Tel-Chai Nation

The New York Sun publishes the speech that Sarah Palin would have given if she'd been at the anti-Iran rally (via Hot Air Headlines, and there's more on the subject here). It's very good.

Also, why did the organizers of the rally disinvite her? Apparently, it wasn't just because Hilary Clinton decided not to attend, but also because the Democrats threatened to jeopardize their tax-exempt status (also via Hot Air):

Sources tell CBS 2 HD that a decision to disinvite Palin from the high profile rally after Clinton pulled out in a huff came as the result of intense pressure from Democrats.

"This is insulting. This is embarrassing, especially to Gov. Palin, to me and I think it should be to every single New Yorker," Assemblyman Dov Hikind, D-Brooklyn, told CBS 2 HD.

I fully agree on that.

Sources say the axes were out for Palin as soon as Sen. Clinton pulled out because she did not want to attend the same event as the Republican vice presidential candidate.

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The groups sponsoring the rally against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking at the UN were reportedly told, “it could jeopardize their tax exempt status” if they had Palin and not Clinton or Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden on hand.

So all politicians were disinvited, most prominently, Palin.

“It’s an absolute shame that this has happened,” Hikind said. “To threaten organizations … to threaten the Conference of Presidents that if you don’t withdraw the invitation to Gov. Palin we’re going to look into your tax exempt status … that’s McCarthyism.”

“I’m absolutely appalled at the behavior of the Democrats,” said Bob Kunst of Defenders.net. “I’m a Democrat and for the first time in my life I’m going to vote Republican. I can’t take it anymore.”

Both Hikind and Kunst have summed it up well here.

Update: here's some more important reading from Power Line.

Labels: iran, terrorism, United States, war on terror