SubscribeThe Hive - What Else But Palin’s Speech?
Our randomly occurring discussion thread — on tonight’s speech by Sarah Palin.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I think I speak for everyone on this blog that I hope and pray this will be the greatest, most rousing speech since Henry V at Agincourt. She has to pull a Reagan & speak directly to the American people. This is her only chance & she has to nail it. Let the demented banshees in the liberal media pull their hair out.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
MS-LSD, moving the goal posts for Palin.
She doesn’t have to appeal to the base, cuz Big Mac has 85% of the Pub vote. She’s gotta talk to the middle, sez Howard Fineman. BO only had 80% of dems, so of course his speech had to be red meat for them.
No mention yet of white bread Biden.
And new on the Slimes: Pointers for Palin’s review
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09.....;emc=pola1
“And although it has not been measured yet, coverage of her so far this week has probably overshadowed that of both Mr. McCain and Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee.”
Ya think?
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Matthews asking “do you think the media has piled on Palin?”
“Who’s done that?– I haven’t–MSNBC hasn’t” Couple of young lightweights letting him talk over them.
Sign behind Matthews: All that Matters is that you are ALL HEADED FOR HELL”
what a circus, chanting peacenix also. (NO MORE WAR)
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
And now for something serious…http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/election2008/ig/Election-Funny-Pictures/Obama-Lawn-Jockey.htm
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
You think Chris Matthews gets shivers up his legs when he sees Palin? Or, does he save himself for Obama.
I laughed my ass off watching MSNBC. They’re acting like a bunch of gerbels in a shoe box - after somebody shakes it like a rattle.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
A last minute thought on Obama’s VP pick: http://politicalhumor.about.co.....y.-1XH.htm
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Obama - the early years (hell he’s only 46, it wasn’t that long ago).
http://politicalhumor.about.co.....s.-1j9.htm
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
In case it hasn’t been posted:
Newt smacks down MSNBC anchor on Obama experience relative to Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkaKwJ9eOUU
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
David Gregory on with Rachel (Richard) Maddow(uber lefty), Eugene Robinson (lefty), Nora O’Donnell(prolly a lefty), Smerconish (sez he’s not a lefty, meh). Well isn’t that nice.
Richard tells us that the vetting issue “has them rocked back on their heels.”
Robinson “funny you should ask that, David. I wrote a whole column about he could not have possibly vetted her . . . did you know that Obama was the Harvard Law Review editor? Now that’s experience you can vote for!”
Richard “I haven’t seen anybody in the media being mean to [Palin's] children.” Straight face too.
They gonna ride that “she’s not experienced, McCain didn’t vet her” trope for 60 days? zzzzzzzz
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Back to familiar ground: Showing W ripping on McCain from 2000.
Robinson: “that is a gem and the Obama campaign can use.”
nora: I think it’s a real possibility Palin will outshine McCain [eh?]
now they got another dem on Chris van hollen. MS-Dem TV. ” the fact we didn’t hear them on the economy is that they have nothing to say”
This is so hilarious.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This is McCain’s race to lose. Look at this electoral map overlaid with current polling, which doesn’t take into account any bump from Palin’s selection or last night’s speeches by Thompson and Lieberman.
http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....ain/?map=1
Look for a spirited speech tonight. She may recount her experiences as a major. A position where she had to make tough decisions that impacted people’s every day lives. She’s dealt first hand with issues of eduction, public safety and services where people live. Talk about accountability.
She can recount the challenge of beating a corrupt establishment, which takes real courage. What people don’t understand is that when you’re taking down these crooks, you put your and your family’s personal safety at risk.
She can enlighten the MSM on the day-to-day duties of a governor and why Alaska is an important state. Apart from detailing the importance of exporting valuable natural resources, including oil, natural gas, minerals, etc., which help our balance of payments, she can give a little lesson in geography, as many pundits and Obama supporters apparently don’t realize that Alaska shares a border with Canada and Russia and conducts direct negotiations with the Japanese regarding territorial fishing rights.
If she can deliver, and I know she will, we’ll see a landslide in November.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Richard just said that in last night’s speech Fred Thompson said: “Barack Obama wants to kill babies”
Mike Murphy: [incredulous] I didn’t hear anything like that.
Gregory jumps in changes topic.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I gave up on MS_DNC and tuned in Levin. He played a clip of Peggy Noon[er]an caught on a live mike implying that with the Palin pick the McCain campaign its over.
Et tu, Peg?
Later on her column she tries to explain she was mis-contexualized. Her emphatic “it’s over” meant that she was saying the leadership can’t count on the base to fall in line. Uhhhh, right.
Well Peg, I’ve defended you quite a bit here in cyberspace, but “it’s over.”
Cue Mick and the boys: http://tinyurl.com/4xpbdv
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
That “woman” from code pink dragged out during the Palin speech.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Palin is on.
CNN won’t stop going to shots of the baby-daddy. Stay classy!
Crowd won’t shut up. She can’t calm them down.
Pumping up McCain. Supports him. Surprised?
Son Track is going to Iraq. Nephew Casey on carrier in Persian Gulf.
Introduces daughters and Trig. No mention of teenage pregnancy yet. “greatest joy brings challenge” alludes to pregnant kid? No, goes on about special needs.
Husband Todd, commercial fisherman, union member, world champion snowmobiler.
Small town values, those people work hard and are proud of country. “Hockey mom” bit about pit bulls and lipstick.
Little daughter holding Trig. Fixing hair, licked hand and wiped his hair down. Boy slept through the whole thing…
Protester getting removed. Buh-bye!
A few shots in on hypocrisy of Obama and Biden using bitter clinging to guns and religion.
Just mentioning the media was 20 seconds of loud loud booing.
Some background on things she did as governor. Sold state jet on Ebay. Got rid of governor personal chef.
Promises fiscal conservative by using vetoes. Bridge to nowhere mentioned.
Some details on oil and gas. 40 Billion NG pipeline? Relates gas to national security.
Knocks dem “do-nothing” energy plan. Talks about all of the above plan.
Good attack on BHO, two memoirs but no major bills in state or federal level. Lots of funny attack on hollow celebrity status.
Lists differences. Taxes, big government.
Sister at bar in Alaska with drunk guy in background. Cheers!
“change to promote their carreers… those that use careers to promote change.”
Goes into McCain record of acievement and reform a bit. “Take the Maverick out of the senate and put him in the white house.”
Lots of good quips and one-liners. Funny jabs.
McCain’s mom is old. Looks good for being that damn old.
Good McCain segment. Definitely pumping him up.
Overall, good speech. Definitely not bad delivery. Should be a success for first national appearance.
Not a lot of detail. First time for me listening to her, voice is a little nasal (like a Minnesotan).
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I think she knocked em dead.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
At the (extreme) risk of overconfidence:
Sarah Palin is kryptonite to Obama’s phony Superman.
This is over. McCain is Prez.
Formalities pending.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Thank you Jesus! She mopped up the floor w/ Obambi. McCain better bring his A game tomorrow night. 10 point bounce if he does. Giuliani was great also. What a night!
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pm
SG: May I be the first to congratulate my no. 1 fave - Governor Sarah Palin. She didn’t hit a home run tonight, she left hit out of the park and through the window of of Rudy’s favorite Italian restaurant outside Yankee Stadium’s window. Even MSNBC was speechless- but give them time, they’ll (WHERE’S THAT BONG!!!) come up with something.
Seriously, Sarah Palin is keeping Barack Obama’s promise. “NOT CHANGE FROM WASHINGTON. BUT CHANGE TO WASHINGTON.”
SG - some of this would not be possible without people like you. God Bless America and God Bless Sweetness & Light.com
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Let’s start a rumor right here that Sarah Palin smokes. Let’s see if the MSM picks it up by daybreak. I’ll text Olberman.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 pm
That tapping sound you hear is the last nail being driven into Obama’s coffin…
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I think the best commentary of the evening came from my wife,
tomorrow she is going to try doing her bangs like Sarah
I couldn’t be happier… with the candidacy that is, my wife is already hot.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 pm
You think she reads S&L because everyone of her jabs could have been found here.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Go, Palin, Go! This is actually historic, as opposed to the beer and brats fest and the plastic Parthenon.
(Not that I have anything against beer or brats, lest I get chewed out by the naughty librarian crowd. No doubt it would be the same guys, I mean people.)
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
“SG - some of this would not be possible without people like you. God Bless America and God Bless Sweetness & Light.com.”
Gosh, what a kind thing to say.
But really, none of this could happen without we few — we happy few — we band of brothers.
(And sisters.)
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Four days worth of an intense smear campaign by the liberal media elites was erased by a 30 minute dose of small town America.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 pm
HOME RUN!!! Talk about a good job! She NAILED IT!!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
You know - I watched it and the whole time - I thought how damn inspirational she is to women - older women like me who remember being one of those do-it-all-right-now Moms and young women like my daughters who can look up to a mentor now who does not belittle any choice they make.
She did good - and I can’t wait to see the polls.
btw, did you hear Bill Maher’s snarky comment - McCain dies piloting the ship, oh that’s ok let the stewardess take over.
I think it (the nastiness) is going to backfire on them. Big Time - Americans don’t like being called stupid, bitter, backward and all the other nasty comments. It is getting tiring and I think that the little stunt by Pelosi and Congress in early August brought home to a lot of people exactly who is obstructing and doing nothing in America right now - talk about not wanting to continue a losing and unpopular ‘administration’!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I think Palin simply hit the ball out of the park with her speech.
Second best speech I’ve heard from the convention so far, after Fred’s from last night.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Wow, just wow.
Rudy killed the vermin and Sarah burned the bodies.
How can McCain top that? He best show up with his A-game.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:28 am
“Four days worth of an intense smear campaign by the liberal media elites was erased by a 30 minute dose of small town America.”
But… But Paul Begala just said that the media is “cowed by the right wing.” And have been since the days of Spiro Agnew.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:32 am
She’s a Natural! I gotta get to Alaska!
This election is becoming truly exciting.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Very impressive. Especially the ease and confidence with which she faces an audience. CNN kept cutting to shots of the teleprompters, but clearly she doesn’t need them - unlike BO. And it’s also clear that she’s going to get better and better at this, and in very short order. The pregnant daughter also looked much more at ease and happy tonight, with her fiance at her side, than the first time I saw her. The whole family looked very happy and at ease. Especially Piper.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:35 am
SG; But Paul Begala just said that the media is “cowed by the right wing.”
Pssst! Paul Begala is a crack-head. Pass it on.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Here is the text of Mrs. Palin’s speech:
“Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for vice president of the United States.
I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America.
I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country.
And I accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much harder missions … and met far graver challenges and knows how tough fights are won — the next president of the United States, John S. McCain.
It was just a year ago when all the experts in Washington counted out our nominee because he refused to hedge his commitment to the security of the country he loves.
With their usual certitude, they told us that all was lost — there was no hope for this candidate who said that he would rather lose an election than see his country lose a war.
But the pollsters and pundits overlooked just one thing when they wrote him off.
They overlooked the caliber of the man himself — the determination, resolve, and sheer guts of Sen. John McCain. The voters knew better.
And maybe that’s because they realize there is a time for politics and a time for leadership … a time to campaign and a time to put our country first.
Our nominee for president is a true profile in courage, and people like that are hard to come by.
He’s a man who wore the uniform of this country for 22 years and refused to break faith with those troops in Iraq who have now brought victory within sight.
And as the mother of one of those troops, that is exactly the kind of man I want as commander in chief. I’m just one of many moms who’ll say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm’s way.
Our son Track is 19.
And one week from tomorrow — Sept. 11 — he’ll deploy to Iraq with the Army infantry in the service of his country.
My nephew Kasey also enlisted and serves on a carrier in the Persian Gulf.
My family is proud of both of them and of all the fine men and women serving the country in uniform. Track is the eldest of our five children.
In our family, it’s two boys and three girls in between — my strong and kind-hearted daughters, Bristol, Willow and Piper.
And in April, my husband, Todd, and I welcomed our littlest one into the world, a perfectly beautiful baby boy named Trig. From the inside, no family ever seems typical.
That’s how it is with us.
Our family has the same ups and downs as any other — the same challenges and the same joys.
Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge.
And children with special needs inspire a special love.
To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters.
I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House. Todd is a story all by himself.
He’s a lifelong commercial fisherman … a production operator in the oil fields of Alaska’s North Slope … a proud member of the United Steel Workers Union … and world champion snow machine racer.
Throw in his Yup’ik Eskimo ancestry, and it all makes for quite a package.
We met in high school, and two decades and five children later he’s still my guy. My mom and dad both worked at the elementary school in our small town.
And among the many things I owe them is one simple lesson: that this is America, and every woman can walk through every door of opportunity.
My parents are here tonight, and I am so proud to be the daughter of Chuck and Sally Heath. Long ago, a young farmer and haberdasher from Missouri followed an unlikely path to the vice presidency.
A writer observed: “We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty, sincerity, and dignity.” I know just the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry Truman.
I grew up with those people.
They are the ones who do some of the hardest work in America who grow our food, run our factories and fight our wars.
They love their country, in good times and bad, and they’re always proud of America. I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town.
I was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids’ public education better.
When I ran for City Council, I didn’t need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and knew their families, too.
Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown.
And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves.
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.
We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.
As for my running mate, you can be certain that wherever he goes, and whoever is listening, John McCain is the same man. I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.
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. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people.
Politics isn’t just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.
The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.
No one expects us to agree on everything.
But we are expected to govern with integrity, good will, clear convictions, and … a servant’s heart.
I pledge to all Americans that I will carry myself in this spirit as vice president of the United States. This was the spirit that brought me to the governor’s office, when I took on the old politics as usual in Juneau … when I stood up to the special interests, the lobbyists, big oil companies, and the good-ol’ boys network.
Sudden and relentless reform never sits well with entrenched interests and power brokers. That’s why true reform is so hard to achieve.
But with the support of the citizens of Alaska, we shook things up.
And in short order we put the government of our state back on the side of the people.
I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law.
While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor’s office that I didn’t believe our citizens should have to pay for.
That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay.
I also drive myself to work.
And I thought we could muddle through without the governor’s personal chef — although I’ve got to admit that sometimes my kids sure miss her. I came to office promising to control spending — by request if possible and by veto if necessary.
Sen. McCain also promises to use the power of veto in defense of the public interest — and as a chief executive, I can assure you it works.
Our state budget is under control.
We have a surplus.
And I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending: nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes.
I suspended the state fuel tax and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress.
I told the Congress “thanks, but no thanks,” for that Bridge to Nowhere.
If our state wanted a bridge, we’d build it ourselves. When oil and gas prices went up dramatically, and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged — directly to the people of Alaska.
And despite fierce opposition from oil company lobbyists, who kind of liked things the way they were, we broke their monopoly on power and resources.
As governor, I insisted on competition and basic fairness to end their control of our state and return it to the people.
I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history.
And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly 40 billion-dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence.
That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart.
The stakes for our nation could not be higher.
When a hurricane strikes in the Gulf of Mexico, this country should not be so dependent on imported oil that we are forced to draw from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
And families cannot throw away more and more of their paychecks on gas and heating oil.
With Russia wanting to control a vital pipeline in the Caucasus, and to divide and intimidate our European allies by using energy as a weapon, we cannot leave ourselves at the mercy of foreign suppliers.
To confront the threat that Iran might seek to cut off nearly a fifth of world energy supplies … or that terrorists might strike again at the Abqaiq facility in Saudi Arabia … or that Venezuela might shut off its oil deliveries … we Americans need to produce more of our own oil and gas.
And take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: We’ve got lots of both.
Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America’s energy problems — as if we all didn’t know that already.
But the fact that drilling won’t solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.
Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we’re going to lay more pipelines … build more nuclear plants … create jobs with clean coal … and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal and other alternative sources.
We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers. I’ve noticed a pattern with our opponent.
Maybe you have, too.
We’ve all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers.
And there is much to like and admire about our opponent.
But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state Senate.
This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word “victory” except when he’s talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed … when the roar of the crowd fades away … when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot — what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger … take more of your money … give you more orders from Washington … and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world. America needs more energy … our opponent is against producing it.
Victory in Iraq is finally in sight … he wants to forfeit.
Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay … he wants to meet them without preconditions.
Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America … he’s worried that someone won’t read them their rights? Government is too big … he wants to grow it.
Congress spends too much … he promises more.
Taxes are too high … he wants to raise them. His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan, and let me be specific.
The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes … raise payroll taxes … raise investment income taxes … raise the death tax … raise business taxes … and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars. My sister Heather and her husband have just built a service station that’s now opened for business — like millions of others who run small businesses.
How are they going to be any better off if taxes go up? Or maybe you’re trying to keep your job at a plant in Michigan or Ohio … or create jobs with clean coal from Pennsylvania or West Virginia … or keep a small farm in the family right here in Minnesota.
How are you going to be better off if our opponent adds a massive tax burden to the American economy? Here’s how I look at the choice Americans face in this election.
In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers.
And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.
They’re the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals.
Among politicians, there is the idealism of high-flown speechmaking, in which crowds are stirringly summoned to support great things.
And then there is the idealism of those leaders, like John McCain, who actually do great things. They’re the ones who are good for more than talk … the ones we have always been able to count on to serve and defend America. Sen. McCain’s record of actual achievement and reform helps explain why so many special interests, lobbyists and comfortable committee chairmen in Congress have fought the prospect of a McCain presidency — from the primary election of 2000 to this very day.
Our nominee doesn’t run with the Washington herd.
He’s a man who’s there to serve his country, and not just his party.
A leader who’s not looking for a fight, but is not afraid of one either. Harry Reid, the majority leader of the current do-nothing Senate, not long ago summed up his feelings about our nominee.
He said, quote, “I can’t stand John McCain.” Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps no accolade we hear this week is better proof that we’ve chosen the right man. Clearly what the majority leader was driving at is that he can’t stand up to John McCain. That is only one more reason to take the maverick of the Senate and put him in the White House. My fellow citizens, the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of “personal discovery.” This world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn’t just need an organizer.
And though both Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden have been going on lately about how they are always, quote, “fighting for you,” let us face the matter squarely.
There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you … in places where winning means survival and defeat means death … and that man is John McCain. In our day, politicians have readily shared much lesser tales of adversity than the nightmare world in which this man, and others equally brave, served and suffered for their country.
It’s a long way from the fear and pain and squalor of a 6-by-4 cell in Hanoi to the Oval Office.
But if Sen. McCain is elected president, that is the journey he will have made.
It’s the journey of an upright and honorable man — the kind of fellow whose name you will find on war memorials in small towns across this country, only he was among those who came home.
To the most powerful office on Earth, he would bring the compassion that comes from having once been powerless … the wisdom that comes even to the captives, by the grace of God … the special confidence of those who have seen evil, and seen how evil is overcome. A fellow prisoner of war, a man named Tom Moe of Lancaster, Ohio, recalls looking through a pinhole in his cell door as Lt. Cmdr. John McCain was led down the hallway, by the guards, day after day.
As the story is told, “When McCain shuffled back from torturous interrogations, he would turn toward Moe’s door and flash a grin and thumbs up” — as if to say, “We’re going to pull through this.” My fellow Americans, that is the kind of man America needs to see us through these next four years.
For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words.
For a lifetime, John McCain has inspired with his deeds.
If character is the measure in this election … and hope the theme … and change the goal we share, then I ask you to join our cause. Join our cause and help America elect a great man as the next president of the United States.
Thank you all, and may God bless America.”
September 4th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Palin was superb. She said exactly what I would have, without the eff words! I have hope for the first time in a long time. Seems like her talking points were posted right here in the past few weeks. I bet Obama hates this site. GOOD!
September 4th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Ssshhhhhh! Don’t wake me up…….. I’m having this wonderful dream that the Conservatives just took back the Republican Party……..and this Governor of Alaska named Sarah Palin, Republican VP Candidate, gave this outstanding speech at the Republican Convention that just blew the socks of EVERYBODY…………………. And you were there and you were there…………………… What? It really happened? OMG… YEE HAW! :-)
This is also a very proud night for women in America! CRACK THAT GLASS CEILING SARAH! Women have been waiting a loooong time for this moment. Do it for us. Do it for America.
God Bless America!
McCain/Palin 08
September 4th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Strange, when I dream of Sarah Palin, I don’t remember a speech. 8-O
September 4th, 2008 at 1:31 am
By the way, has anyone else noticed another prong of the left’s attack has begun?
I’ve read at least three or four different columns today denigrating Alaska as a state with phrases like “more caribou than people” and my favorite, “no one moves to Alaska, at least by choice.”
September 4th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Ok, are we all
wait for it . . . .
Palindrones?
September 4th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Ladies and gentlemen, I firmly believe we have just witnessed the coming out speech of the first female President of these United States. No, it wont happen this election cycle, she will definitely be our VP but mark my words, Sarah Palin will be POTUS in 2012 or 2016 barring a national tragedy.
Yes, IMHO, she is that good. God bless the Palin family and the USofA!!
September 4th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Sarah; we hardly knew ye. I think you can say that Sarah teed it up and hit it long tonight. She verbally slapped Obama, Biden and the liberal media around tonight in true Reagan fashion. Truth splendidly wrapped in humor delivered in with laser guided precision was a joy to watch and listen. It is no wonder that the liberal media are going bonkers trying to slime her. It is as if the liberals are afraid of a really strong woman doing all of the things they have been telling their liberated female constituents can do; career, family and be their “own person”. I think that Sarah showed all of this in spades and damn it if she ain’t a Republican! Go! Sarah Go!
September 4th, 2008 at 6:40 am
They’re all discovering what “Sarah Barracuda” really means now. I love her.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:02 am
I think we just won…
September 4th, 2008 at 8:00 am
TARGET PALIN! An “ONLY IN AMERICA: the Legend of Barack Obama” Special! Starring KEVIN SHITT, HILLARY CLINTON and Special Guest - Huma!
Clinton Palace. Special Personal Assistant Huma speaking; how may I help you? Uh huh. I see. Please hold. Hillary? It’s for you, honey” said Huma, holding out the phone.
“Mmmphhf?” mumbled the interrupted ex-candidate. “Mmmfffl…”
Hillary looked up from what she was doing She reluctantly raised her pumpkin shaped head and stretched out her claw.
“Huh? Whozzat?”
“Senator Clinton? Hello, my name is Kevin Shitt. I’m calling from Obama’08”.
Hillary went to drop the phone but hesitated as Kevin’s alarmed squeals reached her ear.
“Please don’t hang up! Please! This is important, Senator!”
“Well? What is it? Talk, mammal!”
“Senator, as you know this Palin woman represents a serious threat to the Party’s success in November. The speech last night, an unaccountable tide of personal sympathy for her among the ordinary people…well. Our media lackeys have been doing their best to help us out but we feel it’s not enough. We’re concerned. Very concerned. We feel its time for…stronger measures”.
“Yeah? Cut to the chase, pal. I’ve got some, er, important things to do” said Hillary, winking a blue-contact-lensed eye at Huma.
“Senator, you’re a woman with a certain, um, reputation, a reputation as someone who knows how to, er, get things done. Who can remove obstacles. Permanently remove them”.
“I’m listening”.
“Well, we at the campaign were wondering if, um, you might be able to help us with an, um, disposal problem. Disposal, get it? Nudge nudge. Wink wink”.
“Uh huh. Cut that out, Hamas –I’m talking”.
“Things can happen, can’t they Senator? You know all about that, huh? Plane crashes, car wrecks, poisonings, people shooting themselves multiple times in the head due to unknown pressures at work…you know: accidents”.
“What exactly are you saying, Mr Shitt?”
“Well, naturally Senator, we wouldn’t expect you to apply your, er, special skills on our behalf for nothing. There’s still quite a substantial debt left over from your failed cam…your, ah, unsuccessful…um…losing…you know what I mean. Anyway, we’d be quite ready and able to assist you with that debt”.
“I see” said Hillary, pushing Huma to one side. “Move, Hummer. How ready and able, exactly?”
“Quite ready and quite able, Senator” sleazed Kevin Shitt. “And there’s another matter. You’re a lawyer, right?”
“Sort of. Why?”
“The Supreme Court, Senator. How would you like to be the first female Supreme Court Justice, huh? How about that, huh?”
“There’ve been plenty of dames on the top bench, dumbass. You’ll need to do better than that”.
“The diplomatic service, maybe? What about Ambassador to the sun-kissed island of Lesbos?”
“Lesbos, eh? Now you’re talking”said Hillary, as Huma nodded her raven-tressed head enthusiastically.”Now you’re talking…”
September 4th, 2008 at 8:30 am
GM,
You are exactly right. I told Mrs. 1st last night as Sarah finished her speech that we had just seen the first female POTUS. Ashtrays and lamps are a flying somewhere in Hillaryland.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:52 am
You know, I was sitting there last night, watching Palin’s speech, when a thought suddenly occurred to me…
Could we get the ticket changed to Palin/McCain, ‘08?
On a more serious note, I did think she made a mistake mentioning the Bridge to Nowhere. That’ll come back to haunt her later on, when she gets questioned. If she had just left it out, it wouldn’t be as bad, but considering the magnitude of the speech, it’s a rather large weak point for the liberals to exploit.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Last night over a third of the speeches language was reverberation from Palin’s VP selection acceptance speech just a few days ago. None-the-less it was still great; in that many people who didn’t get to hear the original, had the opportunity to listen to most of it last night… and for those of us who had heard it last weekend; it was augmented nicely with enough new material to keep it somewhat fresh.
Along with new (hopefully profound) material and greater revelation of philosophy, I would council her speech writer to stay up a little the next few nights and break out the thesaurus, maybe re-organize a few sentences here and there, and in this way it will keep these aged talking points from going stale. I understand that much of the talking points won’t change all that much, but restating things in different language not only keeps it fresh for us who are glued to this campaign, but possibly: some folks may hear something in the various rephrasings that trips a personal reaction and ignites their passion for the candidate and the campaign. …Hopefully enough of one to cast a ballot!
Finally; Sarah was outstanding last night. Considering what has come into public light in the last few days, Sarah was steadfast and resolute and civilly gave back what she’s been receiving from the lefty media and B.O’s surrogates. I truly sense that she will continue to develop at an amazing rate that will ensconce her into the people’s hearts and minds as a true leader who we can finally place our faith in.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:55 am
“She was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She’s all out of caribou.”
September 4th, 2008 at 9:17 am
The web site Red State reported today that the teleprompter wasn’t working properly during Palin’s speech. The article says that while the audience was clapping and cheering, the telepromter kept rolling. What does this mean? It means that Sarah Palin pretty much had to wing that fabulous speech. Now that is remarkable!
I’ve recently heard it said that Sarah Palin is the future of the Republican party. Typically considered the party of old people, this new VP pick is going to expand the Republican party. Her future in serving this country is hope for future generations. We truly need hope, not because us patriots believe we are a bad country, but because Obama has been telling us how bad the US is despite the fact that he has clearly benefited from it.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Sarah’s speech lifted McCain’s campaign from a tropical depression to a category 5!
1st, you’re right about the ashtrays and lamps. Last night demonstrated how Hillary is nothing but a pathetic has-been, and no one knows it better than she.
The two luckiest men in the world are Todd Palin and John McCain!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I doubt the Red State story.
I’ve read off teleprompters a few times. :-)
Teleprompters have live operators who listen to the speech (commercial, lecture, whatever) and scroll the text at a “natural” pace using a dial. If the speaker starts changes speed or stops, even a weak operator could adjust the speed.
If the operator got ahead of her for a second, he’d be able to scroll back to her spot and continue.
None of this is meant to take anything away from what was a truly amazing performance. I love that she’s all out of caribou.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:57 am
One of the five finest political speeches that I have ever seen - amazing! Simply the best of the ‘08 race, by far…
Go Palin!
September 4th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Of course Fox News this morning was having fun with a big on-screen graphic reminding people that Palin called Global Warming a major threat that needed to be dealt with, so of course that means all four members of both tickets have consumed the environmentalist Kool-AId. :(
September 4th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
“a big on-screen graphic reminding people that Palin called Global Warming a major threat that needed to be dealt with”
BillK, when did she say that? Not last night according to the above transcript, and I checked her Dayton speech and no mention in that transcript of “global warming” or “climate change.”
Last I heard the lefties were calling her a fundy creationist who doesn’t believe in climate change.
Hardly surprising Fox would get this wrong–or perhaps they’re just [ahem] assuming it’s true?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
So, I woke up this morning realizing that the ghost of Reagan walked through the Xcel Energy Center last night in the form of Sarah Palin. Not to place too heavy a mantle of expectation on her, but she infused the nation with that down-home, common sense, “I got into politics to do good” sense of responsibility that has been lacking of late. She held up the stark, grey mirror of the politics of personal gain to both Democrats and Republicans alike, and then contrasted that crooked image to what she has done and will continue to do if elected. There was no better contrast between the politics of personal smarm and the reality of American Dream than the message of Sarah Palin. She reminded America that what defines us as Americans is not the quantity of words, but the quality of deeds. She was, simply, incredible to watch. She held the people in the Xcel Center in the palm of her hand, lifted them up, and swatted away her opponent as if she was shooing an annoying housefly.
She wasn’t perfect - and that is the whole point - but she was good. Real, honest-to-goodness, hard-working, normal Good. Her ad lib was well-timed, on-point, and apropos. She is proud to be a woman - and she is proud in a good way that Hillary isn’t. Palin doesn’t have to tell you that she is a woman every 3rd sentence; you know she’s a woman from the start. To point it out would be to commit some social faux pas that only lesser humans would dare make.
But she does know how to aim her shots perfectly - her sights were set squarely on the foibles and silliness of the Obama phenom, and those shots hit true-to-mark. Her smiling dagger drew more than blood, they hit vital organs. As you would expect from a pitbull in lipstick, she went for the jugular, latched on, and never let go. Her contrast between the “change to advance a career” and McCain’s “career to advance change” was so on the mark as to, if not immediately mortally wound the Democratic nominee’s chances, leave a blood trail that could be easily followed on a moonless night in an Alaskan swamp. She knew the sharpness of her blade, smiled, and thrust it in to the hilt.
Well Done, Mrs. Palin!
September 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
A WORD ABOUT PEGGY NOONAN: A secret we conservatives have kept to ourselves until now, “EVERYBODY KNOWS PEGGY NOONAN’S ELEVATOR DOESN’T GO TO THE TOP FLOOR.”
September 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
In my opinion, Gov. Palin’s speech, while not perfect, was splendid. She was under intense pressure, and she delivered big time.
The Washington Post behaved exactly as we would expect them to. Power Line contrasts their fawning over the Anointed One’s speech with how their front-page
editorialarticle does its best to cut Sarah Palin down.On a more uplifting note, Power Line also linked to this review of Palin’s speech by London’s Sun.
Edit: corrected link to Power Line’s rebuke of the Washington Post
September 4th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Dave,
Thanks for the link to the London Sun. Puts to rest the lie that the EU is united in their admiration and yearning for the obamessiah.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:29 am
“………..Palin called Global Warming a major threat that needed to be dealt with”……”
BillK, Palin doesn’t believe that global warming is created by MAN as the other Candidates believe. There will be no “carbon credit taxes” in Gov. Sarah Palin’s USA.
http://www.climatesciencewatch.....mate_anwr/
Gerald Baker also had an excellent article about Palin:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t.....677799.ece
September 7th, 2008 at 4:39 am
That’s good to know and that Fox News had it wrong.
The left likes to say FN is conservative, but it’s become true over the last year (with their treatment of Fred Thompson among other things) that they’re merely a bit “less left” than the other news channels.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
A Conversation With An Idiot
The idiot is my sister-in-law.
Me: So Linda, have you decided how you’re going to vote yet?
Linda: Obama is my man.
Me: Really? Mind if I ask why?
Linda: I don’t like McCain.
Me: Yeah, but, why are you voting for Obama?
Linda: I told you, I don’t like McCain.
Me: Ok, Linda, I understand you don’t like McCain, but let me try this from a different angle. Why do you like Obama?
Linda: How many times do I have to tell you, I don’t like McCain.
Me: Uh, ok then, we all know you don’t like McCain, but I’ll try it from yet another angle. Since you won’t tell me why you like Obama, or you don’t know why you like him, maybe you can tell me why you don’t like McCain. Did he do something specific to cause this dislike for him?
Linda: No. I just don’t like him. I don’t know why, I just don’t.
Me: Hmmmmm. But you like Obama, right? Do you know why?
Linda: No. I just like him.
Me: Really? You have something against war heroes? Or have you swallowed the kool aid and just decided without knowing why that you now hate America so much you would vote for a guy who counts racist preachers and an America hating anarchists among their buddies?
Linda: Huh? What are you talking about?
Me: Never mind. I think I’ll go have a conversation with a door knob?
Linda: Do you always talk to door knobs?
Me: No, only when you’re in the room.
Linda: Well at least you don’t do it all the time.
Note: I made up the part about the door knob but I was thinking it.
Most of that is word for word. I’m not sure she’s a small minority of the population but I’ve been out of the country for the last 3 months so I’m not sure. In any case, she, like many others is voting for this socialist empty suit for no other reason than they like him (without any reason why). Scares the hell out of me.