cali (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 09:15 PM
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(Grrrr)Reuters: Palin faces "extremely hostile, expletive hurling government union rowdies"
Palin in Madison: Veni, Vidi, Vici
Apr 16, 2011 19:48 EDT
Sarah Palin rides to the sound of the guns. It was a chilly, wet and blustery afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin — one more appropriate for a late-season Packers game than a springtime political rally. The stirring NFL Films theme, “The Classic Battle,†would’ve been a more apt musical choice than Van Halen’s “Right Now†to accompany Palin as she entered the stage outside the state capital building to address thousands of Tea Party members, along with a good number of extremely hostile, expletive-hurling government union rowdies.
In the last few months, political professionals and insiders have been writing off the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate, convinced she won’t run for the GOP nomination in 2012 or ever. Then again, even those GOPers who are running can hardly compete with the MSM’s weird, all-consuming fascination with The Donald.
But all it took was one powerful, pugnacious and presidential speech — just 15 minutes long — for Palin to again make herself completely relevant to the current political and policy battles raging across America.
She waded forcefully into the state’s white-hot battle over government union power, giving her full-throated support to Gov. Scott Walker: “These are the front lines in the battle of the future for our country. A pension is a promise that must be kept. Scott Walker understands this. He understands that states must be solvent to keep their promises. He’s not trying to hurt union members. Hey folks, he’s trying to save your jobs.â€
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http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/04/16/p...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x907774Well, all the savages and walking human debris are outraged! How dare Reuters mention the uncivilized behavior of the Wisconsin union thugs:
gateley (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 09:19 PM
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1. Are you ****ing kidding me? Reuters? I thought they were pretty objective! nt
cali (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 09:20 PM
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4. it's a swoony love letter to the grifter and a full hate on for union members.
gateley (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 09:22 PM
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5. Well, we need to deluge them with e-mails expressing our
disappointment with their biased "reporting". I'm on it!
Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 09:19 PM
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2. "He’s not trying to hurt union members."
She has got to be shitting me... Do repugs know how to do anything but lie?
The DUmmy is confused. DUmmies are the ones who lie, all the time they lie. We'll shortly see more evidence of that fact.
Wait a minute, wait just a minute! From another DUmp thread, just a couple of hours earlier, one of the DUmbass Wisconsin union thugs describes their respectful, civilized behavior at the rally:
Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 07:36 PM
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My signs for today - Madison
This morning, after a week of rapidly-changing focus here in Wisconsin, I finally scribbled out my signs for today's Counter TeaBag Rally. It seems that Palin and the Koch-funded AfP astroturfers bring in the shitty weather, because by the time the rally was done, it was snowing. I got a little separated from most of my group, so while they were over in the crowds, blowing their horns like crazy, I had a special little spot along the make-shift fence where they were letting cops and various TeaBaggers through. Most of the people around me were teabaggers who thought they had found the ideal spot from which to view the speakers. Little did they know I'd be there with a very annoying horn, which I blew almost constantly throughout their rally. I got pushed around a little, and one guy kept leaning into my sign, and telling me to keep it off of him, but at least I didn't get shot at or anything.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x907283