She did a good job. She said a lot about what people are feeling. She talked plainly and clearly. What a difference from the "code" that Obama and the other Democrats talk in that makes you feel they're talking about one thing, but their code-talking is really talking about another thing.

She's the new Ronald Reagan and like Reagan before her the left have continued to hammer Sarah Palin but nothing is sticking theycannot take her out. Make absolutely no mistake about it she WILL WIN the GOP nomination in 2012 and she WILL DEFEAT Obama in 2012 and SHE WILL BE PRESIDENT.

Their new tricks include embedding their own into the campaign, running another ross perot (stole 18% from bush 1) and the new BS picking up steam is to not vote for a democrat or republican.
You better bet the Dems will vote 100% for their guys.
One of the hedge fund thieves were reportedly talking to his cohorts saying " we have all the money and the INK" and truer words were never spoken when it comes to the media.
Took them 7 years to get George W exchanged for a inexperienced state senator who came through a back door because of a sexual scandal.

Watched the entire thing on C-SPAN. Saw little more than an hour's worth of vapid patriotic catch phrases. No solutions, no concrete plans. Completely absent of an original idea. Classic Palin.

Clinton left the governorship to run for president. Obama left his senator responsibilites to run – not that he did much anyway considering he voted absent over 100 times. You'd better come up with something better cuz that birdie don't sing.

Don't have to come up with ideas at this point — let the dems shoot themselves in the foot, they're in charge. She's not running for anything right now so let the dems collapse on their inability to provide just basic government.

This was just to rally the troops and confirm the four pillars of the Tea party: fiscal responsibility, limited gov, constitutional gov, and nat'l security. She hit those points pretty well, and that's the counter to the mindless Obama attempts at government.

Obama is in real big trouble just governing, it's shocking actually. I've never seen something like this before.

She gave an excellent speech, almost 'Reaganesque' in its strong, conservative, and patriotic message.
2012 is still a long ways off. I don't know if she plans on a Presidential run, but the tea leaves are getting clearer and clearer.
My biggest concern about the next President I vote for will be their integrity, that to me is far more important then their intellectual prowess.

Joel, I agree with you. When the president speaks their is an insult behind every statement. His SOTU speech was defensive, disrespectful, lecturing and filled with half trues and flat-out lies. On the other hand, Sarah's speech was to-the-People not at-the-People.

I love your math!

I'm moving to Oklahoma in July- does anyone have a connection or knowledge the Tea Party movement there?

"Smokin-hot legs" two words

Red, please I'm gonna have nightmares….

A noble effort THW, but the likes of our erstwhile troll here is content to listen to vapid catch phrases such as "hope," and "change."

Cheat notes on her hand?

:facepalm:

I wonder what they think of teleprompters.

I wish my fellow conservatives would do a little more research before attacking Palin for resigning as governor. The DNC had committed almost unlimited funds to finance a never ending BS lawsuit campaign against her which was preventing her from performing her duties. Remember that in the US you can sue anyone for anything if you can find a slimy lawyer to file the suit. The DNC has no shortage of those!
The Alaskan taxpayers were footing the bill for defending those frivolous suits, resulting in a part time governor who was forced to be a full time litigant. The easy choice would have been to stay in office and protect her political future. The hard choice was to risk throwing away her future in order to honor her pledge to protect the citizens of Alaska.
I personally can not stomach her stumping for that Progressive RINO McCain!! If you are going to badmouth Palin, do it for something real, like supporting a RINO, but not because you fall for a misleading Democrat talking point . We have elected far too many Republicans with no values or principles. Palin was willing to throw herself (instead of the citizens) under the bus. Name another modern political leader who would have made that sacrifice.

I have to agree. She spoke plainly and clearly. to the issues facing our nation.

“How’s that hopey-changey thing workin’ out for you?”

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Palin was terrific! Breitbart was great, but his mike needed adjustment. CSPAN needed more coverage. I watched it all but was still craving more.

What impresses me the most with Sarah Palin is that she can roll with the punches. We all know the Left has thrown a lot of punches in her direction yet she continually keeps on topic without losing a step.

The Left fears her for a good reason. She doesn't bend to their will nor does she try to compromise with them. That alone has earned her my vote. Reagan was the last president in my lifetime that came across in the same manner.

Nice to see someone speak in clear language what all of us have been saying for the past few years about Barry Soetoro and his 'fundamental change' he wants to bring about in America. He's doing it alright. People were warned about this guy as a closet fascist and now everyone wants to whine about the unemployment and takeover of insurance companies, auto companies, banks and now his eye on 1/6th of the US economy in the form of a health insurance 'overhaul'. Barry believes in big government and Sarah does not. Barry believes that the imperial federal government is the answer to 'right' all of the 'injustices' and should 'redistribute' wealth to the 'unfortunate'. Sarah believes less government, lower taxes, strong national defense and is proud to be an American. Barry is ashamed of America because he sees it as evil and unjust. Sarah, on the other hand, believes America is great because of its people, not its government.

These are seriouis times, and we need serious people. Mrs. Palin has chosen to disregard her patriotic duty by adhering to criticizing without substance, name calling because she knows careless listeners wont take the time to see through her. If she has the stuff, she's not showing it. She has jumped on the cable news driven taunts at our current well informed administration in order to benefit from them. It's not unlike someone feeling tough when they are able to take shelter behind someone of true courage. All major economic indicators show the economy improving, but she'll never admit that. International relations that form the foundation of improved security and econommy are improving, but she'll never admit that either, as it's not politicaly expedient. Mrs. Palin, if you have something worthy of office other than world wrestling statements like "we win, they lose," please show us. I'll respect you much more.

PJ is neocon-central. Maybe you are still in a bubble from writing for Giuliani. The tea parties are tired of the same of "tell me what I want to hear" speeches. And we aren't falling for controlled opposition like Palin.

That's it "fool me again." "Tell me what I want to hear" "Make another speech and then vote for the New World Order at your first opportunity and then give a speech denying you did what you did." Politics in America. Land of the Stupid.

How about when she decided to campaign for McCain?

If the Tea Party organizers don't make smaller government and tern limits a top priority, I will opt out a;ong with many others in order to start a real REVOLUTION. All Laws passed by our government shall apply to all Fed and state employees.

Excellent point. As for supporting McCain, I think she's demonstrating loyalty (publically) since he brought her into the limelight. Can't really fault her for being loyal.

At least Sarah talks plain and to the people, she is no phony. She has great charisma. And for those that think it was wrong to give up her governorship you are oblivious to the reason why, read her book. At least she has more government experience and leadership qualities than the joker in the Whitehouse. I don't know if Sarah is ready for the presidency yet but neither is obama. Whenever she runs she has my vote, she is honest and not a back door deal maker. What the media and the democrats put her through when running for VP was obscene. Good for her standing her ground. She garners respect. She is what America needs.

Personally. I don't think Obama does roll well with the punches. He's too thin skinned and is easily rattled by criticism. When criticized, he rarely just moves on but keeps revisiting the criticism made against him through various attacks against those doing the criticism. For more than a year, he has dredged up old criticisms made about him to continue to attack the Right. The tactic isn't working yet he just can't get past the old punches thrown at him.

I absolutely agree. I'm from Alaska, and for the past 40 years we've seen our own legislators pass laws up here that apply to the people, but don't apply to the legislators who create and pass them. That's why we have this tea party movement.

"our current well informed administration"???
Are you taking your meds?

We'll miss you…

LOL- I'm most certainly women enough to admit that I am quite jealous of her legs!

As an orator, Palin doesn't hold a candle to the bright beacon of Ronald Reagan. Where Palin and Reagan are similar is in their conviction to a smaller government their dedication to their conservative principals. Reagan never wavered and so far, neither has Palin. Palin should NOT make herself a candidate to be president in 2012 nor do I believe she has a burning desire to do so. Palin can do a lot to help candidates that meet her criteria in the near tern and in the meantime, hone her message and delivery for 2016 if the person elected in 2012 is not suitable. The Tea Party movement should continue to extol her many virtues just because it drives the liberal elite and the MSM so crazy, but they need to get focused on their own message so an acceptable candidate can emerge.

Cut my throat? What the hell does that have to do with anything?

You would have preferred Coakley? Since there was no other viable choice I can only assume you are a flaming liberal Democrat. Your attacks on Brown, Palen and McCain show your fear. Is your gravy-train running out? Are you union, student, teacher, state, fed, feeding at the public trough?

So Brown supports some sort of health reform, he also supports choice, so what? The point HE made is that he doesn't support Obamacare. For CONSERVATIVES, Scott Brown is certainly not perfect but he is a damn site better than the alternative.

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Her 'delivery' seemed a little off at times, but her points were great. Even the NPR, AP, etc couldn't ignore her points, e.g. "A year later," Palin said, "I gotta ask the supporters of all that, 'How's that hopey, changey thing working out for ya?'" … "Because that's not how radical Islamic extremists are looking at this. They know we're at war and to win that war we need a commander in chief and not a professor of law standing at the lectern." … "If there's hope in Massachusetts, there's hope everywhere," she said." … "When you're 0-3 you'd better stop lecturing and start listening." … "It's much bigger than any charismatic guy with a TelePrompTer,'' says Palin … "She also scored with a line addressed to C-SPAN saying that while the public affairs channel's cameras were denied access to the health care debate despite President Obama's campaign pledge, they were most "welcome" at the Tea Party convention."

The speech came from a woman who the Dems – and their MSM – have tried for about 1 1/2 years to destroy, delivered before a small convention of a very young movement, and the MSM was forced to watch and to actually report her words. Amazing!

I noticed it too, part way through she holds up her palms and there was something scribbled there. It looked like words and was fairly dark. I got a clear view of it. That being said, why is it 'bad' that she had a reminder on her hand? She was reading from notecards anyway. What is one more note on her palm? Maybe she was sweaty and the ink from her notecard came off on her hand? And maybe when she noticed it she wiped it off?

Oh, well, yeah, of course; notes on her palm PROVES she is the devil!

Really, why should anyone even care? It could be a tatoo for all I care. You are really reaching with your hate. I am surprised you are not complaining about her breath!

I liked her comment about the 'trickle up political movement' and that the tea party has no leaders but an overwhelming number of self described members. And she reminded us that 'We are the power" Politicians derive their power from us not from the government.

I think Palin should not run in 2012 and should instead lend her valuable support for a really fresh new candidate (no Gingrich please) that can be supported by the people of the “Tea Party” as well as by Independents who lean to the right. All the labels are obfuscating and self defeating. People should stop screaming about “Rinos” and work in unity towards kicking Obama and his failed policies out the door no matter what in 2012.

AAAAAAHHHHH FONZ;

It would be real cool, if you would quit beating the same old broken jukebox!

WYATT

I am getting tired of the disingenuous BS, not only from the left, about Sarah Palin "betraying" her principles by resigning as Alaska governor.
Not only was her administration virtually shut down by a DNC-MSM coordinated sabotage operation with literally limitless funds. An odd quirk in Alaska law prohibited the use of public money to fight off any attack on public officials.

First, she knew that her Lt. Governor was a solid capable conservative who would be able to immediately take over and end the paralysis of Alaska's government.

Second, absent any ability of the state to help her, she simply had to either absorb over one half million in personal/family debt that would almost certainly have risen to several times that or shut it down.

Third – possibly the most important in the long run, she needed to be free to speak publicly and freely as well as gain a forum in which to establish a broader national image in time to be influential in America's critical fight to escape Obama's proposed "fundamental transformation" from freedom to socialism/marxism.

She explained this several times in her alleged "simpleminded" direct manner. Anyone say's they can't understand it is either pretending or abysmally dense.

THANK YOU. I sometimes feel like I am the only one out there that believes that she did the honorable thing in resigning. That took incredible guts and selflessness. I am skeptical of all politicians. I am a conservative first a Republican second. It is best to look at the person's record to determine if their actions follow their words. In Sarah's case, her actions (giving up the Governorship) followed her words and past work (getting rid of those that were detrimental to the welfare of her state). So I say, well done.

The day that Obama holds an open Q and A session like Sarah Palin did last night will be the same day we see that our President isn’t his self-admitted “50 percent quit” on smoking.

Sarah Palin is no more ready to be POTUS than any of us typing these opinions are….she has less than two years to learn anything meaningful about –Everything!!, Our battered and beaten U.S. Constitution, about WHY we are a secular Republic, why God is not, in any way, supposed to play a part in OUR democracy, etc I shudder to think what this *wink* *you betcha* down-home attitude would convey to middle-east, 11th century sheiks, kings and what have you's. She would get no respect, for sure. She knows nothing about U.S. history, "foreign affairs protocols", why GW wanted to toss Habeas Corpus (I know. Do YOU?)

I wish I had more examples, but I will do it on my blogpage! The bottom line? If the once great (and respected) Grand Old Party would actually nominate this airhead, the party will definitely sink, once and for all. I am almost 80 yrs. old. I voted for a whole lot of presidents. And I am still very active . Trust me, Sarah Palin is a nitwit. And if I weren't an atheist, I would say "If Sarah "Sawdust for Brains" Palin ever got elected to any high office, God help us all"

Since there was no other viable choice…..

So long as that is your mindset you are going to keep losing.

If I was a liberal I would love McCain.

So Brown supports some sort of health reform, he also supports choice, so what?

Oh, I thought that was the actual subject. What they believe in AND vote for. What other reasons are there? Oh, that's right – looks maybe. This was kinda like the JFK-Nixon thing. Just would have thought someone bothering to post on a blog would think more deeply than that.

There is no "Obamacare" – that is a product of journalistic laziness.

Mark my words – this has been from the very start about using government force to make people buy Insurance – what the Insurance lobby wanted. All this other nonsense about government care were bargaining chips for show. "Darn. We can't get government care. Oh, well, at least we will 'reform' it so you have to buy our lobbyist's product. Shucks." All a show so Obama doesn't appear to be the Big Business shill that he is.

HAH. http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/02/07/talk-to-the-a...

Analysis of Perot's vote total showed that his votes would have split between Bush and Clinton basically 50/50.

I couldn't care less what her "down-home attitude would convey to" the middle-east. Since when are we at their beck and call? I don't care for that sort of Globalist attitude. And you can take your God has no part in "OUR democracy" and shove it, too. And this is the reason why:

It is OUR democracy and the United States is made up Overwhelmingly of those who consider themselves Christians. You take the Separation of Church and State and distort it to meet your means. Quite simply it means the Government will not dictate a National Religion. If you had your way it would mean that the Government will not allow those with Religious beliefs to hold office.

Yet, you want us to bend to the whims of Middle-Eastern Nations that not only Force Islam on Citizens- but, also dictate what "type" of Islam is legitimate.

Your insults speak volumes. I never said she was ready, nor did I say I thought she ever would be ready for POTUS. She is; however, a driving force for those of us who believe in God, Family and Country. I know our opinions mean nothing to you because you view yourself superior in your "Knowledge" that we are just organisms who will turn to the dirt of the Earth. I see more in our Humanity and will not ever lesson my beliefs in why I am hear and lower my political voice because people who believe in our magnificent nothingness mock my beliefs…

i didn't know obama had responsibilities as a senator…are you sure he had responsibilities?

Since the dems. are for me and the poor people of the world then why,why, just why won`t the KENNEDY`S,HEINZ-KEERY,and plastic PELOSI share their wealth. Start giving instead of playing with our future.Will they give out of their pockets? NO, they just keep talking about how they will help the poor and the needy.How much did HEINZ KETCHUP give out in bonus`? Sure would like for them to start helping us po folk.

IN GOD WE TRUST

Please, the copy and paste thing is getting old… if your comment is that good you should only need to post it once and refer back to it when needed. I wasn't in awe of your comment the first time and I am certainly not in awe of it now.

"So long as that is your mindset you are going to keep losing."

Brilliant! Say something that means nothing.

"Oh, I thought that was the actual subject."

Yes, it was, and you have added nothing.

You should stick to impressing school kids Fonz… Run along now.

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The third "cant understand"…

They want the issue to discredit her…

Respectfully, I disagree…

Palin does such a wonderful job tweaking the LSM, she should get a four-year job doing it…

Every time during the next three years she speaks, she will point up the Obama's inadequacy, re-iterate what she would do with the consent of the governed, and build momentum with the Constitutionalist candidates…

The only thing people would need is a big-screen TV and some popcorn…

Try this http://www.teapartypatriots.org/state/Oklahoma

And welcome to the state!

You need to put down the vodka before you post.

correction:
1 Less taxes
2 Smaller govt
3 constitutional rights
4 strong natl defense

my bad. this insomnia is gonna be the death of me.

These are seriouis times, and we need serious people. Mrs. Palin has chosen to disregard her patriotic duty by adhering to criticizing without substance, name calling because she knows careless listeners wont take the time to see through her. If she has the stuff, she's not showing it. She has jumped on the cable news driven taunts at our current well informed administration in order to benefit from them. It's not unlike someone feeling tough when they are able to take shelter behind someone of true courage. All major economic indicators show the economy improving, but she'll never admit that. International relations that form the foundation of improved security and econommy are improving, but she'll never admit that either, as it's not politicaly expedient. Mrs. Palin, if you have something worthy of office other than world wrestling statements like "we win, they lose," please show us. I'll respect you much more.

Good point about the schools being paramount in saving freedom. The part of Oklahoma I live in is considered "Little Dixie Democrat." Yet, this county routinely votes for conservative senators and presidents. Our only "glitch" is Congressman Dan Boren. A democrat who uses the second amendment to appeal to the hunters in our area while still, through party affiliation, enables the likes of Pelosi to be Speaker of the House.

I send him a letter every now and then calling him out on his hypocrisy. I mean, really, when you let the socialists trample our constitution and freedom, how long will it be before they also steal our second amendment rights?

This Sarah fan CAN fault her for supporting him. He is a RINO in the worst sense. He demonstrates every thing that is wrong with our country's leaders. Yes, I appreciate his service to our country, but the truth is that he is selling freedom down the river with his "maverick" bi-partisanship.

They hate Sarah because she's not ashamed nor does she apoligize for putting her faith in God. That is the number 1 problem they have with her. The rest of the carping from the left stems behind that one fact because the attributes Sarah portrays comes from that faith.

I agree with Frostbyte. She has to play their political game. I suspect that Palin is returning a favor to McCain. What this means to me is she will have to make moves we don't agree with to get the ball rolling. Will she be able to break away from the political influence? Only time will tell. I really want to believe in Sarah Palin but we have been burned to many times. Best advice–Proceed with caution.

Wheelie,

Yes you are right. Obama is serious. That's why he voted "present" 137 times in his short stint in the Senate. No balls – no stance – but all Glory. He also, I've noticed, NEVER calls conservatives names or disparages anyone, like ANYONE who disagrees with him. :/ I especially like the way he and his administration stay informed via MediaMatters, DailyKos and Huffington. That's real news and views. It's not unlike someone feeling tough when they are able to take shelter behind someone of true courage like Che, Hugo, Castro and Mao – and Jimmy Carter, Lincoln and FDR – in order to benefit from them.

All major economic indicators show the economy improving – especially those indicators that come directly from the blogs of the aforementioned NEWS outlets that you skim through. Please don't tell that to the 8+ million folks who have no "hope and change" to hang their hats on.

Now, what is NOT politically expedient is that China is pissed at us (and near owns us); North Korea is shooting over the "bow" of this current president, Europe is backing off, and Israel has no idea how he really feels; even Hugo has taken to calling your president names. I figure if your president would just come up with more substantial one-liners than "Yes We Can" and "Hope and Change" and "Change We Can Believe in" then maybe we could respect him more.

You say "Obama sees the short and the long term, and he knows unflagging leadership and governance will strengthen our country from the inside out over time." The Tea Party understands your statement and that your use of the word 'unflagging' is a verb. We're just not sure yet which flag or governance he intends to use – the one with the sickle and ONE star? Not sure yet… Maybe Madam Michelle will sew it up for us just like Martha Washington, our and Palin's favorite President, did for us.

Finally, later herein you say "If Mrs. Palin can show me more than an abililty to prey upon a popular lust for substanceless one liners, I'll respect her more, and the Tea Party will have more than her mulitple references to a dead president to grow on." Really? Isn't your President the new incarnation of Lincoln and FDR? Are they still both living or are they spinning in their graves knowing that your organizing hack-in-chief has managed to squirm his way into their ranks – not that FDR was anything to revel in.

I love how you progressives spin, even BEFORE you hit the grave. Please don't stop posting here. You VALIDATE every single reason the Tea Party surfaced. To use your president's favorite line – "And let me be perfectly clear," here is where we intend to stay. Get used to it. Get VERY used to it.

I agree with you in the content and substance department. I need laser free market like economic polices guided in principled theory (see "Broken Window Fallacy") on how we won't default on our debts as a nation.

I live in what we up in Alaska call the Bush out in the middle of no where, you folks from outside would refer to it. Just another American uneducated hick, racist Tea Bagging very dumb redneck. So from my log cabin in the middle of the woods I am going to tell you what a American is or used to be.I will go many miles to get to my Church and then cut a cord of wood before dinner, clean my gun and shoot a moose, maybee even a wolf, but not from a plain or helicopter cause thats illegal and i believe in the law. I know Sarah
have known her for years she is the backbone of what America used to be, a strong women who no matter what names she gets called is going to flow right off her..life in the Great Alone makes a person tuff so keep dishing it out it will only make us love her more!

Good points. I'm not going to vote for anyone unless they tell me exactly HOW they are going to cut gov't by more than 20-30%. I'm talking about taking and cutting entire Federal departments, farm subsidies, regulations, federal grants, the welfare/warfare state, etc. Social Security and Medicare are going to eating the deficit alive here very shortly since there never was any "trust fund". It's been busted and draining the Treasury for sometime and we need to be honest of figuring out how to reform it. We need to have leaders to tell entire voting blocks "NO". It's very hard to get elected when you have to do this. Unless Sarah Palin (or anyone else) takes on these sacred cows, she's not going to get my support or my vote for that matter.

I like Palin but I sure wish she would stay away from the RINO's like Rick Perry, and about the note's she keeps, at least they don't miss a beat every now and then like a Teleprompter (hint).

And Perry I wish she would leave the RINO's alone.

In her book she explains in great detail why she left the govenorship early…….it doesn't sound from the book that it was what she wanted to do but what she felt would be best for Alaska!!!!!!!

Joe I guess you want someone to hold your hand and show you the way, how about you open your mouth and tell them what you want that is the trouble with the government now. If we all sit and don't express our views and tell them what we want they will think you can be lead around and will except anything they put in front of you. Sarah was not trying to put something out there as a correction to the problem she was saying, we all need to tell our elected officals what they are to do, they work for us, this is our country. Or did you forget that part Joe?????

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Sadly, while I believe in cutting taxes at the margins so as to encourage capital formation, no President or Congress should be creating jobs. Their jobs are laid out in Article I (Congress) and Article II (President). Tax cuts themselves do not create jobs although they do lead to usually more tax receipts to the Treasury (as seen by the Laffer Curve). Government needs to shrink by all levels (and yes this means the Military). We are in too many countries playing super nanny. We're going to go bankrupt here if we don't reduce the deficits here in the next 5 years. As much as I like Reagan, we need to be realistic with the problems we face as we're likely to be England circa WWI.

I can. It is just that kind of party first, I owe a favor, mindset that put the Tea Party movement in motion. She got big points for going against Gingrich's endorsement in NY-23 when he was playing the same game. Now she's doing the same thing. I not happy with loyalties before principle. No more nose holding!

Ok ok ok wait wait hold on.. ok.. respect us more if we what? All economic indicators are up? So you're one of those people that buys the lie that unemployment "fell" to 9.7%, or that GDP was 5.9%, or that the stock market at 10,000 (from 6,000) a year ago.. that these numbers are not cooked every bit as much as Enrons books were? Seriously. When you discuss namecalling and criticizing without substance, sir, you should consider the democrats way ahead of everyone else, and Palin indeed has been getting much of the criticism — uncalled for, I might add. What was this about her daughter and A-Rod? Troopergate? Her wardrobe? All a bunch of BS!! And it had nothing to do with the issues. As for international policy, I think Obama is screwing that up nicely and we could do a lot better to have someone else in there. So nothing you have said sticks to the wall. This is why no one cares about the respect you have to offer.

Correction: "female" Dang! I hate it when I do that!

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