Palin tells Washington’s ‘mama grizzlies’ that Dems can be beaten in November

Sarah Palin rallied “mama grizzlies” in Washington on Friday,
telling female activists they can defeat Democrats this fall.

“Washington, let me tell ya, you no doubt don’t want to mess
with moms who are rising up,” she said. “I always think of the mama grizzly
bears that rise up on their hind legs when something’s coming to attack their
cubs.

{mosads}“You don’t want to mess with the mama grizzlies, and I think
there are a whole lot of those in this room.”

The former Alaska governor called Barack Obama “the most
pro-abortion president to ever occupy the White House” when she addressed the
Susan B. Anthony List’s (SBA) annual fundraising breakfast. The SBA works to
elect women who do not support abortion rights.

Palin was greeted with a standing ovation and received thunderous applause several
times throughout the speech.

She told the crowd the Obama administration promoted a
“disrespect for life” by pushing the healthcare reform bill.

“We don’t like that transformation,” she said, noting it has
fueled the growth of the Tea Party movement. “To me, it seems like it’s a kind
of mom awakening in the last year and a half. Where women are rising up and
saying no, ‘We’ve had enough already. We’re going to run this thing around.’
Because mom’s kinda just know when something’s wrong.”

Some Catholic hospitals and groups of Catholic nuns backed the
bill but the majority of Catholic groups, including the influential U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, opposed it.

“We won’t forget those who promised to hold firm against
government funding of abortion but caved at the last minute in exchange for a
non-binding executive order promised by the most pro-abortion president to ever
occupy the White House,” Palin said.

“We’re putting all our effort into these midterm elections,”
she added. “This year will be remembered as the year when common sense
conservative women get things done for our country.”

Palin also defended her backing of California Senate
candidate Carly Fiorina, whom SBA has endorsed. Palin’s endorsement drew
criticism from some of her supporters, who labeled Fiorina a Republican In Name
Only.