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Sarah Palin Wows Redding Audience
Sarah Palin received a rock star’s welcome at the Sierra Cascade Logging Conference where she spoke before the first of two sold-out shows at the Redding Convention Center on Monday afternoon.
That’s 4,000 people who paid between $54 for a balcony seat to $74 for a floor seat. I had a floor seat - second row, so near the tower of speakers that I followed the example of people around me and wadded tissue in my right ear to reduce the volume.
Even so, I heard every word and felt the crowd’s jostling adoration as they cheered and applauded throughout Palin’s speech.
The audience, still euphoric from the Official California Cowboys’ final song, “I’m Proud to Be an American” (where many sang along and shouted “Stand UP!” in unison at the song’s pivotal moment), was already on its feet when Palin was introduced.
The crowd applauded as Palin strode on stage waving and smiling as she took her place behind a lectern before a mammoth American flag in a stars-and-stripes-draped auditorium.
She began by acknowledging veterans’ sacrifices, and asked everyone who’d ever served in the military to stand for a heroes’ recognition.
After that, she read from a prepared speech, heavily peppered with Palin lingo that delighted the audience.
Loud laughter followed Palin’s references to “lame-stream media” and jeers accompanied every reference to global warming. Enthusiastic boos followed a reference to Nancy Pelosi.
She endeared herself to the logging conference crowd by holding her hand up to show what was written on her palm: “Loggers rock!” - an apparent dig at “lame-stream media” who recently ridiculed her for writing memory prompts on her hand. And toward the end of her talk she complimented logging industry folks when she referred to an administration that talks about green jobs.
“You guys were doing green jobs before green jobs were even cool!”
And although Palin tailored some of her speech especially for the logging industry, her message also had the ring of someone running for office as she recounted a lifetime of accomplishments, from city council and mayor to governor and vice presidential candidate.
She made frequent jabs at ”the feds” and Washington and “the people in charge” and took them to task for everything from “obstructionist tactics” that threaten industry to doing a “whole lot of talk without a whole lot of action.”
Wild applause followed many of her points, including:
- “Washington needs to stop lecturing and start listening.”
- “We need basic common-sense government with fiscal restraint and limited control.”
- “We need to stand up and tell government to back off.”
- “Sometimes I wonder if anyone in Washington has ever run a business.”
- “Washington wants us to think this is all over our head. Obviously, they want us to sit down and shut up.”
- “Washington needs to walk the walk.”
- “We need an all-of-the-above approach to drilling, digging and mining, and support for nuclear energy.”
- “A lot of green is wishful thinking … in the meantime we have to drill here now and tap into our plentiful supplies.”
- “I named my daughter Willow. Isn’t that granola enough for ya?” (Regarding forest preservation.)
The audience - a group who’d waited patiently outside in long lines as security shone flashlights inside purses - roared its approval, and kept it up throughout Palin’s nearly hour-long speech.
She concluded her talk by sitting down with Nadine Bailey, executive director of the conference, who asked questions posed by some members about topics like clear-cutting on private property “California is tough … maybe California is behind the times,” and the drive for national health care, “… we need a robust economy so people can afford health care.”
A standing ovation greeted Palin’s goodbye amid some shouts of “We love you, Sarah!” and ”Run, Sarah, run,” to which she replied, “Well, bless your heart.”
Some fans rushed the stage waving copies of Palin’s newly released book, “Going Rogue,” a few of which Palin stooped from the stage to sign as her daughter Piper watched on.
And then Palin was gone, off to prepare for the next showing at 7 p.m.
Meanwhile, outside the Convention Center, a few picketers held signs, while some yelled out things like, “Go back to Alaska!”
Later, KLXR owner Mike Quinn, the Sierra Cascade Logging Conference board member who’d handled ticket sales, said he couldn’t have been more pleased at the turn-out. He said Palin admirers came from as far away as Nevada and Oregon, Gilroy and Sacramento and beyond.
“It was great to see how far people would travel, and how fast word spread about the tickets,” he said. “People said they’d see her up close and personal in the Convention Center since it only seats 2,000. She usually speaks in much larger auditoriums. We sold almost all the tickets within a day or so.”
Pretty impressive, especially considering the recession, not to mention, as one of the singing cowboys said earlier, “I wonder how so many people got off work on a Monday afternoon?”
So many questions.
As I walked through the parking lot, a picketer shouted out a back-handed compliment.
“Hey, you’re pretty enough! Maybe you should run for president.”
Imagine that.
Photos by Doni Greenberg
Independent online journalist Doni Greenberg founded what’s now known as anewscafe.com in 2007 with her son, Joe Domke of the Czech Republic. Prior to 2007 Greenberg was an award-winning newspaper opinion columnist, feature and food writer recognized by the Associated Press, the California Newspaper Publishers Association and E.W. Scripps. She lives in Northern California in the tiny town of Igo.
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As I walked to my car, a picketer shouted out a back-handed compliment.
“Hey, you’re pretty enough! Maybe you should run for president.”
YOU BETCHA!
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I love how the 5 protesters are carrying self-descriptive signs. Yes sir, your stupidity is forever.
God love Sarah Palin. That woman defines awesome, she keeps kicking the left where it hurts..
Palin 2012!
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hal Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
No they describe palin to a tee she is as corrupt as they come and her and her followers don’t think burning down someones property is wrong because (it is in the name of the Lord) LOL
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Ann Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
It was Palin’s church that someone tried to burn down. IQ the same as your shoe size?
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Spc Sean Merritt Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 3:57 am
Sarah Palin has hijacked or is attempting to hijack the Tea Party movement.Let’s look at this.The Tea Party movement is a libertarian movement not some neo-con sub group of the republican party.For all of you though who love Mrs. Palin let’s fact check her speech from Nashville shall we
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/sarah-palin/
source of this is a 2009 Pulitzer prize winner.About the only thing she told the truth on is how she spread the wealth in Alaska by giving residents 1,200.Last time i looked spreading the wealth was socialism.Isn’t that why alot of you Repub’s are mad.It’s clear from this article she mostly tells half truths or flat out lies and i don’t get why you Tea Partiers follow her and not Ron Paul.
It was all going swell until Palin quit halfway thru to give a speech to a different convention.
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Spc Sean Merritt Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:01 am
LMAO i hope she has a babysitter.Every time she leaves her daughters home alone they get pregnant
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Spc Sean Merritt Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:10 am
Before the pitchforks come out, it’s a joke people
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I freaking love this woman. She is pure class.
Palin 2012!
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barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
A woman who thinks she can run for POTUS gives a $100,000 speech that she jots notes on the palm of her hand and her call her classy????????? You betchya, She is a tax evader, a liar, she’s a racist, I could go on and on but being uninformed comes easier
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Ann Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
“but being uninformed comes easier”
Obviously you would know.
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hal Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Apparently you don’t know what class is or means
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I look foward to seeing as many speaches as I can this year.I just loved how the media and lefties freaked over a few words she wrote on her hand.Her response the next day writing hi mom was a classic that made me LMAO.I hope she runs in 12.She is full of energy and is exieting to watch.
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Sarah Palin is the poster child for celebrity politicians. You know, the ones who people want to see because they are famous for being famous. If anyone does even the most basic research on her background, her term as Mayor, her half-term as Governor, and her collusion with her husband to create a shadow government in Alaska through Todd, then you would not be paying money to see her. You’d be paying money to keep her out of your community.
I ask for all citizens to do their due diligence. I used to be a Republican and am an Independent now. I cannot see how any thinking person wants to divide the country into left and right - this is America and we should think hard and long about how to help our country.
We should spend more time and effort researching and recruiting the highest caliber of people for public service, not accept pretty faces and platitudes as our leaders because the power brokers have decided they will be useful to attract non-thinking people who are content with their shallow emotional patriotism.
True patriots care enough to do the research, to ask the tough questions, to not accept at face value whatever someone, be it pundit or politician, - throws at them as raw meat.
Sarah is not “awesome.” She is faux “ah-shucks.” She is a grifter, pure and simple with emphasis on the simple.
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use2ride60 Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
You hit it right, love your post.
Wish I could remember who said the following (Ben Franklin?), but it fits.
” I am always amazed at how dumb the average person is. Then I remember that 50 percent are even dumber.”
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LJ Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Kudos! Well said!
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bobsilvestris Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Exactly. “Get off the hose lady, the buildings on fire”.
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Adrienne jacoby Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Yes, I agree. We as citizens tend to get so caught up in personality cults, the focus of which, USUALLY, have nothing to recommend them except the packaging. Yes, Sarah has looks, yes, she has personality, yes, she has energy but I do NOT trust her judgement in decision making. She has made some really poor decisions both in her personal life and in her governing.
I also SOOOO wish we could get away from demonizing either the right or the left. both sides are guilty there. “If you are not of my party then you are stupid!!” No, if I am not of your party I have a difference of opinion. Last time I checked that was part of what makes America great.
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FYI Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:49 am
Reason people love Sarah Palin is she has common sense, godly wisdom and is a Conservative. These qualities are not obtainable in a University regardless of it’s status.
These people really sound like “educated” fools when they make-up signs and spew hate the way they do. Belittling someone only makes you look foolish. Time for these people to grow-up and check the facts before the stamp on their forehead read “educated fool”.
I noticed the people holding the signs, they remind me of the Pot heads from the 60’s that moved to California to live in a commune. They also remind me of Bill Ayers, there is a resemblance if you look close enough.
These people spew their hate, yet they won’t research the facts, for instance the guy with the “quitter” sign. Sarah Palin handed over her title as Gov. to SAVE Alaska millions of dollars in frivolous lawsuits. Obama should resign and SAVE AMERICANS TRILLIONS of dollars in added debt, but being the narcissist that he is he needs a title next to his name. I can think of many titles for him and “POTUS” is not one that fits the bill. Obama should do what is best for America and step down and save face. When he speaks without a teleprompter he is as lost a child in a crowded mall, he is unable to make a sentence without scratching his head and adding an um, uh, “I can’t hear myself”. WHAT! HE CAN’T HEAR HIMSELF? is someone whispering something in his ear, will maybe the Wi-Fi in that building was not working.
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sunflower Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:31 am
You haven’t done your homework, 5:49 a.m. poster. Sarah only said she resigned to save Alaska money. Her administration cost Alaskans money. Those ethics allegations were not frivolous, and she did not escape unscathed after investigation.
You might want to read the emails released under the Freedom of Information Act to MSNBA last week. They are in a searchable online database. Look for yourself if you are not afraid to see how incompetent this woman truly is, and how unethically she and her husband have behaved.
Have you not read about the unpaid tax scandal that broke last week? That is quite enlightening.
Did you know that the Palin family get free, government-sponsored healthcare because of Todd’s Native American lineage? She tells everyone else they shouldn’t want it, should get it, but she herself takes advantage of it. How bad can government-sponsored health care be if she herself embraces it?
Perhaps you’d like to check out the long history of vengeful, petty retaliation she has against those who have helped her but outlived their usefulness. You don’t have to believe me - go research it yourself. It isn’t difficult. It is disturbing. She will throw anyone under the bus if she thinks she no longer needs them or have affronted in some way.
Read about her treatment of working-class people who have served her. You can find incidents where the stylists, restaurant works and others will state their names and talk about her sense of entitlement, her disdain for their hard work and need for compensation. She has stiffed too many people for too long for there not to be a track record. Please investigate and see if you still feel in awe of this grifter.
I have no doubt that you will change your opinion of her the more you find out about her, but it will take some willingness to learn, some time and effort (not that much, really, the information is there waiting for you to find it).
Look up her ties to Dominionism as well. Unless you, too, want only one religion ruling everyone, you might begin to feel uneasy about her agenda. Learn about the Seven Mountains doctrine. Look into the anti-witch anointing (no, I am not making this up) video taken in her own church, done by an African “pastor” who is known of his movement to kill “alleged” witches in his own country.
That’s the Sarah you need to learn about. Not the perky, short-skirted, winking, smiling person who will not take Q&A sessions with main stream media,
As to your attacks on President Obama, why not acknowledge he is trying to correct eight years of misbehavior by Bush-Cheney and their hands-off approach to regulating key industries. President Obama has not created trillions of dollars of debt. Look it up or are you afraid to find the truth? Goodness, if you are using the internet, you have the tools you need already.
Do you not remember that under the Bush administration, they literally send pallets of money - millions of dollars - in cash to Iraq to be handed out without any record of who received it and why? People came up to the soldiers dispensing it with backpacks into which to stuff that money. That too is out there waiting for you to learn about.
Of course, you will need to go to objective sites to get information. The facts about Palin and Bush-Cheney are not hidden, nor are they promulgated by only progressives. President Obama was voted in by a coalition of progressives, moderate Republicans and Independents because people began to read and understand they had been lied to and manipulated.
Sarah is part and parcel of that legacy. The same folks who were behind Bush-Cheney seem to be backing her, grooming her and trying to foist her on us as they did George W. Bush. Remember, I said I had been a Republican and am now an Independent - this is not a leftish challenging you. I am just willing to research and learn, ask questions and not settle for easy, canned answers.
Why not stop making fun of President Obama and really compare the quality of information you are getting from him and from Sarah? It is the difference between substance (President Obama) and Sarah (style/celebrity/empty words). Classic contrast. President Obama can hold his own without a teleprompter or a do-it-yourself “palm” pilot. Just go and bring up the videos on the Q&A session with the Congressional Republicans from last week. That says it all.
You have not done your homework, 5:49 a.m. You certainly have no standing to call other people fools and ask them to check facts.
Methinks you protest too much: perhaps you are looking in a mirror when you call the people holding signs fools who spew hate. It is you who seems to be belittling others, you who has not done fact-checking, you who is caught up in hate and mindless chatter. Why not use your enthusiasm constructively? Why not read more widely, consider what the other side is saying, ask questions rather than throw insults?
I was not originally sold on Obama as a candidate. Oh, he had spoken well at the Democratic Convention years earlier, but I knew so little about him. However, the more research I did, the more I considered his proposals and checked into their viability, then the more supportive I became. I changed my mind because he is the real deal. He has the competence, the intelligence, the adult interpersonal skills needed for a Chief Executive.
Do I agree with everything he says or does. I do not. However, I respect him because he does his homework, he reflects before he speaks, and he does not often rely upon empty, emotional phrases to generate support. He doesn’t “lecture” in the way you seem to dislike. He teaches. Oh, yeah, that would mean you’d have to like to learn and grow to like his approach. Sorry, I forgot, you don’t seem to like to research .
It’s okay if you disagree with those who do not support Sarah Palin, but why not have solid reasons grounded in research and deliver those arguments in a civil way so as to try and convince others rather than make demeaning comments?
In sum, I guess I have to say you did say one thing better than anyone else: “Belittling someone only makes you look foolish.” Great self-analysis.
Sorry, now I am sounding like you. It was just too easy.
scootenat65 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
You sir/madam are a great example of the obsessed right. Regardless of the subject you want to turn it into an anti-Obama diatribe. And it is because of this that your arguements have no credibility. It is because of this there can be no serious conversation.
It will only be when you take the effort to make a reasoned comment supported by known facts that you will not present yourself as just another fool who has an opinion. And we all know about opinions - “They are like anal orifices. Everyone has one and they all stink”
sunrizegrl Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
I sooooooo agree with sunflower….this woman cannot be trusted!! As a woman it is understood that in this Era, women in politics are mentors and leaders, and lead by example. I agree it is an important factor, for each of us to visualize and believe in the dream that a Woman can be our President.
However; there are many women with attributes, skills and talents that could be an actual Icon for women everywhere. Can one say that Palin is that picture we are looking for? Is this woman the diplomat that we need during the most difficult of times. Does Palin reflect and represent a “steadfast, consistent character?”
Come on people are we that desperate, and afraid to admit we might be looking at her through our “rose-colored” glasses, and our hearing aides might not be working properly? The woman needs to “Walk her Talk”…Seeing is believing. When Palin can live by example for the American People, “all” of “us”… possibly I could be more open-minded to her potential as a leader for the United States of America. So far, all I have seen from this woman is…she takes “one slice of the American Pie, her favorite, and runs with it.”
Meanwhile, I shall “await” for that politician, that ONE woman who is ready, willing and able to “walk-her-talk” and serve “WE the People” and with Pride chooses to devote her time and life for the “Whole American Pie” ~~
I think she should stay in politics and keep up with her family and the soccer games, but surely…not run for the President of the United States!!!
sunrizegrl
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Sarah is living rent-free in liberal heads. Five protesters greeting her with astro-turfed printed signs? LOL.
You go girl!!
She is MESSING with them. Now she will have something written on her hand at every stop … it will become a new way of broadcasting her message. Everyone will want to know what she wrote on her hand, and it will all be a giant kick in the groin to the liberal loonies who can’t stand someone as unpredictable and honest and happy as Sarah.
They can’t handle her pure energy. Ha!
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sadie Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:31 am
Would you kindly tell me what her message is? Name one proposal except for drill, baby, drill and grow, thrive, and prosper that she has. Her stance on health care is the same as John McCain’s…nothing new there and it has been refuted time and time again by most economists as not being a workable plan.
She certainly knows how to talk the talk, but I have yet to see her walk the walk. Does she know what it’s like to really means to be an average American, I think not. Most average Americans are not millionaires nor do they own 6 houses.
Just tell me concrete proposal she has on anything. I bet you can’t do it.
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dennisintn Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:58 am
let’s talk about energy. california is in debt for billions of dollars and is handing out i.o.u.’s because they have no cash to pay current bills because the liberals won’t let their offshore oil be tapped, and won’t cut expenses. palin negotiated multi-year contracts with the oil companies that has paid alasks so much money that there was over 30 Billion dollars in their oil fund when she left office. alaska also doesn’t have a state sales or payroll tax, and each alaskan citizen gets a multi-thousand dollar distribution each year from the state.. obama hasn’t done anything to help the economy in hyis year as president and has added 3 trillion dollars to our nation debt. obama, pelosi, and reid are going to bankrupt the nation with their far left political ideas just like california has.
dennisintn
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AC Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
You didn’t answer the question.
barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
the Body’s skin is the largest organ of the human body, anything put on the skin is absorbed, ink is very toxic to the body, maybe you could let Snarah know this
I think if people are getting their taxes done, you’ll realize that you are gettiing extra back, changing things takes time and the Republicans screwed things up for more than 8 years
that one girl Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:54 am
We didn’t protest because who cares… she’s just some money hungry pseudo celeb! $100,000 to speak at the tea party is a nice paycheck.
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FYI Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Get with the program and check the FACTS!
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All I Saw Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 10:28 am
“living rent free in liberal heads”
Exactly. She’s only famous (and getting rich doing so) by EVERYONE’s obsession with her.
She won the election to be governor of Alaska on the dick vote. Everyone here knows it. She’s not any different than a stripper in that sense - she performs for an audience and makes each and everyone feel “special” for just a few moments…
But, that’s not fair to strippers - they work for a living.
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Apparently “sunflower” has been doing her Palin research at the Huffington Post, a well-known liberal rag.
I actually HAVE researched her record from her time in city council up to now and she has a stellar record in each office she’s held. Her memoir does not do justice to her record.
Sarah: the walking middle finger to liberals.
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sunflower Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:36 am
No, you have not done your research - not in an objective way nor as thoroughly as you should. It’s not that hard, actually. You just need to turn off Fox News and Goggle things.
BTW, Sarah’s record is not stellar by any stretch of the imagination. Just look at the emails released to MSNBCE last week by the State of Alaska, look at the burgeoning tax scandal that is brewing. Gee, latinchic, there is a whole world out there for you to explore. Try it. You will not like it but try it anyway.
Oh, and just to remind you, I am not a wholesale liberal. I am a moderate - a former Republican.
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AC Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Agreed, as an Alaskan, I’ve watched her antics for years. She’s a grifter, flirting with politics, and taking money from the people she clams to support. She won’t seriously run for office, as she is out of her league. She will enter a primary or two, just to stroke her ego.
Sarah’s only agenda is to enrich herself at others expense. You Palin supporters need to start thinking clearly.
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latinchic Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
I never accused you of being a liberal and frankly, I don’t care what political party you’re associated with. I’m not a registered Republican myself. But you cannot take most of the media seriously on any search engine (especially Google!!), when they are openly liberal and biased.
It’s silly! It’s no wonder you think of her as you do! That’s insane! It’s no wonder newspapers are losing subscribers and are headed to bankruptcy. It’s no wonder all the major networks, plus cable news (except for Fox News) have declining ratings. They’re a joke.
And no, I don’t watch Fox News. Or CNN. Or MS-LSD…err…MSNBC.
I DID do research, and extensive research at that. The old canard by MS-NBC is not new. Tax “scandal”- old news that was put to rest a long time ago. The fact that you never heard of it tells me how ill-informed you are.
Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.
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Julian Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Oh PUH-LEEZE!!!
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Does Palin actually have any concrete policies? Every speech she’s given has been made up of bumper-sticker slogans designed to rev up the faithful, play to the cameras, and display her legs, but she doesn’t offer anything of substance herself. What does she think should be done about the deficit? Does she know the difference between Iran and Iraq? Can she name a Supreme Court ruling other than Roe v. Wade? How would she deal with unemployment?
Isn’t her fifteen minutes of fame over yet?
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Kirsten Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Baba……….. now YOU are awesome……… are you running in 2012? I agree with every word , you said. Palin is cute, and she can deliver a line…………….. but is that enough to run a country?
Kirsten
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Nicole Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Um, bumper-sticker slogans? You mean like, “Yes, We Can” and “Hope and Change” ???
No, Palin isn’t THAT vacuous.
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Matt Grigsby Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:31 am
No. She’s more so.
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scootenat65 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Is that the same Sarah that can see Russia from her house and is an expert on foreign policy?
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Ann Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
hahaha….jealous much?
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Barbara Rice Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Excuse me? If you have anything valid to add to this discussion, please do so. Name-calling and childish mockery won’t add anything here. Grow up.
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@ bsck to sunflower
You lefties seem to have a short memory. It was just a couple years ago you were bragging up the “WON” as a rock star. But now that his jaded star has faded, you dinigrate what you then championed.
So sorry for you that you can no longer put the “CORPSEMAN” (Google it if you don’t understand) at the top of the heap in his “57 STATES” because he has acted stupidly for his entire year in office.
Hard to believe, a filibuster proof senate, a super majority in the house, and the poor thing has never got onet thing done he promised to do. Yep, that Obama is a real rocking (chair) star leader. So Obamabots, how is that hopey (dopey) changey thing working out for ya?
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sunflower Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:45 am
What “rock star” would that be, Travis?
Those of us who voted for President Obama do not have to agree with him across-the-board on every issue. That’s the beauty of being a grown-up. You can disagree with some things, and support others. You do not have to be blind to inconsistencies or disappointments. You can weigh everything to see what the overall impact is. In that regard, President Obama is proving himself to be more than competent; he is an adult trying to cope with vicious adolescent misbehavior and irresponsibility as exemplified by the Say No Party.
The Democratic majority is only an illusion because there are ultra-conservative Democrats who really follow a Republican playbook. That’s just how it is. Better to have a party where people can follow their own conscience than be forced to conform to whatever special interests control the Republican Party.
Change has come slowly but it has come fast enough to scare people who are uncomfortable with any change. At least President Obama is advocating change out in the open, not like Bush-Cheney where Cheney conducted his own shadow war government and Bush used Signing Statements and Executive Orders to defy and deny the law.
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Ann Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
An adult?? You’ve got to be kidding, stupid or dishonest. The man has made fun of the Special Olympics, he’s that dumb. Every speech is a smarmy, snarky, sarcastic dig at somebody who dare disagree with him. He’s the most childish and thin-skinned incompetent boob ever to inhabit the Oval Office. He calls out the Supreme Court ,an equal division of the government and then doesn’t even have his facts straight. He’s actually renewed many of those “Signing Statements and Executive Orders” you are so outraged about.
“vicious adolescent misbehavior and irresponsibility as exemplified by the Say No Party.” Aw yes, the faux-bipartisanship desire of the left — meaning, the democrats will tell you what to do and you’ll sit there and shut up. Really? cuz Hillary said it was patriotic to question the President, remember?
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J P Adams Reply:
February 12th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Ann… You must be one miserable person. Stirring so much deception and hate. I’m sorry for you.
stardust Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
sunflower, I appreciate how informed and intelligent your posts are. thank you for being here.
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you mean research and tough questions like you did on the community organizer.
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“I look foward to seeing as many speaches as I can this year.”
Good luck with that!
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that one girl Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:58 am
hahahaha! I love it!!!!!
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How did you get the picture? They were screening for cameras.
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Doni Greenberg Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
I brought my camera along - as I always do. Lots of people were taking pictures with cameras and cell phones. Occasionally security would ask someone to stop videotaping, but that was it.
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Kelly Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Well, good for you. I tried to bring in mine and they made me lock it in my car. Others too. The security seemed very tight, but apparently not. The whole thing seemed silly to me anyway.
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Thanks for reporting in a fair and unbiased way Doni.
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“Excuse me lady. Get off the freakin’ hose, the buildings burning down”.
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Sweet and lovely Sarah is good at one thing . . . dividing our country. And, she seems to take pleasure in creating anger, and even hatred on both sides. As if we don’t have enough of that already. I’ll bet the pay is good though.
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Nicole Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Dividing? You mean like our president who said, quote: “Get in their faces. Argue with them.” Like THAT was’nt dividing our country?
Face it: Suggesting that Palin is polarizing is a misogynist tactic that WON’T WORK anymore, pal. Liberal sexism is so not cool anymore. Guess what? Not every feminist is liberal. There are conservative “feminists.” Deal with it.
Every politician is good at “dividing our country” including Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, Johnson and Kennedy.
You just don’t like seeing a woman with real power as Sarah obviously has.
Get used to it. Get over it. And stop being a sexist.
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sunflower Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Sarah is not being attacked because she is a woman. She is being criticized because she has nothing to offer. She is an empty shell driven by greed and self-aggrandizement. Sarah doesn’t have real power; she has celebrity. Without her looks, no one would listen. We women would be better served with someone with intelligence and depth. Sarah has the potential to undermine the progress serious female politicians have made once the public becomes tired of her. The next time an attractive (but worthy) package comes forth, most of us may write her off as “just another Sarah” before we give her time to prove herself.
For all her superficial “beauty,” Sarah Palin speaks to ugliest parts of our electorate: fear, hate, resentment, ignorance, racism. There is nothing pretty about her messages.
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Ann Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
project much? Just because the left had to have a charismatic Harvard graduate that was being followed around by the giggling presstitutes, doesn’t mean the rest of the country can’t see beyond that. Jealousy, lying and petty name calling is all you’ve got. That’s a sad way to live.
Too bad about Palin Derangement syndrome. I hear it can be treated with psychotropics.
BTW - what serious female politicians are you referring to? Boxer? DiFi? Pelosi? Oh, yea, they’ve just done wonders for the progression of women in politics. Bitter old hags.
Richard Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Hi Nicole,
Thank you for your calm and reasoned analysis of my personal failings. You are really good. Probably a professional. I had not realized I was sexist and my wife tells me she had not realized it either - until you gently pointed it out. I will work on that. And, in the days and weeks ahead, should I post again, check to see if I have made any improvement and let me know if I’m making progress. And, do send me a “Palin for President” bumper sticker. Please.
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Thanks for the first hand report. Love the idiot protesters, and of course the Palin Derangement Syndrome afflicted posters here. Interesting how 0bama is having trouble getting 2,000 people to show up at his events lately, even through the tickets are FREE. Palin, on the other hand, draws thousands everywhere she goes, even when the tickets are expensive.
Really like her response to the leftist loons who made such a big deal about a few words on her hand. Next time I hope she writes FU MSM, and really give them something to get all worked up about.
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barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Paylin is not a publilc figure, the President is, and he doesn’t throw his dirty laundry all around as does The Paylins. Some of you think Paylin is right up there with the Prez….she’s not even close
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The real thread I see running through this discussion is that one group of people write about ideas while the other group uses insulting terms to denigrate strangers with different views. The wide dispersal of lies and misinformation is troublesome. As Mark Twain claimed to have said “A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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Richard. I’m sure if Sarah were President she wouldn’t be filling her Cabinet and staff appointees with people who are tax-cheats, anti-Catholic and pro-Chavez. I doubt that her attorney general would have the FBI reading a terrorist his “Miranda rights” after 50 minutes of questioning.
Palin wouldn’t be burying the nation in debt by spending money the country doesn’t have and passing the financial responsibility on our children and grandchildren.
Ever notice Palin seldom mentions herself as opposed to “The Won,” who refers to himself at least once every two minutes.
Obama had a filabuster-proof senate, majorities in both houses and a adoring media that resembles propagandists rather than journalists and he can’t get anything done.
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barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
turn off Fuchs news, you probably watch too much teevee anyway
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I’m a former Democrat, 40-something mother of three. I think Sarah has great ideas. But more importantly, she has political courage. Do you think it was easy to take on her party establishment in Alaska, and blow the whistle on self-dealing between high-ranking officials in her own party and the oil industry ???
That is EXACTLY what we need in DC! Someone with a backbone. Name me one other politician who will actually go after corruption? Obama seriously talks a good game, but where are the consequences? He blasts the banks, but 92% of the officials at the TARP-funded banks still have their jobs. And the Democratic party takes MILLIONS in campaign contributions from Wall STreet and Big Oil.
It’s all a word game for these people. They’re fleecing the tax payers and pretending to be TOUGH on special interests.
Sarah is not beholden to ANY special interests except WE THE PEOPLE. You may not agree with her on every issue, but wouldn’t it be nice to have someone in a position of power who didn’t gain power by greasing the system?
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barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
turn off fuchs news and do some real research go to the Alaskan blogs … the alaskans know about Serror….come on get up…turn off the teevee …come on, you can do it……
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stardust Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
True, barracuda. It’s true that it’s important to read what Alaskans say, important to read some nuts and bolts of her involvement there. People need to get beyond the Palin promo and do the research.
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barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
She is working for fuchs news whose major shareholder is from saudi, you’re not doing your research, she has people behind her, you can betch that for shure…
Turn off fuchs news
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barracuda78 Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Serror is a tax evader she is just as corrupt as many others, she is a tax evader!
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Mark Springer Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
The “corruption” that the Woman who was supposed to live in Juneau takes so much credit for going after was about as penny ante as you could imagine. She talks about the “bigwigs” that went to jail. Well, that would be a few Republican legislators and the aged president of what we like to call an “oil field services company.” In her last elected office she had no role, nor did Alaska’s Attorney General in any of the Federal investigations and prosecutions. The State of Alaska during the period she held office had no “corruption” cases going on that she can in any sense claim credit for.
When she was a Commssioner on the Oil a d Gas Conservation Commission (our version of the Texas Railroad Commission, in a sense) she discovered (suprise, suprise) that the Chair of the 3 member panel, Mr. Randy Ruderich who concurrently was (and still is) Chairman of the Alaska Republican Party was using State resources to “do a little politickin’. ” Righteously indignant, the WWWSTLIJ took him to task and resigned from one of our State’s most plum political appointments (she got it for running for Lt. Governor and losing, btw) and started boosting her own political fortunes.
I want to repeat- the “corruption” she talks about so much was some Republican legislators selling themselves for trifling sums to oil companies who in the end suffered naught. Bill Allen, former head of former VECO plead and squaled and played a big role in our losing (Republican) Senator Stevens to a federal indictment that was ultimately vacated by President Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder.The WWWSTLIJ is by no means a “corruption fighter” and her record - not her words - her record shows this to be true.
Quyana!
Mark Springer
Bethel, Alaska
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Doni, I agree with Amanda. Thanks for reporting in a fair and unbiased way, appreciate it!!
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What two words scare Liberals the most?
President Palin
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CerebralAlchemist Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:41 am
Not exactly a liberal here, however…
Do you know WHY that is scary?
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Open Your Eyes Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
“President Palin” should scare EVERY American.
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To those who hates and criticize Sarah Palin:
Just explain to me what are the plans of DC elites including Obama for the Americans? Instead of drilling within US trust territories, their plan is to drill off-shore in Brazil and in Africa. Is this pro-American?? United States has bountiful resources, why not drill and explore oil and energy within its territories as what Palin is fighting for ? Don’t you guys want to help your american brothers get jobs? If WH will push for off-shore drilling in Brazil and Africa, who will get those jobs? The Brzailians and the Africans, and not the Americans. Think about you liberal idiots.
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CerebralAlchemist Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:47 am
How to Win Friends & Influence People
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Doni Greenberg Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:53 am
My, my. We’re seeing some new commenters here at anewscafe.com. Welcome! We’re glad you’re here.
One note to newcomers, and a reminder to anewscafe.com regulars: We pride ourselves in civilized discourse, even when we disagree. It’s our house - your house, too. This is an online news site where we encourage commenters to use their real names, because we all know how easy it is to write the normally unspeakable while hidden behind anonymity. We frown on personal attacks and name-calling and will not tolerate any vomiting on the furniture.
To everyone - on both sides of this topic - kindly mind your manners or you’ll be escorted from the premises.
Thank you. Carry on.
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Ginny Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Thank you, Doni, for a well written article about the Sarah Palin visit to Redding.
I also appreciate you trying to control some of the vitriolic I have read. Why ones can’t agree to disagree without the slamming each other and one or both parties, I don’t know.
But thanks for both efforts.
God Bless!
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Thanks for a nicely written piece.
It shouldn’t surprise me any longer how petrified with fear the left is of Super Sarah. They try to destroy and impugn her, yet she gets stronger. Those who recognize the LSM for the tool of the left, love to see someone fearless enough to take them on and win, and not kowtow.
For those lefties that just can’t understand what her appeal is, it is quite simple.
She is genuine!
She is one of us!
She has done many of the things we have done, worked our way through college, started a business and raised a family. In the past election, of the four who were competing for President and Vice Prez, she was the only one who had any actual executive experience, yet is referred to as “unqualified.”
Whatever her role in politics will be henceforth, I don’t care, as long as she is out there speaking her mind. If the left is so terrified of what she says, or who she is, then I suggest they confront their own fears and embrace the America she is talking about. Reagan didn’t move to the left, the left moved towards him, and America was the winner.
This is the exact same path she is taking, and real America loves her for it.
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Open Your Eyes Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
please describe to me what “real” America is.
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Spc Sean Merritt Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:23 am
@No2Liberals
Yes please do..I’m interested in how you consider a real american to support someone like her
“She is genuine!” yeah a genuine quitter
“She is one of us!” really? must be nice to be rich and have your own private jet
“she was the only one who had any actual executive experience, yet is referred to as “unqualified.” How did she have more experience than Joe Biden.I think you need to take a few math classes or maybe i do cause that just doesn’t add up.
“I don’t care, as long as she is out there speaking her mind.” or her palm
again i think you should check the facts
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/sarah-palin/
Your welcome
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I was hoping that there would be at least one place I could go in Shasta County and NOT hear about Sarah Palin. I was hoping there was at least one sane voice left in this county. I guess not.
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CerebralAlchemist Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:44 am
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It was the most fun I’ve had at an event in a long time. Palin had the crowd in a happy, energetic, “can do attitude” mood. Contrast that with how most contemporary political figures make you feel … that is, depressed and skeptical.
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sunflower Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Yes, the truth is not always fun and happy, but it is nonetheless the truth. Plastering a smile on your face and winking a wink will not make it go away. Rock concerts make us feel happy, but they do not solve problems.
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Thanks, Doni, for a very even handed review of her performance.
It is very appreciated… by both sides
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when W was in office we denigrated him and those of his ilk, now it is time to do the same to our current president. it is all cyclical isn’t it?
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Joanne Snyder, excellent observation. It’s fluff vs. substance, and of course, here in redneck Redding, defenders of the fluff are legion.
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A dose of reality. Sarah Palin does indeed have a large devoted group of followers. When translated into votes in an election, however, it will be about 25% of the population. That means she will get hammered in 2012 if indeed she becomes the nominee. I hope she is the Republican candidate for President. I relish the prospect of a debate between her and Obama.
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Susan Daugherty Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:25 am
You had better pray you are right about that 25%, Warren….never mind, I’ll pray you are. I too, would be glued to the TV during an Obama/Palin debate.
I can understand the appeal of a charismatic speaker, but I fail to understand why the appeal continues long after the final chant of “Sarah…Sarah” fades away and reality returns. If Palin runs, it will be interesting to hear what her platform will address and if it will include specific plans or simply sound bite rhetoric.
It is great for people to be passionate about their country, about their leaders, about their beliefs…but it so dilutes the message when that passion is translated into angry rather than thoughtful dialog. We are, after all, in this together…and neither party looks too bright and shiny right now.
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Face it Sarah is setting herself up for another run at VP>
But the question remains who will really take the mantle for the Republican party?
I have seen no one who at their base foundation is CONSERVATIVE.
I am also sure that if Sarah won as President she would have as much trouble getting bills passed, that reflect her ideals as President Obama has had last year.
What can he really claim as a victory for the agenda he promoted as candidate?
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Gary Tull Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Ron,
28 answers:
1 Stem cell order reversed.
2 SCHIP passed and signed into law
3 Ledbetter Fair Play Act passed and signed into law.
4 Major Green energy initiatives started.
5 EPA rules revised to address Climate Change.
6 Executive order signed to protect large areas from drilling.
7 Car emission standards revised.
8 National Science Foundation funding boosted.
9 Gitmo closing ordered.
10 Torture banned.
11 Iraq troop withdrawal ordered.
12 Negotiations with Syria in progress.
13 Disarmament talks with Russia re-started.
14 Travel restrictions lifted and normalization of relations with Cuba on the table.
15 Energy/Climate Change legislation passed the House, soon to be passed by Senate.
16 Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act
17 Small Business Act Temporary Extension
18 Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
19 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
20 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act
21 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act
22 Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act
23 Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009
24 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
25 Hate Crime Bill
26 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
27 $3.2 billion to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
28 Restored the National Endowment for the Arts’ funding to its highest level since 1992
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sunflower Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Thank you. You have indeed done your homework and allowed it to speak for you and all of us who appreciate having an adult in charge.
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Ann Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
All of them signed or passed either to score political points, or to repay political buddies. Half of the increasing the already ballooned national debt and another third of them nothing but hot air and unfilled promises. #13’s my favorite. Russia is laughing at Obama - the WORLD is laughing at the “weak” Obama.
Nice try though. Next!
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Spc Sean Merritt Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:15 am
I disagree ma’am.The world is laughing because we have a one party system really that pretends they are two and act just like pro wrestlers in front of the camera’s then are all buddy buddy behind closed doors.America needs to get back to the bill of rights and small government with more power given back to the states as it was intended.And we need an unbiased media to tell the truth but big corporations control them as well as the oval office.Every President since JFK has been a puppet and until we get someone in who stands for the people and not banksters or war machines our country will not know peace.
stardust Reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Thank you, Ron.
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I am still disappointed by how we (yes, . . . us . . . you and me) so easily slip into generalizations, epitaphs and castigation. Why is it good to be ” . . . a walking finger to the liberals?” Or, on the other hand, why do liberals tend to lump all Palin supporters into evangelized followers? Since when has “liberal” become a dirty word and “conservative” automatically stupid? I read just as much hatred and vitriolic name calling on both sides in the comments written above. It would sure be nice to have a political discussion without having to shout at one another. Is it any wonder that politics have deteriorated into scoring points for “our” side? Looks like Sacramento and D.C,. politics are just a reflection of the constituency. What was it Pogo said? “I have seen the enemy and it is us!”
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Susan Daugherty Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Well said, Adrienne. I certainly agree. And feel that maybe my comment was also read as thinking that Palin supporters are “evangelized followers”. That was not my intention. What I meant is simply, “I can understand getting caught up in the moment…we all do that. But I don’t understand the continued appeal of Palin.
There are people I think of as intelligent, thinking individuals who are Palin supporters, family members among them. So I have to assume that there is something I am missing…but, since I also consider myself to be an intelligent, thinking individual, it is hard to reconcile with my take on Palin. Thus I am left with, “I don’t understand.”
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And I don’t understand the people who are so anti Sarah Palin. Is it a sin to be attractive, speak your mind, and talk about your values??
Thank you Doni for the fair review! I also enjoyed reading the pro and anti comments. Last I heard it is still a FREE country , and we all have a right to our opinions. And, no I don’t think her 15 minutes of fame is over or will be soon.
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As a progressive Democrat, still a supporter of the VERY CENTRIST Barack Obama, let me just say to all the Redding tea-party “patriots,”
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE nominate Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket for president in 2012.
Obama will win EVERY STATE, except maybe Mississippi.
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stardust Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
So TRUE!
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Such a funny place my little postage stamp…at the Civic Auditorium,, sitting in line for Garrison Keeler at 4 in the morning, I met so many wonderful Reddings…NPR and Jefferson thrive while old growth falls…funny. We are really all so much the same and the division just clogs and festers…how did a civil war start? Is there such a thing? I would love to have a cup of coffee with Sarah…I bet she plays a good hand of rummy…she is the very best Sarah Palin that has ever been but I am not drawn to her toward leadership. No. We need a Shackleton to guide us from this polar night, not a symbol but real leadership that unites this energy with focus…so much anger, so much effort…if only we pushed together to realize that differences of opinion are not divisions of character.
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Hope sarah keeps going I loved the Tina Fey satires
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Troy Hawkins Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
At least she has one good reason to still be in the media.
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Thank you, Doni. I loved this piece. I am amazed how people can get so “worked up” over one individual. Don’t confuse us with the facts. I don’t think her party will nominate her. We do have conventions to decide that. She, no doubt, is a nice person and very pretty, but that doesn’t take care of our country’s very big problems after the previous eight years of mistakes that some people completely ignore. Why???????
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I like the title of this article.
“Sarah Palin Wows Redding Audience.”
I can also wow the Redding audience.
(Puts right hand flat against his chest with fingers pointing toward his arm. Proceeds to pull thumb off of right hand using the left appearing to magically separate his finger from his hand.)
The audience in Redding replies, “Wooooooooow.”
See. Not too hard ’round these parts.
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Doni…I loved your article about, golly gee, Palin!
I would say, Run Sarah Run, back to Alaska and please stay there and shut up!
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I’m curious what the convention center charged, profit or non-profit rate. It seems to me with this kind of attendance and interest, with a percentage of the gate Sarah could solve Reddings financial problems. Maybe have some left over to fix the potholes.
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I expected more of unbiased reporting from anewscafe.com. Looks like it was suckered in just like Channel 7 news and the Record Searchlight.
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Doni Greenberg Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Unbiased? I reported what I observed.
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CerebralAlchemist Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
I’m still vigillently looking for this ‘Palin’ that ‘unbiased’ reporting will uncover. It seems that the ‘bias’ is not reporting about her in the same manner that the ‘baggers’ fanasize about her.
I don’t think she exists anywhere except in a hot cup of tea.
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Everyone has opinions and ideas on who is right and wrong. Doni and the entire team at anewscafe.com do a great job of getting information out to us-the viewers. If you feel so strongly about something, as many obviously feel about Sarah Palin, then I suggest you get out of your house and find a way to make the world what you want it or at least attempt to. Until a person does that they will never be happy.
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Sunflower - you said it all
It amazes me that anyone would actually pay to see this “idiot” - I wouldn’t walk across the street to see such a “lame brain” and her book - give me a break- although I’m sure she’s smiling all the way to the bank!
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Spc Sean Merritt Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:07 am
Yep.Like during the campaign America’s economy in the toilet, people outta work and she goes on a shopping spree.She doesn’t care about the people she only cares about the wealthy and elite and i doubt her loyalty even to that.She isn’t loyal to the Oath of Office we see that by her quitting being Governor.Idk about alot of you but i was raised to believe you don’t quit or give up especially just to go on TV tours and read off your palm.
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Doni, I enjoyed your article on Sarah Palin. I do hope however, that some of these rude and vicious commenters are just visiting from The RS. If you want to spew venom, kindly do it somewhere else, and yes, have the guts to use your real name. This has always been a respectful website, and many people just crapped all over it.
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We have come to stand for more than just ourselves.
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Great article, with lovely photo included. “I named my daughter Willow. Isn’t that enough granola for ya?” Priceless, hilarious, and quintessentially Sarah.
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The rise of Sarah Palin is an interesting political phenomena. Her simple, and well crafted populist message resonates with a big chunk of American voters, yet not many really consider her as a future President. Her niche may simply be that of a cheerleader for conservative values, and as a lightening rod for the far left, which helps keep the debate between left and right alive, and focused.
What amuses me is how pissy the leftists (progressives) get whenever her name is mentioned. They just go into an apoplectic rage, and emotionally wander around with their knickers in a bunch. Why is that? If she is the “big nothing” they claim her to be, then why the angry response to her? Fear is the underlying basis for anger. So, my question to you is: Do you fear her? If so, maybe she isn’t the “big nothing” you want her to be.
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stardust Reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 12:06 am
The “fear” is that it is conceivable that she could receive the Republican nomination. That should explain it.
However, as pointed out earlier, perhaps that wouldn’t be so bad after all, as it’s highly unlikely that she would win the Presidency. Many Republican and independent voters will not support her. But just the fact that some take her seriously as a viable candidate is a very frightening thought. Differing viewpoints aside, many feel that she does not have the intelligence that should be a requirement for President.
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phil barker Reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 8:53 am
stardust,
I understand the fear that somehow she could somehow rise to the level of becoming the Republican nominee, and then the Presidency would be a possibility. In politics stranger things have happened, a la Barack Obama, who is even less qualified than Sarah Palin to hold the position. And, the early reports of his genius have proven highly exaggerated.
No, the reaction to Palin is much more visceral. She incites a type of hysteria in leftists (of course, that doesn’t take much) that is indicative of a deep seated hatred for her as a person; hence, the personal nature of the attacks.
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Good questions Phil. I sure don’t understant their angst..
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Rednecks and conservatives - a good match
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