Posted on 10/29/2008 7:09:51 PM PDT by Wegotsarah.com
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin pledged to lower taxes and get big government out of the lives of everyday people in a stump speech Wednesday designed to shore up voters in the now hotly contested Indiana presidential race.
Organizers were expecting 10,000 people to attend the rally at a private warehouse in Jeffersonville, a bedroom community to Louisville. Kentucky Republicans expected thousands of people from the Bluegrass state to cross the river to attend the rally.
Traffic was backed up for miles on Interstate 65 going into the event — many people with tickets couldn't make it to the gates before the Alaskan governor began her speech shortly after 7:30 p.m.
Palin stuck to central messages of the McCain-Palin campaign — that a vote for Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama and vice president Joseph Biden was a vote for big government and more taxes.
"Indiana, you shouldn't be working for government," Palin told the crowd. "Our government should work for you."
Palin also pledged that she and McCain would end the country's dependence on foreign oil.
She spoke of an energy policy that includes an "all of the above approach," including increasing domestic drilling for oil and developing clean coal technologies as well as alternative energy sources.
"We will develop clean coal technology," Palin said. "We will safely drill here and now."
The raucous crowd then began the now-famous chant of "drill, baby, drill." The crowd, many of whom carried signs with catch phrases from the Republican campaign, also broke out into the chant of "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah," during her approximately 40-minute speech.
Palin also pledged to be a friend to families with children with special needs. Palin has an infant son, Trigg, who has Down Syndrome.
During her speech, Palin pointed to a sign carried by one parent that said their child was also "exxtra" special like Trigg, referring to the extra chromosome that children with Down Syndrome have.
"John and I have a vision of a American where every innocent life counts," Palin said to applause.
Palin also reminded the crowd that McCain was the only candidate in the race who was a veteran. McCain is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and former prisoner of war.
"There is only one man in this race who has ever really fought for you," Palin said.
RE: “I’m going to see her tomorrow in Williamsport, PA.. She’ll be speaking literally 1/2 mile from my house”
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That’s close to you! I’d probably walk rather than fight the road traffic!!!
I thought the Grateful Dead reunion was on election day when all the improper fraudulent voters rise up to vote Democrat from out of nowhere?
I just arrived back home from the rally in Indiana - WHEW!!! What a CROWD!!! I was able to catch a little bit of the local news and they said over 20,000 people attended and many, many more were turned away.
The rally was located about 20 minutes from my house....I left at 4:00 - didn’t get there until 6:15 or so - the traffic was absolutely bumper to bumper and I saw license plates from not only Indiana and Kentucky - but Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, and many others....
It was AMAZING!!!!!
Go SARAH Go!!!
“In this case Jeffersonville breaks the mold, since it has American Commercial Lines and recently lured MedVenture Technology across the river from Louisville.”
That being the case then the reporter doesn’t know what a “Bedroom Community” is, or had outdated information.
then I read that she was pregnant and she had these funny names for her kids...I have a great niece named Piper as well....so it connected..
then I read that her son had Downs...what a challenge ..our local congresswoman just had her only child a boy born with Downs...
then I heard she was on the short list for the VP...
then that was kind of dismissed but I then read about this gas pipeline deal....
so when my hubby nonchalantly told me while we were visiting in PENNSYLVANIA that she was nominated,I totally freaked out...I didn't know her but I KNEW her....and I knew she wasn't the typical white bread!
ONWARD TO VICTORY....
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
WHEN McCain and Sarah are inaugurated , I WILL BE THERE!
What is a bedroom community? May be diff in other parts of the country but I live in one just south of Houston - 12 miles out, lots of green grass, rednecks, pick-up trucks, SUV’s, kids play in the streets of the subdivisions, parents standing around watching them play and having a beer, lots of lights and manger scenes in the yards at Christmas, lots of churches, neighborhood potlucks, decorated strollers and tricycles at 4th of July. But husbands go to work in suits or shirts and ties, people really do go into the city to hear the symphony. Just one of those ‘burb areas that BO finds boring!
It’s “cultural” affiliation at work. Too complex to explain here, but Sarah Palin connects with these folks in a way not generally understood.
Sorry about that!!!
I think it is to counter all the negative and polling data flooding the media, which is working to demoralizing Republicans everywhere to just stay at home and consider the race already lost.
< sarc >After all, it's all just flyover country, anyway.< /sarc >
Maybe you are right, I am not one myself, but my son is, and he is NOT going. We can safely bet Ann Coulter isn’t either.
Like I said when she first came to Indy (Indianapolis), they should have used the new Colts home - Lucas Oil stadium. Seats around 75K. I think she could have filled it. And downtown Indy is easy to get to for those in the surrounding communities, unlike that of Verizon (Deer Creek) music center in Nobletucky.
I hung my Sarah “We Can Do It” (Rosie the Riveter) poster in my kitchen, and I’m 62 years old! If people don’t like it, tough, I love it!!!
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