WASHINGTON — Conservative darling Sarah Palin wowed a new grassroots Republican rightwing movement, vowing 2010 would be a great year, and laying down the gauntlet to President Barack Obama.
And she warned the mainstream Republican party to ignore the so-called "Tea Party" movement at its peril, saying she was "speaking on behalf of millions and millions and millions of Americans who want to encourage this movement."
As Republicans delight in a new found political energy after being routed in the 2008 presidential elections, Palin said the tide was turning in favor of conservative politics ahead of November mid-term congressional elections.
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"This is about the people and it's bigger than any king or queen of a tea party and it's a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter," Palin said in a jibe at Obama.
"The soul of this movement is the people. Everyday Americans who grow our food and run our small businesses, teach our kids and fight our wars."
And she heaped further scorn on Obama as a "professor at law standing at the lectern" rather than the nation's commander in chief.
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"It's a ground up call to action that is forcing both parties to change the way they're doing business. And that's beautiful."
Andrew Breitbart raised the roof at the National Tea Part Convention this morning in Nashville, Tennessee. Speaking to the dozens of reporters assembled in the back of the room, Andrew said this:
“It’s not your business model that sucks, it’s you that sucks.”
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