Wednesday, October 29, 2008
WHAT’S IT REALLY LIKE TO ATTEND A “SARAH PALIN ROAD TO VICTORY RALLY”?”
by Garret A. Hobart
Our MFP associate in New Mexico is no stranger to political rallies. Our young friend was in the fourth row for Governor Palin’s huge rally at Roswell, NM. According to him, the Roswell rally was exactly what you would envision if you were making a movie. Based on his experience, MFP would like you to see inside a typical Sarah Palin Rally.
All of us have been reading about Governor Palin’s awesome crowds, as she barnstorms across America with her “Sarah Palin Road to Victory” Rallies in cities across the USA. In city after city across America, virtually the entire city shuts down for a day to come out and hear Sarah Palin. (See the Men for Palin website exclusive story, Who Draws Bigger Crowds?)
Did you ever wish you could experience the excitement of a Sarah Palin campaign appearance, sort of get the flavor of what it’s like to be there? Well, if she is coming within a couple of hours drive of your home, we urge you to attend any Sarah Palin rally you can get to!
In the meanwhile, here’s more of the report from our college student out in New Mexico, with some GREAT video links! This will give you a real taste of what a Sarah Palin rally is all about, straight from the heartland of America!
Here’s more of the report from our college student, who was right in the front rows of what the Associated Press estimated as 20,000 people at Governor Palin’s campaign rally on October 19 in Roswell, NM (a city of only 45,000 people, which virtually shut down for Palin’s appearance).
“Governor Palin’s jet taxied right up to the hangar and stopped only about a hundred yards away, as the crowd went crazy, waving American flags and chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! [see LINK #1 below]
“Then Sarah Palin walked through the wildly cheering crowd, shaking hands all the way, passing about ten feet away from me (I was right near the front of the 20,000 people who came). [see LINK #2 below]
“Maybe the most impressive part of the whole day was right at the start. Governor Palin finally quieted down the cheering crowd, then she introduced Hank Williams Jr. to lead us all in the National Anthem before she let any political speeches start. Then every single person in the crowd took off their cowboy hats or their baseball caps and put their hats or hands over their hearts, and all 20,000 people actually joined in and sang the National Anthem together. It was an incredible thrill, it just gave you the shivers to be standing there and joining that patriotic crowd! Lots of little kids were sitting on their Dad’s shoulders, and lots of Moms were holding up their little girls to see somebody who will be our first female Vice President of the United States. You could just tell you were a witness to history. It was awesome.” [See LINK #3 below]
So there you have it folks, a report from a college student who experienced a real old-fashioned, straight from the heartland, patriotic American rally for Sarah Palin and the McCain-Palin ticket!
Be sure to click on the Video links below, which are all rather short, just a minute or less, but which will give you a happy kind of shiver as you see real Americans who are ALWAYS proud of their country, and who always put their Country First.
The thrill of the Palin rally is not just the patriotism, the music and the drama. It is much, much more. It is a thrill to hear the governor concisely and thoughtfully anwer the important policy questions that the American people want answered. Governor Palin beautifully lays out a plan for America and exposes the Obama-Biden proposals for what they are: More big government non-solutions that hurt the middle class.
Take a couple of minutes to click through these four Video links, and you’ll better understand all the excitement about Governor Palin’s enormous turnouts at her rallies throughout America! (Be sure to click on Link #3, and see 15 to 20,000 people joining Governor Palin in singing our National Anthem to start off the Roswell rally)
LINK #1: The McCain-Palin Jet roars up to the Rally!McCain-Palin jet roars up to the Rally:
LINK #2: Governor Palin arrives! Gov. Palin enters, walking through cheering crowd:
LINK #3: Thousands join in singing our National Anthem! Governor Palin starts the rally, leading the crowd in singing our National Anthem! Before any political speeches are made, Governor Sarah Palin and Hank Williams Jr. lead the crowd of 20,000 in removing their cowboy hats and baseball caps and placing their hands over their hearts. Then 20,000 voices join as one in singing our National Anthem. (This one will give you shivers folks, and will make you want to stand up out of your chair and place your own hand over your heart and sing along while you watch it!)
Thousands join in National Anthem at Palin rally:
LINK #4: GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ON THE ISSUES: The Roswell Palin Rally was not just cheering and chanting and patriotic songs. There was also plenty of “meat and potatoes”, as Governor Palin educated the crowd with issues analysis, policy points, and substance. As just one example, here is a link to “Professor” Palin dissecting the Obama Tax-Hike Plan and completely exposing its flaws with simple logic and down home Reagan-like common sense (not to mention more than a touch of Reagan-like charisma!) Governor Palin has the crowd in the palm of her hand as she logically destroys the Obama Tax-Hike Plan in a devastating 1 minute and 22 second analysis. Considering that the Presidential Debate formats typically allowed for only one-minute or two-minute answers, it makes you wish that there would be an Obama-Palin debate. Governor Palin brilliantly exposes the Obama tax plan in 1 minute, 22 seconds! Gov. Palin exposes Obama tax plan:
