(Video) Sarah Palin Rallies Thousands at Baylor University & Vitae Foundation, Kansas City

Governor Palin yesterday electrified an audience of over 5,000 with her her pro-life message at a CareNET Banquet in Waco, TX, according to a Central Texas Now report. "Her speech started and ended with a standing ovation, and she stopped for applause many times in between," the article stated. 

She said that "progressive" feminist groups with their pro-abortion message do not empower women, rather hold them down. She discussed living her pro-life values under less than ideal circumstances, conceiving and giving birth to Trig, who has Down Syndrome; and Bristol Palin's pregnancy during the 2008 campaign.

Sarah Palin Addresses Crowd At Baylor University’s Ferrell Center


Vitae Foundation, Kansas City, KS

Sarah Palin told a Kansas City audience Monday night that she knows what it’s like to “lose hope” when confronted with the impending birth of a special-needs child.

In an intensely personal 47-minute testimonial to the Vitae Foundation, an anti-abortion group, the former Alaska governor claimed 85 to 90 percent of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome are aborted. […]

At a critical moment, Palin recalled hearing a whisper from the Holy Spirit, “just asking me, ‘Are you going to trust me? Are you going to walk the walk, or are you just going to talk the talk?’  Palin, 46, said she thanked God for Trig’s birth because it “reaffirmed and strengthened my unwavering support for life at every stage.”

“Choosing life may not always be the easy path, but it is always the right path,” Palin said. “God does see a way where we would think there is no way. And he does not make mistakes. […]

But there was one exception: She acknowledged Jacob Turk, the GOP nominee for the 5th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver.

Palin said Turk had given her a business card that said elected officials must “listen to all, lead with integrity … and champion opportunity. That’s leadership, not politics.” “I love that motto,” Palin said. She talked briefly about the growing influence of the tea party movement across the country and complained that the mainstream media were seeking to undermine the movement’s momentum.

She also mentioned that she had recently gone hunting in Alaska and still had caribou blood under her fingernails. “We eat, therefore we hunt,” she said quoting a hunter’s motto.

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Central Texas Now: Sarah Palin Addresses Crowd At Baylor University’s Ferrell Center

KansasCity.com: In KC, Palin puts personal spin on abortion issue by Steve Kraske

The Christian Science Monitor: Sarah Palin & Glenn Beck In AK: Testing The 2012 Waters?

Kingmaker, powerbroker, digital celebrity – by whatever name, and there have been many – Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin herald the dawn of a rising phenomenon. Their ability to use virtually every form of new and old media, from television to Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, to reach large audiences in the service of personal yet political messages is something new on the political landscape, say many political strategists and historians.[...]

Such powerful “candidates without portfolio” are truly a creation of today’s hyper-media-saturated communication landscape, says branding expert Mark Stevens. “We’ve never had people as powerful as Beck and Palin who aren’t politicians with complete access to the entire country every day,” he says. “Who can we equate them to? Nobody,” he says. “It’s a unique phenomenon.”

While Palin ranked first in a July Gallup poll of top Republican presidential candidates, at 76 percent, her – and Beck’s – real motivations are less clear, says political scientist Stephen Medvic, author of the 2009 book “Campaigns/Elections: Players and Processes.” Running for president is much dirtier and less financially rewarding than what either of them is doing now, he notes. [...]

Both Palin and Beck are in a wait-and-see mode, says Jerry Kremer, a 23-year veteran of the New York State Assembly and founder of Empire Government Strategies, a political consulting firm. “Beck is a work in progress, testing whether or not he has the power to influence the national debate,” he says. Palin “takes the oxygen out of every other candidate by her charisma,” he says. “She can take a walk around the block and get media coverage.”

The midterm elections will reveal what kind of base Palin would have to tap in a future presidential run, Mr. Kremer says, suggesting that her endorsements are like money in the bank. “Politicians are all about who owes who what,” he says, “and if the people she endorses win big, then she will have a wide net of people to tap when it comes to the necessary organizations to run a national campaign,” he says. "Right now, though," he says, "I don’t see her building the kind of foot soldiers that would involve.”

However, social media is a potent indicator, says Sherrie Madia, author of the upcoming book “Social Media Survival Guide for Political Campaigns.” [...]

“... it certainly bodes well for any potential candidate to have established bandwith long before any official announcement is made,” she adds.

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The Christian Science Monitor: Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck in Alaska: testing the 2012 waters? By Gloria Goodale 

Texas4Palin: CSM Testing the 2012 waters in Alaska

Sarah Palin Post: Obama & Staff Should Be Embarrassed About This

What is wrong with President Obama and his staff? He gets what he wants and then the first thing he (and / or his staff) does is insult. Go figure.  Bully? or Leader?  Is that really the way to govern?

Republican Leader Boehner says he may vote for extension of the Bush tax cuts that exclude the wealthy (which is what President Obama wants) and what does the White House do?   The FIRST THING the White House does in response to this news is go on attack.  (See below.)

I thought President Obama was looking for help for his policies and seeking bipartisanship -- instead he is escalating the war with the Republicans.  This was so dumb to do (see below.)  He should have embraced the opportunity for agreement.  Is this about leading or winning?

When will President Obama learn that leadership is different from campaigning?

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Greta Wire: President Obama should be embarrassed about this

NY Times: House G.O.P. Leader Signals He’s Open to Obama Tax Cut