If you watched the speech, you either had the epiphany of your political life, or you never will.

To quote Tommy Callahan, “I’ve swear I’ve seen a lot of stuff in my life, but that…was…AWESOME, but sorry about your campaign, man. That… That sucks.”

ability to go above the media straight to the American people. Wonderful, brilliant, courageous speech by Sarah Palin places her in the company of great American leaders.

And congratulations to John McCain who resisted the easy safe pick and went for greatness.

On CNN at least, they’re buying this as a legitimate excuse.

I have never seen such a historic speach in my 27 years of existance. If there was ever a case for Reagan having an affair with Margret Thatcher Sarah Palin would be the key evidence.

I have been registered a republican since my 18th birthday and for the first time I donated money to the RNC–thanks to one of the posts earlier and the horrific treatment of Palin from the media.

May god have mercy on us and deliver us from Obama.

God bless and Amen…

The Clinton and Obama union is starting to resemble the Bill and Hillary union–a political convenience that is delicate and willing to break at any moment.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/some-hillary-cl.html

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073429/posts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oun4WWr3j3I

Clinton will have her aides and supporters slowly erode their support for Obama… while Clinton will do the minimum to voice her support in the hope of running in 2012.

At least that is my hope

“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”.

Two points:

1.) Obama/Biden run whatever. John McCain has run the gaunlet of death for this country.

2.) You will note Gov. Palin said “man”, not the PC term “person”. She’s not scared to be a woman…And John McCain isn’t scared to have a strong woman for a running mate.

imPalin’ Democracy
The one question I had tonight regarding Palin’s credentials for VP was ‘Can Sarah Palin kill a Moose?’ That important question was answered tonight by many commentators. I can finally rest now knowing that America and the Democratic nominee are safe – Apparently Palin can kill a speech as quickly as any wildlife roaming Alaska or Minnesota.

On a serious note -So far by the looks of this convention – the Republicans would have trouble just trying to change a flat tire. Giuliani had the best speech, but while it was amusing it had to many cheap punch lines. As for Palin, while it was at least a positive sign that she could complete a memorized speech, her delivery was pointed and contemptuous. If there was one thing she said that summed up her character it was her joke about ‘What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? – – Lipstick.”. While being tough is a good quality, as a VP or President, being tough without using good diplomacy is belligerent and potentially disastrous. Palin’s delivery, words and facial expression exhibit an inexperienced pit bull indeed. Sure we need tough leaders – but even a two year old can say ‘No’. We need leaders who can make tough decisions, and yet converse in ways to create/maintain allies, resulting in a ‘Yes, we can – if we work together’ mentality. After all, war and violence have been around since the beginning of time. Aren’t there any new ideas or alternatives left in the world that we can try? Whether you are Republican or Democrat – McCain is a real Patriot and Soldier for certain, but the McCain/Palin ticket is not the voice we need right now.

Everyone speaking at this convention is either in complete denial or completely deceitful. The lack of accountability is astounding. Really, they should be ashamed. They act as if the past 8 years didn’t exist. Luckily, I’m preaching to the choir if all those empty seats are a sign!

…On a side note regarding the war: Apparently, it needs to be broken down for many of us in a context we care about and understand -Take Fast Food for example: Would we sue Starbucks over a spilled cup of coffee we bought at McDonald’s? Oh wait…many of us probably would try that. hmmm…

I was initially skeptical about the choice of Gov. Palin for VP. The bungled handling of the “Sarah is Trig’s grandma” opportunity to stuff it back in their faces made me start worrying about amateur hour in the McCain campaign. All that is laid to rest now, Palin’s kick-butt speech tonight convinced me.

I had hoped Romney would be VP, and I still like him. But watching both him and Palin tonight, there’s no comparison. Sarah Palin is a world class politician, just what McCain needs to pop Obama’s hot air balloon.

Congrats, the woman can memorize a speech. You people need to open your eyes. What did she do in this speech besides attack Obama? Did she offer any solution to the troubles in your lives? Did she inspire you to be a better person or American? If you answer yes to the last question, I feel sorry for you. She did nothing but spread disgusting filth in this message. Compare yourself to a fellow politician with truth and fact, not things you make up about the other person to make your case. Mission Accomplished… I seem to have seen that printed on a banner somewhere… I think we have all seen how that turned out. Please people, stop just listening and believing what you’ve been told. Find out the truth for yourself.

When is Obama going to release his bar application?

When is Obama going to release his undergraduate academic transcripts?

When is Obama going to release his medical records?

When is Obama going to release an actual certified copy of his birth certificate?

She knocked it out of the park!

…Rudy and Cindy.

Sarah reminded me why principles are more important than positions. Rudy reminded me why I voted for him in the primaries.

But Cindy McCain may be the most underrated of them all – did you see the pride when she jumped to her feet at the end of Sarah’s speech? There’s a lot more to that woman than any of us have had a chance to witness thus far.

Mrs. Palin has shown herself to be a strong opponent, and positive running mate. She brings integrity, into the arena, while defending her moral principles, and personal ethics. She has shown herself able to take the political, and sexist attacks the Obama supporting media has been dishing out by the truck load. I was “glad to see” her land a few blows on the chins of those people.

I read several “disrespectful sexist articles”, two of which were written in “The new republic” – journal of politics and the arts. By “Franklin Foer”. Within a mere 1/2 hour after Sarah Palin’s speech at the republican convention. It is clear he is an Obama supporter, and his intention is a smear campaign against the female republican Governor. Instead of discussing the points that were made, and political positions, he chose to simply inject his bias political slant on his so called coverage of her speech at the “republican convention”. There have been countless personal attacks on her since her nomination, many, many from that paper. You’re shamelessly distorting facts, and attempting to mislead the public. “It’s bad for journalism, and it’s bad for your candidate”.

I continue to be shocked and amazed at the lack of content in these attacks from the “Obama supporting public”. They obviously have no political ability to win over the discussions of the candidate, so resolve to personal attacks on the young Governor. You’ll notice that their rhetoric is unavoidably contemptuous and condescending. It doesn’t have to be that way. You can be civil to make your point, even if it’s a bad point.
I say… “Trivialize her at your own peril.

“As for foreign policy experience… The Boston Globe posted an article under the heading, “Political Intelligence”. Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor April 8, 2008 10:21 AM He had this to say about Barack Obama’s claim to have foreign policy experience… “Perhaps in an effort to one-up his own ridiculous assertions about John McCain’s record, Barack Obama laughably claimed to have more foreign policy experience than Senator McCain. Even by Obama’s standards, this is a horrifyingly false claim without a shred of supporting evidence. Perhaps the junior Senator from Illinois should focus on explaining to voters what exactly his foreign policy experience is before comparing it to John McCain’s wealth of experience on the issue. I say… How better for Mrs. Palin to gain foreign policy experience than under the watchful eye of Mr. McCain.” http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/04/obamaforeign

Side bar/ Hunting is legal in “this country”, and in many country’s around the world. Twisting what it means to be pro-life, into something other than opposition to abortion and support for fetal rights, is pointless!

I look forward to the debates!

Mrs. Palin has shown herself to be a strong opponent, and positive running mate. She brings integrity, into the arena, while defending her moral principles, and personal ethics. She has shown herself able to take the political, and sexist attacks the Obama supporting media has been dishing out by the truck load. I was “glad to see” her land a few blows on the chins of those people.

I read several “disrespectful sexist articles”, two of which were written in “The new republic” – journal of politics and the arts. By “Franklin Foer”. Within a mere 1/2 hour after Sarah Palin’s speech at the republican convention. It is clear he is an Obama supporter, and his intention is a smear campaign against the female republican Governor. Instead of discussing the points that were made, and political positions, he chose to simply inject his bias political slant on his so called coverage of her speech at the “republican convention”. There have been countless personal attacks on her since her nomination, many, many from that paper. You’re shamelessly distorting facts, and attempting to mislead the public. “It’s bad for journalism, and it’s bad for your candidate”.

I continue to be shocked and amazed at the lack of content in these attacks from the “Obama supporting public”. They obviously have no political ability to win over the discussions of the candidate, so resolve to personal attacks on the young Governor. You’ll notice that their rhetoric is unavoidably contemptuous and condescending. It doesn’t have to be that way. You can be civil to make your point, even if it’s a bad point.
I say… “Trivialize her at your own peril.

“As for foreign policy experience… The Boston Globe posted an article under the heading, “Political Intelligence”. Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor April 8, 2008 10:21 AM He had this to say about Barack Obama’s claim to have foreign policy experience… “Perhaps in an effort to one-up his own ridiculous assertions about John McCain’s record, Barack Obama laughably claimed to have more foreign policy experience than Senator McCain. Even by Obama’s standards, this is a horrifyingly false claim without a shred of supporting evidence. Perhaps the junior Senator from Illinois should focus on explaining to voters what exactly his foreign policy experience is before comparing it to John McCain’s wealth of experience on the issue. I say… How better for Mrs. Palin to gain foreign policy experience than under the watchful eye of Mr. McCain.” http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/04/obamaforeign

Side bar/ Hunting is legal in “this country”, and in many country’s around the world. Twisting what it means to be pro-life, into something other than opposition to abortion and support for fetal rights, is pointless!

I look forward to the debates!

hope and enthusiasm is no replacement for capability!

and you know what, this is just the latest judgement and decision that MCCAIN has had to go through- and passes with flying colors. As good as Palin is, and she is fantastic- it says something about McCain that SHE would be his choice as partner..

go GOP

The first thing a rookie reporter learns to do is to report the news of the world without bias. Report both sides of all issues without being bought off by
lobbyists, thugs, and evil scondrels who are out for their own self interests(big money)and could care less about anybody or anything! Certain media though(CNN,MSN,etc.)are as biased as Rev. Wright’s church! They want to take away your voice by blocking out anyone who disagrees with their cause! They deny you access to the blogs on the internet or will not let you broadcast your views via radio or TV.Thank god for media outlets like Fox that remain pure journalists and give us the data on both sides of an issue so we can make a decision from it. CNN,MSN, etc. should operate in communist countries but not here in America! We believe in “freedom of the press!!

If it seems to good to be true it probably is. Please take a few minutes to review some of the new Red States shining star finest moments. please read this without waiving your red flags and do teh research before you say its a all propoganda out by the Democrats. It is all factual and can be proven. And remember this is about being faithful to our country not the party we support. So as much as she can give s good prewritten speech … well you decide.
A letter from someone who has known Sarah Palin since 1992Anne is from Wasilla, Alaska.I found this on the Washington Post comment board and have posted it exactly as I found it.Amazing Letter From a Local Wasillian Who Knows Sarah Palin Well.From: http://www.washingtonindependent.com/3671/the-reform-candidate
Submitted by Michael Wrightson on Sept 1, 2008A note to all by {the Author}Dear friends,So many people have asked me about what I know about Sarah Palin in the
last 2 days that I decided to write something up . . .Basically, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have only 2 things in
common: their gender and their good looks.You have my permission to forward this to your friends/email contacts
with my name and email address attached, but please do not post it on
any websites, as there are too many kooks out there . . .[ This was already posted on Washington Independent comments area,
with a controllable hotmail account, and was obviously meant by the
author to be read. ]Thanks,AnneABOUT SARAH PALINI am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.
Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a
first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her
father was my child’s favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the
residents of the city.She is enormously popular; in every way she’s like the most popular
girl in middle school. Even men who think she is a poor choice and
won’t vote for her can’t quit smiling when talking about her because
she is a “babe”.It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She
kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents
for seven months.She is “pro-life”. She recently gave birth to a Down’s syndrome baby.
There is no cover-up involved, here; Trig is her baby.She is energetic and hardworking. She regularly worked out at the gym.She is savvy. She doesn’t take positions; she just “puts things out
there” and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit.Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a
champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin’s kind of job is highly
sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his
work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or
so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their
major source of income. Nor has her life-style ever been anything
like that of native Alaskans.Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters.She’s smart.Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000
(at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about
670,000 residents.During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running
this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been
pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had
gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had
given rise to a recall campaign.Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a “fiscal conservative”. During her 6
years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over
33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the
City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation
(1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a
regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she
promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they
benefited residents.The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration
weren’t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed
money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage
the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said
she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a
new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a
multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece
of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was
still in litigation 7 yrs later–to the delight of the lawyers
involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the
community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it
would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that
could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office
redecorated more than once.These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city.As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus
in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will
make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she
proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state.In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she
recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while
she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today’s
surplus, borrow for needs.She’s not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas
or compromise. As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren’t generated by
her or her staff. Ideas weren’t evaluated on their merits, but on the
basis of who proposed them.While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected
City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from
the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents
rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin’s
attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew
her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the
Librarian are on her enemies list to this day.Sarah complained about the “old boy’s club” when she first ran for
Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of “old boys”. Palin
fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as
Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people,
creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally
grateful and fiercely loyal–loyal to the point of abusing their power
to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the
case of pressuring the State’s top cop (see below).As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla’s Police Chief because he “intimidated”
her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska’s top
cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure
and she had every legal right to fire him, but it’s pretty clear that
an important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn’t
fire her sister’s ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation
for abuse of power, she has had to admit that more than 2 dozen
contacts were made between her staff and family to the person that she
later fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to
replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded
for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew
her support.She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in
help. The City Council person who personally escorted her around town
introducing her to voters when she first ran for Wasilla City Council
became one of her first targets when she was later elected Mayor. She
abruptly fired her loyal City Administrator; even people who didn’t
like the guy were stunned by this ruthlessness.Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything
publicly about her.When then-Governor Murkowski was handing out political plums, Sarah got
the best, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: one
of the few jobs not in Juneau and one of the best paid. She had no
background in oil & gas issues. Within months of scoring this great
job which paid $122,400/yr, she was complaining in the press about the
high salary. I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the
structured hours, the work. Sarah became aware that a member of this
Commission (who was also the State Chair of the Republican Party)
engaged in unethical behavior on the job. In a gutsy move which some
undoubtedly cautioned her could be political suicide, Sarah solved all
her problems in one fell swoop: got out of the job she hated and
garnered gobs of media attention as the patron saint of ethics and as a
gutsy fighter against the “old boys’ club” when she dramatically quit,
exposing this man’s ethics violations (for which he was fined).As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from
Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel
politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the “bridge to
nowhere” after it became clear that it would be unwise not to.As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget
guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing
projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative
action restored most of these projects–which had been vetoed simply
because she was not aware of their importance–but with the unobservant
she had gained a reputation as “anti-pork”.She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party
leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated
them. Other members of the party object to her self-description as a
fiscal conservative.Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah.
They call her “Sarah Barracuda” because of her unbridled ambition and
predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly
stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made
point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah’s
mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and
experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her.As Governor, she stepped outside of the box and put together of package
of legislation known as “AGIA” that forced the oil companies to march
to the beat of her drum.Like most Alaskans, she favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. She has questioned if the loss of sea ice is linked to
global warming. She campaigned “as a private citizen” against a state
initiaitive that would have either a) protected salmon streams from
pollution from mines, or b) tied up in the courts all mining in the
state (depending on who you listen to). She has pushed the State’s
lawsuit against the Dept. of the Interior’s decision to list polar
bears as threatened species.McCain is the oldest person to ever run for President; Sarah will be a
heartbeat away from being President.There has to be literally millions of Americans who are more
knowledgeable and experienced than she.However, there’s a lot of people who have underestimated her and are
regretting it.CLAIM VS FACT
•“Hockey mom”: true for a few years
•“PTA mom”: true years ago when her first-born was in elementary
school, not since
•“NRA supporter”: absolutely true
•social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill
that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships
(said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
•pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to
promote it.
•“Pro-life”: mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down’s syndrome baby
BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life
legislation
•“Experienced”: Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has
residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska.
No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on
supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
administrator to run town of about 5,000.
•political maverick: not at all
•gutsy: absolutely!
•open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at
explaining actions.
•has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
•”a Greenie”: no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores
and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
•fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
•pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city
without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built
streets to early 20th century standards.
•pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on
residents
•pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city
government in Wasilla’s history.
•pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union
doesn’t make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim
that she is pro-labor/pro-union.WHY AM I WRITING THIS?First, I have long believed in the importance of being an informed
voter. I am a voter registrar. For 10 years I put on student voting
programs in the schools. If you google my name (Anne Kilkenny +
Alaska), you will find references to my participation in local
government, education, and PTA/parent organizations.Secondly, I’ve always operated in the belief that “Bad things happen
when good people stay silent”. Few people know as much as I do because
few have gone to as many City Council meetings.Third, I am just a housewife. I don’t have a job she can bump me out
of. I don’t belong to any organization that she can hurt. But, I am no
fool; she is immensely popular here, and it is likely that this will
cost me somehow in the future: that’s life.Fourth, she has hated me since back in 1996, when I was one of the 100
or so people who rallied to support the City Librarian against Sarah’s
attempt at censorship.Fifth, I looked around and realized that everybody else was afraid to
say anything because they were somehow vulnerable.CAVEATS
I am not a statistician. I developed the numbers for the increase in
spending & taxation 2 years ago (when Palin was running for Governor)
from information supplied to me by the Finance Director of the City of
Wasilla, and I can’t recall exactly what I adjusted for: did I adjust
for inflation? for population increases? Right now, it is impossible
for a private person to get any info out of City Hall–they are
swamped. So I can’t verify my numbers.
You may have noticed that there are various numbers circulating for the
population of Wasilla, ranging from my “about 5,000?, up to 9,000. The
day Palin’s selection was announced a city official told me that the
current population is about 7,000. The official 2000 census count was
5,460. I have used about 5,000 because Palin was Mayor from 1996 to
2002, and the city was growing rapidly in the mid-90’s.