Sarah Palin’s Boston Tea Party

Jules Crittenden has a good mini-recap, including a link to photos and video (the full speech video can be viewed here), of Sarah Palin’s visit to Boston yesterday for their Tea Party. Looks like a good time was had by all, and the infiltration appears to have been at a minimum.

One of the emerging stories to come from her time in Boston is her casual remark about a 2012 Mitt/Palin ticket “sounding good”:

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin opened the door yesterday to joining forces with Mitt Romney for a 2012 White House run – a hot ticket that has some Republicans licking their chops at the prospect of unseating President Obama.

“Sounds pretty good,” Palin declared at yesterday’s Tea Party Express rally on the Common when asked about pairing up with the former Bay State governor – giving the idea a big thumbs-up as she left the stage after her headline speech.

Last night, as Palin stopped for cannoli at Mike’s Pastry in the North End, she said she was “serious” about the idea.

I have a lot of respect for Mitt,” she told the Herald.

Asked who would be on top of the ticket, Palin roared, “Ha! I haven’t even thought that far ahead yet.”

Indeed, Palin said she hasn’t decided whether she’ll run in 2012 – with or without Romney.

Romney, a presumptive 2012 Republican presidential contender who recently embarked on a nationwide book tour, has not ruled out an alliance with Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential candidate.

“Mitt Romney respects Sarah Palin and he appreciates the contributions she makes to the party,” said Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom. “But his immediate focus is on helping Republicans win back the Congress in 2010.”

Hmmm. She was probably just being nice since MA is Romney’s home state, but my response to that possibility should it become a serious one? In a word: No.

Romney, as presdiential-looking as he is, is too much of a flipster extraordinaire in my book, and I believe that Palin is (and will continue to be) able to do more for conservative causes outside of the government than inside of it. Would the ‘death panels’ issue even have become a national discussion had it not been because of her? Not only that, but with the MSM continually paiting Palin as a “polarizing” figure, and with her abrupt resignation from the Alaska Governor’s office last year, I don’t think a majority of the American public would vote for a ticket with her name on it. I’d like to be wrong about that, but I don’t think I am.

Back to the issue of infiltration: Michelle Malkin’s got some good advice and recommendations on what to do today in the event you spot an infiltrator at your local Tea Party rally (info on the Charlotte Tea Party can be found here). If you’re going to be out there today, have fun, stay safe, make your voice heard, and make sure you take lots of pix and video. If you can’t be there, make sure to participate in the “online rally” here.

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April 15, 2010 at 10:30 am

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Lorica says:

April 15, 2010 at 12:23 pm

I do wonder just how well a Republican ticket with Sarah Palin on it would do also. Personally from the size of the crowds that show up where ever she is, I think it would do quite well. The average Rep is smart enough these days to see past the hoopla BS that the idiots in the leftist comrade media spew forth about her.

As far as the polls go, how many of them are wrong until the month before the election?? Recently a poll said that Ron Paul would give Obama a run for his money. Riiiighhhhttt!! God Bless Ron Paul and I would vote for him over Obama, but most Americans are clueless about him. So outside of Texas, how do you take a poll like that serious?? Too many polls are being used to mislead the people. The lower in the state run media polls Sarah goes, the more I think they are manipulating us and they are afraid she will run and win.

I am with you about Mitt tho. Too much like John Kerry to me. He needs to have some form of history of actually being a conservative, instead of suddenly becoming one out of political expediency. – Lorica
Royce says:

April 15, 2010 at 12:29 pm

I agree with your comments on Mr Romney. Didn’t anyone learn any lessons from nominating John McCain? I also agree that Ms Palin is much more effective from the outside. I’d rather see Michele Bachmann or another true conservative as the candidate.
bill glass says:

April 15, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Palin isn’t closing any doors, but I doubt that she’s serious about being a candidate. For one thing, she is definitely getting used to really big paychecks!!
Lauri says:

April 15, 2010 at 2:21 pm

Palin is just being polite about Mitt.
She is following Reagan’s commandment of
“thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican”
She probably had to hold her nose supporting
McCain’s senatorial re-election campaign showing
some sort of payback for putting her into the
national scene by way of being on his Presidential
ticket.

I think it is time to have a woman run for President
and one for the VP. Palin/Bachman looks good to me.
Noko Lauri
Anthony says:

April 15, 2010 at 2:39 pm

I think by 2012, a lot of people will have forgotten or will forgive her resignation. I know I felt let down when she did it, but, on learning the local-to-Alaska reasons for it, I now understand the why and can accept it, even though I might not have done it, myself. And I bet there are a lot like me.

She’s still my #1 candidate.

As for Romney, I like and respect him, but, remember, the man could not win an election last time without running unopposed (Michigan). He just has a terrible time connecting with voters, I think because he comes across as “plastic.” That may be unfair, and I repeat I like him, but that was the vibe I got again and again during the primaries. I doubt he’d want to be VP, but I think he’d make a fine Treasury Secretary in a Palin administration.
Sefton says:

April 15, 2010 at 3:04 pm

I wouldn’t mind having a woman for president, but I don’t think that should be the qualifier – like most people who voted for Obama did so on superficial qualifiers.
That said, as much as I like Palin, I can’t see her tripping up the Obama re-election machine; especially in the presidential debates. A Michele Bachman or a Liz Cheney would be more up-to-speed in dismantling the smooth b.s. of empty suit boy at the presidential level. Palin could handle another V.P. ticket though…if it’s Biden on the other side again (I’m guessing Obama may want to dump Biden to sweeten his ticket in ’12).
One thing I really like about Sarah though – she gets under the skin of every liberal/progressive out there, and she can keep on rolling with that in any form for as long as she wants and I’ll keep cheering her on.
rrpjr says:

April 15, 2010 at 3:51 pm

This once again shows Sarah Palin’s breezy and brilliant political instincts. It cost her nothing to say what she said, defused at least for now enmity or rivalry with Romney or his supporters, got people talking about who would top the ticket, and underlined her refreshing, easyoing nature.
unseen says:

April 15, 2010 at 5:04 pm

Hey se never said anything about a Mitt/Palin ticket.

she saids she wouldn’t have a problem with Mitt on the ticket.

she could has easily meant a Palin/Mitt ticket. which is what I took it has.

Much like a Reagan/Bush ticket. except I hop Palin would take Mitt off the ticket in 2016 and get a conservative like christie or rubio to run with her for relection.
checktothepower says:

April 15, 2010 at 10:50 pm

The Liberal Media is out to destroy Gov Palin because (As Rush says)they are afraid of her.The Liberal Polls only say what the pollsters want them to say.
I like Gov Palin and I think she is honest and i believe she will go to Washington and clean up the Corruption,Make no mistake there are still politicians in jail in Alaska.
If you like Gov Palin then I say don’t listen to the Liberal media and make up your own mind.If the Liberals we not afraid of her,why do they keep making up things.
Carlos says:

April 16, 2010 at 12:41 am

As I’ve said before, Palin is wonderful for the conservatives of the party right now because she’s taking a majority of the heat nationally while other conservatives (especially Bachmann) get lined up for a run.

The problem I see is that the powers that be in the party (Steele and gang) are trying their darndest to get rid of the little pea shooter they have used in the past to shoot themselves in the foot in order to bring in a Howitzer to blow the entire lower body off!

Trust me – if Steele and gang can find a way, however outrageous or unthinkable it may be, to throw this election and the next, they’ll do it because whatever smarts they have don’t translate into political savvy. And Mitt would be the epitome of such planning.
Kate says:

April 16, 2010 at 11:36 am

Palin is a remarkable woman and one to be reckoned with when it comes to reform. That said, she is a woman of action. Would she be happy to involve herself in the snail’s pace progress of legislation that reforming the existing DC politics would entail or would she be better being an outspoken advocate of change who works from the outside and puts pressure on elected officials to do the job they were elected to do? There is room at the table for all and she has the luxury of making that decision on her own. She knows what pressures her family will be under if she chooses to run on a national ticket. The decision is squarely in her court. I
Julia says:

April 17, 2010 at 12:39 am

I was at Palin’s tea party rally in Boston Common (interesting how people who are so against socialism would choose to rally in a publicly-funded park) countering the event with about 100 other leftists. I can say with all honesty that everything Palin says is just appeal. She has little to no foreign policy experience. While I agree that we should never expect gifts from above and need to make the change ourselves from the bottom-up, having someone like her in the White House wouldn’t do any good for the working people. Palin was for the bank bailout. She, like every other politician, is working for the wealthy elite.
Anthony says:

April 17, 2010 at 10:47 am

Julia:

I was at Palin’s tea party rally in Boston Common

I’m envious.

(interesting how people who are so against socialism would choose to rally in a publicly-funded park)

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone who’s opposed to the state taking control of whole industries (autos, insurance, student loan) or the very air we breathe rail against public parks. “Commons” are a very old tradition. Even the 5th amendment’s “taking clause” allows for government holding of property for the public good. If that’s “socialistic,” then it’s a very small bit we’re all willing to live with. It’s on a wholly different scale from the government’s current actions.

Oh, for the record, and yes it’s quibbling over terms, I don’t think Obama’s actions are socialistic so much as they are fascistic: the difference between the state taking total ownership of the means of production in the name of the people, or allowing it to remain in mostly private hands as long as it serves government ends.

I can say with all honesty that everything Palin says is just appeal.

She was at a gathering of activists to rally their spirits; naturally she’d give a red-meat speech rather than something meant for policy wonks. If you want something more substantive, I suggest her articles in the Wall St. Journal, the Washington Post, and her Facebook pages.

She has little to no foreign policy experience.

Few presidents do on entering office, if by experience you mean “having dealt with issues of foreign affairs either as a diplomat, policy-maker, or academic.” Lincoln had none, yet had to handle extremely delicate relations with Britain and France during the Civil War. Palin, at least, as Governor of Alaska did have some experience, though I’ll grant it wasn’t vast: as CinC of the Alaska National Guard, the state where some of our major missile defense installations are located, she received daily briefings on security issues for the area. Also, she negotiated the natural gas pipeline deal, the biggest in North American history, with foreign companies. I’d call that some good experience.

How much experience did Barack Obama have when he took office, having worked as a community organizer, part-time state senator, and US Senator who spent more than half his term on the campaign trail and couldn’t be bothered to call meetings of the subcommittee he chaired that oversaw NATO and Afghanistan?

While I agree that we should never expect gifts from above and need to make the change ourselves from the bottom-up…

We agree.

…having someone like her in the White House wouldn’t do any good for the working people.

Other than lowering taxes so you could keep more of the money you earned and restraining government spending so it wouldn’t need to take that money, or by reducing burdens on small businesses so they could afford to hire more people so that working people could, you know, work.

Palin was for the bank bailout.

At the time she said that, she was John McCain’s running-mate and he was her boss. He was for the bailouts, and for her to oppose them would have been an unconscionable disruption to the campaign. Please note also that almost every economist in the country supported the bailouts at the time, as did most of the people, since we were being told it was the only thing to do by people we assumed knew what they were talking about. She (and we) now know better.

(And, to be frank, I suspect that, like many of us, she was going against her instincts at the time. But that’s just a guess.)

She, like every other politician, is working for the wealthy elite.

Here, we strongly disagree.
Ken says:

April 17, 2010 at 12:03 pm

I can say with all honesty that everything Palin says is just appeal.

Anthony’s reply would equal mine, but I’d also ask if you honestly believe Obama wasn’t elected on his “appeal” and campaigned on statements which have become outright lies.

…having someone like her in the White House wouldn’t do any good for the working people.

That’s a rather broad accusation with nothing to back it up.

She, like every other politician, is working for the wealthy elite.

Oddly enough, your original “appeal” characterization is exactly why Palin is so popular – she’s not like ‘every other politician’.
Carlos says:

April 17, 2010 at 3:01 pm

“She, like every other politician, is working for the wealthy elite.”

As opposed to what? The “intellectual elite?”

Sorry, but if I had to choose between one who “works for the wealthy elite” as opposed to one who “works for the intellectual elite,” I’ll take the first every time because they’re more likely to figure in real-world consequences. Not always, but more often than not.

And don’t talk to me about this last recession being the result of such actions, because it was supposed intellectual elites who allowed it to happen, along with the intellectual elites who were advising national economic policy at the time. That doesn’t even begin to consider the dishonest jackasses running Congress, either.
Carlos says:

April 18, 2010 at 2:45 pm

One last question. Since when did it become “Sarah Palin’s Boston Tea Party?”

She says a lot of good things, and a lot of attendees would love for her to run in 2012, but many of us would quit the movement if it became a “Sarah in 2012” movement.
Sister Toldjah says:

April 18, 2010 at 3:08 pm

One last question. Since when did it become “Sarah Palin’s Boston Tea Party?”

It didn’t. It’s just what I decided to name this thread.

She says a lot of good things, and a lot of attendees would love for her to run in 2012, but many of us would quit the movement if it became a “Sarah in 2012? movement.

Well, if it does become that, you should take it up with the Tea Party movers and shakers. I am not affiliated with the Tea Party.
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