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Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd during the kickoff of the nationwide Tea Party Express bus tour in Reno on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010.
By Anjeanette Damon (contact) 
Published Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 | 12:16 p.m.
Updated Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 | 2:53 p.m.
Sun Coverage
RENO -- Kicking off the Tea Party Express’s final nationwide tour of the campaign season, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged a Reno crowd to help conservatives retake Congress in November.
“Tea Party Americans, you’re winning,” Palin shouted to a crowd of more than 1,000 cheering supporters upon taking the stage in the parking lot of a vacant shopping mall.
But despite the Tea Party Express naming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as its “top target,” Palin spent less than two minutes of her 25-minute stump speech encouraging the crowd to go out and vote for his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle.
Indeed, when asking for the crowd to support Angle, she included her in a list of other conservative candidates the Tea Party Express has backed so far this cycle.
“We need people like Sharron Angle, Joe Miller, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul,” she shouted.
Palin thanked the crowd for being “so bold in your support of Sharron Angle,” noting that Reid has spent months attacking her.
“Yet she’s still standing,” she said.
Palin hammered Reid throughout her speech.
“Unemployment here is 14.4 percent,” she said. “The highest in the nation. It’s Harry Reid who is calling the shots, making the policies that so adversely affect you, why the heck wouldn’t you fire him?”
She also unleashed her vitriol on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the “mainstream media.”
In a possible foreshadowing of her own 2012 plans, Palin issued this warning: “Mr. Obama, you’re next, because now we can see 2012 from our house.”
Angle did not appear at the Tea Party Express rally. That organization and its sister political action committee Our County Deserves Better are running an independent expenditure campaign against Reid.
Angle’s spokesman said she couldn’t attend their events.
Campaigning in Las Vegas, Reid issued a humorous rejoinder to Palin’s repeated call for voters to use common sense to elect conservative candidates.
“I agree with Sarah Palin, for once in my life,” he said. “I hope the people in the state of Nevada do use common sense.”
Common sense would be non-existant in the Nevada Senate dlegation if Angle gets elected!!
When ever Palin chimes in on any topic, Common Sense is no where to be found.
Just finished voting early -- for ALL the Democrats on the ballot.
In 2008, McCann lost my vote for picking "Dingbat" as his running mate. When Republicans start owning up to causing the largest deficit by going to two wars without a means to pay for them, I'll start listing to them again.
(At least Bush/Paulson put a pay-back method in the 2008 Bank bail-out.)
And Obama has a pay-back method in his Stimulus and Healthcare plans.
"Dingbat" is well schooled at sound bites. And I can't stand her shrill of a voice.
Palin is an endangered species that hopefully finds a cave to hide in sooner then later.
Sarah Palin......knowing her, she probably had COMMON SENSE and ENDANGERED SPECIES written on the inside of her palm!!!! When you look in the Dictionary, there is a Picture of her with that "Simpleton Smile" right beside the WORD IDIOT!!!!!
Common Sense and Sarah Palin go together about as well as a Priest and an Altar Boy.
The Republicans are great at coming up with nice-sounding words and slogans, while lacking any substance other than making sure the rich get richer. And Palin has certainly done a good job making herself richer.
when he looks in the mirror at night...
before he goes to bed...
i wonder what mccain says to himself???
Just the mention of the name "Sarah Palin" makes those on the far left froth and the mouth and paw the ground...
Correction:
Just the mention of the name "Sarah Palin" makes those on the far left froth (AT) the mouth and paw the ground...
Says a lot about the state of the GOP when Palin has to come off the bench to garner votes...
Just the mention of the name "Sarah Palin" makes those on the far right froth at the mouth and paw the ground...
@gaskin: all politicians use outside people to speak at events like this. Dems use Hollywood stars. Boy they know what they're talking about don't they. As I've said if you agree with legalizing the illegals, Healcare reform, Cap and Tax, TARP and higher taxes then vote for Dems simple as that. Remember Pelosi says that un-employment creates jobs and that we'll know whats in the health care bill after we pass it. Also remember Nevada has 14.4% un-employment and that our preident tells people not to waste there money here. This being said I think I'll vote Republican
Common Sense and Sarah Palin go together about as well as a Sarah Palin and a commitment to an elected office.
The Grifta from Wasilla!
@notacon: Sounds like the union of Harry Reid and Nevada-----14.4% un-employed
Soundbite Sarah, the "Chatty Kathy" of the no-nothing er teapotty set. Pull her string and she spouts vague homespun BS. Please, enough already, don't go away mad, just go away.
You mean like standing up in front of a bunch of hispanic high school students and telling them that some of them "look Asian"? Yeah no @#$% Sherlock! Maybe you might want to get on the phone - Ms. I quit my job as governor because I wanted to get rich, I mean because I couldn't handle the media's negativity - with Angle, who you endorsed and tell her to get a sixth grade education and keep her big mouth shut?
How's that for common sense? And speaking of common sense I hope this Thanksgiving, Palin, you arrange another interview in front of some guy ripping the heads off of turkeys. That was genuis.
True enough.
Palin and her crowd are the hunters driving common sense to extinction.
Oh and while I'm at it...look at that diverse crowd. Yes sir, lots of non-white folks there. The Tea Party sure does represent America.
And remember how Palin and McCain tried to portray Obama as nothing more than a celebrity personality? No? Don't remember that? Is it because all Republicans have selective Alzheimers maybe? Well they did and isn't it funny that this joker, is now nothing more than a celebrity who goes around the country get paid huuuuuuuge money to run her mouth. What exactly is Sarah Palin again? A mom? A bear? A hunter? A bear hunter? Or some other BS silliness? I can't keep up. But I'll tell you one thing, she's not anything more than a public speaker and a personality. Remember that when you decide she's qualified to be President. Maybe Sharon Angle will get to ask her someday how she "got so rich". Couldn't be corrupt government money or anything like that. Couldn't possibly be lobbyists and special interests that keep her going because she draws big crowds. No couldn't be that! Say it isn't so!
Oh wait (I just can't help myself). I get it. Look at photo number five! She thinks you get common sense by sucking the brains out of a dog's ear. Hahahahahahaha!
Just the mention of the name "Sarah Palin" makes those on the far left froth at the mouth and paw the ground.
If Sharron Angle can beat Harry Reid, then Sarah Palin can beat Barrak Obama...
Sarah Palin now works for Charles and David Koch, and must do what ever they tell her to do. Tea Party Express, Sarah Palin. and Glen Beck are in bed with the Koch's
Now we have David Koch and his brother Charles, who have been lifelong libertarians and recently started pouring over one hundred million dollars to right-wing causes. Now we do not believe this country is being bought? Of course it is. The Koch brothers operate oil refineries in Alaska, Texas and Minnesota, and control some four thousand miles of pipeline. Koch Industries own Brawny paper towels company, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Stainmaster carpet and Lycra, just to name a few, they own many more products as well. David and Charles Koch are among the richest men in America, and their fortunes are rivaled only by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
The Koch brothers are long time libertarians who, of course believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services to the needy and much less oversight of industry, especially environmental regulations (owning so much oil and pipeline of course they do). Koch Industries has been named as one of the top ten polluters in America, need I say more? From 2005 to 2008 Koch industries outdid Exon Mobile in giving money to legislation to fight relating to climate change. Pretty much, the Tea Party people are puppets and the Koch Industries are controlling the puppet strings. so if you think the Tea Party is a grassroots, you best guess again folks.
Americans For Prosperity Foundation has been pouring money into the Tea Party Organization at an alarming rate. They claim to be 'taking back America' which, of course they pretty much own a huge
The brightest woman in the republican party (next to Miss Sharon that is).
I sure do like the Desperation of the Demos criticism...its amusing. They utter, they splutter and slobber all over themselves trying to find words to express their helplessness/hopelessness of their situation.
Its not only the Repubs or the Tea Party, ITS CLEAR MINED PATRIOTIC CITIZENS WHO ARE BENT ON TAKING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BACK FROM THE SOCIALISTS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY.
"WE ARE MAD AS HELL'
sarah palin = LOLz
If the federal government never created any jobs, then why did Sharron Angle's husband get a bi-weekly check from the federal government? Since it wasn't a job, was it a payoff? Oh that's right. When a white Christian works for the government it is a job. Otherwise it doesn't count.
RETURN ALL THE MONEY SHARRON! And repay all the money you got from the commie government health insurance you used for decades.
@Birdiedreamin 1:43pm
"when he looks in the mirror at night...
before he goes to bed...
i wonder what mccain says to himself???"
He probably thinks, "who am I, why am I and which house am I in that my wife owns."
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@vote555 3:18pm - Thanks for the concise rundown on the Koch brothers. You said it much better than I could have. They are ruthless, shameless and nasty to the core. They should have all their products boycotted, i.e. anything from Georgia Pacific which includes drywall to consumer paper products, along with everything else the Kochtopus has their tentacles in. Google what else they're involved with. Our best win against these creeps is to have a full Democratic blow out and let them cry that they wasted so many millions to LOSE!
I'm voting straight line Democrats, all the way! Bite me baggers and paid trolls.
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If any of you have noticed, the Koch brothers' employees posting here are throwing out any and all the most ridiculous claims for their nickel before the election. They don't make any sense, but they get paid to muddy the waters. Hey bagger parrots, what color are your feathers today?
Just the mention of the name "Sarah Palin" makes those on the far right froth at the mouth and paw the ground...
Unfortunately for her rabid supporters, she doesn't even crest 35% in a match-up against Obama in a poll done just days ago:
"Barack Obama would rout Sarah Palin in a theoretical matchup in the 2012 presidential election, according to a Bloomberg National Poll released Tuesday. "
"The Democratic president led the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee by 16 percentage points, 51 percent to 35 percent, the poll found."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/101...
I'm sure her upcoming reality tee-vee show will help! It shows her waiving "Hello!" at inanimate objects, like airplanes!
Thank goodness she quit her job as Governor to be able to cash in and become a reality tee-vee starlet!
Might I suggest 'Rock of Love' or 'Bad Girls Club,' Ms. Half-Term?
The overall IQ of Nevada sinks, when balin' Palin enters the state.
^LOL!
Just the mention of Sarah Palin's name has brought out the Palin haters from under their rocks.
A real hateful bunch of losers they are...
What has Sarah Palin brought Nevada?
She is campaigning essentially to ruin Nevada's voice in the Senate and set the state back 30 years.
Sarah Palin will destroy our educational system, health care, roads and government...and we won't see her until the next election when she comes to tell us how to vote!
Bush score: $7 trillion national debt (for nothing), $1 trillion in US Savings Bonds held by Communist China (to finance Iraq), 320 failed banks thus far, mortgage industry a fiasco, Iraq a fiasco---what does Sarah say for that? Vote Republican !!! Yeah Man!
Tomorrow, Harry Reid will not remember what he said...
"I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally."
--President Ronald Reagan
Mike Johns: "We can no longer compete in the world. It is time to destroy this educational system and start a new one."
Today, the great financial geniuses, the American Titans of Industry today need the financial support of Communist China, thanks to George Bush. Tell us, what did we get for a $7 Trillion Debt? Sarah Palin?
If China didn't loan us money many of our businesses and banks would be closed today. China doesn't turn their financial system over to self interested GREEDY executives to milk the country blind, ask for Government assistance and then throw us some LOOSE CHANGE as a tip.
It's not the educational system that runs Wall Street Mike, wake the heck up! If you want to fix America, then make the financial system work for America and not a few GREEDY executives.
Depends on who you are talking to when it comes to common sense. I used my common sense and voted for Sharron Angle but some will say I have none but then again I say neither do they. I voted for every republican I could. Get them dumbocrats out a town.
"We graduate 47% in Nevada and all the engineering/physical science students are from Asia. We can no longer compete in the world. "
We can no longer compete in the world, that's why the world comes here to get educated!
Wait, WHUT?
Remember back when Sarah Palin was governor and mayor, when she personally travelled to Washington to beg for earmarks?
Yup, Queen of the TeaParty regularly begged Washington for cash!
Hypocrite.
For the last decade Republicans have deployed fear, hate and misinformation as their main strategy for governing. They hatched death panels, blocked middle class tax cuts, spread religious intolerance, expanded catastrophic deregulation and crashed the economy so hard in 2008 that it may take a generation to recover.
Now Sharon Angle promises not only more mindless deregulation and tax cuts for the top 2%. She would repeal all the repairs and legislation of the last 2 years aimed fixing the economy and getting the middle class moving up again. Also on her hit list, plans to discard Social Security, Medicare and VA health care through "privatization", while she enjoys sharing a Federal Government pension and health care coverage.
Not since the Great Depression has wealth moved faster to the TOP from the bottom of society. The middle class has lost the power to spend us out of recessions as they have done in the past. Bush tax policy started this move and deregulation accelerated the collapse allowing Wall Street to exploit Main Street for obscene profits.
Angle will finish what the GOP started in 2000 don't give her a chance; Nevada's only choice is a vote for Harry Reid.
I voted today! Straight Democrat, I have done my job. Go Harry!!!
Another Democrat voting a straight ticket. Very little thinking required...
That is one reason I am an Independent and I can make up my own mind who I vote for...
Chunky says:
Supporters of both sides are hyperventilating and hallucinating at this point based on the comments above.
Too bad the ballot doesn't have a none-of-the-above option.
Get real, if you believe the campaign hype any of these candidates spew forth you're living in a dream.
That's what Chunky thinks!
Sarah Palin, and Sharron Angle are two women who really care about this country.
It's common sense because why would you send back Reid to the senate when he neglected Nevada for so long. Unemploymen rate keeps going up, currently it's 14.8% and will go up next month. Foreclosure rates in Nevada is still the highest in the nation despite Reid/Obama has been in control for 3 years. Reid did not inherit this mess in Nevada, he created it. He's been a senate majority leader since Jan. 2007. Before he took control, unemployment in Nevada was below 5%.
Interesting post there, Mike. Every voter should read the link you referred to, but Democrats don't want to hear the truth about Harry Reid...
The tea bagger express is in town. No wonder nevada is the second dumbest state in the nation. This is one but many reasons. OMFG, all of my men most of them died to give you fools liberty and you sheep are so easily deceived.
Maybe they can find out how much money she got for that sheep speech by dumpster diving.
The crazy teabaggers are at it again.
Nut-case, Sarah Palin endorses nut-case Sharron
Angle.
These two greedy republicans want to phase out
Social Security and steal health care from low
wage Americans.
They con people with a crazy smile on their
face.
These greedy teabaggers are dangerous to low
wage Americans.
DON'T BE CONNED BY THESE FOOLS.
Hey teamster... It's about time you came to work and defend Harry Reid from all of those rascal tea party people. They have been saying that Harry has seen better days...
Palin and the Tea Party cult simply want to throw America under the bus. A vote for them or any Republican,...the same loons who created the financial mess and economy is simply insane. If you want to go backwards,...if you want to live on the streets and eat from a dumpster,...vote Republican
"a crowd of more than 1,000"
Well, the picture certainly says a thousand words, and they all begin with "white."
If you want to go backwards, put Harry in charge of driving the short bus...
WHY IS GEORGE BUSH IN HIDING?
Sharron Angle is WORSE THAN GEORGE BUSH.
That's the plain truth.
Kick these crazy teabaggers to the curb.
Look at all of those old, white-haired fools.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Go home, Sarah, we don't need your stupidity in
Nevada.
You already lost, remember?
NOBAMA is the sole person Responsible for the bankruptcy of the USA Don't you forget it! Forget
all the rest of the BS.
NOBAMA is the sole person Responsible for the bankruptcy of the USA Don't you forget it! Forget
all the rest of the BS.
Is the teamster calling me an "old, white-haired fool?"
I would rather be called a fool then to be called a Reid/Obama supporter.
As the Burrito Bandit once said: "I would rather my sister be a whore, then to be called a Reid/Obama supporter...
I'd give a lot, if crazy Sarah put her panties on and stopped yelling at me through her microphone.
Why don't she stick that microphone where the sun never shines and keeps quit?
I think that Chuck is a closet Palin fan...
No, Larry, I'm a hairspray fan. That's why...
I believe everyone who tells me, using lots of hairspray and yelling the mic makes me look more intelligent.
Don't forget to collect your unemployment, Larry.
@Bertsos:
Good one ...lol :)
I'd even suppose that in this case (Palin entering Nevada) the overall IQ runs down the drain.
Palin LOST the election for McCain. How soon you all forget. So do you Tea Party slugs REALLY believe she has anything good to say? So you REALLY believe that her and Angle have enough brains between the two of them to do ANYTHING for the good of the country??? Keep drinking your Blue Kool Aid.
Just remember: John McCain would have been President (and the country would STILL be in the mess it is) if Palin was NOT his running mate. She brought down the validity and respect that the Republican party should have. But I guess so many of you are too stupid to realize that; it's easier to blame Obama for EVERYTHING.
Comment removed by moderator. Name-calling.
Hey ernieb1202, We appreciate your regular trips to Las Vegas for relaxation and fun, but please leave your name-calling at home.