Vice-President Sarah Heath Palin!

Save a place for Sarah, please . . .

Vice-President Sarah Heath Palin!
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's inexorable journey to the vice-presidency of the U.S. -- and ultimately to the Presidency -- continues. Adam Brickley, founder of the Draft Palin Movement, sent the following message today:

Hello Palin fans,In yet another big media development, the Draft Palin Movement was mentioned (and linked) this morning in a Associated Press story by Steve Quinn. The story just hit the front page of Yahoo! News' "U.S. News" section, and has also been added by a number of news outlets, the most prominent (so far) being FoxNews .com, TheNew York Times, Newsweek.com andTownhall.com.

The story details Palin's meteoric rise, and includes quotes from Claremont McKenna University professor John J. Pitney pegging her as a VP candidate. Folks, we have just broken another glass ceiling by getting national-level mainstream media coverage!

(Adam Brickley)

Take a bow, Adam -- and all the others (like Trish Houser of Alaska) associated with this great movement. In my own blog's support for military people (including Gov. Palin's son, Track), veterans, and their families, Gov. Sarah Palin, a Blue Star mom, occupies a special place in my heart. Is she a "female Reagan?" No, she's better.

I strongly urge Sarah -- the nation's most popular elected official -- to come to PA and other states and campaign for strongly pro-military candidates, including William T. Russell (12th Congressional District) and Melissa A. Hart (4th Congressional District).

I look at the faces on Mt. Rushmore and I hope I live long enough to see two new figures added: Ronald Wilson Reagan and Sarah Heath Palin.

Note: Sarah has also been endorsed for the Republican nomination for Vice President by Emily Zanotti of The American Princess, Pulitzer Prize nominee Les Kinsolving of WorldNetDaily, Mayor Sam of California's Second City Blog, Cindy at ThePinkFlamingo, and many, many others.

And more good news for Sarah Palin . . .

This week, we picked up and endorsement from Charleston Daily Mail coulmist Don Surber. which caught the attention of Instapundit, resulting in over 2,000 hits in one day! (shattering our previous record.)

Then, we found out that Gov. Palin will beappearing in the February issue of Vogue. This means that Sarah Palin will literally be staring thousands (if not millions) of women in the face right as the primaries end and VP speculation heats up.

If you'd like to vote in an online poll for Sarah Palin, click on the following link: ....this one does.

Draft Palin Effort Intensifying: "New Faces, New Places"

Tomorrow's (Tuesday's) column? I'm on a roll with Sarah, so I'll stick with her and why presidential candidates, including Mike, should look at her as a political goldmine. I always wondered who the "wee hours" visitors were. Leave me your blog address (or your e-mail) and you'll hear from me soon. Note the following: Juneau, Alaska story Aug. 27: "New stores and the expansion of others are consuming the capital city’s available labor, shrinking the city’s unemployment rate and making it rough for smaller businesses to find workers."

I read the above, and I thought, "Gee, Sarah even solved the universal problem of unemployment!"

"God so loved the world," but I'm only at the point where I like it.

Note to supporters of MIKE HUCKABEE and other candidates, the best way to learn about Sarah Palin is to read some of the national articles praising her, all of them listed on my blogroll (Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard, Whie House Correspondent Les Kinsolving in WorldNetDaily, Dimitri Vassilaros in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), SJ Reidhead on BlogCritics, and Tom Koenniger in The Columbian). The Wikipedia article on Sarah (type in her name) is short but accurate. If you're interested in blog sites backing Sarah, look at: http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/, http://palintology.com/ (an Alaska site), http://outsideofthebox.townhall.com/, as well as pro-Huckabee sites such as http://onemom.wordpress.com/, http://opinionatedcatholic.blogspot.com/ and http://themaritimesentry.blogspot.com/. Please join us in our efforts to get the most electable woman on the GOP ticket.

A big welcome to the newest Palin Fan (and a strong supporter of Mike Huckabee), a guy named "Nuke" who does Nuke's News & Views at: http://conservablogs.com/nuke/

NOTE: WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE WHO VISITS THIS SITE OR THE MANY OTHER PRO-PALIN BLOGS TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT TO GET SARAH PALIN ON THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET. YOU CAN DO SO THROUGH THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OR BY E-MAILING ME AT TALKTOP65@AOL.COM. ANY CONTACTS FROM THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.

I'm asking Adam Brickley (http:palinforvp.blogspot.com), founder of the Draft Palin Movement, to put on the mailing list two individuals: Larry Perrault and Douglas Gibbs. In the case of the latter, Doug hosts the popular Political Pistachio radio program (http://politicalpistachio.com, and he and his wife ("Mrs. Pistachio") were kind enough to have me on with them a few weeks ago. Doug can't endorse specific candidates right now, as he is seeking to have various individuals (including Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin) on his show. So, at this point he clearly should remain neutral.

Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, when this column is brought to your attention, please seriously consider appearing on Doug's outstanding radio show.

As for Larry Perrault, he and I have exchanged many blog comments and e-mails. At times, we exasperate one another, but Larry clearly is a splendid guy (a Houstonian) who thinks the world of Mike Huckabee.

As regards Sarah Palin, he sent me the following comment: "If Huckabee were nominated and saw fit to select Sarah Palin to fill out the ticket, I'd be delighted." That's good enough for me. I urge you to visit Larry's site at: http://larryperrault.blogspot.com.

By the way, Larry has MS. His body may have failed him, but his heart, soul, and love for his family and his country remain very much intact.

As many of you know, I have a high regard for Mike Huckabee (as I do for some other candidates), and would be proud to support him if he wins the nomination. I believe strongly that Mike should meet soon with Sarah Palin, privately at first if that approach suits both of them.

Sarah has said she doesn't know a great deal about Mike, and his campaign should rectify that situation quickly. At this point, Sarah probably can do more for ANY of the candidates than they can do for her. As the most popular state official in our country, she can be very helpful in advising how candidates can generate wide public support.

At the least, Mike's building a strong personal and political relationship with Sarah and her supporters would help his campaign greatly if he named her as "exactly the kind of person" he would seriously consider for the nation's second-highest office. Our goal is for the Republican nominee to name his prospective running mate no later than Febuary 6, 2008, the day after the "Super Tuesday" primaries.

Late last week, Bill McAllister of KTUU-TV asked me if the Draft Palin Movement had established initial contacts with Republican presidential candidates (plural), and I said honestly that we had initiated such outreach. We want to know exactly where the candidates, including Mike Huckabee, stand on having a qualified woman on the ticket. The candidates increasingly are aware of the strong support Sarah has from people of the stature of Fred Barnes, Les Kinsolving, Tom Koennniger, and SJ Reidhead, among others, as well as from many of the most dedicated and influential members of the blogosphere.

National figures associated with the presidential campaigns have expressed an interest in meeting with Sarah Palin. The next moves are up to the candidates.

Frankly, the election of 2008 is so important to our nation that presidential candidates should avoid the usual coyness when it comes to a vice-presidential selection. We urge them not to fall back into considering mainly aging male Caucasians. It's time to select someone whose political future is unlimited and whose appeal to voters is obvious.

Whatever candidate selects Sarah as a running mate should be aware that she would refuse to be some sort of gender token or "attack dog." She's an individual of nont only of high intelligence but also of basic decency. She's a healer, not a divider.

The presidential nominee will make the final decisions on policy issues, but Sarah should be a respected advisor, especially on issues related to the family, energy, education, the environment, Second Amendment rights, and the overall value of life. She has translated her stands on such issues into approval ratings that show almost universal support, not just from Republicans, but also from Democrats and Independents.

It's clearly time for new faces from new places. In our view, the best new face is that of Sarah Palin, and the new place should be the geographically distant -- but critically important -- state of Alaska.

Stephen R. Maloney, Ambridge, PA
National Coordinating Team Palin 4 VP
TalkTop65@aol.com
724-266-2953

Letter to Fairbanks News-Miner Re: Draft Palin Movement

R. A. Dillion, who authored the piece I'm responding to below, was kind enough to put my response on his blog and forward it to the editor of the Fairbanks News-Miner for possible inclusion in that newspaper. I informed him that if our Draft Palin group is a cult, that it is very nice one indeed. You can find Mr. Dillon's blog (a good one) on my blogroll. He's recently written a column on AlaskanAbroad about Sarah's husband, Todd, going back to work for BP, with the suggestion that it might have the appearance of a "conflict of interest." I responded vigorously with a comment on his blog. See this space tomorrow for my comment. Mr. Dillon has a beautiful Siberian husky dog, and I have one living next door, Sasha.

Hello Mr. Dillon:

I read with interest your Fairbanks News-Miner piece titled "Cheers to The Cult of Palin." I have been for many months a strong supporter of Sarah Palin for Vice-President on the Republican ticket. I've spent perhaps a thousand hours on this project, and will spend a lot more time, but I don't regard myself as a member of a cult.

Instead, I'm committed to getting the very best individuals -- people who are honest, decisive, and forthright -- out front as Republican candidates. I've written many columns on "Why Sarah" on my blog: http://camp2008victorya.blogspot.com/ explaining why I believe Sarah is the best choice for the second spot on the Republican ticket.

At a time when the Democrats will have a woman at the head of their ticket, there are some obvious practical reasons for the Republicans, my Party, doing likewise.

As you suggest, many national writers, including Fred Barnes, Les Kinsolving (a Pultizer Prize Nominee), and SJ Reidhead, along with important regional writers like Tom Koenniger (The Columbian) and Dimitri Vassilaros (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), agree with us. Dozens of bloggers, some of them with huge readerships, have also signed on. The Republican Governors Association has featured her on its website, and important advocates for Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani are strongly advocating that Sarah be on the ticket.

Recently, a gossip columnist in Anchorage suggested that at least one of our number must be getting "paid" by someone. Trish in Alaska (http://palintology.com/ replied that she certainly is not getting paid. No one, none of the columnists, and certainly none of the bloggers, is getting paid a nickel to advocate Sarah Palin.

Also, no one in the Palin Administration has any say in our activities. We are an independent group committed to doing what is best for our country. As for Gov. Palin's supposed lack of experience: right now, she has more executive experience than several national candidates widely regarded as viable, including Hillary Clinton.

Being a good vice-president or President is mainly a matter of character and willingness to confront tough issues, both of which Sarah has in abundance. There's no reason to believe she wouldn't do as good a job in Washington, DC as she obviously has in Juneau.

The people in Alaska generally strike us as wonderful souls. The state is playing a crucial role in the nation's struggle for energy security and environmental protection, as well as for nutritious, healthful food. Don't sell the state, or its wonderful governor, short.

If you or any of your staff would like to talk directly about this, I'm available.

Stephen R. Maloney
Ambridge, PA
National Coordination Team, Palin 4 VP


Stephen R. Maloney is a national coordinator in the Palin 4 VP effort. He has been a political activist and operative for 40 years and has written for Fortune, National Review, The American Spectator, and many other publications. Formerly a college teacher in Virginia and Georgia, as well as a speechwriter for many of America's largest corporations, he has a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from the University of Rochester.

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.