Sarah Palin uses the palm of her hand to send her mother a message. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Sarah Palin was empowering and vivacious as the guest speaker for the Ohio Right to Life fundraiser on March 5, 2010. College Football Hall of Famer, Chris Spielman, introduced the 11th Governor of Alaska, and relayed a poignant story about the painful decision that he and his wife Stefanie had to make, after finding out she was pregnant while using the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Although doctors were unfamiliar with how the drug might have affected their unborn child, he spoke of trusting the child to God's care, and their refusal to consider abortion. Stefanie lived to see her daughter reach her sixth birthday, before losing her courageous battle to cancer.
Sarah Palin was greeted by a standing ovation and a welcoming crowd. She joked about the criticism by the press to her propensity for writing notes on the palm of her hand. She mentioned that it was a lower cost version of a teleprompter, which elicited a roar of laughter from the crowd. Tonight she had a money sign written on her palm, but before discussing her motivation for the note, she spoke with empathy and honesty about her feelings, when she was confronted with an unexpected pregnancy and realized that she would not only have a fifth child later in life, but one who would need special care. She, like the Spielman's, admitted to an understanding that all life was sacred and each child, as well as the elderly, deserved the right to life. She warned everyone to be watchful of those in power who do not hold the view of the sanctity of life, and recounted the blessings that her son Trig has brought to her family.
The money sign on the palm of Palin's hand was a reminder that she did not want to forget to challenge the audience to dig deep in their pockets to support the Ohio Right to Life. Not only was she determined to encourage supporters, she decided to lead by example. After a last minute call home today to make sure her family was in agreement, she stunned the Ohio Right to Life, and the audience, by explaining that she was returning her speaking fee to the cause of the voiceless unborn children. Although the amount of the fee is undisclosed, it is estimated to be $100,000.
Enjoy Sarah Palin's sense of humor as she discusses the press and their criticism of her.
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I like Sarah Palin. I'd vote for her.
God Bless Sarah Palin
Me too, Tom
She's a great lady with great values.
Will the Libs headline title be "Palin donates speaking fee to voiceless unborn children" or will the left obsess about proof that she does donate, how much and to who. The Left will only spin Palin to look bad and lame street media make things up. p.s. NBC put out statement they DID NOT add laughter to the Leno show (the left tried to spin some story that a goofball wrote to lie about NBC & Palin, but NBC spoke out) also Melissa@thesilverspoon came to Palin defence on the free gifts. Melissa of silver sppoon invited Palin
Tammy Bruce has a great take about the left's tactics in stoking the Palin rumor mills:
["Look, there has not been one ridiculous story/rumor/gossip about Palin and her family, starting with the 2008 campaign, that hasn’t been found false. So here’s the New Rule–if you hear something that sounds stupid, or ridiculous or makes it sound like Sarah Palin has somehow lost her mind, that’s your cue that it’s a false story, engineered to make it sound like, uh, Palin has lost her mind.']
So far so good for Sarah Palin and the Palinistas. Palin's revolution is slowly but surely moving in an energetic and right target to the white house invasion in 2012. If you will recall the past history of Nicaraguan revolution, there is one simple comparison between the Sandinistas and The Palinistas. The Palin revolution started from the grassroots and from the heartland of America while slowly influencing the elite big cities. The difference, though, is Sarah Palin is not a socialist, but pro-american capitalist and very democratic, God fearing.
I would like to see Palin presidency on November 2012. If this becomes a reality, I would give $1,000.00 for every far left liberals and racists that had mocked and ridiculed Sarah Palin, plus, I would pay HBO the equal amount of money just to get rid of Bill Maher's show.
Libs and dems won't be able to figure out Palin donating her own money, because they keep their money, and give away other peoples money.
Palin 2012.
Why no coverage of this on any of the Columbus news stations?
It was an awesome speech and wonderful crowd last night! Thanks Sarah!
As a proud hard workin' God fearin' southernor I admire Mrs. Palin for channeling the new George Wallace. Go Sarah for President!
OMG! I was not going to comment, but this scares the hell out of me!
"As a proud hard workin' God fearin' southernor I admire Mrs. Palin for channeling the new George Wallace."
Were you alive when George Wallace was governor of Alabama? If that's what Sarah Palin is, we should all run like hell AWAY from her!
Good article.
good article
I have known the family for over 17 years and I can assure you that sarah is NOTHING like the person she pretends to be for the media! And before you belive all this crap abiout 'her' late in life 5th child, you deserve to have the results of Trig's prental or DNA test. ANYONE close to the family (or anyone who lives in the area) knows that he is Bristol's as we all saw it unfold.
Seldom does a teen stay home for mono for that long and yet be seen sneaking around big belly and all while Mom had NO belly and the whole water breaking story was a joke. ANY MOM who had a child or few, would NEVER let her water break then take TWO airplane rides (where everyone said she was not distressed) to deliver a special needs child in a small Alaska hospital instead of in Dallas and Seattle where she stopped and where the top hospitals are! A horric example of a terrible Mom IF it were true but it was another lie and then Bristol spread her legs Again Too flipping funny!!!!
Wow.. as soon as Sarah comes to Colorado, I'm gonna write about.. you sure got lots of action in your comments!! lol I think it will be very interesting to see where she ends up and what she does with her live.
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