I want to thank the public servants who worked so hard on this case, particularly the jurors who gave up precious time from their jobs and families to listen to the evidence and reach a decision. My family and I appreciate the good people of Tennessee, who showed us true Southern hospitality. We can’t wait to visit again – but without having a subpoena in hand.

The  federal jury in Knoxville, Tennessee this afternoon convicted   David C. Kernell, Sarah Palin’s e-mail intruder, of felony destruction of records to hamper a federal investigation and misdemeanor unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer.

The four charges are all felonies with only the protected computer count included a lesser misdemeanor offense. The jurors chose the misdemeanor count of the charge. Kernell was facing a total of 50 years in prison if convicted of all the felonies. The jury acquitted Kernell, 22, of felony wire fraud.

U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips declared a mistrial on the fourth charge, felony identity theft, after the jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked.

On Thursday the jurors sent a note to Phillips indicated some tension in the group. “Some of us feel not all jurors are following jury instructions,” the note said in part.  It will be interesting, over time, if it is learned the liberal media hysteria and hatred directed at Governor Palin played any role in this ‘jury tension’.

Governor Palin issued a statement on this trial as follows:

My family and I are thankful that the jury thoroughly and carefully weighed the evidence and issued a just verdict. Besides the obvious invasion of privacy and security concerns surrounding this issue, many of us are concerned about the integrity of our country’s political elections. America’s elections depend upon fair competition. Violating the law, or simply invading someone’s privacy for political gain, has long been repugnant to Americans’ sense of fair play. As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election.  I want to thank the public servants who worked so hard on this case, particularly the jurors who gave up precious time from their jobs and families to listen to the evidence and reach a decision.  My family and I appreciate the good people of Knoxville, Tennessee, who showed us true Southern hospitality. We can’t wait to visit again – but without having a subpoena in hand.

Unlike the immature and ignorant reaction of the President of the United States, Governor Sarah Palin has shown a steady hand of leadership and truth on the new Arizona immigration law.

Unlike the immature and ignorant reaction of the President of the United States, Governor Sarah Palin has shown a steady hand of leadership and truth on the new Arizona immigration law.

The President, Congressional leaders and other peddlers of deceit such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have used the media to lie about the legislation.  What they are not telling us is that it’s nothing more than a re-statement of Federal law…nothing more nothing less.

Unfortunately, as any thinking American knows, the Federal immigration laws are NOT being enforced.  Arizona did what the citizens of that state demanded and that’s how it should be.  Here are Sarah’s reasoned and welcomed remarks calmly delivered against a backdrop of left-wing fear mongering and hysteria.  One more reason we say…get ready America…PALIN 2012!

FBI probe was stymied by a series of steps authorities allege defendant Kernell took to cover his tracks, including deleting from the computer material gleaned from Palin's account, clearing his Internet history on one Web browser, uninstalling another browser and running a Windows tool designed to speed a computer up by overwriting space occupied by deleted files.

Here are some of the new revelations in the Palin E-Mail Hacker Case now underway in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Governor Palin has not taken the stand to testifythough this is expected.  However, FBI experts in court yesterday presented much of the case against the defendant David Kernell.  The news reports are from the KNOXVILLE NEWS:

• A forensic probe of the computer a University of Tennessee student allegedly used to illegally snoop through former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account presented jurors Thursday with a study in contrasts.
• David C. Kernell deleted everything he took from the account but left intact what amounted to a confession of his foray into the account.
• He posted a password on an Internet discussion site and urged others to use it but minutes later tried to block them from doing so and declared himself a “dip (expletive)” for making the password public.
• He “defragmented” the hard drive, which served to overwrite some deleted information, but never sought to reformat it, which would have effectively wiped it clean.

Jurors in the Federal courtroom on Thursday took a journey via FBI Agent Stephen McFall’s forensic autopsy through the computer activity on Kernell’s laptop in September 2008 when the then 20-year-old UT economics major allegedly managed to Google his way past Yahoo! security measures and change the password on Palin’s private account to get inside it.

At the time, Palin had been tapped as running mate to Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain in his failed 2008 presidential campaign, and national media were alleging Palin used the private e-mail account to keep gubernatorial business from the public’s prying eyes.

Federal prosecutors Greg Weddle and Mark Krotoski on Thursday zeroed in on one of four felony charges Kernell faces – obstruction of the FBI’s probe. They sent Kernell friend Benjamin Reed to the witness stand to recount how Kernell worried the FBI was on his trail and openly pondered the merits of reformatting his hard drive.

But the crux of their obstruction case came from testimony by McFall, a computer expert so skilled he was tapped to help organize the FBI’s elite Computer Analysis and Response Team, or CART.

McFall said his probe was stymied by a series of steps authorities allege Kernell took to cover his tracks, including deleting from the computer material gleaned from Palin’s account, clearing his Internet history on one Web browser, uninstalling another browser and running a Windows tool designed to speed a computer up by overwriting space occupied by deleted files.

“Uninstalling (software) and deleting a bunch of files and photos, then defragmenting, makes it a whole lot (tougher)” to reconstruct whatever evidence the laptop contained, he said.

But McFall did get a probe assist from an unexpected source – a nasty virus hiding on the used laptop Kernell’s aunt and uncle gave him to use in his UT studies. “It’s designed to collect a lot of different data (including) banking and finance data,” he said.  The “malware” created a log of much of Kernell’s Internet activity, he said. “The log file was capturing, almost like a surveillance camera, the activities that were going on,” he said.

Prosecutors used McFall’s testimony to paint a portrait of a self-described “Obamacrat” bent on derailing the Republican campaign who tried to cover his tracks when the illegal access went public. But defense attorney Wade Davies used it to try to advance his contention the high-profile e-mail compromise was nothing more than a college prank spurred by curiosity and carried out by an immature student with less-than-savvy computer skills.

For instance, Davies noted in cross-examination that Kernell did not delete a draft of an Internet post in which he boasted of the ease with which he cracked the account.  “I am the (discussion board) lurker who did it, and I would like to tell the story,” the file read.

Davies also pointed out that minutes after Kernell posted the new password he set for the account on that same discussion board, McFall’s laptop probe shows he tried to change it again in an effort so frantic he made a series of sloppy mistakes that kept him from doing so. He also highlighted to jurors a Facebook chat with Reed in which Kernell wrote that he “posted the pass(word) like a dip (expletive).”

Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, are on the government’s witness list and could testify today.

Sarah's daughter, BRISTOL PALIN

Opening day of the Palin E-Mail Hacker Trial brought about some interesting revelations:

• A college roommate of defendant, David Kernell, indicated the hacking was, in fact, politically motivated and not simply some sophomoric prank.
• Among the jurors hearing the proof are a Baptist preacher, a software expert, a farmer, a recent community college graduate, a photography buff, a couple of foster parents and a transplanted resident originally from Milwaukee, WS.
• Sarah’s daughter, Bristol, testified about the threatening calls she received after her private cell phone number was released publically via the hacked e-mails.  As reported by the KNOXVILLE NEWS, where the trial is being held: 

The defendant, David Kernell, made an oddly snarky remark upon leaving the courthouse when he was asked his opinion of Bristol Palin. His answer: “Not my type.”

The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told jurors she was barraged by calls and texts after her number wound up on the Internet in 2008 courtesy of someone illegally accessing her mom’s e-mail account. “I got a few anonymous phone calls,” Bristol Palin testified. “I checked my caller ID. It said an unknown number. When the phone calls kept coming through the night, it got more suspicious – different tones of voice, different area codes.”

• Bristol Palin’s cell phone number was included in a screenshot of Sarah Palin’s inbox that wound up on the Internet and, later, broadcast news networks. Bristol said her phone was essentially under siege for a week before she turned it over to the U.S. Secret Service.
• It was revealed Governor Palin’s wonderful parents also suffered through crank calls and threats as a result of the hacking.

The defendant, Mr. Kernell is a child of privilege and his father has served as a Democrat in the Tennessee Legislature since election in 1974.  His attorney argued that Kernell was merely being curious and never believed a prominent political figure like Palin would use a poorly protected Yahoo! account. (YAHOO, of course, claims they have layer-upon-layer of security.) “This is a case about a prank, not a crime…the evidence will show he acted out of curiosity.”

Governor Palin is expected in Knoxville to testify later this week.

Oddly, young Mr. Kernell made an oddly snarky remark upon leaving the courthouse when he was asked his opinion of Bristol Palin.  His answer:  “Not my type.”  For a young man facing charges that could lead to 50 years in prison that’s a rather flip response.  He is charged with four felonies including identity theft and wire fraud.

Governor Palin is expected in Knoxville to testify later this week.

Update on a story we ran last week here at our site: 

The Obama Administration and Speaker Pelosi’s attempt to nullify a portion of Article One of the Constitution has failed.  Yesterday, Congress capitulated in the face of Amendments to a Bill that would have violated the Constitution (nothing new for this President or Congress) and give the District of Columbia ‘statehood’ status in Congress.

According to the WASHINGTON POST:

“The decision by congressional leaders Tuesday to shelve a D.C. voting rights bill, just days after announcing plans to move ahead, scuttles what supporters say was the best opportunity in a generation to give the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives.  It was an extraordinary reversal that came less than a week after Hoyer said he would revive the legislation on the House floor as early as Wednesday…”

Fortunately, two conservative members of the House, Travis Childers (D-Miss.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.) added language to overturn the District of Columbia’s overly restrictive gun laws. As a result the supposedly all inclusive liberal leadership decided voting rights were not quite as important as denying citizens their right to bear arms.

Fortunately, two conservative members of the House, Travis Childers (D-Miss.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.) added language to overturn the District of Columbia’s overly restrictive gun laws. 

As a result the supposedly all inclusive liberal leadership (singing the tune that every American deserves to vote) decided that voting rights were quite as important as denying citizens their right to bear arms.

Yet again, this is a case of wasting taxpayers’ dollars on foolishness and the complete hypocrisy of the left.  They had hoped to slip this legislation through on an unsuspecting public but for now it is derailed.

This is good news for conservatives and for the United States Constitution.

The mental image of this alone is funny as little geckos are rather hearty and easily survive a bump on the head. But more importantly, Sarah spoke for millions of Americans fed up with lunatic environmental rules that have left this nation defenseless in terms of long term energy policy.

Overlooked in Sarah Palin’s recent political remarks was an amusing comment about a serious subject.  She spoke of the incredible peril Americans face by continuing to transfer billions of dollars each year into the hands of shaky Middle East regimes.

And then, after labeling Obama’s energy policy all show and no substance she repeated a firm stand behind oil drilling, natural gas exploration, nuclear power, solar power and wind energy. 

And oh yes…be prepared for some Gecko Rights Group to surface, miss her point entirely and slam Palin. We think what Palin said it just right!

But it was the wind energy that generated an additional remark from Governor Palin emblematic of her good common sense and healthy sense of humor.  While lambasting absurd environmental radicals she noted we need to fearlessly pursue wind energy in America’s deserts and not be halted because someone is afraid a little gecko may bump its head on the device.  Now that is a kind of plain old American common sense our country years for. 

How many times can you declare someone ‘politically dead’ and then keep covering them with such worried fervor?

PALIN PANIC on the part of national media pundits is sometimes amusing to watch.  I mean, how many times can you declare someone ‘politically dead’ and then keep covering them with such worried fervor?

However, we supporters of Governor Palin need to be aware the media is now attempting to label her ‘unelectable’.  This manifests itself in many ways. 

Some of this is repeating interviews with one or two people at her recent New Orleans speech who say they ‘love her’ but she can’t be elected.  (Of course what is not repeated were the hundreds of people in New Orleans who support her and want her to run.)

The repetition of anti-Palin comments this past ten days has been remarkable…sort of like repeating the same baseball score from a game two weeks ago as ‘news’.

Similarly, the always laughable ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST polls allegedly found high negatives for Palin’s electability about two months ago.  Since that time nearly EVERY left wing talking head, elitist columnist and network anchor have repeated the poll. 

Again, in the political world ABC/WASHINGTON POST polls are always considered a ‘joke’.  For years these polls have over-sampled liberal Democrats and under-sampled conservative Republicans to affect a pre-determined result.  Of course, busy voters have long forgotten the results by Election Day when proof surfaces of how fraudulent they are.

Unfortunately though, some people on our side of the political spectrum are buying into this ‘concern’ Palin could not defeat Obama.  They forget the object of scorn and derision heaped upon Ronald Reagan when he waged Presidential campaigns in 1976 and again in 1980. 

If we can assure Sarah Palin her patriotic political army will be with her no matter what comes her way…we believe she will run and have no doubt she will defeat Obama in 2012. We hope you agree.

He was way down in the polls, referred to as an intellectual inferior and unversed in foreign policy. Well, we all know the result of the 1980 election and the subsequent history changing years of the Reagan Administration.  More reliable polls taken in the past three months have Sarah Palin running anywhere from 2-to-13 points behind Obama in head-to-head matchups. 

It’s also true polls this far ahead of the 2012 election are somewhat meaningless.  We do not know what national and international forces will be in play during that election year.  However we already know something very important about the dynamics for 2012: Sarah Palin get under the skin of Barack Obama.

This point is very important because much like President Jimmy Carter and the liberal media in 1980…they will fall into the trap of ridiculing an opposing candidate who connects directly to the majority of conservative voters in our nation.  We’ve seen Obama is nearly incoherent when he is directly challenged.  Sadly, none of the other potential candidates has shown any courage in taking the President on as Palin has.  In a debate, she will tie him in knots. 

Few remember that President Carter and Governor Ronald Reagan went into their only Presidential debate virtually tied in national polling. However, Reagan connected with the public with common sense conservatism and humor. Within 48 hours voters moved into his camp in droves and he demolished Carter in a landslide.

But, the debates are a show for another day.  What we must all do today is combat this idea of un-electability.  We need to remind our friends, family and business colleagues Palin can prevail just as Ronald Reagan did. 

Few remember that President Carter and Governor Ronald Reagan went into their only Presidential debate virtually tied in national polling.  However, Reagan connected with the public with common sense conservatism and humor.  Within 48 hours voters moved into his camp in droves and he demolished Carter in a landslide. 

But to reach that point, Ronald Reagan faced down his detractors in the media and the GOP.  He was nearly knocked out of the race by a loss to George Bush in the Iowa Primary and his campaign was on life-support before besting him in New Hampshire. 

So, let us steel our spines and fight back against those inside the White House and network newsrooms attempting to politically ‘kill’ Sarah Palin before she gets started for 2012.

American patriot Thomas Paine wrote of his concern the American Revolution could be sustained. He caustically labeled “summertime soldiers” and “sunshine patriots” who are with you only when things go but fade away when things go poorly.

The success of a Palin Presidential campaign is in our hands.  We need to assure Sarah if she decides to enter this battle that we will be the courageous soldiers who will not cut and run when challenged. 

Fortunately, Paine’s concerns were heard and the challenge of the American Revolution was won. 

 If we can assure Sarah Palin her patriotic political army will be with her no matter what comes her way…we believe she will run and have no doubt she will defeat Obama in 2012. 

We hope you agree.

Visit our link:  PALIN 2012 STORE

Arrogance is an attitude which seldom wins friends or creates lasting change among others. It is never a character trait associated with true leadership. President Obama, a creature of a lifetime of influence from those who detest the American experience, is pushing the limits of public intolerance.

Arrogance is an attitude which seldom wins friends or creates lasting change among others.  It is never a character trait associated with true leadership.

President Obama, a creature of a lifetime of influence from those who detest the American experience, is pushing the limits of public intolerance. 

Sadly for the nation, and all who cherish America, he is a man driven by self-congratulations, of government favors and an insecurity normally reserved for those who seek their own gain over that of those around them.

Perhaps no words better convey the difference between a great leader like President Ronald Reagan than those delivered at the 1988 GOP Convention in New Orleans during his final months in office. 

He identified, with his ever present humility, the understanding he was a servant of the people and the presidency was a temporary station in life bestowed upon him by the people. 

It would be well to contrast President Reagan’s simple words than those most recently uttered by President Obama…suggesting the American people should than ‘HIM’ for all he has done for us. 

 In doing so, Obama secured his place far down the chain of American Presidents and he will be so judged in time.  For now, please provide yourself with encouragement from the words of a great leader:

"When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people."

“When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don’t become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people.

Having temporary custody of this office has been for me a sacred trust and an honor beyond words or measure. That trust began with many of you in this room many conventions ago.

Many’s the time that I’ve said a prayer of thanks to all Americans who placed this trust in my hands, and tonight, please accept again our heartfelt gratitude, Nancy’s and mine, for this special time that you’ve given in our lives.

Just a moment ago, you multiplied the honor with a moving tribute. Being only human, there’s a part of me that would like to take credit for what we’ve achieved.

But tonight, before we do anything else, let us remember, that tribute really belongs to the 245 million citizens who make up the greatest and the first three words in our Constitution: We the people.

It is the American people who endured the great challenge of lifting us from the depths of national calamity, renewing our mighty economic strength and leading the way to restoring our respect in the world. They are an extraordinary breed we call Americans.

So if there’s any salute deserved tonight -it’s to the heroes everywhere in this land who make up the doers, the dreamers, and the life-builders without which our glorious experiment in democracy would have failed.”

The emphasis is quite clear is in not?  President Reagan served the American people…President Obama serves himself.

Presidential Arrogance

Presidential arrogance is never pretty.  The great Presidents, such as Ronald Reagan, speak of being temporary custodians of the office there to work on behalf of the American people and not the Federal government.

However, President Obama’s already healthy arrogance and ego, made more so by a worshipful left wing news media, took a new and ugly turn last night.  In an address before 1000 big Democrat donors at a fundraiser, Obama slammed the Tea Party movement and then suggested they should really ‘thank him’ for lowering taxes!  Yes, you read that right.  Here is the news account of the President’s words:

“I’ve been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies about taxes,” the president said, noting the numerous tax cuts pushed by his administration. “You would think they’d be saying thank you.”

He then went on to tell this fiction about his ObamaCare bill:

“For all the sound and fury and all the scare tactics… the law doesn’t hand more control to the government,” the president said, “it gives it back to you, the American people.”

“The big government, big debt agenda is over. We are voting them out … we must restore balance and common sense. We believe in expanding freedom and opportunity for all, not the intrusive reach of government into our lives and businesses.”

This is not only Presidential arrogance it is also blindness.  He has absolutely no idea what the American people feel about his tax policy, deficit policy and healthcare fiasco.  He continues to be a ‘President’, in his own mind, of only one side of the political spectrum.

It is a rare, peculiar and absolutely dangerous outlook which pretty much says to taxpayers:  “The public be damned.  The media will protect me.  The media will slander my opponents and I will be a ‘transitional’ President by so changing American life I can achieve what I want in just one term if necessary.”

What we have is the great liberal ‘playbook’ in place.  You stage big events that are long on pageantry and short on substance.  (The recent ‘nuclear summit’ was a case in point.)  Then you have your media friends print multiple stories of how you are a President just like Reagan seeking to rid the world of nuclear weaponry.  (Though the two periods of history are hardly comparable and Reagan did not give up strategic American defense as Obama did.)

The other part of the liberal playbook is to continually say things you know are not true and assume the media will cover for you.  This is true of calling increased federal spending as budgetary restraint.  The President identifies tax increases as tax cuts and then tells us more government is really less government.

So, what does this say to us?  It says we need to redouble our efforts to engage friends, family and business colleagues or clients with the political process THIS YEAR.  This is the year we need to show muscle and resolve.  Our goal is a simple one:  We will 40 House seats and Pelosi is deposed and the President’s policies neutered.  It also means ObamaCare can be defunded and slowly killed.

As for the President we can only shake our heads with disbelief.  He and his supporters continue to belittle, ignore and demean the Tea Party movement and millions of other Americans who are fed up with big government and the path to national financial ruin.

Sarah Palin directly addressed the philosophical divide and debate in this country at the Boston Tea Party:

“The big government, big debt agenda is over.  We are voting them out … we must restore balance and common sense.  We believe in expanding freedom and opportunity for all, not the intrusive reach of government into our lives and businesses.”

The debate is on:  Will it be Obama’s Arrogance or the Common Sense of the American people and Sarah Palin?  It’s in our hands to decide.  If you are reading this article and have not yet volunteered for a Congressional campaign in your state then chances are Obama will be the victor in November. If you are a campaign volunteer, let us say ‘thank you’ for taking a stand for the priceless value of American liberty.  This is our battle to win or lose.  Let’s go out and win big and take some of the arrogance out of this immature President.