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Palin re-emerges to lash GOP establishment and Obama alike
NBC News ^ | 3/17/13 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 03/17/2013 2:25:34 PM PDT by Libloather

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin re-emerged into the national spotlight to level a blistering rebuke of both President Barack Obama and the Republican establishment, calling upon a friendly conservative audience to "stop preaching to the choir."

Amid the Republican soul-searching on display at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference, the onetime GOP vice presidential nominee issued her prescription: "Now is the time to furlough the consultants, and tune out the pollsters, send the focus groups home, and toss the political scripts," Palin said, "because If we truly know what we believe, we don't need professionals to tell us."

Palin's speech — the first major appearance she's made following the presidential election and her expired contract as a television analysts — was equally critical of Democrats and the Obama administration. Her remarks were a tour de force of conservative memes about Obama, dinging him on everything from his golfing to the canceled White House tours taking place under sequestration.

(Excerpt) Read more at firstread.nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cpac; gop; obama; palin
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A fresh taste of freedom.

1 posted on 03/17/2013 2:25:34 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
Is that Fear I smell from NBC?

Yes, Yes it is!


2 posted on 03/17/2013 2:27:19 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Libloather
The sweet thing about Governor Palin is that she does it with a great sense of humor - Reagan-style.

Charm is a huge tool in the art of persuasion and she has it in spades.

3 posted on 03/17/2013 2:30:16 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: KC_Lion

Its total fear..what do libs hate most(besides of course our Constitution) its being MOCKED..its what they hate more than anything


4 posted on 03/17/2013 2:30:27 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I love the way that it got under Karl’s skin. What a phony he is.


5 posted on 03/17/2013 2:32:46 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

And they make it so easy to do. But so few are willing. Seems like they don’t WANT to use all the tools in the tool box...just the ones that don’t fit the job at hand.

Oh hell what am I saying...OF COURSE THEY DON’T WANT TO. That would mean they would win.


6 posted on 03/17/2013 2:33:23 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: RobbyS

Ann Coulter trashed the establishment too in her speech, but it was what Sarah Palin said about the fat turd that really got under his skin..its hilarious, for someone supposedly “irrelevant” she was the #1 trending topic on twitter for TWO DAYS and being talked about non stop in the press..gee, I wish I was that “irrelevant” I wonder if Sean Hannity will still kiss Rove’s ass..if Hannity had the slightest shred of decency he wouldn’t allow that turd on his show


7 posted on 03/17/2013 2:35:56 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Norm Lenhart; Sarah Barracuda
Rove and Company want to Re-brand the Republican Party.

Sarah knows it's bigger than that!


8 posted on 03/17/2013 2:37:45 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Norm Lenhart

That’s because too many in the “Establishment” are progressives..the one thing Glenn Beck said that I have total agreement with is that there are progressives in the GOP trying to destroy the Republican Party..when you have our House Speaker saying he is “proud” of Obama, gee what more proof do you need..I never heard Pelosi say that she was “proud” of Bush..we have too many on our side willing to bend over and kiss the ass of the RAT Party and abandon whatever principles they supposedly had


9 posted on 03/17/2013 2:38:49 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Palin is still unwavering, uncompromising, and dedicated. Regardless of what the establishment thinks, she never backs down. Lest we forget she cut her political teeth on the good ‘ol boy gristle in Alaska. And now she has a regiment of conservatives in Congress and elsewhere that she personally installed. Plain 2016? You betcha.


10 posted on 03/17/2013 2:38:51 PM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: Libloather

Sarah Palin rocks like no other.


11 posted on 03/17/2013 2:40:59 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: HMS Surprise

Establishment jackasses despise Conservatives..they are nothing more than liberals, just better dressed..we have to throw them out of the GOP for ANY Conservative to have a chance..not just Sarah Palin, but ANY Conservative..why do you think the Establishment keeps on wanting to shove Jeb Bush down our throats..and the media loves Jeb Bush, because they could destroy him in 2 minutes if they really wanted to, but they are holding off, til he gets the nomination, then he’s done..the only way Sarah Palin or anyone else in the GOP has ANY kind of chance to win is to destroy the establishment


12 posted on 03/17/2013 2:42:17 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: HMS Surprise; Gator113; Sarah Barracuda
Sarah isn't done yet!

The Progressives are shaking in their boots.

They Fear Her and what she brings to the Table, i.e. getting them off of the table.


13 posted on 03/17/2013 2:44:33 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Libloather

Is there a video of her CPAC speech? I had to work until 1130 last night and missed the entire speech. I’ll keep looking on FR and am sure I’ll find it on one of the threads.


14 posted on 03/17/2013 2:46:26 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
..when you have our House Speaker saying he is “proud” of Obama, gee what more proof do you need..

It's worse than that: Boehner says he "trusts" Obama. That's the leading signal for an upcoming cave. Taxes are going up before April Fools' Day.

15 posted on 03/17/2013 2:47:02 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: KC_Lion

That ad has soon more than 100 000 likes on her FB page!


16 posted on 03/17/2013 2:47:50 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: KC_Lion

One of my favorite quotes.

Of course, being a guy, I loved her joke about her “rack”. LOL

Imagine a country with her at the helm......


17 posted on 03/17/2013 2:49:30 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Well, as I am fond of saying, look how many Freepers, the supposed farthest of all Right, harped on the ‘principles don’t matter’ mantra, VERBATIM.

No shock that the GOP took this as a green light to moderate at will. Until we rid ourselves of these idiots, we can bitch (and I do!) about the GOP, but the GOP is just like the kid caught with drugs in the old TV commercial when we get down to it.

“I did it by watching you alright?”

We have to accept our own responsibility too. THEN we can fix this. But until we acknowledge the problem in our own midst, we are spinning wheels.


18 posted on 03/17/2013 2:54:08 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Arrowhead1952; Liz; AT7Saluki
Found it -

Sarah Palin CPAC 2013

19 posted on 03/17/2013 2:54:43 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Libloather

You go, girl!!


20 posted on 03/17/2013 2:54:58 PM PDT by lightman (If the Patriarchate of the East held a state like the Vatican I would apply for political asylum.)
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