Palin in Madison: Cuda Shoots. She scores!!!

Something very rare in contemporary American politics happened yesterday.  A leader stood up and addressed the concerns of the American people.

It wasn’t President Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm).  And it wasn’t either of the announced Republican Candidates for President, Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty (zzzzzzzz).

Standing in the snow in Madison, Wisconsin, addressing a crowd of 7,000 – 15,ooo, depending on whom you talk to, Sarah Palin gave a stemwinder of a speech, leaving no doubt as to where she stands on the issues that are on the lips of Americans.

Here is the speech, divided into two parts:

During the speech, Palin said:

If you stand by your platform, if you stand by your pledges, we will stand with you, we will fight with you, GOP, we will have your back.

What we need is for you to stand up, GOP, and fight. GOP leaders need to learn how to fight like a girl.

I’m in Madison because this is where real courage and real solidarity can be found.

You saw these violent rent-a-mobs trash your capital and vandalize businesses. You held your ground. Your governor did the same thing. And you won.

Referring to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s union-limiting legislation, she gave her support, because “he understands that states must be solvent to keep their promises” and “a pension is a promise that must be kept.”

She went on to nail GOP leaders for promising to cut $100 billion in federal spending but compromising at $38 billion in the recent bipartisan budget agreement. According to Palin:

 That’s not courage, that is capitulation.

She also gave a shout out to President Obama, blasting him for getting the country into a “third war” it can’t afford, cutting off oil development and “misrepresenting” deficit spending.

 You ignored us in 2010. But you cannot ignore us in 2012.

She then praised the crowd in Madison, saying:

When the history of the Tea Party is written, what you accomplished here will not be forgotten. And the 2012 election begins here.

In what is sure to be the subject of all the talking head shows this morning and a million t-shirts, Palin recalled the Green Bay Packers’ 2011 Super Bowl win, saying:

What better place to call out the liberal left and let them know, Mr. President, game on!

The detractors’ reaction to her speech was predictable.  The Progressive minions in the Main Stream Media labelled the speech “fiesty” and anti-establishment”.

Speaking of the Establishment, they’re spreading the story that she’s trying to get her name out there for a possible presidential candancy announcement.

Whit Ayres, president of Ayres, McHenry & Associates, which provides research and advice for Republican candidates, said:

 In the past couple of months Michele Bachmann has sucked up much of the Sarah Palin oxygen in the Republican Party.

This seems to be a way to keep her name out there and the venue appears to be designed to give her maximum exposure.

And then you had the self-identifying fiscal Conservatives, on internet Conservative sites, wanting to know why she didn’t address policy issues in a speech given at a Tea Party Rally.

What part of the word “rally” don’t you geniuses understand?

While Palin was addressing the massive rally in Wisconsin, announced Republican candidate Tim Pawlenty, and unannounced potential candidate Herman Cain addressed a Tea Party Rally in Iowa.

According to Reuters.com:

One of the organizers of Saturday’s Tea Party gathering described it as an “iced tea” rally as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees, with whipping winds making the wind chill feel more like 30 degress.

Also speaking at the outdoor rally, which drew more than 300 supporters, was former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, who said he was “weeks away” from making a final decision about a run for the White House.

“In January I had put my toe in the water, but I’ll just give you a little hint,” Cain said. “It’s now all the way up to my chin,” Cain said, to cheers from the crowd.

Cain told the crowd about his battle with cancer in 2006, saying he’s been “totally cancer free” for the past five years.

“You want to know why? God said, ‘Not yet Herman,'” Cain told the crowd. “God said, ‘Not yet. I’ve got something else for you to do.’ And it might be to become the president of the United States of America.”

God bless everyone who braved the cold weather at those rallies.

The talking heads on television are desperately trying to convince Americans  that the era of the Tea Party is over with.  Don’t believe them.  Just wait until things start heating up this summer.

If our elected representatives actually started listening to their constituents, as they promised they would after the Mid-term Elections, the Tea Party Rallies would not be necessary.

Unfortunately, the majority of America’s politicians, on both sides of the aisle, are presently demonstrating a very short memory.