Governor Palin Tweets Administration's Scandals

Governor Palin, never one to hold back, remains true to form today. Via Twitter, she keeps our eyes on the scandals associated with the Obama administration.

#ObamaScandalMovies All Quiet on the West Wing Front

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 24, 2013

The IRS is closed for the day, feel free to use your phones.

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 24, 2013

Sequester = a four-day weekend at the IRS.

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 24, 2013

We the people are grateful to have someone as bold and unafraid as Governor Palin. Stay tuned: knowing the Gov, she'll likely have more to say before it's all over.

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Governor Palin: Going Rogue in the Wrong Direction; Updated

Governor Palin penned the following article and posted it on Facebook. She continues to be a refreshing part of political discourse because she is unafraid to speak the truth, often doing the job the mainstream media fail to do: hold President Obama's feet to the fire.

Going Rogue in the Wrong Direction

As more information about the IRS scandal trickles out daily, the White House’s involvement is becoming clearer. Those of us who’ve been warning about the demise of freedom with Barack Obama’s efforts to “fundamentally transform” our great nation are about to witness some sad vindication. Will awakened Americans finally join us in saying “enough is enough”?

The president would like us to believe that he only learned about the IRS corruption from watching the news. But we recently learned that the White House was actively working with the IRS on how to roll out the story of this scandal. So, Mr. President, how can you have your staff work on the roll out of the biggest controversy since Watergate, and yet claim that you only heard about it by watching the news with the rest of us?

For the President to deny any knowledge of what was brewing and to claim to know nothing about the Benghazi cover-up or anything about anything White House-related lately, he’s either a liar or a hugely incompetent CEO. You decide.

Yesterday, we also learned that the top IRS official involved in the targeting scandal is planning on pleading the Fifth during her Congressional hearings. That's keen – she’ll be able to enjoy her Fifth Amendment rights in a hearing about how her intimidating organization denied Americans the ability to fully exercise their First Amendment rights.

Keep in mind that the IRS considers you guilty until proven innocent when they audit you. The Fifth Amendment doesn’t apply.

This scandal is not just about the IRS targeting Americans to deny them tax-exempt status or subjecting them to harassing retaliatory audits. The IRS also leaked to leftwing reporters the confidential application information submitted by conservative groups.

The IRS claims that their leaking of information was “inadvertent and unintentional disclosures by the employees involved.” They at first blamed the entire IRS scandal on a couple of employees who “went rogue,” but we soon found out that this was just more malarkey coming from the president’s spokesman. But even if these were “inadvertent and unintentional disclosures,” is that supposed to make us feel better? With the IRS running Obamacare, what are the chances that our confidential information and medical records will “inadvertently” and “unintentionally” be disclosed? Please remember that some of us warned America about the dangers of having the IRS play such a big role in the administration of Obamacare. We were laughed at and mocked relentlessly back then. It sure doesn’t seem funny now, does it?

This IRS scandal is especially terrible because Americans live in fear of the IRS like no other entity because this monstrous bureaucracy has the power to take your hard-earned money. Your wages are the sum of your labors; hence, the IRS has the power to steal the fruits of your labors. Average Americans live in fear of making an error on their tax returns that could cost them massive amounts of money, plus their reputation and good name. If a small business makes a mistake, the IRS can shut them down and send them to jail.

The IRS has always been the face of intimidating and controlling big government. Now it’s the face of corrupt big government that actively attacks the people it is supposed to serve. This isn’t the change America was hoping for, Mr. President, but it certainly is transformative.

Average everyday Americans like my dad and his non-political buddies are outraged by this IRS scandal, perhaps more so than all the other White House fiascos that are making the radical Left’s intentions crystal clear. It’s because this IRS cluster hits close to home for everyone. It’s tangible proof of how a corrupt government can intimidate and target a person’s record, reputation, and life, and make them feel helpless.

These Obama administration scandals are a sad and stark reminder that only limited government can ensure liberty. At our core, we Americans just want to be left alone to live freely, peacefully, and productively.

Last year the Obama campaign told us that government is something we all “belong” to. I guess they’re right because when the government is powerful enough to target, intimidate, and harass us, we do “belong” to them. The real question is: Will we stand for this?

These atrocious government actions are bigger, uglier, and much more dangerous than “a few rogue employees.” It’s time for all Americans to stand together and join in the growing outraged chorus that looks at our out-of-control government and says, “Enough is enough!”

- Sarah Palin

UPDATE:
Governor Palin also posted the following pictures on Facebook. They speak for themselves:

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IRS Official Will Plead Fifth; Governor Palin Comments

So the IRS admits to discriminating against conservatives, yet their leader, Lois Lerner, will have the nerve to plead the 5th when called upon to answer about this misuse of authority. The audacity is mind-boggling.

Governor Palin tweets:

ABC News: "IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth"... is.gd/cHMlhF

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 21, 2013

IRS to plead the 5th to avoid embarrassment or burden? But no worries about citizens' embarrassment or burden while targeted.

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 21, 2013

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Governor Palin: There's Something Different About Jake Tapper

At a time when Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated with the mainstream media, Governor Palin finds Jake Tapper "different" and "refreshing."

On Facebook, she writes:

There's something different, certainly refreshing, about Jake Tapper. I call it integrity and professionalism. What would you call his conscientious approach to news coverage?

She then links to this article:

In the tense hours overnight from Thursday, April 18, to Friday, April 19, after Boston Marathon bombing suspects and brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsnarnev engaged in a shootout with police -- and after the murder of MIT police Officer Sean Collier -- Jake Tapper essentially was CNN.

"I was anchoring," he tells Zap2it, talking on Thursday (May 16), "from something like 1:30 in the morning till 9:30 in the morning. That was a crazy night."

With photos of the suspects circulating, Tapper stayed on his iPad, following news and social-media reports and listening to the local police scanners, via a link provided to him by followers of his popular Twitter feed, @jaketapper.

"I reached out to the CNN news desk," he recalls, "and said, 'Is anyone listening to this?' This is one in the morning. 'Is anyone listening to this? Something serious is going on.'"

[...]

On the subject of horrific stories, Tapper and "The Lead" were one of the few places in the mainstream media to offer coverage of the Kermit Gosnell trial in Philadelphia before FNC commentator Kirsten Powers wrote a USA Today op-ed that alerted a largely indifferent or unknowing media to the stomach-churning tale of an abortionist accused -- and now convicted -- of killing babies born alive after abortions.

"The truth of the matter is," Tapper says, "it is such a horrifying story that it's not an easy story to tell on television. That's not just about Gosnell, that's about anything that involves horrific things happening to babies, to children. Those stories are often very, very difficult to tell.

"There were a lot of details from [the mass school shooting] at Newtown, Conn., that did not come forward on television. I'm not talking about the story write large, I just mean the details. There are details about Newtown that the public does not know, that reporters know, that police know, and quite honestly, that the public does not want to know."

Regarding the Gosnell trial, which much of the media either wasn't aware of or had averted its eyes from, Tapper had a personal connection.

"Look," he says, "my dad is a pediatrician from Philadelphia. I know where Lancaster Ave. is. I know that was a story when I first heard about it, because I read a lot of Philadelphia media. So when it first exploded in Philadelphia media, I was horrified.

"When I got my own show, in the first week, I said, 'We have to cover this, and we have to keep an eye on it and cover it periodically.' I don't disagree with anyone who says this should have been covered more. I'm only saying it was a challenge to tell it for a mass audience because it was so horrifying. Not that we shouldn't have or not that we didn't, but it was a challenge."

One thing that comes through in all these stories is the vital importance of local media, which brings speed, access, knowledge, institutional memory and passion to stories that most national media can't provide.

"You're absolutely right," says Tapper. "Look at the great work the Boston Globe did during the Marathon bombings. Look at the work that the Hartford (Conn.) newspaper did after Newtown. I agree with you 100 percent.

"The Philadelphia media -- I say this as a Philadelphian, it is heartbreaking to see how the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News have been decimated over the years by bad management decisions."

Tapper attributes part of this to the work of online news aggregators like the Huffington Post, which frequently rewrite news stories all or in part, leaving little reason for the reader to click through to the original source -- often local news -- even if a link is provided.

"It shows why," Tapper says, "we, as a society, need to figure out ways to continue to keep these newspapers alive, because what they do is so important. ... I don't want to single out the Huffington Post, because a lot of these big, popular Websites do this.

Read the full piece at Zap2it here.

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Prayers for Tornado Victims

My heart aches for all those who have been affected by the tornadoes of the last couple days. Words don't do justice at all. My prayers are with you all.

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Armed Forces Day

I appreciate our military very much. They make daily sacrifices so that we may enjoy freedom. God bless them and their families.

Happy Armed Forces Day.

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Governor Palin: Scandalous Hat Trick

Ouch! Governor Palin via Facebook:

Scandalous Hat Trick

Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas. Today in the Rose Garden you dismissed the idea of a Special Counsel to investigate the IRS scandal. With that, your galling political hubris shined bright in the midst of today’s dark clouds.

Mr. President, how can we trust your Justice Department to conduct an independent investigation when there is a systemic violation of the Hatch Act throughout your administration?

Surely you are aware that the Hatch Act prevents certain federal employees from engaging in political activity. Specifically, it’s illegal for these federal employees to engage in action in support of or in opposition to a political party, a candidate for partisan political office, or a partisan political group.

Yet that is exactly what’s happened within the IRS, the Justice Department, and in the Benghazi cover-up. This scandalous hat trick is on your watch. It is not believable that you knew nothing about Obama administration actions in dealing with these scandals. And in regards to Benghazi, when you should have taken appropriate action to save American lives – for instance by calling in the Marines – you were AWOL. Just weeks before the election your team scrubbed the Benghazi talking points in 12 different versions, lied to the American people about some YouTube video being to blame for the deaths of brave Americans who put our country first, and you prove Michael Barone right when he writes, “What actually happened in Benghazi was out of sync with the Obama campaign line.” That’s why you all did what you did. Pure raw politics were at play during a horrific time of loss.

For more evidence of Hatch Act violations right under your nose, simply consider DOJ’s “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into the free press. Do you think they picked up some political talk when tapping the phones in the House press gallery?

Your team is out of control. Those who cannot remember the past and learn from it are doomed to repeat it, and that is exactly what is happening. Look back exactly 40 years ago this week and apply that disheartening chapter of American history to the team you’ve chosen and lead today.

Some of us warned America; we cautioned voters in 2008 that a community organizer with no executive experience and no sense of accountability would be a very poor choice for the nation’s top management position.

Mr. President, you said today that you have “complete confidence” in the Attorney General. America doesn’t. Eric Holder needs to appoint an unbiased Special Counsel to investigate the illegal political action of this administration. And then Eric Holder needs to resign.

Most Americans see ominous dark clouds looming beyond the White House Rose Garden, Mr. President. They’ll roll away only when light is shined on the Obama administration’s antics, and America will only recover when you cease avoiding responsibility in this mission of yours to fundamentally transform America. For that to happen, the press had better learn from their experiences of being duped and provide a deserving public fairer, more intelligent coverage.

Speaking of coverage, glad you finally called in the Marines... shame it was just to hold your umbrella.

- Sarah Palin

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Governor Palin Endorses Jason Smith for Congress (MO-8); Smith is Honored

Jason Smith of Missouri's 8th District was the first candidate to strike the Palin Liberty Pose, as I reported here. He also granted Kevin Scholla of The Palin Update an interview in March, during which he voiced his support and respect for Governor Palin. Listen to that interview here.

I am glad to report that Governor Palin has now endorsed Mr. Smith for Congress. My good friend and sister, Kristi King, is his campaign administrator, so I have had the opportunity to spend a little time with him while visiting Missouri. Jason is a humble, principled man, and I have no doubt he will go to Washington to serve and not be served. You can help by donating.

Via Facebook, the Governor writes:

Jason Smith for Missouri’s 8th Congressional District

Jason has worked tirelessly to build on the foundation of his humble beginnings and is a responsible and respected leader in the Show Me State. In Washington DC, Jason will maintain that innate sense of his community and will bring his commonsense conservatism to the halls of Congress. Jason recognizes that government is the problem, not the solution. He will protect our 2ndAmendment rights and work to promote a culture of life. We must all work together to send Mr. Smith to Washington on June 4th.

– Sarah Palin

The Smith campaign posted the following press release on Jason Smith's website, electionjasonsmith.com:

Today, Jason Smith, the Republican nominee in the June 4th Special Election in Missouri’s Eight Congressional District, announced the endorsement of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Smith sought out Governor Palin’s endorsement of his common-sense conservative campaign.

Governor Palin praised Smith’s humble upbringing and commitment traditional values and fiscal restraint:

“Jason has worked tirelessly to build on the foundation of his humble beginnings and is a responsible and respected leader in the Show Me State. In Washington DC, Jason will maintain that innate sense of his community and will bring his commonsense conservatism to the halls of Congress. Jason recognizes that government is the problem, not the solution. He will protect our 2nd Amendment rights and work to promote a culture of life. We must all work together to send Mr. Smith to Washington on June 4th.” – Sarah Palin

Smith said he is honored to have Governor Palin’s endorsement in the June 4th Special Election:

“Governor Palin is a true conservative who is not afraid to stand up against the political establishment. As Governor, Sarah worked to establish fiscal restraint, shrink the size of government and fight corruption. Additionally, Governor Palin is unapologetically pro-life and she is an outspoken advocate for the 2nd Amendment. I am honored to have Governor Palin’s support in the June 4th Special Election.”

More here.

To help send Mr. Smith to Washington, click here to donate.

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Governor Palin: Gosnell Verdict is Step Closer to Restoring America

Today, Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of three counts of first degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and several other charges. No verdict rendered can make up for the horror inflicted by this abortion "doctor" on the innocent babies he brutalized and murdered, but thank God a measure of justice has been served. Go to Breitbart to learn more.

Governor Palin responded to the verdict via Twitter:

Gosnell verdict is a step closer to fundamentally restoring America's destiny as an exceptional nation with the unalienable right to life.

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 13, 2013

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Kevin Scholla's Interview with Governor Palin's Mom, Sally Heath

Governor Palin tweeted the link to an exclusive interview Kevin Scholla conducted with Sally Heath, the Governor's mother. I can attest to the fact that Sally Heath is "the real article," as Scholla writes. The moment I met her, I knew exactly where her daughter got her authenticity and grace.

Scholla does a good job capturing Sally Heath's story and shares this with us via Breitbart News:

On Sunday, Americans will pay tribute to mothers, grandmothers, and great grandmothers all across the country. Some families are lucky enough to be anchored by women who excel at being all three. There is a family you may have heard of in Alaska that happens to be included in that fortunate bunch.

Sarah Palin is a household name worldwide. The former Governor of Alaska and first female GOP Vice Presidential nominee is as famous as it gets. Many of her family members enjoy a following of their own as well. Todd Palin is a world champion Iron Dog racer. Bristol Palin is an author, blogger, and a two-time "Dancing With the Stars" competitor. Even Palin's dad and brother, Chuck Heath Sr. and Chuck Heath Jr., respectively, have a throng of fans after writing the very enjoyable book, Our Sarah: Made in Alaska. But while all of these Palins and Heaths may be better known, all of them are likely to point to someone else as the backbone of the family--Sally Heath.

Sally Heath is the real article. She is "as advertised" by her loved ones. And she is always thinking of others even in an interview about herself. She is Sarah Palin's mother.

Sally Heath rarely gives interviews. Unlike her daughter, Sarah, you'll never catch her tweeting or posting a major political message on Facebook. Mrs. Heath enjoys playing her role away from the limelight. Her role however, while perhaps unnoticed by the media machine, has been critical in shaping her family.

While Sally Heath may be soft spoken, she isn't shy when it comes to the pride and love she feels for her family. That's understandable. Mrs. Heath raised four successful, thoughtful, caring children who all went on to raise great families of their own. According to Mrs. Heath, one of the keys to raising children is knowing when to help and when to let the kids take their own paths.

"You do what you can for the kids, but they choose their own way and you pray they'll stick to the morals and teachings they've received over the years," Heath told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview. "For the most part I would say we have been blessed that way, but I have to give credit to so many family members and friends too because Chuck and I, and the kids and their friends too, we've just all lucked out with the most wonderful things in whatever communities we live in. We've had good influences on the kids."

Mrs. Heath may be a bit modest. Ask her children or her husband and more credit is usually heaped upon her.

She contends that instilling a firm foundation in children when they are young will serve them well as adults. Sarah Palin and her siblings seem to prove that theory true.

"Just the fact that they've worked hard for everything they've achieved, they certainly didn't come to us for finances or very seldom for advice, thank goodness, because I'd hate to be responsible for giving them advice", Heath said. "If we're going to get credit for the good things they've done, that means we have to be blamed for any mistakes they've made, so they have pretty much been on their own."

Of course, as little ones, Chuck Jr., Heather, Molly, and Sarah were not on their own. They were given crucial guidance from their mom. Chuck Heath Sr. often credits his wife for teaching the Heath children to serve God. Sally Heath takes her Christianity seriously, and she has passed that on to her children.

"The faith has been pretty central for the family, that's for sure," Heath said. "I have faith myself and the kids found that was something worth striving for, or accepting. That is wonderful because it sure brings a lot of peace of mind because every family has issues and boy you need that strength that faith can bring."

Sarah Palin often talks about leading with a servant's heart. You can clearly see where that comes from.

As we honor moms this weekend, Sally Heath vividly remembers the special times she spent with her children on Mother's Day.

"Especially the ones where they would get up and fix the breakfast," Heath said. "Get the breakfast, bring it upstairs to bed, those are my best memories of the kids taking over the house for the day and just letting me do whatever I want. Those were wonderful times and it hasn't changed much, I'm sure, with their kids. Their kids seem to carry that tradition on, taking care of their mothers too."

As far as the breakfast concoction put together by little Sarah and her siblings, Mrs. Heath would eat it no matter how strange the ingredients may have been at times.

"It didn't matter," Heath said."They had cereal with whatever they could find around the house to make it look pretty: the raisins or the graham crackers. It was always fun to have. And cocoa, instead of coffee. It was pretty nice."

Sarah Palin is a unique figure in our country's fabric. She's an innovator. So it's no wonder that she has always been creative. Her mother fondly remembers one Mother's Day gift from a young Sarah.

"She made a card one year," Heath said. "I still have it. It was just so clever because the kids always made fun of me because I'm so thankful for the little things. You know, find a nickel in the washing machine or just little things I seem to always be thankful for. The sunshine or the pretty music in the morning. So Sarah made a very elaborate Mother's Day card with pictures of what she thought looked like me and making those comments about everything that she remembered me being thankful for. She was clever at doing things like that."

There is no textbook for being a mother, and different isn't always better or worse. Sometimes different approaches can be equally effective. For instance, Sally Heath's style is not the same as Governor Palin's.

"Things are just different now, of course," Heath said. "When the kids were real little, I was certainly home more because we didn't have the conveniences to make household chores go faster and easier. I just worked half days and that's just wonderful because that's when the kids were all in school, but nowadays it's so common that women are out of the house all day long, but when they're home they sure do work hard."

Different approaches with similar results. Sally Heath raised four wonderful kids. Sarah Palin is raising five loving children. Both mothers are doing it right.

Mrs. Heath also credits men--like her son Chuck Jr. and son-in-law Todd--for getting their hands dirty in the tough job of child raising.

"The man pitches in and helps so much," Heath said. "It's just wonderful that dads carry so much of the load. Like you, going out, coaching for your kids, watching them all day after you've worked eight hours."

Incredibly, Mrs. Heath throws a compliment my way during the interview, and it is just like her to turn the focus away from herself to compliment others. Even in an interview setting she has the well-being of someone else in mind. Sally Heath is the real article. She is "as advertised" by her loved ones.

Nowadays, Sally Heath is actually busy being a grandmother. All of her children have families. Mrs. Heath is even a great grandmother since Track Palin and Bristol Palin both have little ones, and she gets the chance to witness something not everyone gets to enjoy--watching a granddaughter raise a child.

"That is really something to see," Mrs. Heath beamed the interview with Breitbart News. "I wish I could spend more time with her. The patience that these girls have, now with their kids, and the enjoyment that they have. They find time to play with the kids and to just watch the kids develop more. So it's fun to watch Bristol and Tripp and she can enjoy and really appreciate each stage of development."

It is evident that Bristol Palin is doing a tremendous job being a mom, just like her mother and grandmother.

Sally Heath, a woman who has succeeded in this arena, offered some more sage advice.

"One of the keys is listening, without judging," Heath said. "Look them in the eye and honestly pay attention to what they're saying. I wish I had just listened more, they're so interesting, and every day I knew they had things to share with the family, and you just get so caught up in the duties around the house, it's too easy not to take the time to listen to them. Really there's so much teaching to do without saying a word to them. You are the way you act and if you want your children to be like you, you better be towing the mark all the time. They're very observant and they don't forget the slip-ups that we all make."

Judging by the way the Heath kids turned out, Sally Heath's slip-ups were few and far between.

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