Palin v. Sebelius? "Team Sarah" Organizes Against Obama Pick

An online community of female supporters of Gov. Sarah Palin is launching a last minute campaign to derail the candidacy of Kathleen Sebelius for the secretary post at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Team Sarah, which was founded to support and mobilize for the McCain-Palin ticket and claims tens-of-thousands of members, blasted out a petition on Monday morning urging members to "flood the phone lines" in opposition to Sebelius' candidacy.

Hi Team!

Today's the day! Our Not on Our Watch! Phone Bank Blast is set for TODAY from 2pm - 4pm ET. Write a note & stick it on your forehead, set your cell phone alarm - do what you have to do to remember to make your calls TODAY!

Our goal is to flood the phone lines of the Senate Finance Committee and make our message heard loud and clear - NO SEBELIUS! Not on Our Watch!

For the complete project information, including the phone numbers of the members of the Senate Finance Committee, visit: http://www.teamsarah.org/profiles/blogs/team-sarah-announces-the-not or "gather around the Water Cooler.

Also, if you haven't sent out your postcards or letters yet, it's not too late! Send them out as soon as you can so that they reach the Senate Finance Committee this week.

Sebelius's nomination is set to come to a vote before the Senate Finance Committee this Tuesday, April 21. The nomination is expected to pass through the committee and ultimately the Senate, though on Friday the terrain got a bit rougher, when ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley criticized the Kansas Governor for understating the amount of money she raised from doctor who performs abortions -- likely the same revelation offending the Team Sarah members.

Progressive groups have been pushing for an expeditious confirmation of Sebelius for weeks, arguing that the administration is being disadvantaged by lacking a cabinet figure to tackle a subject of such key political and economy importance (health care).

Here, for instance, is the SEIU's petition:

Earlier this month, a Republican Senator put a mysterious hold on the confirmation of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services Secretary. It's hard to believe that while the clock ticks on fixing health care, the top leadership position in the government's health agency is left vacant. This is simply unacceptable.

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Comments

[SharpDressedMan]

Universal health care will save more lives and extend existing ones. Why are Palin supporters against a program that promotes life?

[Ashamed-in-Texas]

Great question!!

[Willow207]

Because contrary to their 'chants' Palin & Co. do not support life. Ex. Millions of innocent women and children murdered in the Middle East.

If you are not members of their church, your life has no value.

[Cinnamonape]

This is why Sarah took a critical weekend off from her long-neglected role as Governor of Alaska to go to the Anti-Abortion meetings. She was out there in the back rooms encouraging the Pro-Lifers to go after Sibelius, whom she feels could be a real rival to her down the road.

After all Sibelius is an effective governor who would be in charge of the biggest revision in national health care since Medicare. If it succeeds she will be a national heroine.

Sarah will look like a backwaters aging beauty queen in comparison.

Ergo "Sibelius must be stopped!"

[maumeeone]

In other words, no amount of "fancy pageant walkin'" can ever overcome incompetence!

[Jaladeno]

Ha ha - When do I get to play my flute?

[obamagal]

Bingo.

[ThirdSection]

It should be painfully clear by now that anyone receiving vocal opposition from the Palinites is certainly doing something right.

And so, congratulations Kathleen Sebelius, you've made it past your final hurdle!

[applescruff]

Isn't the only rule needed in life "Treat others as you would want to be treated yourself"?
I don't think any Conservative would want the Government intruding in thier personal tragedies and mistakes in thier lives as they are promoting here. If you can play God with your advocacy of the "death Penalty" then you have no right to claim a moral high ground with abortion. seems to me a united cause to lower and eventually make rare the occurence and the percieved need for abortion would be a more efficient path. How far has this superiority stance helped them change minds? Like everything else with the right. They are content on spinning thier wheels and getting nowhere in actually fixing the problems we face. Note to conservatives. people that have actually been born are people too.Even if they are not of your race,creed and political beliefs.
"Treat others as You would want to be treated" It covers everything. It really does. No exceptions.

[TchoupitoulasCanal]

For Pete's Sake.....Y­OUR PARTY LOST....GE­T OVER IT!

[maumeeone]

They don't know how...

[kate99]

please tell that woman and her team sarah what is she 10 lol to just go away and never come back

[Emlyn]

Go find her a moose!

[maumeeone]

"Not on our watch?" And what watch would that be, SarahPac? If I remember correctly, you lost the election, so you aren't on watch. Ms Palin should pay more attention to doing what the citizens of Alaska voted her to do instead of mistakenly thinking that she needs to be trying to impose her will on the Obama administration.

[klandish]

With every news cycle she becomes more pathologically buffoonish.

[applescruff]

"Our goal is to flood the phone lines of the Senate Finance Committee and make our message heard loud and clear - NO SEBELIUS! Not on Our Watch!"

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Anyone tell these morons that it is no longer "thier watch"? We got hit by terrorists , our economy tanked,the deficit soared, We entered an expensive,futile war of choice,Our judiciary was poisoned and the world united in hating Americans on "thier watch."

[Unsui]

Well said.

[Palemoon]

I agree, we got hit by terrorists on 9/11 on THEIR watch, yet they blamed it on Clinton and said we'd get hit again if we elected Kerry or Obama. The Palin backers are the same fearmongers that Bush had backing him.

[NoVA forObama]

yawn

[dutchess2]

Palin admits she exercized her Choice.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041901997.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[ebanks84]

Exorcised did you mean?

[ebanks84]

Palin needs to shut her face and stay out of the 48s politics. She can take her behind back to Alaska and worry about her own politics which is slowly falling aparts at the seams. If she opens her eyes, she might see what I'm saying. Get your nose out of our business and put it into yours for a change. Do some work finally!

[jackinhack]

Go Republicans. You are getting more and more irrelivant everyday. You'll be merging with the Wigs soon in history

[gditty]

The lipstick bulldog verses the grey fox.....Rr­rrrrrrrrrr­!!

[Fairfield]

I wouldn't vote for Palin for President - she isn't qualified, but I have deep respect for her anti-abortion stance.

She should speak up for defenseless vulnerable babies - we all should.

[maryyooch]

Why can't Palin and her ilk do some good and help the 'life' that already exists? Ya know, like the life i the Alaskan Bush that has to choose between heat and food?
She didn't give a sh*t about those lives until she had a famous evangelical preacher make the trip with her, a month after it was past the crisis stage. And she brought cookies!

[mrtool2u]

Man is Palin hot,I cant wait to see her in the White House in 4 years. That will really drive you linguine spined liberals wild,yeah,I look forward to that day.

[Ashamed-in-Texas]

When winged monkeys fly from your ars

[mrtool2u]

You should be ashamed,no matter what state you slum in.