Gaar, I'd like to know how one speaks in "an almost confidential tone" to 60,000 people with the media present. That's some trick. LOL!
>>"Promised Sunday he will fix the nation's economy if voters give the GOP four >>more years in the White House". << WHOA, she forgot to mention the $700 billion in tax-payer money! On Sep 22, 9:15 am, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80... > > THE VILLAGES -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told > wildly cheering, flag-waving, chanting supporters that John McCain is > "the only great man in this race" and promised Sunday he will fix the > nation's economy if voters give the GOP four more years in the White > House. > > "He won't say this, so I'll say it for him," the Alaska governor said > in an almost confidential tone at the close of her first Florida stump > speech. "There is only one man in this election who has ever really > fought for you. John McCain wore the uniform of his country for 22 > years -- talk about tough." > > The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has > about 70,000 mostly adult residents -- many of them military retirees > -- who vote reliably Republican in statewide races. Tens of thousands > inched along roads into the picturesque town square of the complex, > where they stood in sweltering heat for about four hours as local GOP > officials and a country band revved up the crowd. > > "Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" they chanted at every mention of her name, > applauding loudly and waiving tiny American flags that were > distributed -- along with free water bottles -- by local volunteers. > The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000. > > Admiring throngs mobbed the Palin family's arrival and departure, > snapping souvenir pictures. Autograph seekers thrust campaign signs, > caps with the McCain-Palin logo and copies of magazines with her face > on their covers, and the Palins responded warmly. > > Palin, her husband and three of their children arrived in Orlando but > spent a family day at Disney World, she said as she introduced her > entourage to the enthusiastic crowd. She joked about similarities and > differences of the two states at opposite corners of America, but was > all business when she focused on the need for a large voter turnout in > a hotly contested state with 27 electoral votes. > > Recent polls have given the McCain-Palin ticket a single-digit edge > but Florida is clearly up for grabs. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., > campaigned from Jacksonville to Miami late last week and the Democrats > have mobilized a massive volunteer effort statewide. McCain, who led > the Jan. 29 state primary with a big boost from popular Gov. Charlie > Crist, has strong support in the vital I-4 corridor and across North > Florida, where conservative southerners tend to register as Democrats > but vote Republican in statewide races. > > In a theme Palin would pound home, GOP Chairman Jim Greer Greer said > Obama and his running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, have records of > voting for higher taxes and have said on the campaign trail that they > would increase regulation of financial markets. > > "John MCain and I are going to take our case for reform to every voter > in every background and every party, or no party at all," said Palin. > "We're going to Washington to shake things up." > > She said "John McCain warned Congress that we needed to do something > before these problems became a crisis," but that Washington -- > including Obama and Biden -- did not act for months as financial > giants teetered and toppled. > > "Americans are caught in kind of a perfect storm between high taxes, > high gas prices, greed on Wall Street and a shortage of courage in > Washington," she said. "But we need new leadership in Washington -- we > need serious reform on Wall Street." > > Palin, whose son shipped out for Iraq this month, made a point of > asking veterans and military members in the crowd to raise their hands > for a round of applause. > > Then she recalled that McCain took an early, unpopular stance in > support of the Iraq troop surge, a policy shift now widely credited > with stabilizing Iraq. "That's the kind of man I want as commander in > chief," she shouted, as applause and whoops rose in the town square. > "John McCain is the only great man in this race." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
