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Palin says Obama's policies have U.S. on road to ruin
Reuters ^ | Feb 5, 2011 | John Whitesides

Posted on 02/04/2011 11:48:34 PM PST by Jet Jaguar

Republican Sarah Palin said on Friday an explosion of government spending and debt under President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats had put the United States on "the road to ruin."

In a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan, the potential 2012 White House contender said leaders in Washington had lost sight of the values that made Reagan a Republican icon and a hero to conservatives -- a belief in limited government, low taxes and personal freedoms.

"This is not the road to national greatness, it is the road to ruin," Palin said of the growth in government spending, budget deficits, joblessness and housing foreclosures under Obama. "The federal government is spending too much, borrowing too much, growing and controlling too much," she said.

Palin said Obama had revived the era of big government, and she ridiculed the infrastructure spending and investment he outlined in his recent State of the Union speech.

"The only thing these investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy," the 2008 vice presidential candidate said in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California, part of two days of festivities marking the late president's 100th birthday.

Reagan served two terms as president beginning in 1981, and his belief in limited government, reduced taxes and military strength has been the dominant political doctrine of his Republican Party ever since.

His legacy gained new momentum in the last year with the growth of the conservative grassroots Tea Party movement, which has focused on a push for limited government and reduced government spending.

Like virtually all Republican Party leaders, Palin and many of the other possible Republican candidates to unseat Obama go to great lengths to stress their belief in Reagan's principle.

But Palin said the Republican search for the next

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: freepressforpalin; obama; obamanomics; ronaldreagan; socialism
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To: excopconservative

I believe you are right. it seems the reporter added his opinion...”who would’ve thunk it”


41 posted on 02/05/2011 2:54:34 AM PST by BubbaJunebug
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To: PA-RIVER

“But before he goes, he has to be congratulated, as he’s done some serious damage.”

Well, I will not congratulate him, but I am sure the CPUSA is quite pleased.


42 posted on 02/05/2011 3:07:11 AM PST by AlexW
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To: Jet Jaguar

It’s a good thing Sarah Palin is a woman. If she were a man she would be carrying around a set of balls too big to allow her to walk.

Spaking the truth is what this country needs and she is the only one wiht the courage to do it.


43 posted on 02/05/2011 3:12:44 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Jet Jaguar

"Gov. Palin figured out our plan to
make this a "bullet train to America's ruin",
with complete destruction of America and its allies, so
there will be no need for that stupid election in 2012".

44 posted on 02/05/2011 3:34:08 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I don’t think they would want to be VP with her.


45 posted on 02/05/2011 3:34:49 AM PST by Rennes Templar ( Reagan: " When I was young we were poor, but the gov't didn't have to tell us we were poor")
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To: chicken head
People can disagree with Sarah's style; but never her substance - and be right that is.

(Would like Sara to expand on the rest of the Obama,Inc. MO that so threatens every aspect of American life, and National Character and role in the world.)

46 posted on 02/05/2011 3:35:18 AM PST by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .Obama, not made in the USA either.. .)
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To: italybub

Reagan did not have the large majorities in the Congress that Obama had. When he went along with the Democrats in the least, it was with the promises of spending cuts that never materialized. Reagan was up against it contending with tax and spend liberals. - So, you like Obama? WHY?


47 posted on 02/05/2011 3:37:34 AM PST by Twinkie (Two wrongs don't make a right.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; All
God bless you Sarah. The only Republican with enough stones to stick it right in the Kenyan's eye.


Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

48 posted on 02/05/2011 4:27:58 AM PST by The Comedian (There are no unbiased media outlets. Journalists ARE combatants.)
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To: Viking2002; Vendome

Boy, they were out and about last night.


49 posted on 02/05/2011 4:41:55 AM PST by bcsco
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To: Jet Jaguar

Sarah Palin is first in our hearts. Any attack on her is an attack on all of us.


50 posted on 02/05/2011 5:14:00 AM PST by bushpilot1
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To: Jet Jaguar
Palin says Obama's policies have U.S. on road to ruin

Please tell me which one of the grey cowards who are "mentioned" as potential GOP candidates is actually OPPOSING Obama, as opposed to cowering in the weeds?

Does Huckabee speak out? Thune? Barbour? Gingrich? Jindal? Willard (oh please!)?

The fact is, there is only one possible candidate.

What they will say in October 2012 doesn't concern me. The nation is being destroyed RIGHT NOW. Who is opposing Obama now, when it counts?


51 posted on 02/05/2011 5:20:10 AM PST by Jim Noble (Reelect Palin 2016)
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To: Jet Jaguar


52 posted on 02/05/2011 5:25:27 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: italybub

Troll!! Troll!!


53 posted on 02/05/2011 5:29:00 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Diogenesis

Always with the middle finger. It must be habit now!


54 posted on 02/05/2011 5:42:52 AM PST by cameraeye (A happy kufir!)
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To: italybub
Okay, I've got the bridge. Photobucket
55 posted on 02/05/2011 5:45:20 AM PST by bushpilot1
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To: Jet Jaguar

AC/DC said it first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDpznl8eIs


56 posted on 02/05/2011 5:48:43 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (V for Vendetta.)
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To: All

Can anyone point me to specific programs or agencies that Sarah Palin advocates eliminating, or considers to be unconstitutional?


57 posted on 02/05/2011 5:55:31 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Perhaps it's time for an orderly transfer of power?)
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To: Viking2002
You smell funny.

Lightning is the best deodorizer.

58 posted on 02/05/2011 6:19:40 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Vendome; Outlaw Woman
Ask and ye shall receive:


59 posted on 02/05/2011 6:24:30 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Jet Jaguar

Go Palin! Go any brave soul that is willing to speak out!


60 posted on 02/05/2011 6:38:55 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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