When Sarah Palin Met Trump and 11 Fire Rhymes

Wasilla’s wailing prophet descended onto Iowa on Tuesday to endorse Donald Trump. The politics of Sarah Palin’s decision to back the billionaire—and not her old pal Ted Cruz—has been much dissected. But what struck this blogger was the virtuoso nature of her speech, a performance that seemed more like a free-verse poetry slam than anything resembling a politician’s prepared remarks.
Palin began by saying that she and her husband, Todd, were “just thawing out” in Iowa. And boy, did she warm up. Below, the most fire bars from Palin’s nearly 20-minute ode to Trump. 

“Looking around at all of you, you hard-working Iowa families. /
You farm families, and teachers, and teamsters, and cops, and cooks. /
You rockin’ rollers. /
And holy rollers!”

“No more pussyfootin’ around! /
Our troops deserve the best, you deserve the best! /
He is from the private sector, not a politician. /
Can I get a ‘Hallelujah!’”
“Are you ready for a commander in chief, /
you ready for a commander in chief /
who will let our warriors do their job /
and go kick ISIS ass?”
“We, you, a diverse, dynamic, /
needed support base /
that they would attack.”
“How ’bout the rest of us? /
Right wingin’, bitter clingin’, /
proud clingers of our guns, our God, /
and our religions, and our Constitution. /
Tell us that we’re not red enough?”

“Doggone right we’re angry! /
Justifiably so! Yes! /
You know, they stomp on our neck, /
and then they tell us, ‘Just chill, O.K., just relax.’”
“This election is more than just your basic ABCs: ‘anybody but Clinton.’”
“In fact it’s time to drill, baby, drill—down, /
and hold these folks accountable.”
“With their failed agenda, /
it can’t be salvaged. /
It must be savaged.”
“Where they’re fightin’ each other
and yellin’ ‘Allah Akbar,’ /
calling Jihad on each other’s heads for ever and ever. /
Like I’ve said before, let them duke it out /
and let Allah sort it out.”
“He doesn’t get his power, his high, off of O.P.M., /
other people’s money.” 

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