November 3rd, 2008
10:42 AM ET
14 years ago

Palin: 'Far-left wing of the Democrat Party’ could takeover

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LAKEWOOD, Ohio (CNN) - With her voice beginning to crack on this final marathon day of campaigning, Sarah Palin promised an audience in Ohio: “We will win!”

“You can just feel it here,” she said at a rally in the Cleveland suburbs. “You can just feel it here in Ohio, victory's coming, we can do this, we can win, we can win Ohio. And we must win for you.”

Watch: Palin says Obama's tax plan is 'phony'

The crowd chanted “We will win! We will win!” throughout her remarks. At one point, Palin warned with urgency: “We must win.”

“We must win,” she said, “because Ohio, the far-left wing of the Democrat Party, not mainstream Democrat ideology, the values, the planks in the platform of the Democrat Party. It's the far-left wing of the party is getting ready to take over the entire federal government.”

Palin again accused Barack Obama of wanting to bankrupt the coal industry, citing an interview the Democrat gave to the San Francisco Chronicle in January in which he discussed his “aggressive” cap-and-trade proposal to limit carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.

“Just yesterday, revelation, an audiotape surfaces,” Palin argued, despite the fact that the Obama interview has been posted online for nine months. “People are starting to hear in his own words what Sen. Obama’s intention is for the coal industry. You got to hear this tape. You’re going to hear Obama saying it, talking about bankruptcy, bankruptcy there in the coal industry. He’s explaining all this to the San Francisco Chronicle, and he says …”

Watch: Palin says now is the worst time for tax increases

Palin was interrupted by an audience member who shouted “Liberal!”

She continued: “And there must be something about San Francisco and he because it’s like I heard on Fox News today, it’s like a truth serum where when he’s there, he seems to be more candid, and remember it was there that he talked about, there you go, the bitter clingers, the cling-ons, all of us, I guess, you know holding on to religion and guns and, um, so something about he being there in San Francisco.”


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soundoff (249 Responses)
  1. JohnLee

    It's better than the bigoted, racists, hate mongers of the right wing republican party running the country

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  2. Doug Butch

    I am a staunch Republican supporter but enough is enough. Sarah Palin is the only reason i will not be voting for GOP in this years Presidential election. There are many reasons to not vote for Obama, but this campaign has decided to bring up issues with Obama that have no merit. All this negative-spin they are portraying on Obama is doing nothing but invigorating the Democrats as well as making a lot of Republicans uncomfortable that our leadership does not know the issues that are important to the "common" man. This "Swift Boat", Karl Rovian, campaign that has been run has been the reason for the downfall of this party in this years election. We will know have a fillbuster proof senate as well as a extreme left president. By focusing on Ayers, and Rev Jerimiah instead of Baracks actual socialistic policies, you have made an entire population oblivious to the values that barack represents. We are shifting to the left and its basically the rights fault.

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  3. H. Charles

    Will she ever learn how to speak correctly?

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  4. Erin in OK

    What are you hiding? Release your medical records!

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  5. jaye

    Go home Sarah...Russia misses you!

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  6. UNITY, not division.

    She just keeps talking and talking and talking...doesn't pause...one sentence into the next, one idea to the next...slow down, lady.

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  7. RS

    Still waiting to hear what you and McBush plan on doing for America. oh, wait , you don't have a plan. You are nothing more than trash, go back to Alaska where the people should open their eyes and impeach you.

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  8. brooke

    I hope all you Obama supporters are ready for the riots that are sure to come whether Obama wins or loses!!

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  9. paul

    Life is too short to be scared all the time.....

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  10. Travis

    So the choice is between a liberal and a whack job. My vote is going to the liberal.

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  11. Patsy Madison, TN

    Regardless, she is not prepared to be VP or President. I hope the American people will put country before party. Even the GOP knows that she is not ready,and may never be. The GOP will cut her off at the knees next time around.

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  12. RELEASE SARAH PALIN'S MEDICAL RECORDS!!!

    Release Sarah Palin's medical records!!!!

    If there is an abortion in her past, that is entirely relevant!

    If she has had psychiatric treatment, that is entirely relevant!

    If she has a dangerous condition, considering McCain's age, that is entirely relevant!

    Why does the Palin/McCain campaign think the full disclosure rules don't apply to them?

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  13. Bob (Illinois)

    Beware all you liberal nonbelievers. The Great Polarizer has spoken!

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  14. republicans hate america

    Thats right Palin and in the process send your stupid redneck christian tail back to Alaska

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  15. Michael watching from Canada

    Another scare tactic.

    This is more of a reflection of Palin, who is an extreme right wing neocon.

    So, from her very conservative perspective, any Democrat is far-left wing.

    The truth is that Obama is a centrist. Yes. Obama is a centrist.

    In Canada, Obama would be viewed as a very moderate liberal with centrist tendencies.......

    that's why he is trying to bridge the divide of all political parties.

    Please vote for Obama.

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  16. JohnD

    And if we wake up Wednesday morning, with Obama elected, and THEN the LA Times releases the tape, and we get another revelation about what Obama thinks in private, what then? Suppose the tape has him applauding Rashid when he says israel must be destroyed. What then? Do any of you think that his private meetings with Rashid, Ayers, Wright, and all the rest of those America haters were filled with sweetness and light, and talk about "healing America". No, they were certainly filled with hate towards America. Wednesday morning will be too late to change your mind. Vote for sanity and a great nation. Vote for a guy who truly loves it. Vote McCain

    November 3, 2008 11:13 am at 11:13 am |
  17. Arizona Senior

    Will we ever hear the last of this woman?

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  18. Dan in Flagstaff, AZ

    She would scare me much less if she could speak in complete sentences. I have no idea what she is saying!

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  19. Deb in Colo

    Yep, ya betcha!

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  20. Rob R

    I think most people would rather have the far left than the far right at this point.

    And Obama is NOT the far left as McCain/Palin would like you to believe.

    Obama has actually moved to the center on a number of issues including FISA and offshore drilling.

    But of course, the desperate Republicans want to continue their campaign of name calling and hate mongering. God help us all if it works for them.

    VOTE OBAMA!

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  21. J J

    Accountant Guy November 3rd, 2008 11:05 am ET

    "I wonder if she will ever release her medical records!! Get out and Barack the Vote America!!"

    I wonder if Obama will???

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  22. Your Phone calls must be monitored!

    Girl, please focus on the phone calls you take, the call you took from the Canadian comedians was very unprofessional and embarrasing, boy I sure hope Bin Laden doesn't decide to give you a call, we will all be in trouble.

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  23. DD

    Why does everyone keep saying “why can’t Obama close the deal”? Has anyone ever closed the deal, has it ever been an election without the undecided? And one more question, why can’t McCain close the deal, he is running against a black man?

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  24. Lynda Ridgefield, CT.

    She is such a divisive person! She makes absolutley no sense at all, no matter, what comes out of her mouth!!

    It's still curious that Palin HAS NOT RELEASED HER MEDICAL RECORDS AT THIS DATE!!

    WHY NOT, SARAH, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING????????

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
  25. Roofin Reality, Houston, Tx.

    Obama is asking to go back to the Clinton tax rates. IF that is the far left, then I don't know why they were championing up Bill's wife Hillary.

    Oh, by the way, prosperity and good times were had then. Last 8 years, in the words of McCain himself "not so good."

    So, yep. The Dems are going to take over and restore us to where we've been.

    November 3, 2008 11:14 am at 11:14 am |
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