PALIN ON 'TRUE' STATE OF THE UNION: 'VENAL POLITICIANS' BANKRUPTING NATION

Breitbart.com ^ | 13 February, 2013 | Tony Lee

[TADSLOS]

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wrote Wednesday that America is a nation being bankrupt by a federal government led by "venal politicians" in her response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address. 

"What is the true state of our union? Though this may sound harsh, I’ll speak the truth here," Palin wrote. "We are a country going bankrupt to fund a bloated, distant, and often corrupt federal government led by venal politicians more concerned with paying off their campaign cronies and consolidating their own power than in preserving the constitutional republic that so many have fought and died for (including our brave men and women in uniform who were barely mentioned last night)."

Palin has assailed the "permanent political class" since her landmark speech in Indianola, Iowa in 2011 that introduced that language into the political bloodstream. Director Stephen K. Bannon and Peter Schweizer's Government Accountability Institute have assailed D.C. as a "boomtown" that produces nothing but continues to get wealthier by expanding the size and scope of government. 

During the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Palin live-tweeted with the "#SOTUGottaBKiddingMe" hashtag, assailing Obama and Washington, D.C.'s permanent political class for their cronyism. After the speech, Palin called out Obama for not honoring slain ex-Navy Seal Chris Kyle or U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens during the address. After attending Kyle's funeral on Monday, Palin said Obama needed to "pay his respects" to the fallen American hero. 

"If you missed President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, you didn’t miss much – especially if you watched any of his past four State of the Union addresses," Palin wrote.

[Liz]

In his SOTU, Obama told us he plans to buy even more voting blocks with 29 (count 'em") new federal programs----of course this will not increase the deficit by even a penny---the prez fatuously said.

29 totally free programs?

Sap-happy Ohaha musta dreamed that up while inhaling something on the breakfast table he thought was artifical sweetener. (/snix).

I guess David Axelrod was at Casa de Campo getting a lube job----and didn't have a chance to signoff on that lamebrain idea.

[Windflier]

we don’t need another four years here of breathless gushing: `Will she? Won’t she?!’

Here's a suggestion...don't click on Palin threads for the next four years unless and until she runs for president. It'll save you all kinds of aggravation.

[AuntB]

I don’t see her addressing Obama’s Amnesty. Is she still with McCain and their ‘pathway to citizenship’? What say you, Ms. Palin?