Word: soapboxing
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...desire to march in the parade. After all, they wouldn’t be any fun. Who wants to deal with real issues during a parade? Oktoberfest is supposed to be about jollity and getting drunk. After all, if anyone really wants to protest, they can set up a soapbox in the square and hand out fliers—a far more effective and publicly acceptable way of voicing serious concerns about the world...
...again. While pressing the flesh, he made sure to dismiss criticism that he has been waiting too long to enter the race. "I wasn't around when they made those rules and I'm not abiding by them," he said during a brief speech at the traditional fair soapbox. "We've got plenty of time...
Polls show Thompson placing second behind former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the Ames straw poll winner. Ames, though, gave a bump to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who is trying to claim the conservative mantle in the race - a title that Thompson was clearly aiming for in his soapbox speech when he proclaimed himself "strongly pro-life" and pro-gun rights...
Thompson chatted amiably with Grassley about everything from sports to immigration to judicial nominees, pausing only at Grassley's urging to shake hands with fans. "We appreciate you sticking up for the U.S. We think you're right," one woman told Thompson. At the soapbox Thompson had voiced his impatience with the U.S. feeling that it has to apologize for every move in the world it makes. "This nation has shed more blood bringing peace to others," Thompson said. "I'm tired of apologizing for being the United State of America...
...made about pork barrel spending, Thompson was quick to stress that one of the central tenets of his campaign is a conservative push to cut spending - particularly from entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid which he called "gradually bankrupting future generations in this country." In his soapbox speech, he accused other G.O.P. candidates of ignoring the budget, "other than giving lip service to it," he said...