Palin Jabs at Perry While Rallying for Cruz
THE WOODLANDS – Standing on a stage in the middle of a park facing a crowd of more than a thousand supporters of former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin smiled and pointed at the black boots on her feet.
“You know who gave me these boots?” she asked sweetly. “Your governor.”
The crowd cheered. Then Palin delivered the punch line.
“At least in that one case he made a good decision,” she said.
It was the most overt reference to what has emerged as the dividing line in this intense July 31 Republican runoff to replace ...
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Elaine Dennis Adkison via Texas Tribune on Facebook
has that NITWIT left yet?
Jennifer White via Texas Tribune on Facebook
They've lost that loving feelin.
Lee Alan Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
puke..
Karen Hawkins via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It's a real Charlie Foxtrot.
Jason Dikes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I enjoy watching the Tea Party turn on its own
Michelle Michon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Republicans/Baggers eat their own. ;-) VOTE TEXAS BLUE. Time to get back to our roots!
Ann Mcelhaney via Texas Tribune on Facebook
And I voted for CRUZ!!!!!
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That twit hates Texas. Why does she keep trying to influence elections.
Carolyn Qualls via Texas Tribune on Facebook
hope she can find her way home!
Jill Meredith Bergene via Texas Tribune on Facebook
There is no better sport than Republican in-fighting.
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why does anyone care what Sarah Palin has to say? She was a horrible VP candidate, picked largely because she was a female governor, mayor of a tiny town in Alaska where she didn't even have to do much, and couldn't even finish her first and only gubernatorial term. She's a failure by all accounts. Geez.
Pun Nio via Texas Tribune on Facebook
How much was she paid, the venom women strikes again.
Michelle Michon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Palin would support the 2012 Texas Republican Platfom without a doubt. If you haven't read it, I strongly suggest you do: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2012/07/01/texas-gop-platform/
Michelle Michon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Just a friendly reminder...... Texas was a Democratic State for over 100 years before the Bush nightmare & Carl Rove.
Ryan Sparks via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sarah Palin is a twat!
Alexandra Bonifield via Texas Tribune on Facebook
These boots are made for walkin'. One of these days....
Linda Vega via Texas Tribune on Facebook
that is a stupid thing to do when you are in Texas. And isn't the Senate race one for a TEXAS Senator in D.C. Why are these outsiders telling us how to vote?
Tom Spencer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It was a fantastic rally speech.
David Lee Schnepp via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Nobody tells Palin what to say. She has the mouth of a maverick and is not backing down for a second. She calls them the way she sees them. Sorry I missed the speech. Enjoying my 48 th Wedding Anniversary. Ha.
Angela Lee
Texas is worth fighting for, and the best way to fight is to get the foreign politicians out of Texas.
Texan up, People!
Derick Smith via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I hope her presence outlines the lack of substance in the Cruz campaign and the lack of empathy Cruz has for the 99%
Rudy Gonzales
One would wonder if this rift between Republicans and TEA party will be effective in any way. TEA party advocates, known for Darth Vader costumes, shouting down speakers and carrying guns to meetings, has already stoked out some high profile members and is working to oust Dewhurst in a not-so-subtle manner in Texas. Palin's, "We'll be a team after all this is over again," points to cracks in their numbers. The extreme views of the two are straining the membership with one trying to keep sanity while the other pushes the envelope. This Senate seat Cruz's is trying to gain has already been bought by corporate millionaires and big moneyed backers and this is just another salvo in their arsenal. Big money bought Romney the nomination and big money is springing into action at the local level across the nation. Make no mistake, the TEA party will wet and soil themselves should they accomplish the ousting of Dewhurst. TEA party uses the (R) instead of the (T) and gullible members think they are making a real change when in fact they are falling for the age-old manuscript of bait and switch. When the once proud party of Lincoln and Reagan turn their backs on he population to garner additional stroke and place in jeopardy uninsured and middle class citizens - They do not represent me!
When the leadership, or positioning proposed leadership do not interrupt the booing audience when an American soldier, in theater, in uniform, questions about D.A.D.T. - They do not represent me!
When the leadership, or positioning proposed leadership fail to adequately provide true transparency - They do not represent me!
When the leadership, or positioning proposed leadership force women to undergo medical procedures to enforce their religious beliefs - They do not represent me!
The question arises - DO THEY REPRESENT YOU?
Ron Blancarte via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tuesday can't come soon enough. Please make the crazies go home.
Jim Arnold
Can you imagine her one heartbeat away from the presidency? Now that's scarry!
Lori Trammell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Shame on Sarah.
Wally Parnel via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Did anyone notice her outfit, with all the boots? Think she was telling us......“ I'm such a heel”
Anya Khan
So many of these comments reflect the problems the US is having. Get help y'all
Brittanicus
TEA PARTY LEADERS GAINING GROUND ON DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
A stunned Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana was vanquished by a Tea Party leader Senate nominee Richard Mourdock, now it’s time for Ted Cruz (R) to beat Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst which seems to be gaining momentum. Both ultra-left Democrats and the Republicans should be very worried, very worried indeed; they deserve what’s coming to them, as they get out voted.
Please to remember that all the Massachusetts Governor like Deval Patrick, Mayors as Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore and a whole group of anti-American, pro-illegal alien open border elected officials must be voted out of office. Throw out of office U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez and politicians who are continuously undermining our countries welfare system. These personages are the cause of high illegal alien populations, because they are encouraging them to enter America, bring even more poverty. Every America of legal resident should study there politicians who are selling them out and adding massive costs to their states schooling, health care and other anti-poverty programs. AMERICAN VOTERS HAVE THE POWER TO RID OURSELVES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BY VOTING FOR A TEA PARTY CANDIDATE.
Chris Crane, that represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials , stating at a news conference:
“Prosecutorial discretion for dreamers is solely based on the individual’s claims. Our orders are if an alien says they went to high school, and then let them go.… Officers have been told that there is no burden for the alien to prove anything.… At this point we don’t even know why [the Department of Homeland Security] has criteria at all, as there is no requirement or burden to prove anything on the part of the alien.
We believe that significant numbers of people who are not dreamers are taking advantage of this practice to avoid arrest”.
With the inception of the DREAM ACT that offers an estimated 1.5 million young illegal aliens a back door amnesty, the outcome for America is even more deficits to cover the cost? Unfortunately neither the Obama Czars nor Mitt Romney seems to distinguish that there are over 8 million citizens and legal residents are scrambling to find a job, with literary millions more who have given up trying. With the backing of radical majority groups like La Raza, ACLU or the Communist Marxist who have infiltrated America politics, they are perplexed and thought this easy amnesty would be uneventful. They never expected the gargantuan cause of the TEA PARTY would stand in their way and currently broadcast to America that Obama’s legions are up against huge bloc of independent voters and millions of law abiding people who see Obama’s policies as a stab in the back. It’s an offence to this nation’s integrity that also these entities being financially catered to by the Obama Socialists and U.S. tax dollars. That the public are being scammed for by grants from the U.S. government to pay for our countries own demise at the hands the Presidents Imperial court.
But then the Dream Act conspiracy doesn’t mean the PARENTS ARE FREE OF DEPORTATION. Once the kids are supposedly vetted by the State Department, they will be allowed to stay. I have already read that just the individual word, in saying they had been to high school is good enough for an immigration waiver. However if the processing is anything as the operation in the 1986 Immigration Control & Reform Act (ICRA), then the amnesty will be rife with fraudulent documentation. My guess with the assistance of the different entities, hundreds of thousands of so called illegal alien children will gain entrance through poor procedures. Then again illegal alien parents will be exposed, because of physical addresses will be shown on the record and open to being brought into custody at a later date by ICE. The TEA PARTY holds with contempt of any laws that are not abiding by the U.S. Constitution, and it could lead with rescinding any policies that were passed by the Barack Obama.
We can cure this epidemic of the illegal immigration invasion, by voting for a TEA PARTY LEADERS. There are plenty of these moderate conservatives and true believers in our U.S. Constitution. Isn’t it time we enacted the ‘Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885) and the Birthright citizenship Act (H.R.140)? Isn’t it time that the state of Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina or anybody else come to that? Every state should get to keep its money, instead of forced by insane unfunded mandates to pay for illegal aliens and their children? All those who genuflect to the 20 million plus illegal aliens will be under an assault themselves, when the TEA PARTY becomes an overall majority in the Republican Party.
Every citizens and permanent resident is welcomed into the TEA PARTY, except of course the criminal aliens who have scorned our laws and been accepted by both parties that entertain political incompetence. The Liberal-Democrats will desperately do anything to draw away full focus from the terrible drowning economy policies of the Obama Administrations, such as going after Arizona or any other state that are trying to defend their legal population from the illegal alien welfare parasites. That also goes for every American as well, who for decades who have lain back on their couches, watched television all day and forced taxpayers to pay for their lazy lives. Of course there are exceptions of sick people who cannot help themselves.
First by law we must educate their children to at least k-12, if they can claim citizenship on our soil for that child? Then by law every hospital must provide in emergency services free health treatment, even uncompensated $100.000’s in dialysis. Currently under Obama with no questions asked, they are granted food stamps. Then to further to aggravate American taxpayers, under the present tax code without any investigation over $4.2 billion dollars are given out in child tax reimbursement, whether the parents has paid taxes or not and even if the child presides in another country. Then those who are paying limited taxes are sending an estimated 35 billion dollars out of our nation, to foreign banks. IF YOU DON”T BELIEVE THESE DOLLAR PROJECTION, THEN ADD KEYWORDS IN YOUR BROWSER SEARCH ADDING ILLEGAL ALIENS? THESE ARE FACTS THAT WILL NEVER BE FOUND IN THE LIBERAL PRESS OR OTHER MEDIA.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NO LONGER A MINOR PROBLEM, BUT IN THE LAST TWO DECADES IT’S EXPLODED AND IT IS SEPARATING TAXPAYERS FROM THEIR MONEY? THERE IS NO TRUE ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF SUPPORTING THIS ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION, BUT ITS DETERMINED BY FEDERATION OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (FAIR) ITS WELL OVER $100.000.000.000 ANNUALLY THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND CITIZENS.
Illegal aliens who commence this protest are only going to cause intense anger amongst citizens and specifically legal immigrants who spent their own money on immigration attorneys, jumped through red tape to gain an entrance visa. While all these at demonstrations branding foreign flags, should be eyed by ICE agents and photographed and then processed through the Homeland Security data bases and then detained. Problem is immigration laws have been swept under the proverbial rug, but this will all be re-evaluate if the TEA PARTY gains massive headway in Congress.
For the reader who is really interested with the most explosive of issues that relates to President Obama, then go to TEA PARTY DOT ORG. Keep an open mind about certain irregularities and be prepared for some sobering information, that both the Liberal mainstream press is decidedly quiet or concealed altogether. I personally make no accusation, but those of us who have not been brain washed should investigate, then decide who-where your citizen vote should go? Another issue that should concern us all, it is inevitable that in coming elections—without any kind of oversight—we should be concerned that there is “Voter Fraud” and in the Liberal states as California there will be massive fraud. Both absentee ballots and even at the ballot box, non-citizens are voting and as yet little has been done, to alleviate non citizens from voting. Trust has evaporated from elections, when it so easy to commit fraud. Citizen voters should phone Congress at the Washington central Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Insist YOUR CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN TO fulfill their obligation to the oath of office and stop pandering to the businesses that use cheap labor, or the Democrats who are overlooking illegal aliens who are voting.
ATTENTION: SO THE CHINESE GET THE KEYSTONE ‘OIL’ PIPELINE, THANKS TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION? SOLD OUT BY OUR OWN PRESIDENT?
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Adele Roberson
I wish I could tell you that you have a choice. Between Cruz and Dewhurst - unfortunately you do not,. Dewhurst says Perry is the best governor we have ever had, that makes Dewhurst an idiot (who just happens to have a lot of money) Cruz is fifnanced in this race by the Club for Growth... and who are they and I want to now what they are doing in Texas politics. And then Palin shows up to hug Cruz and that alone should give you pause. Just more of the same we are facing with those two.
First we have ALEC, then we have the NRA and now we are aware of THE CLUB FOR GROWTH who are in Texas as we speak, rigging the elections and commandeering the voting booths.. (giving lessons to "their voting booth watchers".)
Unfortunately for the nation and all freedom-loving people everywhere, the Corporate Media, finally, revealed this secret, -government, anti-Constitutional Republic traitorous portion of a deliberate scheme by billionaire CONservative agents to overthrow the United States. Starting at the local and State levels, these "non-profit" criminal conspiracies began in the 1970s funded by Big Oil to build a monstrous organization to install Corporate Agents to establish an Oligarchy.
Funding and supporting the Moral Majority to combine fundamentalist christian religion with CONservative politics, the CONservative traitors, successfully, infiltrated every State House and much of the federal government.
The Corporate Media, until recentlly , has been stunningly silent as their Corporate owners quelled all dissent or investigative journalistic operations to expose this greatest threat to the nation in its history.
Every State Legislature has been infiltrated and compromised by these agents who didn't even need a majority to fulfill their criminal goals. The failure of much legislation to protect the populace from Corporate criminals and provide minimum sustenance for all of the people was orchestrated by the ALEC agents joined with other CONservative moles planted throughout the governing system.
The beginning implantation within the State Legislatures reached full flower with the ascension of many of the agents into the national legislature to result in the current deadlocking of all functions of Congress and the elevation of outright traitorous legislation which should never even be considered within a Constitutional Republic.
Time to blow the lid off this giant criminal CONspiracy and all of its massively funded operations to, finally, turn the tide of dictatorship destroying all human rights and democracy within our Constitutional Republic. We must be alert to all these organizations in this country that operate like ALEC. ALEC operated in secrecy, in the dark and behind closed doors for thirty years!
Please, let us wake up and refuse to be conned anymore.
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Palin is an idiot.
Glenn Davis
this to funny, Palin talking about anyone else should be avoided with all the stupid crap she has done.
Samdavis
Britannicus, enough of your copy and paste propaganda. If you can't make an original point then keep your TEA Party manifesto to yourself. Better yet, write it on toilet paper so it can be put to a good use.
Public support for the TEA Party has been declining steadily as people find out how ludicrous and bigoted the concepts are. Candidates like Cruz, Palin, and Santorum are jokes. Cruz isn't winning because he's a great candidate but because Dewhurst is so bad. Just keep thinking that the TEA Party is surging and watch what happens election day when your bottom feeders lose out.