Subject: [big campaign] Tracking Update: Palin Rally in Clairsville, Oh 10/12/08
From: "Andres Moreno" <[email-masked]>
To: "Andres Moreno" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:49:47 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

Hello All,Just got off the phone with our tracker, Kelli, on the ground in
Ohio. Below are the notes from our call.

Clairsville, OH: Palin Rally 10/12/08
(Disclaimer: The following are notes, not direct quotes. If you'd like a
quotable transcript or video of any part below, please email us.)

Background details

   - 1,500 in attendance mostly white families
   - 6 cameras, 4 trucks, 2 still photographers plus a very small contingent
   of traveling Press
   - When Palin says who is responsible for economic crisis - various
   audience members yell out "Barney Frank"
   - Local police and sheriff as well as usual Secret Service
   - Heavily staffed with volunteers but only a few campaign staffers have
   been seen
   - tons of signs and chum
   - Tracker saw no demonstrators but arrived too early to make it likely to
   see them
   - Country bluegrass band playing mostly "Girl themed" songs: American
   Girl, Every thing's better with a girl in it, Little Sister ect.
   - Pom pom's and Country First signs handed to crowd.  A few signs also
   say: "Clean Coal?  You Betcha!"
   - Event in a hay field in front of a big red barn, with Victory painted
   on the side with 20 foot letters
   - hay bales for the vip's to sit on. Huge Crane holding up huge American
   Flag

Speech Highlights
Palin:

*Thank you for the warm introduction, being here on a hot day you know no
matter what others say I like small town folk like me because they just get
it. Hits Obama for comment on clinging to guns and religion, says John
McCain will put America first.

[crowd chants USA]

McCain is his own man, he is a Maverick, doesn't run with the herd

The only man in the race that isn't afraid to use the word victory when
talking about the two words. I want to hear Barack Obama say he wants
America to win. John spent 5 and a half years as a POW – he is the kind of
man I want to be the next Commander in Chief - Those of you who have served
in the past let us honor you, raise your hands. We thank you for your
service and sacrifice – JM is always proud to be an American. Our opponents
do always talk about the past, they look to the past because that is where
you find blame.

… There is anger about the insider dealing in Washington, anger about the DC
elite. John McCain is going to turn your anger into action. In a time of
great economic worry, he will help you keep your jobs, go to school and all
of us afford healthcare. We are going to fix our economy

[Talks about education] parents know how to educate their child. Have
government on your side.

We will balance our federal budget in the next ten years. Where we are with
the federal government, we have to quite digging the whole we are in. We
have to pass a spending freeze for all but the most important, like veterans
care.

As a mayor and governor, I eliminated personal property taxes, and small
business inventory taxes. Then as governor suspending our state fuel tax.
With a surplus in our state, returning it back to the people of Alaska,
because it is their money and they know how to spend it better then
government.

John McCain proposed a solution important for retired Americans who invest
in the stock market. Folks forced to sell at these current lows that is not
fair. He has called for the rules to be suspended as soon as possible. That
will help our estimed senior citizens
He will help bring stability to our housing market because of predatory
lenders. We can fix it with that big bailout that congress past. I know that
all the working government from their government is be on our side. We are
going to get this economy back on track
You can not afford increased taxes right now, so listen closely to our
opponents plans, Obama voted 94 times for increasing taxes, even on people
making more then $42,000 a year. He wants to spend a trillion dollars more.
America is in deep debt.
America is in debt, and he will get us in deeper….  Its that common sense
conservatism that is John McCain, in times like these the last thing we need
is another tax increase, America can't afford another big spender in the
White House.

John and I also, on a mission to set this country on a path to energy
independence. Drill baby drill, you got it
[crowd chants Drill baby Drill] You bet, and this one is my baby, your
right. What we have to do to get our country to energy independence. We need
to build more nuclear power plants. Clean Coal, lets talk coal [crowd chants
- mine baby mine] that is new, and we haven't heard that at the rallies,
that is good, may I plagiarize that. There is more coal in this country then
oil in Saudi Arabia. Why aren't we using it? Joe Biden [crowd boos] he said
there is no such thing as clean coal. Rather Biden approves of it or not, JM
and I will develop clean coal here in America. Our plan for coal will make
more jobs. You know those resouce development jobs are darn good job my
husband works in oil in AK. The first dude your right. I know all about
those oil productions, energy production jobs, my family is recipients of
the benefits of those jobs. Blue color jobs.

Our money is going to other countries that don't necessarily like us, asking
them to ramp up production, that is non-sense. We are going to safely drill
for the billions of barrels of oil that we have here in America. John and I
have talked about another mission he would like me to focus on, one that is
near and dear to my heart, to focus on families with special needs. These
childrens can inspire a special kind of love, a love more Americans need to
get a hold of. These children are not a problem, they are a priority, we
need to show them the heart of America. The truest messure of any society is
how it treats those who can not speak for itself. Who is more vulnerable
then our children. I had to say a lot of pryers, I didn't know what to
expect. I had to admit I was scared, we had to ask for strength and
understanding. Everyone belongs in the circle of protection. Every child has
something to contribute to the world, if we give that child a chance

[crowd chants Sara]

There are the world standards of perfection, what you see in the magazines,
and then there are Gods standards. Gods standards are the final measure.
Every child is beautiful before god, and dear to him for their own sake. We
all stand to learn more from my child then he does from us. We do not feel
scared anymore, we feel blessed. I fought for and helped secure additional
funds for children with needs. As a VP I will make sure these families have
a friend in the Whitehouse.

It is not mean spirited, or being negative to ask to look at my opponents
record. Look at my opponents partial birth abortion votes, I am not being
negative. I am asking you to look and judge for yourself. We believe in the
forward movement of freedom and not the growing expansion of government.

… We still believe that America is that shining city on a hill. I thank god
we have a man who is ready to lead it. With heroics and trust worthy deeds
and not just words.

The private sector, that is where it is at. Government is not the answer,
too often it is the problem. We will put country first. Help me Ohio to help
put John McCain in the White House. We know who the bad guys are, the
terrorist, and those who would sympathize and support those terrorist who
would seek to destroy all the we value. Those are the bad guys. In the
economy it is those who have been greedy, and corrupt. We know who the good
people are, it is you, we will end the arrogant and selfish practices of DC.

You will hear our opponents say they will fight for you, there is only one
man in this race who has every really fought for you. He has the courage to
keep on fighting for you. That man is John McCain. Thank you OH.

Thanks,
*

-- 
Andres Moreno
Tracking/Media Monitoring Director
ProgressiveAccountability.org (PAO)
202-609-7688 (office)
703-501-6566 (cell)
[email-masked]

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