Sarah Palin stakes out the Tea Party's right-wing populism: 'This movement is about the people'
Sarah Palin's followers no doubt thought she gave a great speech at the National Tea Party Convention last night. Actually, it was pretty much cookie-cutter stuff, sprinkled with the requisite cheap shots at President Obama. If red meat is your thing, there was plenty. But as always with Palin, there was no substance, and the delivery was pretty close to fingernails clawing their way down a blackboard.
Mostly, she staked out the core political position of the Tea Party movement as the right-wing populism we've already recognized it as. But she repeated that the movement was about "the people," and indeed wrapped it up with an incoherent bit of babble featuring "the people."
There was the requisite nod to the ah, "revolutionary" component of the movement:
Palin: And I am a big supporter of this movement, I believe in this movement. Got lots of friends and family in the Lower 48 who attend these events and across the country, just knowing that this is the movement, and America is ready for another revolution, and you are a part of this.
Of course, the Tea Partiers like to insist that this is a non-violent revolution. But the way they keep packing guns around at public gathering as demonstrations of their constitutional rights, the rest of us aren't feeling all that assured.
Palin also made an interesting remark about Tea Party candidates taking out regular Republican candidates:
Palin: A lot of great common-sense conservative candidates -- they're gonna put it all on the line in 2010, and this year, there are gonna be some tough primaries. And I think that's good. Competition in these primaries is good, competition makes us work harder and be more efficient, and produce more. And I hope you'll get out there and work hard for the candidates who reflect your values, your priorities, because, despite what the pundits want you to think, contested primaries aren't civil war. They're democracy at work, and that's beautiful.
Yeah, we bet John McCain thinks it's just beautiful that he's facing a tough primary challenge from Tea Party favorite J.D. Hayworth this year. Palin later told the audience how proud she was to run with McCain on his ticket, but she seemed to be encouraging candidates like Hayworth. Sounds like some serious cognitive dissonance going on there.
Mostly, Palin spent a lot of time slagging Obama:
Palin: This is about the people, and it's bigger than any king or queen of a Tea Party. And it's a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter.
Palin also ranked on at length about Obama's supposed weakness in the "war on terrorism," particularly in the case of the Underwear Bomber, who she believes should not have been allowed to "lawyer up." These attacks brought her some of her longest applause. Palin, like a lot of right wingers, seems to believe that the Constitution applies only to American citizens -- even though the Constitution itself is quite clear that it applies to anyone under U.S. jurisdiction.
And then they tell us that they're all about preserving constitutional values. Right.
Of course, the whole line of argument on the Underwear Bomber was really just an excuse to deliver cute lines slagging Obama:
Palin: Treating this like a mere law-enforcement matter places our country at grave risk. Because that's not how radical Islamic extremists are looking at this -- they know we're at war! And to win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern!
There was also the requisite hypocrisy:
Palin: Today, in the words of Congressman Paul Ryan, the $700 billion TARP has morphed into "crony capitalism at its worst," and it's becoming a slush fund for the Treasury Department favorite big players, just as we had been warned about.
This isn't the first time Palin has pretended she didn't support the bailouts in 2008, when she was running for vice president. But she in fact did.
Also noteworthy: Palin applauded Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak for screwing up health-care reform. Sounds about right. Way to go, Bart. Hope you're proud.
Palin wrapped up by defending the movement from critics (like us) who paint it as extremist. Why, Sarah can personally vouch that everyone she met in the movement is just folks.
And that gave her the launching pad for her populist wrapup:
Palin: This movement is about the people. Who can argue, a movement that is about the people and for the people -- remember, all political power is inherent in the people, and government is supposed to be working for the people. That is what this movement is about!
Palin may be right that "this isn't about parties," but there's no doubt that it is about ideology -- right-wing conservative ideology. And in its populist guise, it isn't fooling anyone.
in her new comedy skit. Let's have a revolution, vote republican.
Ooh you're tugging on my grass root...
palin is like a trash dumpster,
she just picks up all the shit
everyone is throwing out, eats it and
then throws up on the Constitution and
America......her lips, the
open end of the dumpster at the
trash landfill, contaminated shit out.
To not recognize Palin's stupidity, hypocrisy, the tired talking points, the plagiarism of Republican liars, etc. her disciples buying into to this absolute non-talent fraud's simple dumb-shit is really what's scary.
Sadly, it can't be fixed easily.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
..not until the worst actually comes to pass and all of their lives are tossed right into the dumpster along with all of the sane people. They won't wake up until its too late and will only be frustrated unless it does happen. I knew that w, the "fiscal conservative", would ruin the economy; sarah palin and her ilk will drive us into the stone age with the tea-party cheering her on.
How any one could speak at that racist's convention (thanks to useless carbon based life form tom tancredo)?
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
This is a movement (albiet a physically slow one), of fat assed, pasty faced, hate filled imbeciles, who don't have two I.Q. points to rub together.
Otherwise, they would recognize the Trojan horse of conservatism that you Sarah - and the rest of your republican liars slither from.
God help you evil republicans, if these morons ever figure out who really did screw them, and decide to take their revenge on those who rightfully deserve it!
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
heeheehee
Corruption favors the wealthy.
I think it was fastfeat that quipped last night
Reporter "Which hand do you read."
Sarah "All of them."
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Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
They will never figure it out. Their solution to the "intellectually uncurious" 8 years of George Bush is the even more intellectually challenged Sarah Palin?
Talk about "Dumb and Dumbest".
No cognitive dissonance! No "cognitive" at all. If these folk's heads were stuffed with "cotton, hay and rags" (H/T Henry Higgins) they'd be smarter than they are NOW.
What's scary is that she's not the last of them. As much of a challenge as it may seem to be the right will find somebody even dumber than Palin - probably not too long from now.
..just sayin'.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Joe the Plumber and a few others are apparently a bit unimpressed:
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
Joe the Plumber Eviscerates Palin for Party Payola Patter
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
..about her complaining about the "r" word?
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
charged for a re-run? money back please *grabby hand*
hey, teaboobs, for $349 you could have bought "her" book for $4.99 and spent the rest at wal mart and hardees...
to begin with.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I think she wants to donate the money to the stores that the GOP bought her wardrobe when she was running for VP so she can buy the new clothes again. It's a worthy cause.
..giving it back to the tea party corporation running the show. Anyone have the time and know where to check her financials and see if she really does?
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
I finally figured out that the whole notion of the Tea Party "movement" is to make revolution politically unpalatable, at least to in the mainstream echo chamber. It's like what I said in the early Bush years, the Republicans made impeachment look impotent, or at least this is what we were told. Anyone ever hear of Richard Cage from Henry VI?
United States of Alaska?
America's white, Christian culture's rage over the perception that federal money will be redistributed to people they perceive as undeserving, i.e., non-white, non-Christians. That's it. Lot's of rhetoric about "the deficit!" and "reign in the spending!". But that's all code and smoke screen. I am absolutely certain of this. In fact, I know quite a few people who will admit it openly.
president who is Black, that suddenly also those groups of minorities that the teabaggers hate to share with will be getting everything.
How racist and predictable of them!
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
..transfer a lot of wealth to people and corporations who are undeserving. and that wasn't an issue of spending but an issue of revenue.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
She got a hundred thousand dollars for forty five minutes of stupid jingoist horseshit. As Jeff Spicoli would say "Righteous Bucks!" And I was wondering, from the little footage that I could stand to watch, where were the people of colour?
..room with his opening speech.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
And I was wondering, from the little footage that I could stand to watch, where were the people of colour?
Where they ALWAYS are at Republican events: Cleaning the tables and serving the drinks.
Huff-Po has some hilarious stuff showing Palin reading notes off her hand and showing the actual notes. Simple words like "Energy" and "Taxes". It is the most idiotic thing I have ever seen.
One commenter called it her "Telepalmter".
It's called glittering generalities in the world of propaganda. Sarah and her buddy kid hannity are masters.
Its using words like liberty, freedom or any other buzz word that are interpreted differently by different people. That way people will think you agreed with them. I'm all for liberty, and freedom but not the kind kid hannity seems to want.
and not an original thing to say. Debunked talking points about teleprompters followed by contradictory talking points about "lecturing", the new line to come from the Limbaa factory.
Old news is so awesome!
Way to stoke the militias Sarah. Although I do agree we need a revolution of some sorts. But if we see things that differently from these people, wouldn't it be a civil war instead?
I've had conversations with Glenn Beck fans who want a revolution and seem to believe that their little militias would stand a chance against the most powerful military on earth (who they claim to support). They also believe it would entail a civil war against liberals and salivate at the opportunity to use their liberal hunting licenses.
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
..enforcement departments in the world? Or wouldn't it only take a troop of motivated Boy Scouts?
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Not Frank. Barney the dino. "I like you, you like me".
Does anyone else remember Like, the soda pop? Renamed diet 7up a few years later.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
These are people that think we should cut taxes and start more wars.
These are people that think there should be no separation of church and state yet want tax exempt status for religious groups.
These are people who are for more cheap oil and bigger vehicles yet don't want to pay for road maintenance through "Big Government" programs.
The list goes on....
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
These are the people who want to drill for oil off the west coast fantasizing that it will lead to lower fuel prices for Americans.
Oops. You can add Obama to that group. friggin sell out.
Don't Ask, Drill
They say "bipartisan".
If they didn't hate "liberals" and Democrats so much they'd see Obama is actually more supportive of their desires than our liberal ones.
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
We want you running against Obama in 2012. With your V.P. pick, Glen Beck. Yowsir.
When the speaker charges $300. a head and the convention itself is $550. Not a grassroots movement when it's being funded in large part by right wing corporate sponsors, such as Freedom works. Not a grassroots movement when the republican media arm that is FOX is plugging you and giving you a national platform to continue lying and misleading the public. The Tea Party movement is the John
Birch Society rebranded and now it has more than one leader....two top names are Beck and Palin with Dick Armey writing a lot of checks. This is quickly becoming a national disgrace more so than it's first inception thanks to Beck, and now other news outlets are referring to them as a great political movement. These ppl are owned by the Republican Party, they just don't know it yet, and if they do, they're in a state of denial. Now they're going to back candidates based on their 20th century ideals or as Palin calls them "Conservative Common Sense Principles" Even McCain is not conservative enough for this crowd. Pretty scarey stuff
In fairness, McCain doesn't have any principles at all. Ok, he has one - he stands for political expedience.
He would be doing himself a favor if he would stop being adamantly for or against something just to be adamantly opposite of that position two years later.
Glenn Greenwald on Sarah Palin here
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"[Palin] had on three opera-length strands of pearls, two white and one multi-colored. [O]n her lapel, a small pin with two flags -- for Israel and the United States."
Looks like someone introduced her to AIPAC. As governor of Alaska, she probably hasn't had the opportunity to meet this fine group of people yet.
I can hear the accusations fly on the next election cycle.
"Where's your Israeli flag pin?!?"
What she means to say is: "So as to make the Second Coming of Jesus Christ possible. And before the coming of Jesus, the Jews must convert to Christianity. Those who don't will perish in a gigantic holocaust in the battle of Armageddon."
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_isra.htm
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
I think I understand what is appealing about her to these people.
She is part of a group that is essentially promising a Armageddon, apocalyptic second coming that ends in an orgy of violence and killing. She is implying she can make it happen during her term and they are really excited about the opportunity to wash away their sins in one final orgy of murder.
That's why I think they like her.
kind of like a Disney villainess, say Malicefant in Sleeping Beauty.
I can picture this broad in a Dalmation coat.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Oh, I'll put that on AFTER the victory.
'Talk to the hand'
. . . of a speech given by a partially employed grandmother from Alaska representing a fringe element of the minority party. Golly, isn't she pretty.
Because those who don't hold power are the problem . . . .
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Cheat notes written on the palm of her hand ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-sirucek/...
Who needs a teleprompter?
Watch her do a little palm-reading on YouTube ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtcVMTZkTZQ&fe...
Rascalcat - And she had scratched some of the words off. Scratched them off. Fucking hilarious! If that does not say "idiot" nothing does.
Palin is a babbling idiot just bull shitting the morons who are even dumber than she is and reading some one liners that someone else wrote for her attacking Obama and or the Dems , zero substance . What's really hilarious is that this nobody is getting rich giving the morons their daily dose of stupid . Man , what a country .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
Nothing wrong here remember it is HER party or the one she use to belong to the Anti American republicans that called a member of Congress a Whore and failed to retract it so if you are NOT a Liberal, Progressive you are a WHORE if you are a female, this BITCH fills the bill when will she lay down so I can TEA BAG her and does SHE SWALLOW.
Notice this gimmicky party of HATE and Fear and TOALLY not having a clue offers up HATE and FEAR and NEVER EVEZR steps up to the plate to offer SOLUTIONS, so can you please tell me what is the difference between the NAZI, RACIST, SOCIALIST republican ANTI AMERICAN Party and the disillusioned I don't have a clue Fear and Hate base Teabaggers (all though the tea baggers do let you teabag them hmmm).
Both these parties are ANTI AMERICAN both of these Parties are HATE and FEAR based BOTH of these PARTIES support endorse and encourage SOCIALISM for the Corporations and Financial Institutions, Both organizations sips and want to eliminate FREE SPEECH and citizens participation in Government as demonstrated by the Oreo and piece of SHIT right Wing lard ass SEX OFFENDER Clarence Thomas, but then again this piece of shit is a Hate and Fear Monger.
So anyone who thinks this Bitch and Brainless BIMBO is the solution is as dumb as this Bitch and Whore or suffer from the delusion that STUPIDITY and lack of ACCOUNTABILITY are the answer.
right-wing conservative ideology. And in its populist guise, it isn't fooling anyone.
Oh contrare, it is fooling lots of people and its sad.
As an actual populist I have been on a private campaign to expose these phonys.
Populists are people that fight the powers of privilege and control.
These people want to ignore the fact that concentrated wealth and predatory capitalism is the reason behind the decline of the power of the people.
They think its fine if these people take over companies, eat all the goodie out of them with multi million dollar salaries and rules that allow them to only risk other peoples money. THAT is the root of the vast majority of all problems and 99 percent of the economic ones.
When these people quit building strawmen enemies and recognize that the main benefactors of anything they would call socialism or government money are muti national corporation then we have something to talk about. Until then they live in an alternate universe than I do. There's no curing a fantasy.
As a TRUE populist, Teddy Roosevelt said in his speech called "A New Nationalism"(I would suggest this speech to any aspiring populist):
At many stages in the advance of humanity, this conflict between the men who possess more than they have earned and the men who have earned more than they possess is the central condition of progress. ....At every stage, and under all circumstances, the essence of the struggle is to equalize opportunity, destroy privilege, and give to the life and citizenship of every individual the highest possible value both to himself and to the commonwealth.
That is populism.
"Au contraire" s'il vous plait. Merci
bienbeaucoups (Damn, working with a mess of chicanas is screwing up my Romance language processors).Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Guilty, should have looked that up.
American political history is rife with terrific sounding speeches.
Consider William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold Speech" from the 1896 Democratic Convention
Bryan was a fervent religious type and defender of anti Darwinism. Hardly a reference for modern leftist types, BUT, he WAS an anti-imperialist.
I don't want to deflate your balloon TOO MUCH, but Teddy Roosevelt was an Arch Imperialist, consider the brutal war against the Philippines.
Where in history will we find a happy retreat, full of the heroes we seek.
FDR swung to left because he had to. The capitalists had run so seriously amuck that the system was on the verge of collapse, as predicted by Marx.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Yes,Teddy Roosevelt and Bryan were as you describe them. The fact remains that both of these people, quite different individuals themselves, were talking about something completely different than Beck and Palin. Beck and Palin defend uber wealth and they defend leaving the fate of our nation at the hands of free range predatory capitalism. Roosevelt and Bryan were Populists in the true sense of the word. They were, as all people are, also more than that. Beck and Palin are NOT populists.
Ah, but for good old days in American politics when the war mongers were highly articulate.
We need someone just like Obama in the White House as War Monger in Chief, much more articulate than these erstwhile and pseudo populist teabaggers.
Plus, Obama is also first call with the Bankers.
Wait, history rejoice, we already have the guy.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
How can a population of 20% ever be considered populist? I'm tired of that word being used in a misleading fashion. This is nothing more than a greedy old party strategy to get their repugnant candidates hyped up for November. Enough already.
Is it the 21st century yet?
did she get paid for that hand-job ... ?
Oh sorry that was the Q&A after ...
I'm Boycotting NewsCorp! Heres what not to buy: http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=news...
I think of a movement. A bowel movement.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
have to check their bibles, guns and white sheets at the door?
Even the Coen brothers couldn't make up a character like Sarah.
In what context Sarah? Good luck leading the professional victims and paranoid martyrs of your imbecilic revolution. There is no mental health professional that could help you.
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
A whopping 600 showed up at the 1st annual Teabag Convention to hear the Queen of Teabagging speak. I have 2 words for that.
EPIC. FAIL.
But it was on several national televison broadcasts and is being talked about on all the tv shows and blogs. Would call that quite capable media manipulation if nothing else.
When do we get some people that can figure out how to do that?
do not forget what Perot did for Clinton.
And do not forget what Clinton did for us.
NAFTA
GATT
WTO
Rubinomics and the repeal of Glass Steagal.
The FBI, Carnivore and the onset of the mass surveillance state.
The is much more, he was quite productive, in a highly perverse sort of way.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
You seem to want to change the subject to Obama and Clinton. They would not be Populists to me at this point in time either. They don't claim to be. So do YOU think Beck and Palin are Populists?
Clinton wouldn't have been able to veto the Repeal of Glass Steagal even if he wanted too. It had a veto proof majority of votes.
Surveillance? Alice must still be pissed off about Waco.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Clinton appointed Rubin who did the leg work. The repeal was a long time in coming.
Study up on Carnivore. That was all Clinton. It was extended and perfected by Bush.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
He was in favor of it; he signed it.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
91 in favor. 7 Dems nay. 1 Rep nay. 1 Rep present. Guess who voted present? McCain. Veto proof. I'd like to see your evidence saying Clinton was for it.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Did he sign it or veto it?
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But you knew that. didn't you.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I knew a lot more than that.
The Long Demise of Glass Steagal, Jesse here
From the letter to the NYT editors March 1995 here
It was a long time plan in fruition. They hacked away one stage at a time.
It was Clinton, Greenspan and Rubin.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Alice, do you think Beck and Palin are populists?
See my previous comment here.
I think that both Beck and Palin are operatives of the propaganda program instituted by the Rich and Powerful in the onset of the Modern US Imperial Age (as opposed to the previous Imperial Age), although control by the powerful in an apparently democratic society goes back even further.
My comment on Chomsky and Creel Commission here
My comment and links on 100 years of propaganda here
Of particular interest in relation to Beck and Palin are the
Ad and the Ego here
The seminal work of the late (d 1988) Australian sociologist Alex Carey
Beck and Palin are Faux populists.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Thank you alice. You see, I think we are in broad agreement on many things. I just want to establish the understanding so we can go forward with common reality, or understanding if you prefer.
I have worked in media for dozens of years and am quite interested in the propaganda and word salad going on right now. I like your links and find much to agree with.
I am no fan of Clinton and while I still hope, I am not pleased with Obama.
~
Corruption favors the wealthy.
You guys do understand how that stuff works don't you?
And Alice, before you post the 1st round of votes, that was 54-46. Make sure you look at the final vote..
What is your conceptual, continuity?
If a president doesn't approve of a bill he can veto it. The bill is then returned to Congress who can override the veto or not.
If he approves of the bill, the president signs it.
My source material is impeccable :)
Corruption favors the wealthy.
My compliments. I had forgotten about that.
I see what your point is. And it is well taken.
As for your source. I didn't look at it.
sorry. I didn't feel I needed it.
He shouldn't have signed it. He should have made Congress(Senate) made it happen.
Well said. Point taken.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I understand exactly how it works.
In 1947, the vote on Taft Hartley, the scandalous Republican attack on unions was veto proof.
Harry Truman vetoed it anyway because it was a Republican travesty.
He lost the veto vote but he won the next election with his head held high. Although the complete history, what with the National Security Act et al, is far more complex.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
. . . of Gramm-Leach-Blilely was Clinton BFF Robert Rubin's CitiGroup.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
...some pretty good evidence
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YOU brought up Clinton, I was being reminded of what a travesty he was.
Where do I talk about who among these scoundrels is a populist and who isn't.
The question is, what do the people who vote them into office think?
It remains to be seen if the great Madison Avenue Cow Patty shining machine can turn Palin into a piece of gold, but they did wonders for Clinton and Obama.
I voted for Clinton in '92 because he talked a good talk, but NAFTA which was a Republican Plan was the end of him with me.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
I did not bring up Clinton. I was thinking about populism, it was far from my mind.
Letting them take control of the language is why we are losing the battle. It is important to point out that if they identify this with populism then they are living in a reality that has no historical precedence. Where else can you point to a populist who defended uber wealth and corporate control of country.
They are not bastardizing the language...In my estimation they are creating an alternate reality.
Bringing up other issues confuses the point. Lets establish the point. Beck and Palin are NOT populists. Then lets move on to other issues.
See my other comment here
If you have not yet found the work the Australian Sociologist Alex Carey then see my links and read his book 'Taking the Risk out of Democracy' here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
We've come to quite similar conclusions. Turns out out we are largely in agreement. Well, thats 2!
Sarah Palin or the people who take her words as truth?
NOBODY 2012
. . . significantly beyond reality?
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Palin 2012 - pure comedic gold!
But she won't run. It's too much work for one thing and she knows if she did run she'd have her ass handed her in the Rehthug primary (imagine the vicious Mittens Romney and 9uilliani shredding her to pieces) Even if she did make past those 2 vicious low life cretins, she'd never win the generals. she knows this but she also know by alluding to a presidential run she can extend her 15 minutes which she will milk for every. last. dollar. she can from her ignorant followers too stoopid to realize they're being rolled by this 2 bit charlatan.
So where were "the people"? At $600.00 a pop "the people", were a no show.....Lawyers, Real Estate Agents, Amway Distributors,Insurance Agents, pretty much made up the bulk of "those people".
BTW Not one mention about Citizens United v FEC ??? The biggest takeaway of Citizens rights since the Compromise of 1850??? WTF?
'Talk to the hand'
a bowel movement...
You laugh, but "how's that hopey changey stuff workin out for ya" could be the tagline of any given liberal blog. Unity works for the right, and we sorely lack it.
You base this on what? The 2006 election results or the 2008 election results? Oh, you must mean the 2009 special election results in Massachusetts where the GOP picked up one senate seat, it's first in that state in 40 years, against a Democrat who didn't even bother campaigning thereby securing a 41-59 majority.
The whole point of our criminal justice system is that it is fair to everyone! It doesn't get changed depending on what crime you are accused of! There is no decision on who should be read their Miranda rights or who deserves to have an attorney represent them or whether or not a person not a part of the military should be tried in a civilian court.
Honestly, all these republicans need to take some civics courses before they start spouting off about "terrorists". Oh and by the way, that's "alleged terrorists" not "terrorists". I don't know what country the republicans who say stupid things like that are from, but here in the USA we have something called "innocent until proven guilty in a court of law".
This whole trailer-trash, red neck, religious freak segment of society is scary.
puts her in same category as Obama, Bush, Lieberman...and all the other Neo-lib/cons that have Hijacked all three Parties!!!
...as "we watch the military industrial complex hijack yet another political movement"...the world turns.
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palin is a joke
non-citizens don't have constitutional rights then I suggest she try mugging a tourist.
You know they are dangerous, often misinformed racially based movements, but if this Palin woman develops a "party" for any future election she would further dilute the repug thugs.
That leaves the Democratic party with its real "big tent" constituency to move our country forward.
Though some Democratic politicians are repub thugs in reality, the actual people, we, have more in common than not.
Organize, become involved, join up, urge your elected officials to get moving, times a wasting.
(I have to admit, there are several local and state elected Democrats and party members I can not stand. But that feeling MUST take a back seat to the future of my participation.)
Exactly the lesson we all should be taking from the PALIN LOUDSPEAKER. I live and work in central Texas. Last week I volunteered to work for our teacher's union in April and May... to get "friendly" people elected to the local School Board. In the process, I got another fellow teacher to JOIN THE UNION. That's where it starts.
ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL.
I don't think so. These people are apparently unable to have a regular movement and consequently are full. Right up to the eyeballs.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
This is classic.
a grassroots movement gets taken over and co opted by the GOP and now these idiots think there revolutionarys listening to Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.
Is it just me or are most of these newbie Tea Partiers just Bush Administration fans that wish Dick Cheney was running things ?
When the Real Tea Partiers are ready to ride things will get very interesting. Until then it's more clowns falling for the left vs right 2 Party Charade.
"The movement" is about people who are even dumber than you are making you wealthy reading and listening to your profound bull shit .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
Sarah says, "It all about the people...People like Benjamin and Ulysses, with whose wallet-sized pictures they'll be paying me."
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Palin is far superior than obama, pelosi, biden,and reid put together
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