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Palin: Obama Would Ban Guns If He Could

Ex-governor has a packed speaking schedule

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted May 15, 2010 6:46 AM CDT
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(Newser) – For someone not officially running for anything, Sarah Palin spends an awful lot of time running her mouth. Among highlights from yesterday's soundbite extravaganza, as reported by the AP:

  • If Obama and the Dems thought they "could get away with it, they would ban guns and ban ammunition and gut the Second Amendment," Palin, a lifelong NRA member who once had a baby shower at a gun range in Alaska, told the NRA national convention. "It's the job of all of us to stop them in their tracks."

  • She dismissed criticism of tea partiers as violent, racist, or redneck, saying, "I don't really have a problem with the redneck part of it, to tell you the truth."
  • Look out for GOP women to "take this country back" in the fall elections, Palin told an anti-abortion group. "If you thought pit bulls were tough, you don't want to mess with mama grizzlies."
  • Further, Obama is "the most pro-abortion president ever to occupy the White House," Palin said, contending that his health reform would fund abortions.
  • And it's still "drill, baby, drill," despite the Gulf spill, Palin told ABC News.

Former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the NRA national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, May 14, 2010.
Former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the NRA national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, May 14, 2010.   (Chuck Burton)
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List, celebration of life breakfast at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington Friday, May 14, 2010.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List, celebration of life breakfast at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington Friday, May 14, 2010.   (Alex Brandon)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the NRA national convention in Charlotte, NC, Friday, May 14, 2010.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the NRA national convention in Charlotte, NC, Friday, May 14, 2010.   (Chuck Burton)
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Reader70271189
May 16, 2010 9:16 PM CDT
President Obama has not introduced gun legislation nor spoken about guns very much - where does she get this stuff? It does frighten me that Sarah Palin carries a gun......
NukeItFromOrbit
May 16, 2010 8:37 PM CDT
No Austin, the left-wing drones created the term, and a few people adopted it themselves. Of course I don't think childish insults are going to stop people from being pissed at liberals trying to implement their "vision" for some atheistic, nanny-state where the working class is punished for the sake of those who choose not to contribute.
Count-Spatula
May 16, 2010 4:12 AM CDT
Tea-baggers and Righty-lunatics would ban intelligence if they could.

 
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