Posted on 09/03/2011 2:32:00 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
Former Governor Sarah Palin gave the keynote speech at a Tea Party rally in Indianola, Iowa on Saturday afternoon.
"We sent a new class of leaders to DC, but immediately the permanent political class, they tried to co-opt them. Because the reality is we are governed by a permanent political class, until we change that," Palin said about career politicians. "They talk about massive, unsustainable debt and yet they keep incurring more. They spend, they print, they borrow, they spend more, and they stick us with the bill. Then they pat their own backs and they claim that they faced and solved the debt crisis that they got us in."
On crony capitalism: "So many of them, they arrive in Washington, DC of modest means and then miraculously throughout the years they end up becoming very, very wealthy. Well, it's because they derive power and their wealth from their access to our money, to taxpayer dollars."
"They use it to bail out their friends on Wall Street. And their corporate cronies. And to reward contributors. And to buy votes via earmarks. There is so much waste. And there is a name for this. It's called 'corporate crony capitalism,'" she said.
“Like you, I’m not for sale. I believe in the free market and that is why I detest crony capitalism. And Barack Obama has shown us cronyism on steroids. It will lead to our downfall if we don’t stop it now.”
The speech, roughly 40 minutes, ranged from politics to policy. Palin made sure to address reforming taxes and entitlements. Palin called for eliminating all federal corporate income taxes and called entitlement reform "our duty."
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You previously stated...That's easy for her to say, she makes $12 million a year.
What is clearly implied in your statement is that if Sarah had a small enough income that she would be for sale. That is a logical deduction based on what you stated. You have clearly belittled Sarah's character. Your disgust and envy of Sarah bleeds through most of your posts.
You know, the irony is something else. She sold out to Hollywood. But hey, keep believing...
And you have a vivid imagination.
Note, no teleprompter. Just notes like a traditional speaker. And I think she could skip her notes and does on occasion.
And there are a whole lot of Freepers on here who should be embarrassed if she doesn’t.
[Why would she give up $12 million a year to run for president? ]
You guys are just sickos. She may be worth that much now (though I doubt it after taxes and expenses) but her yearly at Fox isn’t anywhere near that much.
This is the meme that the good old boys from the Romney/Soros/Kos camps are no doubt pushing. That Sarah is only out for the money. Well look at Obama, or Gingrich, or even Perry.
“All aboard Obama’s bullet train to bankruptcy”.
And she hits the solar pay to play. Wow, I’m in love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MKb35NK0F0&NR=1
Palin is successfully employing this political style and tapping this political sentiment.
I hope she has really, really good private security.
“I don’t hire advisers so they’ll something nice about me on TV”.
Karl Rove, are you listening? Hoot hoot!
No, according to reports, she only makes 1 million a year from FOX but she has many other sources of income. I couldn’t live on only what I made from FOX, either.
AWESOME THREAD WITH AWESOME COMMENTS AND PICTURES/GRAPHICS!
I wish I hadn’t promised SARAH PALIN’S BUSY PING LIST that I wouldn’t ping anymore today!
I watched them during the autograph signing. They covered her pretty well.
Lord hear our prayer!
You, I and millions of faithful others pray for her and her protection almost non stop. May God bless Sarah Palin, her precious family and all of her supporters and their familes and patriots everywhere.
lol. Logic is NOT imagination. I hope you can learn that fact. I suggest that you study the works of Aristotle. You may then have a better understanding of deductive reasoning.
She is awesome and a speaker like a very few notable others! You’re sure right about that!
Sarah Palin speaks from her heart and her degree in journalism is working for her! She doesn’t need speech writers or a idiot teleprompter.
GO SARAH!
You AGAIN! Do you ever have a nice day?
Save your envy/class warfare crap for democrats.
GO SARAH!
Your logic is faulty.
We didn't. Pop culture did. This is a 1 hour and 32 minute documentary on the history and plans of marxists taking over America.
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