Palin Explains What Parts Of Country Not "Pro-America"

[Joey Liberal]

The McCain campaign is seeking to clarify a remark reported from a Sarah Palin fundraiser in North Carolina yesterday in which the Alaska Governor declared that she loved to visit the "pro-America" areas of the country -- implying, implicitly, that there were some parts of the United States she viewed as not pro-America.

The reporter who broke the story, the Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin, sends over the following, extended quote from a more detailed version of the pool report.

"We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. We believe" -- here the audience interrupted Palin with applause and cheers -- "We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans. Those who are running our factories and teaching our kids and growing our food and are fighting our wars for us. Those who are protecting us in uniform. Those who are protecting the virtues of freedom."
Not sure how much this helps Palin out. Is the VP candidate saying that small towns are more authentically American than, say, suburbia or cities?

As Eilperin writes: "The upshot? Washington D.C. is neither 'real America' or 'pro-America.' Other parts of the nation? It's unclear, but if you live in a small town, you're probably patriotic from Palin's point of view."

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In other words, the Queen Bitch thinks that only the red states are "Pro-American". She must think the Flyer's fans who booed her are un-American too. Message to Palin: Welcome to Philly, Queen Bitch. You may want to avoid New York City and Beantown too.

[succubus.blues]

1. I always knew

the liberal Bay Area was full of commies. :eyes:

[RagAss]

2. Kiss my Floridian Ass you moronic tart !

[davidpdx]

45. Good one

Though I think moronic tart is going a bit easy on her. She's much worse then that.

[fascisthunter]

3. Amazing... It's Like They Only Want Right WIngers to Vote for Them...

[Joey Liberal]

8. Good point

I get the feeling that McFibber and the Queen Bitch are desperate and are only seeking out votes from the Faux News and Rush "The Big Fat Idiot" Limbuagh crowd.

[fascisthunter]

16. You'd Think They'd Realize How Small a Segment of the Population

these people are. Are Republicans living in a controlled bubble where only certain information penetrates? I mean...:wtf:

[Joey Liberal]

20. Its scary

The republicans remind me of the pre-WW2 Nazi Party in Germany. They are using Nazi tactics. Only this time, it's not aimed at the Jews. Its aimed at Democrats and anyone that dares to oppose their evil ideas.

[fascisthunter]

24. I Know This... my German Mother Tells Me...

they act and use the very same tactics the Nazis did. I have read enough of what Nazis did, to also take her words for it...

[nichomachus]

4. People in cities don't fight in wars??????

What a bunch of racist, violent, goons. The GOP has sunk lower than I ever thought it could.

[Joey Liberal]

13. Apparently the Blue States have no veterans or

people serving in the military. It must really suck to be a republican.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Wow, no one from big cities served in the military?

Those who are running our factories and teaching our kids and growing our food and are fighting our wars for us. Those who are protecting us in uniform. Those who are protecting the virtues of freedom.

[KathieG]

11. And apparently there are no teachers in the cities either.

:eyes:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Full of lazy, cowardly people, too, by her statement.

[OswegoAtheist]

43. Apparently I don't exist then!

Since I'm from a big city, a veteran, a teacher in training, and I live in New York. Damn, I must hate America! :shrug:

Oswego "Although that big city WAS Toronto" Atheist

[Marsala]

6. Why not just say New York, San Francisco and Chicago are anti-American?

At this point, that would barely hurt them and might motivate the "base".

[jane_pippin]

7. Says the lady whose family members were in an Alaska secession org?

ooooooooookaaaaaaaaaay then.



Maybe that has been proven untrue. I'm not sure--there's a lot to keep up with and I can only shovel so fast. :D

[dana_b]

9. yeah - we don't have ANY teachers, military people,

factories, people who help other people, etc. in big cities. Just a bunch of whiny libs who complain about how bad everything is. :eyes:

[HughMoran]

10. Fumble twist snark fucknut what???

Stupid fucking &^(*!!!!!

[Zenlitened]

12. Sarah Palin is a secessionist sympathizer.

That's a plain fact.

[IntravenousDemilo]

15. Small town, small minds. n/m

[fascisthunter]

19. nah... don't say that

we have good liberals and democrats fighting the good fight in small towns. I know people from small towns and they have brilliant minds. Besides, how does it look for the Democratic Party to have members saying stuff like that.

The point is... people regardless of where they are from love their country. And great minds are everywhere just as small minds are everywhere. I grew up in the city and still presently reside in the same city, and I can tell ya, there are many small minds here.

[IntravenousDemilo]

53. Oh, I lived in one, population 1,049.

Back in 1970, my dad opened a bakery in Redvers, Saskatchewan, where there had been no bakery before. We were from the "big city" of Regina (pop. 140,000 at the time), and we were seen as urban outsiders and never accepted into the community. Rather than buy day-old bread from my father at half price, they would prefer to get the "fresh" bread that had been sitting for a week on the shelf at the Red & White Store.

Stupid, insular, anti-intellectual paranoiacs, all of them, and highly conservative. Their refusal of patronage drove my father into bankruptcy and he died soon after. I hope Redvers becomes a ghost town -- as of 2001, the population was 917.

[FLyellowdog]

17. If you're not with the one you love...

love the one you're with. How can these people be so ignorant as to believe she's anything more than a rabble rouser? She's really getting on my nerves.

[City Lights]

18. This Chicago Suburbanite sends a hearty FUCK YOU your way, Sarah.

You are a divisive little scum sucking loser.

[Joey Liberal]

22. Yeah! FUCK YOU Sarah Palin!

[nemo137]

48. Hey, we Illinoisans won the last Civil War. So, you know, bring it.

Just sayin'. But, you know, Grant, Lincoln, et al.

And, you know, Gov. Palin can suck a bag of dicks.

[Rocknrule]

21. "Anti-American" is code for "Anti-Republican"

[sad sally]

39. Worse than "Anti-American" is

the LIBERAL LEFT-WING Anti-American. Oh, save me from your hand-wringing, Ms. Palin - we're as American as it gets! We want this to be a Country for ALL of its people - including you and those we disagree with. There are financial and ecological disasters that must be dealt with immediately. We don't have time for your senseless chatter.

Palin and her masters are doing everything they can to tear America apart. They certainly don't want to see an America that wants to end a war(s), bring up the standard of decency for all its citizens (jobs, health care, education, energy independence, saving Planet Earth for tomorrow) and end the inequities of wealth distribution and social injustice that still plague this FINE COUNTRY.

peace...until we all fly together, what sense does it make?

[TexasLady]

23. I live in a small town, outside of it actually AND in Texas

gee, sarahcuda. Thanks. Glad to know I have your approval on my patriotism.

Dumbass.

[Indenturedebtor]

25. Classic Fascist Ultra-Nationalist Garbage from another PUKE n/t

[donco6]

26. An American in Denver, here.

And I grew up blue in a small town, too.

[ellie]

27. Oh fuck her

[foxfeet]

29. Eeeeeeeew.

Thanks, but no thanks.

[Joey Liberal]

32. Yeah! Fuck that Alaskan Bitch!

I'm feelin' rowdy tonight:)..........

[Joey Liberal]

33. From Newport, R.I. - Fuck You Palin!

Well, I was born there, but live in a Red State now:)............

[political_Dem]

28. Was that Floozy Wearing her Polar Bear Pin?

When will people realize that this chienne is promoting her separatist, secessionist views and mainstreaming them into American society? She's acting like the second-coming of Eva Braun.

[central scrutinizer]

30. But the blue states provide more than their share of the funding

for the military and the other federal programs that the red states take advantage of. Alaska is by the far the worst in this category. All of us are paying more for gas to prop up Alaska's budget. So I guess the more patriotic you are the harder you suck on the federal teat.

[mokawanis]

31. From Madison, WI - Fuck you Palin

I wish she'd make an appearance here. I'd love to see the reception that fuckwit gets.

[No Elephants]

34. Washington, D.C. is not pro-America? Our government, whether Dem or Pub is not pro-America?

[Joey Liberal]

36. Not according to the Alaskan Sled Dog nt

[treestar]

35. She is always calling it a "great nation" and at the same time now

saying it is not all in favor of itself.

Failin fails again.

[Joey Liberal]

37. We are only great if we vote for her and McFibber

If we dont vote for her, then we are un-American. She's such a Fascist.

[orwell]

38. To paraphrase early SNL...

...Sarah you ignorant slut!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

40. Minneapolis is a big city. Our Congressman is a Muslim

So I guess we're anti-American. Proudly. Eat shit and die, Mooselini.

[robertpaulsen]

41. From Pro-America Liberal Los Angeles: FUCK YOU PALIN!

FUCK YOU AND THE ASSHOLE OF THE MOOSE YOU RODE IN ON!!!

[BootinUp]

42. She's good at what she does

I have to hand it to her, makes my blood boil as much as any other fucknut republican.

[Eric J in MN]

44. "The real America" part is the most offensive.

People who live in big cities in America aren't really part of America, she implies.

The Founders didn't share her hostility to Boston, New York, and Pennsylvania.

[morillon]

46. I'm just smilin'...

...thinking we're less than a hundred days away from the chance of getting a brand new Fairness Doctrine. Time to free our brainwashed brothers and sisters from their mental enslavement! :-)

(I'm not really kidding about that mental enslavement part, either.)

[TheKentuckian]

47. I BOLDLY question Palin's patriotisim

after all, she apparently does too.

[Joey Liberal]

52. I think Palin is truly un-American nt

[Ilsa]

49. So, a big city like San Diego CA is unpatriotic with their navy personnel,

aircraft carriers, Marines, bases, etc? Cities like Corpus Christi, Texas, Key West Fl are unpatriotic? What about the commies that are growing food? Or the automobile builders? More marxists? The people that design software or build medical equipment are unpatriotic?

The GOP has gone overboard in encouraging their candidates to run on this. I hope they get trounced soundly and the exit poll comments explain why.

[Ilsa]

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[Cha]

51. And Joe Biden explains why We're All Pro

American:patriot: :patriot: :bounce:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x217679

[peaches2003]

54. An ignorant bitch

That's is the only way to describe her. She only knows her talking points and would fail any test on American history. I'd love to see her visit New England, especially VT about which none of the nutjobs can say a good word. Is there a more historically patriotic pro-American section of the country? I'll take her up there on the 4th of July and let her take her ignorant words back.

If McLame and this witch take this election I don't know what my husband and I will do. I no longer really want to live in a country that could elect Bush, Bush, McCain/Palin.