Book Review – Going Rogue by Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin spends a lot of time setting the record straight in her book Going Rogue. If you followed the campaign in 2008, you will recall that there were times when Palin seemed to be stymied by the fear of saying the wrong thing. Palin owns up to the deficiencies of her campaign performance, and does a fine job explaining the behind-the-scenes reasons why the campaign proceeded as it did. Palin sheds light on some of her mistakes, staff mistakes, as well as reinforces some of the actions she believes were handled well during the campaign.

In a format that’s pretty standard for a memoir, the book starts by recounting Sarah Palin’s early years. She explains the upbringing that contributed so much to her present beliefs. The book then gets into the meat of the story, revisiting the 2008 US presidential campaign. The book concludes with Palin’s vision for the future.

Palin does not present herself as having all the answers. She does not present herself as being always right, nor does she believe that everyone should agree with her. She states her beliefs, the reasons for her beliefs, and lets them stand on their own.

During the campaign, liberals liked to take shots at Palin’s intellect and worldliness. The book demonstrated that Palin is well educated, well informed, well intentioned, and a woman of action. She gets things done. She believes in common sense and integrity over party loyalty.
Regardless of the perceived intellect of any candidate, one does not have to be a genius to be a good leader, or in this case, president. One only needs to have a sound foundation and commitment to the core principles of the founding documents of the United States. As is said in the oath of office, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. The recipe has been created by the great leaders of the past. Men like Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, and the many other unmentioned founding fathers created the recipe with the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Despite the wishes of the left, these documents are the law of the land. Subsequent leaders have a much less difficult task. The path has been cut. Subsequent leaders don’t have to blaze new trails (in fact, they are legally forbidden to it unless by amendment); they only need to follow the existing path. If someone asked me to create a cake from scratch, I would not be able to do it. However, give me a recipe to follow, and I can make a cake just as well as Betty Crocker. If the public can come to understand that “change” in the United States is limited by to the constraints set in the US Constitution, leaders will fall in line, and freedom will reign. Any deviation from the recipe represents a reduction in freedom. Freedom (not equality, success, fairness, or any other idea) should be the driving principle of any action the government takes. Does anybody remember freedom?

Anthem Blue Cross Owes You NOTHING President Obama

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_14357792?source=most_emailed

By Erica Werner, Associated Press
Updated: 02/08/2010 10:45:44 AM PST

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 customers.

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Question: Who is the President to tell a business in the private sector how much to charge for their services? What’s next? Is Obama going to go to Costco and tell them they are charging too much for paper towels? How about going to Yankee Stadium and telling them that the $8.75 beers are over priced? Where does it end?

This kind of stuff from the White House is the stuff of dictators.

This is Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the CEO of Anthem Blue Cross were able to call a press conference and tell President Obama straight up that Anthem Blue Cross does not have to justify ANYTHING to him? The CEO and his staff can run their company how they want to run it. They are accountable only to customers and shareholders, not to a despotic wannabe. Despite the best efforts of President Obama, the United States is still a land of laws – Laws that do not allow the president to bark orders. The last I checked this was still a representative republic, and not a monarchy, dictatorship, or empire.

President Obama – Keep your nose OUT of the private sector and worry about governing, not ruling.  Who am I to tell the president what to do?  I'm a citizen and voter, and that's enough.