Following a night filled with rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, Francis Scott Key awoke 200 years ago this morning to see our beautiful flag still flying over Baltimore Harbor at dawn's early light. The stunning sight of the red, white, and blue banner calmly waving in the wind following a night of fierce battle inspired Key to pen the poem “The Star Spangled Banner,” which later became our national anthem and my personal favorite song. My family and I were fortunate to visit Fort McHenry in Baltimore during our 2011 "One Nation" bus tour – a truly memorable stop! Every time I hear this beautiful song and place my hand over my heart, I feel it bursting with pride to be an American, and I’m thankful to vets – like my son and others – who have fought hard to keep us the land of the free and the home of the brave! Thank a vet today for their sacrifices to keep us free, and to keep that Star Spangled Banner waving over an America where we can trust that truth and justice will always ultimately prevail.
- Sarah Palin
Pretty generic and non-controversial don'tcha think?
Almost as if somebody wanted people to know that she was still around but did not want to draw too much undue attention to herself.
As for our freedom being the result of any hard fighting by her son Track, from what I hear if our freedom were contingent on his fighting abilities we would all be standing in front of the Union Jack and singing "God Save the Queen."
By the way let me take a moment to clear up a misconception about the night of the fight.
I have been trying to figure out if Tripp witnessed the fight as was reported here on IM, or if he was indeed in the stretch Hummer when the fists started flying. And finally I can report with absolute certainty that he was in the vehicle during the brawl.
He was indeed at the party when the family first arrived, but apparently got tired and was escorted to the Hummer before his mom, uncle, and grandfather started picking fights and getting their asses kicked.
There is no indication that anything about the incident would have turned out any differently if he WAS there, but as it turned out he just wasn't.
I can also report that some of the family members who joined him afterward were still bleeding and that he was not spared the details of the fight.
I know that a lot of people, myself included, thought that perhaps the story of Tripp being in the Humvee was a Palin plant, but as it turns out it is accurate. And this source is ironclad, believe me it would take an incredibly trustworthy source for me to accept this correction.
P.S. Before anybody asks I do not know who took Tripp back to the vehicle, nor do I know if anybody stayed there with him.
