An Evening With Sarah Palin, May 22, 2010: A Review, Part 3

This is the continuation of the account of my experience at An Evening With Sarah Palin. Read part 1 and part 2.

I already tipped my hand in the last post that I like Hugh Hewitt considerably. I appreciate both his activism in supporting candidates and the way he approaches faith in politics on his show so I was very interested to hear him speak.

Hewitt framed his speech as the 10 Commandments for 2010. I’ll try to get these correct. Somewhere in the speech I got lost and didn’t realize Hewitt had moved on to another point. Here goes:

1. Find the most conservative candidates who can win.
2. Support them whole-heartedly. This is important and I have heard Hugh say this on the radio since the event. While some of the candidates we support do not make it through the primaries, we must still support conservatives or risk losing the election. We can see the havoc not doing so wreaks now, can’t we?
3. Talk to your friends as often as you can. The rest of the points are really sub-points of this one and they round out the 10 Commandments:
4. Talk about the deficit. Obama has created huge deficits that dwarf those of Bush and the Republicans. Taxes are going up, inevitably. The economy is not improving. The stimulus failed and now they want another.
5. Obamacare: Repeal and replace!
6. Talk about schools. Hewitt mentioned a program that my notes don’t make sense of. Something about know to power or know power. I loved his point that unions are often opposed to reform but teachers are not. It’s the biggest hurdle to jump as we seek to make education better in our country.
7. Homeland Security. The usually talking points: the border fence, Guantanamo, the KSM trial, leaks to the New York Times.
8. Israel and Iranian nuclear weapons. Since this speech the administration’s stance toward Israel has only worsened.
9. Must wins. I think by this he means we must win in Iraq and especially in Afghanistan. Here, he also called for another recognition of the troops and veterans in the crowd.
10. Pray! Thank God every day for the USA. Amen. We often do not reflect on the uniqueness of the freedom we have in history. It is unparalleled and so huge an advantage that we take it for granted.

Hewitt was great but spoke a shorter time than the others. He joked that he knew no one really came to see him sandwiched between the other two when Sarah Palin was up next. He was joking but also kind of right. What Hewitt contributed to the night was a practical orientation for just how to take the country back.

Come back tomorrow for Part 4 of my review of An Evening With Sarah Palin which finally brings us to Palin’s speech.

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