Sarah Palin releases 'renegades going rogue' video: Who's in it?
Sarah Palin鈥檚 political action committee has a new video out. It鈥檚 a montage of 鈥�renegades going rogue,鈥� in Ms. Palin鈥檚 words 鈥� winning candidates she endorsed and gave money to. (See video below.)
But you鈥檒l have to look sharp if you want to see them. The ad has the quick cuts and pace of a music video. Plus Mount Rushmore, lots of flags, the Constitution, and tri-corner hats. The result is a sort of Taylor-Swift-visits-colonial-Williamsburg vibe.
The video starts with a pulsating rock rhythm and a graphic of Alaska superimposed on a map of the continental 48 states. Then, there鈥檚 Nikki Haley, GOP governor-elect of South Carolina! And that鈥檚 Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire鈥檚 Republican senator-elect! Look, it鈥檚 Allen West, the first Republican African-American Florida has elected to Congress in a century! Who鈥檚 that? Oh, that鈥檚 right 鈥� Marco Rubio, the rising tea party senatorial star from Florida. There he is with his wife. There he is with his kids. Why so much Marco?
There are also shots of Susana Martinez, the Republican who won the New Mexico gubernatorial race, and Mary Fallin, GOP governor-elect of Oklahoma. We think that鈥檚 who those women are, anyway. They went by fast.
鈥淭his is our morning in America,鈥� says Palin in the voiceover, as Ms. Haley appears again for a wave.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to stand up and speak out, and it may take some renegades going rogue to get us there, it may take folks shaking it up!鈥� says Palin.
Then she herself appears, in her only appearance on tape. Quick cut, and there is a really awesome picture of a bear, presumably in Alaska, standing on his hind legs and roaring in the way a bear would roar if it had just won 53 percent of the vote against an incumbent in a bear election.
Did we mention the lumberjack axing off the top of a tree?
Putting out the SarahPAC video at a moment of GOP triumph is a smart move on the part of Palin and her advisers. It may find a receptive audience among happy Republicans who are willing to dig a little deeper and donate now. That鈥檚 what SarahPAC is about, after all 鈥� raising money and channeling it to candidates.
And the video will get lots of free promotion from folks like us writing about it.
Losing tea party candidates aren鈥檛 shown on film. There鈥檚 no Christine O鈥橠onnell, for instance, though SarahPAC donated $10,000 to O鈥橠onnell鈥檚 campaign, according to FEC records. Some winning candidates didn鈥檛 make the cut, either. Where鈥檚 Sen. John McCain? Palin campaigned for him this fall and SarahPAC gave the former presidential candidate $5,000. Where鈥檚 Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah? SarahPAC gave him $1,000.
As to the meaning of the midterm elections, Palin is pretty clear. The results were 鈥渕onumental,鈥� the ex-governor of Alaska writes in a new National Review Online .
Voters 鈥渢ook Obamacare and the stimulus and wrapped them right around the necks鈥� of lawmakers who had dismissed their concerns, writes Palin.
If Republicans learn the right lessons from 2010 they鈥檒l be able to make even more gains in 2012, according to Palin.
鈥淭ill then, I hope that commonsense patriots will join me in applauding the real heroes of this election year, the Tea Party Americans,鈥� she writes.
