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Palin derides Obama economic plan in Dubuque stop
AP/Chicago Tribune ^ | 11-03-2008 | NIGEL DUARA

Posted on 11/03/2008 4:20:06 PM PST by bigbob

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told a noisy, sign-waving crowd in Dubuque on Monday that Democrat Barack Obama's economic plans are "phony" proposals that will destroy American jobs.

Palin told about 5,000 people that voters are getting a closer look at Obama's economic plan and don't like what they see. She pointed to what she called an independent analysis of the plan that indicated it would cost 6 million jobs.

"Now is the worst possible time to even consider taking more from you and from our small businesses," Palin said. "Raising taxes at this time makes no sense. We know from independent analysis that our opponent's economic plans would destroy nearly 6 million jobs over the next decade."

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dubuque; palin
It was the standard stump speech, more or less, but on a record warm summerlike day in the Grand River Center on the Mississippi in Dubuque, the applause and cheering were thunderous. Based on the reception this Iowa crowd gave Sen. Charles Grassley and Sarah Palin, along with "First Dude" Todd and Hank Jr. today, Iowa could very well be a surprise. The buzz from several people near me was that their undecided friends, including some Democrats who are nervous about Obama, are highly impressed by Gov. Palin.

Not surprisingly - the biggest and loudest ovation came after she avowed her pro-life commitment.

1 posted on 11/03/2008 4:20:10 PM PST by bigbob
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To: bigbob

6 million seems to be a lowball number.

Obama’s protectionist and tax policies alone will displace at least that many workers, and his energy policies are a catastrophe waiting to happen if he hamstrings the coal , oil and nuclear folks as his people are demanding.


2 posted on 11/03/2008 4:24:26 PM PST by I_Like_Spam
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To: bigbob
From today in Dubuque!


3 posted on 11/03/2008 4:28:55 PM PST by andyandval
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To: andyandval

Very cool pic! I was so far back all I got was pictures of “Country First” signs and people’s heads!

If you’ve got any more pics from Dubuque, could you post them on Flickr or somewhere, or drop me a FReepmail, would love to see more. Thanks!


4 posted on 11/03/2008 4:40:52 PM PST by bigbob
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To: andyandval

“Lord,have mercy! Sarah has her blue jeans on........”


5 posted on 11/03/2008 4:47:49 PM PST by exit82 (The only person that could get me to vote for John McCain is Sarah Palin -God bless her)
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To: bigbob

i was there, she was awesome. she looked at me twice, i got a chill right up my leg hehehehe.


6 posted on 11/03/2008 5:11:37 PM PST by eaglesiniowa ((Hope is not a course of action))
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To: bigbob
I get these pics over here...

http://www.daylife.com/topic/Sarah_Palin/photos/today/1

They are all getty and AP so you can't hot link to them on FR but they are great.

Right now there are a dozen or more from the Dubuque rally.

7 posted on 11/04/2008 2:14:26 AM PST by andyandval
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