From Huff POst: Sarah Palin Stirs Confusion With Tea Party Rally Plans
Sarah Palin found herself at the center of confusion swirling within the political community on Wednesday after it was reported that the former Alaska governor was "no longer confirmed" to appear at a Tea Party rally in Iowa this weekend.
Palin was expected to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Hawkeye State event. On Tuesday it was reported that the big name Republican's appearance was put on hold.
The Des Moines Register reports:
Tea Party of America organizer Ken Crow said Palin’s staff called this morning to say Palin’s speaking engagement at Saturday’s Iowa rally was “on hold” until three changes were made.
“They said, ‘Ken, can you take care of bing, bing, bing’ and I said, ‘Yessir, I will’ and I did,” Crow, an Indianola Republican told The Des Moines Register.
CNN's Peter Hamby reports that sources close to the former governor say organizers of the event had been "dishonest" about the line-up of the rally and the promotion of the event.
Tea Party of America founder Ken Crow told ABC News, "We made mistakes and now we are fixing them. It’s all good." He signaled that Palin should be on hand for the Tea Party event on Wednesday.
Crow cited "a couple of errors" in addressing complications related to Palin's scheduled appearance and said that the former governor has been "a lady of her word and impeccably honest" when it comes to her posture toward the gathering.
Crow told the Daily Caller that he hopes Palin won't ultimately cancel her appearance. "It would hurt her more than hurt us," he said.
Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell, who made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate last year, was also scheduled to appear at this weekend's Tea Party rally. After abruptly being dropped from the program, the former candidate was reportedly re-invited to attend the event late on Tuesday. However, on Wednesday, the president of the Tea Party of America said, "I had to cancel O’Donnell."
Palin endorsed O'Donnell's Senate campaign during the 2010 election season.
UPDATE: A source close to Palin confirms to Scott Conroy at RealClearPolitics that the former governor plans to make an appearance at this weekend's Tea Party rally in Iowa.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sarah Palin Appearance at Tea Party Rally in Iowa ‘No Longer Confirmed’
From the Wall Street Journal: Sarah Palin Appearance at Tea Party Rally in Iowa ‘No Longer Confirmed’
Sarah Palin’s Saturday appearance at a tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa, is on hold, a person close to the former Alaska governor told The Wall Street Journal.
The person said Ms. Palin’s appearance was “no longer confirmed” and cited “continual lying” from event organizers at Tea Party of America, including a recent mixup over whether former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell of Delaware would also speak.
Ms. Palin is known for last-minute schedule changes that whipsaw supporters and media across the country. But the latest decision is puzzling. Ms. Palin’s speech at the rally was viewed as her most high-profile appearance of the summer, fueling speculation she was indeed plotting to run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Attendees were reportedly traveling from across the U.S. to attend the rally in Iowa, which holds the nation’s first nominating contest next year.
The former governor will now appear at a Friday event in Des Moines sponsored by the group Conservatives4Palin. It is currently scheduled for 8 p.m. at The Machine Shed Restaurant, though the location will probably have to be changed, the person close to Ms. Palin said. Ms. Palin is still scheduled to appear at a Tea Party Express tour stop Monday in New Hampshire.
Ms. Palin may still hold an event Saturday, the person said, though she has no firm plans. It’s also possible she could still attend the Indianola tea party rally, the person said.
The former governor’s team decided to back out Tuesday night after rally organizers re-invited Ms. O’Donnell to speak on stage. Organizers had booked Ms. O’Donnell, who lost her 2010 bid for a U.S. Senate seat from Delaware, to speak but quickly withdrew the invitation in an effort to avoid controversy.
A Tea Party of America leader told Ms. Palin’s aides that the former governor told him to re-invite Ms. O’Donnell, which is not true, the person said, adding that there were also issues over fund-raising and logistical changes that were not approved by Ms. Palin’s team.
Earlier this month, Ms. Palin’s political action committee released a Web video touting her recent appearance at the Iowa State Fair. It ended with the words, “See You Again September 3rd.”
Correction: Sarah Palin put her appearance at a Tea Party of America rally in Indianola, Iowa, on hold but did not cancel it, as incorrectly reported in an earlier version of this post.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
News: Palin, O'Donnell to appear at Tea Party event in Iowa
From USA Today: Palin, O'Donnell to appear at Tea Party event in Iowa
Tea Party favorites Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell will be among the speakers this weekend at a rally for the small government movement in the key presidential state of Iowa.
O'Donnell, who lost the Delaware Senate race last year, is out promoting her book, Troublemaker: Let's Do What it Takes to Make America Great Again.
Palin -- the former Alaska governor who is on track to make a decision about the 2012 presidential race at the end of September -- is not likely to talk about a White House bid.
The Des Moines Register reports that Palin will speak last at the Tea Party of America's "Restoring America" event, being held Saturday in Indianola. Charlie Gruschow, organizer of the event, told the newspaper that he has no idea about the topic of Palin's speech.
"I think it'll be about freedom," Gruschow told the Register's Jennifer Jacobs. "I honestly don't know if there will be any announcement made one way or another. They keep that very close to the vest. But we know it's significant, and we're honored to have her accept our invitation to speak."
SarahPAC, Palin's political organization, recently shot down a suggestion by political strategist Karl Rove that the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee could join the White House race by Labor Day.
"Any professional pundit claiming to have 'inside information' regarding Governor Palin's personal decision is not only wrong but their comments are specifically intended to mislead the American public," the message on SarahPAC's "Setting the Record Straight" section said.
Tea Party favorites Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell will be among the speakers this weekend at a rally for the small government movement in the key presidential state of Iowa.
O'Donnell, who lost the Delaware Senate race last year, is out promoting her book, Troublemaker: Let's Do What it Takes to Make America Great Again.
Palin -- the former Alaska governor who is on track to make a decision about the 2012 presidential race at the end of September -- is not likely to talk about a White House bid.
The Des Moines Register reports that Palin will speak last at the Tea Party of America's "Restoring America" event, being held Saturday in Indianola. Charlie Gruschow, organizer of the event, told the newspaper that he has no idea about the topic of Palin's speech.
"I think it'll be about freedom," Gruschow told the Register's Jennifer Jacobs. "I honestly don't know if there will be any announcement made one way or another. They keep that very close to the vest. But we know it's significant, and we're honored to have her accept our invitation to speak."
SarahPAC, Palin's political organization, recently shot down a suggestion by political strategist Karl Rove that the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee could join the White House race by Labor Day.
"Any professional pundit claiming to have 'inside information' regarding Governor Palin's personal decision is not only wrong but their comments are specifically intended to mislead the American public," the message on SarahPAC's "Setting the Record Straight" section said.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Fast forward: Sarah Palin, Burning Man and Lloyd Robertson
This was from Friday... no news about Saturday...
From The Star. Com: Fast forward: Sarah Palin, Burning Man and Lloyd Robertson
Politics: Will she or won’t she? That’s the question looming about Saturday, when Sarah Palin is due to give a major speech, and — according to rampant speculation — announce her candidacy for president of the U.S. Republican elder Karl Rove says he thinks Palin will drop the bombshell at Saturday’s address at the inaugural Tea Party of America event in Indianola, Iowa, and Palin has previously set September as a “drop-dead time” for her to enter the race. She denies that she has made a decision, however.
From The Star. Com: Fast forward: Sarah Palin, Burning Man and Lloyd Robertson
Politics: Will she or won’t she? That’s the question looming about Saturday, when Sarah Palin is due to give a major speech, and — according to rampant speculation — announce her candidacy for president of the U.S. Republican elder Karl Rove says he thinks Palin will drop the bombshell at Saturday’s address at the inaugural Tea Party of America event in Indianola, Iowa, and Palin has previously set September as a “drop-dead time” for her to enter the race. She denies that she has made a decision, however.
COMMENTARY: Sarah Palin’s wink, Michele Bachmann’s blink shame women
From SDGLN (San Diego Gay & Lesbian News): COMMENTARY: Sarah Palin’s wink, Michele Bachmann’s blink shame women
Friday, Aug. 26, was Women’s Equality Day. Sadly, it’s a bit of a misnomer. Besides, how many people actually know what it is that the day celebrates? It surely is not equality. Women don’t have equality. Even I don’t have equality, and I am no pantywaist — but the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities as men? Oh my goodness, no. Women, as a class, have not yet achieved any of that.
What we have is the right to be oppressed by ludicrous expectations for our gender, including that ever popular slut-mommy routine straight men are taught to favor; by mass media representations that tell the world what is most valuable about women are our breasts and penetrable orifices; and by the often unspoken yet screeching mantra to suck it all up for family, god and country.
As for responsibilities, women are burdened with an embarrassment of riches. While we have the responsibility of providing one of the pro forma two household incomes that keep everyone in the latest cell phones (if we’re not toting that bale as a single parent), the onus remains on us for the vast majority of household work and child rearing — along with maintaining extended family and friend networks, managing household finances, negotiating service provider contracts, and distributing the intangible benefits of our core competencies. It’s akin to leading a business, except only 28 of the Fortune 1000 corporations have female CEOs. That they are paid 8% to 25% less than their male counterparts should not be considered commentary on their job performances, but, rather, a reflection of their body parts.
And then, there is the cornucopia of opportunities that are showered upon women like sweet manna from heaven. Actually, I’d say they’re more like the ammonia swirling from an unkempt pissoir. Among many, there is the opportunity to be denigrated for our emotions, our bodily functions, our weight, our femininity and our lack thereof; the opportunity to be sidelined with the label “bitch” for characteristics that earn men promotions; the opportunity to fend off unwanted sexual advances by those who interpret the length of our skirts or size of our boosiasms as an invitation to pounce; and the opportunity to earn an average of 80¢ to each dollar a man earns — whether he’s average or a numskull.
So, what’s a woman to do? I suppose it helps to point out such peccadilloes, but I’ve been writing about them for way too many moons. Last year, it was the Woman’s Day advertising campaign that touted vagina deodorizing as a career advancement tactic. In 2009, it was the fear of feminism that inhabits conservative male rhetoric and inhibits progress toward equality. Before that, it was the shunning of the term “feminist” and on and on.
Just how long does it take for folks to recognize the inequity of inequality?
It’s been one full lifetime since the impetus for Women’s Equality Day. Still wondering what makes the date so special? It’s the day in 1920 that women in the United States were finally allowed — allowed! — to vote. It took a constitutional amendment, and what actually changed? Well, in 1919, Great Aunt Cappie was studying to be a surgeon, learning to cut folks open from stem to stern and work medical magic with their innards. But she couldn’t vote: She wasn’t deemed to have the temperament for such decisions. Then in 1920, her mental and emotional capabilities, formerly belittled by men who feared women’s suffrage, suddenly received a constitutional upgrade.
In fact, Aunt Cappie didn’t change; it was an attitude adjustment and the presumption that women’s votes could be added to their husbands’, a presumption that lingers in some backwater bedrooms to this day.
But for the rest of us, what has women’s suffrage produced? Of late, it’s the likes of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, who think deriding their political opponents just like the boys if not more so, opposing women’s and civil rights, and winking — or belatedly blinking — their mascaraed lashes make them prime female presidential fodder.
If only they respected themselves a bit more, but apparently one lifetime has not been enough. And I’m not sure which is the greater hindrance to equality: men who fear us or women who play us.
Love,
K-B
Friday, Aug. 26, was Women’s Equality Day. Sadly, it’s a bit of a misnomer. Besides, how many people actually know what it is that the day celebrates? It surely is not equality. Women don’t have equality. Even I don’t have equality, and I am no pantywaist — but the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities as men? Oh my goodness, no. Women, as a class, have not yet achieved any of that.
What we have is the right to be oppressed by ludicrous expectations for our gender, including that ever popular slut-mommy routine straight men are taught to favor; by mass media representations that tell the world what is most valuable about women are our breasts and penetrable orifices; and by the often unspoken yet screeching mantra to suck it all up for family, god and country.
As for responsibilities, women are burdened with an embarrassment of riches. While we have the responsibility of providing one of the pro forma two household incomes that keep everyone in the latest cell phones (if we’re not toting that bale as a single parent), the onus remains on us for the vast majority of household work and child rearing — along with maintaining extended family and friend networks, managing household finances, negotiating service provider contracts, and distributing the intangible benefits of our core competencies. It’s akin to leading a business, except only 28 of the Fortune 1000 corporations have female CEOs. That they are paid 8% to 25% less than their male counterparts should not be considered commentary on their job performances, but, rather, a reflection of their body parts.
And then, there is the cornucopia of opportunities that are showered upon women like sweet manna from heaven. Actually, I’d say they’re more like the ammonia swirling from an unkempt pissoir. Among many, there is the opportunity to be denigrated for our emotions, our bodily functions, our weight, our femininity and our lack thereof; the opportunity to be sidelined with the label “bitch” for characteristics that earn men promotions; the opportunity to fend off unwanted sexual advances by those who interpret the length of our skirts or size of our boosiasms as an invitation to pounce; and the opportunity to earn an average of 80¢ to each dollar a man earns — whether he’s average or a numskull.
So, what’s a woman to do? I suppose it helps to point out such peccadilloes, but I’ve been writing about them for way too many moons. Last year, it was the Woman’s Day advertising campaign that touted vagina deodorizing as a career advancement tactic. In 2009, it was the fear of feminism that inhabits conservative male rhetoric and inhibits progress toward equality. Before that, it was the shunning of the term “feminist” and on and on.
Just how long does it take for folks to recognize the inequity of inequality?
It’s been one full lifetime since the impetus for Women’s Equality Day. Still wondering what makes the date so special? It’s the day in 1920 that women in the United States were finally allowed — allowed! — to vote. It took a constitutional amendment, and what actually changed? Well, in 1919, Great Aunt Cappie was studying to be a surgeon, learning to cut folks open from stem to stern and work medical magic with their innards. But she couldn’t vote: She wasn’t deemed to have the temperament for such decisions. Then in 1920, her mental and emotional capabilities, formerly belittled by men who feared women’s suffrage, suddenly received a constitutional upgrade.
In fact, Aunt Cappie didn’t change; it was an attitude adjustment and the presumption that women’s votes could be added to their husbands’, a presumption that lingers in some backwater bedrooms to this day.
But for the rest of us, what has women’s suffrage produced? Of late, it’s the likes of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, who think deriding their political opponents just like the boys if not more so, opposing women’s and civil rights, and winking — or belatedly blinking — their mascaraed lashes make them prime female presidential fodder.
If only they respected themselves a bit more, but apparently one lifetime has not been enough. And I’m not sure which is the greater hindrance to equality: men who fear us or women who play us.
Love,
K-B
Photos: Reality TV crew films Bristol Palin and son in L.A.
From the Anchorage Daily News: Photos: Reality TV crew films Bristol Palin and son in L.A.
The U.K.'s Daily Mail has published photos of Bristol Palin and her 2-year-old son, Tripp, on the street in Los Angeles, being followed by a camera crew filming scenes for Bristol's next TV series. The as-yet-unnamed series on the BIO channel will be the third for Todd and Sarah Palin's eldest daughter. She was on "Dancing With the Stars" last year and also appeared in "Sarah Palin's Alaska." How "real" will this set-up reality show be? According to the BIO network, it "follows Bristol Palin's move from Alaska to Los Angeles with her son, Tripp, to work at a small charity in need while living with her good friends [brothers] Chris and Kyle Massey." Kyle Massey was a co-star with Bristol on DWTS.
The U.K.'s Daily Mail has published photos of Bristol Palin and her 2-year-old son, Tripp, on the street in Los Angeles, being followed by a camera crew filming scenes for Bristol's next TV series. The as-yet-unnamed series on the BIO channel will be the third for Todd and Sarah Palin's eldest daughter. She was on "Dancing With the Stars" last year and also appeared in "Sarah Palin's Alaska." How "real" will this set-up reality show be? According to the BIO network, it "follows Bristol Palin's move from Alaska to Los Angeles with her son, Tripp, to work at a small charity in need while living with her good friends [brothers] Chris and Kyle Massey." Kyle Massey was a co-star with Bristol on DWTS.
Rick Perry broadens national lead over Romney, Bachmann, Palin
From the Los Angeles Times: Rick Perry broadens national lead over Romney, Bachmann, Palin
Fourteen days after announcing his Republican presidential candidacy, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has expanded his lead in a new national poll, while both Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin slide slightly and Michele Bachmann is in single digits.
A new CNN/ORC International Poll of Republicans out today shows Perry now holds the support of more than one-in-four (27%), up significantly from the 15% he had before his Aug. 13 announcement at the Redstate Gathering of conservative writers in South Carolina.
Romney, who had 17% then, now has 14%. Sarah Palin, who's expected to make her candidacy plans or lack thereof known at an Iowa tea party rally Saturday, has slipped from 12% to 10%.
Bachmann, the Iowa native and early tea party favorite, has the support of 9%, down from 12% in mid-July. The congresswoman's win at the Ames Straw Poll seems to have provided a short-lived bump.
In a poll that removes Palin and non-candidate Rudy Giuliani from the race, Perry's support jumps to 32% and Romney's to 18%.
The latest poll numbers reveal the tectonic shifts caused by Perry's energetic entry as the nation's longest-serving governor. Perry's support is strongest among tea party supporters but crosses a broad swath of the GOP and appears to be drawing support away from Bachmann and even perennial candidate Ron Paul.Rick Perry campaign Logo
The numbers also highlight the potential dangers of Romney's strategy so far of focusing heavily on New Hampshire and attacking President Obama while largely ceding Iowa and South Carolina to other GOP hopefuls.
His strategy is based on the belief that, in the end, Republican primary voters will eschew the excitement of the moment and choose someone, anyone, they believe can defeat the Democratic incumbent on Nov. 6, 2012.
The new CNN/ORC Pollalso shows that despite his dedicated disciples' determination, Paul's national standing has faded by half from early August, from 12% down to 6%.
A recent Gallup Poll of Republicans found a similar commanding lead for the Texan with a broad base of support among GOP incomes, gender and educations.
Even further changes in allegiance are likely in coming days as Labor Day and the fall campaign season arrive.
In addition to Palin's long-teased decision Saturday, this weekend features a tea party candidate forum in South Carolina run by Sen. Jim DeMint where for the first time Perry will mix it up with GOP competitors like Bachmann and persistent critic and fellow Texan Paul. Romney is taking a pass on that event.
Then comes a flurry of debates including one at the Reagan Presidential Library on Sept. 7 and another in Tampa, Fla.
The same CNN/ORC poll found that fewer that three out of four Democrats favor Obama's renomination. The 72% who do is statistically about the same as the 70% who said that in early August but down from the 81% who liked that idea in early June. Likewise, those favoring a different Democrat as presidential nominee has surged from 18% in June to 27%.
Fourteen days after announcing his Republican presidential candidacy, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has expanded his lead in a new national poll, while both Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin slide slightly and Michele Bachmann is in single digits.
A new CNN/ORC International Poll of Republicans out today shows Perry now holds the support of more than one-in-four (27%), up significantly from the 15% he had before his Aug. 13 announcement at the Redstate Gathering of conservative writers in South Carolina.
Romney, who had 17% then, now has 14%. Sarah Palin, who's expected to make her candidacy plans or lack thereof known at an Iowa tea party rally Saturday, has slipped from 12% to 10%.
Bachmann, the Iowa native and early tea party favorite, has the support of 9%, down from 12% in mid-July. The congresswoman's win at the Ames Straw Poll seems to have provided a short-lived bump.
In a poll that removes Palin and non-candidate Rudy Giuliani from the race, Perry's support jumps to 32% and Romney's to 18%.
The latest poll numbers reveal the tectonic shifts caused by Perry's energetic entry as the nation's longest-serving governor. Perry's support is strongest among tea party supporters but crosses a broad swath of the GOP and appears to be drawing support away from Bachmann and even perennial candidate Ron Paul.Rick Perry campaign Logo
The numbers also highlight the potential dangers of Romney's strategy so far of focusing heavily on New Hampshire and attacking President Obama while largely ceding Iowa and South Carolina to other GOP hopefuls.
His strategy is based on the belief that, in the end, Republican primary voters will eschew the excitement of the moment and choose someone, anyone, they believe can defeat the Democratic incumbent on Nov. 6, 2012.
The new CNN/ORC Pollalso shows that despite his dedicated disciples' determination, Paul's national standing has faded by half from early August, from 12% down to 6%.
A recent Gallup Poll of Republicans found a similar commanding lead for the Texan with a broad base of support among GOP incomes, gender and educations.
Even further changes in allegiance are likely in coming days as Labor Day and the fall campaign season arrive.
In addition to Palin's long-teased decision Saturday, this weekend features a tea party candidate forum in South Carolina run by Sen. Jim DeMint where for the first time Perry will mix it up with GOP competitors like Bachmann and persistent critic and fellow Texan Paul. Romney is taking a pass on that event.
Then comes a flurry of debates including one at the Reagan Presidential Library on Sept. 7 and another in Tampa, Fla.
The same CNN/ORC poll found that fewer that three out of four Democrats favor Obama's renomination. The 72% who do is statistically about the same as the 70% who said that in early August but down from the 81% who liked that idea in early June. Likewise, those favoring a different Democrat as presidential nominee has surged from 18% in June to 27%.
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