Sarah Palin Picnic in Wasilla, Alaska (Speech~Video)

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WASILLA, Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin kicked off the first of three picnics marking her departure from office with a hometown tribute to the troops and an elbow at the news media.
Speaking before a friendly crowd at a park here Friday night, two days before she resigns, Palin invoked her soldier son to assure supporters that she is not downcast over the political frustrations that are prompting her to quit before her term is up.

She told the hundreds gathered in a military “Honor Garden” that she wanted to “do something… more worthy than speaking politics” before sharing a story about a reporter who had asked her about how she handles difficult days.

“I said, ‘Oh no,’ it is not a down day – my son called this week from Iraq,” Palin recalled, referring to her son, Track, an Army enlistee. “He is safe, he is sound. It is always a good day when my son calls.”

Interrupting the applause, Palin said: “I wish that some in the media would keep things like that in perspective, what is really important in our country. And what is important is our freedoms, America’s security, our liberty.”

Later, citing military families that have lost loved ones, she again drew loud applause by saying: “Let us continue to love our country, be proud of our country, never apologize for our country.”

She concluded her remarks by noting that it was the last time she’d appear in her hometown as governor, thanking the city that first elected her as mayor.

After she was done, one man yelled out, “We want you as our commander-in-chief,” prompting more cheers from the crowd and a military-style salute from Palin.

But that was the only hint she gave as to her future plans.

Gov. Sarah Palin has made her last official appearance in her hometown as the leader of Alaska. The Governor’s Picnic in Wasilla attracted thousands of people from as far away as Texas, New York and Florida.
They prepared enough hot dogs, watermelon and root beer floats for 5,000 picnickers. Some came for the free food and music, but the main attraction was someone who has grown up and made her home right in their own backyard.
It was the first taste of Palin’s three-course picnic weekend. And even in her hometown, neighbors who’ve grown up around Palin seemed a little star struck. “She served me a hotdog and she signed napkins for myself and this gentleman up here that I’ve been chatting with,” said Wasilla resident Cindy Harvey.
And for those visiting from Outside, it was a meal they’ll never forget. “There’s five of us here from Louisiana,” said Diana Hobson. “We love Sarah Palin — I’ve been looking for Sarah Palin T-shirts all over Wasilla.”
“I just told her that everybody, when we left and said we’re coming to Alaska, they said, ‘Tell Sarah we love her,’ so she signed my book,” said Anna Bayless of Austin, Texas.

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Rush praised Governor Palin tonight on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren”. Here’s the video: Just one note. Rush states he never talked to her, he meant he has not talked to her about no longer being a Gov. because Rush interviewed her on his show last year during the campaign and she called in and spoke with him.

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Major General Craig Campbell: Sarah Palin “Awesome” Commander-in-Chief of Alaska National Guard

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Wild Thing’s comment…….
It is pathetic that her simple words of love and respect for our country and the troops are so hard to find from our “representatives” these days!
Compare to Obama who flies all over the world apologizing for the USA (idiot), but then when he runs his mouth without the facts can only “recalibrate his words” (weasel).
Today Sarah heads to Fairbanks where she’ll hand over power to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell

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….Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
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