weasels in Washington have in their entire bodies. And this is why they fear her… fear that she will galvanize conservatives who will vote them out of office. For that reason, they must target, attack, marginalize, mock her at every opportunity. Comparing her to Britney Spears is a typical liberal attack, trying to grasp at straws… and very ignorant.
Palin is more like Condeleeza Rice, I think, than Britney Spears.
Now, if someone out there wants to compare Nancy Pelosi to the Wicked Witch of the West, I have no objections.
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