Posted by
Ron Devito on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:50:40 PM
Following is the complete transcript of Gov. Palin's Facebook Note,
about the Obama administration's obsession with apologizing to the world
about our exceptionalism:
On Fox News this morning, State Department Spokesman P.J.
Crowley became the third Obama administration official in short
succession to admit that he hadn’t actually bothered to read Arizona’s 10-page long “secure the border” bill before
condemning it and criticizing Americans who support Arizona’s necessary
efforts to do the job the Obama Administration should be doing.
Crowley’s statement follows similar admissions from Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
At first blush this revelation seemed unbelievable, but maybe I
shouldn’t be surprised. This now seems “the Washington way” of doing
things. If the party in power tells us they have to pass bills in order
to find out what’s actually in them, they can also criticize bills (and
divide the country with ensuing rhetoric) without actually reading
them.
Still I can’t help but feel outraged on behalf of Arizona’s citizens
for the incompetence shown by these Administration officials. Arizonans
have the courage to do what the Obama administration has failed to do
in its first year and a half in office – namely secure our border and
enforce our federal laws. And as a result, Arizonans have been subjected
to a campaign of baseless accusations by the same people who freely
admit they haven’t a clue about what they’re actually campaigning
against.
The absolute low point of this campaign came last Friday, when a U.S.
State Department delegation met with Chinese negotiators to discuss
human rights. Apparently, our State Department felt it necessary to make
their Chinese guests feel less bad about their own record of human
rights abuses by repeatedly atoning for American “sins” – including, it
seems, the Arizona immigration/pro-border security law. Asked if
Arizona came up at all during the meeting, Assistant Secretary of State
Michael Posner answered:
“We brought it up early and often. It was mentioned in the first
session, and as a troubling trend in our society and an indication that
we have to deal with issues of discrimination or potential
discrimination, and that these are issues very much being debated in our
own society.”
Note that he said “We brought it up” – not the Chinese, but the U.S.
State Department’s own delegation. Instead of grilling the Chinese
about their appalling record on human rights, the State Department
continued the unbelievable apology tour by raising “early and often”
Arizona’s decision to secure our border.
Arizona’s law, which just mirrors the federal law, simply allows the
police to ask those whom they have already stopped for some form of
identification like a driver’s license. By what absurd stretch of the
imagination is that the moral equivalent of China’s lack of freedoms,
population controls (including forced abortions), censorship, and arbitrary detentions?
Surely our U.S. Ambassador to China, John Huntsman, must disagree
with the Obama Administration’s continued apology tour? We have nothing
to apologize for. If Administration officials want to apologize to
anyone, apologize to the American people for the fact that after a year
and a half in office, they still haven’t done anything to secure our
borders, and they join our President in making false suggestions about
Arizona’s effort.
- Sarah Palin
The differences between Gov. Palin and Obama could not be more stark.
Just this morning I posted video and text of Gov.
Palin's NRA Convention speech, which concluded, "We are America,
God shed His grace on thee. We are the exceptional nation; we shall
protect her; we will love her; we will follow her Constitution and will
shall not apologize for being so proud of our country."
Providentially, today, Rev. Jeremiah Wright of "God---- America"
infamy complained that Obama
"threw me under the bus." To refresh everyone's memories, here is
what Obama's pastor for 20 years - the man who baptized him and presided
over his wedding - had to say about America:
On March 28, 2010, I posted an article questioning where Obama's
loyalty lies, based on his associations and choice of Marxist
reading materials. He compares Arizona's law to secure that state's
borders to a regime that has a horrific human rights record. His
administration apologizes for that state doing the job his
administration is supposed to do.
Gov. Palin is Presidential. Obama is a complete, absolute, and utter
disgrace to the office he holds.
References:
Palin, S. L. H.
(2010, May 18). "America's Apology Tour Continues." Facebook, Sarah
Palin. Retrieved from: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=390526273434