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Sarah Palin Steps Into Wisconsin, Points to Left Field, and Hits a Grand Slam (Video)
Big Government ^ | April16,2011 | John Nolte

Posted on 04/16/2011 3:33:24 PM PDT by Hojczyk

If Sarah Palin’s not running for president, what a terrible waste that would be of the single best stump speech I’ve heard since, well, Palin’s ’08 convention speech, which just happened to be the single most electrifying political moment of my adult life. A thrill didn’t just run up my leg that night, it ran up everything in me that’s American, and today in Madison, WI, it happened again. Surrounded by an obnoxiously hostile, astro-turfed, pro-union crowd that tried and failed to drown out her message with obnoxiously hostile astro-turfed noise, the former Alaskan Governor took the fight directly to the growing pile of Obama’s failures in the most effective way we’ve heard yet from a potential GOP challenger.

If you want to know why Obama’s Palace Guards in the MSM are determined to destroy this woman and all of popular culture has risen up to help, press PLAY. If you want to know why the GOP Establishment had better start looking over their collective shoulders,

You see what else she did there? Exactly what she did as a reform-minded governor in Alaska. She called the GOP Establishment out for everything they’re doing wrong, appealed to reasonable rank-and-file union members disgusted by their leadership, and reaffirmed her own proud union credentials. Better yet, she also launched the kind of tight, sharp, and articulate attack on President Obama’s failed presidency that likely has the White House — and their media allies — loosening their ties, clearing their throats, and looking for any word she might have mispronounced as an excuse to drown out her appealing message with the furtherance of a cruel “stupid” narrative they’ve been failing at for two-plus years.

I’ll ask again: How can someone so “dumb” be so right about everything?

Who knows how the MSM will try to spin this speech into a negative, but we all know they will. However, that’s the beauty of the Internet age. Today the corrupt media has no say in the matter. We as citizen journalists and activists can spread the word unfiltered through Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media. Please do.

For my money, what Palin really accomplished here was grabbing hold of and making her own what has made Donald Trump such a breath of fresh air and boosted his poll numbers. What we want first and foremost in our GOP standard-bearer is someone unafraid of the MSM, and who takes the fight directly to Obama. We also want them calling out our friends in DC when they — to paraphrase the Governor — rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic after they’ve promised to stop Obama from hitting icebergs.

On this day, Tea Party tax-day, Sarah Palin walked into the heart of this nation’s battle, stared down a gallery of Leftist union goons with poise and grace, and articulated our message as well as anyone ever could. Let’s hope this is just the beginning.


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KEYWORDS: 2012; elections; madisonrally; madisonwisconsin; obama; palin; presidentpalin; sarahpalin; shesnotrunning; teaparty; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: ml/nj
I believe what she was trying to say is that for those that negotiated those pensions, they will not be taken away, but the next round of negotiations will not be as generous. Gov. Walker said so and that's what his legislation was about: Public unions in Wisconsin can no longer bargain for benefits and their raises will not exceed the inflationary index.

It's no different than when Pres. Bush wanted to give young people the ability to invest their SS funds into 401(k)s. People in their 50s would continue with the old SS system of benefits.

101 posted on 04/17/2011 6:35:39 AM PDT by rabidralph (http://www.conservativedna.com/)
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To: knittnmom

Ouch! I hope you’re feeling better today. Thanks for representing.


102 posted on 04/17/2011 6:37:09 AM PDT by rabidralph (http://www.conservativedna.com/)
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Here's another link to the speech that includes Andrew Breitbart's introduction: Governor Palin’s Speech At Tea Party Rally, in Madison, WI - Introduced by Andrew Breitbart - April 16 2011
103 posted on 04/17/2011 9:43:07 AM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
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To: rabidralph

Thanks! Some hot chocolate, a little time with an electric heating pad behind my back, and I’m back to normal!


104 posted on 04/17/2011 5:51:46 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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