McCain: Urgent Need for Donations

Thanks to the many recent visitors from Alaska -- including several visits from my favorite town of Wasilla. Other Alaskans during the past 24 hours have come from Soldotna (gotta look that one up), Juneau, Fairbanks, and several from Anchorage. My friend Adam at Draft Palin for VP tells me many bloggers are signing up to support Gov. Sarah Heath Palin, who's featured this week in Alaska magazine and in Vogue. You've come a long way Sarah, but my hunch is that you're going right to the top of the political mountain.


Today, I received the following message from Bard Marston, a Massachusetts-based volunteer for Senator John McCain. Brad's efforts were vital in the Senator's winning the NH and SC primaries. As Super Tuesday (Feb. 25) approaches, the Senator needs contributions that will enable him to make media "buys" in critical states. I donated $50 today to the Senator, and I hope you'll consider doing likewise. Thanks.

(The following is the link to McCain's web site, where you should click on "Contribute": http://johnmccain.com/. I'm asking everyone who visits my site(s) to reprint this posting on their own site, as well as to send e-mails to friends and family members.

Steve,I hope this is what you had in mind.
Brad
McCain Victory 08

January 24, 2008

Dear Brad,

The Florida Primary is only days away. The McCain Campaign is launching a major media buy and needs your help. It is so important, that Senator McCain has offered to have a private conference call with the top donors from McCainVictory08, when we raise $100,000 for the campaign.John McCain is connecting with voters and is leading in national polls and in the important state of Florida.

Rudy Giuliani has bet his political future on winning Florida. Mitt Romney continues to pour millions of his own money into his campaign. All the candidates know that a win in Florida will catapult them towards Super Tuesday.

We need to make certain that John McCain has the resources he needs to compete in Florida and Super Tuesday. Please make a donation today directly to the campaign by clicking the link below.Your donation of $100, $250 or $500 will help John McCain get his message out to Florida and answer the increasingly strident attacks of some of his opponents.I understand that at this point in the campaign, many McCain Suppporters are "maxed out" on donations.

Whether you can contribute or not, please help Senator McCain by forwarding this e-mail to five friends or family members. Make sure to tell them when they make their donation to put YOUR NAME in the "referred by" box at the bottom of the donation page. The top 15 individual donors and the top 15 referrers will be invited to participate in a private conference call with Senator McCain after his victories on Super Tuesday.

I know it is a lot to ask but your donation, in ANY amount is much needed and much appreciated by Senator McCain, the hundreds and hundreds of volunteers for the campaign and of course, me.

Warmest regards,
Brad Marston
McCain Victory 08

Hey, What About a V-P (Sarah Palin) That American Voters Would Actually Like and Admire?

Because of our efforts on behalf of Gov. Palin, I get a lot of visitors from Alaska, many from obvious places like Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Wasilla (Sarah's hometown) but today I got a new one, Kasigluk. I looked it up in Wikipedia, and it's near the Bering Sea and has 543 residents (2000 census) in two villages, Akiuk and Akula. The population is 96.5% Native Alaskan, and the main source of power is from wind. .Welcome, Kasiglukians. As with all Alaskans, I feel very close to you and your remarkable Governor.

One of my favorite Mike Huckabee quotes (leaving aside John Edwards at the beauty salon): "Life doesn't end at birth."

Another blog I'm strongly recommending is Tennessee for Huckabee, with this link: http://tn4Huckabee.blogspot.com . Today, he reprints a fine Michael Medved column, one that makes a strong case for current GOP candidates as a whole lot better than those in the past. Read it and see if you don't agree. Here's a comment I made to tn4huck, whom I'm doing my "hot pursuit" number on in an effort to get him to sign up as a "Palin Fan."
And here's another one walking through the gates into the Palin camp: "http://kazoolist.blogspot.com/2007/08/palin-for-veep.html Kazoo read Adam Brickley's (http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/) original essay on The Case for Sarah, and it made eminent sense to him. I urge you to read his piece. I believe that by Feb. 5, 2008, Super Tuesday, we may just have our 777 Bloggers for Sarah. If we "only" have 599, however, I'll still be ready to claim victory.

I don't see Michael Medved's columns as often as I should. Generally, I love the guy. He's absolutely right -- this year's Republican candidates offer more diversity and better records of accomplishment than we generally get.

I wrote a column about three weeks ago going through the Republican choices for V-P over more than 50 years. Frankly, it's a sorry lot.

Nixon? Twice V-P, resigned later as President, although not before his own V-P, Agnew, resigned in a bribery scandal. Dan Quayle? Well, Sen. Quayle was a nice man, but he came across as dumb as a doorknob. Dick Cheney? Again, a good man (with a great wife and daughters), but he has a serious health problem and no plans to run for the presidency or any other office.

Presidential candidates (Republicans and Democrats) often seem to make their V-P choices out of a hat. When they're chosen to carry a particular state, the ticket ends up losing it, as happened with Nixon-Agnew and Maryland in 1968.

After the 1972 election, one of Nixon's top aides asked why he had kept Agnew on the ticket. The President replied, "No one in his right mind would want to assasinate me."

Most of us sitting at home watching FOX or CNN assume the presidential nominee goes through some calculating -- and even agonizing -- choice for a VP who is "thoroughly vetted." That just doesn't happen.

Yes, we do want to "push" somebody like Sarah Palin, an absolutely terrific candidate, on the presidential nominee. Why? Because we don't need another Spiro T. Agnew or even a Dan Quayle.

If worse comes to worse and Mrs. Clinton gets elected, we want someone there -- preferably a female -- who would be a ferocious competitor in 2012. We don't want someone who can carry one state. We want someone who will eventually carry the nation.

On the issues: as my earlier column (which will expand a little and become tomorrow's column) says: There are a lot of "conservative" candidates standing foursquare for the Family and children who don't practice what they preach. They tell us the lies they think we long to hear.

When it comes to have a large and loving family, Sarah Palin isn't relying on slogans. In fact, she goes home everyday to just such a situation. When it comes to political corruption, she doesn't just say she's "agin" it, but rather exposes the wrong-doers. Ironic as it seems to say it, she's putting her home state -- by far the largest one geographically -- on the map.

Gee, what if we had a candidate who truly was wonderful? Short answer: we do.

Stephen R. Maloney

Anchorage Daily News Cites Draft Sarah Movement!

NOTE: Special thanks today (August 16) to the Alaska visitors from: Eagle River, Juneau (2), Anchorage (3), Ketchikan, Fairbanks, and Nome. Yes, we're trying to "steal" your fine governor, but America really needs her! If you'd like to know anything about the DraftSarah Movement, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail at: TalkTop65@aol.com. Thanks.

The Anchorage Daily News (http://adn.com) regularly cites the "Draft Sarah Palin" Movement. Today, Trish at http://palintology.com/, one of the best blogs in America's Last Frontier, brought my attention to a front-page ADN story about Sarah . . . and us in the "We Love Ya, Sarah" circle, one that's getting a lot bigger. It notes the Fred Barnes piece, as well as Les Kinsolving's fine endorsement of Sarah for V-P. It also mentions Elepantman's blog: http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/ and the indefatigible Sanity102, who wrote the piece about Sarah's "gorgeous" family and her "trust me" voice. Sanity blogs at: http://outsideofthebox.townhall.com/. Our fondest dreams about the Draft Sarah effort are coming true, and it's an exhilarating feeling. Go for it, Sarah. Thanks to everyone who "took a flier" on Sarah, and now is looking forward to a happy landing on November 4, 2008, Election Day. Here's the ADN piece (authored by Terry Carr):


"Palin as No. 2 on the Republican ticket? 'With a smile that could melt all the tundra of the Arctic Circle – as well as absolutely astounding political success and integrity – Gov. Palin ought really to be seriously considered by whomever wins the Republican presidential nomination as an absolutely glorious running mate.'"

"So runs Les Kinsolving’s column at WorldNetDaily.com, another in the widening pool of Palin-praising on the Internet, a good bit of it in blogs. More and more, her name gets mentioned as a potential Republican vice president nominee."

"Another example of Palin-praise: Fred Barnes’ Weekly Standard column -- which spins through a lengthy, glowing review of Palin’s public career and says she 'is now the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state.'”

There’s a Draft Sarah Palin for Vice President web site, and The Spoof (warning: some rough language and other material at this one) spoofs a Mitt Romney-Sarah Palin ticket. “Have you SEEN this lady’s family?” a poster on a Townhall.com blog says. 'I’ve just watched a bunch of her campaign for Gov. ads; her family is GORGEOUS and her voice practically oozes ‘trust me.’”

Note: There are several other bloggers -- some of whom chalk up a thousand-plus visitors per day -- who are on the edge of diving into the pool of Sarah supporters. C'mon in everyone. The water's fine.