Students4Palin

“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.” -General Douglas MacArthur

Prior to Governor Palin’s announcement on October 5th we were operating under the assumption, as many were in O4P, that she was running for President of the United States and had simply chosen not to say so. Our strategy held that the best way to reach other students and other citizens was under the banner of Governor Palin’s candidacy. This simply is not so any longer.

When Governor Palin announced that she was not running for president, we were just as disappointed as many of you, but we know that life goes on and that we have a country to save. Governor Palin knows this as well. We’ve decided to change our strategy, as Governor Palin is not operating as a candidate we should not operate as if she is one. Therefore we will continue our work for the causes and values that we have championed here and that Governor Palin has and still champions.

A new grassroots site has emerged from our friends and fellows in the Palin movement, Grizzly Fest. A place for Palin supporters and conservatives alike to gather to talk about the past, present and future of the Palin movement and the causes that have shaped it. We encourage you all to check out Grizzly Fest and use it to remain involved. I truly believe that those of us in the Palin movement and the principled Tea Party will be the ones to “renew, revive, and restore” America, so it is of the utmost importance for us to remain organized with each other.

We will remain as Students for Palin, individually and as a group, but we will be advancing in another direction for the same cause. Some of us will be moving on and starting a new site to reach our fellow students and citizens under a different banner and a different name, a way that we view as best under the circumstances. We want to encourage you to use the Grizzly Fest site, to use our new site when it is active, and to most importantly remain involved. We have all been inspired by Governor Palin, we should use that inspiration and all that she has taught us to further the cause.

With that being said, I want to encourage you to branch out more than you already have. Search inside yourselves and see what it is that you can personally do to ensure the fundamental restoration of America. Young people and regular citizens are still out there and we need to organize the “great conservative majority” that Ronald Reagan spoke of. I do believe undoubtedly that our values and principles of limited government and accountability are in the majority. I am not here to discourage anyone from operating a “4Palin” site, but this site will be less active now that our strategy has changed.

Governor Palin has repeatedly said that she “doesn’t need a title to make a difference”. I’m here to tell you that she doesn’t need a title for us to make a difference. The cause is bigger than Governor Palin and bigger than any one person. At this time it is the cause that we need to lift up and promote, not Governor Palin herself. Promoting her in a future election may still be in the stars, and we’ll be there then, but only time will tell. I believe that her candidacy in 2012 would have made our fight easier, but since when is anything that is worth fighting for easy?

I’m reminded of what Steve Bannon has said when asked why he called his film “The Undefeated”. Bannon said that it was not Governor Palin who was undefeated, but it was her values that were undefeated. Our job is to ensure that those same values remain undefeated. We are not giving up on the cause or on Governor Palin, we are embracing her decision, and joining her in the trenches for the conservative cause in the fight for the heart and soul of our country. I hope you will join us.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain.