Willow Run Tea Party: Sarah Palin to 'give ears to our voice' during Saturday event
Together with Americans for Prosperity, the Ypsilanti-based Willow Run Tea Party Caucus is hosting former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin Saturday at an event at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Belleville.
“I think (Palin’s) voice will give ears to our voice,” said Dennis Moore, a director of the Willow Run Tea Party.
The Willow Run Tea Party received confirmation that Palin would be attending late Monday morning, Moore said. “Patriots in the Park” from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the fairgrounds will also serve as the launch for the Van Buren Township Tea Party Caucus.
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The bridge will be among the issues up for discussion at the event, along with what the party calls “socialized health care,” gas prices, debt and unemployment rates, according to the event's site.
The Willow Run Tea Party recently announced its support of Larry Fix, a candidate for supervisor of Van Buren Township, which shares its western border with Ypsilanti Charter Township.
“This all came from our desire to do ‘Patriots in the Park’: To get locals in Van Buren to rise up and get Tea Party officials elected,” Moore said of Palin’s scheduled appearance at the event.
Dennis Moore of Ypsilanti holds an American flag during a 9/11 Memorial Event in 2011 in Ypsilanti.
File photo I AnnArbor.com
Though details of Palin's contract have been speculated for years, staff from the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity declined to comment on the amount Palin was being paid for the Saturday appearance.
“Governor Palin is going to help us inspire and energize grass roots activists as we work to defend our economic freedom during this crucial moment in our nation’s history. ‘Patriots in the Park’ will demonstrate there exists a real and powerful grassroots movement focused on turning the tide in big government,” according to a statement from Michigan Director of Americans for Prosperity Scott Hagerstrom.
The Americans for Prosperity group is non-partisan and advocates for economic freedom and limited government. Run by donations, the group has about 75,000 members in its Michigan chapter.
The "Patriots in the Park" event is free and open to the public. There is a $5 charge for parking. Organizations can pay $100 for a display table.
Dollar hot dogs will also be sold.
Moore said he expects at least 5,000 people will attend.
All proceeds from the event will go to the Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund, a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-run organization that provides support and assistance to U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We’re immensely grateful for it,” said board member Lynn Phillips.
The fund is one that has been publicly supported by U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Stabenow, both Democrats from Michigan, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton) and former U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia).
“It’s really apolitical,” Phillips said.
“When (Palin) heard it was for the Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund, she literally bent over backwards to clear her schedule,” Moore said.
Moore said they chose the fund because of the volunteer staff and the help they give to Michigan soldiers.
“There’s nothing more important than that fund,” Moore said.
Palin will be among a list of speakers at “Patriots in the Park”, including Hagerstrom, Michigan Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton, Troy Mayor Janice Daniels, UAW member and Union Conservatives founder Terry Bowman, Ann Arbor orthopedic surgeon and radio host Dr. David Janda and Pastor Levon Yuille of the Ypsilanti Bible Church.
Per Palin’s contract, organizers are not allowed to reveal what time she will be speaking, Moore said.
Amy Biolchini covers Washtenaw County, health and environmental issues for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at (734) 623-2552, amybiolchini@annarbor.com or on Twitter.
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mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 6:09 p.m.
More than 16 million people with Medicare get free preventive services in 2012 Affordable Care Act made many preventive services no cost to beneficiaries The Affordable Care Act – the new health care law – helped over 16 million people with original Medicare get at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first six months of 2012, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. This includes 1.35 million who have taken advantage of the Annual Wellness Visit provided by the Affordable Care Act. In 2011, 32.5 million people in Medicare received one or more preventive benefits free of charge. "Millions of Americans are getting cancer screenings, mammograms and other preventive services for free thanks to the health care law," said Secretary Sebelius. "These new benefits, made possible through the health care law, are helping people stay healthy by giving them the tools they need to prevent health problems before they happen."
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:54 p.m.
And Obama's statements: "I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." Kansas tornado that killed 12 people "When I meet with world leaders, what's striking -- whether it's in Europe or here in Asia..." -referring to Hawaii as Asia Nov. 16, 2011 "We're the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad." Sept. 22, 2011 "One such translator representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy Corpse-Man Christian Brossard." –mispronouncing "Corpsman" (the "ps" is silent) Feb. 5, 2010 (The Corpsman's name is Christopher, not Christian) "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument Aug. 11, 2009 "The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." July 20, 2009 (Well at least he got the inefficiencies correct!) "It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." --confusing German for "Austrian," a language which does not exist April 6, 2009 "Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee -- which is my committee -- a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon." --referring to a committee he is not on. "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly
snark12
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 6:52 p.m.
Measuring Obama or Palin by simple slips of the tongue is meaningless (and the same goes for Sarah's good friend "Joe O'Biden"). The claim made above was about her vapid repeating of right-wing talking points. And it's true: * Obama is a socialist/the most socialist President ever, etc. - Someone should look at the policies of, for instance, Teddy Roosevelt if you think Obama is a socialist. Even Reagan said a millionaire should pay a higher tax rate than a bus driver. * The ACA is the biggest tax increase in history. It ranks far down the list by any meaningful measure (hint: Reagan's was twice as big as % of GDP). http://factcheck.org/2012/07/biggest-tax-increase-in-history/ * Of course, Palin was the main voice behind the insane Death Panel claims. Beyond even talking points, however, Palin has a problem with truth and facts. * She insisted the Troopergate report completely exonerated her when it pointedly did not say that. * She denied that her website put a target over top of Gabby Giffords' on a map and put her on a metaphorical "target list". After she was shot she took down the map and tried to insist it never existed. * She denied flying her children around the country on Alaskan taxpayers' dimes until she was finally forced to pay back their expenses to the state. And then there are things she says that many of us just think are dumb. * Evolution is false and creationism must be taught in the school. * Global warming is a fraud. * Asking her what newspapers she reads is a "gotcha" question. I could go on but I hope that satisfies, maallen.
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:56 p.m.
is particularly strong." Do we need more? Should we bring Biden into this?
golfer
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:50 p.m.
who cares. i guess you need to hear about fish and game in Alaska.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:38 p.m.
Too easy maallen. "I love that smell of the emissions!" --Sarah Palin, at a motorcycle rally in Washington, D.C., where she rode in on a Harley, May 29, 2011 Maybe that's why she's suffering from brain damage from smelling those emissions. "They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan." --Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008 I had no idea that Afghanistan was a neighboring country. Maybe Palin can see it from Alaska? "I haven't heard the president state that we're at war. That's why I too am not knowing -- do we use the term intervention? Do we use war? Do we use squirmish? What is it?" --Sarah Palin, on the U.S. and NATO bombing of Libya, March 29, 2011 Squirmish? That and her grammar reflects the same level of education as her supporters. Palin doesn't need to say anything else. But she will, again and again and again. over and over and over...
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 6:13 p.m.
Mixmaster, "This woman spews so many ignorant and outright un-true left-bashing talking points" Can you name five of them? You did a great job on listing all of her not speaking correctly, grammatically or not. You know what? Obama has done the same thing! But you still haven't listed any of the "so many ignorant and outright un-true left-bashing talking points" Can you name five of them? Still waiting.
Dave Otto
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:30 p.m.
The notion that American's for Prosperity is non-partisan is preposterous. Does AnnArbor.com have editors? Standards? This is not a minor issue, when the Press enables Freedom Works, Americans for Prosperity and the American Enterprise Institute to masquerade as grass-roots organic movements – instead of the big-money corporatist, union busting interests that they actually are – you are playing an active role in misleading the public. Just because the tea Party is built on lies and misinformation doesn't mean that AnnArbor.com has to play along. Stop lying!
martini man
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:17 p.m.
I see the ol' liberal hate machine is oiled and running. It's great that Ms Palin is giving this talk. Annoying liberals is reason enough for this event. I wonder if the left wing "occupy" mentality crowd will try and disrupt Palin's right to express her opinion? From what I have read in some of these comments , it wouldn't surprise me. It seems like the far left posters rarely get "deleted" by the censors. In a way it's a good thing, because people can see what really rattles around in those progressive skulls. Of course this comment will be in violation of liberal guidlines and removed, but maybe a few can read it before the censors swoop down.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:27 p.m.
Most of the so called "far left" don't comment here. They're too busy working and caring for their families while sister Sarah plays at statesman far from her family and her home.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:25 p.m.
I see your irrelevant comment is still here.
bobslowson
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4:40 p.m.
WOW! The mayor of Troy AND Sarah Palin at the same event...how did Belleville get so lucky! All that backwards refined intelligence in one place...my brain is exploding!
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:31 p.m.
LOL! yeah...I'm heading to the ice machine to give myself brain-freeze right now! =D
shepard145
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:49 p.m.
By the way, I am not personally a fan of Governor Palin's, but even with her flaws she would be VASTLY SUPERIOR to obama as PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:30 p.m.
You're referring to Palin the half term quitter? The one who counsels sexual abstinence but couldn't teach her daughter that lesson? The Palin who was selected for VP because she's "pretty" yet couldn't answer simple questions without a handler?
Fester
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:48 p.m.
I'm sure Palin will be wearing plenty of lipstick to try to hide her true identity
Ross
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2 p.m.
If they would tell me what time she's speaking, I might go just for laughs. This woman spews so many ignorant and outright un-true left-bashing talking points that it can be pretty funny to watch. Until, that is, you look around and realize how many of your neighbors are nodding their heads in blind agreement. Then it can be a little scary. Credit to Sarah, she has found ways to stay relevant and employed long after her pathetic failure VP run.
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 6:10 p.m.
mixmaster, You do realize that Canada's universal healthcare system wasn't in place until 1984, right? At the time she went it was still private. But don't let that fact get in the way of your talking points. Also, you do realize that where she lived at that time that was the closest place they could go. And you do realize, she only lived there for the first 6 years of her life? Like she had a choice as to where to go? But don't let any of those facts get in the way.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 6:03 p.m.
How about demonizing universal health care, loved by progressives, while she illegally took advantage of the Canadian health care system? Wait no more
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:59 p.m.
mixmaster, "This woman spews so many ignorant and outright un-true left-bashing talking points" Can you name five of them? Still waiting.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:49 p.m.
How's this for hypocrisy, maallen? "We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn't that ironic?" --Sarah Palin, admitting that her family used to get treatment in Canada's single-payer health care system, despite having demonized such government-run programs as socialized medicine that will lead to death-panel-like rationing, March 6, 2010
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:14 p.m.
Tru2Blu76, What exactly is a "Common Man's Job?"
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:11 p.m.
Ok, I will bite. "This woman spews so many ignorant and outright un-true left-bashing talking points" Can you name five of them?
Tru2Blu76
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4:07 p.m.
Funny, true and, I agree, a bit scary. When you see her supporters getting all riled up over her nonsense statements, you know they haven't thought of her as an ordinary person - who apparently is not expected to be gainfully employed. In THIS job climate: someone like S.P. would be considered unemployable. Now think about that comparatively: after his time as president is over, Barack Obama will be a "hot prospect" at any law firm in the country. But Palin might have trouble getting a job as dog catcher. There's your answer on who to vote for (because Romney couldn't hold a Common Man's Job either!).
katmando
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:49 p.m.
Let the whinning commence. If the would bottle it and sell it on ebay that might make a few cents.
oldguy
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:21 p.m.
Funny that Scott Hagerstrom still calls her "govenor" when she walked away from that job... just quit. Oh well if they can get turned on by words from 'dumber than dirt' Sarah let them have their fun.
katmando
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:45 p.m.
Stop insulting dirt!
Robo
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:27 p.m.
Something stupid this way comes.
Tru2Blu76
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:53 p.m.
Brilliant!! I was needing a good, funny Palin put-down to cheer me up. Thanks, that did the trick!! :-)
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:23 p.m.
Not totally on topic, but I wonder if Ms Palin has any comments about the former VP's daughter getting married...to another woman? How does this square with her Judea o-Christian belief system?
Unusual Suspect
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4:23 p.m.
It sure seems important to you who marries whom, especially when they're people you have nothing to do with. Interesting.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:36 p.m.
It makes me happy that Ms Cheney was able to marry who she darn well pleases, yes. It's called "freedom".
Pickforddick
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:24 p.m.
Does it make you happy? That seems to be all that maters.
Pickforddick
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:43 a.m.
I would much rather see Sarah in town than Jessie or Al........Sarah is much prettier.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:36 p.m.
Yah. She is real cute. She don't obey her husband like a decent girl should, but she IS REAL CUTE!
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:35 p.m.
Superior, yes, I guess you have us silly libs pegged! We hated Hanoi Jane Fonda, we despise Julia Louis-Dryefuss, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Angie Jolie, we never read Maureen Dowd because we hate the way her picture sometimes makes her look all nice.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:29 p.m.
I am racking my brain to find a person that has all of the necessary "experience" to run a country as vast as the USA. Hard pressed to find anyone. Hard to come up with a past president that has all of the experience needed. But that was not your qualifier was it? It was about Sarah being a Shiny Bauble.
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:25 p.m.
Exactly the reason why her knuckle dragging, belly over the belt rednecks support her. Not that she knows or has done anything of relevance, but that she's "cute".
Peter
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:20 p.m.
I guess I'll give you guys some credit for sticking to your guns and being blatantly misogynistic in regards to even your OWN leaders, not that that's particularly admirable I suppose...
Andy Price
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:08 p.m.
Gee, how is Palin different from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Hmmm...
Pickforddick
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:27 p.m.
Considering the White House I would say you don't base them on experience either clown.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:25 p.m.
No, PIck, I myself would prefer all those you listed stay in their own yards, but maybe it is just that some of us don't pick our policy wonks based on looks.
Pickforddick
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:14 p.m.
You mean to tell me that some of you lefty's think Jessie and Al are prettier than Sarah? There is no hope......no wonder the country is in such bad shape.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:36 a.m.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group. There was $500,000 for a youth shelter, $1.9 million for a transportation hub, $900,000 for sewer repairs, and $15 million for a rail project Maybe she will rale against Obamas rail projects? -The biggest project that Sarah Palin undertook as mayor of this small town was an indoor sports complex, where locals played hockey, soccer, and basketball, especially during the long, dark Alaskan winters. The only catch was that the city began building roads and installing utilities for the project before it had unchallenged title to the land. The misstep led to years of litigation and at least $1.3 million in extra costs for a small municipality with a small budget. What was to be Ms. Palin's legacy has turned into a financial mess that continues to plague Wasilla Palin funded the project by pushing a special referendum that raised the sales tax by 25 percent. .- Is this TP responsibility? cost your tax payers a LOT of money, raise taxes and then leave?
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:28 p.m.
Good post Tru Blue...I LOVE Fiegers commercial. Although I'm not a big fan of his...
Tru2Blu76
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:48 p.m.
It might interest readers to know: the Palin Method you describe is not only true of her kind of "politics" but -- she borrowed that very same method from... Former Gov. Ronald Reagan. (California's massive funding problems today stem in part from Reagan's "populist politics.") Yet - honest (and badly misled) Americans keep trying to get Republicans elected. Some pro-Republican people make loud noises about not liking Obama, yet he's got a better record than Clinton (and has never been impeached). He's also better by a MILE than Bush was. Some of those people call Obama a "do nothing President" (at least partly true) yet those are conservative people who also complain about government interference in our lives. Makes ya wonder what the heck such voters DO want (other than a lilly white president, of which we've already had plenty). Maybe what we should really start working on is more honest political parties. After all, it's the parties which dictate who gets to be a candidate and it's the parties who hire propaganda experts to manipulate public opinion. Worth thinking about, IMO.
tom swift jr.
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:24 a.m.
Dear Sarah Supporters, When will you see the light and understand that this woman is an illiterate opportunist who doesn't have enough sense to realize that she isn't qualified to run a lawn mower, much less the most powerful country in the world. For instance, regarding Paul Revere she stated " "He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." Really, Sarah, that's your understanding of that event? Or, this statement: ""But obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies." (Sarah, it's always good to remember who your friends are!). And, at a motorcycle rally: ""I love that smell of the emissions!" When you get around to it, ask her what "refudiate" means, 'cuz she seems to be the only person that uses that word. The woman is delusional.
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:06 p.m.
Ooops, somehow it got cut off.....here's the rest: "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong." Do we need more? Should we bring Biden into this? Talking about delusional!
maallen
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:03 p.m.
tom, What about Obama's statements? "I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." Kansas tornado that killed 12 people "When I meet with world leaders, what's striking -- whether it's in Europe or here in Asia..." -referring to Hawaii as Asia Nov. 16, 2011 "We're the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad." Sept. 22, 2011 "One such translator representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy Corpse-Man Christian Brossard." –mispronouncing "Corpsman" (the "ps" is silent) Feb. 5, 2010 (The Corpsman's name is Christopher, not Christian) "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument Aug. 11, 2009 "The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." July 20, 2009 (Well at least he got the inefficiencies correct!) "It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." --confusing German for "Austrian," a language which does not exist April 6, 2009 "Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee -- which is my committee -- a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon." --referring to a committee he is not on July 23, 2008 "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of pa
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:40 p.m.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/why-do-republicans-hate-teleprompters-so-much/ "So the President uses a teleprompter? So, what? So did Reagan, are Republicans insinuating that he was stupid and inauthentic too?"
Pickforddick
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:10 p.m.
Like BHO without a teleprompter
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:23 a.m.
Americans for Prosperity is anything but non-partisan. The backers of AFP have such a hard time making money in America, what with the minimum wage and regulation, that they rank only 18th on the list of Forbes richest Americans. This is much like the Other Liberal running for president, the economy is so bad in America that he went from making just under $7,000,000 in 2009 and only managed to "earn" over $20,000,000 in 2010. Not bad for being retired! Not as good as a teacher or retired GM employee, but not bad! Yes, no doubt about it, AFP and Romney are out to look out for the common folk.
hmsp
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4:24 a.m.
@ Unusual Suspect, re: "It's interesting to see the true foulness of the left on display in these comments." How about some specifics, Unusual — you mean that she didn't quit her job right after being elected? You mean she actually has a sophisticated grasp of national and international politics? And when you attempt to answer that second point, keep in mind that spoon-fed speeches are one thing, answers to journalists/audience members' questions are an entirely different thing!
Unusual Suspect
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4:04 a.m.
It's interesting to see the true foulness of the left on display in these comments. Their personal attacks provide a clear view of how really obscene they are and how their claims of being the tolerant people are entirely bogus. I hope AnnArbor.com will continue to post articles like these so everybody can clearly see the left's intolerance and pure hate on display.
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:51 p.m.
Wait a minute! If you want an example I'll give you one. Unusual called "leaguebus" "SHORTBUS"! I called foul and flagged the comment. Does the above comment qualify as "projecting" psych 101?
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:26 p.m.
None of those are examples of "...the true foulness of the left on display in these comments". Hatred of political opponents is not just a purview of "the left", now is it? I do remember some pretty nasty comments about our Commander in Chief recently around here. Interesting, as that used to be called "aiding the enemy" by many "patriots".
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:23 p.m.
Pics or it didn't happen.
Fly_Guy
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:12 p.m.
@Patti, I lived the last 8 years in Denver, CO where I worked downtown through the DNC. During lunch I would walk through downtown and I can assure you I saw firsthand many examples of pure hate. But then again maybe people with signs that said things like "execute Bush" was just all in jest. Also let's just face it, people hate Sara Palin and I mean hate her. Myself I'm not a fan of her politics, but I don't hate her. Hell there has been death threats made to her children.
Superior Twp voter
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:48 p.m.
So true.
bunnyabbot
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:27 p.m.
you mean personal attacks and tolerance from the people that gave us such bumber stickers as "hate is not a family value"? ...unless of course you don't believe what I believe. The left has turned out to be the biggest bully.
PattyinYpsi
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:01 p.m.
@Fly_Guy: I think clownfish wanted examples of "pure hate" and obscenity from the comments posted here.
Fly_Guy
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:49 a.m.
Here is an example, after the presidential elections I heard someone publicly say "Good, now she can take her retard kid back to Alaska." This was followed by an eruption on laughter; nothing but class.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:18 a.m.
Examples?
bunnyabbot
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4 a.m.
I wish I could attend :( but I have to work Saturday. Would be refreshing to not hear ultraliberal psycho-babble all day long, like I normally hear around ann arbor.
Brad
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:36 p.m.
Yep, then you could hear ultraconservative just-plain-babble.
leaguebus
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:45 a.m.
Sarah gets $100K per appearance and is obviously a 1%er, just like her sponsors, the Koch brothers. Limited government sounds good, but the limits apply only to the 99%, not the 1%. The 1% will see more tax cuts which will move even more money to the top and away from the bottom. Large cuts to the safety net because of the cuts to taxes, will impact only the lowest of the 99%. Thankfully the Republikans love their assault rifles which will and are finding their way down to the have nots. Once the ones on the bottom of the economy lose hope, there will be consequences which will make the Detroit riots a walk in the park. I am truly amazed at the lack of compassion the far right possesses. Third world countries all have a huge gap between the rich and the poor and no middle class. We are on our way thanks to the cut taxes and limited government types.
Fly_Guy
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:43 a.m.
"Thankfully the Republikans love their assault rifles which will and are finding their way down to the have nots." I"m sorry, you have this confused with the Dems.
leaguebus
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4:13 a.m.
I guess making kids hungry is a stereotype? I plead guilty.
bugmenot
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:32 a.m.
Thanks for the warning!
hmsp
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:30 a.m.
@ Hammer, re: "Sarah Palin sure does get the Progs panties in a bunch." No, but we get a lot of great laughs listening to her put her foot in her mouth time after time. And we also marvel at those who applaud her "courage" for quitting the job she was elected to do, in order to earn huge amounts in speaking fees. So! Willow Run Tea Party Caucus? Americans for Prosperity? We really think that you should pay Sarah P. AT LEAST twice what you have contracted to pay her! Trust us, it will be money well spent...
slave2work
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:26 a.m.
Property owners anyone?.. so no property taxes teacuppers . many have never owned.. only rented. Just saying...................................
hmsp
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:18 a.m.
@ David Briegel, re: "No sane person will go to see the semi literate half term quitter." I strongly disagree with you on that point! Ever hear the word bedlam? Defined in the dictionary as, "chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom" — and, most aptly, as, "disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably," the word actually is a contraction of "The Bethlem Royal Hospital", an old English mental hospital/prison/people-zoo. Back in the 1700s, people would pay good money — an entire penny, which qualified as Mucho Dinero back then — to watch the freaks doing their funky things. So, ya never know! Maybe, a couple hundred years from now, the word "bedlam" will have been replaced with "Willrun" (contracted from Willow Run", of course), or the like. As long as we can keep them east of Prospect, or thereabouts, I see no reason for concern for the rest of us. But in the meantime, I see no harm in going to the freak show, and smashing on a few $1 hot dogs...
Hammer
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:54 a.m.
Sarah Palin sure does get the Progs panties in a bunch.
Unusual Suspect
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:34 p.m.
McCain was going to lost no matter who his running mate was, except maybe a reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. He didn't really try to win. Everything he did during the campaign was done with at best a luke-warm attitude. He didn't have the fire-in-the-belly, want-to-win-it attitude. I once described his campaign as one big, long concession speech.
PattyinYpsi
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : noon
@northside: I think John McCain recognizes those things about Palin more than any other Republican.
northside
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:39 a.m.
@ Hammer: Actually, many of us love Sarah. She's an absolute joke and most of the nation realizes that. Even many conservatives recognize she's without substance and damaging to their causes.
bedrog
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:18 a.m.
Hammer...that's sort of understandable isn't it??, simply because she's been on the cusp of world power while being an idiot. understandable at least to those of us grounded in some sort of reality ( which clearly does not include teapartiers).
dotdash
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:49 a.m.
In the Bible verse quoted, "Oh Lord... give ear to my voice", the phrase means to listen. But I don't think Palin is going to listen; I think she will speak and the crowd will listen. So, no, even with the Bible verse as guide, it makes no sense.
sj1966
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:15 a.m.
Wow, does anyone from the teacup party actually work in workplaces that would strip you of your rights if not for a contract preventing them from doing so? I know for a fact if we didn't have a contract in place I would be working 7 days a week for minimum wages without benefits and the minute I stand up for myself I would be out of a job. I am one of those working people that these people talk about. I work 3 jobs infact.However, I am in the 99% and not the 1%. Don't know too many hard working 1%. Ever watch the show Undercover Boss? Thats the 1% working the jobs we 99% do. Most breakdown from the actual labor that they had no clue about.They go back to their $39.50 a day hotel room and complain about how much they hurt and how hard those jobs are.Really? You did it for one day,I do it 6 days a week, 10 hrs a day.Welcome to the 99% club.The tea cup party wants people like me to vote for people that have no clue how we the 99% actually have to live inorder to simply exist.How many would change their mind if they were denied healthcare insurance and then got diagnosed with a serious medical condition that would actually bankrupt them? Its easy to preach those beliefs but a lot harder to live them when it is you. I would rather give someone the medical insurance they need than to watch lives destroyed and the medical costs go up simply because they were denied medical insurance. The tea cup party wants to set this country back 100 yrs....every man, woman and child for themselves.To think people have died to get the rights we have in the workplace and people die everyday simply because they cannot afford health insurance. The teacup party would have their deaths be all in vain if they have their way. These people scare me. Anyone who gives them the time of day without questioning them scare me more. Thank God Canada is next door. I may be looking for other options if things continue as they are.Just saying.
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:44 p.m.
Actually, one of the speakers mentioned works at the Rawsonville plant and takes full advantage of the contract but doesn't believe he should have to pay union dues. He would be on the street if it weren't for the UAW. I'm surprised the Tea Party members even pay any taxes, yet they still want all the rights and priviledges that come with citizenship...same scenario with not paying union dues!
Unusual Suspect
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:41 p.m.
Billy Bob, you're assuming that government-run health care would contribute to and lengthen life. That's a pretty bold assumption.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:12 p.m.
Actually, Cait, there is a famous statement in the Declaration of Independence (the document that lays out the basic American political philosophy) about having the unalienable right to Life. I guess Jefferson left out the rest of that part ("Life, assuming you can find the bucks to keep it").
CupCait
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:49 p.m.
Who said healthcare was a right? If you can't afford to purchase your own healthcare, then that is your problem. Medical care is there if you need it, it's not free but it doesn't have interest. No one is ENTITILED to have healthcare. If I want the choice to not purchase it, I WANT THAT CHOICE. Our freedoms are getting taken away by Obamacare and now I have to pay for people who will milk the system for all it's worth. Oh and good luck on getting into a doctor when your "serious medical condition" occurs, try upwards of 2 months. Oh and lets just throw in there how Obamacare is going to kill off the pillars of our country, our grandparents. Here come the death commitees! Since when was it ok to choose for someone if their life is worth saving? "Thank God Canada is next door" OH REALLY, then why don't you just move right over there and spare us your idiotic remarks. They have death committees over there too. Guess that's what you're looking for!
Deborah Gibson
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:02 a.m.
I hope the Ann Arbor.com doesn't plan to run 3 or 4 patriotic stories about the event or Ms. Palin's speech. They certainly have no more claim to "patriotism" because of their fiscal policies than any other" non- partisan" group.
tom swift jr.
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:49 a.m.
"Sarah Palin to 'give ears to our voice' during Saturday event".... Does that statement even make sense?
bedrog
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 10:59 a.m.
tom sure it does...much like the well known proverb s "it gives liver to my knees' and " it gives ankle to my spleen".
DBH
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:15 a.m.
@tom swift jr., it is not conventional English, but it does make sense in a way. As I had referenced in an earlier comment on this story (in reply to @Brad, the first one in this thread), see http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+141&version=ESV for some insight as to its origin.
MIKE
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:55 a.m.
It's actually her voice that will give ears to their voice, which makes even less sense.
bedrog
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:18 a.m.
The new HBO series THE NEWSROOM with Jeff Daniels has quite alot that is both apt and funny to say about the teaparty, but not "'haha funny" ....more "omigod what has happened to the republican party funny". One of its more on-point observations is that both the far left and the far right produce crazies...but the Democrats have never regarded left- crazies ( from the anarchists, to the Yippies, to those like the current crop of GREENS) as their standard setters the way righties/republicans have kowtowed to the Limbaughs and palins.
grimmk
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:38 a.m.
I love this show for that reason. It's so refreshing.
Arboriginal
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:52 a.m.
How much is the 1/2 term governor getting paid?
Ron Granger
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:05 a.m.
"Governor Palin is going to help us inspire and energize grass roots activists" I don't think you get to be called "Governor" when you quit before your term is half over.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:44 p.m.
Who calls him "Senator Obama"? We would not have called her "Governor" if McCain had won, now would we? Why don't we call her a more accurate title: Media Elite Pundit Palin.
Brad
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:35 p.m.
@Unusual - have a great time at the rally. Don't forget to tape some tea bags on your hat.
Monica R-W
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 6:02 a.m.
@Ron Granger.... The correct term would be Former Half-Term/Resigned Ex. Gov. of Alaska Sarah Palin. She RESIGNED in her term and that is a notable fact! @Umusual Suspect Ummm... President Obama could not serve as President of the United States and Senator from Illinois at the same time. Holding DUAL OFFICES in the Federal Executive, Legislative and/or Judicial Branches is not allowed by our Constitution but, one would think any Tea-Partying Loving Patriot would know that. Just Saying....
Unusual Suspect
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 4 a.m.
Obama quit the Senate before his term was over.
smokeblwr
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:01 a.m.
Dollar hot dogs?!?! Nobody is going to prosper from selling them that cheap!
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:38 p.m.
They are having them shipped in from Mexico! LOL!
xmo
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 11:40 p.m.
Thank Goodness, finally we have someone intelligent speaking! I get so tired of hearing Obama Blaming Bush, Biden's desire not to be "Blue Collar" and Eric Holder's Presidential Privilege.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:49 p.m.
"Eric Holder's Presidential Privilege." is based on memos and Executive Branch findings written by MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General: July 15, 2008 THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I am writing to request that you assert executive privilege with respect to Department of Justice documents subpoenaed by the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives (the "Committee"). ...Despite these substantial efforts at accommodation, the Committee insists that the Department provide it with unredacted copies of all of the subpoenaed documents except your interview report. In my view, such a production would chill deliberations among future White House officials and impede future Department of Justice criminal investigations involving official White House conduct. Accordingly, for the reasons discussed below, it is my considered legal judgment that it would be legally permissible for you to assert executive privilege with respect to the subpoenaed documents, and I respectfully request that you do so. --- Darn precedent! If only someone had warned us about that...oh, wait, we did.
LatersBaby
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:33 p.m.
@Townie...."sadder"? pot calling the kettle black?
Monica R-W
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 5:58 a.m.
Good one Townie!!!
sj1966
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:19 a.m.
Really? intelligent speaking? From where? Pailn? hahaha...now thats funny....thanks for the laugh my friend.
Townie
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:11 a.m.
'What magazines do you read?' Ha. She's illiterate and can't read -- what a dumb question to ask her - it was a 'trick question' like Sarah said. How cruel to ask an illiterate like that a tough question. Sarah Palin - trying (unsuccessfully) to sound even intelligent is almost a performance worth watching. But mostly it's sad and even sadder looking at the people who actually think she's got anything to say and can put together a full sentence.
David Briegel
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:48 a.m.
Intelligent speaking? Certainly not amongst the Tea Drinkers!
Edward Norman
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 11:37 p.m.
"Americans for Prosperity" is "owned" by the oil billionaire Koch bro's in texas, who invented and financed this patriotic sounding organization. As a veteran, I will not be attending this gathering of people, who choose to ignore the truth and fact's of today's political arena. "Non partisan", does the writer of this article actually believe what they wrote! The 99's are still here...........
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:36 p.m.
Unfortunately Ed, it's guys like us that SHOULD be there so that "THEY" don't think they can come and mess in our backyard.
bedrog
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:20 a.m.
quite right ...and the kochs could buy and sell the much maligned ( by the far right) George soros many times over, with a helping of warren buffet thrown in.
Goober
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 11:04 p.m.
I'll bet that much of the crowd will be people from Ann Arbor.
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:14 a.m.
yep, there is so much truthiness to "death panels", Palin, May 31: Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined.- LIE "we're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the Gulf."- LIE Democrats do not have a plan for extending the Bush tax cuts. -LIE "Democrats are poised now to cause this largest tax increase in U.S. history." -LIE "We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"-LIE Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."-LIE "Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.-not true Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."-not true "The truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part." -LIE Funny that Sarah would show up for a group that wants to stop a bridge that goes somewhere!
David Briegel
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 1:46 a.m.
No sane person will go to see the semi literate half term quitter.
JD
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 11:26 p.m.
Ann Arbor (U-M) likes Eric (with)Holder preaching about social justice much better. And two love-fests with Obama in three years. Palin is right. That's why people hate her. She speaks the truth.
northside
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 10:55 p.m.
The richest 1% of the nation has 40% of the wealth yet Sarah and the tea party crowd are worried about ... socialism.
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:22 p.m.
MY VERSION OF EDIT>>>SORRY> Mixmaster...I meant no foul to you that continue to carry the torch. I painted with a broad brush because the baby boomers are the largest demographic group in history. They attained that greatness when things were made here and everyone that wanted to work, was working. I live in a glass house and have broken out all my own windows..so yes, I bleed "Buy American" and "Take care of your neighbor" LOL! I apologize for grouping you/those into one category. =D
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:15 p.m.
Mixmaster...I meant no foul to you thank continue to carry the torch. I painted with a broad brush because the baby boomers are the largest demographic group in history. The attained that greatness when thinks were made here and everyone that wanted to work was working. I live in a glass house and have broken out my own windows..so yes, I bleed "Buy American" and "Take care of your neighbor" LOL! I apologize for grouping you/those into one category. =D
mixmaster
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 3:05 p.m.
Thanks for the grossest exaggeration of baby boomers. I buy American when I can shop locally and have contributed more than $20,000 (from my SSI and retirement) to local non profits and charities in the last 4 years. Can you say the same shutthefrontdoor?
shutthefrtdoor
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:33 p.m.
@JD Sorry to disagree, but the numbers being added to SSI are purely demographic due to the baby boomers retiring. Now, that being said...if theses baby boomers had been a bit more patriotic in their spending habits after leaving the work force we wouldn't have high unemployement. But because they not only removed their contribution to SSI by retiring, they chose to buy products that are NOT produced by American workers; who do pay into SSI. The descimation of the American Auto Industry has been particulally harse on the area. It's like having a pot luck and nobody brings anything to put in the pot and then screaming that it is the preachers fault cuz the pot's empty!
clownfish
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 11:04 a.m.
"Reward those that don't work" Like Sarah Palin? Does she have a "real" job? Does she produce anything other than platitudes and misinformation?
notnecessary
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 2:03 a.m.
Facism on the right, socialism on the left -- both things we should be scared of...
DBH
Tue, Jul 10, 2012 : 12:07 a.m.
@JD: "...and wants to punish the actual working people (the rich mostly)..." I would think the middle class comprises the majority of those that work, wouldn't you? Do you ever read what you write, looking for absurdities, before you hit the "Post my comment" button?
JD
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 11:22 p.m.
More people got accepted for social security in June than we had job gains in June. 85,000 went on Social Security, and only 80,000 jobs were created in June. People are actually proud when they get their disability today in America. Meanwhile, the feds, under Obama's watch, are actually running ads for food stamps. These people on disability should be ashamed of themselves. Instead, they smile and vote for the guy that hands it out. And that guy (Obama) runs around talking about "fair share" and wants to punish the actual working people (the rich mostly) while rewarding the lazy people. Reward those who don't work. And then punish those that do. That's the philosophy that is absolutely gonna break this country.
Goober
Mon, Jul 9, 2012 : 11:03 p.m.
We should all be worried about socialism.