Posted on 02/05/2010 8:10:31 PM PST by Bigtigermike
SALINA — Before a crowd of 6,000 cheering fans, Sarah Palin received rock star treatment Friday night in Salina.
The former vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, drew a sell-out crowd to the Bicentennial Center for the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting — an event that routinely draws big names to Salina. Past speakers have included Colin Powell, George H.W. Bush, Bob Costas, Margaret Thatcher and Cal Ripkin Jr.
"We've had great speakers in the past," said Todd Davidson, of the Chamber. "No one has generated this amount of interest — even President George H.W. Bush, who came here when he was a sitting president, did not drive this kind of a response."
Even Palin couldn't ignore the excitement her appearance generated. Back stage, she said, a chamber member told her, " 'Man, this is like a Van Halen concert.' I said, 'Man, I wish.' "
In her speech, Palin sounded off on national security, government bailouts and limited government ideals. And she offered lots of praise for the hometown crowd.
"In a time when folks so fear that much is going wrong, your town is an example of how to get it right and how to soar," said Palin, who was joined in Salina by her daughter, Piper. "Shoot, your state's motto even has it right: to the stars through difficulties."
Palin began by relating her experiences as a city councilwoman and mayor in Wasilla, Alaska. What worked there, she said, was cutting taxes, focusing on a few core services and spending responsibly. As governor, she said she learned to take tough stances.
"I'd have to butt heads with my own party officials and the other party, of course too, and the media," said Palin, who didn't meet with reporters on her trip to Salina. "Some things never change. It wasn't always the easy path, but it was the right path."
Telling the crowd she was going to "call is like I see it," she said Washington, D.C., politicians need to "back off." While Americans have lost jobs and learned to live with less, she charged that government has become more bloated.
"Over the past year, Washington has replaced private irresponsibility with public irresponsibility," she said.
The country, she said, needs health reform "not backroom deals." She suggested measures like allowing insurance purchases across state lines and tort reform.
Also, she said the country needs to pursue "all of the above approach to energy." She said increased drilling for oil must be pursued.
"Drill here and drill now and tap our own plentiful energy supplies," she said.
The Obama administration, she said, has lost its way on foreign policy. She said people wonder if the United States is still a "beacon of hope" for freedom.
"We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies and recognizes the true nature of these threats that we are facing," Palin said.
In the end, her speech brought the crowd to its feet.
Earlier in the night, Verlene and Joyce Jackson, of Chapman, said they hope to see Palin as president someday and like that she hasn't "always been in that ivory tower."
"She has a fresh outlook," Verlene Jackson said. "She speaks for us. She's a down home girl. I feel like personally, I think she would do a good job representing us."
DeVee Smalley drove in from Superior, Neb., to join her two daughters for Palin's speech.
"I think she is somebody who is trying to reach out to the heartland of America," Smalley said.
Palin will be back in Kansas May 2 to speak in Wichita at a fundraiser for a Christian school.
No.
You trolls(and you are trolls), are simplistic and childish.
“And to be honest it's used sometimes because you've no cogent rebuttal to offer.”
That canard has been discredited over and over and over again with very cogent rebuttals, not least of which she is currently leading in the polls amongst Republican voters for 2012, ks the top ratings drawer on TV whenever she appears, has had the top selling political book ever, etc etc).
Of course that hasn't stopped your clowns from repeating it every time anyway.
“Darkwolf377” is a George Soros paid troll. Not to mention, being totally insane to boot.
it’s conservative by giving the money to the people not the government...the resourses are OURS Not the governments.
“True conservative” huh?
Is that what they call shrill, mindless trolling these days?
I don't call repeating Keith Olbermann talking points as “true conservatism”. I call it pure insanity. BTW, I already answered this [articular whine of yours(merely the latest in a long line of fake anti-Palin bashes from you), long ago earlier in this thread.
“True conservative” huh?
Is that what they call shrill, mindless trolling these days?
I don't call repeating Keith Olbermann talking points as “true conservatism”. I call it pure insanity. BTW, I already answered this [articular whine of yours(merely the latest in a long line of fake anti-Palin bashes from you), long ago earlier in this thread.
VA, NJ, MI...and others that went rat in 08.
What strikes me most about Governor Palin is that she is playing 3-D chess while everybody else is playing checkers. EVERY position and speech is thought out in advance. People may see her support for Juan as wrong and evil and stipid etc.
I look at it differently. She is not an ingrate - a favor given is returned. Who comes out beholden to the other? She rises above the McCain campaign petiness (i.e. Steve Schmidt)and again who is the better person.
Political postion differences now favor Governor Palin. As VP candidate, she had to take a back seat to McCain. Now, she’s in the driver’s seat.
I urge everyone to think 3-D chess before writing her off. Besides, the alternatives are not any better (0bambi’s reelection, Romney or some unelectable nobody).
The feds already tax the production of energy resources. To increase their take Washington has announced that the depreciation allowance for drilling that was taken in the initial year, will be eliminated. This will impact exploration and, eventually, the price of gas. All states have some form of taxation on energy production. It is ironic that in the east, the environmentalists have blocked drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale region of Pennsylvania, or the extension of a pipeline into New England. Meanwhile, Bostonians whine about the presence of two foreign-flagged natural gas tankers in Boston Harbor. In conclusion, Senator Brown will have to work hard to change the Heartland’s visceral dislike for Massachusetts, its politicians and its people.
Royalty checks. The oil rights belong to Alaska, and the oil companies get to extract oil under licence. The royalties are cheap compared with those charged in Iraq.
The concept of property and the right to dispose of that property for profit is a conservative one.
"The environment was also varied in more ways than just politically. There was no one group that dominated the event's seating; In fact, there were a surprising number of young people (15-20) and 20 somethings, along with some older men and women, and yes, Chris Matthews -- plenty of different races represented. (Is your leg tingling yet?)"
Because its required by Alaska's constitution and state law, which say that Alaska's natural resources belong to its citizens collectively.
Then go support Obama then.
What is wrong with you, jla? You used to be one of Sarah's fiercest defenders and was a charter member of the original PING list. We used to FReepmail each other privately about these "concern" posters and troll attacks, and now here you are posting the above drivel about the "Palin Fringe," which must be aimed squarely at me. And it was not too long ago when you were part of the "Palin fringe" you are now attacking.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU????????????????
They call them editors, not ghostwriters. She named and thanked that very editor in her book. Not very ghostly huh?
Because thew Alaskans own the oil!!!!
I suppose Exxon could find oil on your property and you woulld be ok with their drilling, producing and shipping without paying you anything?
Gee, I guess that their governors weren’t as sharp as Sarah huh?
The oil companies had leased oil-rich land in Alaska for *DECADES* but refused to drill (federal kickbacks, etc), giving the people of Alaska nothing back. When she became governor, Sarah told them drill, compensate the people, or don’t let the door hit where the Good Lord split you on the way out.
The oil companies fought her but finally began to drill, opening up new jobs, and compensating the people of Alaska.
Sounds conservative to me!
I have no idea. I’m only referencing a statement by some poster on one of the Palin threads when it was announced she be at the motovational seminar in Houston on Mon. Feb 8 and they said she’d appear early as she had an event in CA that evening. I don’t know if that is true or not but just what that poster said.
No, Brown is borderline conservative.
Palin/Bachmann 2012. Awesome ticket! Woot!
And once they’re in, I want to see Ann Coulter as Secretary of State, or appointed to the Supreme Court. Liberal heads will explode so much the astronauts in the ISS will see it without telescopes, LOL.
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