'Screw the left in Hollywood!' GOP firebrand Sarah Palin rambles after teleprompter freezes, and leaves crowd baffled ... just after saying she's 'ser

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Did these "reporters" watch the same speech that Isaw, or did they decide just to make stuff up, while showing there lack of understanding? The article is complete bogus. Those who said she got lost where she was at in her speech or teleprompter quit were not paying attention. She spoke from the heart . Sarah Palin clearly spoke from notes in her binder, looking down and turning the pages as she went, as she does routinely. She hardly ever looks down at her notes. Of course the Palin haters see what the need to see...believe what they need to believe........ She got a standing ovation. Iowans aren't easily impressed. So the fact she got a standing ovation says a lot. .....She hit on many of the issues Americans are concerned about. She was fluent, passionate and convincing. She was also calling out the entrenched D.C. establishment in both parties. She offered substance and the kind of straight and real talk that voters crave.

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Sarah Palin clearly spoke from notes in her binder, looking down and turning the pages as she went, as she does routinely. She hardly ever looks down at her notes.

bit of a contradiction, no?

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Ya think?

bit of a contradiction, no?

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Ya think?

i do.

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Did these "reporters" watch the same speech that Isaw, or did they decide just to make stuff up, while showing there lack of understanding? The article is complete bogus. Those who said she got lost where she was at in her speech or teleprompter quit were not paying attention. She spoke from the heart . Sarah Palin clearly spoke from notes in her binder, looking down and turning the pages as she went, as she does routinely. She hardly ever looks down at her notes. Of course the Palin haters see what the need to see...believe what they need to believe........ She got a standing ovation. Iowans aren't easily impressed. So the fact she got a standing ovation says a lot. .....She hit on many of the issues Americans are concerned about. She was fluent, passionate and convincing. She was also calling out the entrenched D.C. establishment in both parties. She offered substance and the kind of straight and real talk that voters crave.

Byron York on Palin's Iowa performance:

DES MOINES — As a chance to evaluate possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates, the Freedom Summit here in Des Moines was a solid success. Several potential candidates — Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and a few others — left the 10-hour political marathon with their prospects undeniably enhanced.

All that was good news for Republicans. But at the same time, more than a few GOP loyalists came away shaking their heads at the performance of a party star, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whose long, rambling, and at times barely coherent speech left some wondering what role she should play in Republican politics as the 2016 race begins in earnest.

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First, Palin embarked on an extended stream-of-consciousness complaint about media coverage of her decision to run in a half-marathon race in Storm Lake, Iowa in 2011. She then moved on to grumbling about coverage of a recent photo of her with a supporter who had made a sign saying "Fuc_ you Michael Moore" in reaction to the left-wing moviemaker's criticism of the film "American Sniper." Then it was on to Palin's objections about the social media ruckus over a picture of her six-year-old son Trig standing on the family's Labrador Retriever.

It was all quite petty, and yet the complaining took half of Palin's allotted time. She then proceeded to blow through her time limit with a free-association ramble on Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, the energy industry, her daughter Bristol, Margaret Thatcher, middle-class economics — "the man can only ride ya when your back is bent" — women in politics, and much more. It would be hard to say that Palin's 35-minute talk had a theme, but she did hint that she is interested in running, although there are no indications she has taken any actual steps in that direction.

"Long and disjointed," said one social conservative activist when asked for reaction. "A weird speech," said another conservative activist. "Terrible. Didn't make any sense."

"There was a certain coarseness to her that wasn't there before," said yet another social conservative who noted that some in the crowd were uncomfortable with Palin declarations like, "Screw the left in Hollywood!" (It's not that they like the left in Hollywood — just the opposite — but the crudeness of Palin's expressions turned them off.)

"I know she is popular, but it is hard to take her seriously given that performance," said Sam Clovis, the conservative Iowa college professor, radio commentator, and sometime political candidate.

"Palin was a sad story Saturday. With every speech she gives, she gets worse and worse. If one were playing a political cliche drinking game, no one would have been sober after the first 15 minutes of an interminable ramble. It was really painful."

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"Calling Gov. Palin's remarks bizarre and disjointed would be charitable," said a well-connected Iowa Republican. "Her shelf-life, even with the most conservative voters in our party, seems to be near the end. In a day filled with strong performances from likely candidates ranging from Scott Walker to Ted Cruz, her remarks were a distraction."

And no, Byron York is no lefty.

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bit of a contradiction, no?

Not if you're boss eyed

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