Did anyone watch Sarah Palin's speech at the Tea Party convention?

NASCAR over the BIGGEST speech of Sister Sarah's life...say it isn't so...lol! Would you believe, I fell asleep earlier this evening for some reason and I woke up to her voice - you know how I feel about that - and caught the last few minutes. Then I heard a few clips and excerpts here and there and heard some of the discussions about it on all three news stations. Basically, she was well received by the crowd, which is probably lucky for her because if I paid $549 to hear someone speak it had better be what I want to hear! She was quite partisan and while she'd said something about how politicians shouldn't take "pot shots" at each other, she took some at the President and Vice President. I heard a couple self-described independents say she was "snarky". I also heard some say she had "substance" in her speech but I'm not sure what they meant and since I didn't hear the whole thing I can't agree or disagree. I did hear her talk about the "Underwear Bomber" and she was just repeating the same inaccurate talking points we've all been hearing for weeks, ignoring the fact that he's been providing a lot of valuable information without being tortured. She made some comments about how the GOP should align themselves with the tea party movement and spoke of their goal to put conservatives in offices on the local, state and national level. I've been hearing the same thing about the movement being fractured and how some factions of is have been hi-jacked by the Republicans. From what I've seen and heard of this convention, they're not out to attract independents or moderates, that's for sure! Annie

I was rather excited to see the return of the super hockey mom, just after the State of the Union address a week or so ago, and Obama's Q and A with the rethugs. As usual, Sarah delivered in only the way she can. It is like someone gave her an "adlibs" page, where she filled in the blanks in her rather ditzy uniform statement, inserting random current events here. A general example would be if you asked her how to get across the street, she would tell you how to get around the block, followed by something completely irrelevant, like "tornadoes are bad", and she would get applause, because, tornadoes are bad. She is absolutely, horrificly stupid, but does know some big words. She needed some better coaching on this one. (Goes without saying). I caught it about 2:30 in the morning, though tvguide said it was scheduled to air around 9 my time. I didn't see all of it, but saw some of her key talking points. She wants to protect the rights of the "still to be born". Yet, she won't protect the rights of those undebatedly alive by ensuring they receive healthcare. She said "don't raise taxes". Oh, wow. And the sheep applauded. She knew a popular phrase would be "Free market" or "free enterprise" and "god-fearing", and the minions applauded. She said, "Let's just win the war." Okey-dokey. I think at the root of it, she has some basic elementary concepts down, but, she doesn't understand what it takes to carry them out. It is kind of hard to please, serve, and protect the interests of millions of people and corporations all at once, while trying to break through red tape, a hostile right wing, and manage to pull out of two wars and a terrible economy, when mother nature had her way with Haiti, all in one sitting. This is an old video, of Matt Damon giving his opinion on her, but it still rings true: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6urw_PWHYk I think we should conduct an experiment and send Sarah Palin to wait tables at one of the most happening restaurants in a foodie city on a Friday or Saturday night. They just happen to be short-staffed that night, and she would have to take two sections of the restaurant. She'd run out the door after two or three tables, with her tail curled between her legs. I flipped channels after and stumbled upon an equally as gullible audience when I stopped at a faith healer on stage. Palin's speech, and the reception of it, and it paralleling the idiocy of the faith healer's supporters, only reiterated how easy it is to shephard ignorant people into doing something, how easy it is to get their money, and how easy it is to have them do the campaigning for you. Sadly, the ignorant outweigh the educated, and we can thank the uber rich, and the main stream media for dumbing down our nation, and for creating such a divide that ignorance and hate is taught, at a viral level, rather than logic and compassion. Gang way for Canada if a republican enters office again.

I certainly hope they don't allow themselves to be absorbed into the R party! One of the things I admired about the Tea Party is that is has D & R and independents all united under a common cause. If one party invades it and takes it over, I'm done with it. The people need an independent venue free of political influence to get this important work done! I read about the speech. Palin is right, it's time for another revolution. But I don't want it to be under a Repub or Dem flag. That just cheapens the efforts of a free people.

I caught some of it. But not all. I had other things to do. It was pretty much like any other political speech...there were things I agreed with...there were things I did not agree with...same as always with every politican or as in Palin's case political figure. As for the tea part movement. I am sad. I am not a part of The Tea Party Nation. I am a member of a different group. But I have talked and worked with some local people on the Tea Party Nation on things. The ones I talk to are just as mad at the Republican party as the democratic party. They WANT and ARE demanding fiscal responsibility for their government...no matter what side is in control. Fiscal responsibility should be a bipartisan thing. THey should all believe in being careful and wise with tax payer money. But none of them do...or very few do. The Republican party is only jumping on this band wagon because it has gained traction...and they want back in power. So they have tried like heck to themselves with the movements. Believe me...the grassroots organizations did not go looking for htem...the republican politicans came looking for them. During the last election....most of these same people in the Tea Party Nation, Restore the Republic, and Campaign for Liberty were ridiculed by a lot of the republican party. We were called "fringe" and "crazy". But then the movement took off....and a lot mroe people joined. Politicans are seeing votes. So now all of a sudden the same politicans who called them "crazy" and "fringe" are now trying to be their best friends. I really hope The Tea Party Nation turns on this "false" politicans like a pack of wolves. Neither party knows what fiscal responsibility is and they are only paying lip service to now because the groups are popular. Don't let them turn your heads....support the good ones on either side (they are few and they need all the help and support htey can get) and dog the bad ones on either side out of office.

I didn't hear her speech either but did hear a few sound-bites from it on the news and commentary shows. I also saw that idiot whitehouse mouthpiece Gibbs mocking her for putting a couple of notes on her hand to aide her in her speech. She must be the most mocked and made-fun-of personality in this country. It's amazing, even here on MyLot, in every discussion about her the Palin-bashers show up without fail to try and tear her down. Ho hum... we've heard it before... give it a rest... I've heard some of the buzz in the news about the Tea Party being hijacked by the Republicans or the movement breaking up but I don't really think either is true. I think it's more just rumors started by the left to try and sabotage it. The Tea Party/Grassroots/Populist movement is simply everyone in this country that has moderate to slightly conservative views and may or may not be affiliated with any political party. I would wager it's made up mostly of independents but I would also say there are more Republicans than Democrats involved in it. I think the movement is really people just getting fed up enough to actually get involved in politics, paying attention and learning where the politicians are on the issues and electing ones that have the values that they, the people, have. They are going to start voting for the candidate instead of the party, whether it be a Republican, a Democrat or an Independent. Between the two major parties though, the Republicans are probably most near to the populist views, simply because their are more conservatives in the Republican party than the Democrat party and the movement leans to the conservative side. When it comes election time, some people are thinking that the populist movement is going to put candidates into the race but in reality, this would be very hard to do, at least in the near future. Right now, the most popular third party would be the Libertarian party and they have been at it for years with very limited success. It is a monumental task to start a viable political party, so it is more likely that the movement is going to back candidates of one of these three parties, at least for the next few years. The Republican party is going to try to align with the populist voters but they are going to have to move their party away from what it has become and more like what it is supposed to stand for, downsizing government, limit spending, low taxes, balanced budget, etc. If they don't, they will set themselves up to be replaced by a new political party but it will take some years for it to happen. In the mean time, tell the folks you've been hearing from to not give up the faith. As long as they stay involved, pay attention to what's going on, write, call or email their congressmen and senators regularly and vote the issues instead of just the party line, they'll be part of the movement and keep it going. [;-)

She just needs to stop everytime she goes on tv she finds another way to embrass her self