Saw Palin - WOW! she hit it out of the park. It's no wonder the left/media is in dread of her.

The Dan Quayle meme has been extinguished, and the Sarah Barracuda nickname justified, that's for sure

If Biden and Obama are squirrels then Sarah the Cuda just took their nuts for the winter.

Sarah Palin, the next VP of the USA! That lady rocked! What a beautiful family she has, sure her husband is very proud of his wife tonight. Well done.

Hurricane Sarah

Quote "I Believe America May Have Met Her Next Vice-President."

And eventually the first woman president of the US.
Leftoids, you'll get the knives out now, and it won't do you a damn bit of good, except perhaps to eat out your own hearts.

I wouldn't bet a paycheck on them winning, but the speeches tonight are a good sign.

Kick ASS!! That woman has Moxie! She has it in every meaning of the word! I think Biden is having his 7th drink and the Obama-Nation are collectively cleaning the crap out of their pants!

Palin did not hit a home run. She hit a "grand SLAM!!!!!! Of course the MSM is reporting that someone other than the Senator wrote the speech. SHEEEEEECH!

Clearly, a star is born in America.

Wolf Blitzer CNN

Obviously, McCain has his attack dog.

Anderson Cooper, CNN

Hey, why watch Fox when you can watch the Lefty at CNN fall all over themselves trying to disprove the accusations that they hate her. hehe

Lots of compliments.

Barracuda!

I liked the differentiation between hockey moms and pit bulls: lipstick!

I thought she did well, covering all the bases, even foreign policy. I think our friends to the south now have a good idea about the character and fibre of the woman who would be their next veep.

Her speech was absolutely brilliant. She utterly destroyed the empty suit Obama. The leftards will definitely be ramping up their attacks now.

McCain/Palin '08! I just wish I could vote!

Maybe Canada can somehow annex Alaska and she can be Prime Minister!!

Fantastic speech!!

Stephane Dion, Mr. Carbon Tax, how would you like to debate the pit bull? Perhaps bring your attack poodle, Kyoto?

I am in love. Sara'cudda's confidence was awe inspiring. I loved her no nonsense small town American attitude. Maybe that's 'cause I'm a no nonsense small town American.

Sarah Palin was electrifying. I have never had such an emotional rush watching a political speech. I am excited to campaign for them.

I'm driving to Michigan to get a McCain/Palin sign for my London, Ontario front yard. (Got to counter the Obama sign around the corner.)

What a lot of people don't realize is that the majority of Americans do not live in the big cities, and most of us don't want to live in a nanny state and be told bedtime stories by our candidates.

I'm calling my election commission tomorrow to make sure my absentee ballot gets to me.

It will be a shame if America chooses style over substance.

Howard Wolfson: "...sticking the knife into Obama with a smile."

Sarahcudda. I believe America has just the future President

Rudy Guliani for Attorney General and maybe he can nail Marc Rich's ass now that Clinton pardoned him.

I first heard about Mrs Palin a few months ago from a writer I respect. He spoke about her two attributes: the one from which she got the nickname Sarah Barracuda and the one from which she got Miss Congeniality. He then summed it up:

Fire and Nice.

Fire and Nice.

I watched live feed at http://www.gopconvention2008.com/videos/

She has done the job she suppose to do in very efficient way. In light of expectations would be fair to say: she was perfect.
However, I was under impression , that if she would be allowed to go off the message and be truly herself, Obama's campaign could fold and go home in 5 minutes.

I was going to write that Sarah Palin "knocked it out of the Park", but that doesn't even come close!

I don't think there can be ANY doubt about Ms Sarah's ability to work "above her pay grade", at 3AM or at anytime. I have this fleeting mental image of the MSM heads on sticks on the front lawn of the White House, and I don't find it somehow offensive...

Palin did well, even earning some positive comments from CNN and CBC.

Haven't seen her unscripted yet. Something PM Harper does very well, Obama does very average and Dion doesn't do at all.

Who said that the next Reagan was going to be a man?

It'd be nice if she allows John the whole 4 years as pres... He wanted a successor - he's got one.

The Progressives are going completely nuts on the Washington Post comment page; actually frothing at the mouth because they can see the writing on the wall. They hate her! Hate! Hate! It's lovely. She's lovely. She's gonna whip their tiny little liberal asses.

She reminds me of the old SNL skit with Rumsfeld confronting a terrified White House press corps who were hiding under their chairs by the end of the press conference, with Rummy yelling:

"Questions! Questions! Have you got any more Questions! Come on! Somebody?"

Belinda Stronach looks somehow, I don't know, less Prime Ministerial this evening.

It was a truly brilliant note-perfect, intellectually and emotionally engaging speech. Can't think of a single shortcoming, a single criticism, which is very rare for this nitpicker.

Absolutely vaporized the "no experience" meme, and her allusions to the opponents' denigration of small towns and their mayors, were perfect (and funny!) without being mean-spirited. Smart, sweet, but tough as nails, like our Kate!

And almost as much as the speech, I relished Jim Lehrer's despair at the long and thunderous applause, his unavoidable assessment of the crowd's raucous joy at the performance, and the talking head who opined that the Repub establishment will be relieved ... now wait for it ... at least for a day.

I have no doubt she will be POTUS one day.

I think the hockey mom just cross checked the Dalibama into the boards. I think I'm in love...

Women should be very, very proud! Outstanding!

Obviously not many journalists voted in this CTV poll.

Incredible speech.

And it was great to see the CNN pre-speech sneers turn into awestruck accolades.

The professional ladies, who are all leftists, are still trying to remain frozen, but everyone else was struck dumb. Wow.

That also ends Hillary Clinton's plans for the White House. [And I think she knows this; Hillary has been remarkably silent about the MSM bashing of Palin.] Sarah Palin would make mincemeat of Hillary. And yes, it's very possible that in four years, we'll see Palin as President.

I love her. I really, really, love her. She was funny, articulate and tough without being shrill.

I want her in the White House for the next 4 years. I really do.

Bill should be getting his divorce papers any second now.

Hillaryforums: Shes Vetted!! LOL!

Inspired!

And inspiring!!!

'Don't get CNN so watched PBS: Most of the commentators were stunned--and it looked good on them. They were enthusiastic at the DNC last week; this week, they're pale, not enthusiastic, and looking straight ahead trying not to cry.

David Brooks is the only good one in the bunch--and as for Shields, well, he just couldn't get himself to say anything positive about Sarah. He and Gwen Ifel said that she had "belittled" Obama.

Well, duh. He's only able to be belittled because he's such a loud voice in an empty suit. Shields didn't like the fact that Palin had taken on the Obamessiah's "community service" or that she'd said the campaign to the White House wasn't a journey in self-discovery. Boo hoo.

Sarah Palin was incredible. She's determined, cool under fire (yeah, fire and nice), has a sense of humour, she's focused, she's knowledgeable--'just the right person for VP of the U.S. of A.

She electrified the convention. Go, Sarah, go!

I suspect Sarah Palin is McCain's ticket to the presidency, anyone of the former candidates just couldn't bring the same brilliant message to the American people.

What a gem she is!

An American Margaret Thatcher clone!

I truly look forward to the vice-presidency debate.

From Instapundit: A reader emails: "New Sarah Palin Topic: Is Air Force One safe from E-bay?"

I believe America just met its next next President.

I sure hope the Republicans send a large cheque to the Dems and MSM for their recent attacks against Mrs. Palin. That is what made a lot of people tune in to hear her speak tonight.

I get the feeling that the post-mortem on an Obama/Palin debate will be:

"She razed a village."

Hillaryforums: "We will all have to work hard to make sure these two special people are elected. We can't just sit back and think Obama won't try to cheat and lie his way to the Whitehouse. We deserve better than Obama/Biden!
Tee hee!

Helen Thomas will not be reporting for work tomorrow.

You could tell in the body language that she was very nervous. As we all know, anybody can make a speech...

She's won round 1...on to the debates.

She epitomised grace under fire. What parent, after knowing how the media and left have attacked her family could stand so calmly in front on the crowd?Very strong.

One of her best lines was the swipe at the media:
(from memory...not an exact quote)
'I'm not running to please the Washington media...I'll be looking out for the American people.'

I know it's crass but I couldn't resist a photoshop spanking pic over this one.

I could hear Obama's girl-screams from here.

Agent Smith sez, "I think I'm in love". YES. But you know what: it's the kind you could comfortably tell your wife about.

Someone mentioned Reagan. I started my small business at the very beginning of the Reagan era, and, I gotta tell you, I experienced the same emotions listening to Sarah Palin as I did the Great Gipper.

The Republicans were not destined to win this election. If they do, it will be one for the history books and McCain will be toasted as a poltical genius of the first rank.

Fire and Nice,I like that.I wrote a few comments on reader tips before I realized that there was this thread. To sum up what I think is that ,if anyone cares,is that she is a force..Who would you rather be in a dangerous situation with,say a bear in a cave, Barack and Biden,or McCain and Palin,or maybe even Stefffi and Garth? MY choice is obvious,people with guts. Obama would tell them to stand back,"Don't you know who I am?". MCCain and Palin would fight back. The other two would turn their back and bribe the bear with your money,just before they were eaten.

bluetech, I think this is the line you're thinking of--one of the best of the night (amongst a whole lot of really good ones):

"But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country."

Country Stars Gretchen Wilson, Cowboy Troy and John Rich of Big and Rich, gave a great performance tonight at the RNC.

It helped me understand why the Republicans put Country First then Rock, Blues, Jazz and R & B in that order. More here

Best political speech I've seen in my life.

She turned her prurient critics into toads simply by letting the voters see who she is.

What a force. A star is born.

My first glimpse at Sarah Palin. Wow! Great speech, well delivered.A star is born.

I guess I am a wimp but the dedication of her vice presidency to children of special needs brought a tear to my eye.

Obama may represent the aspirations of people of colour but women have found a true champion in Sarah.

It was pointed out earlier that Sarah Palin can field dress a moose.

After watching her speech it may have been overlooked that she likely killed said moose with her bare hands.

My arch-liberal brother in Toronto is in hysterical high dudgeon. I have never seem him ever lose his composure, ever, until Hurricane Palin hit!

You go girl. I love ya.

Sarah has a new nickname: PitBull with Lipstick.

I could only imagine the pain her young, pregnant daughter has been feeling the last few days. I wondered if she somehow was blaming her mother for thrusting her into the spotlight in such a negative way. Thus, when Sara Palin started her speech the camera panning in on her daughter and it was very interesting to see the look on her face.She was absolutely beaming as if to say "go get em mom, WE are all in this together and WE can git er done.

Awsome!

Horny Toad

Hey look everybody, the village idiot New stopped by to disperse his vacous thoughts:

"blah, blah, blah........"

Move on New - your comments are as empty as Obama's sermons.

A 17 year oldkid who don'tknow nothin' about nothin' gets pregnant and mom forces her into international scrutiny? Weird.

And a babe too!

Sarah has a new nickname: PitBull with Lipstick.

Richard Norton Smith (on PBS) said, before the speech, that she was a "woman in the Ronald Reagan mould." She proved that in both the delivery and the content of the speech. And no, Ace, not anybody can make a 36 minute speech before a large, raucous crowd with the pressure on and the cameras rolling.

I had to howl when Mark Shields took issue with Palin belittling Obama -- or "Zero" as he will now undoubtedly be known -- with the line about how the presidency should not be a journey of personal discovery. I'm sure Americans will breathe a sigh of relief that Obama won't be turning the Lincoln bedroom into an ashram or some blasted Dervish whirl-a-tron any time soon.

Jeffery Toobin of CNN also commented that the community organizer digs were going to hurt because it smacks all community organizers, the ones helping those caught in the sub-prime loans/hurricane disasters etc. But her point was taking a dig at B.O. for using his comm. org. skills as experience. It was a 'back at ya' to B.O. for his belittling her experience yesterday. Come on Jeff... wake up!

real, could you provide some proof for your allegation of "mom forces her into international scrutiny'. Thanks.

Oh, and also some proof that she 'knows nothing about nothing'.

A key problem with your remarks, real, is that they have no basis in facticity or logic. Why do you bother to post such emptiness?

On Harry Reid:

"You are a vague, translucent, living shade who barely matters, and if you really want to serve the country that affords a trifle like you the opportunity to delude himself into thinking that he matters, you must never ever speak out loud in public again!"

Comments from Democrats Hillary group ... they love Sarah:

Glass ceiling ? Sara palin isn’t going to shatter it - she’s gonna shoot it like it’s a f***n MOOSE !

ET...those are the ones Obama's counting on. Emptiness!!!

That body language, btw, wasn't nervousness (a little at the beginning until she found her stride), she was reading the crowd, watching the timing (and I'll bet watching her kids) and waiting for the roving camera guys to get in position and watching for the camera record lights to come on on the ENGs She's being doing this for a lot of years, just a bit bigger crowd - but you know, big crowds are easier than small ones.

WOW, I am impressed and proud of the woman.The USA can be very proud of this Vice President candidate.The media in the USA look very small minded.

She'll be the first female president of the U.S.

McCain surprises (and makes his critics look like boobs) once again.

Brilliant.

Palin does very well in unscripted interviews. All her facts at her fingertips, no hemming and hawing, nor searching for the precise phrasing like Obama, and no bloviation like Biden is so given to. I'm looking forward to seeing her in debate.

She reminds me of Sally Fields as the flying nun. Except as a ninja.

The American blogs I visit that allow comments have attracted 10 X the usual number of commenters. They're coming out of the woodwork, wetting themselves, contriving every attack imaginable no matter how ridiculous, truly, at their most vicious hurling anything and everything, hoping something will stick.

I saw and listened to the speech Sarah gave. She gave it with all her heart. Bill and Hillary Clinton's speech pales in comparison.

To stand up front of millions of people with less than -6 months notice was awesome. She threw so many curve balls out there for the MSM, they will never figure her out by the time election date rolls around.

After the MSM slammed her family and anybody that disagreed with them, she comes up with the all timer bases loaded out of the park grand slam.

Asked my niece to watch the speeches with me to show her that we were watching history in the making. I listened to JFK and MLK with family and friends on the old transistor radio because parents said that history was in the making. Nothing truer could be said.

Fantastic speech, just fantastic. I remember reading the news last Friday morning and I was elated, and even with all the mud the media slung at her over the next few days, I knew she'd soldier on.

Go Sarah. She kicked ass and took names, and I can't wait to see her hit the Sunday talk show circuit and rip Biden a new one in their debate.

You only need to look at the reaction from the libs on CNN and MSNBC to know that she hit it out of the park tonight. And wow, MSNBC now reporting that her prompter messed up a few times and rolled over her speech, and she ad-libbed/improvised a few transitions and did it without missing a beat.

She will be President one day.

Not a great orator but, boy does she know how to press the buttons!

I've been surfing the net to see the reaction of the Obama side. Nothing but really vile and obscene comments, sexist put-downs and outright lies that were put to rest a couple of days ago.

I don't have a dog in this fight but, on the strength of the Democrat responses, I'd vote for McCain just to support her. She's my kind of politician.

Overheard:

"New Sarah Palin Topic: Is Air Force One safe from E-bay?"

Here's a great line posted over at instapundit, just after the speech.

"New Sarah Palin Topic: Is Air Force One safe from E-bay?"

This lady rocks and is the game changer/winner the "fighter pilot" intended to have hit Obama's 6 out of the sun.

Enjoy the sudden stop at the end of your "Palin" induced fall Obama.

The shot heard around the [liberal] world.

Clue for sale to Barack: never, ever underestimate a woman with a cause. And never, ever, under any circumstance, f**k with her young.

This is going to get REAL interesting.

Thanks batb...that pretty well defines her.
Can't add anymore to this reaction. ..looking forward to the debates! Gov. Palin was not afraid to take on the establishment in Alaska, and she certainly will not be intimidated by the media.Real reformer with backbone, and a she-bear.
I really hope we don't get distracted by an election here in Canada. This is going to be a great campaign to follow.
On a lighter note...Piper will forever be in my heart for her loving lick-spittle hairdo for Trig.Precious!

Speech transcript released to press --
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/09/remarks_by_alaska_governor_sar.php

An excerpt --
Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines ... build more new-clear plants ... create jobs with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources.

Guesss they wanted to get that pronunciation right. I see she has declared "victory within sight" in Eye-wrack.

The MSM and the Democratic Party will be throwing every smear they can imagine in the next two months. To all the American readers, be prepared to fight, fight and fight. This is going to be Clarence Thomas times a billion.

Not only can Sarah Palin field dress a moose. She just field dressed Obama tonight

as Dr. Johnson said of a dog walking on its hind legs: "it is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."

Overall, a well read speech. She's good off a teleprompter. Much, much better, for example, than she is at unscripted interviews and press conferences (indeed, if the Republicans' campaign managers are bright, they will restrict her exposure to and interaction with the press - much like they have her boss). Infrequently she came across as running for student counsel and at other times verged on being . . . let's say it . . . shrill. The latter is kryptonite for female candidates - ask Hillary - so she'll have to be careful about being too much of an attack dog on the campaign trail.

The most disappointing thing about the speech tonight, however, was its author - Matthew Scully, a George W. Bush writer (and, more ominously, a Dan Quayle writer). Hence, the speech was filled with divisive rhetoric and bereft of policy. Does the McCain team really want to remind Americans of the Rove-wedge issue-driven Presidential style of the past eight years? Explaining the reasoning behind McCain's policies would have been more efffective than mere sloganeering, to my mind.

(I'll give Obama credit for one thing. He does write his own speeches. A lost art among many politicians.)

There is one sin, however, that Palin may have committed tonight. She may have outperformed tomorrow acceptance speech by her party's Presidential nominee. And that, would be a bone for her opponents.

On the subject of speeches, I was thinking about this one the other day, after some talking head on one of the liberal networks in the US referred to Obama's speech as "probably the best in the history of the world".

Nauseating, to say the least, but much more so when juxtaposed with the former - and the words still ring very true today - 44 years later.

"And no, Ace, not anybody can make a 36 minute speech before a large, raucous crowd with the pressure on and the cameras rolling."

Anybody running for VP should be able to make a great Convention speech (except for Biden who is probably the worst in my living memory). Thankfully a speech doesn't make a president or a vice-president. If it did, the Obama-messiah would already be president.

"Palin does very well in unscripted interviews."

She's silenced the most extreme critics for now, but I think most swing voters will remain unconvinced until we see some interviews and debates.

I predict the GOP will likely restore the status quo ante after the convention(level pegging).

Re: Meerschaum post

seems like Obama campaign is writing posts for SDA..heh

One thing for sure, Sarah has more testicles than Dion.

A vision has been stuck in my head all evening: It's John McCain giving a State of the Union Address with with Palin sitting behind him in the VP's seat in the Senate. The Democrats only hope is to treat Palin like she doesn't exist. Every anti-woman, anti-mother, anti-ordinary American, anti-gun, anti-small-town, anti-Alaska, shot they take makes them look more hypocritical. It also feeds her and her admirers with more ammuniton (and the last thing they want to give Sarah Palin is more ammunition!) But Democrats don't roll that way. Democrats, when backed into a corner tend to become snippy and graceless, like Michael Dukakis in the final debate with GHW Bush in '88. I am certain they will instead relentlessly attack Palin without shame or thought and they will show themselves for the hypocrites that they are. And if the world turns the way it should, this will cost Obama the election.

What was the name of the Democratic VP nominee again?

Sarah is Hillary's revenge on Obama.

What was the name of the Democratic VP nominee again?

Oh, just some Joe.

Wow! I just wish we had politicians like her and many of the Republican leaders here in Canada. sigh. Our politically-correct sanitized shamelessly liberal society won't allow anything more tasty than bland vanilla, I'm afraid. Men can't act like real men or they are called bullies. They have to emasculate themselves so as not to offend. Women politicians who attend pro-life rallies are shunned and ridiculed. So we're stuck with politicians who have to whisper, "I'm pro-life, but don't tell anyone because if it gets out, I'm ruined!" And we REWARD professional abortionists with medals. Very sad.

I wish I had been in St. Paul tonite in that stadium. And I wish I could vote in THEIR election. Sigh.

Sarah is Hillary's revenge on Obama.

Sarah is Conservatives' revenge on Hillary.

Sarah's story is the one Hillary has been trying to make up for the last 20 years.

I find Sarah refreshingly honest for a politician these days I think we are all sick of politically correct and over polished politic-speak. Who says being a politician forever qualifies you to be a great leader? I am glad to see a young, MOTHER, with a fresh perspective - removed from playing games in washington. She seems like one heck of a person to me! I am also appalled how much harder a ride she's getting just for being a woman. I can't wait for the debates!

Meerschaum:"Explaining the reasoning behind McCain's policies would have been more efffective than mere sloganeering" I disagree -- it's McCain's job to explain the reasoning behind his policies. Her job is to rally the troups. I think tonight people were more interested in getting a sense of Palin as a person. I liked her. She came across as very feminine (not something you see in most women politicians -- primarily because they have been conditioned to take on a male persona to succeed in politics . . . Palin is a refreshing change.) She also seemed solid. I think the experience thing is a bit of a toss up between Obama and Palin -- since neither has a lot, who they are becomes important.

This woman is, as others have said, a force to be reckoned with. What grace, what charm, what intelligence, what wit. And a voice that will be a pleasure to listen to.
Her husband and children obviously adore her, and daughter Bristol appears to have her mother's strengths. Regardless of the media's attacks, this is a strong family unit.
With millions of others, I'm looking forward to the debates. I hope Biden resists the temptation to take a drink or two beforehand. He'll need all his wits to hold his own with Wonder Woman, the future President of the U.S. of A.

Some dog. Some dance.

She kinda sounds like a Canadian, eh?

Hahaha!! A pretty face who read a speech prepared by someone else. Big deal. She is just another incompetent, narrow-minded, religion-driven, fundamentalist right-wing freak, who was hand-picked by McSame because he likes her ass. (Youtube is your friend.)

Now she has 137 days to explain her abuse of authority as mayor and governor, attempts at book banning, putting Wasilla into debt, shotgun wedding of her daughter, etc.

I'm going to get some popcorn...this will be fun.

Just so you know: "Meerschaum" is German for "sea-foam".

In other words, nothing but suds, no substance at all.

I still think McCain was too old to even not come to his own show and sent his wife instead
72 is not long time to go and have risk involve

next their family of Sarah look like very
villiage espcialy her son and her younges daughter to me very simple peopel from small town who remind me of film of Hilibili who find oil in middle of thier villaga and got rich andcome to town with their own chicken and act villigai in multimillion dollar film

next I see she talk so good but donot forget Miss AMerican beauty queen also get mark for body and look and how to talk and answer final question then we can not expect she talk like Obma like ah and hmmm she talks strightas she learn this lessson of talk nice from her youth miss US should show talent body and face

now she start half of show like family reunion talk about her family

she said in her advertise her family I have
soldure son to atttract Pentagon and army people and country music she has fisher man husband to attrat the workers family men and she siad shehas kid with donw sydndrom specail kid to attract diable kid mom and family and thank god she has too many kids and she has pregant woman in 17 she can attract Paris Hilton kind of girly wild youth to vot for MacCain now and she has tow more to go still under micrbila mouth exam god know what theywill end up

her motehr and her fmaily

then she talk little about McCain and more about her and her fmaily as I said less about poltic more about her fmailyas major talk here

then she start made fun of Obama and compeititor woman jelous way tactic

and finally she bring jail frind of McCain taht he whet and fight forUS in jail now vot for her probaly if US listen to McCain all of those Americna get arrested and should live long in prison as how much he was smart live long in jail go woman for war

and now she is woman can attract white and woman now too

black hair woman seems more sroulsy than McCain blond hair wife as US make joke for blond always

she has family and as CLinton try to show this to pulbic as her husband blow it up with Luskikin andnow Sarha's daughter blow that up

VP must talk about politic and talk about McCain not about her in most of time while she talk about herslef more thanMcCain to me

that is good one Mr. McCain

but still she is too young and McCain is too old for presicency I am not vote for him sorry
Delet it - fire them all

Some of Charlie Rose's PBS "guests" are now picking apart her speech and presentation and pedantically speculating on McCain's motives. The usual talking head/chattering class stuff.

Did they do this for any of the BO speeches or events? Just wondering.

12:55 Yoop. You silver tongued devil. Truer words were never spoken.

A power house woman with a cause and then you mess with her kids!!! Whew!!! Not a good plan!!!

No, I don't think the Republicans can afford to simply rally the troops anymore. And certainly not in one of their most important free media slots. They've run out of time for that.

The Republican base in the US has shrunk dramatically since 2004 (Thanks, Dubya). That fact, demonstrated by the reality that McCain has been consistently running behind Obama, means that the Rove-esque strategy of energizing your base and demoralizing the other guy's base simply won't cut it in 2008. If McCain can't bring Independents and blue-collar Democrats into his tent, he loses on simple electoral math.

And you won't interest those Independents and blue-collar Democrats with an unnecessarily partisan speech aimed at the Republican party's right wing or that attacks, for example, community organizers. You only woo these groups by showing how your policies help working joes on Mainstreet more than your opponent's policies.

(I have a grave feeling that the "community organizer" line will come back to haunt Palin. It's pretty damned easy pitch for the Democrats to knock out of the park with an indignant reminder that Jimmy Hoffa, Chaesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Theresa, for Pete's sake, were all community organizers.)

The tactical error of tonight's speech was that it preached to the choir instead of to Independents and Reagan Democrats.

Obama does not write his own speeches, and he does not manage his own campaign. And, without the prompter he is lost. Remember the Saddalback fiasco for him. I liked her suttle slams at Michell, and all the other speakers, mentioning they have always been proud to be an american. I was pleased to see she wore the same outfit for the speech she wore when checking out the podium earlier in the day. Also pleased she did not allow anyone to glamorize her or make her over aka Michelle. I liked her remarks to Harry Reid, if you really don't like Senator McCain, do the right thing and move him from the senate to the Oval Office.
Considering Wolfe announced John won the democratic nomination, and Obama introduced Biden as the next president of the United States, no wonder the media is screwed.
As for her slams at the media, why has the media not mentioned that O has threatened to sue, cancel licences, and forbidden them to tell the truth about him and Ayers. Democrats are scared of this ticket, and the more they attack, the more afraid they become.

We'll put it this way:

Obama's weak point is debates.
Palin's strength is debates

I believe McCain will take 2 of 3 debates, and I believe Palin will turn Joe Biden into a friggin' newt. He'll get better, but he won't be VP.

As of today, my 11-4 prediction is: McCain 48%, Obama 45%, Barr 3%, Nader 1%, Others: 3%. McCain gets 286 EV.

One thing we can all agree on. She has changed the nature of this whole Election. Joe Biden will be meat on the table she sets.

An Anti- matter bomb in a small package.

A small note to those who think she should be wearing sock cloth & ashes over her daughter. Most families have a black sheep. In this case as in my family she will get married to the guy, which has so far been good for 5 years now. Mistakes happen, particularly with teenagers.. I am glad she had loving parents that did not kick her out ,but have stood by her as kin. That’s what relatives do. Its only the extreme dysfunctional ones who don't. As well last time I heard, forgiving someone for the sins they do if they are repentant, is still a Christian practice. Palin can be proud her daughter kept the baby in this day & age of human life denial. Not that her daughter strayed but that she has come threw this honorable by taking responsibility. People are not condoning bad behavior , just happy to see a family weather a bad storm with a good ending, as most households do. They circle the wagons for their own, as we all do.

Best line read from a comment on Ann Althouse's blog:

Palin is in fact Reagan and that Thatcher's illegitimate love child.

No. Surprisingly, Obama has actually written his most important speeches - his acceptance speech, the speech on race relations and America and the 2004 address to the Democratic convention - by himself.

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/speechwriter_of_one.php

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/08/23/DI2008082300772.html

Interestingly, the last US Presidential candidate to write for himself was Nixon. (Which was one of the few things I admired Tricky Dicky for.)

For his stump speeches, victory speeches in the primaries and other day-to-day stuff, however, the Democratic nominee relies on Jon Favreau.

Meerschaum notes: as Dr. Johnson said of a dog walking on its hind legs: "it is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."

Ironically, given the subject of this thread, Johnson was using the dog to illustrate his opinion of a woman he had been invited to hear lecturing on philosophy.

Meerschaum indeed means seafoam, but it is the stuff that Sherlock Holmes's pipe was carved from, a type of soft mineral.

I though Palin was just fine, by the way. It would be nice to have more politicians of her mettle, male and female, in Canada.

Obama has actually written his most important speeches - his acceptance speech, the speech on race relations and America and the 2004 address to the Democratic convention - by himself.

I see two books written by Barack Obama at Amazon.com - both by "himself". I'm almost certain that he wrote the whole thing(s) by himself, about himself.

Colour me skeptical, but two autobiographies before actually accomplishing anything of historical note (most people deserving a story of their life are humble) strikes me as being a bit over the top.

I DO see the historical significance of being the first black presidential candidate but I'm rooting for Condi and Colin because I'm biased.

"I don't know, she looks sort of bitter, clinging to guns and religion.... like those yahoos that wouldn't vote for me in Pennsylvania and West Virginia...." thought Obama

So Obama is the one that wrote that his capture of the Democrat nomination will be thought of in the future as "the momement that the seas stopped their rise, and people started being able to find jobs again?" Obama wrote that?

Look at Zero's surrogates. They are out here comparing him to McCain's VP pick. Defensive. Good, they should be.

You have to give the Obmamabots points for moxie though. Their Veep selection would never give a speech written by somebody else... uh wait a minute.

American libs are going to regret poking momma bear. Tearing a strip of her is one thing. Messing with her kids is another.

Guiliani's speech was incredible.

Palin rocked. Someone in here said Palin is what Hillary has been trying to make up for 20 years. True words.

McCain-Palin.

Gonna be a close race.

I have to admit McCain made an excellent choice. However, the thunder may have come a bit early. The final stretch has it's share of ups and downs. Time will tell.

Are you tired of the snake oil peddled by Dr. Osama and his lefty cure-nothing tonic?

Are you feeling ill from trying to swallow it's bitter taste?

NEW from Repubceuticals! PALIN. The cure for America's woes. When the cap comes off the bottle you will feel fresh and invigorated!

No minimum dosage required. Even looking at the package makes you feel better.

No legal disclaimer required.

All conservatives, everywhere. A note of caution.

Today, when out and about, be careful walking. all that Liberal drool on the streets is a dangerous thing.

Also, rumours that Joe Biden took to the bottle after the speech last night are still unconfirmed.

The VP debate will be "excellent"

I have seen the future of America and her name is Sarah Palin....

her speech at the Republican convention is now one of the seminal moments of US political history - absolutely outstanding

She's already doing the job. Just look at what she's done to the resident communist and Islamist:

"Hahaha!! A pretty face who read a speech prepared by someone else. Big deal. She is just another incompetent, narrow-minded, religion-driven, fundamentalist right-wing freak, who was hand-picked by McSame because he likes her ass" - iberia

"next their family of Sarah look like very
villiage espcialy her son and her younges daughter to me very simple peopel from small town who remind me of film of Hilibili" - new

Guess new didn't like the Giulliani bit about calling an Islamic terrorist an Islamic terrorist. The key word being Islamic.

'I have a grave feeling that the "community organizer" line will come back to haunt Palin" - Meerschaum

Community organizers like Obama typically do their 'organizing' in big cities. Certainly not the the small town America Sarah was addressing and Bush won his two terms with. Besides, who knows exactly what the catch-all, certainly ambiguous term means anyhow.

At least the two books JFK pretended to write were about _other people_.

PS:

For me it's always about those tiny quirky moments you can't really capture on paper/pixels or act out to your friends.

Last night it was Rudy, when he first used the phrase "community organizer" then half-whispered "[a] _what_?" -- like a disgusted yet bemused cough.

The intellectual elite danced out on a limb- Sarah sawed it off!
http://breathofthebeast.blogspot.com/2008/09/its-about-character-stupid-palin-steps.html

I think the majority will get the context, regardless of how the socialists spin it.

"Community organizer" as in Obama's only claim in experience to be President of the U.S.

In fact, the more they spin it, the more they are underlining Obama's complete lack of experience.

A poison pill, wrapped in candy.

Obama's response.

Uh, oh , uh,,,,,huh, a , uh . ya know , I .....Uh. me .... uh.

Yes, Mam, the GOP is back on top. Bring on November 4th!!

bluetech: "Piper will forever be in my heart for her loving lick-spittle hairdo for Trig.Precious!"

Ditto!!

The Palins are a real family dealing with real issues. Real to the lib-left moonbats is like water to the Wicked Witch of the West.

Sarah Palin tells it like it is and they're shrieking, "I'm meling! I'm melting!"

'Haven't bought a paper in years. Today, I'm buying all the papers I can get my hands on to keep for my grandchildren (of which I haven't any, yet).

Last night marked a moment in history.

Speaking of 900 sitemeter hits, I've noticed you are getting close to 10,000,000 hits. WOW!!!!

Leftards are crying.

Palin exceeded all expectations and set a new bar for herself going forward, which is what she needed to do.

The meme against the GOP today is they "were nasty" and "sarcastic". A true statement is that if you are too nasty and too sarcastic you turn people off, but the Dems need to worry about that more in their response to Palin. GOP is usually smart enough to know when they are talking to the base and when they are talking to non GOP.

The challenge the GOP has is that they needed to shore up the base, so the VP pick and the convention was for that purpose. The Dems had the luxury of feeling united and speaking to a larger audience. The Dems chose a VP pick, not for their party to to reinforce their candidate in a general election. The GOP chose someone to reinforce their candidate within the party.

The net effect is that the GOP has succeeded in their tasks, but are behidn and the Dems succeeded in their tasks. It is no a footrace.

Biden wasnt mentioned, it was all about comparing Palin to Obama....my goodness the Dems cant let that happen, it dimisnishes Obama. The Dems might be the nasty ones, we will see. And we will see if the old pol Biden can engage Palin without appearing too oafish....it may be difficult.

Right now, I would say a dead even race, that is a one major gaffe (from either side) away from a small victory.

The debates will decide.....now Obama has spoke of equal pay for equal work....what effect will this have on some of the Conservative independents, like me, who are intrigued by Obama. Policies like that that (because did it include the word equal value) start to scare us. As does making 50+% of the US population exempt from taxes...tax cuts dont work when the majority of people dont pay them....that policy alone reshapes the American political landscape.

GOP have recovered, the question is the candidates next moves. There will likely be a hit against the Iranians in October, probably by the Israeli's. We will see what happens.

BTW did you notice in Guiliani's seech the references to Jerusalem and Obama's change of position. That is targetted at making Florida GOP.

Obama is a poitical talent and he has a very very good campaign team....best Dem campaign team I have ever seen, better than Clinton who faced a divided right 2x.....Their marketing is fantastic, we will see if there is enough fuel in the tank to carry them till Novemeber....they may have spent it all knocking off Hillary, for which everyone should be thankful.

I think the force of Sarah Palin's speech and presence last night will turn the focus of leftogyny hostility to other areas. Theh hatred will continue, the blatant lies will continue, but it will be claims of what she did or didn't do as governor. Less on her family.

The focus will be on actions-carried-out.

This focus on actions also means that Obama is going to move into the defensive. The Repulbicans are attacking him as being nothing but rhetoric. He can't be critiqued for actions because he's done nothing.

As Guiliano said in his perfect speech last night, Obama has marked 'present' for the majority of time in Senate but taken no action, made no choices. Obama's focus has always been on himself; he's developed no legislature; instead, he's written two autobiographies about himself.

So, if the focus moves to actions - Obama is going to be on the defensive.

So far, Obama has, with the aid of the hypnotized MSM, slithered through his actions in being a 20 year member of an anti-American group (a 'church'). Notice how the Democrats are trying to smear Palin with being a member of an Alaskan separatist group; she wasn't but they are declaring she was.

And of course, Obama's team rejects criticism; if any MSM that tries to critque him with his links to the crime boss Adler, is faced with threats of being sued.

But, Obama is going to be on the defensive. Now, the MSM will spring to his defense..and..we'll see.

I DO see the historical significance of being the first black presidential candidate but I'm rooting for Condi and Colin because I'm biased.

Posted by: PiperPaul at September 4, 2008 4:06 AM

Let's not forget some remarkable history:

In 1872, Douglass became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States, as Victoria Woodhull's running mate on the Equal Rights Party ticket. He was nominated without his knowledge. During the campaign, he neither campaigned for the ticket nor acknowledged that he had been nominated...

At the 1888 Republican National Convention, Douglass became the first African-American to receive a vote for President of the United States in a major party's roll call vote...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

That's Republican, because the Democrats were out with Nathan Bedford Forrest burning crosses.

Now she has 137 days to explain her abuse of authority as mayor and governor, ...

I'm going to get some popcorn...this will be fun.

Posted by: lberia at September 4, 2008 2:08 AM

Where did you get 137 days? 61 days until the election. Give me some of that popcorn, watching you is fun.

Stephane Dion, Mr. Carbon Tax, how would you like to debate the pit bull? Perhaps bring your attack poodle, Kyoto?

Stephane Dion IS the poodle! Maybe we should change it's name to Fifi...

Yes, it's going to be interesting to watch how the media handle this explosion on the political scene. Sarah Palin is nothing less than dynamite in this campaign.

Two media commentators have taken a nose dive IMHO after last night's tour de force by Palin: the Jim Lehrer News Hour's Mark Shields and Gwen Ifel.

Mark looked like he was at the funeral of his best friend and couldn't get himself to say one positive thing about Sarah Palin's knock-em-down-drag-em-out speech. His whine was "Poor Obabam. He's been belittled." I guess that just won't do, even though that's been the name of the game in every political KO from time immemorial.

It's allowed for the Dems but, obviously, not for the GOP.

Then, there's Gwen Ifel, who's had a perpetual grimace on her face since the beginning of the RNC. I used to think she was one of the better and more intelligent commentators. Not any more. 'Same meme as Shields: "Palin belittled Obama." Grimace.

I'm wondering if they all got together before the speech and agreed to use the term "belittled" because it's everywhere in the media this morning. Speaking truth to lies (Obama's got 20 years of experience...yeah, right) is not belittling your opponent. It's letting the facts--which because of the media coverup for Barry are hard to come by--speak for themselves and making sure that the voting public knows what the facts are.

Lots of people and media seem upset she attacked community organizers. Is that any different than all the attacks they did on small towns and their mayors. She didn't attack ALL organizers, just the experience gained by O for being one.

Ooops! Palin stuck her foot into it and blew ALL arguments from the Right about misogyny! LOL!

leftdog: As one of my daughters likes to say, "What are you TALKING about?"

Just checked the lyrics to the Heart song "Barracuda"...Too bad they don't really match this ticket (The Barracuda is the bad one in the story, maybe Obama will play it?) but just the same, a great tune with a kick ass galoping type riff that's perfect for an election campaign...Still, I would not be surprized they (Reps) play segments of it and more so to hear: "Oh would'nt you?, Barracuda"...Just have to find out which political affiliation Anne and Nancy Wilson (Heart) have.

Seems this woman is shaking things up, big time. And not just in the US, all over the world. A female leader like this, she could inspire a generation of political leaders to come.

Hopefully Canada can get a Sarah Palin type leader in the near future, male or female.

"She didn't write her own speech."
Is that the best you leftogynists can come up with?
"Duh, I'm not gonna vote for her. Like, she can't even write speeches."
And if you think the line about hockey moms, pit bulls and lipstick came from the beltway, you're dumber than I thought.

An interesting side note -- McCain's choice of Palin was originally criticized because this choice would neutralize his ability to go after Obama with respect to lack of experience. This appears not to be true -- the fact that the two are similarly inexperienced gives room to highlight the differences as happened last night. I don't think too many people would be able to have credibility in delivering a remark like "using the presidency for self-development" -- or whatever it was. Indeed Obama's experience does look a bit fuzzy in comparison to hers, even though I agree they are both without much.

leftdog:

Palin is 'da bomb' for the Dogs Neutered by Convention (DNC) Obama-Nation(tm) coronation of the Obamessiah.

Styrofoam Greek columns indeed.

It was an exercise in "Columny" the way they have tried to slag Palin.

Since when are a politician's children 'fair game' in an election campaign?

I think the Democrats are going to get a "McCaning" at the ballot box, and they will be "Palin" when they see the final tally.

Cheers

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht,Commander in Chief

Frankenstein Battalion
2nd Squadron: Ulanen-(Lancers) Regiment Großherzog Friedrich von Baden(Rheinisches) Nr.7(Saarbrucken)
Knecht Rupprecht Division
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1st Saint Nicolaas Army
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Democrats are going to get a "McCaning" and and "ImPalin" at the ballot box.

What a nightmare for the Dems, here you have an accomplished self-made female with Palin who isn't an entitled whinning victim hag. She just went about her life serving her family and community getting the job done.

Sure, she has a lot to learn in areas like foreign policy, but, unlike the Empty Suit she knows that. The vacuous little fool doesn't have the humility to admit he knows nothing which makes him so dangerous.

I hope Palin signals the end of the old lefty feminist paradigm that has poisoned our culture. Young women deserve better.

A classic from our friends at Canoe.ca

"Do you think Sarah Palin is a flash in the pan or will she hold onto her stardom?"

Yes?
No?
Undecided.

They forgot the "Fire the proof reader" option.

Bang-on, ET: Obama's focus has always been on himself; he's developed no legislature; instead, he's written two autobiographies about himself.

Is it fair to bring up narcissism as a character flaw in a candidate? I guess that would depend on who is in the peanut gallery. The converted don't want to hear the truth, it buggers-up their manufactured, pollyannish notions of reality.

For the nutcase protesters that tend to gravitate towards the Democrats, well, they're beyond reason and rightly deserve the Zombie moniker.

http://www.zombietime.com/

No candidate writes their own speeches; they don't have the time. They have speechwriters.

That includes Obama who has a large team of speechwriters.

However, the candidates do work on them, vet them, they don't permit anything in those speeches that does not represent them.

So, to attack Palin because she didn't write her own speech is a red herring. Equally, to attack Palin because she 'belittled' Obama is trivial. She justifiably criticized Obama for his shallowness, his lack of actual strategies, his focus on emotional rhetoric, his lack of experience.. If such information belittles him, it's justified.

SARAH PALIN, ERA OF THE BULL BITCHES IS OVER, THANK YOU.

Real women and motherhood thanks to one real woman may be back where it should be in the hierarchy of Western Civilization, at the top. SOW types, go back to your wallows of insignificance, insecurity and unimportance where you belong.

I was apprehensive. I thought this is the first time she had ever encountered something like that. I could see the nervousness on the family faces, especialy the daughter but then the crowd cut loose and they realized that mom was all she could be and the people loved it.

Sarah Palin has a very down to earth no nonsense approach that reminds of Maggie Thatcher.I am really looking forward to her debate with Joe Biden.
I wonder if the Republicans will be wishing the names were reversed on the ticket.

I could see the nervousness on the family faces, especialy the daughter but then the crowd cut loose and they realized that mom was all she could be and the people loved it.

Speedy, strong women are a (if not THE) foundation of western society. WE already know that, some others don't.

Seconding Biff on Palin, I'm afraid I am one of the McCain critics referred to as well.

I look forward to the eventual history of how the Maverick saved the Rethuglican party from the fate of the Whigs and set it up with the leader of the succeeding generation, Regan reincarnate.

I do not understand how this happened, but the Donks are the party in grave danger now. The party of Jefferson has never looked more bankrupt and riven. Do I hear the 'death rattle' in her breathing.

Courtesy Jerry Lee Lewis!:

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain

Too much love drives a man insane

You broke my will, But what a thrill

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny

You came along and moved me honey

I've changed my mind, this Girl is fine

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, ooooh feels good

Hold me baby, I'm gonna love you like a lover should

Your fine, so kind

Got to tell this world that your mine mine mine mine

I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs

I'm real nervous, but it sure is fun

C'mon baby, you're driving me crazy

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire!!

The "Dems" have already committed political suicide by juggling the vote to put "BHO" in as president elect. "HRC" did have more votes. The party is split and will remain split over this. Does not matter that "HRC & BC" gave a good talk to DNC, still boils down that they juggled votes.

If the "Dems" expect to start putting their product on the table. "How is it that you are going to cut taxes and still have the social programs". They have to reform the government handouts if they expect to win.

Brooks in his pretend speech to the DNC candidates about "if you make extra money we will be there to relieve you of it and trust us to spread it around". It is not going to happen without reforming the government handouts.

The "Reps" are already ahead because their platform is about reform and change. The have two candidates that are noted reformers.

Jeez, the more I type into this entree, "we have the same thing in Canada". PMSH who wants change and Dion that wants "if you make extra money we will be there to relieve you of it and trust us to spread it around".

As a young nephew stated to me on politics, If you want Liberalism in you society you have to Fiscally responsible with the money. "My judgement on what young people thought about the political scale went up quite a few notches".

Be ready for the same on Canada's election. The left wing MSM will be there, but now they just can not state it in papers and get away with it. It is called the invention of the computer and Internet. We can read and state opinions that disqualifies their utter crap.

Good one for Sarah Palin, LWMSM spewing their crap, RW news and opinion blogs have brought them down. Far more informanet, intellectual and intelligent conversations on this Rep pick for VP from ordinary people than the left could ever expect.

In the immortal word of S.Dion:

"It's not FAIR"

First we see this line, included approvingly from an openly fake 'Hillary' website:

" ... We are going to kick Obama's butt all the way back to Kenya!!!!!!" ...

Then we see this warning:

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just called her "shrill". That'll win the women back!"

Time for someone to make up their mind what the range of good commentary is, and isn't.

The best, most ironic, most blinkered comment I have ever seen Kinsella make: "But listen up, fellas: reading a TelePrompter well don’t get you to home base. A good talker does not a winner make."

IT IS JUST TO RICH! Note the Obama '08 logo on the left...

How did Chretien ever win an election taking this guys advice?

Somebody suggested maybe she would sell Air Force One.

That won't happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if (with Palin's urging), McCain assigns the pilot to 'other duties' and flies the thing himself! LOL

Hmm...GWB was a figther pilot too. I wonder if he ever got behind the controls of AF1?

(The Canadian) Sarge

Fresh from Drudge, apparently Palin's telepromter broke halfway into her speech:

According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks. As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Governor Palin was in the speech. The malfunction also occurred during Rudy Giuliani's speech, explaining his significant deviations from his speech.

http://www.redstate.com/

Trophy Wallhanger, snaps the rod, pulls the fishermen overboard and shakes the bait to pieces as she taildances just out of net range alongside the boat .

Oooooooooo Baracuda!
A "Walter" story has been created to be told at baitshops and boat ramps for ever.
She's the dems great white whale, the un-catchable Walter from On Golden Pond .

God I wish there was just one person like her in Canada's little timid pool of schooling minnow politicos.

She slashed through the baitball of scared MSM libtard groupthink, like a freaking lunker rips through a school of shiners.

What she didn't eat she stunned with a flip of her tail as she streaked through the fleeing homogenous mass.

CNN had no understanding of the long boooing session they and the MSM received when Palin openly mocked them.

Cruising the lefty blogs is very encouraging.

And without the teleprompter, http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/sep/04/breaking-sarah-palin-winged-her-speech-bec/

Barrack Obama without a teleprompter.

uh, oh, me , .....uh. I ..... my.. uh, uh, huh, I .....uh . me.....

CBCpravda must be going catatonic on this one.

lets see - she's a Republican, we dont like.
- she's a woman, okay we like
- she's prolife , nope, not cbc policy
- she can draw a crowd like hussien -
okay we like
- she has more than 2.1 children-hate
- supports a canadian pipeline -like
- killsfurry things with scary gun- no
- married to native -like
- cuts back government spending - nope
- will kick drunken joe bidens butt.

Kathy Shaidle: INDEED. Me too, the Guilliani Noo Yawk shoulder-shrugging schtick, the genuine perplexity, the beaming smile on the "community organizer" thing. Rudy was my guy early in the primary. "And the Yes or No ... wow, it's tough!" And the 130 "Presents", something the compaign will now need to highlight.

Be clear nay sayers: she did not denigrate communities, but the "community organizer" which in this instance is flat-out race baiting dirty-rotten Chicago machine politics. She conceeded the need for community organizing but made it clear that it entailed actual responsibilites. Obama is not the most liberal Democrat Prez candidate. He is the first communist Demorcat Prez candidate. A commie punk.

Last night’s polling shows that, by a ten-to-one margin, voters believe reporters are trying to hurt Palin’s campaign rather than help. Republicans and unaffiliated voters strongly believe that a double standard is being applied to Palin because she is a woman. Democrats disagree. Perhaps most stunning is that, among unaffiliated voters, just 42% believe Obama has better experience than Palin to be President. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say Palin has the edge on experience. Again, most of the interviews for this survey were completed before Palin’s well-received speech last night.

This is from the world renowned,
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Among unafilliated voters, just 42% believe that Obama has more experience than Palin.

This is the reason why McCain is going to win. The independants are going to vote for McCain.

"God I wish there was just one person like her in Canada's little timid pool of schooling minnow politicos." Time for Deborah Grey to return? A different personality from Sarah for sure, but she also did not tolerate fools.

Who cares how much of the speech Palin personally wrote, or whether she used a teleprompter or referred to written notes. Is there any doubt that she believes in the message, or that she competently delivered the message?

Her intelligence, her passion and her “servant’s heart” are a huge debating advantage over the sleazy opposition. After all it’s not about tricking the public into following you, it’s about leading the public in the direction they wish to go, and Palin obviously understands that.

Linda L. : You mean that highly principled Deb Grey who built a successful political career almost entirely on her opposition to the gold plated MP pension plan and is now wallowing happily in her $75,000+ per year? The populist who, after accepting an invitation to visit a southern Ontario constituency, turned to the local Reform Party president and said, "What the f*** am I doing HERE?"

Naw, you must be referring to someone else.

maybe Obama can switch to german.

"Ich bin ein schwarzer Teleprompter Leser, uh, ..... oh...... mein...... mich....uh uh, what happened to the words?

Obama losing traction like a bald tire.

Sarge; you can't sell Air Force One as I believe Air Force One is any aircraft the president is a passenger (or flying).

Zog: "Deb Grey who built a successful political career almost entirely on her opposition to the gold plated MP pension plan and is now wallowing happily in her $75,000+ per year?" I think it is particularly small minded to hold this against her. It is one thing to oppose something like this with the honest intention that it not pass, but once it has passed and everyone else is collecting, it is asking a lot to expect someone to wear a hairshirt for purposes of upholding a principle that no longer affects a public policy issue. Her original point was that NOONE should get the pension -- and therein was the savings for Canadians -- but once the issue is resolved, and EVERYONE ELSE is collecting, there is absolutely no reason why she should be deprived. Preston Manning has rejected the penion -- but he gets very little credit, though this gesture is admirable indeed.
Re your other point, I don't know about the London Ontario comment -- what was the context? What the F*** was she doing there? I continue to be impressed with how she did stand up for principle while in office.

Sarah Palin according to Jonah Goldberg

She was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She's all out of caribou.

S.Palin is a threat to socialists/commies and victimization politics world wide. As mentioned above, she has made enemies world wide. I hope the secret service is up to the task because I fear there will be an attempt(s) on her life.

S.Palin is the final nail in the victimization politics coffin.

S.Palin is the beginning of the healing of the gender rift that has been perpetuated by socialists for decades. This is a great time in our history.

We must keep matriculating the ball down the field, we can not afford to lose our focus.

"Hahaha!! A pretty face who read a speech prepared by someone else. Big deal. She is just another incompetent, narrow-minded, religion-driven, fundamentalist right-wing freak, who was hand-picked by McSame because he likes her ass."

Oh well .... even if left-wingers are unable to offer intelligent input, at least they can be counted on to provide class.

The left blog commenters have floating out the image of Palin vs Putin as in can you imagine Sarah Palin facing down Vlad Putin...Not!

Heh. The background whispers around Palin would saying things like: "ok, what do we need to give him- 100 yard headstart? 200? Waste him where he sits? Nuff meat on him for running rump shot, or do we just turn the headlights on him and take him down when he turns his head."

Sorry, Linda L, but "principled" Grey didn't merely go along. Notwithstanding that she was formerly very insulting to anyone who defended the pension, and had put a lot of pressure onto fellow Reformers to follow her lead and opt out, she LED the charge into the golden trough.

One of her several rationalization for her flip flop was that, after Preston Manning had his brush with prostate cancer, she began to feel her own mortality. I never quite figured out what she meant by that. Maybe she was suggesting that she has a prostate. Who knew?

Re her little outburst: It was in a rural riding, and the context was that she was riding with the president to a meeting where a lot of people were waiting to meet her.

BTW, Preston wasn't the only one to stick to his guns. Werner Schmidt and Lee Morrison also kept their promises and stayed out of the pension trough.

Palin's speech last night reminded me of a Entertainment Tonight reporter making fun of a celebrity's designer dress. We have become so dumb as a society we think that these insulting jokes make a great speech. Obama's speech was ten times better and he will be president. Maybe Palin can take the job of that transvestite on ET who makes fun of celebrities.

cbailey, you guys really just can't help yourselves can you? Whine, whine whine, just like your big zero did today about the fact that Sarah didn't mention the rest of his "career". You're really just a bunch of whiny childish pussies, aren't you?

Face it - the big zero had his ass handed to him by a girl last night!

Indiana Homez or Indiana (Steve Carige ) Jones

I think you are too afraid of think she is so value of Gold to think to protect her while you are loose real gold already is avaiable

you remind me of some one very rude and not honest who any Muslim talk to him he thought with his elution always some one espcially Muslim plan to hurt him or his family and made so much gosip about Muslim

he never trust anything with real muslim except phoney Muslim, while there was nothing to scare of it.

while the solution was to get over it and resolve the issue which is He (she) was not good enough to do anything right she is not there yet
never it is too late to fix the mistake and past

Jesus, I didn't think Kate's minions could get any dumber. But give 'em a MILFy/Barracuda running-mate, and the last drop of blood drains from their brain to...parts below.

Revolting, I must say.