Sarah Palin spoke at the Ronald Reagan Ranch Center tonight in celebration of the 100 year anniversary of his birth. In one of her best lines of the night, Sarah Palin told the audience that in Alaska, unlike in California, they call two-inch fish “bait.”
Sarah Palin:
“Right here in California some of the nation’s richest and most fertile farmland lays fallow. And the livelihoods of thousands of family farmers are destroyed. And, they’re destroyed because some faceless dem government bureaucrat took away their lifeline, their water. And they claim that it was in order to protect a two inch fish… Now where I come from we call that bait… And there is no need to destroy people’s lives over that bait.”
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Published May 22, 2012 at 5:04 am - 34 Comments
toongoon commented:
Sarah never fails to impress. No wonder the left runs at the sound of her name.
Lol commented:
She is an amazing speaker, and she talked about what’s important to real people. (JOBS) Gov. Palin can connect with everyday people, the elite can mock her, but real people vote, and if the RNC was smart they would embrace her.
Derak commented:
On the west coast, (in my town anyway) they actually had a breaking news alert on fox and pre-empted the O’reilly broadcast (rerun) and ran the entire speech. I’m still curious who at fox made the judgment call to do that. Gutsy.
She is a dynamo. It was a tribute to Reagan, and a campaign speech.
imo, she is running. “Bullet train to Bankruptcy”. Fear that, Obama.
Derp commented:
And the rest of America calls her ignorant.
Pinkie French commented:
It is about time someone said it. Thank you Sarah.
SoldiersMom commented:
He’s ruined the Gulf Oil business as well. I was in a workshop this week with a woman who’s husband is a boat captain. He’s down to 2 days a week work. Basically less than part time.
Bogdan from Australia commented:
#5 Derp.
It is not the rest of America that calls her ignorant.
It is a willfully, spitfully IGNORANT and confused part of America that calls her ignorant.
Those smart, well read, knowledgeable people know very well her value as a leader of a FREE WORLD.
It was rather relaxed speech as it was presented to the poeple enjoying their dinner.
And it was a tribute to an American hero – Ronald Reagan.
It wasn’t a campaign rally speech.
But it was BEAUTIFUL.
One can only imagine what kind of fire she shall be breeding when she enters the race.
She shall be clubbing Romney, Pawlenty, Huckabee, Huntsmann like those halibuts.
And then she shall make a final kill. Like that of caribu on SP Alaska.
keith commented:
She’s not still trying to milk the whole (fake) great white hunter thing is she?
That meme has been disproven many a time. She can’t load her own gun and I bet she can’t bait her own hook.
Why doesn’t she come out with some actual, you know, policies, instead of all these fake stories that no one but the sycophantic right is buying?
JimmyT commented:
WOW! You guys have a totally different opinion of her speech than I did. I thought it was as inappropriate for her to give a campaign speech at Reagan’s birthday celebration as bambi’s speech in Tucson. I think she also needs to get a speech writer. I like folksy as much as the next guy, but not in my president. The speech wasn’t fluid. Maybe she just needs to practice her speech a little more before she gives it. Reagan had the ability to sound folksy, yet intellectual. Palin sounds more like a smart Gomer Pyle. She has time to transform herself before the election is serious. Although, I still hope she doesn’t run. She can do a lot more good for conservatives on the outside, unleashed, than in the position of president with the stifling diplomacy requirements that go with the office. IMHO
JimmyT commented:
Keith–BITE ME!
Truck Driver Divorce commented:
Love Palin! And the best part is that she BAITED the Leftists again! Here they come – raving and spitting! Trying to keep us from noticing the two years of failed policies from their Chicago Messiah.
Chippy commented:
Go Sarah!
2012 is in play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsDe-8cOSYY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
unseen commented:
faceless dem government
I think the quote is wrong. I thought she said dim not dem.
Diana commented:
JimmyT,
I think you and I saw different speeches. The one I watched she wasn’t campaigning. She was talking about how Reagans Time for Choosing Speech is as relevent today as it was on the day he made it. She tied things that Reagan stood for and spoke about into how our liberties are being destroyed by Big Government today.
She is terrific. If she runs for President-great! If she doesn’t run for President-great! She is great gift for our country and will continue to be in whatever role she is in.
Bogdan from Australia commented:
P*ss off #9 keith and stop getting high on your own fart.
You weren’t capable of producing even one coherent sentence.
I can do much, much better with my English as a second, self-taught language.
What policies are you babbling about?
Is she supposed to tell a car producing factory’s manager how to run his business?
Is she supposed to tell a farmer how to plant a crop?
Is she supposed to tell a building engineer how to build an earthquake proof highraiser?
Is she supposed to tell an architect how to design it?
YOU MORON!
That was in a communo-fascist consentration camp into which half of the world has been turned that the despot and tyrant were pretending to know everything.
Like Stalin for example.
You and a sort like you are still lingering in the smell of Stain’s fart.
That’s why you are still hallucinating.
While your brain rots!
She is telling what it has to be done to make easier for the business people – the wealth and jobs creators to create the wealth and jobs.
And she is doing that with a breathtaking clarity.
That you are not capable of grasping that?
It is obvious that the inebriated alcoholic will never understand what the sober individual is trying to tell him.
And #10 Jimmy (Crap) T; It is also concerning you.
Diana commented:
Keith,
I think she brings up hunting and fishing just to bug people like you. She wasn’t there to talk about policies. Remember? She was there to talk about Reagan on his 100th birthday.
Gravis commented:
Jimmy, I could really care less about my president’s ability to make a great speech. I mean it’s all Obama’s really done so far, while congress pushed their agenda forward. Sure, as a leader you need charisma, but it’s not as important as common sense and policy-know-how. We don’t need someone who makes a lot of speeches; only speaks the God honest truth (like Sarah) and knows how to run an efficient and small government.
Truck Driver Divorce commented:
I laugh when the ‘Palin is dumb’ crowd comes out – this ‘dumb’ woman was instrumental in bringing Conservative ideas back into the national dialogue, forcing Obama to go on defense more than once, winning us over 600 seats and helping us take back the House and the majority of state governorships.
Go Sarah!
mcc commented:
Thank BO and Ken Salazar for this:
“Their foot dragging means the loss of another exploration season in Alaska, the loss of nearly 800 direct jobs and many more indirect jobs,” Begich said. “That doesn’t count the millions of dollars in contracting that won’t happen either at a time when our economy needs the investment.”
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Shell-No-Beaufort-Sea-apf-844337881.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=
Taxpayer commented:
#10, You’ve got it wrong. Reagan was a president–a politician, doncha know. Why not give a political speech in honor of a politician? I bet he’d have loved it.
So, no, her speech wasn’t inappropriate. Unlike the Won, who made a political speech at a memorial service. Now THAT is totally wrong.
Mo commented:
I haven’t seen the speech yet but I live in the Valley and you can’t eat smelt and they aren’t even good as bait. We let this stupid fish ruin the livelihood of thousands because the federal government won’t rule them a non-endangered species.Who cares if they get sucked into the pumps-people on the westside are starving!!!!
DaveinPhoenix commented:
Only one type of terror I enjoy: the terror obviously displayed by the “hate Sarah crowd”. God Bless her.
Danny Lemieux commented:
Funny how the Left comes out of the woodwork with their Tourette’s-like “Sarah is a moron” bleat. This woman yanks Obama’s (and their) chain at will and just may have fired the fatal barrage that ended the specter of Obamacare by rightly inserting the “death panels” issue into the discourse.
If Sarah is such a moron, what does that say about their guy? WTF indeed.
JustChillin commented:
#22 We have to elect Sarah Palin for president. I used to live in NAS Leemore, I have the best time in that area, was plenty of fruits, vegetables and food were abundant then, that was during President Reagan’s era. I can’t believe the farming stopped.
chuck in st paul commented:
Between people like Saracuda and Rush the people of America are at least aware that there is a differenct viewpoint than Marxism/Leninism as a cultural imperative for America.
Of course the LSM spins and spins in an effort to Alinsky them as boobs, stupids, and hatefuls – which of course is actually what the lefties are (can you say, “projection”?).
Andreas K. commented:
That must be hundreds of farms.
I wonder if the environmentalists responsible for this went to court with actual evidence (most likely not, they usually never do) or went with the standard “well, it could possibly be, maybe, if” (very likely, they always do that.)
BarbaraS commented:
Don’t kid yourself. The environmentalists are sitting there waiting to gobble up all that farmland at rock bottom prices. They have done it in the past and will do it in the future enabled by the avaricious dims.
gus commented:
KEITHIE POO??? Sarah CAN bait her own hook. She can also EASILY BAIT DIMWITS like you!!
Keithie!!! As you MASTUR….BATE….like the LIBTARD DIMWIT you are, we laugh at you!!!
Keithie, the Masturbating Libtard!! Do you have any intention of DEBATING what GOVERNOR PALIN says???
Nah. You’re a typical LIBTARD. No brains. None. Nada. Zilch.
gus commented:
HEY LIBTARD DIMWITS!!!! Tell us all how ETHANOL CORN GAS helps us!!!
You RETARDED dimwits have NO CLUE. Use more fuel to go LESS MILES. Have the TAXPAYER FUND THIS NONSENSE and take FARMLAND out of FOOD PRODUCTION!!!!
It’s CLASSIC and TYPICAL LIBTARD HILARITY!!!! Fund the CRAP with TAXMONEY. Make a product that the MARKETPLACE….DOES NOT WANT. MANDATE IT. LIE ABOUT IT.
LIBTARD MORONS????? Why were YOU FASCISTS REQUIRING THIS????
Can a SINGLE ONE OF YOU RETARDED MORONS EXPLAIN THIS??????????
Nope. Libtards are MORONS.
Marsh626 commented:
I used to care about this issue until I found out almost everyone living in this area is an illegal immigrant.
AuntieMadder commented:
Danny Lemieux commented: “…Tourette’s-like “Sarah is a moron” bleat.”
I like it. LOL!
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
The question I’d ask if a proposal to save some particular fish was put forth would be: Can it be eaten?
If the answer is no, then it’s not worth fretting over.
Granny commented:
#27 February 5, 2011 at 1:49 am
Andreas K. commented:
That must be hundreds of farms.
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Andreas, you cannot imagine! When I made my first visit to California in 1960 this area was like the Garden of Eden, green and beautiful with orchards and truck farms as far as the eye could see in any direction. They used to provide a good chunk of the produce sold nationwide (especially in the winter) from that one area. Until they turned off the water. Now, it is a desert – literally. And instead of feeding a good chunk of America and beyond, our produce comes from somewhere in South America.
Rose commented:
Sarah NAILS it! Nails it GOOD!
Well, the Dims converted a lot of people in Central Valley to Conservatives – opening their EYES when the Dims shut the water valves.
Besides BAIT, our Founding Fathers were taught by the American Indians when they landed to put FISH in the holes they dug in which to plant the corn, cover the fish, then lay in the seed – plant food for the crops.
No doubt the reason the Central Valley farming was so bountiful.
Everyone connected to shutting that water off and keeping it off should be in jail on charges of Treason awaiting trial. Nothing LESS than Treason.
History is full of cases of The Enemy coming in, in the night, and ruining crop fields, to cause hunger among the people.
Any citizen catching enemy agents in the act were free to kill them on the spot.
When it comes to food for a nation, nothing has changed the rules.
Sell off the Federal Lands and dismantle the Interior Dept and EPA. Prosecute the enemies of America in those public offices.
They can be counted as nothing but enemy agents, and if they are American Citizens, but enemy agents – THAT is Treason!
Rose commented:
They have now hazmatted MILK – because it has OIL in it – Hazardous to the earth if it spills! build hazmat facilities for emergency cleanup on the farms and ranches.
Prosecute the EPA officials, too sweet.
squeaky commented:
i guess paul rodriguez is still banging his head against the wall trying to get obama to intervene. not that governmental sole control of food [heat, etc] could possibly be used as a way to punish those who disagree with o’s policies or anything right? when the only food you can afford to eat are being relegated out of existence by the very same folks.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528113,00.html
FU#K OBAMA commented:
President Palin has sunh a nice ring to it!
kenny solomon commented:
“……they’re destroyed because some faceless dem government bureaucrat took away their lifeline, their water……”
No. No. No. No and No. It is NOT some faceless bureaucrat, it’s Cass Sunstein. A known quantity. The Office Of Information And Regulatory Affairs. The Czar’s Czar – the boss of bosses – a literal hitman on a ‘nudge’ level.
Ms. Palin, I like you and it’s about time SOMEBODY in the national eye said even a little bit regarding the on-purpose destruction of the nation’s food supply at the hands of the administration, that started with the water cut off in the San Joaquin Valley. But if you’re going to say something, name names, show facts.
The areas Congressional reps were held hostage by the administration – Want the water back on? Vote for Obamacare. Really – it was out in the open. They voted ‘yea’ and the water ?…… It’s still off.
I and others much better than me did research on the water deal and many more things this administration is going after – and we’ve published at sites and in articles throughout the nation. You’ve got to have at least one person on your staff or who knows you that has seen some of it somewhere along the way, or you wouldn’t be talking about this one item.
Welcome to the party, but if you’re going to talk about it, then talk about it fully – hammer these Totalitarian bastards and call them just that, because that’s what they are and they’re beginning to pull out all stops in order to purposefully generate their ‘crisis too good to waste’.
The San Joaquin Valley isn’t the only place and food isn’t the only item. Mines – coal mines in West Virginia…… Operating permits have been pulled because ‘somebody’ got a bee in their bonnet from a communist documentary called “Gasland” – a film that’s up for an Oscar by the way. The film says because of coal mining, tap water can be set on fire. Really. That’s what caused thousands of people and several communities in West Virginia to be literally shut down overnight.
There’s more – much more, but it’s 8am and I need coffee. Plus, this isn’t my website and I don’t want to take up more of Jim’s bandwidth ranting about politicians on all sides not being aware of reality from a truly dangerous executive branch who is operating as if The Constitution no longer exists.
Tool up.
Kenny
South Florida
cutlers bad knee commented:
Gus you forgot to include Keith is more than likely cracking the carrot in his moms basement….while looking at pictures of Janet Imcompatano and Hilly Clinton no doubt.
Militant Conservative commented:
#10 February 4, 2011 at 11:54 pm
JimmyT commented:
I saw tee shirts being handed out union and college kids bussed in and the jumbotron asked for applause too. LOL
She is sooooo right it kills the looney left and makes thier heads explode.
powder is dry, no retreat, reload.
vargas commented:
Left wing socialist heads explode as they read these quotes over their Starbuck’s coffee this morning in 3………..2……….1 !!!!!!!!!
Ruebacca commented:
the left so deserves her.
Kevin commented:
This is EXACTLY why we need Sarah to be POTUS, she has not spent a day inside the beltway and gives not one whit what she is ‘supposed’ to do. She cares about what is best for the American people, period. And she cares about what WE think is best for us.
And because of that she would be the type of POTUS that would sweep in to office and not be afraid to say simply to EPA “turn the damn water back on, NOW!!”, “Approve the drilling permit, TODAY!!” and who is going to tell her no? And she would, of course, appoint heads to agencies that she knew thought like she did. Imagine a pro-drilling head of the EPA, imagine Sheriff Joe Arpaio as head of DHS. (Oh, I LIKE that thought!!)
Anyone know where I can see the whole speech online?
Andreas K. commented:
Granny, THAT bad?
Jeez. Well, I’m not surprised. It’s the same over here. Not as bad, yet. But it’s getting there. The row over the railway tunnelthrough the Semmering has been going on for ages, after more than 10 years I stopped paying attention. Reason? Environmental concerns.
Highways, railroads, any extension has to go through tons of checks, usually because of “environmental concerns”.
There’s a saying in German for this, it’s called “von Pontius zu Pilatus gehen”. lit. to walk/go from Pontius to Pilatus. It stands for having to deal with overbearing bureaucracy, which is bogged down by too many rules and regulations and which then sends you from A to B to C and back to A, etc.
Also, this just in!
The Dutch government will cease funding off-shore wind-parks and is planning to build more nuclear power stations.
LibertyAtStake commented:
I’m liking the new uncivil Palin 2.0 more and more every day. Reload, girl!
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
“Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
Clutch Cargo commented:
To: #9 Keith Moron,
In central CA you can drive on HWY 5 for literally an hour or more, and see nothing but dead fields and hundreds upon hundreds of acres of dead almond trees. Just do a search for “congress mandated dustbowl” and look at the images. Unless of course you’re afraid. And you are.
Tool.
It’s too late for the trees, which take decades to grow. These people have lost their livelihood for a fish.
http://wizetrize.wordpress.com/
Patrick Glenn commented:
Normall, I’m dead set against criminalizing, after-the-fact, past policy decisions. But if we were ever able to restore sane, preferably Reaganesque governance to this country, you could make a good case that the smelt-protectors should be prosecuted. Consider:
What rational, sane conclusion can one draw EXCEPT that the government is deliberately attempting to harm the livlihoods of people in the CA Valley? I mean, it couldn’t be concern over a two-inch fish that has little to no value to humans, assuming that we’re talking about rational people. So, if they’re not insane, they must be acting in a criminally malicious way.
Contrast it with other policy decisions that might harm an area or group. For example, when the military is deciding where to (re)locate and/or close a base, the impacts on the losers might be very significant, yet the decision will not be designed to harm those people – it’s just an unfortunate byproduct of the process.
This story is different.
American Patriot commented:
How did we get to the point in America where a bunch of pencil-necked government bureaucrats were able to shut down entire industries on a whim? They basically choke off one of the richest farming valleys in the world right here in our own country, and no one can do a thing about it. Then they either revoke or refuse to issue oil and gas exploration permits, so we sit on reserves that could dwarf anything coming from the middle east, and lose thousands of jobs and industries because of it and we still can do nothing about it. Now we accept rolling black-outs and brown-outs in the southwest, and the rationing of natural gas as the new norm.
WE WERE THE RICHEST, MOST INDUSTRIOUS NATION IN THE WORLD UNTIL CHINA BOUGHT US!!! What has happened to this country? Why are we allowing this to happen? I vote, I stay involved in my community and my nation, I pay attention, and I keep my guard up, yet all this continues to happen. What else do I, and fellow Patriots, need to do to stop this insanity?! I’m too busy raising kids and earning a living to start a one-man riot in the streets, besides, there are laws against that. I’ll be labeled just another crazy crack-pot and be ignored by everyone. But what else is left, even repub politicians don’t listen, they’re more interested in cocktail parties and what the left-wing media thinks of them, than to do what is good for the country.
When Sarah Palin came along, the left went nuts, slandered her, lied about her, and generally tried to make her unelectable. The common rationale here seems to be that by polarizing her, the stupid voters will learn to distrust her, thus allowing the same dims and repug who got us into this mess to retain power. And in the end, that is apparently what it’s all about, isn’t it – maintaining power. So I guess I just answered my own questions.
bg commented:
++
i heart you Sarah. but please..
go back to your ‘straight forward’ way of
telling it like it is & sack the drama coach..
==
mg4us commented:
Sarah was awesome . . . and with NO TELEPROMPTERS! WOW. . .
Here is a link to the full speech. . . She really gave an awesome speech in honor of the Gipper and the ideals he reminded us of what America stood for!
http://www.therightscoop.com/sarah-palins-reagan-100-speech
This was not a campaign speech. . . but when she does start to campaign, I can’t wait to see the libtard MSM implode over her straight simple talk . . . connecting with average working and tax-paying patriotic Americans who believe in OUR Constitution and the role of LIMITED Government with Liberty & Justice for ALL!
But the best will be in a face-to-face debate with the Incompetent One. . . BO (the community organizer and divider).
She will show what real HOPE & CHANGE looks like while espousing the greatness of our country and the individuals that made her GREAT who have the power and ability to do so again!
And when she asks the question that Reagan did: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? . . . the voters will know which way to vote.
That is why our #1 priority now should be to make sure that the 2012 elections are fair and free from voter irregularities! One voter per legitimate legal American voter!
And this INCLUDES ALL OUR MILITARY personnel. . . the brave men and women who defend and serve our country all over the world. . . THEIR VOTES MUST BE COUNTED!!! Hear that Chuck Schumer!!!
And should a recount occur, no more “missing bags” of votes showing up at the 11th hour like the thief in Minnesota . . . Al Franken!
God Bless America!
Bloggy Bayou commented:
Nix Newt (Take the Poll!)
http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=5284
Cheers
squeaky commented:
it doesn’t take a lot of skill or brains to break things. putting humpty dumpty back together is way above obama’s pay grade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gplaqa2yRgg
aprilnovember811 commented:
Keith and JimmyT,
You can’t stand it that real Americans relate to her, can you? Unlike the Indonesian, Taqiya practicing Muslim impostor. Where is Mr. Muslim Brotherhood teleprompter today? What country is he destroying or betraying today? Is he collaborating with his friend Ayers or the Muslim Brotherhood to take down America or another ally? The Egyptian Military requested 20 copies of the Manchurian President. I bet they know who Barry is now better than our own government. I hope they take him down.
John Cooper commented:
Can anybody tell me why the passage about the “bait” has been cut from the full 13:28 video recorded from Fox News? Did Fox News cut it, or did the YouTube poster?
Eric commented:
It’s ignorance of this kind that points to the direction of the rest of the idiots that think that they can continue to rape and pillage the delta with no harm to themselves or others. I have lived in this region since 1975 and can personally attest to the demise of the delta. We used to be abel to catch beautiful steelhead right in the creeks in Concord that came from the delta. They are no more! You killed the food sorce they depended on! Now they are gone. Wait I must be a rocket scientist because I figured it out by myself! And I cant see Russia from my house! Bunch of idiots!~