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Sarah Palin signs her autograph for supporters after a rally to kick off the Tea Party Express bus tour Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in Reno. The tour will make 29 stops crossing 20 states until it ends in Concord, N.H. on Nov. 1.
By Anjeanette Damon (contact) 
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 | 2 a.m.
Sun archives
- Sarah Palin in Reno: Common sense an ‘endangered species' (10-18-2010)>
- Palin tells supporters ‘soon we’ll all be dancing’ (10-16-2010)
- FEC filing: Sarah Palin gave $2,500 to Sharron Angle campaign (7-11-2010)
- No ‘knockout blow’ in Las Vegas debate hurts Rory Reid (10-8-2010)
- Blog: Brian Sandoval, Rory Reid trade jabs in Las Vegas debate (10-7-2010)
- Governor’s race tightens as budget debate avoided (10-5-2010)
- Rory Reid’s attack ad twists truth, Brian Sandoval’s words (9-29-2010)
- Sarah Palin praises free market at Las Vegas convention (5-23-2010)
- Sarah Palin coming to Las Vegas as group’s featured speaker (5-11-10)
- Sarah Palin rallies thousands in Harry Reid’s hometown (3-27-2010)
Sun coverage
Midway through her speech at a Tea Party Express rally here Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said her goal, and that of the conservative group hosting the event, is not to see Republicans in general win this crucial midterm election. No, she is backing a specific brand of conservative.
“These are constitutional conservatives,” she said, running through a list of her approved candidates for Congress nationwide before the crowd in the parking lot of a vacant shopping mall. The list included Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle.
“Politicians, some of you who are in office today, need to man up and spend some political capital supporting these Tea Party candidates,” she said.
Palin and her enthusiastic supporters present a particular challenge to Republican candidates in Nevada — be seen alongside them and risk alienating independent voters who may see the Tea Party as a circus act; don’t and risk being branded as unworthy of the conservative stamp.
That conundrum might explain why many Republican candidates were noticeably absent from the rally stage.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval was touring a Reno high school as the Tea Party Express rallied across town.
“We’re focused on visiting schools, visiting nonprofits,” he told a reporter who asked why he wasn’t at the rally.
He wasn’t willing to be drawn into a debate over the Tea Party’s primary message — that government’s role in individuals’ lives should be significantly curtailed. “That’s a broad question. I’m just focused on my race,” he said.
Sandoval hasn’t spent the entire campaign dodging such rallies. He attended the largest, most publicized one in Searchlight this spring.
Still, Sandoval’s name didn’t make the list of gubernatorial candidates Palin implored the Reno crowd to support because of their conservative bona fides.
To the surprise of some, Angle, who has cultivated the Tea Party vote since the earliest days of her primary campaign, did not share the stage with Palin, one of the most popular figures in the conservative movement. In fact, Angle hasn’t headlined a Tea Party Express rally since the group endorsed her in April and began spending more than $1 million in the form of an independent expenditure to see her elected.
But the reason was likely more legal than political: Strict federal laws prohibit candidates from coordinating political speech with organizations operating independent expenditures, and Angle’s campaign didn’t want to be accused of coordination.
But Angle wasn’t the only GOP candidate not to show.
Even some of the Republicans in attendance didn’t appear to want to make a high-profile appearance. One longtime Northern Nevada Republican activist wore a bulky coat and baseball cap pulled low on her forehead.
“I’m just here to help the party out,” she said, tugging her hat a little lower.
The voters at the Reno rally shared a deep skepticism of politicians, even those who appear to carry the conservative standard.
Even Angle, who has been among the most philosophically pure conservatives in Nevada politics, didn’t earn unconditional support.
“We’re going to give her a try,” said Michelle Schneider, a Reno Republican. “I’m not completely sold on any of them.”
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., who doesn’t have a competitive race in his heavily Republican 2nd Congressional District, was the only Republican candidate to jump onstage at the Reno rally. He didn’t speak and simply waved to the crowd.
Heller’s spokesman Stewart Bybee said he couldn’t speak for why some Republican candidates didn’t show for the event. But he said Heller has long enjoyed a strong relationship with Tea Party activists.
“Fundamentally the Tea Party’s goals are about government intrusion in everyday lives,” he said. “That is where the congressman and the Tea Party share a common value.”
Some said it’s not necessarily the Tea Party brand that Republican candidates are worried about associating themselves with. It’s their strategy to avoid any situations they don’t completely control during the final days of the campaign.
“There’s enough risk when coming down the final stretch of campaign even with their own events,” Republican strategist Robert Uithoven said. “When you start attending events of other groups that could cause even more problems — especially when you can turn an ad around in 24 hours or less. Those images could cause a distraction for a campaign.”
Sun reporter David McGrath Schwartz contributed to this story.
Ok, that's her style: no panties and hairspray all over, we got it. But let me in my humble devotion, after having watched Ms. Domina severly yelling at me through her microphone, let me just ask the simple question:
Is that cheap trick show enough for successful political decisions to make it better for Nevada in common and Las Vegas in particular? I'd rather vote NO.
Thanks a lot Mccain. Back in 2008, I respected and was going to vote for you but after subjecting the country to THIS I will never forgive you.
Who the heck Palin thinks she is to tell anyone in NV how to vote is LOL funny. She belongs in Alaska and didnt even have a passport til 2008.
Even Sarah hasnt supported Sharron 100%. Surprising since they have so much in common BOTH; blame the "gotcha media" for there own stupid remarks, lack formal education or experience in business, love attending fundraisers, know absolutly nothing about national, international affairs or economics, both grandmothers, they use poor grammer to appeal to everyday "Joes", they hate Muslims and Illegals, parrot catchy slogans instead of being knowledgable about the issues, and wear TOO bright red suits. Are there any serious women in the the GOP? Its ridiculous.
Palin is a sad, pathetic quitter who abandoned her job as Alaska governor to join the GOP propaganda shock troops at fox.
In other words she's the ideal teabagger.
What we'd get from Angle so far;
Creme DeMint.
Moose Juice.
Oh, yeah.
We should be falling all over ourselves to vote for
such political power...
Harry Reid can call the President of the United States, (or any other world leader), can call on support from leaders in Industry, Corporate CEOs, movers & shakers from all manner of endeavours that can help Nevada;
Sharron Angle can call DeMint & Palin, who will reluctantly pick up the phone, out of obligation...
THAT'S ALL SHE'S GOT, KIDS!
This is today's politics. Show me your head, say no squirrels.
Every now and then we spot all words spread out in air and nobody to catch those.
Do the people of Nevada really want someone in office who seems to be as truthful and factual as an urban myth? Recent Angle claims inlcude that the Detroit suburb of Dearborn has recently declared Sharia law on its residents(it has not), and that the 9-11 terrorists entered from Canada (they did not, they entered from other countries on visa's issued by US diplomats).
A woman with a petition went among the crowds at a state fair. She was asking people to sign her petition demanding the banning of dihydroxymonoxide. She said it was in our lakes and streams, and now it was in our sweat and urine and tears.
She collected hundreds of signatures to ban dihydroxymonoxide -- a fancy chemical name for "water". A couple of comedians were behind this ploy. But there is nothing funny about its implications. It is one of the grim and dangerous signs of our times.
This little episode revealed how conditioned some people have become, responding like Pavlov's dog when hearing a certain sound-- just like in this campaign season, where the diatribe of a frustrated Democratic Party's crusade to tag every conservative a witch or a wing-nut has become deafening.
Republican campaigning has reached the height of absurdity, ignoring comparative questions of the intentions of each party, just 'throw 'em out', worry about the right's own machinations later, huh? Good polling questions, 'Do you honestly believe that the Republican tendencies towards fascism and away from constitutional rights, is good for the US? 'Have ya forgotten the illegal tactics of the Bush administration, the abuses, and the disrespect for the law?'
It's been a quiet couple of years of progress in the White House, a fact obscured by absurd Republican antics and criticisms. Americans haven't seen a George Bush figure promising to 'smoke 'em out', ignoring the constitution, or declaring victory, just an honest and capable man doing a good job of helping the people. The Republicans, by contrast, have, e.g., voted against legislation designed to prevent child abuse on the grounds that it wasn't business friendly (Wisconsin), sought to insert a supposedly 'lost clause' into the constitution trying to remove President Obama for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (Iowa), asked to repeal federal income tax and allow citizens to interpret the constitution with the same authority as the Supreme Court (Montana), opposes hate crime legislation, (Wyoming, x-ref the Matthew Perry torture and murder) and created the Tea Party, the Republican Party's latest alias, which favors, among other things, a state's decision to ignore federal law when it disagrees with the federal government's exercise of power, shades of the Civil War. Exceedingly poor judgment by the Republicans, all in all, ya have to wonder what they'd do if they came to power again, obviously haven't developed any sophistication or thoughtfulness since Bush, may have even taken another step backward, hard as it is to believe. They're a tragic party, a national disaster waiting to happen, and they should not gain a single seat this year in the elections.
OMG. Seriously? Go back to Alaska and raise your grandson. No wait!.. LOL
The Tea Party Movement poses a threat to the Washington, DC establishment, which is why liberals bad-mouth the movement. But, the movement is compiled of grass-roots citizens who are concerned about the future of America. Sarah Palin is being attacked because she represents the values of the Tea Party. This is understandable because that's what liberals do---what they can't compete with or control, they seek to destroy.
Sure doesn't take long to get the Palin haters riled up. Just the mention of her name causes them to froth at the mouth and paw the ground.
What is it that the Palin haters are so worried about?
How do Angle and Palin plan to man up?
What anti-women women they are to use such terminology!
People are beginning to see the Tainted Tea is really ALL ABOUT THE TOP 5%.
LURED in by emotional topics and personal tax savings via that GMO SEED that planted those grassroots....
NOrmal GOPS begin to see the REAL TEA agenda IS BUSHIE BIG BIZ elite.
Hope enough see it before the vote!
johns76222,
The Sun posted the same news last night, on the effort to suppress the Hispanic vote. The story was coupled with an analysis of the effectiveness of race-baiting ads.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/oct...
Regardless who is "paid" to stump for Angle, they cannot change Angle's image of being Nevada's "Aunt Clara."
Sure doesn't take long to get the Palin sycophants riled up. Just the mention of her name causes them to froth at the mouth and paw the ground.
What is it that the Palin sycophants are so worried about?
Ms. Half-Term, Couldn't-Hack-It is telling Reid to man up? That's golden.
Why didn't Palin "Man Up" and stay on as governor of Alaska? Her level of commitment goes as far as the bottom line. I wonder how much she made on that speaking engagement??
You Tea Partiers are being taken for a ride!
dippy states: "...no one wants some outsider telling them how to run their life."
Is dippy turning Conservative on us?
Could Palin beat Obama in 2012?
Is that what the Palin sycophants are all riled up about?
Isn't TonyCrago a real sweetheart. Always has to resort to vulgar name calling to demonize those who have different political opinion than his...
"not a con" states: "You Tea Partiers are being taken for a ride!"
Talk about being taken for a ride aboard the "Obama Express.."
"Could Palin beat Obama in 2012?"
HaHaHahaha!!!
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/poll-ba...
Sarah Palin being the face of any political party is simply idiotic. Enough said.
http://www.astroturfwars.com/
After Reid gets re-elected, you Nevada TeaHeads can move to Alaska and live on the Palin Republican reservation.
You betcha. . .
Republican Tea-Party Radicals Policies That Every time destroys American Economy
1. Tea-party Radical Sara Palin Clip shows she Was baptized in some kind of WitchCrafting temple, She Is only Empty Air Sugar Coated Empty Balloon.
2. Tea Party Radical O'Donald Became Christian Because she is Allowed to Eat meat balls.
3. Tea-party Radical "Sharron Angle", She Has The Repeating The ""Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling "" Privatizing in Stock Market"Social Security "", Abolish Department of Education&Veterans Hospitals "
4. Tea-party Radical ""Meg Whitman"" JOB Destructive Shipped Around 40% American JOBS ""OffSure"" Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling "" Called American Worker Dumb and when she when hired and imported Foreign workers with H1-B Visa.
5. Tea-party Radical OHAIO ""Rich Lott"" Have Fun Wearing Ugly Hitler Nazi uniform. Has The "" Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling.
6. Tea-party Radical ""Carly Fiorina"", Republican Tea-Party American JOBS Destructive Shipped 30,000 Jobs Offshore illegally Sold HP Technology Equipments to IRAN. She should be tried for""""""""" Treason""""""", not running for a seat in our Federal government's Senate.
7. Tea-party Radical Rick Scott His company, Columbia/HCA, ran up $1.7 billion in settlement fines for cheating Medicare in Florida.
8. Tea-party Radical "Rubio Repeating" The Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling "" Privatizing in Stock Market"Social Security "", Abolish Department of Education&Veterans Hospitals "
9. Tea-party Radical "Miller" We Want to have Deficit of Bush Tax Cut Give Away to Wall street & millionairs. But We Teap-Party Uprise because but are MAD of Deficit
10.Tea-party Radical Rand Paul when Talks Feels like He wants to "Separate public Black and white restrooms".
Republican Tea-Party Radicals Policies That Every time destroys American Economy
1. Tea-party Radical Sara Palin Clip shows she Was baptized in some kind of WitchCrafting temple, She Is only Empty Air Sugar Coated Empty Balloon.
2. Tea Party Radical O'Donald Became Christian Because she is Allowed to Eat meat balls.
3. Tea-party Radical "Sharron Angle", She Has The Repeating The ""Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling "" Privatizing in Stock Market"Social Security "", Abolish Department of Education&Veterans Hospitals "
4. Tea-party Radical ""Meg Whitman"" JOB Destructive Shipped Around 40% American JOBS ""OffSure"" Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling "" Called American Worker Dumb and when she when hired and imported Foreign workers with H1-B Visa.
5. Tea-party Radical OHAIO ""Rich Lott"" Have Fun Wearing Ugly Hitler Nazi uniform. Has The "" Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling.
6. Tea-party Radical ""Carly Fiorina"", Republican Tea-Party American JOBS Destructive Shipped 30,000 Jobs Offshore illegally Sold HP Technology Equipments to IRAN. She should be tried for""""""""" Treason""""""", not running for a seat in our Federal government's Senate.
7. Tea-party Radical Rick Scott His company, Columbia/HCA, ran up $1.7 billion in settlement fines for cheating Medicare in Florida.
8. Tea-party Radical "Rubio Repeating" The Same Idea of Bush & Chiney Republicans Tea-party Darling "" Privatizing in Stock Market"Social Security "", Abolish Department of Education&Veterans Hospitals "
9. Tea-party Radical "Miller" We Want to have Deficit of Bush Tax Cut Give Away to Wall street & millionairs. But We Teap-Party Uprise because but are MAD of Deficit
10.Tea-party Radical Rand Paul when Talks Feels like He wants to "Separate public Black and white Restrooms".
The "Obama Express" will be pulling out of the station on November 03. Barak needs all you Liberals.
Be sure to be on it.
All ABOARD!!!
Have reserved two tix, Larry, one for each of us.
Don't forget to collect your unemployment check.
A pretty strong message from a quitter. Hypocrite.
LMFAO! @ BobbyG's comment
Good one there Chuck. I was told that everyone on the "Obama Express" would get their handouts when the "Obama Express" got to where it is headed.
A place called: "The Socialist States of Obama!"
'READ BETWEEN THE LINES'
Karl Rove credits the tea party with bringing new energy to the right but says that when you take a look at the grass-roots movement, it is "not sophisticated."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/101...
Mr. Rove is basically saying, we are not going to win this election cycle and the tea party is the reason why.
You see that 'Tea Party Express Bus', he just pushed Ms. Palin and the whole tea party under the bus as it travel across the country. Another time he has shown his disdain for the tea party was the night Christen O'Donnell won the GOP primary, he could not control himself in the remarks he made afterward.
We have been nuetering our politicians for 20 years now as an expectation to get elected. You cannot suddenly expect them to show a pair later.
Using vulgar names to describe the Tea Party supporters is NOT beneath TonyCrago...
Quitter half-term governor Palin telling someone to 'man up' is like OJ Simpson providing marriage counseling.
Is it just me or is she sounding more trailer parky than usual?
Sara Palin quitter, quit her Governor JOB.
Sara is only Empty Republican Tea-Party Power Media Air Inflated Balloon, Palin her past is nothing more than half time Governor quitter.So she is Empty Balloon hero for nothing.
But the odds are getting better that Palin would win an Palin/Obama race...
Good comment Lastthroes. Sarah Palin is just looking for Mattell to make her Barbies's sister. She has 5 children, with one being handicapped. Who is Watching her kids? While she was running for Queen of the Country. JUST ANSWER, WHO IS watching your children?? I saw you always having Bristol holding YOUR CHILD.NOW, NONE of your children are shown. Have you made sure your eldest daughters do your job for you??? Palin, you make me want to vomit with how lousy a mother you are! A roach would be a better mother than you!!
Wow, Alex is really passing judgment on his fellow man this evening.
I hope Alex can live up to the same high expectations that he puts on others.
I wonder if when a person puts down somebody else's mother, if that does not have some kind of reflection on all mothers.
But, I guess I am not in a position to pass judgment on any mother...
I'm not a "HE", I'm a "SHE", just to let you know. And I WILL pass judgement on all lousy mothers that use their eldest children to to do their jobs for them!!! Get it now???
Sharon Osbourne's description of Palin was quite accurate -- "ignorant cow."
Alex states that he will pass judgment on all mothers...
Nice guy, that Alex...
No crea las mentiras de los racistas, no las palabras de la mujer Sharron Angle y los Republicanos. Por favor, ir elegir, companeras y companeros. Detener el racismo de la Senora Sharron Angle, la Senora Palin y los Republicanos. Es el momento adecuado y nadie puede decir algo diferente.
Muchas gracias.
Mis saludos cordiales.
Chuck
Por favor, ir elegir, companeras y companeros. Detener el racismo de la Senora Sharron Angle y los Republicanos. Es el momento adecuado y nadie puede decir algo diferente:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFdgJI3nB...
Muchas gracias.
Mis saludos cordiales.
Chuck
(LarryVegas no esto mas que otro idioto que trabaja para los racistas.)
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the inherent sexism and homophobia in a comment such as "man up". It's implying that Democrats are "less than" "real men", or Republicans. "Man up" is just another way of saying "stop being such a sissy!"
This coming from a completely crazy person?
Our media must be just as crazy for giving her any coverage!
@NVCitizen: She was telling REPUBLICANS to "Man Up" Please read the articles before commenting... Palin, Angle, and their supporters are easily confused and need things clearly explained to them.
Sarah Palin is a loser.
Why do republicans love losers?
She's a greedy gold digger who has stupid sheep-
republicans following her.
What a laugh.