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Palin Speaks to Investors in Hong Kong
The New York Times ^ | September 23, 2009 | MARK McDONALD

Posted on 09/23/2009 5:04:29 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

Sarah Palin, in what was billed as her first speech overseas, spoke on Wednesday to Asian bankers, investors and fund managers.

A number of people who heard the speech in a packed a hotel ballroom, which was closed to the media, said Mrs. Palin spoke from notes for 90 minutes and that she was articulate, well-prepared and even compelling.

“The speech was wide-ranging, very balanced, and she beat all expectations,” said Doug A. Coulter, head of private equity in the Asia-Pacific region for LGT Capital Partners.

“She didn’t sound at all like a far-right-wing conservative. She seemed to be positioning herself as a libertarian or a small-c conservative,” he said, adding that she mentioned both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. “She brought up both those names.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; business; clsa; hongkong; palin; palin2012; reaganism; sarahpalin
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To: SolidWood

I’m not a Palin groupie, or an anybody groupie. I’m an independent conservative. I find nothing wrong with any of her points.


41 posted on 09/23/2009 6:09:48 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Jeff Head

I just e-mailed that pic to oreilly@foxnews.com.


42 posted on 09/23/2009 6:10:32 AM PDT by csmusaret (Joe Wilson--Speaking truth to power)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Getting squishy alread I see. <\I>

uh, libertarian is further right than a big c conservative in my opinion.

43 posted on 09/23/2009 6:11:25 AM PDT by smith288 (Americans suffer from Stockholm Syndrome with the government)
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To: csmusaret

hehehe...will he try and discredit ti too?

At the link:

http://www.jeffhead.com/americaawakes.htm

People can click on that pic and a new window will open with a high res version. Then they can right click that larger pic and save it to their computer.


44 posted on 09/23/2009 6:13:42 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: xzins
No Conservative would object to her speech. And no one in his right mind would call her small-government, pro-freedom, anti-socialist, anti-etatist speech "small c-conservative".

Only RINOS and jealous fringers whose candidates have nothing on Palin babble about that. Like the troll I responded to.

45 posted on 09/23/2009 6:14:13 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: Jeff Head

Actually, I would like it if he received that pic 70,000 times. How about it Freepers?


46 posted on 09/23/2009 6:17:57 AM PDT by csmusaret (Joe Wilson--Speaking truth to power)
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To: Non-Sequitur; SolidWood

Actually, an NYT reporter would consider capital “C” conservatives to be neo-Cons and compassionate-Cons in the ilk of the Kristol & Bush families. I’m pretty sure of this.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all that they consider the small “c” conservatives to be Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, etc.


47 posted on 09/23/2009 6:21:27 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: RAO1125

I read part of it and I will tell you that she DID sound like a conservative, the times couldn’t admit it because they were writing an almost good story about her and they had to justify it somehow. She advocated tax cuts and eliminating capital gains taxes for one thing, criticized Bozo without mentioning his name, but did throw in a couple of gratuitous statements about “our President”. I can’t wait to read the whole thing.


48 posted on 09/23/2009 6:34:22 AM PDT by celestron71
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To: SolidWood
Great. You learned the alphabet. Way to go!

And I probably should have continued the rest of the way. First you need to learn to spell 'Conservative'. Then you need to find out what it means.

49 posted on 09/23/2009 6:36:55 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: SolidWood
common sense is good.
common sence is not good.
50 posted on 09/23/2009 6:45:40 AM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
And I probably should have continued the rest of the way. First you need to learn to spell 'Conservative'.

I don't think that an illiterate parrot will help me out on that. *snicker*

Then you need to find out what it means.

I already found out that it means the opposite of you.

Non-Sequitur BTW is a perfect description of your comments.

You can't show anything of substance... only jealous parroting of leftist PDS talking points. Yap yap yap. :oD

51 posted on 09/23/2009 6:47:54 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: arthurus
common sence is not good.

I took it right of the tweets of Mr. Sinclair who twittered the speech.

52 posted on 09/23/2009 6:50:24 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: Non-Sequitur

Reagan, especially measured against other Republicans of his era, definitely had a libertarian streak.

Sarah Palin is very much along the same lines in that regard.

Neither Reagan or Palin were/are exactly libertarians, but a particular brand of western small-government conservative, of which we could use more.


53 posted on 09/23/2009 6:56:47 AM PDT by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Getting squishy alread I see.

What the hell are you talking about?

54 posted on 09/23/2009 6:59:18 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: SumProVita; gov_bean_ counter
I pray that she has at least read Henry Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson,
55 posted on 09/23/2009 7:00:49 AM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
If Palin can't get behind that then she has no right to try and align with is memory.

Who says she isn't? The quote was from an observer at the event, NOT her.

56 posted on 09/23/2009 7:00:53 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
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AP ^ | 9/23/2009 | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ

57 posted on 09/23/2009 7:02:50 AM PDT by RonDog
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To: Non-Sequitur; SolidWood
If Palin can't get behind that then she has no right to try and align with is memory.

Read what SolidWood wrote again:

The quote was a subjective opinion on her speech from people who have no idea of Conservatism.
When you look at it from this angle, your criticism makes little sense.
58 posted on 09/23/2009 7:08:16 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: SolidWood
I took it right of the tweets of Mr. Sinclair who twittered the speech.

It always fails me to understand it, but isn't this when one would put the [sic] thingy next to the misspelled word?

59 posted on 09/23/2009 7:17:27 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Her appearance was genius for several reasons: 1. Since their is no record, she can get people to pay to hear her same most of the same things again; 2. B/c she spoke from notes, people know that they are getting an “original” not a canned stump speech when they pay her speaker’s fee-which is probably in the $400k after yesterday; 3. the press can’t focus on a run-on sentence or fragment; 4. There’s no way to hit her with a “gotcha” alleged fact check by the MSM. Well played SP!


60 posted on 09/23/2009 7:20:25 AM PDT by Lou Budvis (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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