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Title: "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down,"
Post by: megimoo on October 18, 2008, 10:51:41 AM

Sarah Palin's Future
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Elon, North Carolina
Six thousand tickets were grabbed up in three hours for Sarah Palin's speech here at the baseball field of Elon University. An even larger crowd--9,000 inside, 3,000 outside--showed up across the state in Greenville a few days earlier. But impressive attendance isn't the half of it. What's extraordinary is the effect Palin has on crowds. "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down," says Republican senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, who appeared with Palin here and in Greenville. "I've been with Bush, Clinton, 41--and I've never seen anything like this."

Her speech--a standard stump speech extolling John McCain and zinging Barack Obama--hardly matters. People not only want to see her, Burr says, "they want to touch her. Their perception is she's one of them. It has nothing to do with ideology. It's not about Christian conservatives. It goes far beyond all that."

Whatever else the 2008 presidential campaign may produce, it has created a new Republican star--Palin--a political natural who's at ease in front of crowds and whose cheerfulness, self-confidence, and optimism haven't slackened in the face of unusually harsh--and often highly personal-- attacks by Democrats and the mainstream media.

Palin can't explain the exuberant crowds or is too modest to try. She "didn't know what to expect" once she began campaigning as McCain's vice presidential running mate, she told me last week. The enthusiasm is "encouraging and energizing," she says, and "the most pleasant surprise has been independents and Democrats who've shown such great enthusiasm."
 
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/718iurcu.asp

Title: Re: "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down,"
Post by: TheSarge on October 18, 2008, 10:53:48 AM

Conservatives have been longing for someone like Gov. Palin for a long time.


In her they see the potential for a return to what cause Reagan to ride two landslides.


They have every right to be excited over her.

Title: Re: "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down,"
Post by: dutch508 on October 18, 2008, 12:04:09 PM

I will reference you to the DUmp thread about Elon Quaker 'riot' assaulting Obama supporter.

 :-)

Title: Re: "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down,"
Post by: NHSparky on October 18, 2008, 12:52:33 PM

So with that in mind, when will Peggy Noonan STFU?

Title: Re: "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down,"
Post by: TheSarge on October 18, 2008, 12:59:01 PM

Quote from: NHSparky on October 18, 2008, 12:52:33 PM

So with that in mind, when will Peggy Noonan STFU?

Not soon enough.

Title: Re: "When she hits the stage audiences erupt and they don't calm down,"
Post by: WV conservative on October 18, 2008, 02:32:12 PM

She was at a rally in Altoona PA last week and if I had known I would have gone. This is also the town where Obama (The regualar guy) was bowling during the primary. It's also where he bowled a 37 so much for regualar guy O


WVC