What I Learned at the Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me out

[DogPoundPup]

The Palin rally, which you may have seen on youtube and TV, was held at the Home Depot ADT Tennis Stadium. Because of the surprising popularity of Mrs. Palin and easy access to free tickets, all 20,000 stadium seats, plus an overflow area were filled. I got a handful of tickets, recruited my friend Rebecca Tobias, Program Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics, and trekked on out to Carson. We scored ground level seats in the stadium from which I watched, listened and steadily bristled. When I could no longer stomach Palin's lies and distortions, I jumped up, and at the top of my lungs, repeatedly called Palin a L-I-A-R! I was shouted down in Palinese by her 20,000 admirers, then escorted out by security. I took extra time as I climbed the steps from the ground up to the top just to keep her admirers shouting. The few minute reprieve from Palin's lies was to me a righteous diversion.

When I neared the top of the steps I turned back to Mrs. Palin and continued to call her a L-I-A-R, until I was ushered out the door. Thankfully my escorts showed me the utmost respect for they privately shared my feelings. They're working folk. They see through Mrs. Palin.

But that's just the start of this story...http://www.alternet.org/election08/101903/what_i_learned_at_the_sarah_palin_rally_before_they_threw_me_out/

[rosesaylavee]

1. Good for her.

That took guts to do that. I hope I could show as much courage facing down a crowd of 20,000 goons.

[tblue]

2. You were channeling her:

Thank you for your moral courage!

[intheflow]

3. Very messed up:

When I click the link, the article flashes up for a second then it's gone. And it's not like I get a 404 message. The entire page loads, just not that article. I tried to get to it through the Alternet homepage and the same thing happened. :(

[uponit7771]

4. You're brave, her crowds seem to gather the baser sort

[Cha]

7. The OP is posting this from alternet.. Linda

Milazzo was there and reported on it.

<snippet from article>
"Want further proof of pom-pom Palin? Try this as an experiment. Put on an audio of a Sarah Palin speech. Close your eyes and listen. What you'll hear is the high pitched voice of a teenage girl, speaking in circular reasoning, incomplete sentences, and juvenile idioms. No sophistication. No leadership. No wisdom. Just the sound of a snarky school girl. Sarah Palin is America's greatest nightmare. Sarah Palin is George W. Bush in a dress!"

[LiberalAndProud]

5. This is patriotism.

As a patriot and voter, I disagree categorically with the choice of Sarah Palin. I seek knowledge, experience, maturity, integrity, charity, clarity, humanity, intellectual curiosity, and wisdom from the leaders I select.

[KansasVoter]

6. Thank You for your efforts!

[ismnotwasm]

8. Sounds about right

Palin supporters being empty, white, soulless, incurious suburbanites, who reached the pinnacle of their lives in high school. Since they don't want to look at the uselessness in their own lives, they point fingers and lie to each other about everyone else's.