October 20, 2008 09:54 PM UTC

Sarah Palin - Sarah's Speech in Colorado Springs

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Colorado Springs Gazette (selected excerpts)

With time running short in the 2008 presidential campaign, Gov. Sarah Palin made a campaign swing through Colorado on Monday, cutting through the gloom of a raw and cold Colorado Springs day with an appeal to “help put the maverick in the White House.”

The crowd, warmed itself with a big cheer when the Alaska governor asked, “Are you ready to make John McCain the next president of the United States of America?”

She also assailed the Democratic presidential nominee’s experience.

“Barack Obama only spent 304 days – just 304 days in the Senate before running for president,” she said. “John McCain has spent his life serving our country and putting it first.”

“Our country is having some tough economic times,” she said. “We need someone tough as president, who is ready to lead on Day One.” She said that as the mother of a soldier serving in Iraq, she views McCain as “exactly the kind of man I want as commander-in-chief.”

Accusing Obama of presenting a tax plan that is “just words,” Palin promised tax relief “to every American and every business,” mentioning tax cuts for small businesses and promising to double the child tax deduction and cut the capital gains tax, all while repeating McCain’s promise of a balanced federal budget by 2012.

“Our opponent is not being candid with you about his tax plans,” she said, mentioning Obama’s often-repeated assertion this his plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans.

“The problem with that claim is that 40 percent pay no income tax at all,” she said. “His plan is to cut them a check and call it a tax credit. Where’s he going to get the money for all those checks that he’ll cut? It’s by raising taxes on America’s families, and on our small businesses, on a lot of folks just like you.”

“Our opponent’s plan to redistribute wealth will ultimately punish hard work and productivity and discourages productivity,” Palin said. “It will stifle the entrepreneurial spirit that has made this country unique.”

… Palin did her best to rally the faithful, including allusions to her anti-abortion stance, which plays well with the social conservatives who are numerous in northern Colorado Springs. “Every child is beautiful before God,” she said. “John and I have a vision of an America where every innocent life counts.”

She was preceded to the podium by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, whose Fifth Congressional District includes the Pikes Peak region, Bob Schaffer, a Republican running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Wayne Allard, and Allard himself.

After the rally, Palin reboarded her plane to spend the rest of the day campaigning in Loveland and Grand Junction.