Palin Urges Revolution
Rallying conservatives with a battle cry for another American revolution, Sarah Palin was interrupted numerous times with thunderous applause at the Tea Party Convention Saturday night.
Reuters reported that the Nashville convention brought together hundreds of activists from the “Tea Party” group, which hopes to make a splash in the 2010 congressional elections and beyond.
“I believe in this movement … America is ready for another revolution,” said Palin.
Her speech made frequent appeals to patriotism and faith, and she used the folksy, Washington-outsider rhetoric to lambaste President Obama and his Democratic Party.
“How’s that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for you?” she asked, mocking the slogans of hope and change that swept Obama’s campaign into to the White House.
“This is about the people … and it’s a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter,” she said.
Referring to mounting debt and government programs, Palin said: “What they are doing … They’re sticking our kids with the bill. And that’s immoral. That’s generational theft.”
Palin encouraged activists to get out and support candidates who shared their values
According to Reuters, organizers at the convention said activists were forming a political action committee to help elect conservative candidates next fall. Other Tea Party organizations such as the Dallas chapter have on-going get-out-the-vote drives.
The movement takes its name from the historic protest against British taxation, the Boston Tea Party, one of the triggers of the American Revolution against colonial rule.
