• Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Thrills Southern California Crowd

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    Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a rally in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008

    Sarah Palin electrified the crowd this afternoon at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

    “Electrifying,” “genuine” and “inspiring” were a few of the adjectives that Orange County voters used to describe Sarah Palin after her rally at the Home Depot Center in Carson on Saturday.

    Although few were surprised by the content her speech, most O.C. residents who made the trek north said they were simply thrilled to see her in person.

    “What surprised me was the enthusiasm here,” said Brad Michaels from Laguna Hills. “The energy level was so high.”

    For Michaels, the highlight of the speech was Palin talking about Sen. Barack Obama. Yet other Orange County residents thought she did not hit Obama quite hard enough.

    “We were glad that she brought up the corruption in Chicago and his relationship with (Vietnam era militant radical Bill) Ayers, but they need to do more of that,” said Diane Nelson.

    Flap’s friend Jubal from the Red County was there and wrote this dispatch on her speech and rally.

    Gov. Palin is, without a doubt, one of the best natural campaigners I have ever seen. She has an uncanny ability to connect with the audience — not just with what she says, but with who she is. The enthusiasm for her lacks the cult-of-personality undertones of Obama worship. You don’t see creepy videos of uniformly dressed school children singing how Sarah is gonna bring us democracy.

    Palin wrapped up her speech a few minutes before it started drizzling, but she stayed by nearly half-and-hour working the crowd and signing autographs.

    The crowd was estimated at around 15,000.

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    Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, greets supporters after a rally in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008

    Also, note, the Los Angles Times at the time of this posting has so far ignored the Palin visit to Southern California and does not even have a photo up of her visit.

    Figures……

    Sarah Palin had private fundriasing events planned this evening in Orange County, California.


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  • Audra Strickland,  Tony Strickland

    Ventura County District Attorney Refers Audra Strickland Aide Case to California Attorney General

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    Joel Angeles, California Assemblywoman Audra Strickland’s Chief of Staff during protests of June 17, 2008. Photo By Flap

    The Ventura County District Attorney’s office has referred a potential criminal case resulting from a protest flap against Joel Angeles, California Assemblywoman Audra Strickland’s chief of staff, to the California Attorney General’s office.

    The request was made because county prosecutors felt there was a potential conflict. District Attorney Greg Totten has endorsed Strickland in the Senate campaign and is working alongside his wife, Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, in efforts to oppose a proposed prison healthcare facility in Camarillo.

    “Certainly someone could say there is an appearance of a conflict,” said Chief Assistant District Attorney Jim Ellison.

    So, what does this mean politically for Audra and Tony Strickland who are both running for office this November?

    Not much.

    The flap was politically generated/motivated in the first place to embarass Tony Strickland who is running for California State Senate and Flap doubts the California Attorney General would waste state resources to prosecute a he said, she said, he said minor physical altercation. But, you never know, the partisan Democrat Jerry Brown COULD be out to embarass the Republican Stricklands.

    However, Angeles, undoubtedly, would ask for a jury trial and litigation would drag on way into 2009 without any political effect on the 2008 elections or the Stricklands.

    Stay tuned….

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    Joel Angeles, Chief of Staff of California Assemblywoman Audra
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    during protest rally on June 17, 2008. Photo By Flap

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    Audra Strickland Watch: Chief of Staff Joel Angeles Placed on Leave

    Hannah-Beth Jackson Watch: Blows More Smoke Over Tobacco Company Protest

    Tony Strickland Watch: Taking it to the Streets – Politics That Is


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  • Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  William Ayers

    Sarah “The Barracuda” Palin Attacks Obama for Association With Domestic Terrorists

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    Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a few autographs as she leaves Landmark Aviation at San Antonio International Airport. Oct. 3, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas

    Sarah Palin, known as “The Barracuda” from her early basketball playing days has attacked Barack Obama over his association with domestic terrorist William Ayers.

    Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is accusing Democrat Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists” for his association with a former 1960s radical.

    Palin was referring to Bill Ayers, one of the founders of the group the Weather Underground. The group took credit for bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol four decades ago.

    In remarks to GOP donors in Englewood, Colo., on Saturday, Palin said Obama seems to see the U.S. as being so imperfect that, in her words, “he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”

    The MSM has been very quiet lately about Barack Obama’s association with the FAR LEFT and his friendship with the radical William Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn.

    Sarah Palin will NOT subtley remind American voters who helped Barack Obama launch his political career AND who lurks in the background.

    Stay tuned……


  • Day By Day,  Sarah Palin

    Day By Day by Chris Muir October 4, 2008 – Double Vision

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    Sarah Palin is in Southern California today and will be speaking at a public event at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California this afternoon around 2 PM (Pacific). Fundraising in Orange County will follow her public event. Flap will post photos and video when it is available.

    In blogging matters, Flap’s cable modem failed yesterday and I have finally replaced it. Good to be back online.

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    • She then slammed Barack Obama calling him disqualified to be President of the United States, “Some of his comments that he has made about the war that I think may — in my world– disqualifies someone from consideration as the next commander in chief.” Palin said, “Some of his comments about Afghanistan and what we are doing there supposedly– just air raiding villages and killing civilians. That’s reckless. So I wanted to talk about things like that. So I guess I have to apologize about being a little annoyed, but that is also an indication of being outside that Washington elite and being outside the media elite also and just wanting to talk and just wanting to talk to Americans without the filter and let them know what we stand for.”
    • So upon what foundations can Republicans being to rebuild? John McCain and Barack Obama will preside of an enormous expansion of government, of the reregulation of American economic life, of massive changes in our health care delivery system and epochal shifts in how we find, use and pay for energy. Americans paradoxically want regulation and ; they support an efficient, effective government, not a government whose reach extends into every area of their lives, as this government inevitably will. The counter-party to the dominant government paradigm might be an economic libertarian, or it might be something else entirely, a hybrid of economic conservatism and communitarianism, perhaps.

      One thought I'll throw up for debate: if American Republicans think they can emulate the Tories and rebuild the party without the full participation of social conservatives, they're wrong.

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    • As far as Mrs. Palin was concerned, Gwen Ifill was not there, and Joe Biden was not there. Sarah and the camera were there. This was classic "talk over the heads of the media straight to the people," and it is a long time since I've seen it done so well, though so transparently. There were moments when she seemed to be doing an infomercial pitch for charm in politics. But it was an effective infomercial.
    • Thursday's highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden may be the most-watched debate in 16 years.

      Last night's event totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research.

      That's 42% higher than Friday's presidential debate between top-of-the-ticket contenders John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among broadcast and cable networks.

      It's also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the early figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992's second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush (which received a 46.3 rating).

    • Speaking directly to the camera through most of the conversation, Palin laid out the big themes of the McCain campaign – government reform, lower taxes, strong defense and the like – in concise, forceful terms.

      She showed command of McCain positions on energy and Iraq and presented forceful critiques of Obama's stances on the war and diplomacy.

      Regarding the war, she told Biden, "your plan is a white flag of surrender." And she described Obama's statement that he would negotiate with Iran and other rogue countries without preconditions as "beyond naivete" and "downright dangerous."

      Most effectively, perhaps, she turned Biden's past criticisms of Obama's plans for Iraq against Biden, adding, "John McCain knows how to win a war."
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      Sarah Palin will push the needle towards McCain-Palin. Watch the polls next week in battleground states.

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    • Preliminary Nielsen fast-affiliate ratings are in — at least for four networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) during the 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET period the debate was scheduled — and they were up big, with an approximate 32% household ratings rise over last week's presidential debate between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama.