Thread: Palin says teaparty needs to "pick a party"

Palin: Tea Partiers "Have to Pick a Party"
In Arkansas, Former Alaska Governor Heaps Praise on Movement, But Says U.S. Has A Two-Party System
In front of a crowd of Republican Party activists and the tea-party movement’s rank and file here on Tuesday night, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin seemed to put a damper on speculation that she might consider running for president in 2012 as a third-party candidate.

Asked what her advice would be to conservatives as the November elections approach, Palin first lavished praise on the Tea Party movement, calling it "a grand movement" and adding, "I love it because it’s all about the people."

But she quickly pivoted to the broader question of whether the Tea Party movement might successfully field its own candidates in national elections, and on that point she sounded far from convinced.

"Now the smart thing will be for independents who are such a part of this Tea Party movement to, I guess, kind of start picking a party," Palin said. "Which party reflects how that smaller, smarter government steps to be taken? Which party will best fit you? And then because the Tea Party movement is not a party, and we have a two-party system, they’re going to have to pick a party and run one or the other: ‘R’ or ‘D’."

Palin said that the Republican platform best meshed with the Tea Party’s creed. However, she mentioned that her husband Todd was not a registered Republican and that the party should be open to embracing independents.

Palin used her 45-minute speech and the Q&A session that featured pre-selected questions from the crowd to sound off on everything from what she called the "snake-oil science" of global warming to politicians who are "addicted to ‘O-P-M’-other people's money."

Many of her remarks were revived directly from the 2008 vice presidential stump, including her repeated invocations of former president Ronald Reagan.
But there was one element that Palin had to contend with on Tuesday that she rarely (if ever) did on the campaign trail: empty seats. Though the Arkansas Republican Party sold differently priced upper-level and lower-level tickets to the event at the 18,000-seat Verizon Arena, less than half of the seats in the lower bowl were occupied, and the entire upper level was shrouded by black drapes.

In the hours before the Palin event began, the Arkansas GOP was advertising on its web site a heavily discounted "$20 ticket special." The dining tables that had been set up on arena’s floor, however, were full with donors who had contributed $175.

Those who were on hand were at their most animated during Palin’s remarks on national security.

The former Republican vice presidential nominee earned her first standing ovation of the evening when she asked, "how dare a terrorist who hates America and hates our Constitution be given those same rights" that are granted to her son Track and other U.S. servicemen.

Her second standing ovation came seconds later when she added, "We need to spend more time lifting up America instead of apologizing for the greatest country on earth."

Palin spent much of the evening railing against some of her favorite targets, including "elites" in Washington and the media.

When she was asked what she believed was the number one threat to America today, several audience members shouted, "Obama!"

Arkansas Republican Party Chairman Doyle Webb, who moderated the Q&A session, responded by adding, "Besides Obama."

Palin then chimed in as many in the crowd laughed.

"See, they said that, I didn’t," she said. "Just you watch now, too, because somebody will be here with their little Twittering thing, and it’s going to be on the Internet any minute now."

Palin then said that a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime or terrorist group was the biggest threat to the country, specifically mentioning Iran, and added that she believed the country’s debt also negatively affected national security.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/ ... 5033.shtml

Palin needs to go back to Alaska, and just pick her nose. We got 'em skeered all you wonderful "rebs"! Soon we'll have 'em all on the run! Dems and Repubs.

Mrs. Palin, sorry but you're a global elitest streetwalker. Also known as a harlot, and quiakly becoming a charlitan.

Why pick a party? So you can go back to your masters and report that you've succeeded in duping the poeple for their globalist elitist agenda?

Ok Palin, how about the party that you aren't a part of? Since when does the TEA Party need Palin's advice? She can't even take care of her own family and quit on the people of Alaska.

Palin needs to shut up, sit down, and get out of the way while true American patriots go about the business of fixing this mess.

Ironically, Glen Beck warned this week to beware of those who might try to hijack the Tea Party movement. This is exactly what she is trying to do.

Shame on you, Sarah!!

Sarah definitely needs to go back to Alaska and shut up. I'm a Republican, and of course I would like to see more people join our party, but not because someone told them to, but because they've studied the history and accomplishments of our party and support that history and accomplishments, our long-standing principles on taxes, trade and workers rights, and truly believe in the individual liberties and personal privacy of our citizens. The Republican party has already been hijacked by a large number of people who don't understand Republicanism, something we're trying to fix now.

Someone campaigning for John Insane and Rick Perry has no insight to determine what an enormously large and fluid grassroots uprising should support.

She has made a few serious mistakes and until I hear "I'm so sorry, I was stupid" I will ignore all she says. She is a paid Fox News mouthpiece.

I want a bumper sticker that says: PALIN 2012-2013.5!

Get it?

Originally Posted by DarthIllegal

I want a bumper sticker that says: PALIN 2012-2013.5!

Get it?

Good One!

The Tea Party does not have to pick a party. THEY ARE A PARTY. That is the whole idea. It would be kind of pointless to start such a movement just so it can be swallowed up by the status quo.

IMO the Tea Party is more of a movement than a party. People just wanting there country to return to some sort of normal state, not the Insanity thats going on now.