Posted on 09/22/2008 4:54:14 AM PDT by SueRae
Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers who sought a nonpolitical event. Following are the remarks Mrs. Palin would have given:
I am honored to be with you and with leaders from across this great country — leaders from different faiths and political parties united in a single voice of outrage.
Tomorrow, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will come to New York — to the heart of what he calls the Great Satan — and speak freely in this, a country whose demise he has called for.
Ahmadinejad may choose his words carefully, but underneath all of the rhetoric is an agenda that threatens all who seek a safer and freer world. We gather here today to highlight the Iranian dictator's intentions and to call for action to thwart him.
He must be stopped.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
Her own “rally organizers” wanted a “non-political” event? That makes no sense.
Gads, she’s even positive about and agrees with Hillary Clinton - it’s a thoroughly non-partisan speech. The Dems really blew it on this one.
That said, I still don’t think Hillary was dumb enough to pull out of this herself. I honestly don’t see her being that stupid or having such a tin ear. I think the Obama campaign was behind it. For one thing, Barry likes Ahmadinejad and doesn’t want to alienate him; for another, he hates Hillary and doesn’t want her to get any more public prominence or importance than she already has. He’s the nominee, and that won’t change, but it’s pretty clear that many people now wish she had been the nominee, and I think it’s hard for him to deal with this.
No wonder the partisan Obama crowd wanted her disinvited...what a terrific message...Go Sarah Go!!!
Have the Clinton’s given up on controlling the DNC and just going through the motions? Something is smeely about this NYC protest...wonder what?
ARREST the ******* terrorist!
Guess Sarah does not subscribe to the Joan Rivers brand of dealing with terrorists......IOW, Can We Talk
Thank heaven!
She could still give the speech
I hope the impact of her speech is made greater by this mess.
This is beginning to sound remarkably like a call for “regime change”.
But to effectively assist the Iranian people held hostage, the change would have to go much deeper than just removing one front man.
The entire “Islamic Republic of Iran” government structure would have to be dismantled.
Somehow, even with a large contingent of anti-ayatollah freedom fighters, this may not yet be a viable option.
But hey, whole revolutions have sprung from less promising beginnings.
I wish I could have heard her say it.
Arrest the little creep as soon as he arrives.
He is a terrorist, pure and simple.
There are photos of him brandishing a gun at Americans.
We would arrest a murderer or child molester. He needs to be arrested, tried and hanged.
Earlier this year, Senator Clinton said that “Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is in the forefront of that” effort. Senator Clinton argued that part of our response must include stronger sanctions, including the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization. John McCain and I could not agree more.
Biden does not.
Thanks for posting this!
In case you and/or others on this thread didn’t see this one:
Statement from ZOA President Morton Klein on disinviting Palin
IMRA/ZOA ^ | 9-21-08 | Morton A. Klein
Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:03:03 PM by SJackson
Statement from ZOA President Morton Klein on disinviting Palin
Distributed by IMRA with permission from Morton Klein
TO: ZOA National Board and Regions
The following statement is from Morton A. Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America.
“The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes the disinvitation of Vice-Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin to be one of many speakers at a “stop Iran from gaining nuclear weapons rally.” This rally will also protest the presence of Iran’s president Ahmadinejad at the United Nations on Monday, September 22. This is an anti-Iran rally, not a partisan political rally, as Democratic Senator Hilary Clinton was invited as was vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden and later Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida. Clinton withdrew and Biden apparently couldn’t attend.
“Under tremendous pressure from Jewish Democrats and liberal Jewish groups, Palin’s invitation was withdrawn with a decision made not to include any politicians. Why are we excluding political leaders who have the real power to act on this critical issue? The ZOA believes this was a serious mistake.
[snip]
“It seems for these people politics and their personal political agenda were more important than Israel and America’s security. This wrong-headed action of cancelling the appearance of major political leaders hurt Israel and the United States. Ahmadinejad must be delighted that those who oppose his policies are so divided they can’t even stand on the same stage to condemn him. I assure you, if we were holding a rally to condemn an internationally-known racist, anti-Black leader, no one would dare disinvite a speaker and no speaker would dare back out.
“The ZOA strongly urges that Sarah Palin be reinvited along with any other key Democratic or Republican leaders.
“Otherwise, this will become a day of shame and humiliation for the Jewish people instead of a day of Jewish pride, strength, courage, and will. On this day, we should have put aside all other political interests and together fight against this existential threat against Israel and major threat to the United States and the entire western world.”
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Revolutions with less than majority support, kind of like the one in 1776?
barbra ann
Stop hussein first, THEN Imadinnerjacket.
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