Sarah Palin backs Emmer's gov bid

Posted at 3:17 PM on April 29, 2010 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Campaign 2010, Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and John McCain's running mate in 2008, is backing Republican Tom Emmer's campaign for governor. The two met privately when Palin was in Minnesota holding a rally and fundraiser for GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Palin wrote on her Facebook page this afternoon that Emmer is "a patriotic commonsense conservative who wishes to serve for the right reasons - that's Tom Emmer, and I ask you to join me in supporting him for governor of Minnesota."

Here's the full text:

A patriotic fiscally conservative "hockey dad" who got his start in politics by serving on his local city councils is running for governor of the great state of Minnesota. His name is Tom Emmer, and I'm proud to support him.

Tom has based his campaign on three founding principles: "Honoring the Constitution, Expanding Liberty and Fostering Economic Freedom."

Coming from a working class background, Tom is known as a straight-talker who is unafraid of taking on the challenge of reining in the size and scope of government. A proud father of seven, Tom is in this race for the right reasons - to provide bold, principled leadership that will leave Minnesota fiscally stronger for the next generation. He knows that government overspending is the real obstacle to reform. Tom says, "When a family experiences a change in its income, that family adjusts its budget accordingly. If they have less money, they spend less money. This simple form of money management is completely lost on state government." It's common sense statements like that which make Tom such an attractive candidate for Minnesotans who want real reform.

A family man who wants to leave his kids a better future, a "hockey dad" who once played for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks, a patriotic commonsense conservative who wishes to serve for the right reasons - that's Tom Emmer, and I ask you to join me in supporting him for governor of Minnesota.

Please visit Tom's website here, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter. Let's shake things up with this straight-talking "hockey dad" and his message for reforming government.

- Sarah Palin

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