This week on The Palin Radio Update with Kevin Scholla: A Sunshine State showdown! Florida's Karen Harrington is here to talk to Kevin about her run for the House and her hopes of firing Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Governor Palin makes a robo call for Representative Sandy Adams. We'll tell you how you can help Adams as well. Colonel Mike McCalister (Ret.) stops by to talk about his run for the U.S. Senate in Florida. Plus, Governor Palin weighs in on Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate. Also, Bristol Palin features Kevin Scholla's SarahNET Radio interview with Todd Palin on her blog site. Tune in anytime ON DEMAND only on SarahNET Radio!

Karen Harrington, Candidate, FL-23

Harrington said Wasserman-Schultz is an extremist, and two issues she voted for, the stimulus and ObamaCare directly affect her district. The mood in 2010 was to give Obama more time. Now, people ready for change, she said.

Harrington said she "has terrific name ID," real world experience, and 38 years as business owner, employing 100. She has lived in Florida since the age of five. She said she "wants to serve, and not toe the party line." She has been an independent her whole life and joined the GOP in 2010 to challenge Schultz. Though previously independent, Harrington was was always a conservative.

She said Wasserman-Schultz "is nervous" and is following Harrington to events, trailing her, and spending large sums of money to defeat her campaign. Harrington and Schultz only have in common being women, mothers, and cancer survivors, but otherwise are a stark contrast of vision.

Harrington has strong grassroots supports and endorsements, among them: SBA, which owns and operates Team Sarah, Mark Levin, and Michele Bachmann.

As a Christian, Harrington supports Israel. She grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and says she has a real understanding of who Jewish people and Israel are. "We must allow Israel to carve its own path to freedom, make Jerusalem its capital, and locate our embassy there," Harrington said.

She supports legal immigration, but believes our borders must be secured. "We must stop giving illegals these jobs and come down on employers who do," she said. Illegals will self-deport if they are not hired for jobs. Obama wants to give them a two-year pass to take our jobs. "We don't have to reform immigration," she said. We have to enforce it.

Harrington said, "Palin and Bachmann are two incredible women. It has to come from a strong family base. We are comfortable in who we are and what we believe in. We're confident women. They come out with a smile on their face, come out fighting, and never back down."

On the Chick-Fil-A controversy, Harrington said, "Chick-Fil-A Day was a great day for us. Supporting traditional marriage is not anti-gay. Business owner should not be punished for speaking under his First Amendment rights."

Harrington thinks November successful for Romney-Ryan and many down-ticket races.

Her websites are: http://www.firedebbie.com and http://www.karenforcongress.com

Harrington is supported by American Grizzlies United, but has not received Gov. Palin's endorsement.

Sandy Adams Robo Call

Scholla played Gov' Palin's Robo Call for Sandy Adams and urged people to go to her site to volunteer and donate. Scholla interviewed Sandy Adams on July 14.

Ret. Col. Mike McCalister, U.S. Senate Candidate, Florida

Scholla then introduced Retired Col. Mike McCalister who is running for a US Senate seat in Florida, a state he said "will be important to taking back Senate, House and White House." McCalister said he opposes Agenda 21, which is a "'one world government' concept based on international laws, taking away our sovereignty, individual and property rights, our guns," and interfering with the education of our children. McCalister said he is "proud that the Republican National Committee has taken a stand against it and a few states have enacted legislation to stop it."

He said the "United States Senate is a very unique body and in many ways our last line of defense as a nation, as a people and even for our citizens....The United States Senate is involved in national security, treaties, trade and foreign policy. McCalister says he has the best credentials, resume and training for that job."

"The United States is under attack everywhere we look. We have to cut spending and pass a balanced budget amendment. We're only 5% of the world and 95% of the world does not live here, yet they're stealing our inventions, our research and development, our proprietary technology, and reverse engineering it. We have to protect our see," he said, adding that "you have China building carrier groups and fighter squadrons."

McCalister's core positions are to enforce the First, Second and Tenth Amendments. He is firmly against gun control.

McCalister is a graduate of Command and General War Colleges, has a Doctorate in Business Management, and was a single parent, raising a son from age four till when he graduated law school. He has neither been endorsed by Gov. Palin, nor is he on the American Grizzlies United 2012 Candidates List.

His website is: www.mikemccalister4senate.com

Bristol Palin today posted on Bristol's Blog:

Bristol Palin is happy to announce that her new Dancing with the Stars partner is the same as her old one! She and Mark Ballas will be vying for the mirror ball trophy, one more time!

Retrieved from: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/bristolpalin/2012/08/announcement-my-professional-partner-on-dwts-is/.

Governor Palin today Tweeted:

SarahPalinUSA: Congratulations to Mitt Romney on his choice of Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. President Obama has... http://t.co/cJhQujk9

Congratulations to Mitt Romney on his choice of Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. President Obama has declared that this election is about “two fundamentally different visions” for America. Goodness, he’s got that right. Our country cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama’s fundamentally flawed vision. We must now look to this new team, the Romney/Ryan ticket, to provide an alternate vision of an America that is fiscally responsible, strong, and prosperous – an America that understands and is proud of her exceptional place in the world and will respect those who fight to secure that exceptionalism, which includes keeping our promises to our veterans.

When I think about the direction our country is rapidly drifting in, I can’t help but look at California as a cautionary tale. The Golden State once boasted the entrepreneurial innovation of Silicon Valley, the American creative engine of the arts, economically powerful and beautiful cities from San Francisco to San Diego, and fertile farmlands that helped feed the nation. Now it is descending into financial ruin accompanied by an exodus of middle class Californians leaving for other states. As one writer put it, California’s “fastest-growing entity is government and its biggest product is red tape.”

Obama’s vision for America will make the rest of the country look like California, minus the beautiful scenery and warm weather.

Obama’s America is today’s California – complete with $100 billion taxpayer funded bullet trains to nowhere; out of control environmental extremists who have destroyed family farms and left some of the most fertile farm land in America fallow in order to protect a three inch fish; permanent high unemployment; government policies hostile to small business job creators; crippling high taxes; an abysmal real estate market; bloated government that wastes taxpayer money; endless budget shortfalls due to massive unfunded liabilities; city after city declaring bankruptcy; and a state government run by, in the words of one Wall Street Journal writer, “a brothel of environmentalists, lawyers, public-sector unions and legislative bums.”

We can’t afford Obama’s vision. Our children can’t afford it. Today we are over $15 trillion in debt and running up trillion dollar budget deficits year after year for as far as the eye can see. And our “leaders” have no plan to stop it! President Obama and this Congress don’t even have the fundamental blueprint—a budget!—to outline where they intend to take us as they merrily roll along with their out of control spending and constant increases of our debt “limit.” Our debt to China alone is more than we can ever hope to pay off in multiple generations. Such debt and dependence on foreign nations weakens us in countless ways. And yet our government keeps on spending despite the risks and despite conscientious, hardworking citizens telling them to just stop it. Our debt is growing by $3 million per minute. This debt, in conjunction with Obama’s massive government over-reaches like Obamacare, has strangled the private sector, which in turn has stifled job growth and slowed all economic growth. The only way to get our country moving again is to get back to basics like normal people do with our home and small business budgets! That means we must live within our means, get government out of the way of our job creators, develop the God-given natural resources we have been blessed with to provide real jobs and real energy security, and stop growing government and wasting taxpayer money on D.C. cronyism and useless stimulus kick-backs for favored donors.

Barack Obama’s record is one of dismal failure, which is why he isn’t talking about it. He would rather spend his time demonizing his opponents. The simple fact remains that Mitt Romney is not responsible for the dire state of our economy or the corruption and incompetence of the current administration.

Over the next 86 days, Barack Obama will try to distract us from his record. Many in the media will roll along with him in this mission. We must not let them continue the deception and distractions, and we must not be afraid to call the President out on his lies. His entire record in office exposes the false promises he made four years ago. So, let’s take a moment to remember what candidate Obama said just four short years ago.

Candidate Obama promised us fiscal prudence. But President Obama’s reckless spending and lack of fiscal leadership has led to the downgrading of our nation’s credit rating for the first time in history.

Candidate Obama decried reckless spending and promised to cut the deficit. But President Obama and those in Congress who control the purse strings and “go along to get along” have tripled it. President Obama’s proposed budget was so absurdly and wildly irresponsible that not one member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, voted in favor of it. And yet the Democrat controlled Senate still refuses to pass a budget itself, and this refusal has been going on for years now. That is irresponsible and, much more, it’s unconstitutional.

Candidate Obama promised us a “smarter government,” but President Obama has created a government that’s not too big to fail, but too big to succeed.

Candidate Obama promised us a plan for American energy independence. But President Obama has forced American taxpayers to subsidize bankrupt green energy companies with ties to his campaign donors. And when it comes to the energy we actually use to fuel our economy, President Obama’s administration blocks drilling and drags its feet on the permitting process. Meanwhile, he supports foreign energy developments, but not American made energy development. His administration opposes everything from drilling in ANWR to building the Keystone Pipeline to coal plants, but he’s all for subsidizing offshore drilling in Brazil and sitting back on his thumb while China moves in to pursue oil deals with Canada because his administration blocked responsible energy infrastructure development.

Candidate Obama promised us “the most transparent administration in history.” But in addition to refusing FOIA-requested documents, President Obama’s administration regularly holds meetings outside the White House and off the official White House visitor list with lobbyists and corporate interests they don’t want us to know about.

Candidate Obama promised to unite all America, but President Obama has cynically divided us again and again in his efforts to win reelection by playing identity politics and class warfare and pitting one group against another.

Candidate Obama promised us a “fundamentally transformed” America, and that is the only promise he’s delivered on. We can see now what his idea of “hope” is. Now we want change. He has failed to lead, so We the People must lead. And our leadership starts at the ballot box on November 6th.

Please continue to focus on the presidential race and on helping Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, but it’s also imperative that we get involved in the nation’s important House and Senate races. These candidates need our help to ensure that our next president has a responsible and ethical Congress that actually gets things done for America. Now on to November!

- Sarah Palin

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