Palin – ‘Some things never change’

Sarah Palin received a warm welcome from the people of sleepy Central New York (thanks alot Ben Smith). Yesterday she visited the home of Harriet Tubman and the Women’s Rights National Historic Park.

Governor Sarah Palin paused Friday afternoon in front of a monument bearing the Declaration of Sentiments, an early feminist touchstone.

“We anticipate no small amount of ridicule,” she read, and remarked: “Some things never change.” 

Today she participated in the Founder’s Day Parade in Auburn and was urged to run again in 2012.

During speeches outside Memorial City Hall, 123rd District Assemblymen Gary Finch, R-Springport, presented Palin with a painting depicting Auburnian William H. Seward and others signing documents for Russia to sell Alaska to the United States. Seward appears to be looking at a globe showing Alaska, Palin said.

“They’re looking at a globe, and they’re pointing to Alaska in this painting, and I’ll betcha anything what Seward was pointing out was: ‘Lookie there. You can see Russia from Alaska,’” she said.

Earlier, Palin took to the podium amid chants of “Sa-RAH … Sa-RAH .. Sa-RAH,” and “Run Sarah Run.”

She touted Auburn and the Finger Lakes as one of the most beautiful areas she has seen, and noted the region was home to many of the nation’s most famous figures, like Seward, Harriet Tubman and women’s right’s leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

“There must be something in the water here,” Palin said. “I told (daughter) Willow before we leave, drink it up.”

Thank you Sarah, for noticing the beauty of our area and not calling it “sleepy.”

There’s been quite a bit of local coverage of Governor Palin’s visit here. In almost every report and story I’ve come across are comments from average people saying how very normal Sarah Palin seems. That’s what appeals to so many Americans. She’s more like us and less like them (you know – those people in Washington, DC).