And Then There Is Sarah ...

New motto ? "America is ailin’, we need Palin"

Some of her best advice, pay attention. The silent majority can be silent no more, else we lose our country in the slumber.

In what may be a preview of her speech tonight at the Tea Party Nation convention in Nashville, Sarah Palin fired up record Kansas crowd last night with talk of bailouts, spending and terrorists:

“The former governor of Alaska drew some of the loudest applause at the Bicentennial Center when she criticized law enforcement officials for questioning a suspected Christmas Day airplane bomber for only 50 minutes before reading him Miranda rights.

“We need a commander in chief, not a professor of constitutional law,” she said as her words drowned in applause. About 6,000 people filled the arena.

Palin said that investigators should have asked more questions of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before granting him Miranda rights, a right to remain silent and contact a lawyer.

“Treating this threat as a mere law enforcement matter places our country at a grave risk,” she said.

That resonated with several people after the nearly 40-minute speech ended.

“I think my new motto is ‘America is ailin’, we need Palin,’ ” said Wayne Burke, a minister from Arkansas City.”

Palin was the guest speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce’s banquet where she urged Kansans to “pay attention to what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and hold politicians accountable.” Audio is here.

The Tea Party Nation convention organizers previously announced that Palin’s speech will be broadcast live Saturday via PJTV, FOX News, CNN and Reuters TV. It is scheduled for 8:00 PM CST(9:00 PM EST). May as well tune into FOX News, who has said they plan on broadcasting her entire speech.