In visiting with over 20,000 Hoosiers on Friday, October 17, GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin encouraged an energized crowd to keep Indiana a red state in the 2008 presidential election.
“You have a choice between a politician who puts his faith in government and a leader who puts his faith in you” Palin informed the horde of people who filled the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana.
The Alaskan Governor and former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska wasted no time in her thirty minute discussion calling for Senator Obama to release all of his dealings with ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), a group under law enforcement scrutiny and investigation in several states for voter fraud. Noting her affiliations and efforts to clean up Alaskan government, Palin shared that, “associations are important, and they go to the heart of someone’s judgment and truthfulness.”
The crowd at Palin’s rally was diverse. According to 2L, Mike Duffy, the attendees, “seemed to be a real cross section of people and a lot of different ages were out there too.” Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman, in her introduction of Governor Palin, invoked Senator Obama’s comments to a San Francisco group describing those in rural America to be clinging to guns and religion. “Those are the strong conservative values that have made Indiana and America great.”
Those values and others were on the minds of attendees who shared their thoughts with Valparaiso University School of Law 1L, Donnie Metlovski. “The enthusiasm and excitement there was high, and people were upset with the brutal media coverage that she has been receiving,” Metlovski said. “People wanted to hear about real issues, such as what are Obama’s policies regarding wealth redistribution and what radicals has and is he continuing to associate himself with.”
Nathan is a 2L and can be Nathan.Vis@valpo.edu
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