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« on: January 24, 2015, 12:18:21 AM »

This Des Moines event is being held from 9am to 5pm Central (10am-6pm Eastern) on Saturday, the 24th.  You'll be able to watch live video of the event here:

http://features.desmoinesregister.com/news/politics/freedom-summit/live.php

Potential 2016 candidates who will be speaking include:

http://www.iafreedomsummit.com

Bolton
Carson
Christie
Cruz
Fiorina
Gilmore
Huckabee
Palin
Perry
Santorum
Trump
Walker

Post any commentary you have on this here.
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 02:50:35 AM »

Some of the speakers arriving at their hotels:




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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2015, 11:23:27 AM »

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2015, 11:34:21 AM »

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/23/trump-says-wouldve-defeated-obama/22250121/
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2015, 01:46:06 PM »

Walker needs to learn to crack a damn smile.
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2015, 02:35:45 PM »

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/397123/trump-tells-iowans-if-he-runs-hell-build-beautiful-fence-southern-border-eliana
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2015, 04:12:23 PM »

Nobody in a red suit, spiked tail, and pitchfork?
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2015, 04:24:35 PM »

Nobody in a red suit, spiked tail, and pitchfork?

Well, Rick Santorum just spoke, so close enough
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2015, 06:45:21 PM »

People on twitter seem to think Palin gave an interesting speech.

From Dave Weigel on twitter...
Steve King says the Labrador wasn’t suffering in the Palin Twitter pic: “If they get tired of that they get up and go somewhere else."

From Kathie Obradovich on twitter...
@SarahPalinUSA comes on to Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off.” Of course. #iafreedomsummit

From Mark Halperin on twitter...
If @SarahPalinUSA keeps this up, I'm going to need Google Translate. Alaskan-->English

From Benjy Sarlin on twitter...
Sarah Palin says "screw the left and Hollywood" over American Sniper, a Hollywood movie with Bradley Cooper that's nominated for many Oscars

From Byron York on twitter...
In Iowa, Sarah Palin has used half of her allotted time talking about herself and taking jabs at media coverage.

From Benjy Sarlin on twitter...
Well, this speech is certainly a tribute to Clint Eastwood

From Charles Johnson on twitter...
Waiting in vain for some sign of a point in this mixed up word salad.

From Jon Ralston on twitter...
This Palin speech seems to me as if she got a bunch of comedy writers together, had them write a speech, then she mixed up all the pages.

From Benjy Sarlin on twitter...
Actually this speech doesn't look half bad as poetry


From Kelly O'Donnell on twitter...
"With all due respect to the office of the Presidency..."@sarahpalinusa then refers to Obama leadership as "overgrown little boy"

From Jon Ralston on twitter...
Sarah Palin's speech: Why we need Common Core.

From Benjy Sarlin...
This would be amazing on a debate stage btw

Palin not feeling it with Romney's poverty kick, mocks "this subjective income gap that we're supposed to be so obsessed with now" in GOP

From Byron York..
So is this the Sarah Palin who is 'seriously interested' in running for president?

From Jon Ralston...
It would be awesome if Sarah Palin were a senator so she could do this Jabberwocky as a filibuster.

John McCain thought bubble right now: "What the hell was I thinking?"

From James Pindell...
Reminder: This @SarahPalinUSA speech is part of an event that will help decide who becomes leader of the free world. #IowaFreedomSummit

From Scott Conroy...
I don't say this lightly. This is the strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver.
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2015, 06:49:32 PM »

In later speeches, Perry and Christie were interrupted by pro-immigration protestors.
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2015, 07:21:31 PM »

Pics of Jim Gilmore and Scott Walker:

http://instagram.com/p/yQBgwriiBD/

http://instagram.com/p/yP9qGcCiI8/

Anyway, I saw bits and pieces of the speeches by Cruz, Christie, and Huckabee.  I have to say, I still think Christie is really good at the "speaking somewhat like a normal person rather than a politician" and winning the "would like to have a beer with him" contest.  Despite his troubles, I would still not want to write him off as a major player for '16.
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2015, 07:28:06 PM »

Also, Trump was probably unique among the speakers in not only going after Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, but also GW Bush:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-blasts-romney-jeb-bush-thinking-presidential-run/story?id=28452767

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Trump also reiterated his own "interest" in a run:

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« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2015, 10:06:07 PM »

If Palin really runs this time, and Cruz or Santorum drops out and endorses her, it could be a classic between Palin, Bush, Romney, and Christie.
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« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2015, 11:32:31 PM »

If Palin really runs this time, and Cruz or Santorum drops out and endorses her, it could be a classic between Palin, Bush, Romney, and Christie.
One of Palin's problems is that she'll have difficulty getting any endorsements.

I don't know if she'll run a better campaign than Herman Cain, and no one elected to statewide office endorsed him.
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2015, 12:09:22 AM »

Pics of Jim Gilmore and Scott Walker:

http://instagram.com/p/yQBgwriiBD/

http://instagram.com/p/yP9qGcCiI8/

Anyway, I saw bits and pieces of the speeches by Cruz, Christie, and Huckabee.  I have to say, I still think Christie is really good at the "speaking somewhat like a normal person rather than a politician" and winning the "would like to have a beer with him" contest.  Despite his troubles, I would still not want to write him off as a major player for '16.


I saw Christie's speech as well and I agree. He has more potential than Mitt, maybe more than Jeb.   

I haven't heard from Gilmore in ages. I'm impressed he's still seeking a political role after

I realized who Steve King reminds me of:


..something about the eyes
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« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2015, 07:03:50 AM »

Christie heckled by DREAMer protestor at about the 0:58 mark in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFBldcLxdQ4

And here's the video of the guy who heckled Perry being taken away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22QBqSIWXuo
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« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2015, 07:17:48 AM »

Did Steve King serve cantaloupes to the attendants?
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« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2015, 09:58:35 PM »

Pics of Jim Gilmore and Scott Walker:

http://instagram.com/p/yQBgwriiBD/

http://instagram.com/p/yP9qGcCiI8/

Anyway, I saw bits and pieces of the speeches by Cruz, Christie, and Huckabee.  I have to say, I still think Christie is really good at the "speaking somewhat like a normal person rather than a politician" and winning the "would like to have a beer with him" contest.  Despite his troubles, I would still not want to write him off as a major player for '16.


I saw Christie's speech as well and I agree. He has more potential than Mitt, maybe more than Jeb.   



I realized who Steve King reminds me of:


..something about the eyes
Yeah Gilmore is so Bush W. era. I disagreed with  some stuff he had to say. He just seemed so 1998 in his rhetoric at the event this weekend.
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« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2015, 01:13:23 PM »

Yeah Gilmore is so Bush W. era. I disagreed with  some stuff he had to say. He just seemed so 1998 in his rhetoric at the event this weekend.
1997 was the last time he had a successful campaign so that would make sense.
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« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2015, 10:15:31 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lybL9ybl00E

Jon Stewart clip about it from yesterday. Funniest sh** I've ever seen in a long time from these guys and this coming from a former Republican. How far they have come...
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« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2015, 11:52:40 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lybL9ybl00E

Jon Stewart clip about it from yesterday. Funniest sh** I've ever seen in a long time from these guys and this coming from a former Republican. How far they have come...

This is definitely worth a watch.
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