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Former US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin said the US government was wasting taxpayers' money and could aggravate poverty, said delegates at her first speech outside North America on Wednesday.
Palin, the former governor of Alaska, gave hundreds of financial big-hitters at the CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong a wide-ranging speech that covered Alaska, international terrorism, US economic policy and trade with China.
Her performance, which was closed to the media, divided opinion.
Some of those who attended praised her forthright views on government social and economic intervention and others walked out early in disgust.
"She was brilliant," said a European delegate, on condition of anonymity.
"She said America was spending a lot of money and it was a temporary solution. Normal people are having to pay more and more but things don't get better. The rich will leave the country and the poor will get poorer."
Two US delegates left early, with one saying "it was awful, we couldn't stand it any longer". He declined to be identified.
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Another from the United States said: "She frightens me because she strikes a chord with a certain segment of the population and I don't like it."
You know Obama and/or Soros had people there.
How questions are framed and stories are reported has everything to do with how it comes across.
She has had a hard time since she appeared as the Republican candidate for vice-president. Obviously the liberals are afraid of her. With good reason. MO
She was focused on State issues in general and Alaska issues in particular. Now she has been broadening her views.
When we consider that Jesus Christ was executed by the leaders of his day: we should be wise to the critics beleaguering Sarah. Sarcasm, ridicule, demeaning remarks and dismissive attitudes by the medias/press have been ongoing and continuous. David Letterman alone has been very ugly repeatedly..
Hope his audience goes elsewhere.
Come to the aid of our best hope for the conservative republican party. MO