Sarah Palin's appearance at the fundraiser for PTSD was apparently a success. Which I take to mean that after her speech there are now more people suffering with PTSD.

This from Princess PTSD's Facebook page:  

What an honor it was tonight to speak at a fundraiser in Houston for the unique and wonderful organization called Mighty Oaks. Under Chad Robichaux's leadership, this strong, experienced military team helps our vets overcome PTSD. The work they do for our wounded warriors is so crucial. It’s the sincere heartfelt work that only private non-profits can really tackle. As a faith-based group, Mighty Oaks uses a Christ-centered approach to helping our vets heal, and their many success stories are incredibly inspiring. The number of vets struggling with PTSD is truly staggering. It’s our duty as a grateful nation to do everything we can to help our warriors who sacrificed so much to ensure our liberty. Mighty Oaks helps our men and woman regain the freedom in their own lives that they fought to defend. We can’t wait for politicians to tackle this. Every American who loves their freedom can step up and give our vets the love and support they deserve.

Yes only Christ-centered, faith based, non profits can address these problems adequately.

How dare any of us think that specially trained therapists with the VA or other non-faith based organizations know how to deal with post traumatic stress disorder.

Idiot!

I found exactly one news article covering the event from The Courier.

Here is a little of what it had to report: 

Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin shared her views on the Second Amendment, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria crisis and military issues, as well as cracked some jokes and told personal anecdotes at the Mighty Oaks 4th Annual Gala at WoodsEdge Community Church Friday night. 

The gala, which drew about 400 guests, benefited the Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs, a faith-based, non-profit organization focused on helping veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and adjust to life after combat.

Now I don't know enough about the size of the venue, or the past number of attendees to make fun of that 400 number, but I will say that it does not sound terribly impressive. 

And if that is all that showed up I wonder if they managed to show a profit after paying Palin to babble on about things she does not understand?

Speaking of things she does not understand she apparently did not hold back: 

When she took the stage, Palin started off by saying how glad she was to be in Texas and remembering the time she spent in the state during her summers in high school. 

“I’m gonna spare you guys all my Texas jokes, especially because I’m in church,” Palin said. 

She talked about her son, Track, an army veteran who served in Iraq, and his experience with the Mighty Oaks Programs. 

“He was enamored,” Palin said. 

“At this time in such a tumultuous world, we need our returning warriors to be strong, we need them to be healthy,” she said. “They need to win these battles too, the battles that are at home.” 

Palin went on the reminisce about the time when she went into labor with her youngest son, Trig, while in Texas and flew back to Alaska before he was born. 

The former governor touched on some political issues, including commenting on the violence in the Middle East and the president’s lack of response, global warming and Second Amendment rights. 

“One more thing Alaskans and Texans have in common,” Palin said. “I know I’m amongst a bunch of people clinging to their guns, their God and their Constitution.”

Yes sadly that last part about the similarities between Alaska and Texas is not wrong.

Well except for the God thing, Alaska is actually not that religious, except is certain concentrated areas like where Palin grew up.

As for the other points that she brought up.

I am surprised that she held back on raunchy jokes, simply because she was in a religious institution since it certainly has not stopped her before.

Secondly is this the first time that Palin is admitting that Track suffers from PTSD?

And how in the hell is he appropriate for this program since he saw no combat, and his PTSD is a preexisting condition that was the result of Palin's parenting?

And finally let me just vent about that damn Trig story for a minute.

Back in 2008 when I was pushing for the Alaska bloggers to get that out to the media in a united manner, and telling everybody that it was key to destroying Palin forever, they not only refused to participate but begged me not to continue either for fear it would damage our reputation as a group.

The argument back then was that the wild ride story was ultimately more damaging than the truth. A truth by the way which all of us agreed with.

Well now here we are six years later, and she is telling that story to new audiences all of the time, and rather than damaging her it seems to be one of the things that endear people to her.

Which considering the fact that it is a story about a middle aged woman with a high risk pregnancy, placing her unborn child at risk simply so that she could give a speech in Texas and further her political aspirations, seems kind of counter intuitive.

But there you have it. I was left all on my own to push for the truth, which I think I managed to prove beyond at least a legal shadow of a doubt, and yet this story continues to be told as if it, as crazy as it is, represents the facts concerning the birth of Trig Paxson Van Palin.

Still kind of burns my ass.