“"I think my problem is that I do have the fire in my belly," Palin said in a recent interview on Fox. "I'm so adamantly supportive of the good traditional things about America and our free enterprise system and I want to make sure that America is put back on the right track and we only do that by defeating Obama in 2012."
“On her Web site, Palin wrote: “I’ve said many times that America doesn’t need a ‘fundamental transformation,’ instead we need a restoration of all that is good and strong and free in America! So, together let’s prepare ourselves for the days ahead by reminding ourselves who we are and what Americans stand for.”
“Earlier in the week, Real Clear Politics reported that a full-length documentary by conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon charting Palin’s political rise in Alaska will debut next month in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina — the four opening states of the presidential nominating process.”
Cassi Creek:
The reported itinerary for Palin’s bus tour includes Civil War battle sites. Leaving out Gettysburg, this takes her into the old Confederacy states. She will treat history and politics as she did in 2008, spew hatred and lies while amplifying the GOP’s southern strategy.
The thought of Palin using Civil War battlefields for political purposes bothers me to my core. The war was fought for the worst and best of purposes. It divided this nation in a manner that left it intact but still divided. The old Confederacy, today’s red states, still insists that the war was fought to defend and preserve “state’s rights.” In truth, it was fought over the economic system of chattel slavery and the abolition of that practice.
Given the apparent racism and bigotry demonstrated by the Tea Parry mobs and the GOP, the base voters attracted to Palin will be the same people who urged violence and hatred of minorities at her appearances in 2008, while she did nothing to squelch such behavior. Her campaign tactics of casting herself as the victim will further attract a populace that sees its failure to thrive in a changing social and cultural environment as an attack upon their demographic. She will use twisted history to re-ignite the same ugly forces that led to the formation of the KKK and the enforcement of Jim Crow laws and other means of segregation. Her lack of ethics, her lack of knowledge about the foundation of this nation, and her willingness to incite anti-intellectualism will lower the caliber of voters that she attracts. The use of Civil War battlefields to essentially re-enforce the post-war hatred that has troubled this nation for over a century is wrong. Her presence at such places is wrong. Her candidacy for any national office is wrong.
Jack Cafferty, commentator for CNN has this to say: “I would also recommend "The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power" by investigative reporter Geoffrey Dunn. This book, which I have read, chronicles a lifelong pathology of deceit and makes the claim that she's lied about almost everything her entire life.
There's also some juicy personal stuff in there.
The book is well researched and should be required reading for anyone considering supporting a presidential run by this woman.”
I plan to read it. I hope others will too.
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