Palin urges 'common sense' folks to get involved politically

Examiner.Net ^ | May 01, 2010 @ 09:07 PM | Adrianne DeWeese

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Palin urges 'common sense' folks to get involved politically

By Adrianne DeWeese - adrianne.deweese@examiner.net

The Examiner

Posted May 01, 2010 @ 09:07 PM

Independence, MO —

Sarah Palin felt at home Saturday in Independence as a hockey mom and as a maverick.

"Where else can a hockey mom feel right at home but right here in the home of the (Missouri) Mavericks?" said Palin, a former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, at the Independence Events Center before a crowd of 2,500 attendees. "It takes me back to 2008."

Palin's keynote address concluded Preserving American Liberty's one-day event "Winning America Back," featuring well-known conservatives providing their perspectives on the U.S. Constitution, health care reform and recently passed legislation in Arizona that affects illegal immigrants.

Before talking politics, Palin proudly displayed a Missouri Mavericks hockey jersey made just for her 2-year-old son, Trig, who has Down syndrome. Each morning, Palin said, Trig wakes up, rubs his sleepy eyes and applauds the day.

"I think that's something we can all learn from," Palin, 46, said.

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Palin spoke against many of President Obama's policies, including health care legislation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but she also said that even Republicans often think of stimulus dollars as "free money."

She applauded the nation's Tea Party movement and encouraged residents to volunteer for campaigns they believe in, even if those running for office are the underdogs.

"They are the everyday, hardworking American," Palin said of political newcomers. "They have the common sense that we need."

Like many speakers throughout Saturday afternoon, Palin charged attendees to make a difference in their communities and to take back the principles that the United States was founded upon.

"You don't need an office and you don't need a title and you don't need a teleprompter," Palin said. "Don't let them get you down. Just keep fighting. My dad always says, 'Don't retreat. Just reload.' Don't let anybody tell you to sit down and shut up."

[Revel]

Common sense tells me not to support John McCain.

[RC51]

I’m not choosing Fred - I’m just saying he gave a pretty good speech - Unlike Sarah. Where you there?

[RC51]

You could be right, very astute observation.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I watched the video. Did you really see Sarah speaking or did you take a few breaks during her speech? 

In any event, I disagree with your assessment of her speech, and to be perfectly fair, evaluating a potential candidate based on one speech isn't particularly a thoughtful analysis.

[RC51]

He has said he didn’t make that statement. Note the article doesn’t quote him but rather paraphrases. If he did make a statement that could be mis-interpreted as considering voting for Obama he has backed way off that.

Truth: 90% of blacks vote Democrat and 70%+ Hispanics vote Democrat. If we don’t get Republican candidates that connect with them, what do you think the future will look like for conservatives?

[RC51]

You watched the video? all 3 minutes of it? I was there for the full 30-40 minute speech. Let me know if you can find the rest of it.

[Victoria Delsoul]

What makes you think I watched only a 3 minute video?

Before posting I had watched the four-part video of the May 1, 2010 Clarkston, MI speech, and then later watched the whole May 1, 2010 Independence, Missouri speech and paid close attention to what Sarah Palin was saying, something you probably didn't do and maybe the reason why you never posted the link to the speech.

In the video of the Independence speech, the one you said you were at, your representation was clearly wrong.  In part three, for example, Palin talks about energy policy and the workers who died in the recent oil spill disaster.

Since you had difficulty finding the long Independence video, I will post it for you.

Each of the videos is about 10 minutes long, so the speech comes in at about 30 minutes.

video one

video two

video three