[Newsbot]

Title: Sarah Palin speaks at Tea Party convention.
Category: Uncle Sam
Posted By: LightStarr
Date: 2010-02-07 10:51:51

[GreenTiger]

It freightens me to think that this airhead is taken seriously as a national political figure. She is cute, but that is about it.

Hopefully her "bubble" of support will soon burst and she will fade into a footnote in history

[N_Fiddledog]

Lacking the self-proclaimed, massive intellect, and superior, yet apparently, in-born, knowledge of all things everywhere the left lays claim to, I had to actually view the speech before drawing conclusions on it.



I thought it was pretty good.

[GreenTiger]

If you saw the whole presentation and not just the clip that's pere you might have a diifferent impression.

I'm not a big fan of the US Congress or the messiah Obama, but we need leaders who represent more than image.

[N_Fiddledog]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

If you saw the whole presentation and not just the clip that's pere you might have a diifferent impression.

I think you might want to check the time on that video. That is the whole thing. It's not a clip.

Anyway, I watched the speech live. I found it impressive.

I'll tell you what though, if you do want a shortened/clips version, just for a taste, here ya go...



They missed her best zinger though. Actually it wasn't her's. She was quoting Ronald Reagan's answer to the question "What should America's war strategy be", and he answered, "We win. You lose".

[Lemmy]

Discussions of Sarah Palin don't belong in "current events"...she's yesterday's news and from a Canadian perspective, never really news yesterday either.

[GreenTiger]

Reagan's answer on a winning war strategy is correct "we win you lose", actually I prefer General George Patton's idea "no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country he won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country (or today's Islamic 72 virgins theme)".

I just don't think Sarah Palin can lead the charge.

[N_Fiddledog]

Palin's speech was hard news, and current events. The tea party convention even had a massive mainstream media presence. It was covered on their nightly news. Even the Obama-biased CNN aired the whole speech, and had a panel comment afterwards.

There's a box you can uncheck in the news submission here if it is not Canadian news.

Too often these "doesn't belong here" comments actually mean "this does not support my side of the argument".

[GreenTiger]

I think what we need is a reincarnated Theodore Roosevelt. If anybody on this planet could solve massive problems by a " grab the bull by the balls approach" he was; but he probably wouldn't be PC in today's world.

[xerxes]

It was a pretty partisan speech for something that's billed as a non-partisan event.

[xerxes]

It was a pretty partisan speech for something that's billed as a non-partisan event.

[N_Fiddledog]

xerxes xerxes:

It was a pretty partisan speech for something that's billed as a non-partisan event.

It was billed as a non-partisan event? I missed that. When did that happen?

The tea-parties are pretty much a conservative, and conservative leaning Independent phenomena, aren't they? Although...Palin did mention how even blue dogs are starting to peek under the tent.

[xerxes]

Conservative leaning yes, but from what I've read at least, they are describing themselves as a third party movement. And in that regard, I found Palin's speech better suited for a GOP convention.

[N_Fiddledog]

xerxes xerxes:

Conservative leaning yes, but from what I've read at least, they are describing themselves as a third party movement. And in that regard, I found Palin's speech better suited for a GOP convention.

A third party? I don't know. Not yet, I don't think. Not officially, and definitely not from Palin. She's seeing the tea party more as a "ground up organization". She doesn't appear to see it as an organization needing leadership at this time. Or at least she says it doesn't need "a king, or a queen of the movement".

When I've heard her talk on the subject, she's talking more about bringing the tea partiers into the Republican party. The emphasis seems to be having the Republicans adapt so they can be more open to a stronger conservative voice. I think people like Michelle Bachman have similar views.

On the other hand you do hear talk of tea party candidates in November, and the tea party did support the Conservative Independent over the Republican when the Republican was left-leaning Dede Scozzava. In fact, even Palin backed the conservative there. However, she also backed moderate Republican, Scott Brown.

I don't know. It's all still evolving.

It's interesting though that following her tea party speech Sarah came out with the strongest words so far suggesting she'd be open to a run at the Presidency.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02 ... ing-obama/

[CrazyCanuck007]

She only did it for the $150,000 she was paid.