So I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I took off for Nashville (and I wasn't sure if I'd ever return to snowpocalypsed Philadelphia, although I'm optimistically at the Nashville airport now). Long story short, I'm pretty sure I witnessed the start of the 2012 presidential race -- unless someone comes along for Sarah Palin with a better-paying gig. Here's my report:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Under an ornate brass chandelier, Sarah Palin looked out into the swank hotel ballroom and a legion of double-breasted and leopard-topped fans - some who'd paid $349 for the 55-minute privilege - surrounded by plates of half-eaten chocolate mousse, and made a declaration:
"I think America is ready for another revolution . . . "
Palin then rebooted her improbable climb from the foothills of Wasilla to the slippery mountaintop of American politics on a speech here to the National Tea Party Convention on Saturday night. She told the well-coiffed vanguard of an anti-big-government insurgency what it wanted to hear - "This is about the people, and it's bigger than any one king or queen of a tea party" - and then she bolted from the room with 8-year-old daughter Piper to echoing chants of what she wanted to hear: "Run, Sarah, run!"
Read, discuss, and I'll see you tonight, God and U.S. Airways willing. Yes, this blog post comes with a sound track:
---}} She told the well-coiffed vanguard of an anti-big-government insurgency... {{--- Anti-big government insurgency who just happened to give standing ovations to calls for the reestablishment of literacy tests for voting and whines about Obama's birth certificate - given by keynote and featured speakers who also have advocated executions to "control" homosexuality. Say, Will, just curious - what was the percentage of black and/or Latinos in the audience?— Talking point sleuth- personally, I really don't care about Palin either way, but it would hysterical to see the exploding heads on the left if she did run; pass the popcorn!!— Tom813
- Will, good article, but imo youshould have focused more on their mixed/contradictory message. Anti-big government but they push for interventionist foreign policy, restrictions on personal freedom, etc.— RG
- The marginalized minority is going to be quite upset when it turns out that no matter how they spin it, no matter how they fudge the numbers, no matter how much they stamp their feet and whine, 26% simply isn't a majority...— E.Plebnista
- "no matter how much they stamp their feet and whine, 26% simply isn't a majority..." Are we talking about health care reform supporters?— RG
- The Tea Party people need to look into the Libertarian Party. The Democrats and the Republicans are really on the same team, despite the spin.— Mark Glaeser
Comment removed.- Mark, its probably too late for the Tea Party. Libertarians are better off on their own, otherwise the message gets co-opted by another group looking to wield gov power to its advantage.— RG
- Batty, if you want some entertainment, read Sullivan. He's gone apocalyptic.— RG
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Run Sarah Run! And while you are at it, pick up another great mascot of the wingnut movement, Joe the Plumber. Yes our heads will be exploding on the left, mostly from laughing our collective arses off as you wingnuts crash and burn. This is what America needs once and for all. You flirted with this idea, a knucklehead in the oval office with Bush but with Palin, it will come to full fruition. Run Sarah Run— Les Ismore- Comment removed.
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- Sarah palin will not be runnning...she should only use that ploy when her book sales start to drop.— Les Ismore
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