Post date: Mar 17, 2013 4:43:47 PM
The former U.S. vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, takes aim at President Barack Obama during conservative conference.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES (MARCH 16, 2013) (RESTRICTED POOL) - Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, called President Barack Obama a liar and urged her party to stand by conservative values, rousing the crowd at a conservative conference on Saturday (March 16).
"Barack Obama promised the most transparent administration ever. Barack Obama, you lie," the former Alaska governor said in an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington.She was echoing a line from a Republican member of the House of Representatives who shouted at Obama during a speech to Congress in 2009 and accused him of lying about healthcare for illegal immigrants.
She took aim at Obama's plans to push gun control legislation through Congress, including background checks for gun buyers.
"More background checks? Dandy idea, Mr. President. Should have started with yours," she said in a speech peppered with one-liners and folksy language.
"Remember 'No Drama Obama?' If only. Now it All Drama Obama. We don't have leadership coming out of Washington. We have reality television. It's really bad reality TV and the American people tuned-out a long time ago," she added.
Palin's line drew a big round of applause from the audience, made up of Republican lawmakers and conservative activists.
"Well, the election came and went but the campaign never stopped, at a time when our country is desperate for leadership, we get instead a permanent campaign, but here's the thing, leaders take risks for the good of our country. Campaigners make promises they can't keep. Leaders reach across political differences. Campaigners double-down on those differences. Leaders seek to bring Americans together to confront our challenges and campaigners seek to divide and to conquer and to create crisis after crisis after crisis, to exploit. Mr. President we admit it, you won. Accept it. Now step away from the teleprompter and do your job," she said.
Palin called on Republicans to stick to conservative principles as they learn lessons from Obama's 2012 election victory over Mitt Romney.