Posted on 03/16/2013 4:40:39 PM PDT by algernon_garnock
Oxon Hill, Maryland (CNN) - Sarah Palin, igniting a crowd of conservatives, says it's time to stop "preaching to the choir" and instead evangelize a grass-roots, anti-Washington message to all Americans, even those who disagree with the right.
"They're not our enemies. They're our sisters and our brothers. They're our neighbors, they're our friends. It's imperative to reach out and to share that conservative message of liberty and less government and lower taxes," the former Alaska governor said, urging growth of the movement.
Saturday marked Palin's second time to address the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. With the gathering serving as a time for introspection among the Republican Party, Palin bucked party leadership and said only real reform can come from the bottom up.
"We're not here to re-brand a party, we're here to rebuild a country," she said. "We're here to restore America and the rest is just theatrics. The rest is sound and fury. It's just making noise."
Palin's comments come two days before the Republican National Committee is scheduled to unveil its conclusions from a months-long "autopsy" of the party, following its big election losses in November.
Walking out to Shania Twain's "She's Not Just a Pretty Face," the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee easily got the crowd on their feet. Her speech was rife with her folksy tough talk and snipes at President Obama. And of course, no Palin speech is complete without references to her hunting and outdoors life in Alaska.
She spurred another wave of cheers and applause while pausing to take a sip from a Big Gulp, a not-so-veiled swipe at New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's push against large sugary drinks. "We're cool. Shoot, it's just pop with low calorie ice cubes in it. I hope that's OK."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Sarah P. really has the media’s hot-spots well identified.
Did she finish the whole thing or quit halfway through?
“... a not-so-veiled swipe at New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ....”
Well CNN, if it had been even the slightest bit subtle, it would have sailed right over your head.
The CNN article has nothing but negative comments from people. I posted a positive comment about Sarah and it never showed up. CNN is evil and so is anybody who listens to them.
bump
Has that woman ever had a bad picture taken of her?
I think the media are already wetting their collective pants over this.
What the left and the RINOs hate the most about Sarah is the fact that she’s not owned by Arab oil, nor can she be “bought” by anyone.
Sarah was the fresh air that made everyone else look stale. They should have put her on first......oh well.
Just saw it. It was more like three sips. And it took a while. The crowd went nuts the whole time. Gotta find the whole speech somewhere...
I just watched the youtube video. I loved the crowd reaction.
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