The LOTUS (Laptop of the United States)

Farewell from LOTUS

2010-07-17T12:39:00.003-05:00

This is bittersweet for me to say, but this is farewell. My support for Governor Palin and what she stands for is as fervent as ever, but I've decided to focus my blogging on less satirical stuff, and focus more on the 2010 elections, conservatism, and Governor Palin (but in a less satirical, goofy way). I've really enjoyed doing this blog, and I greatly appreciate all of you for reading and commenting. Thank you so much!

On to November! Let's take back the House and the Senate, and later the Presidency!

From my laptop to yours, God bless!

The Roar of the Mama Grizzlies!

2010-07-08T07:26:00.004-05:00

Well, my friends,it's been a while. Madame has been fishing, and I'm not allowed on the boat. I have as much of an aversion to fish guts as Angria Mitchell. However, we did decide to spice things up with a new endorsement last night: another mama grizzly from Tennessee! We even included a JPEG. How do ya'll like that?

However, the real fun came in a youtube link that we got to post. Yes, we've posted these before on occasion, but not like this! A flash forward to 2012!? I certainly hope so! Mama grizzlies roar!

Sarah's Categorized Night Sticks!

2010-06-30T23:45:00.004-05:00

Wow! The LSM, as usual, was causing trouble at one of Madame's speeches, so she thought she'd be straight with them. Especially after she was accused of kicking them out. What? Willow was with her! She could, but wouldn't have done anything to the "media". Madame decided to share part of her speech with them. I have no idea how she fit this all on her palm, but oh well. This post is full of nightsticks! Categorized nightsticks! I loved it because I got to put some headings in bold and use cap locks! Awesome. I think this may have been a dileniation of the Palin Doctrine. Look at all the individual nightsticks: defense spending, the US Navy, Obama's Foreign Policy Inheritance, the War on Terror, Afghanistan, Alienating Our Allies, Coddling Adversaries, An "Enemy Centric" Foreign Policy (ouch!), and A Different View of America. Yikes! She smack the Great Opologizer hard with multiple types of night sticks. For reminiscence's sake, let's take a look at the night stick:

55% of the SCOTUS understands the 2nd Amendment!

2010-06-29T17:51:00.003-05:00

Sorry, I'm a bit behind. It's Bush's fault, just like the oil spill. Anyways, yesterday the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that said the Constitution was right on guns! The decision was 5-4, which means that only 55% of the SCOTUS understands the Constitution on this issue. Sigh. Madame was a bit more positive when she posted her thoughts on this decision on Facebook calling it a victory for the second amendment.

I called into my friend, TOTUS, to get the reaction of the White House. He said that the Great Opologizer was bummed, but FLOTUS was excited, as the ruling overturns the gun ban in Chicago. It's summer; FLOTUS wants the right to bare arms when she goes back home to Chicago:

Some Good Friends Stop for a Visit!

2010-06-25T00:38:00.003-05:00

Lots of stuff going on right now and a few visitors! Thomas van Fine ;) and Meg "the Enforcer" Stapleton stopped by to call out the ankle biters! Madame's still undefeated; she settled one of the pieces of silliness thrown at her.

We also highlighted a few stops that we'll be making in the coming days! Woohoo! We made another endorsement too for Kansas Senator. There's no place like home!

Sarah Call Out Chief of Staff Dead Fish

2010-06-20T18:31:00.002-05:00

I had the privilege of helping Madame endorse another candidate in South Carolina yesterday. However, I must say that BOTUS has been the one who has been busy today! First, there was a message regarding the Day of Prayer for the Gulf spill. Then, there was a nice, sweet Father's Day message. But the real kicker is the nightstick of a tweet Madame dealt to Chief of Staff Dead Fish. Yikes! Also, as you can see, if you hop on over to the Twitter page, we've spruced it up a bit by removing the book tour stuff. We'll see what pretty new background we get in the future. Who knows? But I hope one day that the number 2012 will be involved.

Sarah Shows Her Bear Bias! ;)

2010-06-17T23:18:00.002-05:00

We endorsed three mama grizzlies today! The Softy Southpaws probably thinks that Madame is a sexist species-ist. She likes mama grizzlies, but she hates polar bears. Madame wants to turn Congress and the state houses into zoos full of grizzlies! She endorsed Congressional candidates in the Land of Fruits and Nuts and yet another in apple country, plus a gubernatorial candidate in Oklahoma.

Two Iron Ladies to Meet?!

2010-06-15T00:41:00.004-05:00

Cheerio, friends! So there is a possibility that we may be going to England to meet the Iron Lady herself. This news has been floating around the internet, but Madame wanted to clarify the news a bit. Can you imagine these two Iron Ladies chatting it up!? Wow. Of course I'll have to get a compatible AC adapter for the trip, but the purchase will be worth it!

BOTUS also made sure that we wished everyone a happy flag day! She even got a new skin for the occasion.

Does Chavez "Drill, Baby, Drill"?

2010-06-13T21:50:00.006-05:00

Well, we've been cruising in a RV for the past few days on our way back to Alaska. That doesn't mean we haven't been busy though! We endorsed a guy running for Congress from Washington state. He's a farmer too! How do you like them apples?

We also called out the Great Opologizer on his associations with foreign oil producers! Madame even added a little humor and alliteration to the title of the note: Fuel America with Terrorist-Tarred Oil Instead of Drilling Our Own, Baby? Not as catchy and safe as drill, baby, drill, huh? We even threw in some sarcastic, folksiness:

Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven’t learned enough to dismiss common sense (a prerequisite for power in Washington these days). Help me out, friends! Help someone like me – and the majority of Americans – understand why we would ever kowtow and bow to foreign regimes that hate us, instead of doing all we can to starve the beast of terrorism in our plight for security, prosperity, and peace.

Doggoned? Our President wouldn't understand such folksy euphemisms? Mr. Pottymouth likes to talk about kicking @$$ and plugging the D#$% hole. Geez! He needs to get his mouth washed out with soap or TOTUS needs a good windex cleaning or something. Madame wrote about how some GOPers are calling out the President on seeking oil from Venezuela, which has ties to terrorism. Hmm....It's really too bad the President seems to see palm-to-palm with Chavez.

A Week in the Life of LOTUS

2010-06-12T00:54:00.003-05:00

I may have to fire my "press secretary"!! She was without internet for a week and did not give fair warning! I haven't been able to blog for over a week! Geez! So, here's the lowdown on Madame's work over the past week.

She endorsed another Mama grizzly in Arkansas! She endorsed a gubernatorial candidate in Iowa. Hmm, Iowa is an early 2012 primary state.

She wished Coach Wooden a speedy recovery, although he later would pass. It was a nice post from the Point Guard-in-chief!

Ever the commandress-in-chief, she also remembered D-day.

She also took the President down a peg on BP! Not only that, she called out the media on their poor job of covering the oil spill. The Great Opologizer may be great at apologizing, but he's definitely not great at executive action.

Oh, and BOTUS kicked it into high gear over the past week. Check it out! She even did some replies!

Sarah Calls Out Extreme Weenies and Greenies

2010-06-02T18:13:00.003-05:00

Today was another one -two punch on the Facebook front. After a few posts calling out the meaning, Joe McCreep, we took today to call out extreme weenies and greenies. Madame endorsed a senate candidate here in Alaska, Joe Miller. This may send some people up in arms, as Murkowski is the incumbent. The thing is, she is a little bit of a RINO weenie. She's pro-choice, pro-amnesty, and believes in global warming. Madame would rather endorse a military, non-weenie.

Our second post was to call out the extreme greenies, as BOTUS called them in a tweet yesterday. In our Facebook post, we had to change the language a bit and call them extreme enviros. These people don't realize that, just because there was an oil spill way off the coast, you don't prevent drilling closer to shore or in ANWR. In fact, the restrictions placed on drilling by these extreme greenies have hurt the environment as Madame says, " radical environmentalists: you are damaging the planet with your efforts to lock up safer drilling areas." What a nightstick the Birkenstock wearers!

Two Slaps at the Media

2010-06-02T01:09:00.003-05:00

Today was quite the busy today. We posted two notes this morning. One post was in support of Israel in the Flotilla fighting over the weekend.We went a little bit rogue and shared it with the Weekly Standard first. Hey, VP Hair Plugs, just so you know, you can't get a Flotilla at a Mexican restaurant. So while the LSM wants to hide parts of the story, Madame simply wants to get the truth out their about the true intentions of some of these people.

It's sort of ironic that the same morning Madame supports Israel, our new neighbor, Joe McCreep, spews some nonsense to Matt Lousy about Madame acting like a Nazi. Of course, Madame had to respond, especially since NBC did not include hers and First Dude's responses as they had promised. The LSM was particularly lame today.

Memorial Day, to Remember Past, Present, and Future Sacrifice!

2010-05-30T23:11:00.003-05:00

For posts like this, I'll let Madame speak for herself:

“Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”
- General Orders No.11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters, May 5, 1868

This weekend, as we enjoy time with family and friends, we should stop and remember the meaning of this national holiday. Memorial Day is a uniquely American holiday that finds its origins in the aftermath of our Civil War, when our country searched for a proper way to commemorate the many who had fallen in the long struggle to end slavery and unify our nation.

Today, we remember all of those throughout our history and to this very day who gave their lives serving our country in uniform. Our prayers are especially with the surviving family members for whom everyday is memorial day, as they live on remembering their loved ones who died selflessly to protect the freedoms we hold dear.

And on Memorial Day, let us also remember all veterans, past and present, because everyone who wears the uniform and swears the oath is willing to make that ultimate sacrifice for America. So, in honoring them let’s keep in mind this version of a popular poem as we show respect for those willing to sacrifice all for our exceptional country:

“It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the veteran, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the veteran, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the veteran, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.

It is the veteran, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin will be draped by the flag.”

- Sarah Palin

(Enjoy this version of the poem recited by Fred Thompson.)

“Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”
- General Orders No.11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters, May 5, 1868

This weekend, as we enjoy time with family and friends, we should stop and remember the meaning of this national holiday. Memorial Day is a uniquely American holiday that finds its origins in the aftermath of our Civil War, when our country searched for a proper way to commemorate the many who had fallen in the long struggle to end slavery and unify our nation.

Today, we remember all of those throughout our history and to this very day who gave their lives serving our country in uniform. Our prayers are especially with the surviving family members for whom everyday is memorial day, as they live on remembering their loved ones who died selflessly to protect the freedoms we hold dear.

And on Memorial Day, let us also remember all veterans, past and present, because everyone who wears the uniform and swears the oath is willing to make that ultimate sacrifice for America. So, in honoring them let’s keep in mind this version of a popular poem as we show respect for those willing to sacrifice all for our exceptional country:

“It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the veteran, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the veteran, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the veteran, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.

It is the veteran, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin will be draped by the flag.”

- Sarah Palin

Sarah Schools Obama on the D#*! Hole!

2010-05-27T22:23:00.004-05:00

You knew that after Obama's second annual press conference that Madame would have something to say, especially after he dissed drilling. The President got a little bit pottymouth-ish, so Madame had to clean up the title of her newest post a bit--just in case Piper read it! I haven't gotten to use those symbols much in our work.

I think she wishes she was at the press conference today, as we started today's post with a series of questions to the president. She also typed out some pieces of her record and some solutions. Her solutions--stop blaming Bush and start drilling here. I love it when she does that!

I will say that my favorite part were these nightsticks:

(I risk the President taking my comments personally, but they’re not intended to be personal; my comments reflect what many others feel, and we just want to help him tackle this enormous spill problem.)

....

We hope you’re learning. Please learn that we must have domestic energy development, you must stop looking backward and blaming Bush, and we must all work together to “plug the d#*! hole.”

Poor, poor, Mr. President! I hope TOTUS is around to console him. Madame just took him to school! We hope he's learning.

Sarah: Chair of the "Hell No" wing of the GOP

2010-05-25T22:49:00.003-05:00

In spite of the McCreeper living next door, we still had the chance to do some political posting. This time, we did some more GOP promoting. Even though the GOP establishment doesn't often even give Madame the time of day, she is more than willing to promote their initiatives, if they are good! Madame tends to tell it like it is more so than other GOPers. It just goes to show you that while Michael Steele may be the chair of the "please, don't" wing of the GOP, Madame is the chair of the "hell no" wing of the Republican party. My apologies for my potty text.

Sarah, Build the Danged Fence..Around Your House!

2010-05-25T00:47:00.004-05:00

I thought we were done posting for today, and I would get to relax in Wasilla. But, we just found out we have a neighbor--a crazy, creepy journalist neighbor. Madame had to call him out. She was nice and charitable--even offering to make him some blueberry pie. First Dude deserves the medal for courageous restraint after this news! We even posted a JPEG of the creep! Geez! Perhaps this is a sign that we need to move to the White House....now!! At the very least, I implore Madame to build the danged fence...around the house!

Smackdown of a Blogger and Gibbsy!

2010-05-24T22:25:00.003-05:00

We had a double nightstick posting day today! First, Madame posted about her continued support for Nikki Haley whom she endorsed for SC. Some crazy blogger is claiming an affair with Nikki. Madame knows all about rumors from bloggers. She even mentioned of the false ones the crazies brought out about her--divorce, moves to the Hamptons or Montana. I'm kind of disappointed that she didn't mention the rumor that she left Todd for Bigfoot!

Then, as stupidity would have it, Gibbsy made a comment yesterday that Madame needed to learn about the oil industry when she criticized the Great Opologizer's ties to British Petroleum on FoxNews Sunday. We even tweeted about it! Geez! That's like someone saying Albert Pujols needs to learn how to hit or Michael Jordan needs to learn how to dunk. So, Madame went to work calling out the administration on their poor response to the oil spill and how Alaskans would handle the spill. Madame would know!

How Do You Like Them Apples?

2010-05-23T01:02:00.003-05:00

Did you all miss me? Madame's let me catch a little bit of a breather lately after our whirlwind of events lately. Whew. Madame just spoke in the Mile High City, and let's just say that Madame brought the house down! The skeptics bemoan that she only speaks in platitudes, but this speech was quite wonkish!! Eat your heart out, Mittens Pomade!

We have done some endorsing though lately. Madame endorsed a Senatorial candidate in Washington state. How do you like them apples? BOTUS also gave a shout out tonight to Charles Djou,a Hawaiian GOPer who won an election in Obama's home district. Aloha, Congressman!

Get Your Apology Tour T-shirts!

2010-05-18T23:26:00.004-05:00

When I began to call Obama the Great Opologizer, I didn't think he would take it to heart as much as he did! One of his officials apologized to China for the Arizona immigration law--the extremely short bill that we linked in our Facebook post today! This is the bill that Janet Incompetano and co haven't read! China has done horrible human rights abuses, and our President's peeps are apologizing to China! Geez! This bill is just like the federal law--the law the Great Opologizer is apologizing for, not enforcing!

I will say that Madame's post title inspired me for my t-shirt business (don't tell her I've started making and selling "Palin 2012" shirts). She titled this post: "America Apology Tour". The Great Opologizer apologizes so much, I decided he needs tour t-shirts, so I designed some:

They are on sale for $19.95 plus shipping and handling! Get them before they sell out!

Sarah and the Border Ladies

2010-05-16T22:22:00.003-05:00

We've been in the desert Southwest the past few days. Madame appeared with her future Homeland Security Secretary, Jan Brewer on a project to secure the border!

Watch CBS News Videos Online

Madame and I also put this same message on Facebook today. She told the Great Opologizer to do his job and read the Arizona bill! It's only 10 pages! It could very quickly be uploaded to TOTUS!

We also made a trip to New Mexico as Madame endorsed Susana Martinez for New Mexico governor! This is just Madame's way of helping to secure the borders--supporting governors who will do the job the president won't do! We posted a note on this today too!

Whew! Madame has been everywhere this weekend! She's making me want to go into hibernation mode, but she has more energy than me!

If Research Is Your Friend, the Media Must Be Lonely.

2010-05-15T16:51:00.004-05:00

As can be predicted, Madame speaks about pro-life candidates and 2nd amendment rights yesterday, and the media gets wee-weed up and begins to misrepresent things...again. So, we had to call them out again. The media misrepresented Madame's words about the Obama administration's views of gun control...and she wasn't talking about FLOTUS's arms! Also, the media was wrong on Obamacare's funding of abortion and the Catholic church's supposed approval of Obamacare.

BOTUS weighed in on this issue too, and Madame even used an emoticon on this one! :)

Ever the supporter of the military, Madame tweeted a happy Armed Services day to those who are serving or have served.

Guns, Babies, and an Endorsement, All in a Day's Work!

2010-05-14T23:50:00.003-05:00

OK, so I may have the capability of being either battery or AC powered, but I have nowhere near the energy that Madame does! She gave three speeches today and an interview to Greta! One of the speeches was to a pro-life women's group and another was to the NRA. The softy southpaws' heads must have been exploding everywhere. I have copied and pasted the embedded code for her speeches, and that was enough to make me tired.

Susan B. Anthony event:

National Rifle Association event:

Nikki Haley rally:

We also posted a note about the endorsement of Nikki Haley too. You know, as if Madame, didn't have enough going on that day.

Sarah Says to B-ballers "Go Rogue in Arizona"!

2010-05-13T17:26:00.004-05:00

When I was out surfing the web, and I saw the story about the Chicago suburb girls' basketball team not allowed to play in a tournament in Arizona because of their softy southpaw school superintendent bureaucrat, I knew those would be "fightin' words" to Madame.,just as she said in her speech in the Windy City last night. What?! The school let students go to China where there are horrible human rights violations, but they can't go to Arizona?!? Last night, BOTUS sent out the warning tweets, and I knew it was only just a matter of time before Madame and I would go to work on a Facebook post.

Not only did Madame support the team, she also slammed the Great Opologizer's lack of border security:

These boycotts of Arizona will not help the state or lead to positive change. Economic and political boycotts of our nation’s 48th state will hurt all Arizonans – including all members of the Hispanic community. If people really want to help, they should tell President Obama to do his job: secure the border. If he were to do his job, the good people of Arizona, who have been overwhelmed by violence on their border, would not feel compelled to do it for him.

Ouch, that had to leave a mark, but I'm sure Madame's future Homeland Security secretary, Jan Brewer, appreciated it. We also did something new. We linked to a Facebook group to support the girls!

Today, just before we posted this note, Madame and BOTUS made a call into Megyn Kelly's show. I've embedded their stellar work here:

Sarah's Book O' "F" Bombs!

2010-05-11T21:14:00.002-05:00

Now that the LSM has gotten word of it, I can now tell you about Madame's newest book: America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag that will be released in November! Yep, Madame drops the "F" bomb three times in the title, not the "F' bomb of the VP Hair Plugs variety, but family, faith, and flag?! For the softy southpaws, those are almost curse words! Madame will be compiling writings from the Founders, speeches, sermons, songs, etc. Good stuff! Madame doesn't know it, but I'm writing a special inscription for Katie "the Perky One" Couric:

Dear Perky One,

Remember when you were condescending and dumb and asked me what did I read, and I answered, "all of them"? Read this book. This is what I meant!

Best regards,
Sarah

Do you think Madame will go for that?

MSM Headline: Sarah Demands A Raise for Her Son!

2010-05-10T21:22:00.002-05:00

Ignore the title of this post, but who knows, that may be the way that the media wants to spin our latest linkage. BOTUS and I tagged teamed it again. BOTUS tossed out the warning tweet about Obama wanting to reduce the raise that Congress proposed for the military. The Great Opologizer will spending billions and billions on a stimulus package that doesn't work, but he won't give our soldiers a decent, well deserved raise. So, Madame and I tossed up this link on Facebook.

It's going to be a busy week this week, including a trip back to Obama's home city and a day where she speaks at a pro-life and a NRA event. Liberal heads will explode!

Sarah Honors a Mentor

2010-05-08T20:46:00.002-05:00

BOTUS tweeted a message this morning to honor one of Madame's mentors, who passed away: Governor Hickel. Although Hickel later withdrew his support during Madame's governorship, he was one of her first mentors. Check out this clip at about the 40 second mark to see the two governors interact:

Happy Mothers' Day!

2010-05-07T08:28:00.005-05:00

One of the LSM outlets has a great piece about Madame for Mother's Day. Shocker! The article talked about Madame's multi-tasking ability! She can check e-mails on BOTUS all while making dinner for the kids and doing other things! The piece also discussed Madame's and First Dude's rules for letting the kids use me to go surfing. Madame doesn't allow them to read the blogs because there are a lot of crazies out there!

One of my press secretary's friends e-mailed her a jpeg that I want to give to Madame for Mother's Day. There's even a lotus flower and a Bible verse! The softy southpaws will go nuts! You guys get to see a sneak peek:

Just Say "No" to Ma'am!

2010-05-06T22:05:00.003-05:00

Well, it's been a little while since Madame and I worked on an endorsement piece, but we did one today endorsing Carly Fiorina for the Senate seat in the Land of Fruits and Nuts! Carly's story is much like Madame's. Her dad was a school teacher, and she's broken a few glass ceilings. Some people got a little wee-wee up over this endorsement, so Madame had to go back and add some stuff to the post to further explain. Hey, it's OK, folks. You don't have to agree with every decision Madame makes. However, Carly has the best chance of the Republicans to beat Ma'am Boxer, and she's not a big RINO like one of her opponents! I'm concerned though about the title Madame used for this piece: "Let's shake it up in California". If there's an earthquake, Madame may get blamed!

BOTUS has been a bit busy the past few days. She's tweeted about the oil spill, the National Day of Prayer, the flooding in Tennessee. What a busy past few days!

Double Post Friday!

2010-05-01T21:58:00.002-05:00

We've been traveling around all over the country these past few days, but that doesn't mean that we aren't doing some work. Yesterday was a double post Friday! The verdict came down on the Popcorn jerk trial, and he was found guilty on two accounts. One account may be re-tried. We'll see. Madame posted a very gracious note regarding the verdict. This also included a comparison to the Watergate scandal in how politicians (or college students) can't do illegal things to try to alter an election! Nixon was a Republican; she's not going to refrain from calling out corrupt actions on party lines! She's an equal opportunity corruption fighter!

We also posted a note about the oil spill in the Gulf. With the Exxon-Valdez spill in Alaska twenty years ago, Madame knows what it's like to deal with such tragedy. However, she doesn't see it as a reason to abandon drilling and to continue to seek energy independence. She even spoke of her record quite a bit. I wonder if that means something...:)

Endorsement for Another Hockey Dad

2010-04-29T22:28:00.002-05:00

Another day, another endorsement! BOTUS and I tagged teamed it, as usual. BOTUS sent out the initial announcement tweet, then I followed up with the post. Madame has decided to endorse another hockey dad,Tom Emmer. This one is a gubernatorial candidate from Minnesota, you know that state from which Madame Speaker Bachmann and the Minnesota Mullet Pawlenty hail. The Dude's platform is " Honoring the Constitution, Expanding Liberty and Fostering Economic Freedom". Sounds good to me.

Another One Bites the Dust!

2010-04-27T22:52:00.003-05:00

Tonight was a rare occasion when Sarah and I didn't work together to put a Facebook post up on her page. However, there was some exciting news from Madame's lawyer, Thomas Van Fine (hey, for a human, he's a nice looking man). Another ethics complaint has been dismissed. He also called out those who are having a cow because Madame has made a lot of money and think that she resigned for the sole purpose of making money, which isn't the case. She stepped down because she wasn't able to do her job with everything that was being thrown at her. She did it for Alaska.

To the haters who threw this now dismissed ethics complaint at Madame, I have an embedded video to share with you:

An Update from a Slacking LOTUS

2010-04-26T19:30:00.003-05:00

I've gotten lazy, haven't I? BOTUS and I have posted a few things lately, and I've slacked about reporting. Shame on me. Let's see. Well, on Friday we posted our support for Franklin Graham when the Opologizer administration dis-invited him from speaking at the National Day of Prayer. Hmm, I wonder if Obama "opologized" to Graham when he met with him this past weekend.

BOTUS has been busy with her pithy, yet caring condolences for those involved in the oil rig fire, witty smackdowns of the media regarding corruption in Goldman Sachs, and giving a shoutout to Michael Steele.

Today we posted another endorsement--a special one. This one was for Tim Burns who is running in a special election for a Congressional seat in Pennsylvania. Madame is supportive of the fact that he started his own business, and he's a "hockey dad". What's the difference between a hockey dad and a pit bull? Umm...well, you know what I mean. He's a businessman, not a bureaucrat. It'd be nice to have someone in government who has had a real job before.

Oh, I was surfing around Facebook last night, and I found a picture from a baseball game that Madame attended (without me!!!). Check it out. It's Madame and perhaps her future Homeland Security secretary, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.

'Cuda Corruption Fighter Puts on Her Cape!

2010-04-22T22:21:00.002-05:00

Since Madame couldn't speak in Houston tonight because of the Popcorn Jerk's trial, she and I didn't want a "good government crisis to go to waste" (he he), so we went to work!

Madame put on her corruption fighting cape and called out the Great Opologizer's administration on their ties to Goldman Sachs. Lobbyists, regulators, campaign money. It's dirty stuff!

As we all know, Madame has a history of corruption fighting! She did it Alaska, and it seems she wants to take it to another level. I think this may be a draft for a campaign commercial script! Hmm...

Madame believes in common sense regulations that protect capitalism and Americans, but not that covers the butts of the cronies!

Violation by the Popcorn Jerk

2010-04-21T21:25:00.003-05:00

Do you all remember back in the day when the silly Tennessee boy, David Kernell, hacked into Madame's e-mail account during the VP campaign?

Well, the trial began yesterday, and man, is this bringing back scary flashbacks of the violation to both BOTUS and myself.

Unfortunately, Bristol has been called into to testify since the Popcorn Jerk got ahold of her telephone number. His thoughts on Bristol, " Not my type". That's right, too good for a jerk like you.

We'll see what happen, but I hope the Popcorn Jerk is brought to justice.

Oops! A Day Late, but Happy B-day Trig!

2010-04-19T16:21:00.003-05:00

I blame this on my "press secretary", as she was on a post-speech "high" after hearing Madame 45 speak on Saturday, but we forgot to mention that yesterday, Trig turned 2!

BOTUS was on top of things, with a couple of tweets in honor of Trig's birthday. One of them even included a Bible verse! GASP! The softy southpaws won't like that. Another tweet had a cute birthday picture for Trig:

Mrs. Palin Goes to Washington....Illinois

2010-04-18T15:52:00.004-05:00

Hello fellow rogues, my "press secretary" got to hear Madame speak last night. I'm going to let her take the keys and share her thoughts.

It's not everyday that you have opportunity to go with your personal heroine to hear your political heroine speak, but Saturday, April 17th was such an opportunity for me, as my mom and I attended Governor Palin's speech in Washington, IL. If I were to say one thing, I would say it was definitely a barn burner of a speech, and in central Illinois, there are a heck of a lot of barns to burn!

To give context to the speech, it took place in Washington, Illinois, a small town of about 13,000 people in central Illinois just outside of Peoria. The town of Eureka, home of Reagan's alma mater, Eureka College, is just a short 10-15 minutes from Washington. The event was a fundraiser for Five Points Washington, the town's community center. Some of the funds raised were also to be used for a scholarship program as well. During the question and answer session following the speech, the Governor mentioned that she chose to speak at this event because she knows what a blessing such community centers bring to a town, referencing the sports complex built in Wasilla when she was mayor.

The topic of the speech was " You Don't Need a Title to Make a Difference" and was the inaugural speech in a series on Lessons from Leaders. In her own signature style, the Governor effectively wove this topic into the speech also highlighting her political platform, record, and worldview, all while truly making the speech applicable and personal to central Illinoisans. She brought up at least three examples of people who made and are making a difference without a title. She began her speech speaking of Trig, who is turning 2 years old today. She spoke of how he may never hold a title, but he wakes up everyday in applause, bringing perspective and joy to those around him. She also spoke of how Reagan saved 77 lives when he worked as a lifeguard on the Rock River in Illinois when he was young, before he had a "title". She had the words "Lifeguards Needed" written on her palm. She also spoke of how we, as Americans, can make a difference without a title through our voice, our vote, and our freedom.

Regarding leadership, she spoke specifically of three former Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan. She spoke about Washington's leadership--how true leaders respect the will and wisdom of the people and often were reluctant leaders who did not seek office, but the office sought them. She spoke of Lincoln's use of his stovepipe hat as a "traveling office" and how if it was good enough for Lincoln to store his notes in his hat, it was good enough for her to use her palm for her notes. She spoke quite a bit about Reagan, calling him a "son of Illinois". She spoke of his politics of both personality and conviction when it came to foreign policy, saying also that America needs his "Midwestern common sense" and "relentless optimism". Governor Palin, in a jab at President Obama, spoke of how a Eureka educated politician plays better in Peoria than a Harvard educated politician. At one point during the speech she stated that the next Lincoln or Reagan may be sitting in the audience. In my head, I thought,"the next Reagan is standing behind the podium!"

On a local level, Governor Palin praised central Illinois for being people who "cling to guns and religion" and who understand what she meant when she says, "don't retreat, reload". Politically, she spoke of how Obama's policies are affecting the region. The construction machine company, Caterpillar, is based out of nearby Peoria and employs quite a few people in the area. Governor Palin spoke of how President Obama came to Peoria last year claiming that the stimulus package would prevent Caterpillar workers from being laid off, which was not the case. She spoke of how the "economically illiterate" health care bill will cost the company $100 million in the first year alone.

More broadly, she spoke of the problems of a quadrupled national deficit, a $3.8 trillion budget, and the "mother of all unfunded mandates": the health care reform bill. Governor Palin criticized the President for bowing to world leaders and alienating allies like Israel.During the question and answer session, she mentioned that the President's comments about America being a military superpower, whether we like it or not was the statement that had taken her most aback of anything during President Obama's administration. However, her political rhetoric was not limited to criticisms, but included a great deal of what she called "time tested" solutions. She spoke of how prosperity cannot be legislated from Washington D.C., but must be earned through hard work ethic and by government getting out of the way. Additionally, she mentioned that more every day people, not politicians, are needed in government.

In sharing such solutions, she was very effective in tying in her record as governor and mayor , highlighting several of the examples that she mentioned in Going Rogue. Specifically, she mentioned how she lowered taxes and improved infrastructure as mayor as part of a pro-business, pro-economic growth strategy. She mentioned the main principles by which she governed Alaska. Government must live within its means. Resource development must be expanded. Money must be saved for the future, and earmarks must be slashed. During the question and answer session, Governor Palin spoke of how important it is that politicians realize that they are spending OPM (other people's money), and she highlighted that she fired of the personal chef and the sold of the jet.

The Governor has an amazing way of connecting with the people with whom she is speaking. After the speech, my mom said, "it was like you were listening to your best friend. She talks to you, not at you." I concur with this statement whole heartedly. Governor Palin spoke with such conviction, sincerity and optimism. I was also struck by how often she used the word "blessed". She seems to see every opportunity and experience as a blessing. I was amazed how focused and personal she made it for the audience she was speaking to by pulling in Reagan's ties to the area and the effects of the Obama administration on a large local employer. It truly was a blessing beyond words to hear America's point guard speak with such optimism and conviction.

So, this begs the age old question. Does Governor Palin play in Peoria? You betcha!

To see more pictures, albeit not high quality, see here.

Crossposted here and here.

Commandress-in-Chief, whether you like it or not!

2010-04-17T00:48:00.003-05:00

The Great Opologizer bemoaned America's greatness recently, and you know that Madame wouldn't sit down and shut up about that. She and I went to work. The Softy Southpaws and the LSM thought that Madame was done calling the President out on his foreign policy. She spoke of America's successes and how if American military powers are strong, then our allies would be supported as well. As she did when she was Governor, she called out the President on his cuts to missile defense, as well as his cuts to nuclear defense. As always, the final sentences are best: "Could it be a lack of faith in American exceptionalism? The fact is that America and our allies are safer when we are a dominant military superpower – whether President Obama likes it or not."

That's right, the Commandress-in-chief has spoken, President Obama, whether you like it or not. Madame and BOTUS even gave him 24 hour Twitter warning.

OK, well, LOTUS let me take over the keyboard for a while. Woohoo. I have the opportunity to see Governor Palin speak on Saturday night at 8:15 PM central time, and I hope to do some tweeting from the event. Though I cannot guarantee how much I'll tweet. This will be the first time that I get to hear the Governor speak, and I want to pay close attention. However, you can follow me on Twitter here, if you'd like. --Whitney

Sarah as Samantha Adams!

2010-04-15T00:48:00.003-05:00

The First Dude, Madame and I were in Boston for the Tea Party, going back to the roots of the "movement" in 1773. Madame was transformed into Samantha Adams! There was no dumping of tea in the harbor, or as the Bostonians, say it, harba, but Madame hit on the issues. Constitutional government. Smaller government. Energy independence. American exceptionalism. She was optimistic as always.

The LSM and RINOish pundits I see spouting around youtube, the blogs, and the news sites as I go surfing all claim that Madame has no ideas or policies, but Madame is focused on 2010 right now. Unless we have the right guys and gals in DC, good policy cannot be implemented.

BOTUS and Madame offered their thoughts.

The LSM Have Become Straw Graspers!

2010-04-14T00:37:00.003-05:00

Well, the LSM is at it again. This time they are up in arms over some of Madame's requests for when she speaks. For one, when we go on a speaking engagement, Madame asks for bendable straws and water bottles! Oh the horrors! I always knew the media grasped at straws when it came to the bosswoman, but now they're doing it literally!

Also, they have become wee-weed up over the fact that when we travel first class or we would like a private jet. Hey, sometimes I need the extra room! I think the LSM is actually more surprised that she doesn't travel on a broom complete with a pointed hat or via a helicopter toting a gun to shoot unsuspecting wolves.

Another day, another nontroversy. Sigh.

Sarah's Sarcasm

2010-04-12T22:42:00.003-05:00

I was scanning the LSM websites today, and lo and behold, the Washington Compost, as that Great American, Mark Levin calls it, has a whole article dedicated to criticizing Madame's sarcasm! What?! In addition to Madame's effective criticism of the Opologizer's administration, her sarcasm is my favorite part of our work. The "author" says:

Sarcasm rarely plays well in politics -- particularly among the independent voters who typically decide elections. It's why naturally sarcastic pols -- President Obama among them -- largely avoid any wise-cracking in public.

Palin seems to be pursuing a different path -- growing more rather than less sarcastic the longer she spends on the national stage. (Remember that Palin's first ever major speech -- at the 2008 Republican National Convention -- showed glimpses of a sarcastic Palin but by and large was a study in earnestness.)

Palin's sarcasm strategy will almost certainly affirm to some within the party's base that she is their most able combatant against Obama. But, for others -- Republicans and independents alike -- it's likely to sow some doubts about whether she is up to the task of governing if she is elected to the nation's top office.

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For Palin to move beyond her comfort zone of Republican base politics and into ground as a serious candidate for president in 2012, she will almost certainly have to significantly scale down the sarcasm in her speeches.

Yes, Madame often is sarcastic in her speeches and elsewhere. However, she is often quite serious and pointed when she contributes on Fox, and she balances her sarcasm with substance quite well in her speeches and well as our Facebook posts! This is one area where Madame is not conservative, but moderate-- in her use of sarcasm. However, this author doesn't always seem to get it. Back in the day, before Madame was John McCain's VP pick, Cillizza interviewed Madame. I don't think she expected McAnonymous to pick her at the time, but Cillizza made a mistake when he dissed Alaska, check out Madame's expression at the 2:30ish mark of the video linked here.

A Handy Guide to Governor Palin's Accomplishments

2010-04-10T23:55:00.002-05:00

Hey faithful LOTUS readers! LOTUS is going rogue and is letting me, Whitney, post for her tonight. I just wanted to share a post that I blogged elsewhere. If we really want to make Madame 45 a reality, we have some work to do. This is grassroots, folks! I've put together, with the help of others, a guide of Governor Palin's accomplishments that we can share with others at Tea Parties, GOP events, or even with our family in friends. Thank you all for taking the time to visit the blog.

Due in part to the ineptness of the McCain campaign in 2008 and the mischaracterization and flat out lies from the media over the 20 months, Governor Palin's gubernatorial accomplishments are largely either misunderstood or unknown. However, Governor Palin accomplished quite a lot in her 2 and a half years as governor of Alaska. As supporters of the Governor, I thought it might be a good idea to have a handy resource of Palin's gubernatorial accomplishments. This may allow us to correct the record for our friends and family who may still think that the Governor personally shot wolves from a helicopter or cut funding for special needs children. Additionally, while none of us know the Governor's political future, many of us hope that she runs for President. I feel that having something tangible that we can hand out to individuals at GOP events, Tea Parties, other political gatherings, or wherever else to let others know about the Governor's accomplishments will open the eyes of many who are skeptical or uninformed Even many conservatives and Republicans still do not have a firm grasp of what Governor Palin did while in office.

With the wonderful assistance of some of the contributors at The Palination, Conservatives4Palin, The Design Conservative and US4Palin along with other knowledgeable Palin supporters, I have put together a two page (or, ideally, one page double sided) PDF summary of Governor Palin's accomplishments while she was in office. These accomplishments range from energy issues to 10th amendment issues to budgeting and national security. Please go here to download and print or e-mail the document, and please share it as you have opportunity. Should the Governor be a candidate in any future elections, her accomplishments will speak volumes regarding her political abilities and policy chops.

Obviously, one issue that may be raised if the Governor's accomplishments are mentioned is the fact that the Governor resigned halfway through her third year in office. This is a valid criticism. I do think that the Governor has sufficiently justified her decision to step down. Upon announcing her resignation, she said:

Every one - all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We've won! But it hasn't been cheap - the State has wasted THOUSANDS of hours of YOUR time and shelled out some two million of YOUR dollars to respond to "opposition research" - that's money NOT going to fund teachers or troopers - or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the "politics of personal destruction" ... Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn't cost them a dime so they're not going to stop draining public resources - spending other peoples' money in their game.

It's pretty insane - my staff and I spend most of our day dealing with THIS instead of progressing our state now. I know I promised no more "politics as usual," but THIS isn't what anyone had in mind for ALASKA.

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My choice is to take a stand and effect change - not hit our heads against the wall and watch valuable state time and money, millions of your dollars, go down the drain in this new environment. Rather, we know we can effect positive change outside government at this moment in time, on another scale, and actually make a difference for our priorities - and so we will, for Alaskans and for Americans.

In the 10 months that have passed, she has not changed her tune. She resigned because she recognized the cost that the frivolous ethics complaints were having on her state, and she saw how much of her staff's time and her own time were forced to deal with those issues. She recognized how much money these unsubstantiated complaints cost her family. She wasn't able to effectively fulfill her role as Governor, so she passed the reins onto someone who didn't have to be concerned that if he sneezed in the Lower 48, an ethics complaint would be thrown at him.

Additionally, she promised that she would "effect positive change outside of Government", and she has most definitely done that. Through her large and loud social media megaphone, the Governor has written many Facebook posts that have changed the course of debate and have effectively criticized the Obama administration's policies. She has been a champion of the Tea Party movement and the Pro-Life movement and has been a superstar on the stump in the early stages of the 2010 primaries.

The Governor has chosen, at least for the time being, to "effect change outside of Government". However, there have been numerous politicians who have resigned to effect change inside of government. Secretary Sebelius and Secretary Napolitano both resigned their Governors' offices to be part of President Obama's cabinet. Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman resigned his gubernatorial position to be an ambassador to China. Secretary Clinton resigned from the Senate to be Secretary of State, and, of course, both our President and Vice President resigned from the Senate to take their positions. Would anybody say that these individuals "quit" on their constituents? I would say likely not. Governor Palin is the same. She has been able to speak more boldly for both Alaska and all Americans for the conservative principles this country was founded on now that she is outside of office and without the concern of a possible ethics violation been thrown at her.

So, I encourage you to please print off the document linked in this post and share it with anyone you feel needs to know more about what Governor Palin has achieved.

Again, a big thanks to all who helped me put this document together!

Crossposted here.

A Barracuda in the Bayou

2010-04-09T20:51:00.002-05:00

Well, as expected, Madame gave a wonderful speech filled with optimism for our country, criticism for the softy southpaws, and of course, sarcasm with a smile down at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. Being the goddess of energy, Madame spent a significant time discussing energy policy. She also spent a good amount of time calling out the the President on his foreign policy failings (i.e. the Obama Doctrine). She stood firm for Israel. She stood firm for conservatism. She was serious and wonkish, and she was optimistic!

Who dat?! MADAME 45!

Sarah and Obama on the Nuclear Playground

2010-04-08T21:57:00.004-05:00

After an awesome day yesterday campaigning with the two conservative superheroines, we are heading to Nawlins for Madame to give a barnburner of a speech tomorrow! However, today, I'd like to do some video embedding. Madame and Madame Speaker were on Hannity last night, and Madame spoke about Obama's nuclear policy, comparing it to a little boy being asked to be punched in the face. Madame wishes that Obama would be more like Reagan. Obama nervously responded today. I wonder if the analogy Madame used hit too close to home for the President and reminded him of grade school in Indonesia. Finally, Madame wants Reagan? Her wish is my command:

Wonder Woman/ She-ra Princess of Power Rally

2010-04-07T23:49:00.006-05:00

Madame spoke at a rally for the other pea in the kick butt conservative woman pod, Michele Bachmann. Let me tell you, as I was backstage, if you could have harnessed the energy from the 11,000 people at that venue, then America would be completely energy independent! Oh, and it cannot be forgotten that the Minnesota Mullet was there too! Decent guy.

Madame Speaker Michele spoke of smaller, constitutional government and defeating the softy southpaws' agenda. Then, she shared a story about military chaplains that brought a tear to my screen.

Madame, herself, was awesome as usual. It's amazing to see her campaign on behalf of someone whose principles she is fully behind. She spoke of how Madame Speaker Michele has been fighting against Pukelosi's liberalism and how, as a mother of five and a foster mom of 23, Madame Speaker Michele looks at things with a unique perspective.

These two ladies are awesome. That's right, Senator Benedict Arlen, they are ladies. They are the superheroines of the conservative movement. I just can't decide who is Wonder Woman and who is She-ra Princess of Power. Hmmm....

A Whine Convention in Vegas

2010-04-07T00:55:00.003-05:00

Madame spoke at the Wine and Spirits Convention in Vegas today today. Apparently, a guy tweeting from there thought that Madame spoke too much about Obama. Well, it makes sense. After all, it was a w(h)ine convention!

BOTUS was thoughtful enough to help share a tweet about the miners killed in West Virginia.

We are in Minnesota Wednesday to campaign for Madame's P.I.C, Michele Bachmann. It should be good fun, but it might be messy. The thought of this event is enough to make softy southpaws' heads explode all across the country!

I hope you all have sufficient bandwidth because you can catch the event live here.

The most powerful words on Algore's creation!

2010-04-05T22:47:00.003-05:00

I know it's been a while, but I was in a sugar coma over the weekend. Who knew that I couldn't really digest candy? I hope everyone had a great Easter!

This one blogger dude has an article about Madame. She is apparently the most powerful name on Algore's creation, the internet. While blogger dude doesn't think that Madame will ever be Madame President (silly dude), he does think that she has a powerful impact in media. Well, what do you think I'm here for, blogger dude?

We are in Vegas tomorrow. I hope that Madame leaves me in the casino while she speaks. I think that all of those hours of internet poker will really pay off!

A Celebration of Hope

2010-04-01T23:03:00.002-05:00

I'm just going to let Madame share about real hope from Christ:

For many of us, the arrival of Easter means the arrival of a new season of joy – of Easter parades, Easter egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, and sweet Peeps topping off a family meal. Some may wonder why we merrily celebrate at a time when we’re remembering Christ’s crucifixion on the cross. And there is something to that. Good Friday is, after all, about God who became Man, dying on the cross for our sins. And yet we celebrate Easter Sunday, and we are right to do so.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). This one verse sums up the miracle that is the Easter season and helps explain the celebration. Yes, Christ died for us, but in the end Easter isn’t a season of sadness. Ultimately, the story of Christ’s rising from the dead three days after the crucifixion is the story of the triumph of hope over despair.

Hope is one of America’s unique virtues. Hope makes us dream and achieve the seemingly impossible. It’s who we are, and it’s why we’re able to always believe that our best days are yet to come, both for our families and for our country. Easter time reminds us that we have every right to believe that this hope is based on time-tested truths and a solid foundation.

On behalf of the Palin family, I wish you all a peaceful and reflective Good Friday and a blessed and happy Easter Sunday.

- Sarah Palin

Romney 2012!

2010-04-01T09:00:00.002-05:00

I have some news for all of you loyal LOTUS readers. I have taken a new job with Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign. Why shouldn't I? He's going to be the next president, right? I will get connect with his more than a quarter million Facebook fans and almost 10,000 Twitter followers! I can't wait! Plus, the President said the other day that Mitt's health care plan in Massachusetts is just like Obamacare, which means he has had a lot of success! He will be so much fun to work with! I just hope he doesn't touch his hair a lot when he types; I don't want to get my keys greasy! However, he is just so smart and sophisticated! He will make an excellent President!

Of course, I'm just joking! Happy Joe Biden day to you all!

President Obama Dithers on Drilling!

2010-03-31T22:03:00.004-05:00

We went a bit rogue today and wrote a piece for the National Review Online instead of on Facebook. I love it when we mix it up a bit! It means I get to use a different font!

The Great Opologizer stated today that he was going to expand off-shore drilling. Of course, he is choosing to not drill in parts of Alaska. Hmm...

You know that wasn't going to sit well with Madame. Energy independence is like her 6th child! She went to work highlighting the softy southpaws tactics of trying to garner support for cap and tax due to this decision. However, for the Great Opologizer, his tactics weren't "drill, baby, drill" but "stall, baby, stall"! Stall, baby, stall is a lot like his war strategy--ditherer-in-chief!

Madame also spent some time highlighting her record, which is always awesome. Also, she reminded us that this is about jobs. Less drilling, fewer jobs!

Madame also said that she was going to speak about this next week in New Orleans! Yes, we cajun!

Put Sanctions on Imanutjob!

2010-03-30T23:47:00.004-05:00

With the unfortunate passage of Obamacare last week, Madame's decided to shift gears this week by focusing on endorsements, holidays, and today, foreign policy!

For those softy southpaws who want to claim that Madame is inciting violence, take a look at this post. Madame is calling for peace, but perhaps much like the Great Communicator, she is calling for peace through strength. In this case, strength means tough sanctions on the Iranian leader, Imanutjob, who is still engaging in nuclear development.

Madame, who truly understand the importance of our ally, Israel, has also called for the Great Opologizer to not concede to the Palestinians while ignoring the Israelis, but instead to stand with our ally. She also calls all of us to pray! What?! The softy southpaws won't like that!

The Palin doctrine is on full display again: stand with our allies; don't sit with our enemies.

Endorsements and Holiday Wishes from the Commandress-in-Chief

2010-03-29T22:44:00.003-05:00

Madame had another two fold Facebook posting today. First, as Commandress-in-Chief in waiting she announced the endorsements of three American heroes who are running for Congress: Lieutenant Allen West (FL-22), Captain Adam Kinzinger (IL-11), and Major Vaughn Ward (ID-1). You know how much American veterans mean to Madame. After all, she took a lot of heat for endorsing Senator McAnonymous from those who may not understand the virtue of Madame's loyalty, in spite of McAnonymous's RINOish ways.

However, she had another objective with these endorsements, "to remove the gavel from Nancy Pelosi’s grip". I wanted her to type "Pukelosi", but she wouldn't go for it. She's far more charitable than I.

Madame also took the time today to wish the Jewish community a happy Passover. This is especially good since our current President seems to have little regard for Israel.

I say, why can't she be commandress-in-chief now?

1667 Dozen People in Searchlight!

2010-03-28T21:36:00.003-05:00

Oops, and I thought we were done for the day, but Madame had other things in mind. She had an awesome time in Searchlight yesterday. She gave a big thumbs up to the event. I think she had a great time tea-ing it up in Harry Reid's backyard!

Madame even shared some pictures from the event:

CNN said that there were dozens of people at the event, but even another LSM outlet, Politico, said there were 20,000 people there. Well, CNN, I guess you're right; there were 1667 dozen people there!

The key line though: "We’re ready for a fundamental transformation of Washington – no need for their desired “fundamental transformation of America.”

Amen, Madame, Amen.

Will the LSM Even Understand Sarcasm-Laced Sports Analogies?

2010-03-28T16:59:00.006-05:00

Madame managed to provided the perfect balance of serious sanctity and snarky sarcasm today. As today is Palm Sunday, Madame and BOTUS provided a nice tweet honoring our Savior. As the media has been all up in arms (pun intended) claiming that Madame is inciting violence, Madame put the proverbial smack down on the media today with a Facebook post using "violence inciting" satire. It's just to good to not do the ol' copy and paste:

March Madness battles rage! My family and I join millions of Americans enjoying college basketball’s finest through March Madness. Underdogs always get my vote as we watch intense competition bring out the best in these accomplished teams.

The Final Four is an intense, contested series (kind of like a heated, competitive primary election), so best of luck to all teams, and watch for this principle lived out: the team that wins is the team that wants it more.

To the teams that desire making it this far next year: Gear up! In the battle, set your sights on next season’s targets! From the shot across the bow – the first second’s tip-off – your leaders will be in the enemy’s crosshairs, so you must execute strong defensive tactics. You won’t win only playing defense, so get on offense! The crossfire is intense, so penetrate through enemy territory by bombing through the press, and use your strong weapons – your Big Guns – to drive to the hole. Shoot with accuracy; aim high and remember it takes blood, sweat and tears to win.

Focus on the goal and fight for it. If the gate is closed, go over the fence. If the fence is too high, pole vault in. If that doesn’t work, parachute in. If the other side tries to push back, your attitude should be “go for it.” Get in their faces and argue with them. (Sound familiar?!) Every possession is a battle; you’ll only win the war if you’ve picked your battles wisely. No matter how tough it gets, never retreat, instead RELOAD!

- Sarah Palin

The sarcasm in this piece had me laughing so hard that I was rolling. It made it very difficult for Madame to type.

Time will tell if the softy southpaws and their pals in the media even understand this post. After all, Madame used sarcasm and political sports analogies, both are things that liberals never seem to get. Right, Anderson Cooper?

However, perhaps they have forgotten that Pukelosi used the pole vaulting/parachuting analogy, and the Great Opologizer told people to get in other people's faces. Hmm....media double standard?

Is It 2008, 2010, or 2012?

2010-03-27T23:44:00.004-05:00

Time to catch my breath! Madame has been quite busy the past two days, so let me embed some video for you to see what we've been up to. It was like it 2008 all over again with Madame campaigning for Senator McAnonymous yesterday and today. She shines on the stump and does an especially good job of calling out the hecklers:

Let me say that she also did an excellent job in Senator "I don't" Reid "the bills" backyard, speaking in Nevada today. It almost seemed like she was on the 2012 campaign stump. Hmm. BOTUS chimed in on how well things went.

From my perspective as LOTUS, with all of the work that we have done over the past several months especially using Facebook, let me say that I'm very excited to see that we have reached a milestone. Madame now has more than 1.5 million Facebook friends! Not bad for someone whom the Left deems as an irrelevant quitter.

Attack of the Arctic "Cross Hare"

2010-03-25T21:58:00.010-05:00

An Arctic "Cross Hare"

Well, the LSM and softy southpaws is all up in arms (pun intended) about Madame's Facebook post from yesterday where she put crosshairs on Congressional districts that she was targeting for conservatives to win back from Softy Southpaws who voted for Obamacare. These people are getting wee-weed up for no reason. She was simply saying that she was aiming, completely non-violently, at districts to help conservatives take back Congress. However, they claimed she was inciting violence. I've dug up a JPEG for your consideration as to whether or not they are inciting violence:

The President is shooting a basketball.
Is he inciting violence?

Also, Mittens Pomade's book made the top of the best sellers' list. However, if you check out the link, you can see that his book title has a dagger next to it because he sold his book in bulk; Madame didn't need to do this to make her book reach number one. Was Mittens inciting violence because of the daggers?

I don't get what's up with the LSM. Madame would never incite or condone violence, as you can see on her appearance on Uncle Glenn's show last week. Madame said violence is not the answer, voting is. Gee, and what was she asking people to do when targeting these districts? Vote!

Sarah the Community Organizer?

2010-03-23T21:44:00.004-05:00

When Madame was on Hannity's show last night, she talked about how she wasn't said about the Obamacare vote last night, she was energized for the 2010 elections! However, when she started typing the title for today's post, I was shocked at the use of the word "organized"! However, she didn't mean it like the Great Opologizer meant it, she meant it's time to get focused on the 2010 elections. Madame is quite the shooter, whether she's on the basketball court or out hunting. Well, it became quite apparent that she has a whole slew of new targets for November: all of the softy southpaws who voted for Obamacare who represented districts that Senator McAnonymous and Madame won in 2008. Madame may have been re-loading after she resigned, but let me tell you, she is unloading now! See her targets below. Before the LSM has a cow, there are no targets in Alaska or Hawaii, so don't go claiming that Madame doesn't know how many states there are. The President on the other hand...

Remember in November!

2010-03-22T22:54:00.003-05:00

As I had CSPAN's webpage pulled up last night and I watched in disappointment as the votes were being tallied, I knew that I would have to rest up last night. Madame would have some words to type out about the passage of this bill against the will of the people. Of course, Madame called out some of the bad things things in the bill, not all of the bad things though. That would be too long of a post! Although, not by name, Madame called out Bart Stupid about caving on abortion funding. She called out the corruption and shady accounting. Madame also stated that we will remember November. Darn right, Madame. I already have election day marked on my Outlook calendar, and BOTUS has the date on her calendar.

Ever the optimist, Madame closed with this:

This is just the beginning of our efforts to take back our country. Consider yesterday’s vote a clarion call and a spur to action. We will not let America sink into further debt without a fight. We will not abandon the American dream to government dependency, fewer freedoms and less opportunity. Change is made at the ballot box. If we work together, we can renew our optimistic pioneering spirit, revive our economy, and restore constitutional limits.

I have to say that Madame kicked some serious donkey and RINO tail on O'Ego's show last night. Check it out. She was pretty darn fired up on Hannity tonight also. See here. Be forewarned though, in this appearance, Madame said about Bart Stupid, "Give us a break, Bart. You caved, man; you caved". The LSM tomorrow will likely claimed that she called Stupid a caveman!

Use Your BOTUS and LOTUS to Contact Congress!

2010-03-19T23:13:00.005-05:00

Madame made a plea today for any and all Americans to go to Washington for a rally Saturday to Kill the Bill! Madame even left some links to e-mail and call Congress to let your voice be heard! That's right; get out your own LOTUSes and write e-mails! Take out your BOTUSes and call!

No transformation of America! No additional governmental control! Come on, rogues! Let's stop this thing!

On a happier note, Madame and First Dude's little Piper turned nine today! Happy birthday, Kiddo!

Is America about to Get Oui-ouied up?

2010-03-18T23:18:00.004-05:00

Madame appeared on Hannity and Uncle Glenn's show over the past few days. She, of course, did a magnificent job talking about the shadiness of Pukelosi and the unconstitutionality that our Congressional leaders are engaging in, including the Slaughter (the Constitution) rule that was invoked today. Madame was not her usual happy warrior self, however; though she remains steady in hopeful. Sadly, it seems that perhaps we may become more like the French speaking countries of Canada or France where our health care systems including long waits, rationing, etc.. Perhaps, America is about to get oui-ouied up. This is not good!

As an editorial note from the LOTUS blogger, please take some time to pray for our country. It seems as if our Congressional leaders are straying from the blueprint of our nation--the Constitution. While it should not take such drastic measures as we may potentially be facing to turn to God, we never the less should petition God that He would strengthen us and that He would give our leaders wisdom.

Also, we can continue to be vigilant on a different plan. Check out the the following links to contact Congress and make your voice be heard:

http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/

http://www.capitolconnect.com/freeourhealthcarenow/

Stand with Our Allies, not Sit with our Enemies!

2010-03-17T00:19:00.005-05:00

OK, BOTUS and I are ready for some serious hibernation after today, especially BOTUS. She was busy tweeting trying to rally the troops, you all, about the craziness surrounding the health care reform bill. I even got to be in on the action, with one Tweet and posting a link on Facebook.

Madame was able to multitask today. In addition to addressing the health care bill, Madame decided to call out the Great Opologizer on his recent missteps with Israel. We went a bit rogue with this statement by first releasing it to the MSM prior to posting it on Facebook.

The first paragraph was Thatcheresque: "I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air". Madame indeed sensed such a stench. That is why she called the President out on his handling of some of our enemies. She spent the last few paragraphs highlighting Obama's missteps on our ally, Israel, specifically. Madame called for the President to hit the reset button on Israel. Believe me, us electronics know all about reset buttons; they change everything!

So perhaps Madame is establishing her very own foreign policy doctrine: stand with our allies, not sit with our enemies!

As a side note, a very talented lady has created an excellent photo edit representing Governor Palin's call on Sunday to Kill the Bill (complete with nightstick).

Not authorized by SarahPac or Governor Palin.

Declaration of Energy Independence

2010-03-15T20:22:00.004-05:00

Well, Madame's one of the few out their who has the energy to write about energy independence while also taking time to encourage Americans to continue to fight to "Kill the Bill". When the Great Opologizer calls for a ban on offshore drilling, you know that Madame is going to unleash the pit bull inside of her. Madame referenced her earlier post about the Obama administration sending money for offshore drilling in Brazil. That was a fun one; I also had fun with my post back in the day.

Madame made this all about jobs though. That's a 3 letter word,right VP Hair Plugs? Madame suggested showed some research that more than 1 million jobs could be created if the ban on offshore drilling. Wow. The Great Opologizer needs to know that you don't need to spend nearly a billion dollars to "save/create" jobs. I still can't figure out how millions of jobs can be created or saved if the unemployment rate is still hovering about 10%. The White House computers must have a corrupted version of excel.

Madame called the President to listen to the America. You would think that with his ears, that would be able to listen to the America people. Sigh. However, as always, Madame ends with optimism. She doesn't right "lifting American spirits" on her hand for nothing:

America, we must resolve to stay engaged in what our politicians are doing. Don’t get tired and give up. All political power is inherent in the people. America can only be transformed into something unrecognizable if we get so tired that we give up our political power and close our eyes to what is going on. Find the energy to stand for what you know is right, including supporting leaders who don’t engage in energy policy doublespeak.

Will Spine Stiffening Be Covered under Obamacare?

2010-03-14T22:38:00.003-05:00

Things are getting quite serious, so Madame and I went to work on a Facebook post to call for Americans to ask Congress to kill the bill! That's right, folks, kill the bill! The softy southpaws seem to think that the bill should kill the babies though, as the bill stands now to cover abortions. Not only that, they want to use, as Madame would say, a "back@$$word" way to get this bill through. This is known as the Slaughter rule, which is an apt name for it, as that is what they want to do to the Constitution.

Madame also posted a link, which I always love, to a petition to kill the bill. This petition was initiated by Madame's P.I.C., Michele Bachmann. Also, you can use your very own LOTUS, BOTUS, or DOTUS (desktop) to e-mail your Congressional "leaders" to tell them what you really think about the bill.

To answer the questioned posed in the title, no! So stiffen your spine now, and contact your representatives!

Another One Bites the Dust!

2010-03-11T21:32:00.004-06:00

One of the crazies was slapped down today by a judge. Andree McLeod, who you might know better as the Falafel Lady or the Cleavage Czar in Going Rogue, has tried multiple times to try to get a judge to rule that Madame shouldn't have used a personal e-mail account for work. Hey, Madame used both BOTUS and me for such business, and Madame did business well and did it ethically! This lady will likely be at it again, but in the mean time, I'd like to dedicate a song to the Falafel Lady:

Stop frivolously complaining, lady!

Sarah's Socialist Sandwich

2010-03-08T20:36:00.004-06:00

I've just returned from the bowels of the internet, and I'm feeling quite icky! I need to do a virus scan STAT! Apparently, the HuffPo has been running a story about Madame's speech in Canada on Saturday (click on the link at your own risk). They claim that since the Heaths went to Canada so that Madame's brother could receive treatment for a burn, that must mean that Madame supports socialized medicine. The LSM has really lost it now. In summary, Madame is smart, but she didn't have political opinions on health care policy when she was a young child. Also, her brother couldn't have received socialized health care because it didn't exist at that time in Canada, and when it did exist, it was only available to residents. Geesh!

However, I must say that I could very easily write a piece for the HuffPo using a JPEG of a cute, young Sarah eating a sandwich that I have saved on my hard drive . I don't want to give the crazies any ideas, but I think I'd like to pose as a HuffPo "journalist" for a moment:

Apparently, not only did the Heath family utilize universal health care from Canada, they also received government rationed food from the USSR. As you can see in the picture below, a young Sarah Heath is eating a sandwich. But that's not just any sandwich. That bread came from the USSR. Since you can see the USSR from anywhere in Alaska, it must take no time to travel there. So, the Heath family, rather than go to the store or bake their own bread, went to the USSR to stand in line for hours and hours to get their government rationed loaf of bread all so little Sarah could eat this sandwich.

Wow. I feel so dirty stooping so low and lying so much. Shame on me for even pretending.

Sarah's Twitter Triumph

2010-03-07T22:06:00.004-06:00

Well, my friends (sorry, I still can't shake that phrase after spending a few months with Senator McAnonymous), BOTUS and I have some exciting news to announce! Today, Madame surpassed 100,000 Twitter followers. Poor Mittens Pomade, The Minnesota Mullet, and Aw Schucksabee! They are at the 4 or 5 digit level in followers. Poor boys! They can't hold a tweet to Madame! She's even surpassed the infamous Meghan McTwit! OMG! We still haven't quite made it to the number of followers that Madame had back in the day when she was governor with a different Twitter account, but we'll get there.

Stand Up for Monochromatic Sea Mammals!

2010-03-05T21:19:00.005-06:00

Madame and I posted another "Face-Palm" today to support the Navy Seals who are supporting us and who have been improperly brought to trial as well as call out the Great Opologizer on other dumb decisions. She is ever the commandress-in-chief. Poor Tingles Matthews is probably all wee-weed up at Madame's "monochromaticness". Why support only one color of seals? VP Biden probably wants to know why she support seals when she shoots wolves from a helicopter? The Softy Southpaws are so confused and so wrong.

I think it can best be summarized in this way:

Madame: Stand Up for Our Navy Seals who Stand Up for Us.

Pukelosi: Stand Up and Act Like a Seal:

Are We Going Roguer?

2010-03-03T22:21:00.002-06:00

Well, it looks like I'm going to be hit with a whole slew of word documents soon! Madame is ready to write her next book, and it will, "include selections from classic and contemporary readings that have inspired her, as well as portraits of some of the extraordinary men and women she admires and who embody her love of country, faith, and family". Awesomeness. I better do some cleaning up so the hard drive has room. All you fellow rogues, you'd better get the "Hooked on Phonics" out again. Remember, as Sarah fans, you can't even read.

Oh, and I must update you. Madame indeed did win the 2012 Nielsen caucus last night. Poor Mittens!

'Cuda's Comedy with the Chin!

2010-03-03T01:03:00.004-06:00

Today was a wonderful day for Madame and the kids! First, Madame appeared on the Chin's show, which taped in the afternoon! In case you haven't figured it out, Madame is quite funny. She even did a monologue poking fun at Congress and VP Hair Plugs. However, ever the sneaky one, Madame used her time talking with the Chin to talk up her "palm platform" of energy, cutting taxes, and lifting America's spirits! You can catch her appearance here. I kept an eye on twitter, and although Mittens Pomade was on the Pervy One's show at the same time, Madame was the trending topic! She wins the first Web 2.0 2012 primary!

You also must watch this behind-the-scenes segment where Madame speaks about my life's work at the beginning. It moved me!

We also got to check out American Idol! Finally, I would be re-miss if I didn't give a shout out to Governor Perry who won the Texas gubernatorial primary today! Yeehaw!

All Is Quiet on the Last Frontier

2010-03-01T22:56:00.003-06:00

Madame and I have been pretty quiet over the last few days. I don't know if this is the calm before the storm, or what's going on? However, Madame will be on the Chin's show tomorrow. It should be a lot of laughs, a lot more laughs than on CBS. Mittens Pomade will be on the Pervy One's show tomorrow at the same time. Copy cat! That's OK though; I have a feeling that the ratings will serve to be a predictor of the 2012 primaries. I feel so bad for Mitt. As always, a JPEG can say a lot. Take a look at the one below. Who is reaching out to and connecting with voters more? I rest my case.

Sarah Goes Joe Wilson on the Obamacare Summit!

2010-02-26T21:21:00.004-06:00

Today we posted a note highlighting the lies of the softy southpaws at the Obamacare summit yesterday. Madame was nice enough to use our nearly 1.5 million Facebook rogues to share the GOP's fact check on the Obamacare Summit. Madame shared the GOP's Joe Wilson points from the event on reconciliation, supposed lower premiums, the public's opinion on incrementalism, and abortion funding.

Madame's no stranger to fact checks. The AP (Associated Press or Anti-Palin, take your pick) used 11 staff members to fact check her book, but only used 3 to fact check the climategate e-mails. It's about time that Madame gets to share some fact checking.

Sarah Says watch MSNBC?

2010-02-25T21:12:00.003-06:00

After Madame spent hours and hours watching the Obamacare, she had to unwind by watching her favorite hockey girls. She and BOTUS tweeted this:

Drag away from Obamacare mtg today2cheer Red,White&Blue:USA Women's Hockey w/AK's own#23 Weiland play Canada for Gold.Huge contest.Go U-S-A!

The only thing is that the hockey game was broadcast on MSNBC. Madame tweeting that probably greatly increased their viewership! The girls fought hard, but they unfortunately lost to the Canadians.

Madame spoke about the health care summit on Hannity's show tonight, speaking about the fact that the Great Opologizer didn't talk about the price controls and reconciliation that were likely to happen with regards to this plan. She also discussed the conservative plans that Republicans have. My assessment? I posted a JPEG below depicting the most productive thing that the President did at the health care summit--he went digging for gold.

Farewell to a Friend and Porcine Cosmetics?

2010-02-24T22:04:00.006-06:00

Today, I discovered the bittersweet news that Madame's spokesperson, Meg "the enforcer" Stapleton has resigned so that she will be able to spend more time with her family. Oh the memories working on Madame's book (See page 399-400 of Going Rogue). In honor of Meg's departure, I've posted my favorite clip of her. She was on the Communist News Network talking about Madame's resignation, and she uses a sports analogy. Poor liberals! They don't understand sports analogies. They probably are confused when I call them softy southpaws! "Why would she use a soccer term?", they think. Have fun with your family, Meg; you will be missed.

Late this afternoon, we posted a note on Facebook excoriating the Great Opologizer's health care "plan". It's the same as the Senate bill, but it's more expensive. Madame doesn't like red font ...I mean ink! She even compared to putting "perfume on a pig", meaning it stinks big time. She called out the President on the cost, constitutionality,artificial caps on insurance, and feigned bipartisan of the president. However, such ridiculous legislation doesn't pass the smell test, and the ballot box is going to stink for the Democrats in November!

Some Updates from the BOTUS

2010-02-23T23:12:00.003-06:00

BOTUS has been busy on Twitter the past few days. She tweeted about First Dude dropping out of the Iron Dog due to an injury of a teammate and snowmachine damage. She tweeted about the awesome Olympic victory by the USA women's hockey team: the pitbulls in lipstick. She also got to play the role of TV Guide by telling people about Hannity's show tonight.

Another twitter update, we are now following people! No worries, we aren't stalking anyone, but we have to keep up with what's going on--the armed forces, news sources (take that Perky One), politicians, and even some musicians. For some reason, Madame's not following Gibbsy, Meghan McTwitt, or the Great Opologizer. Oh well.

Boom! Taste My Hockey Stick!

2010-02-21T22:14:00.005-06:00

I've gotten to play sportscaster a bit this weekend. BOTUS and I made a few tweets about the Iron Dog race yesterday and today. We even tweeted an awesome photo edit which just so happened to be edited by our good friend, Karen Allen, who made the awesome header for the LOTUS blog:

Madame and the BOTUS did quite a bit of tweeting during the USA-Canada hockey game tonight! The boys did the hockey mom proud! We even put together a congratulatory post tonight:

Congratulations to Team USA’s men’s hockey team for a sensational game this evening. We needed this! It made us so proud to be fans of this team, this sport, and this great country. America's Olympic team of hard working, selfless team players – with no individual superstars – is an inspiring story for all. Now on to the next chapter in this great sports story… Go Team USA!

- Sarah Palin

That's right! Madame is proud of this team, game, and country! However, unlike some, she has always been proud of her country!

Common Sense Warming, not "Global Warming"

2010-02-19T22:08:00.003-06:00

Since another guy from the Idiot People for Climate Change, well, I mean the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is beginning to see the light about "global warming" Madame decided to write another great post!

The Opologizer administration's extreme environmental policies have hurt oil and gas exploration, and it has cost the nation billions of dollars. You know Madame feels when policies are anti-domestic energy!

She also called out the President for his sneakiness in his new nuclear power plan. He's trying to claim credit when the leases are from Bush's administration. Funny that the Great Opologizer doesn't want to "blame" Bush for this energy! He also wants to cut funding for the nuclear waste facility. How's that going to work, Mr. President?

Of course it wouldn't be a true post without some of Madame's signature sarcasm:

"With all of these shoes dropping you’d think every member of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) would be barefoot by now."

"If the climategate revelations teach us anything, it’s that we need to cool down the rhetoric and fire up our common sense."

So, fellow rogues, let's encourage the IPCC people to warm up their frostbitten bare feet by the common sense fire!

I must let you know that the First Dude begins the Iron Dog race on Sunday. I'm not allowed to go outside to watch. I still haven't found a NorthFace or Carhart jacket that fits me (sigh). However, you can follow along with me and catch the race here. Go First Dude!

Happy Anniversary "Stimulus"!

2010-02-17T21:42:00.004-06:00

Madame is so good at remembering dates. If you look through our posts, you can see that we've written posts about Margaret Thatcher's birthday, Hanukkah, Martin Luther King's Birthday, Christmas, etc. So it shouldn't have as a surprise that Madame remembered the "stimulus" anniversary. I feel so bad though because I didn't get the bill a gift! Apparently, the traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper. Well me and my good buddy, POTAK (printer of Alaska) could have sent the bill reams of paper. However, essentially that's all the "stimulus" bill is--reams of paper. It didn't really do anything. As Madame points out in her post, there's still higher than promised unemployment; money for "green" jobs went to China; money went to non-existent congressional districts, etc. Yeah, so how's that "hopey changey stuff workin' out for ya"?

Rather than get bogged down by the inefficiency of this bill, Madame decided to do something positive and endorse someone to help drain the "swamp of D.C." so she called for common sense conservatives to send money to help Sean Duffy, a candidate for Congress in Wisconsin! What's the kicker? Duffy's opponent, Congressman Obey, is one of the authors of the "stimulus" bill! Madame has impeccable timing!

Sarah's a Natural in the Natural State!

2010-02-16T22:10:00.004-06:00

I start today's post with some saddening news about Fox's show, the Family Guy, a name not at all representative of the message it disseminates. In a recent episode, the show very cruelly made fun of people with special needs. Madame used Facebook to actually let Bristol respond to this show late last night. Well done, Bristol! You make Madame and me both quite proud!

Madame also talked about the Facebook post on Bill O'Ego's show that aired tonight. She even rendered O'Ego speechless, which rarely, if ever, happens.

We were in Arkansas tonight at a GOP fundraiser. Madame spoke to a crowd of thousands in Little Rock. I was really hoping to get to meet Aw Shuckabee's bass guitar, but sadly he was not there. I seem to think sometimes that Aw Shucksabee is jealous of Madame. I will say that it made for a lonely evening, but Madame's speech was great. The Arkansas GOP gave Madame a rifle, just like they once gave President Lincoln; their birthdays just so happen to be one day apart you know.

We don't have anymore plans this week that I know of , but the First Dude races in the Iron Dog this weekend! Go First Dude!

What is the Plural Form of TOTUS?

2010-02-15T20:56:00.006-06:00

After all the fun from the race yesterday, we posted some pictures from the event. I've posted my favorite below:

As you can see, while Madame is speaking she is flanked by two vintage NASCAR cars, unlike the Great Opologizer who is always flanked by two TOTUSes (or is the plural TOTI?).

Madame had another book signing today and gave another wonderful Chamber of Commerce speech this evening. Whew. Another busy day!

"Redneck" Racing

2010-02-14T21:41:00.003-06:00

While First Dude was back in Alaska preparing for the Iron Dog Race, Madame and I got to head to the Daytona 500. The Softy Southpaws seem to think that only Redneck bitter clingers like NASCAR racing. However, rather than a redneck event, Madame saw this as an "All-American event". Of course Madame doesn't really care about such supposed insults, like being called a redneck. May I remind you what Madame said about rednecks during the presidential campaign:

Sadly, NASCAR officials did not allow me to wave the checkered flag at the end of the race. Sigh.Madame's doing a book signing and a speech tomorrow. More info later.

A Valentine for TOTUS

2010-02-14T00:17:00.002-06:00

I decided to go with my heart (although I've been told that I don't technically have one) and give a Valentine to TOTUS. I even wrote him a poem, and I went rouge with the font:

Your screen is read.
Your states are blue.
Sugar is sweet.
And so are you!

I fear that my love will remain unrequited though. TOTUS seems married to his work. Sigh.

By the way, I should let you know if you want to send a Valentine from the Softy Southpaws, check this out!

Olympics!

2010-02-13T00:36:00.004-06:00

We put together a nice post today recognizing the Alaskans who would be participating in the 2010 Olympics which began on Friday with the opening ceremonies. You know Madame would be proud of such accomplished Alaskan athletes.

I have to say that the moose stocking caps that Team USA wore at the opening ceremonies today were a nice touch! I wonder if they make them in my size.

Happy Birthday, Sarah!

2010-02-11T23:27:00.003-06:00

Today (February 11th) is Madame's 46th birthday! Be sure to wish her a happy birthday on Facebook or Twitter.

I tried to make Madame a cake, but that turned out to be a disaster! Trust me; you need arms and hands to do something like that! I did order a new batch of Sharpies for Madame's birthday just in case Madame wants to send the LSM and softy southpaws into a tizzy again!

Energy "Face-Palms"

2010-02-10T22:08:00.003-06:00

Since handgate came out over the weekend, I've decided to give a new name to Madame's Facebook posts: "face-palms". Generally, the term "face palm" is a reaction to a bad event, but I'd like to turn that around to say that it means Madame wrote something good! Just like Madame made the phrase, "going rogue", a good thing, so we'll make the phrase "face-palm" a good thing!

Last night and today, Madame posted two good notes, one about the Obama administrations lies about their seriousness in offshore drilling and the other about the progress of a oil project at Pt. Thomson. She even linked an ADN article in that one; that might increase their traffic a thousand fold!

We even took the time to tweet Uncle Glenn a happy birthday. They are only a day apart, you know? Tomorrow's the big day! Madame's birthday! I'll fill you in on the detail tomorrow!

Joke's on You, Liberals!

2010-02-09T18:10:00.005-06:00

Well, well, well. It appears that some of the Softy Southpaws are a little late to the party and think they are so funny, trying to mock Madame by writing on their hands. Yes, I'm talking to you, Gibbsy and Angria Mitchell! Well, I've decided to respond to the libs with some palm writing of my own as you can see above! You see, as I pointed out in the last post, Madame was a step ahead of the liberals when she campaigned with Governor Perry on Sunday. The joke's on you, liberals!

Even yesterday, when Madame spoke twice at a logging convention in California, she was ahead of the liberals when she wrote, "loggers rock" on her hand. Madame is very appreciative of the logging industry, and they are very appreciative of her as well. Do you know how many trees had to be cut in order to produce all of the paper for the millions of books Madame has sold?

It was a busy day yesterday. We started off in Texas where Madame spoke at a "Get Motivated" event before we headed to California for the logging speeches. We even took a little time to offer condolences to Congressman Murtha's family in his passing. Madame is certainly classy.

It was quite a busy weekend; time for me to slip into hibernation mode! I do want your opinion though. Madame's birthday is on Thursday. I have e-bay, amazon, and a slew of other sites bookmarked. What should I get her?

Tea Party, "Hand-Gate", and Texas!

2010-02-07T22:09:00.005-06:00

Whew! It has been quite the weekend. I'm so tired! As I'm sure you all heard, Madame gave a heck of a speech down in Nashville at the Tea Party Convention! Madame called out the Great Opologizer on many fronts, even "calling him a charismatic guy with a teleprompter". Poor TOTUS. All he is trying to do is his job. Madame spent considerable time speaking on national security issues, the need to return to free market principles, and the power of the tea party movement. Madame even took some time to answer some questions. The moderator referenced the idea of President Palin, in which the crowd went nuts as did twitter. "President Palin" was a trending topic for a while. My heart was beaming, if I had a heart. What emerged from this though? "Hand-gate"! Oh the horrors! Madame writes a few notes on the palm of her hand (the words "energy" "cut taxes" and "lift American spirits"), and it gives the Left a collectiv(ist) heart attack. Oh no! She's such a cheater! Never mind that their hero, the Great Opologizer, uses a teleprompter to speak to 6th graders! Are you kidding me?

Madame of course took this all in stride, and even poked fun at the situation by writing "hi mom" on her hand today at the Rick Perry rally in Texas! Oh Madame, you slay me!

Madame did some campaigning for Texas Governor, Rick Perry, and she also became a honorary Texan today! It's been an exhilarating weekend! I can't wait to see what the next week holds!

We're Not in Kansas Anymore!

2010-02-06T14:33:00.002-06:00

Madame gave a barnburner of a speech last night. Believe me, we were in Kansas; there are a lot of barns to burn! I was backstage, but from what I "heard", it almost sounded more like a campaign speech than a Chamber of Commerce speech.

Well, we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto! We're off to a Tea Party convention in Nashville tonight. I have my tea and crumpets ready for the event. If you're like me, you don't have cable. However, as the LOTUS, there's always the internet! Madame's speech will begin at 8 PM central time! If you want to catch it online, then check out one of these two links: PalinTV or Pajamas Media.

Check it out! You know it's going to be great!

What Are We Doing this weekend?

2010-02-04T19:59:00.005-06:00

BOTUS checked out Madame's schedule on her calendar and gave me an update. We're going to be busy. We'll be in Kansas to speak at the Salinas Chamber of Commerce tomorrow.

Then, on Saturday, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto! Saturday is the main event! Madame is speaking at the Tea Party convention. I'll betcha that it'll be it'll be a speech that will make Samuel Adams proud. I wonder if they will serve crumpets there?

You can catch the speech on TV. Take your pick; it'll be on Fox, MSNBC, and C-SPAN. I hope that on MSNBC they have Tingles Matthews, Rachel Madcow, and Olby comment after the speech. It would be awesome to see their heads explode all in real time. I bet C-SPAN is excited that they get to show a speech from the future President, especially since the current President isn't showing the health care meetings on C-SPAN like he promised. It's going to be a great speech! Then, Madame appears on her first Sunday show on Foxnews. I cannot forget that Madame will be campaigning for Governor Perry in Texas on Super Bowl Sunday. Teg Nugent will be there too. Cat Scratch Fever, anyone? I'll keep you all posted on all our fun plans.

I have to tell you all. I talked to TOTUS today, and he is so embarrassed! The Great Opologizer mispronounced "corpsman"; he pronounced it phonetically! TOTUS works so hard, and then his boss blows it. Poor guy!

Tea Part-ay!

2010-02-02T21:50:00.004-06:00

I knew it was coming. When the Great Opologizer released his budget yesterday, you knew Madame would have to respond. I mean, I have to convert the budget numbers into scientific notation just so I don't go crazy! Madame even started it out calling out the inefficiency and waste of FLOTUS's childhood obesity initiative:

The White House recently announced its pricey Childhood Obesity Initiative to tell us what we should feed our kids. Helpful I’m sure – but most Americans would rather see government focus on other important areas right now. We know what our kids should eat: more healthy food, less junk food.

Ouch,Madame. I think that made FLOTUS choke on her arugula.

Madame also spent a great deal of time calling out the spending, increased federal payroll, and the increased debt of the budget. You all know how Madame doesn't like debt. She won't even let me use a red font because of this!

We also posted on Facebook about Madame's Tea Party Convention op-ed discussing why she is speaking at this event. Madame may share her mind on Facebook, but she shared her heart with this op-ed. Read it! It didn't hurt that she gave a shout out to our work on Facebook and Twitter, too. It looks like will be checking out a few tea par-tays in the near future too!

Madame Calls out a Dead Fish

2010-02-02T00:59:00.002-06:00

Today we posted a smackdown of one the Great Opologizer's top guys, Rahm. But before that Madame made a quick note of the President's proposed budget. Wow, there are a lot of zeroes there. I may have to convert that into scientific notation to make it easier to read. The guy wants to spent between 3 and 4 trillion dollars! Madame called such spending "mind boggling" and a "debt explosion".

However, the main point of this post was to address Rahm's insult of special needs individuals. You just don't do that and expect Madame to sit idly by. In fact, she even called for him to be removed from the inner circle of the President. The President has not addressed Rahm's lack of decency. Hmm. I contacted TOTUS to see what Rahm's thoughts were, and TOTUS said they were something to this effect: $@*&(*&$#. Wow. I know I've never see such filth fly from Madame's fingers.

I anticipate that Madame will receive a dead fish from Rahm any day; it seems to be is MO when someone writes things he doesn't like.

Obamacare Menagerie

2010-01-31T00:11:00.004-06:00

Well, I have to say that today, the Great Opologizer made it easy for Madame to call him out. At the GOP Retreat Friday, the President made some meandering statement in which he admitted that there were "stray cats and dogs" in the bill (aka special favors and provisions). Well, at first he said that these dogs were not in the bill, then he said that they were being taken out of the bill before finally admitting that they were in the bill. Huh? I guess that's what happens when he doesn't have TOTUS by his side (or should I say by his front). Madame was happy to bring to light this statement.

Also, Madame again pointed to the GOP solutions that were being offered, but she didn't do so without trying to push the often wimpy, but somewhat good GOPers: Boehner, Cantor, Pence, and Ryan. Her final statement: " I implore them to speak louder because we’re listening, and we’re counting on them! " That's right, boys! Speak up!

Not RETREATing, Reloading!

2010-01-29T19:37:00.003-06:00

While Madame was not at the GOP retreat today, she did offer a new post to answer the President's call to suggest other ideas for health care reform. Madame was happy to take up the offer. She wasn't retreating like other GOPers, she was reloading!

And, boy did she unload on our other post tonight! She called out the Opologizer administration for their blundering decision to try terrorists in New York which they are now trying to reverse. However, Madame recognized their facade! They are trying to create a "crisis" so they can propose a radical solution. In fact, Madame stated a few examples of the policies that the President is trying to enact or " we're all going to die!". Yep, in a sense it was another "death panel" post.

Madame, as always, calls it like she sees it! While the Obama administration calls terrorism "man caused disasters", Madame calls terrorists " dangerous haters-of-America", and she called for the terrorists to be tried in a military tribunal!

The Common Sense SOTU Rebuttal

2010-01-28T23:19:00.003-06:00

Well, we all saw Governor McDonnell do a solid job giving the GOP rebuttal to the President's SOTU lecture, but, today, Madame wrote a 5 nightstick piece. I think if Tingles Matthews would have read Madame's post he would have said, " the whole time I was reading it I forgot she was a woman".

Madame really tried to be as nice as possible by starting the post with "while I don’t wish to speak too harshly about President Obama’s state of the union address"but here's a list of all the crap you've done to the country in the past year. Madame didn't mince words, so I suggest you read the whole thing. But. here's a summary of all the areas Madame in which called out the Great Opologizer: lack of credibility, contradiction, partisanship, lack of common sense, blaming Republicans, a bad health care plan, lobbyists, drastically increasing the debt, bailouts, taking over the auto industry, discussion of a second stimulus, feet dragging on oil leases, lack of support for Afghan women and Iranian democracy, lack of foreign policy discussion, and a fundamental disconnect with the American people. Whew.

Madame even throw in a few thoughts of her own for solutions . And, as always, the last line was great: "Real leadership requires results. Real hope lies in the ingenuity, generosity, and boundless courage of the American people whose voices are still not being heard in Washington."

That's right, Mr. President, maybe God gave you big ears for a reason--to listen!

Was that too harsh?

The SOTU Address or an Opologist Lecture?

2010-01-28T00:49:00.004-06:00

Well, the Great Opologizer gave his State of the Union address. I knew it was going to be a long speech so I preemptively sent TOTUS a case of Red Bull so that he could stay awake. I'll summarize the speech for you all. Blame Bush. Condescension. Spending freeze. Continued crazy ideas on health care reform and climate change. Criticism of the Supreme Court. Hypocrisy. Disconnect. Etc. He even plagiarized Madame and spoke of common sense. Grr!!

If you didn't have the chance to watch it, I'll have to let you know that VP Biden's tie and Pukelosi's suit matched (Barf). Also, the Great Opologizer invited the Ft. Hood heroes, but didn't even take the time to acknowledge them.

You must watch Madame's excellent analysis of the speech embedded above. It was also my Foxnews debut! I'm seated right behind Madame. How did I do? Madame did an excellent job summarizing the SOTU in one word: lecture. You tell 'em, Madame. She also appeared to comment before the SOTU and on Hannity. There's a lot good stuff there too. Madame's not very happy about the Great Opologizer bashing the Supreme Court and the Constitution. She also said that the factcheckers will busy tonight! Hmm, I wonder if there will be more fact checkers to for the State of the Union address than for Madame's book.

I wonder if we'll do a Facebook post on this later. I'd better do some hibernating so that I'm ready to go if we do.

CBS, Don't Punt the Pro-Life Message!

2010-01-26T20:43:00.004-06:00

Madame posted another good note today about the double standard that "women's rights" groups have. They are rightfully protesting advertisements that demean and objectify women, but at the same time, they are not happy with the pro-life ad that football player Tim Tebow is appearing in during the Super Bowl. I had to remind Madame that if it weren't for double standard, some softy southpaws wouldn't have standards!

Madame challenged CBS not to cave to the women's rights groups. Between the Perky One, the Pervy One, and the stupid bus tour story, Madame isn't very happy with what CBS has done. I hope that CBS does the right thing with this one. Last year, when NBC broadcast the SuperBowl, they gave in and chose not to show the following powerful pro-life ad:

P.S. My press secretary wanted me to share with you that she is very excited because she got tickets today to see Madame speak in Illinois in April!

Madame's Pre-SOTU Nightstick!

2010-01-25T22:27:00.004-06:00

My keys are hurting! Man, after this Facebook post tonight. Madame meant business, and that means that she typed hard! I have to say that this one left me speechless. It also made me wonder if this was a Facebook post or a campaign ad?

I know that Madame said she doesn't need a title to make a difference, but the title of this one was great: "Mr. President: Please Try, 'I'm Listening, People,' Instead of 'Listen Up, People!'". At first I thought Madame was making fun of the Great Opologizer's ears, but really she just wants him to listen to the American people.

Madame even included 19 links in this post! This was fun for me; it made my job more interesting. Do you know how much energy a LOTUS has after 19 hyperlinks?

This post was a massive type, type, type, nightstick! Let's make a list of all the things that Madame called the President out on, shall we?

His lack of understanding of the discontent of the American people, his massive number of speeches and interviews, policies that the American people don't want, lack of leadership, lack of free market health care reform, closed door deals, massive spending, lobbyists in the Obama administration, no health care discussion on C-SPAN, Unread bills in Congress, the lack of allowance of the American people to read the bills, excessive pork in the stimulus bill, extending the bailouts, broken promises on spending cuts, broken promises on jobs, lack of private sector experience in the administration, and the overall disconnect between the promises of candidate Obama and President Obama.

Whew, if this is what Madame writes before the State of the Union address, I can't imagine what she'll have to say after the State of the Union.

As always, the last lines were best: "Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. We’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people."

Where's the energy, TOTUS?

2010-01-24T22:15:00.004-06:00

Madame wonders what's the
Great Opologizer's Energy Plan?

Today, Madame posted two notes on Facebook. The first one asked what the Great Opologizer's plan on energy is? She spoke about the President's lack of an good energy policy is "one aspect of the president’s problem". Yep, just one of the President's problems! Madame also linked this article!I know, shocker! The Perky One probably still thinks she doesn't read! Madame also challenged the President to discuss his energy plans in his State of the Union address on Monday. Madame is an instigator, isn't she? If the President responds directly to this invitation, then it shows that Madame is in his head. If he doesn't respond, it may just further solidify Madame's charge that he has no energy plan. Yep, the President's between Barack and a hard place!

The other post was a congrats to the Friendship Circle, a non-profit organization that connects special needs kids with teenage volunteers. Congrats to them on on winning the Chase Community Giving award!

I cannot end today's post without sharing some sympathy for TOTUS. You see, the President used TOTUS to speak to 6th graders last week! TOTUS is so embarrassed that his boss could speak to 6th graders without his help, and this is being displayed proudly on the White House website. Poor TOTUS!

Oops, I forgot to play TV Guide

2010-01-23T20:19:00.004-06:00

Oh my! I forgot to update y'all (I'm practicing for when we go to Texas next month) about two TV programs that were on yesterday. Madame posted about these on Facebook. I hope you will accept my apology, but if not, I'm willing to go on apology tour to apology to you all personally. TOTUS told me how such a tour is done.

First, Madame and Bristol went on Okra's show to talk about Madame's new gig, and Bristol spoke about her pledge to wait to have sex again until she got married. Despite Okra's pushiness, rudeness, and complete shock, Bristol stood her ground and Madame was a good mama grizzly.

Madame also posted about Uncle Glenn's show that was supposed to be a real eye opener.

We even posted a nice educational video about the economic principle of moral hazard.

I feel I should add another jpeg comparison as part of this post. Madame's hairstyle on Okra's show yesterday was quite similar to Piper's hair on Babs Walters' show during the book tour.

Palin: Pro-Life

2010-01-21T21:11:00.004-06:00

Madame posted a beautiful post about the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision tomorrow. By the way, isn't it providential that Madame and Bristol will appear on Oprah's show tomorrow to talk about motherhood on the anniversary of this decision? Rather than let my silliness get in the way of something as important as the pro-life movement. I'd like to simply do some hyperlinking of some links that I think may be pertinent to the pro-life movement:

Join the Virtual Pro-Life March

Madame and Bristol are "glad they chose life"

Watch Madame's Pro-Life speech in Evansville Last Year

Bachmann-Palin Overdrive!

2010-01-20T22:47:00.002-06:00

Today Madame announced that she is going to campaign for commonsense candidates! These candidates include none other than Senator McAnonymous. Now, I've ventured over to Madame's Facebook page, and some people seem a little upset that Madame will be supporting McCain. I understand that he can be a RINO a lot of the time, but he was rogue enough to pick Madame for his VP candidate! That shows he does have a great deal of smarts! Plus, he's shown a lot more fire in his belly as of late regarding the health care bill and trying terrorists on American soil!

Madame will also be campaigning for Texas Governor Rick Perry and my second favorite Madame, Michele Bachmann! Just think of what will happen to the softy southpaws when those two women are campaigning together!

Madame used the plural versions of Governor, Congressman, and Senator. I wonder who else she'll be supporting. At least we'll have some variety on the trail: Texas, Minnesota, and Arizona!

A Blue State Turns Brown!

2010-01-19T21:35:00.004-06:00

I will be writing this post in brown in honor of the newest Senator of Massachusetts! I just got off of Skype with TOTUS. I had to do some major consoling! Not just because of Scott Brown's victory, but because he still reeling from the Great Opologizer's handling of reading TOTUS when a heckler interrupted the President's campaign speech for Marcia Croaxley. Poor TOTUS! He's so overworked, and his boss is currently curled in the fetal position crying his eyes out!

Madame was super busy tonight. She talked to Greta via phone discussing Brown's win! You can listen to her call above. The BOTUS helped out with that one, and she also helped Madame make a congratulatory call to Senator-elect Brown. Then, she and I got to work on a brilliant Facebook post and a nice tweet this evening! She not only congratulated Senator-elect Brown; she also was nice enough to the softy southpaws some advice on health care reform. Isn't she charitable? As always, Madame's last line was best: "When you go to Washington, may you never forget the ordinary citizens you met while driving that truck through the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts." So while President Obama and the softy southpaws continue to throw people under the bus, Senator -elect Brown will arrive in Washington in a truck!

If a fiscal conservative can win in Massachusetts, what does that say for the rest of the country? Madame had warned in earlier Facebook posts that 2010 was coming. Well, 2010 is here! This is a good start!

The only thing missing from today is Madame asking John Kerry, "why the long face?"