Former McCain chairman explains why he lobbied for Governor Palin as vice president

"Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere" by Frank A. Aquila attempts to be a handbook to assist conservatives in their fight against what he feels is the liberal direction of America

MANTECA, Calif. (MMD Newswire) September 20, 2011 - - When Frank A. Aquila started the political grassroots organization South San Joaquin Republicans, he didn't expect to become the county chairman for Senator John McCain's 2008 political run. His new position put him in contact with several political powerhouses and allowed him to lobby for Governor Sarah Palin to be on the 2008 presidential ticket. Aquila details why he lobbied for the famed politician, the concern he has for America and his hopes for the future of America in "Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere" (ISBN 1463640390).

Aquila, a major supporter of Palin on the presidential ticket, shares his unedited correspondence with the McCain campaign before it was announced that Palin would be his running mate. Aquila explains how she lit up the presidential ticket with her qualities that he compares to former President Ronald Reagan.

The author doesn't ignore the Palin backlash, but rather approaches it head on, and explains why the media has been so hostile to Governor Palin and other conservatives. He compares and contrasts the media's perception of Palin versus President Barack Obama. Aquila analyzes Obama's plans for the future, while explaining Palin's and the Tea Party's hopes for small government that American's founding fathers established centuries ago.

"I interject my own thoughts on hot topics affecting America in various letters throughout the work," Aquila says. "I share my predictions for the 2012 election, and what I think will be best for this country's future. Some readers will agree with me, others will not, but my goal is to provide an accurate depiction of Governor Palin."

Author and journalist Joan Swirsky states, "Aquila's efforts helped catapult an amazing but relatively unknown political figure onto the national and international stage, and introduced the entire world to perhaps the most exciting political figure to come along in generations. Aquila wants everyone who reads his book to know that every person can do the same."

Aquila believes that "Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere" has the information and tools necessary to inform conservatives how to fight back against the liberal media. He hopes that his expose of President Obama and his plans for America inspires readers to think further about their decisions for future elections.

"Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere" is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.

About the Author:
Frank A. Aquila currently serves as the president of the South San Joaquin Republicans, an organization he founded to network area conservatives to get involved in the political process and meet their area representatives. Through this organization, he met former President George W. Bush and has had the opportunity to moderate congressional forums and organize an event for Gold Star military families. He also served as the California delegate for the Republican Party for his county through which he became the San Joaquin County chairman of Senator John McCain's presidential run in 2008.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Frank A. Aquila
Email: mantecarepublicans2@yahoo.com
Phone: (209) 825-0123
Website: www.sarahpalinoutofnowhere.com

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Pawlenty Addresses Palin-Attack Story

Exclusive: Pawlenty addresses Palin-attack story

by Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, January 11, 2011 5:37 PM

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/01/11/exclusive-pawlenty-addresses-palin-attack-story/

Earlier today, the media reported on a supposed dust-up between Tim Pawlenty and Sarah Palin over the controversial use of “crosshairs” symbols on her website. Peter Hamby at CNN tweeted that “Pawlenty didn’t really ‘jab’ or ‘swipe’ at Palin,” but the former Minnesota governor began taking criticism from Palin supporters nonetheless.  What Pawlenty said was that the imagery wasn’t really “his style” and he wouldn’t have used them while defending Palin from accusations that her website had anything to do with the act of lunacy that took place this weekend in Tucson.  Pawlenty and I talked about this and I asked him to clarify what he said, and discuss what he has written about Palin in his new book Courage to Stand:

EM: Welcome to the podcast.

TP: Good to be back with you, Ed, thanks for having me.

EM: Well, the reason why — I know we only have a couple of minutes here, Governor — is you’ve, ah, you’ve been doing a lot of interviews and you made mention of the, ah, controversy surrounding the shootings in Tucson, the awful, awful shootings in Tucson. And one of the things that you’ve said apparently has been misconstrued or, or misunderstood. You were asked about the “crosshairs” on Sarah Palin’s website, and you were asked if you would have used that type of symbolism. You said no, that wasn’t really your style. Would you like to talk a little bit more about that and tell us what was it you were intending?

TP: Sure, Ed. You know, all day long I’ve been getting asked about the incident, and I’ve been saying we need to make sure we are clear about the evidence, the facts here, and not make any sweeping judgments or condemnations, judgments about anybody or anything. What we have here is a mentally deranged individual, who sadly undertook a senseless and irrational act, and to assign blame to anybody — Sarah Palin or anyone else — is not fair and it’s not correct, and I’ve been saying that throughout the day. In these other interviews I got asked about the bullseye or the crosshairs, and I said, you know there is no evidence, no evidence that that contributed to or was a cause or a motivating factor at this point in this incident. And people should quit trying to connect those two. And then unrelated to all that, of course I get asked about whether would I have done it, and I just said it’s not my style. I think in one of the interviews I said I wouldn’t have done it, it’s just not my style. But I didn’t try to connect that to the incident or blame anybody for the incident.

EM: I mean, were you — you weren’t criticizing Sarah Palin’s choice to do this, on her website, then?

TP: In fact, I’ve been using the day to say people shouldn’t try to connect this to Sarah Palin, because there’s no evidence of that and that it’s unfair. In fact, I just got off Cavuto here five minutes ago and said exactly that on the air; I’ve been saying that throughout the day. So to say somehow this is, you know, the reverse of it, that somehow I’ve been criticizing her just isn’t accurate.

EM: Governor Pawlenty, you have the new book out Courage to Stand; it’s just come out today, in fact. And you do talk about Sarah Palin in the book. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about you say about Sarah Palin in the book?

TP: Thank you, Ed. I think Governor Palin is a remarkable leader; I have a lot of respect for her. I think she is really is a dynamic voice for the conservative movement. And I think she has gotten unfairly criticized. I spend a lot of time in the book talking about how much I admire and respect her, in positive terms. And I hope people have a chance to look at that in the book Courage to Stand, so thank you for asking about that, and like I said, I think she is a remarkable leader and I have a lot of respect for her.

EM: Governor Pawlenty, just really quickly, I know you’ve got to go, but this … really quickly, do you think that the media has, has performed well in the last 72 hours on this story?

TP: Well, some have and some haven’t, but again with all of these things, it was like the bridge collapse on the 35W.

EM: Yes.

TP: You had people spouting off, some in the media, some in politics, you know, saying that they were going to use it to carve me up politically. There were others just making wild accusations about how and why the bridge fell. It turned out a year later the National Transportation Safety Board found the bridge fell because of a 1960s-era design flaw, and people were just wrong. So in these moments of crisis, in these moments of emotion, it’s really important that people get good information and good facts, and distribute it fairly. And I think some elements of the media jumped on this in a way that was wrong. There is no evidence — repeat, no evidence — that this mentally deranged individual had as a motive or a cause, some politicians or media outlets behavior [inaudible] connected at this point, Ed, and people who are trying to connect them are unfair and inaccurate. And it’s wrong.

I’ve seen the excerpts from the book regarding Palin and I know that Pawlenty spoke highly of her in the book.  He called John McCain’s choice of Palin as a running mate “a bold move,” and wrote that it energized the GOP campaign.  His answer appears to have been used out of context as a criticism rather than a description of his own campaigning style, which is how he intended it.



ABC News with Gov. Tim Pawlenty

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNjaLuCiac

ABC, Jan. 7, 2011 11:55 pm ET, Rough transcript:

ANCHOR: he was almost in sarah palin's shoes, minnesota governor tim pawlenty was on john McCAIN'S short list of potential running mates in 2008. We all know how that turned out. But now his name is being tossed around for the top spot on the ticket in 2012. This week tim pawlenty completed his second term as governor. My co-anchor terry moran sat down with him for our series "the contenders."

Reporter: in a lot of ways tim pawlenty is the anti-palin in the burgeoning field of republican presidential hopefuls. He just finished two terms as the governor of minnesota who finished his term.

PALIN: pull. Dang it.

Reporter: he doesn't have a reality tv show.

PALIN: you can see russia from here.

Reporter: he's got about 20,000 followers on twitter. Palin's got about 350,000. He's by no means a household name in america and he's got a very minnesota very easy-going, very mild public persona. But he does hunt. a little deer hunting, pheasant or duck hunting. Some turkey hunting. We have wild turkeys had this area.

Reporter: we traveled to snowy minneapolis this week to talk to tim pawlenty.

PAWLNTY: thank you. Good afternoon.

Reporter: because while there are certainly better known republicans eyeing the presidency in 2012, sarah palin, newt gingrich, mitt romney and others tim pawlenty is seen by many republicans including rush limbaugh as a genuine contender and having just left office on monday, pawlenty who we talked to at a home of a aid is wasting no time. There are some that say you're already running.

PAWLENTY: i'll make the final decision and announcement probably in march/april time frame.

Reporter: but pawlenty is already crisscrossing the country for months laying the groundwork in iowa and new hampshire and other key states and he's embarking on a book tour having just published "courage to stand" which looks a lot like a campaign biography so we asked him. What makes you think that you'd be qualified to be president?

PAWLENTY: well, I think the country is in big trouble and we need leaders to emerge who understand that and see that clearly and I have a set of experiences as the chief executive of my state in minnesota.

Reporter: he was born and raised in minnesota. The youngest of five children. His father was a truck driver in blue collar south st. Paul. Things were tough and they got tougher when his mom died of cancer.

when you're 16 years old and your dad spent most of his life as a truck driver and you have modest means and you lose your mom, you know it's a scary thing and you look to the future and say, hey, this might not work out so well for me so first I turned to my faith and also learned there is no substitute for hard work.

Reporter: he was the first one in his family to go to college then law school but got interested in politics. First city council then state house and in 2002 governor of minnesota. Minnesota for so long the cradle of liberals like hubert humphrey, walter mondale. Now al franken but pawlenty styles himself a sam's club republican. Fiscally conservative, middle class, emphatically anti-elite. He won praise for holding spending but left a $6 billion deficit. Runs for president as a prairie populist.

PAWLENTY: I think what you got now is people have figured out that the country has been disproportionately influenced by big government, big unions and big business and they have coalesced into an iron triangle to basically screw everybody else.

MCCAIN: sarah palin of the great state of alaska.

Reporter: john McCAIN'S choice of sarah palin as his running mate stunned everyone including tim pawlenty who had been on the very short list of finalists.

PAWLENTY: never had an entitlement mentality so it wasn't that disappointing but as it became possible, of course, your hopes get lifted and you start thinking about it more so, you know, i'd be lying if I didn't say you had some hope for that.

Reporter: that campaign rocketed palin to the pinnacle of the republican party and a possible presidential run. Today pawlenty like every other republican is watching palin's every move and goes out of his way to praise her. So in your judgment she is qualified to be president of the united states.

PAWLENTY: I think she can do a good job as president of the.

Reporter: is there a sense that among the people thinking about running for president in the republican party you are scared of sarah palin?

PAWLENY: sarah palin is a force of nature. Whether she runs or not she'll have a lot of impact on 2012 and the republican party. I don't think it's fair to say people are afraid of her.

Reporter: he also praises the last republican president. George w. Bush.

PAWLENTY: I think george w. Bush will go down in history as a strong and good and great leader.

Reporter: a great leader?

PAWLENTY: well, he certainly didn't do everything perfectly, but this is somebody who had the courage of his convictions. I think history is going to treat him more kindly than the political chatter of the day.

Reporter: but can a guy like pawlenty compete with all the star power in the race this time? You know the general rap on you which is you're too nice. That at the end of the day maybe not enough pizazz for the presidency. Well, how do you answer people who say that?

PAWLENTY: you can either look at pizazz or look at people's records and what they stand or and what they got done and i'll take results rather than pizazz. Pizazz compared to who? I'll concede maybe sarah palin, but really? I mean compared to the other folks who might be running? I think I compare favorably.

Reporter: pawlenty's wife mary is a lawyer and former judge and have been married for 23 years.

MARY PAWLENTY: I thought he was funny. I thought he was warm and engaging and all of those kind of things and I thought he was and over time we became friends first and then started dating after that.

TIM PAWLENTY: I thought she was really hot, terry. I still do.

Reporter: they've got two teenage daughters and share a devout evangelical christian faith.

MARY PAWLENTY: you both know where your hope comes from. You both know that's a cornerstone of who you are and what you believe and in times of great challenge you know where you're going to turn as a team and we both turn to god.

Reporter: if tim pawlenty runs, when he runs, it'll be all uphill for him and he knows it.

PAWLENTY: life is hard. You know, you know, if this were easy, if the only object of the exercise is who has the most money or who is the most well known that's not me. But I think there's some other things the american people will be looking for this time and we got to get back to saying what's good for the country? What's good for everyday americans?

ANCHOR: the first in our series of 2012 contenders. Our thanks to terry moran for that.

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