Posted on 12/29/2010 9:04:22 AM PST by onyx
AMERICA BY HEART: REFLECTIONS ON FAMILY, FAITH AND FLAG
Sarah Palin has read the writings of such intellectual giants as Milton Friedman, Alexis de Tocqueville and Whittaker Chambers and such historical leaders as Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
In "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and the Flag," she cites the published letters between John and Abigail Adams in this nation's infancy as well as the speech of Calvin Coolidge (probably one of America's most underrated presidents) on the occasion of this nation's 150th birthday.
Beyond that, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee - recently in USA Today - offered us her insight regarding Iran's nuclear capabilities and ambitions.
Such displays of research and knowledge are not likely to prevent critics from disparaging her intellectual heft. Indeed, one is left to wonder if they would credit Mrs. Palin's gravitas if she were to author her own comprehensive encyclopedia blindfolded and without notes or research material at hand.
The former Alaska governor's second best-seller brims with historically significant details (many not widely known). Moreover, she discusses at length in well-ordered terminology who she is, what she believes, why she believes it and why she pursues her very public path whether or not she ultimately joins the presidential sweepstakes 2012.
As of this writing, it is likely that Mrs. Palin has not decided if she will seek the Republican nomination next year. Recall that she resigned as governor of Alaska only because her enemies, through frivolous lawsuits, made it impossible for her to govern.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Great, great book!!!!
You go, Sarah! I have started listening to the unabridged audio version of this book. I highly recommend it! I think Sarah Palin would make a wonderful President.
HOW is this book doing? Is it a best seller yet?
Sarah is well grounded and knows who she is and what she stands for. God and Country, family, Alaska, Freedom, hard work, doing your best, bravery, honesty, truth, AMERICA!!! (My words.) She is obviously brilliant. Using unusual approaches to get her words out to the public. She has out smarted the so called elite medias.
< sigh >
So good lookin’
Thanks, Onyx. I am reading her 2nd book now (got it for Christmas) and KNEW it was awesome by the time I’d reached page xii in the Preface. This woman GETS IT.
;-)
yes
Good answer! :-)
I want the audio!!!
Her book debuted #2 on the NYT hard cover best seller list.
Decision Points, by President Bush has #1 locked.
Blushing!
She says she is praying about her decision. God be with her. If she runs, she has to win, so that means we all have to work our hearts out for her election.
I can’t wait to read it over the weekend. The Mrs gave me an autographed copy for Christmas. :)
Woo-Hoo! You have a wonderful, awesome wife!
I bought one of the autographed books, too and I haven’t read it yet either.
I figured I would start tonight.
Let’s just hope she doesn’t share Huckabee’s view that the Earth is 6,000 years old.
Sarah's book is looking to the future.
George's W. book tells us the past. I have not read it. I liked President Bush, and he did some things well, he also deliberately spent monies like water and cared not. He moved most of our corporations to China, and He is truly a one world order or internationalist. The virtual erasing of the borders between Mexico the United States, and Canada, did worlds of hurt to America. Still is. Only a few items from a long list of things strongly influenced by his Father, consciously or unconsciously.
And this would affect today exactly how???
She is talking about the Constitution and how it needs to be heeded.
2 Episodes ago on Sarah Palin's Alaska they were hunting for fossils, that were and I quote "millions of years old".
So there you have it. Even if I'm not sure why it is a political issue one way or another.
Thanks for this thread, onyx...
If she is brilliant, experienced, decent, talented, savvy, and competent, and no one hears about it, is she?
The leftists say no, but we say, “You betcha! ;-D”
They can try to hide her, but she will not allow that. This book and Going Rogue will defeat the left and get the word out.
They can try to tear her down, but she is more than a match for their perfidy.
Re-elect Sarah Palin 2016.
She's already said she doesn't. But she believe the Earth and all in it were created by God, as do I. I don't pretend to know all the ways in which he accomplished it.
Good. I hope the Republican party candidates don't embarrass themselves in the debates like they did last time when the evolution question came up.
Ping
(Mrs)T
“You betcha! ;-D”
Sarah Palin: Everything
MSM: OMG she doesn't know what she reads!
Syncro to MSM: Everything, get it?
LOL
LOL. They’re damn fools.
This is a GRATE and very informative thread.
Thanks for posting it onyx!
Got any cheese for that GRATE?
LOL!!!
If we had a real media and the President governed Constitutionally, it would’t. But like it or not it will be an issue just like it was in the last primary campaign.
Glad to hear it. I have that episode dvr’d, so I’ll check it out.
Just purchased the downloadable “e-book” version, and starting to read it now.
Realllyyyy????
News report today: Alaska governor’s office needs until May31 to release thousands of emails sent & rcvd by Gov. Palin while in office. More than 2 and 1/2 yrs will have elapsed since the AP and other media outlets and at least one person requested those e-mails. Two people will be assigned full time, including a former asst. atty. general. This project will cost Alaska $120,000, to respond to a desperate attempt to find something, anything that might serve to discredit Sarah Palin.
Has any other former governor, or other key government official, been subjected to such scrutiny? Certain not any Democrat.
Get over it, Faith is a concept that many describe but few actually live it. To say that implies that you hope Palin is not as stupid as Huck.
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Ich verstehe nicht.
Another good book: The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin. By Stephen Mansfield & David A. Holland.
A good third party analysis.
Another good book: The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin. By Stephen Mansfield & David A. Holland.
A good third party analysis.
There was a myth that Palin believed that dinosaurs were on the earth 6000 years ago, Matt Damon made a scathing video about it. But it was a complete and utter lie started on a left wing blog that got picked up by PDSers and presented as a truth when it was really a fallacy.
How true...
My goodness, where have all the critics gone?
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