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Posted on 04/18/2011 2:55:12 PM PDT by Clyde5445
Hello, Madison, Wisconsin! You look good. I feel like I’m at home. This is beautiful. Madison, I am proud to get to be with you today. Madison, these are the frontlines in the battle for the future of our country. This is where the line has been drawn in the sand. And I am proud to stand with you today in solidarity.
I am here today as a patriot, as a taxpayer, as a former union member, and as the wife of a union member. What I have to say today I say it to our good patriotic brothers and sisters who are in unions. I say this, too, proudly standing here as the daughter of a family full of school teachers. My parents, my grandparents, aunt, cousins, brother, sister – so many of these good folks are living on teachers’ pensions, having worked or are still working in education.
A pension is a promise that must be kept. Now, your Governor Scott Walker understands this. He understands that states must be solvent in order to keep their promises. And that’s what he’s trying to do. He’s not trying to hurt union members. Hey, folks, he’s trying to save your jobs and your pensions! But unfortunately some of your union bosses don’t understand this, and they don’t care if union members have to be laid off. No, they want to protect their own power, and if that means forcing a governor to lay off union workers, then so be it; they’ve proven that is fine with them. But that’s not real solidarity! Real solidarity means coming together for the common good. This Tea Party movement is real solidarity!
Well, I am in Madison today because this is where real courage and real integrity can be found. Courage is your governor and your legislators standing strong in the face of death threats and thug tactics. Courage is you all standing strong with them! You saw the forces aligned against fiscal reform. You saw the obstruction and the destruction. You saw these violent rent-a-mobs trash your capital and vandalize businesses.
Madison, you held your ground. Your governor did the right thing. And you won. Your beautiful state won. And you know what – people still have their jobs because of it! That’s courage. And that’s integrity. And that’s something that’s sorely missing in the Beltway today.
Because let me tell you what isn’t courageous: It’s politicians promising the American voters that, as we drown in $14.5 trillion debt, that they’re going to cut $100 billion out of this year’s budget. But then they cave on that and they reduce it down to $61 billion after they get elected. Then they get in there and they strike a deal and decide, nah, they will reduce that down to $38 billion. And then after some politics-as-usual and accounting gimmicks, we find out it’s not $38 billion in cuts. You know that $38 billion – we don’t have it; we’re borrowing it. We borrow from foreign countries to give to foreign countries, and that’s insanity. We find out it’s not even $38 billion; it’s less than $1 billion in real cuts. Folks, that $352 million in real cuts – that’s no more than the federal government is going to spend in the time it takes us to hold this rally today! That is not courage; that’s capitulation!
Now, there’s a lesson here for the Beltway politicos, something they need to understand; the lesson comes from here in Madison. So, our lesson is to the GOP establishment first. And yeah, I’ll take on the GOP establishment. What more can they say about us, you know?
So, to the GOP establishment: if you stand on the platform, if you stand by your pledges, we will stand with you. We will fight with you, GOP. We have your back. Together we will win because America will win!
We didn’t elect you just to re-arrange the deck chairs on a sinking Titanic. We didn’t elect you to just stand back and watch Obama re-distribute those deck chairs. What we need is for you to stand up, GOP, and fight. Maybe I should ask some of the Badger women’s hockey team—those champions—maybe I should ask them if we should be suggesting to GOP leaders they need to learn how to fight like a girl!
And speaking of President Obama, I think we ought to pay tribute to him today at this Tax Day Tea Party because really he’s the inspiration for why we’re here today.
That’s right. The Tea Party Movement wouldn’t exist without Barack Obama.
You see, Candidate Obama didn’t have a record while he was in office; but President Obama certainly has a record, and that’s why we’re here. And hey, media, it’s not inciting violence and it’s not hateful rhetoric to call someone out on their record, so that’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to do it to be clear. That’s right: we’re here, we’re clear, get used to it!
Candidate Obama promised to be fiscally responsible. He promised to cut the deficit; but President Obama tripled it!
Candidate Obama promised that fiscal responsibility; but President Obama flushed a trillion dollars down the drain on a useless “stimulus” package and then he bragged about the jobs he “created” in congressional districts that don’t even exist! That’s right; on this, White House, you lie. The only thing that trillion-dollar travesty stimulated was a debt-crisis and a Tea Party!
Now, the left’s irresponsible and radical policies awakened a sleeping America so that we understood finally what it was that we were about to lose. We were about to lose the blessings of liberty and prosperity. They caused the working men and women of this country to get up off their sofas, to come down from the deer stand, get out of the duck blind, and hit the streets, come to the town halls, and finally to the ballot box. And Tea Party Americans won an electoral victory of historic proportions last November. We the people, we rose up and we decisively rejected the left’s big government agenda. We don’t want it. We can’t afford it. And we are unwilling to pay for it.
But what was the president’s reaction to this mandate for fiscal sanity?
Less than 90 days after the election, in his State of the Union address, President Obama told us, nah, the era of big government is here to stay, and we’re going to pay for it whether we want to or not. Instead of reducing spending, they’re going to “Win The Future” by “investing” more of your hard-earned money in some cockamamie harebrained ideas like more solar shingles, more really fast trains – some things that venture capitalists will tell you are non-starters. We’re flat broke, but he thinks these solar shingles and really fast trains will magically save us. So now he’s shouting “all aboard” his bullet train to bankruptcy. "Win The Future"? W.T.F. is about right.
And when Wisconsin’s own Paul Ryan presented a plan for fiscal reform, what was Obama’s response? He demonized the voices of responsibility with class warfare and with fearmongering. And I say personally to our president: Hey, parent to parent, Barack Obama, for shame for you to suggest that the heart of the commonsense conservative movement would do anything to harm our esteemed elders, to harm our children with Down syndrome, to harm those most in need. No, see, in our book, you prioritize appropriately and those who need the help will get the help. The only way we do that is to be wise and prudent and to budget according to the right priorities.
Now, our president isn’t leading, he’s punting on this debt crisis. The only future Barack Obama is trying to win is his own re-election! He’s willing to mortgage your children’s future to ensure his own. And that is not the audacity of hope. That’s cynicism!
Piling more debt onto our children and grandchildren is not courage. No, that’s cowardice!
But did you notice when he gave that polarizing speech last week there was a little gem in the speech. Maybe you missed it. But he spoke about the social contract and the “social compact.” Well, Mr. President, the most basic tenet in that social compact is adhering to the consent of the governed. That would be “We the People.” President Obama, you do not have our consent. You didn’t have it in November. And you certainly don’t have it now. You willfully ignored the will of the American people.
You ignored it when you rammed through Obamacare.
You ignored it when you drove up the debt to $14.5 trillion.
You ignored it when you misrepresented your deficit spending.
You ignored it when you proposed massive tax increases on the middle class and on our job creators.
You ignored it when you went to bat for government-funded abortions and yet you threw our brave men and women in uniform under the bus, Mr. Commander in Chief.
You ignored it when you got us into a third war for fuzzy and inconsistent reasons, a third war that we cannot afford.
You ignore it when you apologize for America while you bow and kowtow to our enemies, and you snub our allies like Israel.
And you ignore when you manipulate the U.S. oil supply. You cut off oil development here and then you hypocritically praise foreign countries for their drilling.
And when hardworking families are hit with $4 and $5 a gallon gas and your skyrocketing energy and food prices as you set out to fundamentally transform America, you ignore our concerns and you tell us we just better get used to it.
Well, Mr. President, we’re not going to get used to it. Not now. Not ever. You ignored us in 2010. But you cannot ignore us in 2012.
Mr. President, you and your cohorts threw all the hatred and all the violence you could at these good folks in Madison, Wisconsin. But you lost here.
And Madison, you defended the 2010 electoral mandate. You are heroes, you are patriots, and when the history of this Tea Party Movement is written, what you accomplished here will not be forgotten.
Your historic stand brought down the curtain on the last election. And the 2012 election begins here.
We will take the courage and the integrity that you showed all of America. We will take it and we will win back our country!
God has shed His grace on thee, America. We will not squander what we have.
We will fight for America! And it starts here in Madison, Wisconsin!
It starts here! It starts now! What better place than the state that hosts the Super Bowl champs to call out the liberal left and let them know: Mr. President, game on!
God bless you, Wisconsin, and God bless America!
-Sarah Palin
many of us are also Ready to Serve.
Clyde, when I see someone post, i often wonder what state they are from. Especially since the prez race is largely NOT a nationwide battle yet. The focus is on a limited number of states.
GAME ON!
Indeed. :)
A comment!!! What POTUS Obama, his Democrat Party, the mainstream media, etc. do not realize or recognize is the revolution going on among the American people and voters. The Tea Party grows in strength and energy day by day. Each time Obama rants his hate and class warfare mantra, the Tea Party grows, each time a Democrat buffoon shoots off their big foul mouthed yap, the Tea Party grows even bigger, each time “Politico” & MSNBC cover for the failed Obama, the Tea Party grows larger, each time Michelle Obama utters her hate & disdain of America, the Tea Party grows by leaps & bounds, each time Joe Biden (the dumbest human being on the face of the earth) opens his pie hole, the Tea Party swells its ranks. Need I go further?
Lots of good stuff going on at the state level, particularly with the Sec of States. 2012 will be much harder to steal...
Hmmm...
Lots of happy talk about how it’s all about the money, money, money...it’s all about the money. But absolutely no specifics about what she might cut.
She starts off talking about the fact that she comes from an overwhelmingly union family, mostly teachers, living on generous public pensions. Reaches out once again to her union “brothers and sisters.”
All of which seems to explain why she has never called for the abolition of the unconstitutional U.S. Dept. of Education.
Don’t really see much of substance in this speech at all.
Indeed, it was a fantastic speech. Sarah is a tenacious fighter. Any one can see that she is dying to engage the Marxist! She can't wait to crush this anti-American usurper.
I have an idea for ya. Why don’t you go play in traffic because all you do is snark when it comes to Gov. Palin.
Save it I won’t reply again. This is my thread take it some place else.
:)
This was not the type of speech to get into any specifics. It was a speech to rally supporters and to put the enemy on notice she is readying for the fight ahead.
If you have read Sarah's books you can easily find many examples of her strong fiscal conservative nature. She is very frugal with the taxpayer's money.
Recently in interviews she has stated (when the NPR flap occurred) that eliminating funding for NPR and NEA is an obvious start. (she may have added PBS). She was just addressing the NPR flap.
If Sarah was President, there would be no doubt that she would put the people first, not the parasite elites that infest D.C.
Gave my opinion of the speech, from a conservative perspective. That’s what FR is for.
Wow. That was real hard. Real leadership there. /s
But seriously, color me unimpressed. That's like putting one sandbag out in the face of of the thirty-foot financial tsunami that's coming in. And only because it's politically expedient to do so.
well, win Sarah wins the GOP nomination, please by all means, vote for Obama. It is obvious you can't stand Sarah. You are truly pathetic person to keep trolling the Sarah threads to attack her without end.
Is that the best you can do? Sheesh.
no, just don't want to waste my time on people who have "hate" in their heart for Sarah. :)
We await with baited breath, the announcement of your candidacy for President.
Please start laying out your policy statements, and tell us when and where you’re going to be speaking so we can attend, and see if you can rally a base of support.
We realize that in depth policy will be an ongoing process, sprinkled in and around other considerations for your seeking the job, such as helping other like minded people elected to Congress to help with your agenda once you get in office and get the full, big picture, with all the gory details... so we will, cut you a little slack.
You argue like a liberal.
Well, in the absence of such an announcement, there’s little point to your post. But, in any case, even though I’m not running for office, my public policy statements are crystal clear and quite public. And conservative, unlike a large number of Governor Palin’s positions. Feel free to challenge me on what those specifically are if you feel so disposed.
I hate to correct Gov. Palin, however, the Tea Party Movement, while having Obama-rama in its sights direct vision, came about mainly to tell the Congress Critters from both political party's "We're mad as hell and we aren't going to take it any longer!" Or words to that effect.
But all in all, a great message delivered, on behalf of those of us who consider ourselves as "Tea Partiers!"
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