Governor Palin 4 President

Gary P. Jackson from A Time For Choosing, wrote a nice piece on Sarah Palin joining Fox News:

OK, I’ll admit it, when I first got the news that Sarah Palin was signing on with Fox News to be a commentator and analyst, I was kind of like…huh(?), but that faded fast. Like many, it came at me from out of the blue, and I follow Sarah pretty closely.

Also, like many, I was concerned about the other efforts she has going on: Things like giving speeches, campaigning for Conservatives, doing charity work, and smacking Barack Obama upside the head on a regular basis. You know, saving the world stuff!

Of course, after the few minutes it took for all of this to sink in, and for me to process it all, I realized that this was, after all, Sarah Palin, the ultimate multi-tasker. Sarah Palin, the woman who is known to have a Blackberry in each hand, and her beautiful son Trig in her arms, all the while being briefed on something else. This is Sarah Palin, who reportedly has a photographic memory, and likes her briefings rapid fire!

The Fox News gig may be the easiest, least taxing job she’ll have!

My second thoughts went to the Great Ronald Reagan, my political hero, and well, one of Sarah’s, as well. Once again, one sees Sarah as nothing less than Reaganesque with this move.

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Ronald Reagan lost the 1976 Republican nomination to President Gerald Ford. During a period of time that some describe as Reagan’s “time in the wilderness,” Ronnie spent his time writing op-ed’s for newspapers, giving speeches to any and every group possible, spreading the words of conservatism, and doing regular radio commentary.

When 1980 rolled around, Reagan had build an incredible grass roots following, a group of devoted supporters that would see him win two historic landslide victories.

This brings us to Sarah Palin, post governorship.

Sarah has written op-eds for numerous publications, much to the radical left’s chagrin. I n fact, an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in July of 2009 on climate change and energy independence was the third most read of the year. And one she wrote early December, demanding Obama boycott Copenhagen was in the top 25. This is out of literally thousands of the opinion pieces published by WaPo in 2009.

Something Sarah has that Reagan did not, as Al Gore had not invented the internet yet, is social networking. Sarah has proven to be quiet adept at using Facebook and Twitter. I can’t think of anyone else on the planet who could write two words on Facebook, and absolutely change history, as Sarah was able to do when she took on ObamaCare and pointed out that in every nation with socialized medicine there is major rationing of care.

Her “death panels” was a stroke of metaphoric genius that still has tongues wagging on both sides of the argument, and really knocked the shine off of hope and change. With those two paragraphs, Sarah changed history, and forever wounded the Obama presidency, some say mortally. One thing is for certain, history will look back at that Facebook post as a seminal moment in time, a point where Mr Obama saw his presidency slowly start to slip away.

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Ashley / West Palm Beach, FL: What do your kids think about their mom starting a new job at Fox News? Do you plan on bringing them to the city often?

SP: My kids think that this is great, because kids are sharp enough to know that the questions have to be asked. What would we do without Fox News? And they’re excited about this; they watch the network, too! They like NY … they like the energy and the activity here. As long as they can stay grounded with the roots that are so strong in Alaska, it’s going to work out. We’ll do some back and forth!

Ashley / West Palm Beach, FL: It’s a long plane flight!

SP: It is a long plane flight … plenty of reading time!

Brian / Marblehead, MA: Will your previous job as a sports reporter in Alaska help you with your new role on Fox?

SP: Yes – and so much has changed though in the past 20 some years, technology has so changed. Yeah, I think my parents are going to also finally be able to say, “Right on! You’re finally putting that college education to work!” So, we’re excited about that and very excited to be able to pull on some of those things I learned all those years ago, and I loved working in the business way back then ... and I’m going to love this go around, too!

I mean, we had typewriters back then! We had no blackberries back then.

Victoria / New Jersey: Your book, Going Rogue, sold out shelves and clearly resonated with people. What’s your favorite book?

SP: Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin ... how Lincoln formed his team as he administered the policies that helped to secure the union and win the war. Goodwin did an amazing job of research and compilation of so much information. I love that book.

Chad / Forest City, IA: With the success of your book, will we be seeing another Sarah Palin literary work soon? 

SP: I loved writing a book – I’ve always loved writing. It’s just been a part of me -- keeping journals for my entire life, penning whatever I could, whenever I could. And I will do another one.

Bonnie / Boston, MA: You have a big family, yet you’re in such great shape! How do you do it?

SP: Okay, let’s be really honest ... Coming off the Christmas holidays, thank you for saying that! But, I have the same resolution as everybody else. I’m going to chill a little bit on the junk food, and I’m going to work out a little bit more… I need to. I love to run, I love kickboxing classes, I love weight lifting. Sweat is my sanity. I love to stay active. But thank you for the compliment … it’s not entirely accurate, though!

Pat / Fort Pierce, FL: How has having a special needs child affected your views both as a mother and as a policy-maker?

SP: Surprising to me, I would have this no other way. When we found out that Trig would be born with down syndrome, we were scared to death had no idea what to expect, I even dreaded some of the unknown, and yet when he was born, I discovered that God had answered my prayer .. my prayer was that Lord, please just make my heart ready for this. And my heart was ready. I have become a more passionate and a more patient person, and more committed than ever to make sure that individuals, groups, families become empowered to assist these beautiful individuals who do need and deserve a little bit more care than others – not necessarily looking for government to provide, but empowering those who have that compassionate heart – and I do think that every American has that in them, the desire to make this world more welcoming to these individuals – I would never have had that perspective on this issue, had Trig not been gifted to our family.

Pat / Fort Pierce, FL: If you could say one thing to your fans, what would that be?

SP: I think the supporters of the message that I’ve been articulating, a message of common sense conservative values and ideals and ideas -- values and ideas that I think American can and should embrace again. I would just thank people for supporting that message, not me as an individual because it’s not about me, but the message that so many of us share and want to see perpetuated ... I just thank them so much for that support!