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Sarah Palin: D.C. a 'hot mess'
The Politico ^ | June 15, 2013 | Emily Schultheis

Posted on 06/15/2013 11:47:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin outlined her disdain for Washington political culture in a speech Saturday morning, denouncing Democrats’ “religious faith in the power of government” and calling D.C. a “hot mess.”

“The problem is government grown so big that it intrudes into every aspect of our lives. It’s grown so arrogant that it thinks we work for it instead of it works for us,” she said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference in D.C. “The problem is, that these politicos with these religious faith in the power of government and elitist disdain for the rights of people … the scandals infecting this city, they are a symptom of a bigger disease.”

Palin spoke on the final day of the three-day gathering of social conservatives, a crowd by which she’s always been well-received. Her speech comes after Fox News announced that the former vice presidential candidate, who has kept somewhat of a lower profile this year, is returning to the network as a commentator....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; democrats; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; obama; palin
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To: bigbob
Anything Palin says annoys the left no end.

Apparently it annoys the hell out of some self-proclaimed "conservatives" also.

41 posted on 06/15/2013 3:48:57 PM PDT by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: tet68

True, if the problem was that you didn’t try hard enough (or you needed the time to gather more resources) then a reinforced second try may be worth it. But liberals proceed on the steam of their faith in a Good Idea, as if it were a divine oracle.


42 posted on 06/15/2013 7:15:53 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: tet68

(And these “Good Ideas” are virtually always Bad Ideas. They have some principle fundamentally wrong and they aren’t even open to correcting their course.)


43 posted on 06/15/2013 7:17:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: Lakeshark

“...so what does a real man do when he is shown he’s wrong?..”

He’ll do what HE believes is right, bro. I can’t speak for what anyone else would or wouldn’t do.

And yes, I do know what you’re talking about... but I thought you’d enjoy the “Jaws” reference, being Lakeshark and all that :^)


44 posted on 06/16/2013 3:07:59 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale
Actually, when a real man is proved wrong, a real man goes beyond what HE believes to be right and does what actually IS right.

And yes, I liked the music reference.....

:-)

45 posted on 06/17/2013 5:47:13 AM PDT by Lakeshark (!)
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