Sarah Palin: Breitbart is Here

Sarah Palin has written a wonderful tribute to Andrew Breitbart.

She discusses Breitbart's fabulous new site, and then gets into his intention to properly vet Obama this time around.



The piece is a call to arms, figuratively speaking.

Palin writes:

[The media – those watchdogs of the public trust –] refused to vet Barack Obama. With tingles up their legs, they shielded him.

If the media had done their job of vetting him, we wouldn’t have been shocked that within days after Obama’s election, his close political associate Rod Blagojevich was caught trying to sell Obama’s vacant Senate seat.

If the media had done their job of vetting him, we wouldn’t be astonished to see all the billion dollar green energy kickbacks going to his campaign cronies as the nation heads towards bankruptcy.

If the media had done their job of vetting him, we wouldn’t be surprised that Obama brought these same Chicago “pay-to-play” practices to the White House.

This corruption was entirely predictable. But the mainstream media, who work under our Constitutional right of freedom of the press which our sons and daughters fight in war zones today to protect, dropped the ball and failed America by refusing to vet their chosen candidate.

So, as Breitbart declared in his last CPAC speech, we – the everyday patriotic citizens of the United States – will do the vetting the media refused to do.

This is a first step. Ultimately, Breitbart’s goal was to expose what he called the corrupt Democrat Media Complex. He wanted to break it up because he understood how the left uses its dominance of the mainstream media and pop culture to advance its objectives and marginalize its political foes.

Standing up and defending those who are being unfairly targeted and maligned was also the mission. Is it any wonder Breitbart titled his autobiography “Righteous Indignation” when you consider his deep-seated sense of justice and fair play? He was on the side of the little guy and ready to run to the aid of those who needed it. He possessed that old fashioned virtue of courage, compassion, and decency that we once called chivalry. He inspired that in others.

When you’re in the political arena serving for the right reasons and taking flak from all sides, there is nothing more discouraging then when your fellow conservatives sit on their thumbs or worse yet, join in the attacks. Breitbart understood this because he experienced it himself at times, so he was determined to stand by others in need.

He was a genius at new media, but his real gift was that he was fearless at a time when too many people are afraid and are retreating. Courage inspires courage. Fearlessness emboldens others to follow your lead.

...The task may seem daunting, but a whole new generation of conservatives has been inspired. I’ve seen it first hand. When my daughter Bristol saw the video of Breitbart’s speech at a Tea Party rally in Madison, Wisconsin, she was fired up. She turned to me and said, “Breitbart is cool!”

Yes, he is cool. And “Breitbart Is Here.”

Now let the vetting begin.

There is a new generation of conservatives ready to fight the good fight.

Bristol Palin is right. Breitbart is cool.

Being conservative is cool. And we're not going to roll over anymore.
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Watch Andrew Breitbart at the February 19, 2011, Tea Party rally in Madison.



Inspired?

I hope so.

Breitbart said at the rally:

This is why we're here. It's no longer about the mainstream media. We don't need them anymore. Your cameras are going to get uploaded. Your stories are going to get uploaded... We are the modern day peace movement. This is the peace movement. (Pointing toward Leftist protesters) That's where the anarchists are... We're here to stand by this governor, doing what you voted him to do.

We aren't the anarchists.

We aren't the bullies.

We are the adults, working hard and making responsible decisions to provide a better future for ourselves and our children and their children.

We're standing by Governor Walker.

Thugs aren't going to intimidate us. The Democrat Media Complex can't silence us anymore. The New Media are spreading the word. This is what democracy looks like.

I like the way it looks.

I hope we all get out and vote AGAIN to elect Scott Walker, and refuse to allow the Leftist media, Big Labor, the government union minions, and the White House overturn OUR 2010 election.