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Title: Palin Speaks: “How’s that Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out for Ya?”
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Published: Feb 6, 2010
Author: David Weigel
Post Date: 2010-02-06 23:37:35 by Bickus Dickus
Keywords: $arah
Views: 2350
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Palin Speaks: “How’s that Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out for Ya?” NASHVILLE — “I’m so proud to be an American! Happy birthday, Ronald Reagan.” Sarah Palin took the stage of the National Tea Party Convention to a thundering ovation, which she cut down quickly by praising “anyone who serves in uniform or has served in uniform” and diving right into her speech. “I am a supporter of this movement. I believe in this movement,” said Palin. “America is ready for another revolution.” Palin adroitly re-wrote the history of the past three months of elections, giving the Tea Party movement credit for Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts and calling the White House “0 for 383; in recent elections–leaving out the New York special election where her candidate, the Conservative Party’s Doug Hoffman, lost in a last-minute upset. “You know,” said Palin of Brown, “he was just a guy with a truck, and a passion to serve his country,” said Palin. Brown, however, was a state senator and state representative whose campaign staffers cut their teeth with Mitt Romney. Nodding at the much-discussed question of whether this speech would make Palin the “leader” of the Tea Party movement, she said that the activists did not have a “king or queen.” At the same time, she called for “contested primaries,” calling them a strength of democracy–nodding at her fairly controversial endorsements of Hoffman and Rand Paul. Palin swung quickly and heavily to foreign policy, with a litany of attacks on Obama–from his “personality”-based diplomacy to giving “Constitutional rights” to “”homicide bombers,” using a term that’s rarely heard outside of Fox News, where she is a contributor. When she moved back to domestic policy, Palin delved again and again into stories that are familiar to political junkies and Tea Party activists. “How’s that hopey-changey thing working out for ya?” said Palin, paraphrasing a slogan made popular on Tea Party T-shirts.” She mocked the stimulus package–the speech was heavy on mockery–by leaning slightly down and saying “nobody messes with Joe,” quoting a comment President Obama made that has been more or less forgotten outside of Tea Party circles. Palin got rapt attention, and little crowd interruption–not even positive interruptions or cries of “Drill, Baby, Drill”–even as she tackled less-sensational (and not really discussed during the convention) issues like nuclear power and buying insurance over state lines. But she was on more solid ground with one short clause about America being a place where “special needs children are accepted.” She started to choke up–the audience cheered, wildly, as if nudging her on to the next sentence while proclaiming its admiration for her son Trig. “Each of us here is living proof that you don’t need a title to make a difference,” said Palin. “Let us not get bogged down in the small squabbles. Let us move on to the big ideas. To do so would be a fitting tribute to Ronald Reagan.” After the speech, Judson Phillips and Palin sat down in two chairs (which sat rather awkwardly onstage during the speech) and engaged in a soft Q&A with questions from Tea Party Nation members, such as the top three things she’d do if she were president (energy, bipartisanship–it was rather confusing). She closed by addressing the controversy over her speaking fee. “I am happy, honored, proud, to get any speaking check that was ever offered to me and to give it for the cause,” said Palin. “I will live and die for this cause.”
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#1. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
I watched this exchange. The idjit brought up the controversy of the speaking fee herself. I think she actually felt guilty making in one day what most 'Murricans make in two or three years.
Little Dick you fookin moron! [Dave Weigel] Another fookin leftwingnut pretending to be unbiased and independent. About as transparent as Obama! Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
Geezus fuck republicans are such fucking suckers...
...McCain's chances of gaining the [2008] GOP nomination died in South Carolina in 2000, and simply won't ever recover. Badeye posted on 2007-04-04 12:55:23 ET Reply Trace
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
“They’re not knowin what are we gonna do if we don’t have Tea Party support” - Sarah Palin at TeaBagger Con 2010
She was just trying to get ahead of the bad press by making a PR move to protect herself from any backlash. Who knows how many hundreds of thousands that fee would have cost her in the future if she had kept it? Charging 100 grand for speaking to the Tea Party may have even killed her planned presidential run if she hadn't stepped up to the plate and fixed the bad publicity right now.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Geezus fuck republicans are such fucking suckers... Yet even THEY were smart enough to not buy into the Hopey-Changey thing like you and your fellow Dims.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Please! Even a partisan hack like you should be smart enough to know better than criticize someone for taking notes given the problems the Teleprompter King has had during his presidency. Unless maybe you think "Uhhhh.....,uhhhhh.....,uhhhhh" were part of the speeches he was trying to give?
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
What the GOP has managed to do is make using a teleprompter as some sort of litmus test to the Presodency within their ranks which, given that their presumptive front runner speaks like a rough draft from Dr. Seuss, I'll run as far away from that as I can, thanks...I don't care where it leads...
...McCain's chances of gaining the [2008] GOP nomination died in South Carolina in 2000, and simply won't ever recover. Badeye posted on 2007-04-04 12:55:23 ET Reply Trace
BullBarack! They,and everybody else with two IQ points to rub together are doing nothing more than laughing at this idiot who can't manage to say anything that isn't scripted. Even Boy Jorge was brighter than this retard.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Who are you referring to? Palin?
...McCain's chances of gaining the [2008] GOP nomination died in South Carolina in 2000, and simply won't ever recover. Badeye posted on 2007-04-04 12:55:23 ET Reply Trace
No,the African in the White House.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
They all use teleprompters...Palin is probably using the new type that are on top of the lectern...she did seem to peer down a lot...but thanks for reinforcing my point that using a teleprompter has suddenly become a litmus test...
...McCain's chances of gaining the [2008] GOP nomination died in South Carolina in 2000, and simply won't ever recover. Badeye posted on 2007-04-04 12:55:23 ET Reply Trace
It's not. The Litmus Test is only being able to say "Uhhhh...,uhhhhh.....,uhhhh..." when the teleprompter breaks.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
“I am happy, honored, proud, to get any speaking check that was ever offered to me and to give it for the cause,” said Palin. “I will live and die for this cause.”
#2. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
Author: David Weigel
#3. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
“How’s that Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out for Ya?”
#4. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
#5. To: go65 (#4)
#6. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
I watched this exchange. The idjit brought up the controversy of the speaking fee herself. I think she actually felt guilty making in one day what most 'Murricans make in two or three years.
#7. To: war (#3)
“How’s that Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out for Ya?”
#8. To: go65 (#4)
#9. To: sneakypete (#8)
(Edited)
#10. To: war (#9)
What the GOP has managed to do is make using a teleprompter as some sort of litmus test to the Presodency within their ranks
#11. To: sneakypete (#10)
#12. To: war (#11)
Who are you referring to? Palin?
#13. To: sneakypete (#12)
#14. To: war (#13)
but thanks for reinforcing my point that using a teleprompter has suddenly become a litmus test...
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