Full Video of Exciting Palin Speech to Tea Party Convention
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A Tribute to Ronald Reagan: On the 99th Anniversary of His Birth
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 6, 2010
Today marks the 99th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan. The life he led, the leader he was and the impact he had on American life resonates today as never before. We felt one of the most appropriate remembrances for our faithful website visitors, was to reprint the beautiful words of his friend Brian Mulroney, the Reagan-era Prime Minister of Canada. These words, delivered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. at President Reagan’s funeral in 2004, captures the essence of Ronald Reagan the man, the humble but determined leader and the patriotism his life exemplified. Please enjoy it and share it with your friends through FACEBOOK and TWITTER.
In the spring of 1987 President Reagan and I were driven into a large hangar at the Ottawa Airport, to await the arrival of Mrs. Reagan and my wife, Mila, prior to departure ceremonies for their return to Washington. We were alone except for the security details.
President Reagan’s visit had been important, demanding and successful. Our discussions reflected the international agenda of the times: The nuclear threat posed by the Soviet Union and the missile deployment by NATO; pressures in the Warsaw Pact, challenges resulting from the Berlin Wall and the ongoing separation of Germany; and bilateral and hemispheric free trade.
President Reagan had spoken to Parliament, handled complex files with skill and good humor — strongly impressing his Canadian hosts — and here we were, waiting for our wives.
When their car drove in a moment later, out stepped Nancy and Mila — looking like a million bucks. As they headed towards us, President Reagan beamed, threw his arm around my shoulder and said with a grin, “You know, Brian, for two Irishmen, we sure married up!”
In that visit, in that moment, one saw the quintessential Ronald Reagan — the leader we respected, the neighbor we admired and the friend we loved — a president of the United States of America whose truly remarkable life we celebrate in this great cathedral today
Presidents and prime ministers everywhere sometimes wonder how history will deal with them.
Some even evince a touch of the insecurity of Thomas d’Arcy McGee, an Irish immigrant to Canada, who became a father of our confederation. In one of his poems, McGee, thinking of his birthplace, wrote poignantly:
“Am I remembered in Erin/ I charge you, speak me true/ Has my name a sound, a meaning/ In the scenes my boyhood knew?”
Ronald Reagan will not have to worry about Erin because they remember him well and affectionately there. Indeed they do: from Erin to Estonia, from Maryland to Madagascar, from Montréal to Monterey. Ronald Reagan does not enter history tentatively — he does so with certainty and panache. At home and on the world stage, his were not the pallid etchings of a timorous politician. They were the bold strokes of a confident and accomplished leader.
Some in the west during the early ’80s believed communism and democracy were equally valid and viable. This was the school of “moral equivalence.” In contrast, Ronald Reagan saw Soviet communism as a menace to be confronted in the genuine belief that its squalid underpinnings would fall swiftly to the gathering winds of freedom. Provided, as he said, that NATO and the western industrialized democracies stood firm and united. They did. And we know now who was right.
Ronald Reagan was a president who inspired his nation and transformed the world. He possessed a rare and prized gift called leadership — that ineffable and sometimes magical quality that sets some men and women apart so that millions will follow them as they conjure up grand visions and invite their countrymen to dream big and exciting dreams.
I always thought that President Reagan’s understanding of the nobility of the presidency coincided with the American dream.
One day President Mitterrand in referring to President Reagan said, “Il a vraiment la notion de l’Etat.” Rough translation: “He really has a sense of the State about him.” The translation does not fully capture the profundity of the observation: what President Mitterrand meant was that there is a vast difference between the job of president and the role of president.
Ronald Reagan fulfilled both with elegance and ease, embodying himself that unusual alchemy of history, tradition, achievement, inspirational conduct and national pride that define the special role the president of the United States must assume at home and around the world. “La notion de l’Etat” — no one understood it better than Ronald Reagan and no one could more eloquently summon his nation to high purpose or bring forth the majesty of the presidency and make it glow, better than the man who saw his country as a “shining city on a hill.”
May our common future and that of our great nations be guided by wise men and women who will remember always the golden achievements of the Reagan era and the success that can be theirs if the values of freedom and democracy are preserved, unsullied and undiminished, until the unfolding decades remember little else.
I have been blessed to have had a friend like Ronald Reagan. I am grateful that our paths crossed and that our lives touched. I shall always remember him with deep admiration and affection and I shall always feel honored by the journey we traveled together in search of better and more peaceful tomorrows for all God’s children, everywhere.
And so, in the presence of his beloved and indispensable Nancy, his children, friends and the American people he so deeply revered, I say “au revoir” today to a gifted leader, historic president and gracious human being. And I do so with a line from Yeats who wrote:
“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends and say — my glory was that I had such friends.”
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Comprehensive Sarah Palin Calendar for 2010 Appearances
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 5, 2010
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February 6 – Nashville, TN – Keynote Speaker National Tea Party Convention
February 7 – Houston, TX – Campaign Rally for Governor Rick Perry
February 14 – Daytona, FL – Daytona 500
February 15 – Daytona, FL- Daytona Chamber of Commerce
February 16 – Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Republican Party
March 26 & 27 – Arizona – Campaign Rally for Senator John McCain
March 27 – Searchlight, NV - Kickoff Rally for Tea Party Express
April 6 – Las Vegas, NV – Keynote speaker, 2010 Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Convention
April 7 – Minnesota – Campaign Rally for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann
April 14 – Boston, MA – Rally for The Tea Party Express
April 15 – Hamilton, ON – Charity of Hope
April 16 – Louisville, KY – Women Of Joy
April 22 – Houston, TX – Barbara Bush’s Literacy Foundation’s “A Celebration of Reading”
April 23 – Eugene, OR – Lane County Republican Party Fundraiser
May 2 – Wichita, KS – Bethel Life School fundraiser
May 13 – Benton Harbor, MI – Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan
October 7 – Montgomery, AL – Faulkner University Benefit Dinner
PALIN Takes Lead in 2012 Kentucky Primary Poll
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 4, 2010
A survery of 800 likely Republican voters in Kentucky about the 2012 Presidential race show Sarah Palin in the lead. Here are the facts and figures which you will, no doubt, find encouraging:
Kentucky Republicans Survey of 800 likely Republican voters: Conservative (62%)/Libertarian (21%)/Moderate (17%)
Question #1: If the 2012 republican primary was held today who would you vote for?
Sarah Palin 24.89%
Mike Huckabee 21.09%
Mitt Romney 18.44%
Newt Gingrich 10.01%
Ron Paul 5.24%
Tim Pawlenty 2.03%
Not Sure/Undecided: 19.09%
Question #2: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Sarah Palin?
Favorable: 79%
Unfavorable: 14%
Not sure/Undecided:7%
Among Moderate Republicans
Favorable: 27%
Unfavorable: 58%
Not sure/Undecided: 15%
Among Conservative Republicans
Favorable: 86%
Unfavorable: 8%
Not sure/Undecided: 6%
Among Libertarian Republicans
Favorable: 69%
Unfavorable: 20%
Not sure/Undecided: 11%
Palin Radio Interview Highlights Her Decency and Common Sense
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 3, 2010
Sarah Palin’s simple decency and steel spine are both evident for all those willing to listen to what she has to say. TEAMSARAH on Sarah Palin Radio conducted a wonderful live interview with her last week. We present the audio to you here. It’s well worth your time to listen to Palin’s common sense and personal conviction. It’s all the more reason we must convince her to run for President in 2012.
Another Reason We Need Palin 2012: Sarah Blasts Arrogant White House Chief of Staff
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 2, 2010
Some fiery and fine words from SARAH PALIN about White House Chief of Staff Rahm, and former Congressman, Rahn Emanuel:
“The newly-released mind-boggling, record-smashing $3,400,000,000,000 federal budget invites plenty of opportunity to debate the merits of incurring more and more debt that will drown the next generation of Americans. Never has it been possible to spend your way out of debt. So… let the debate begin.
Included in the debate process will be opportunities for our president to deliberate internally the wisdom of this debt explosion, along with other economic, military and social issues facing our country. Our president will discuss these important issues with Democrat leaders and those within his inner circle. I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued indecent tactics to cloud efforts. Yes, Rahm is known for his caustic, crude references about those with whom he disagrees, but his recent tirade against participants in a strategy session was such a strong slap in many American faces that our president is doing himself a disservice by seeming to condone Rahm’s recent sick and offensive tactic.
The Obama Administration’s Chief of Staff scolded participants, calling them, “F—ing retarded,” according to several participants, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking.
A patriot in North Andover, Massachusetts, notified me of Rahm’s “retarded” slam. I join this gentleman, who is the father of a beautiful child born with Down Syndrome, in asking why the Special Olympics, National Down Syndrome Society and other groups condemning Rahm’s degrading scolding have been completely ignored by the White House. No comment from his boss, the president?
As my friend in North Andover says, “This isn’t about politics; it’s about decency. I am not speaking as a political figure but as a parent and as an everyday American wanting my child to grow up in a country free from mindless prejudice and discrimination, free from gratuitous insults of people who are ostensibly smart enough to know better… Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
Mr. President, you can do better, and our country deserves better.”
- Sarah Palin
AMERICA RISING: We Are Taking Our Country Back
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 1, 2010
In case you may have missed this stunning conservative, Tea Party video…don’t let another day go by without viewing it. Then, make sure you pass it along to friends using the link options below. Let’s keep this fire and determination building toward success in November as we purge the left from leadership in Washington in the name of liberty.
This video makes the case so clearly for Sarah Palin’s words: “Don’t ever apologize for being an American!” We have the power to organize and vote and alter the nations course and we must do so.
(Don’t be fooled by the early sequences in the video because at roughly 1 minute and 17 seconds into the film you will begin rising from your seat to applaud.)
Impressive Palin Fundraising A Good Sign for 2012 Presidential Campaign
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on February 1, 2010
As evidence of the growing support for Governor Sarah Palin it was announced SARAHPAC (Her political action committee.) raised $2.1 million for 2009. This figure is astounding in that Palin did little in terms of active fundraising. This first seven months of the year she served as Governor of Alaska and ended the year on her extended book tour.
These fundraising numbers mean thousands of small donors back her populist message. It’s also likely these numerous donations were generated from Americans who appreciate she so graciously withstood the slings and arrows from the liberal left who rightfully fear her popularity.
Her potential 2012 Presidential rivals, Governors Mitt Romney and Tom Pawlenty, raised roughly $800,000 more and less respectively than Palin. Considering they were at it full time and Palin not at all make her fundraising total all the more impressive. (The report that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised over $6 million dollars last year is misleading. His organization is not a PAC subject to federal donation limits.)
Its clear evidence, despite the never ending media onslaught against her, Sarah Palin will have the Its support and donations essential for a successful Presidential campaign. We hope Sarah is watching and listening and realizes the hope sand dreams of millions of Americans are invested in her political future. A 2012 Palin candidacy will be an electrifying political event and a chance to place ‘one of the people’ in the White House. Stay tuned!
Palin Video Takes A Critical View of Obama’s State of the Union Address
Posted By ReagantoPalin.com on January 29, 2010
It is more than refreshing to hear Governor Palin state her opinion without the filter of the silly and immature national media. She speaks directly in the language hard working Americans understand. In other words, she speaks from the heart and from political conviction.
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