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Title: Delegates Walk Out 'In Disgust' At Palin Speech; Questions are prearranged; 'It was awful,' one US delegate says
Source: RAW STORY
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/delegates-walk-out-at-palin-speech/
Published: Sep 23, 2009
Author: RAW STORY
Post Date: 2009-09-23 18:10:18 by Brian S
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HONG KONG — Former US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin said the US government was wasting taxpayers' money and could aggravate poverty, said delegates at her first speech outside North America on Wednesday.

Palin, the former governor of Alaska, gave hundreds of financial big-hitters at the CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong a wide-ranging speech that covered Alaska, international terrorism, US economic policy and trade with China.

Her performance, which was closed to the media, divided opinion.

Some of those who attended praised her forthright views on government social and economic intervention and others walked out early in disgust.

"She was brilliant," said a European delegate, on condition of anonymity.

"She said America was spending a lot of money and it was a temporary solution. Normal people are having to pay more and more but things don't get better. The rich will leave the country and the poor will get poorer."

Two US delegates left early, with one saying "it was awful, we couldn't stand it any longer". He declined to be identified.

Palin, who shot to national and international prominence after Senator John McCain picked her as his running mate last year, stepped down as Alaska governor in July but has provided little insight into her future plans. She is expected to write a book and has said she will travel the country campaigning for candidates who share her political ideology.

In the CLSA speech, which lasted about 75 minutes, Palin also tackled the recent US trade spat with China, a country she said the United States should have the best possible relationship with.

According to delegates, she said US President Barack Obama's administration worsened an already difficult situation when earlier this month he slapped duties on Chinese tire imports blamed for costing American jobs. They said she praised the economic policies of former US President Ronald Reagan and criticised the current administration for intervening too much during the recent financial crisis.

Although she touched on the threat posed to the United States by terrorism and talked about links with traditional US allies in Asia such as Japan, Australia and South Korea, one Asian delegate complained she devoted too much time to her home state of Alaska.

"It was almost more of a speech promoting investment in Alaska," he said, declining to be named.

"As fund managers we want to hear about the United States as a whole, not just about Alaska. And she criticised Obama a lot but offered no solutions."

Another said he was disappointed that she took only pre-arranged questions.

There were no apparent gaffes though from Palin, who was mocked during last year's presidential campaign for her lack of experience in foreign affairs and for her verbal blunders.

Several delegates saw the speech as a sign of her ambitions to run as a presidential candidate in 2012 and a useful indication of the potential direction of US politics in the future.

"It was fairly right-wing populist stuff,' one US delegate said.

Palin blasted Obama's proposals on healthcare, reiterating a previous statement made to the press that the plan would include a bureaucratic "death panel" that would decide who gets assistance, he said.

Another from the United States said: "She frightens me because she strikes a chord with a certain segment of the population and I don't like it."

CLSA, an arm of French bank Credit Agricole, said it closed Palin's session to the media after she indicated that she would have to adjust her speech if reporters were present.

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

She has all you libs scared don't she?

Sonovademocrat  posted on  2009-09-23   18:24:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Sonovademocrat, Brian S, all (#1)

Curious how the foreigners liked the speech, but the keyancrats walked.

Was no one able to furtively tape this event?

Iran Truth Now!

Lod  posted on  2009-09-23   18:44:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S (#0)

Another said he was disappointed that she took only pre-arranged questions.

Aren't all political speeches like that any more?


"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791

farmfriend  posted on  2009-09-23   18:50:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Brian S (#0)

The rich will leave the country and the poor will get poorer.

S&P 500 willing

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole a bike and asked him to forgive me.

Flintlock  posted on  2009-09-23   19:09:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Sonovademocrat (#1)

I notice only two people walked out. One assumes they were very partisan Democrats and would have done this to whore for the libmedia so they can run the usual Palin hit-pieces.

Palin infuriates and seems to scare the libs.

TooConservative  posted on  2009-09-23   19:32:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: TooConservative (#5)

Palin infuriates and seems to scare the libs.

I've heard nothing about her but how she would inflict her religion on us. Yet I have never heard her say anything about her religion other than she went to church. They will leave no stone unturned to discredit her. I don't know if she will be the best choice when the time comes, but I haven't seen anything to remove her from the running at this point in time (which is something that I can't say about most all of the others that may be in the running).

Sonovademocrat  posted on  2009-09-23   19:40:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: TooConservative (#5)

I notice only two people walked out.

This comes from Raw Story, a left wing blog, and no author is noted. IOW, it's BS.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-09-23   19:43:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Sonovademocrat (#6)

I've heard nothing about her but how she would inflict her religion on us.

Its true, and if we don't pass Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, you're going to die.

Its true, honest. Now pony up another $500, checks payable to MoveOn.ORG and the Democratic National Committee before its too late and you ARE forced to attend Palin's church.

COMRADE! Why are you not showing your Party affiliation and showing proper respect for Dear Leader? Put your Barackstika armband on RIGHT NOW!

mirage  posted on  2009-09-23   23:44:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Brian S (#0)

Another from the United States said: "She frightens me because she strikes a chord with a certain segment of the population and I don't like it."

As opposed to striking a chord with the communists/socialists??

What the hell did people expect going into this thing, Hillary Clinton's little sister??

_________________________________________________________________________
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”

“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941

X-15  posted on  2009-09-24   0:16:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Lod (#2)

Curious how the foreigners liked the speech, but the keyancrats walked.

That was what caught my eye.

Those subjected to a diet of the controlled U.S. Media had their very controlled "reality" violated.

The Europeans on the other hand get a less controlled information flow regarding the U.S. and thus recognized the truth in the assessment that the bail-out Rip-off is exactly what it is - a rip-off of the American Populace to benefit a monied elite who control our government for their own profit at our expense.

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France

Original_Intent  posted on  2009-09-24   0:29:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: TooConservative (#5)

Palin infuriates and seems to scare the libs.

That is what they want us to think. If they are truly scared then they haven't been paying attention.

Conservatives vs. Liberals is a divide and conquer strategy.

I don't buy for a second that Sara Palin is an outsider. Outsiders get shot, they don't get a VP slot.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2009-09-24   1:52:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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