This lady has CHARISMA in spades!!! She is gutsy, she is bold without being brassy and she is so clearly a woman of character and conviction.
Anyone who is worried about her debating Joe Biden can put those fears to rest. Palin is clearly the furthest thing from a political hack that McCain could have found.
It was major lump in throat time for me as my little girl jumped off the school bus and walked into the house just in time for Sarah Palin to come to the platform. I had Carli sit down and watch as McCain brought Palin to the podium. I want my little girl to remember these images for life, and never to forget that in a year when the Democrats rejected a woman as their candidate and their nominee made a safe, conventional pick for VP, we put a woman on our ticket for Vice President.
Palin has just mentioned both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton from the platform, a very smart move that demonstrated both grace and genuineness. Her final sentence summing up that section of her speech:
"The women of America aren't finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all!"
Friday, August 29, 2008
I'm JAZZED!!!
Is it just me or has the Palin pick hit the Republican base with a HUGE burst of enthusiasm?
I am so excited by this choice. Palin is an evangelical Christian, a mother of 5 (including a special needs child, which is special to me!) and an anti-corruption crusader, but a rock-ribbed conservative. Yes, Yes, YES!!!
Fox is reporting that the Obama campaign has referred to Palin dismissively as "a former mayor of a town with 9,000 people." I am continuously stunned by the breathtaking arrogance of this crowd!!! HOW DARE THEY challenge McCain's pick on grounds of inexperience (which they are, without using the word)? Keep it up, Democrats. You'll wish you hadn't.
This is a brilliant strategic execution on the part of the McCain campaign. They have very effectively stepped on coverage of Obama's speech last night, and clearly, the gambit they're employing is that Palin will pull in a bunch of Clinton voters.
McCain is stuck in traffic, but should be at the Nutter Center podium in Dayton any minute. I am really remorseful that I didn't drive to Dayton this morning, but the 170 mile drive didn't seem quite sensible earlier in the week when I mulled it over earlier in the week....Hindsight is 20/20, isn't it?
I am so excited by this choice. Palin is an evangelical Christian, a mother of 5 (including a special needs child, which is special to me!) and an anti-corruption crusader, but a rock-ribbed conservative. Yes, Yes, YES!!!
Fox is reporting that the Obama campaign has referred to Palin dismissively as "a former mayor of a town with 9,000 people." I am continuously stunned by the breathtaking arrogance of this crowd!!! HOW DARE THEY challenge McCain's pick on grounds of inexperience (which they are, without using the word)? Keep it up, Democrats. You'll wish you hadn't.
This is a brilliant strategic execution on the part of the McCain campaign. They have very effectively stepped on coverage of Obama's speech last night, and clearly, the gambit they're employing is that Palin will pull in a bunch of Clinton voters.
McCain is stuck in traffic, but should be at the Nutter Center podium in Dayton any minute. I am really remorseful that I didn't drive to Dayton this morning, but the 170 mile drive didn't seem quite sensible earlier in the week when I mulled it over earlier in the week....Hindsight is 20/20, isn't it?
CNBC: It IS Palin
CNBC is quoting an unnamed top Republican strategist, saying that it definitely is Palin. It will be interesting to see why we have had the seesaw, back-and-forth about Palin actually still being back home in Alaska, no she did fly to Middletown, Ohio last night with two teenagers, no she's going to the State Fair today....
More later....
More later....
Not Palin
ABC News is reporting that Sarah Palin is watching all of this speculation at her home in Wasilla, Alaska. OOOKAY....so back to square one.
Here is the story. Kudos to ABC.
Here is the story. Kudos to ABC.
McCain/Palin?
Fox News' Carl Cameron firmly declared 5 minutes or so ago that Romney is out of the running; Tim Pawlenty has been out for a while. And he strongly hinted that Governor Sarah Palin from Alaska is indeed the choice! Drudge has the same news up.
This is, indeed, the burst of adrenaline that the McCain campaign will need after the Obama speech last night....IF Palin really is the one.
VERY conservative, a woman with 5 children....very unconventional. FUN!
This is, indeed, the burst of adrenaline that the McCain campaign will need after the Obama speech last night....IF Palin really is the one.
VERY conservative, a woman with 5 children....very unconventional. FUN!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thoughts on Obama speech, Part III
I wonder if we will see any rapturous looks of adoration in the crowds to which John and Cindy McCain will speak next week? Just a thought....I can't remember when I've seen more joyful tears or rhapsodically delightful gazes than from these Democrat ladies. But then again, these are the diehards or they wouldn't be in Denver, I suppose.
Now, he has promised everyone that we will make sure you can afford a college education if you commit to serving your community or country. How do you define "serving?"
"We cannot meet 21st century challenges with a 20th century bureaucracy." If Obama gets elected, we Republicans need to hold his feet to the fire on this one! He has promised to go through the budget line by line and weed out what isn't needed. Somehow, though, I have a sneaking feeling he'll find a need for almost all of them.
I just saw a flash of the old Obama that intrigued me at the beginning (though I never considered voting for him!) He talked briefly about getting past the bitterness and rancor of questioning each other's character when we disagree. We do need to do this, but it is difficult when Obama has the questionable associations from the past that he does and when his operation is playing the same tricks as previous Democrat campaigns have done, distorting McCain's remarks about being in Iraq for 100 years and his joke about only qualifying as rich if you make $5 million or more a year.
Now that the Martin Luther King, Jr. comparisons have been drawn, the speech is over.
It was a good speech, though it probably doesn't sound like I thought so, if you read all of my previous comments. But, I have to admit it when I see efficacy in any forum even if my heart doesn't beat as one with the sentiments that have been expressed.
If you had to ask me though, in this moment, whether the speech will do for him what he needs in order to pull way ahead and stay there, I would have to say no, I don't think so, especially with the Republican convention next week. And 4 weeks from today, this speech will be a distant memory.
I'm sure I will be back tomorrow, once McCain names his running mate.
Now, he has promised everyone that we will make sure you can afford a college education if you commit to serving your community or country. How do you define "serving?"
"We cannot meet 21st century challenges with a 20th century bureaucracy." If Obama gets elected, we Republicans need to hold his feet to the fire on this one! He has promised to go through the budget line by line and weed out what isn't needed. Somehow, though, I have a sneaking feeling he'll find a need for almost all of them.
I just saw a flash of the old Obama that intrigued me at the beginning (though I never considered voting for him!) He talked briefly about getting past the bitterness and rancor of questioning each other's character when we disagree. We do need to do this, but it is difficult when Obama has the questionable associations from the past that he does and when his operation is playing the same tricks as previous Democrat campaigns have done, distorting McCain's remarks about being in Iraq for 100 years and his joke about only qualifying as rich if you make $5 million or more a year.
Now that the Martin Luther King, Jr. comparisons have been drawn, the speech is over.
It was a good speech, though it probably doesn't sound like I thought so, if you read all of my previous comments. But, I have to admit it when I see efficacy in any forum even if my heart doesn't beat as one with the sentiments that have been expressed.
If you had to ask me though, in this moment, whether the speech will do for him what he needs in order to pull way ahead and stay there, I would have to say no, I don't think so, especially with the Republican convention next week. And 4 weeks from today, this speech will be a distant memory.
I'm sure I will be back tomorrow, once McCain names his running mate.
Thoughts on Obama speech, Part II
The talking point for the week must be that McCain is a hero, but we don't need 4 more years of Bush/Cheney; 8 is enough. And McCain has voted with Bush 95% of the time.
McCain has said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. It is true, though, Mr. Obama; they are! But never mind the facts, when you can demagogue the economy in front of 75,000 people.
This is clearly a populist campaign, which plays very well in a stadium setting.
OK, we've heard all this before. I'm only going to keep blogging this speech if he says something truly unexpected.
I just wonder, if the roles were reversed, would a Republican be talking to the convention crowd about how badly off the country is after 8 years of Democrat rule? I seem to remember Bush and Cheney in 2000 tacitly admitting that the economy was in good shape, but I remember Cheney saying "The wheel has turned and it is time for them to go" and Bush's signature line being "They have not led; we will!"
Obama acts like no outsourcing ever occurred before Bush came into office in January 2001. This is pure, unadulterated rubbish. I remember the '90's. NAFTA passed in 1993 and the factories started shutting down.
OH, Obama has just said he will cut taxes for 95% of all working families....who will qualify? Clinton promised the same thing, then had to take it off the table.
And we will also end our dependence on Middle East oil in 10 years. Impossible. What world is Obama living in? He WILL have trouble for this. Americans have to know that this cannot be done. Alternative fuel research is not far enough along.
McCain has said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. It is true, though, Mr. Obama; they are! But never mind the facts, when you can demagogue the economy in front of 75,000 people.
This is clearly a populist campaign, which plays very well in a stadium setting.
OK, we've heard all this before. I'm only going to keep blogging this speech if he says something truly unexpected.
I just wonder, if the roles were reversed, would a Republican be talking to the convention crowd about how badly off the country is after 8 years of Democrat rule? I seem to remember Bush and Cheney in 2000 tacitly admitting that the economy was in good shape, but I remember Cheney saying "The wheel has turned and it is time for them to go" and Bush's signature line being "They have not led; we will!"
Obama acts like no outsourcing ever occurred before Bush came into office in January 2001. This is pure, unadulterated rubbish. I remember the '90's. NAFTA passed in 1993 and the factories started shutting down.
OH, Obama has just said he will cut taxes for 95% of all working families....who will qualify? Clinton promised the same thing, then had to take it off the table.
And we will also end our dependence on Middle East oil in 10 years. Impossible. What world is Obama living in? He WILL have trouble for this. Americans have to know that this cannot be done. Alternative fuel research is not far enough along.
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