Palin derides Obama economic plan in Dubuque stop

AP/Chicago Tribune ^ | 11-03-2008 | NIGEL DUARA

[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."

[bigbob]

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.

[I_Like_Spam]

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.

[andyandval]

From today in Dubuque!

[bigbob]

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!

[exit82]

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

[eaglesiniowa]

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

[andyandval]

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.