Palin Advises Tea Partiers: ‘Stop’ Cars With Obama Bumper Stickers

Sarah Palin speaks at the 'Showdown in Searchlight' Tea Party Express rally in Searchlight, NV.
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Less than a week after a Nashville man was driven off the road because his car sported an Obama-Biden bumper sticker, Sarah Palin has called on Tea Partiers to stop drivers whose cars have a similar sticker.

Stumping on Saturday from Searchlight, NV — Harry Reid’s hometown — Palin focused her rhetoric on the health care overhaul passed last week:

It’s like that old bumper sticker that says, “Government: If you think our problems are bad, wait until you see our solutions.”

The crowd cheered. She went on:

Or that bumper sticker you see on the next Subaru driving by, an Obama bumper sticker. You should stop the driver and say, “So how is that hopey, changey thing working out for you?”

Her comments come at a politically charged time, just a week after a picture on her Facebook page used crosshairs to identify Democrats who voted for health care reform.

Pictures from the Searchlight event can be found here:

[TPM SLIDESHOW: ‘SHOWDOWN IN SEARCHLIGHT’: TEA PARTIERS RALLY TO BOOT HARRY REID’]

Here’s the speech:

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