Thoughts from Sarah Palin

There has been so much hype and criticism about Arizona’s immigration law. Have all these people, with something to say, actually read the bill? It wouldn’t be a long shot to say many every day Americans who have opinions about the Arizona law have not actually read it in its entirety. But could this be happening within the government itself? On Fox news this morning, State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley became the third Obama administration official to admit that he hadn’t actually taken the time or bothered to read Arizona’s 10-page long bill before condemning it and criticizing it. This was surprising for me to hear, but for Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, this came as no shock. She considers this the “Washington way.” She said on her Facebook today that, “If the party in power tells us they have to pass bills in order to find out what's actually in them, they can also criticize bills (and divide the country with ensuing rhetoric) without actually reading them," It is one thing for the everyday American Joe Shmoe to criticize the bill before reading it, but for the Obama Ad ministration?

As well as condemning the bill, the Administration is also apologizing for it. Last Friday a U.S Department delegation met with Chinese negotiators to discuss the issue of human rights. During this meeting the State department continued to bring up the Arizona law, apologizing for it, while trying to make the Chinese feel less bad about their history of human rights abuses. When asked if Arizona’s law came up in the meeting, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner said, “We brought it up early and often. It was mentioned in the first session, and as a troubling trend in our society and an indication that we have to deal with issues of discrimination or potential discrimination, and that these are issues very much being debated in our own society.” Through out the meeting instead of talking with the Chinese about their appalling history of troubles dealing with human rights, the State continued to apologize for Arizona’s new law and the actions it requires. Palin is encouraged by Arizona’s course of action and is pleased to see them stepping up and trying to solve a major problem when the National Government has yet to step up. She said, We have nothing to apologize for. If Administration officials want to apologize to anyone, apologize to the American people for the fact that after a year and a half in office, they still haven’t done anything to secure our borders, and they join our President in making false suggestions about Arizona’s effort.