Sarah Palin's bizarre speech

[jeaniebueller]

They played some snippets of it on Morning Joe this morning and it was...special. She really sounds like she is coming unglued. They also got Nicole Wallace to comment on it and I was really hoping she would dish it out about what a nightmare it was to deal with her, but no dice (hot)

There is a video clip at the link.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/25/sarah-palin-iowa-speech_n_6543762.html

Shortly after declaring that she's "seriously interested" in running for president in 2016, Sarah Palin delivered a confusing speech that was panned by many, even some on the right.

Speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines on Saturday, the former Alaska governor and one-time vice presidential candidate delivered a speech that John Fund of the National Review described as "meandering and often bizarre."

Here's an excerpt:


"Things must change for our government. Look at it. It isn’t too big to fail. It’s too big to succeed! It's too big to succeed, so we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people and same policies that got us into the status quo. Another Latin word, status quo, and it stands for, ‘Man, the middle-class everyday Americans are really gettin’ taken for a ride.’ That's status quo, and GOP leaders, by the way, y'know the man can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it. Then the man can't ride ya, America won't be taken for a ride, because so much is at stake and we can't afford politicians playing games like nothing more is at stake than, oh, maybe just the next standing of theirs in the next election."



In response to the speech, Democratic National Committee communications director Mo Elleithee issued a two-word statement:


“Thank you!”



The New York Daily News reports that Palin's teleprompter froze, forcing her to ad-lib some of her remarks.

Palin also referred to President Barack Obama as "an overgrown little boy." And in a clip posted online by Right Wing Watch, Palin attacked the left for being racist and sexist.


"Really, it's kind of Orwellian, observing how that works, that rule of Saul Alinsky's, no doubt, that the left employs. Disgusting charges, from the left. Reverse them -- for it is they who point a finger not realizing that they have triple that amount of fingers pointing right back at them, revealing that they are the ones who really discriminate and divide on color and class and sex. We call them out. We don’t let them get away with it.”


The reaction on Twitter was not particularly encouraging:
And yet.... Conroy also reported that Palin left the stage to a standing ovation and the Taylor Swift song, "Shake It Off."

 

[omgzombies]

She just says what no other politician is brave enough to say!

I'm really hoping for a 2016 run, there's so much comic gold to be had.

[sandipluschris]

Jan 26, 2015 10:43:07 GMT -5 @songforyou said:

I still think she was on something. She didn't seem sober.

I totally agree!  When she walked out on stage and briefly interacted with Steve King she seemed off.  I thought she was on something before she even opened her mouth.  I can't put my finger on what it was exactly but it wasn't right. 

[One Girl In All The World]

Wait, did she actually call GOP leaders the man? That may be the truest statement she's ever made. Ohhh how I look forward to more drunky Sarah speeches.

[lg28]

She seems like she's had a few too many NyQuils.

[aurora]

Jan 26, 2015 10:18:32 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

...And in a clip posted online by Right Wing Watch, Palin attacked the left for being racist and sexist.

"Really, it's kind of Orwellian, observing how that works, that rule of Saul Alinsky's, no doubt, that the left employs. Disgusting charges, from the left. Reverse them -- for it is they who point a finger not realizing that they have triple that amount of fingers pointing right back at them, revealing that they are the ones who really discriminate and divide on color and class and sex. We call them out. We don’t let them get away with it.”


...

Interesting, then, that the Democratic base is more racially diverse than the Republican base.  I'm sure it's because those who are being discriminated against just can't figure out who is actually on their side, right, Sarah?

[One Girl In All The World]

Jan 26, 2015 11:44:28 GMT -5 TR said:

Jan 26, 2015 11:24:31 GMT -5 One Girl In All The World said:

Wait, did she actually call GOP leaders the man? That may be the truest statement she's ever made. Ohhh how I look forward to more drunky Sarah speeches.

Unfortunately, I think she's telling the GOP leaders about the man.

Something is weird about her face, too. Has she had too much Botox or something? Everything above her mouth looks plastic-y and wasn't moving.

Booo I liked it better my way. LOL. Ditto to the face thing. It seemed worse on side than the other to me.

[smock]

Yeah! Real conservatives don't let the man ride your back--they ride VELOCIRAPTORS!

[underwaterrhymes]

I feel like she uses a Mad Libs booklet to write her speeches.

[dawnzersong]

Jan 26, 2015 10:18:32 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Latin- how fancy! What an intellectual!

Jan 26, 2015 11:43:44 GMT -5 aurora said:

Jan 26, 2015 10:18:32 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Interesting, then, that the Democratic base is more racially diverse than the Republican base.  I'm sure it's because those who are being discriminated against just can't figure out who is actually on their side, right, Sarah?

Of course! Minorities and women and poor people are just too stupid to realize which party really has their interests at heart. That's why we don't need a nanny state- we simple-minded fools have the genius Sarah Palin to tell us what's best for us.

[Alyssa]

Oh please let her run again, we need more comedic entrainment from this guy.

[laladypoet]

but did she wink at all??

[derp]

Jan 26, 2015 10:45:51 GMT -5 TR said:

God, that's reminiscent of the 2007 Miss Teen South Carolina speech.

Ha! I just said to BF when we were watching the Daily Show recap, that reminds me a lot of the South Carolina "The Iraq" speech.

[secretlyevil]

I would like to laugh at her but really she terrifies me.