Palin Addresses Tea Party, Presidential Ambition

By FITSNews || Sporting a sharp black suit and a pearl necklace, former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addressed the first ever Tea Party convention on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee.

Eager to line up this activist army of conservative voters behind her as she contemplates her political future, Palin gave a rousing speech that blasted the administration of President Barack Obama.

“America is ready for another revolution, and you are a part of this,” she said, decrying the “generational theft” of Washington bailouts and deficit spending.  Palin trained her most aggressive remarks on the issue of national security, however, mocking the fact that an enemy combatant – Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab – was recently read his Miranda rights following an attempted Christmas Day airplane bombing.

“It’s no wonder that our president only spent about 9 percent of his State of the Union address discussing national security, foreign policy, because there aren’t a whole lot of victories he can talk about,” she said.

Agreed, agreed, agreed.

All of it.

On the economy and national security, the policies of Obama and his Congressional allies are running this country into the ground – not unlike the policies of former President George W. Bush and previous Republican Congresses.

Hence the Tea Party movement.

Of course, it remains to be seen whether or not Palin can emerge as the legitimate leader of that movement – or a credible presidential candidate under any banner.

On the latter question, she obviously already considers herself to be presidential timber, telling FOX News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday that she would “certainly” run if she believed it was the right thing to do for her country and her family.

“You betcha,” Palin told Wallace.

Palin For President? "You Betcha"

Aside from her debatable intellectual gravitas, though, does Palin really have the strength to stand up to RINOs?

Sure, she chose wisely on that front in a recent New York Congressional race, but she also recently endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for re-election in a GOP primary race that featured a clear fiscal conservative alternative.

Where was her willingness to buck the status quo in that race?

Also, Palin continues to have a hard time taking criticism, and while her frequent whiny overreactions to legitimate questions may play well with the wing nut crowd, true independent voters are looking for a lot more backbone (and a lot less pettiness) from their politicians these days.

Certainly, Palin’s going to have to stiffen that upper lip if she wants to survive a rough-and-tumble South Carolina Presidential Primary.

Still, she’s got great legs, people … great, great, great legs.

And as we’ve noted in the past, we really, really like it when she lets her hair down.