Thanks mostly to small contributions from her supporters to her "leadership" PAC, Sarah Palin travels in style, as we learned recently from SarahPAC's filing with the FEC. The PAC raised over 2.1 million dollars in 2009, and Palin spent over $400,000 in the first three months of this year alone, much of it on consultants, first class travel, and luxury hotels. How does SarahPAC get small contributions?
Thumbing through the May issue of Texas Monthly Magazine, a little ad for "Paw of Alaska" caught my attention.
Hello and welcome to the forefront of the American political battle. Welcome to the fight on a whole new level, the level where we the people, the people of the United States of America, begin to stop complaining and stop wishing things were different and actually start making things different!
The ad directed me to a website which promised to tell me what I could do today to start making things different.
Naturally once I got to the forefront of the American political battle at the website for "paw of Alaska" , I was eager to to find out what I could do today to start making things different.
There was a picture of the origial Boston Tea Party, and an eagle with a flag.
Welcome to the fight on a whole new level, the level where we begin to put foot to rear for our country.
I'm not sure how you "put foot to rear " for your country...
Today you get to do something great for yourself, your children, and your country. Today we start to take back what belongs to the American people - our liberty, our dignity and our honor! And this starts here, today! We do it by taking a strong stand through one simple unifying act, showing a visual, financial and meaningful representation of who we are, and what we demand to achieve, because it is who we support that decides just who gets to represent us in government and who does not, just as the founding fathers intended and as countless numbers of brave souls have fought and even died to preserve ever since.
And what do we get to do today to take back our liberty and our honor? How can we take a strong stand? Apparently we need to buy custom jewelry to support SARAHPAC.
This fine jewelry has been designed and crafted in honor of the "paw of Alaska" as she reaches out to strengthen the whole of America with the values and dignity that are dear to all true Americans and as a symbol of this historic time when America's freedom and sovereignty are at their greatest risk from corruption within, the very thing that collapsed the mighty Roman Empire. Unlike the Romans however, this piece, our legacy, is surely destined to soon become a collector's item and an heirloom to be handed down to children everywhere as a reminder of when America's good people, you, stood up to those who would force change that we cannot believe in upon the last great free nation in the world and you prevailed!
Sounds like the "paw of Alaska" herself wrote this ad. For only $39.95 you can buy either a lapel pin, or a pendant, or, "for those who wish to more passionately express themselves" , for only $79.95 you get the three piece set which includes the pin, pendant, and a leather cord and clasp. And it's all made in the USA, although the ad is a little murky about where the diamond came from. Oddly, for something benefitting a candidate of the religious right, the jewelry is made by a company called "Heathen Tools".
There is even a poem-
The purity of Solid Sterling Silver
The strength of a True Diamond
The bear for Motherly Instincts
Alaska for her Home
The claws for Unity ...
And the determination to Get It Done!