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Photo by Scott Harrison, retrieved from Robin Leach. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on stage to deliver her speech at a Shareholders in Life fund-raiser, April 26, 2013.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin last night brought down the house at a Shareholders in Life fund-raiser held in Las Vegas. The event was closed to the press, so details on her speech are sparse, however, we have every reason to believe this was a very significant speech. We can point to some of her other significant pro-life speeches as guides to what she most likely said last night, the most recent being Gov Palin Urges Schiavo Gala Crowd to Fight for Life, Human Dignity. In 2009, Gov. Palin received an IGHL award for defending people with special needs and she gave a very significant speech on the sanctity of life in Vandenburg, Indiana a few months prior.

Photo by Growing Up Gabel. “Listening to @SarahPalinUSA bring down the house in Vegas”.

In the hours leading up to her speech, Gov. Palin and her daughter Bristol called out Obama for speaking at a Planned Parenthood event the same night. In Gov. Palin: There’s no such thing as a coincidence, she referenced the racist and eugenicist origins of Planned Parenthood and how the organization stood silent on Kermit Gosnell’s infanticides. Bristol Palin urged her readers to sign a petition to de-fund Planned Parenthood.

Gov. Palin has not merely preached pro-life values, but has lived them. Her youngest son, Trig, 5, has Down Syndrome. As we wrote in Happy 5th Birthday Trig Paxson Van Palin!, 93% of babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted.

Photo by Women’s Resource Medical Center of Southern Nevada “We have packed house tonight! Thank you to everyone who is spending the evening with us!”

Photo by Bradley Nickell and retrieved from Palin4President2016. @bookcollectorCA It was great. She’s even better in person. If you get the chance, don’t miss her. Great gal. @SarahPalinUSA

Photo by Contactmusic. Sarah Palin – Women’s Resource Medical Centers of Southern Nevada hosts the 28th Annual Shareholders in Life Banquet & Silent Auction featuring keynote speech from Governor Sarah Palin at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada, United States – Friday 26th April 2013

Photo by Contactmusic. Sarah Palin – Women’s Resource Medical Centers of Southern Nevada hosts the 28th Annual Shareholders in Life Banquet & Silent Auction featuring keynote speech from Governor Sarah Palin at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada, United States – Friday 26th April 2013

Photo retrieved from Zimbio. Former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin delivers a speech at Women’s Resource Medical Center of Southern Nevada which hosted ’28th Annual Shareholders in Life Banquet’ in Las Vegas. (April 26, 2013 – Source: PacificCoastNews.com)

This is a cell phone video, but is the only video extant so far from this speech

H/T Lisa Palinista Luerssen for video lead.

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H/T Lynda Armstrong, “The Teacher’s Daughter: a Tribute to Sarah Palin” Facebook Group for story lead. H/T Josh Painter, The SPJ for Contactmusic and Zimbio photos.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today posted this Status Update on Facebook:

Trig Paxson Van Palin

Helping mom work

Trig Palin

Trig and Bristol

Todd and Trig

Trig and Piper

Trig and Tripp

Todd and Trig

Trig and Bristol

Trig and Lucy

Trig and Lucy

Todd, Trig, and Piper

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Bristol and Mark hopped their way to an out-shining of last week’s personal best dance, the Dancing With the Stars judges declared about this week’s rock and roll dance performance. The team’s dance, scored to Danny and the Juniors classic At the Hop harkened back to the era of Happy Days and jukeboxes stacked with 45s. Mark had wanted to do the dance in bunny costumes, a move which Bristol wisely vetoed. “I don’t want to be the joke this week,” Bristol said while training for the routine.

Guest judge Paula Abdul said, “I definitely see some improvement, Bristol and it looks like you’re starting to have some fun…and Mark I definitely appreciate what you’re trying to do with the choreography and keeping the pace up.” Abdul counseled Bristol to “keep pushing those boundaries, because if you don’t they’ll be pushing you and maybe not in the direction you want to go.” She concluded with, “good job. I’m proud of you.”

Judge Bruno Tonioli said, “Bristol, Bristol, Bristol – you finally got pumping up out there! You were hitting all your steps very, very fast, very, very quick. I told you to focus. Remember Week One? Tonight, you were focused, you were doing it, you were pumping it. You were doing every step as it was shown to you. You didn’t lose focus. Well done!”

Carrie Ann Inabla motioned to Bristol to come over. She extended both hands and took Bristol’s and said, “good job! I am so impressed with you! You really are coming to life out there!” “I, I,” Inaba began as she and Bristol released each other’s hands, “it’s so nice to see you coming out of your shell this way. You’re truly blossoming. You lost a little steam at the end of the performance, but my God, what an improvement! Congratulations.”

Judge Len Goodman said, “the only real failure is the failure to try, and I thought you came out and gave it your all, which was fantastic! It had speed. It had energy. There was elements of rock and roll, jive, and Lindy. All in there. A little safe on occasion, but for me your best dance so far.”

Because the judging panel consisted of four judges this week, rather than the usual three, scores were based on 40, not the usual 30. Bristol and Mark scored 32 out of 40 placing them second from the bottom on the leader board. As in prior weeks, this is a mixed message where the judges’ high praise does not correspond with their scores. Their position on the leader board places Team Ballin in jeopardy. Bristol and Mark’s scores, however, have been steadily climbing. They broke out of the sixes doldrums last week with 7.5s and now got solid eights, which mathematically would have also occurred with a three-judge panel. Bristol’s lightning has so far struck twice with fan votes overriding judges’ scores.

Bristol and Mark begin The Hop…

Bristol and Mark in mid-Hop as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, her husband Todd, son Trig, and Bristol’s son Tripp cheer them on (you can see Gov. Palin and Todd between Bristol and Mark in the background, out of focus at that distance). Gov. Palin has been to all of Bristol’s DWTS performances thus far…

Mark lifts and turns Bristol….

Mark bent over backwards…

Mark jumps over Bristol…

Bristol and Mark conclude The Hop…

Gov. Palin gives Bristol a standing ovation…

Gov. Palin, Todd, Trig and Tripp cheer Bristol on…

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba holds Bristol’s hands while lauding her performance.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today posted this Status Update on Facebook:

The boys are busy waiting for mom and mom/grandma to exit the DWTS studio! Thank you to all Bristol & Mark supporters who voted for them to keep on dancing! They honor you.

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Sally Heath with baby Sarah…

School Secretary, Red Cross Volunteer and hard-working housewife and friend to her neighbors.

Mother.

Grandmother.

Great-Grandmother.

Forty-eight years later and Sally’s baby is a former Alaska Governor; energy regulator; mayor; city councilwoman; sportscaster; and waitress. She is a Fox News Contributor; two-time author; documentary producer; professional speaker; and the subject of full-length feature movies. We yet kdon’t know where her Summit lies.

Mother of five….

Grandmother.

“Hi Mom,” is written on her hand.

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Bristol Palin

Willow Palin

Piper Palin

Trig Paxson Van Palin

Bristol with Tripp Palin

We take a pause to pay tribute to Sally Heath, Sarah and Bristol Palin – and all wives and mothers – on this Mother’s Day.