Sarahcuda speech open thread.
With updates
I just watched the Palin RNC convention speech, and I am enchanted. She’s serious without being scary. Sarcastic without being nasty. Not to mention, her accent charmed my pants right off.
I blurted out loud at one point to Rupert, “Oh my god! I’m naming all of my children after her!” Which is quite a thing to say for someone who never plans on making any children. That’s how much I like this woman.
Anyway. Some of you have already commented on the speech in the last thread but let’s make this the official Pain Train thread (thanks, Bonnie, for that phrase).
Exit question: did anyone else happen to flip over to MSNBC about 5 minutes after the speech, to see Andrea Mitchell very bitterly questioning Rudy Giuliani? That woman could not possibly have been more revolted and grim.
UPDATES
I’m with Donna B. from the comment thread, and I second-third-fourth her nomination of Piper for Secretary of Infant Hair Care.
If you had the severe misfortune to miss the speech, here it is in full. My favorite bit, which commenter Page says made him happy in the pants (rowr! me too) was this:
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.
Speaking of happy in the pants, JimK has been nominated and seconded for the Chuck Norris Action Jeans Unique Hidden Gusset Award for this:
Good Lord, I so wanna vote for her. I wanna vote all over her.
Oh god, I can’t stop. So if you didn’t see the speech but don’t have time to watch the whole thing, Right Wing News and Hot Air both have best-of compilation videos.
Jim Carson pointed me to a great one-line review by Jonah Goldberg:
She was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She’s all out of caribou.
Okay. Now I have to go learn some chemistry. Even though I feel like I just got a master lesson in it from watching Sarahcuda. The lady has CHOPS.
Sarah Palin will play very well in fly-over country. I love that red meat that she and Rudy threw out.
Fuck Andrea Mitchell. Figuratively.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 pmI have watched her be tough. I have watched he be beguiling. It is amazing to watch her be both at the same time.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pmShe made me proud to be an Alaskan.
Didn’t watch the speech, but I did see her speech last week when McCain announced her. You are exactly right, Rachel. I cannot wait to watch her destroy Biden in the debates. We’ll see if he even has the fortitude to debate her.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pmThe lefties are absolutely flipping out all over the blogsophere!!!!
It’s all the usual stuff - “She’s a liar, she’s not a real reformer, just a base pick, red meat speech, blah blah blah”. They. Don’t. Get. It.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 pmI absolutely loved how she eviscerated Nobama with a smile on her face.
Ever since she was nominated I have been waiting breathlessly to hear how she would respond. I’ve read she is tough as nails and tonight she proved it. It takes a strong woman to weather the category-5 hurricane of crap she’s had for the last few days and go out there and punch back. I figured that’s how she would react, but I’ve been screwed so many times by the GOP not fighting back that deep in the back of my mind I had a nagging little fear that she might cry and fall apart.
I am a man and watching her tonight almost made me ovulate.
Yeah, I love her that much.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pmThe Vice Presidential candidate is usually the “attack dog” during the campaign.
Note how when Biden is the “attack dog” the press says: well that’s his role.
But note how when Palin goes after Obama the partisans at MSNBC and CNN call her “snide” and “sarcastic.” The press is so in-the-tank for the Dems that they never realize the inconsistent standards they apply again and again.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pmGovernor Palin brought it bigtime!
My full review is here in picture form.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pmI am going on the record as being insanely jeaolous of you all. I had a 7:00 p.m. meeting with an advisee (ended up being 7:15 p.m.), but I set the DVR this morning, so was unconcerned.
Then I walked through the door. And almost committed a triple homicide. My three lovelies were watching CARTOONS!
“But MIIIIMMM, we didn’t KNIIIIIWW that you wanted to watch the NIIIWWS”!
Nobody’s dead, but everybody went to bed (or home) early. And NOBODY got any homemade peach PIIIHH!
I will see this speech.
You. Lucky. Bahstids.
Also, my satellite is so slow tonight it’s like it’s moving backward. I will take that as a positive sign of the impact of this speech. It does work slower during high-traffic times, or so I am told when I bitch them out for constant time-outs.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:35 pmHarry Reid’s office released his statement and used the word “shrill” to describe Palin’s tone. Even the Lefty harpies CNN had on their panel were offended by that stating that they had never heard that word to describe any speech made by a man.
Keep it up, Dems. Please.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 pmMe, I’m all Piper for Secretary of Infant Hair Care.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 pmYou missed a historic moment. Na na na na na na.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 pmDid anyone notice the hockey player was scared shitless? His face looked like “oh fuck”.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 pmCrusader:
Good thing you couldn’t see Obama’s face. Palin is the real deal. And she just called “bullshit” on Barack Obama.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:55 pmSecond the motion. That was hilarious. I’m watching on DVR right now and I’m loving it.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 pmHoly sh*t! The left and the media want to portray her as some Daisy Mae from Dogpatch, yet she walked out there poised and confident as hell without a hint of nervousness.
Haverwilde got it right: tough and beguiling at the same time. Wow!
Didn’t catch MSNBC’s coverage but I was mighty tempted to switch over to CNN and check out Wolf Blitzer’s reaction to Palin’s speech. (He looked as if he’d been sucking on pickles during the pre-game coverage. Heh.)
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 pmTo Sarah:
Hey, I think I love you,
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 pmSo what am I so afraid of?
I’m afraid that I’m not sure of
A McCain there is no cure for.
I think I love you,
Isn’t that’s what politics is made of,
Though it worries me to say,
I’ve never felt this way
September 4th, 2008 at 12:01 am
I was watching CSPAN and there was one point where the camera zoomed in on Palin’s younger daughter (Piper, I believe) holding Sarah’s infant son. I can see the MSM headlines already:
“Sarah Palin, unfit mother! Forces toddler to care for infant son!”
September 4th, 2008 at 12:06 amI’m joining the “I am Sarah Palin” movement.
I am Sarah Palin… without the boobies. And the moxie. And lots of other things too.
Ah F__ it, I’m just a weenie limpy ding of a guy madly in love with Sarah Palin.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:06 amOh how awesome was Sarah! And the crowd chanting “Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!” First she sticks to her critics with a knife and a smile while her cute daughter, Piper, grooms her baby brother by licking her entire hand and smoothing down his hair. In the end her entire family joined her on stage, including her beaming military son and a very nervous looking future son-in-law (who apparently has Bristol’s name tatooed on his ring finger).
BTW, does anybody else get the feeling that Obama is having VP buyers remorse?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:07 amPiper Palin Grooms Trig’s Hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wFt-BTi8jI
September 4th, 2008 at 12:07 amThat pretty much kicked ass.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:11 amDid anyone notice the hockey player was scared shitless? His face looked like “oh fuck”.
Did you watch the same speech I did?
I thought he looked pretty composed and steady-Eddie for an 18yo, particularly considering that he’s in the midst of one of the most high-pressure moments in modern political history.
How many 18yo’s wouldn’t be sweating bullets? Not bad for his first introduction to the national stage, what with all the that’s-the-deadbeat-who-knocked-up-the-slut-daughter smears going around.
I thought they came across like a solid, middle-class, all-American family.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:12 amShe_was_superb!!! I don’t think I have ever anticipated a political speech quite so much - and then had my expectations fully met; and then redoubled in spades!!If the msm expected the smears of the past few days to throw her off, they were sorely disappointed. She as much as told them, “Bring it on, boys, and I’ll gut you like a caribou.”
September 4th, 2008 at 12:15 amRudy (who was also great) said it right when he said that obie reached to the past for a v.p. - and McCain reached to the future. She is, indeed, the future of America.
I am a 61 year old male. I’m “getting up there.” I haven’t watched a political convention since …. 1968? And then, only to watch the head bumping on the streets of Chicago. Until Friday, I had no intention of voting this year. No one was going to blame me for any of this crap that was being offered to us all. When Palin was announced on Friday, I wondered what the fuss was all about. I watched her introductory speech, and thought it was pretty good, particularly “for a rookie.”
After all of the crap that has flowed in the last 5 days, I figured that she would have beaten down by now. Nevertheless, I came home tonight prepared to do something that I had not done in 40 years — watch a political convention. I had high expectations, but considering the hammering that this poor woman had taken in the previous few days, I expected a weakened lady.
I sat there with my jaw on the ground. Ladies and gentlemen, I do believe that we have a younger, more beautiful, but equally eloquent Lady Thatcher on our hands. She is on a similar plane as Reagan, but it’s different, if that makes any sense. I have never seen anything like her. I am stunned. The press is stunned. There is no doubt in my mind that the entire convention asked themselves before the roll call “can we vote her in as #1 instead?”
Yes, she was THAT good. That family of hers is so “together,” despite all of the stupid “issues” that have been raised. There’s barely a mother in America who won’t strongly identify with Sarah after this show. Stunning. There is no other word to describe her. There is one shot of her little daughter holding the baby, and the daughter is licking her hand to comb the baby’s hair. This shot alone may become Pulitzer material!
Joe Biden has got to be crapping his pants. The democraps are in serious, deep crap. This woman has electrified the base, and will strongly connect with the common person, man or woman. The more you criticize her, who is the epitome of all of us, the more you will ensure her ascension to the #2 spot.
I hate to say it, but I actually hope for some sort of McCain “health crisis.” I want this woman to be my president. SHE is the one that we have been waiting for!!!!!
Wow!!!!!!!!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:16 amVPWN envy!
Not sure I even need to watch it now; that endorsement made my ears ring!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:17 amThat was an excellent speech, clean delivery calm demeanor and a trail of bodies all the way out the back door. Sara Barracuda indeed.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:22 amPalin is Margaret Thatcher, Sarah Conner, and Princess Diana, all in one package.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:23 amThis was this the first political speech that I have ever watched and listened to from beginning to end. It may not seem like much to anyone else, but I even missed the first 20 minutes of the season premiere of America’s Next Top Model to watch her speech.
I am sure you guys saw the tail end of someone being dragged out (or is it drugged out? Hell, they were probably drugged out being dragged out.) I read on the Washington Post page that there were two members of the AntiWar group CodePink who made it to the edge of the stage and were about to run on to it before the Secret Service snatched them up.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:28 amI had the same thought today. Only, not the same, I was only going to name one kid after her. One daughter, to be precise, if I ever have such a creature. So quit stealing my thunder, with your “all my kids” fantasy. Some people are so over the top. God.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:32 amIs MSNBC still on the air?
And ditto to everything already said about how awesome Palin is. I was one of those “is she ready?” critics going back about 2 months when her name first came up.
- funny thing, that… bloggers were already vetting her two months ago… but the MSM is acting like McCain just made her up on the spot last week… not OUR fault they can’t do their own damn jobs! -
Anyway, I was in the “she’s not ready” crowd. Then I heard her SPEAK, and it all changed for me. I listened to her first speech with McCain, live, during the Rush Limbaugh show. It was like electricity was flying out of the radio into my body - I know it sounds silly, but I actually *DO* understand how some people can react so strongly to it with a great politician. It’s the WOW factor. Obama had it when he hit the national stage. So did Bill Clinton. So did Reagan. But Reagan had substance to back it up - something Willie and Hussein have never shown.
Now it is clear that Palin, too, has the substance. She will be the Thatcher of our generation.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:33 amOkay, mythical-history buffs — if JFK was King Arthur of Camelot, than SLP is The Lady of the Lake of Avalon.
I loved the tough-ass women in those legends.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:37 amMatriarchial societies RULE!
Doug,
Hear, hear! I’m a tad (too small of one) younger than you. This spring I had the misfortune of outliving my dear wife of 36 years. Sarah is ten years too young, and has the serious eye-candy First Dude to cook/clean. Otherwise I’m available and ready to fall in love again.
Earlier today, I was deflowered, id est, I gave money to a political campaign. The act itself was a letdown, but I feel much better now.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:50 amThey don’t dare get it. It would stuff up all their preconceived notions. Hell, they might even have to [gasp!] think!
Anyone know where I can watch her speech online?
We’ve got an election voting day happening here in Western Australia on Saturday, but your upcoming one has actually become interesting!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:50 amAfter watching this speech, I think a couple of name changes are in order. First, let’s change Sarah’s nickname from barracuda to Cuisinart! She sliced and diced those Dems and the media with a smile. And we also need to change O’Bama’s name to O’Crap!! Don’t you know Hillary is sitting somewhere, laughing her butt off?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:50 amNot only can Sarah Palin kill and field dress a moose with her bare hands.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:52 amShe just field dressed Obama tonight.
Sarah Palin 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.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:54 amShe had me panting harder than Sunny and Maggie on a hot Texas summer day. But then there was that ice cold hag andrea mitchell who caused me to vomit a little in my mouth.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:58 amI think she was great and the speech was great.
What was more important to me was her complete poise. For days she has been ripped apart, her family has been ripped and every rumor possible was put out there to shake her.
She walks out confidently, looks and acts like she has talked to crowds like this her whole life and doesn’t make a mistake. She talks authentically, rips (with a smile) the dems ticket and hits a home run with the conservative base. How tough and together do you have to be to pull that off?
I love her.
Didn’t you get the feeling she could handle Amadimijad(?) Chavez, and Putin?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:59 amSQUEEE! Just saw a clip, and here is the text.
Well, I guess we now know why the new “Artic Blast” Kool-Aid variety is so much tastier, more refreshing, and deeply satisfying than the same old tired “Tropical Punch” flavor.
Hell yeah I’m in line for more … fill up my BigGulp, and point me to the ledge!
September 4th, 2008 at 1:06 amI’ve heard her called Ronald Reagan in a skirt, but now I’m leaning more toward Andrew Jackson in Heels
September 4th, 2008 at 1:07 amSaracuda is the 45th President of the United States.
About damn time.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:07 amTeddy Roosevelt in killer stilettos.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:12 amHaverwilde from Alaska:
I love your comment: Palin is tough AND beguiling. And it’s “amazing to watch her be both at the same time.”
Perfect.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:20 amAwesome, awesome speech. I was mesmerized.
I agree, folks. We have another Maggie Thatcher here.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:32 amJust a couple of points. For those questioning the wisdom of choosing Governor Palin, I saw only three viable choices - Jindal, Cantor, and Palin for the one reason that none of these candidates had been roundly rejected by the voters. Obama hopeychangy Hussein selected Joe Biden, who has been running for pres at least the last 20 years, and had been completely rejected every time.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:34 amSecond point, related somewhat to first point - John McCain is old. yes. old. Palin is a “heartbeat yada yada”. But, Barack Hussein Obama will be the first Black president, with its unfortunate and shameful risks. Presidents have secret service detail for a reason, and I believe BHO will need all the dedicated security given and maybe more. Does that make Biden the one who is actually a shorter heartbeat away from assuming power? Biden was NEVER remotely acceptable to the voters.
I’m going through physical therapy for some shoulder surgery out here in northeast Texas. For some reason there are a lot more women than men. Those women, including the Democrats, have been hating the way Governor Palin has been treated since Friday.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:43 amI cannot wait to see them tomorrow.
I do believe that Governor Palin hit it out of the park.
Teleprompter malfunction. She did some of this from memory. I was impressed before, but knowing that…WOW
September 4th, 2008 at 1:50 amThe most “quotable” political speech I’ve ever heard. That means even the people who hated it won’t be able to forget it, and when you’re in a knife-fight to win (as she is), getting your opponent to feel off-balance, like his entire equilibrium is off b/c he can’t get those barbs out of his head, is just what you want!
It was like watching verbal martial arts, and she’s way past wax-on, wax off, she just gave Obama a swift kick to the solar plexus, in HEELS.
Loved it. Loved her.
Now where can I get a Palin Power t-shirt?
September 4th, 2008 at 1:57 amThat is EXACTLY what I started thinking halfway through the speech. Palin has all the great qualities of Thatcher without the bitch-on-wheels factor. Sarahcuda is just STRONG. Not trying to be a man, not trying to beat you down, simply not bending to your will, and fuck you if you don’t like it.
I LOVE that she got the kids on stage, and included the boyfriend of Bristol as though he’s already family. CLASS. Look it up, Obama.
I dislike John McCain. I almost hate him as a politician. I hate his policies, I despise the legislation he gets passed and I think he’s bad for this country and for conservatives and libertarians. BUT. I am willing to WHOLEHEARTEDLY pull the lever for him just because I think Sarah Palin is the future of Republicans and of conservatism and I want her positioned for the big chair in 2012. She’s socially conservative but acts like a libertarian, so we’re cool. She’s fiscally a mad dog conservative. She’s clearly a devoted family woman with a pretty cool hubby, great kids and can shoot a moose halfway across a tundra. In the dark. By throwing the bullet at it. And then field dress it, do her hair and make the office by 8:15 AM.
And she’s utterly delightful to look at. Good Lord, I so wanna vote for her. I wanna vote all over her.
Wait that came out wrong. Or right, depending on your point of view.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:02 amWow. That speech was pretty near enough to make me like John McCain. I was always going to vote for him, because I think Obama is a walking disaster, but Sarah Palin has made that vote a lot less painful.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:03 amI just spent the last couple hours working up this little item. quiller suggested I put it up for sale at CafePress. I dunno….
September 4th, 2008 at 2:11 amSarahcuda makes me love my “ROSLIN O8 - SO SAY WE ALL” shirt so much harder.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:14 amI think my poster here aptly captures the convention mood after Palin’s speech. =D
September 4th, 2008 at 2:20 amMaybe it’s mean, but Andrea Mitchell’s undisguised despair made me very happy. This is the woman you people have gone to war with, Andrea. Godspeed.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:27 amI can’t help it….
September 4th, 2008 at 2:33 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyhhFzE5O5U
I don’t know. I can’t help but think of the scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the big guy with the Saracen sword (we’ll call him the Obama/Biden juggernaut) is squared off against Indy. Ole Indiana Jones just whips out his big gun and blows him away. That’s what I saw tonight.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:21 amSarah Palin is incredible. Quick takes:
(1) It’s her first time ever on the national stage, and she seems utterly at ease, utterly confident, utterly certain that she can own the crowd. And she does.
(2) It is hard for a (truly) beautiful woman to be taken seriously. It is hard for a strong, decisive woman not to be seen as bitchy or shrill or strident. It is hard for a woman to describe her accomplishments without being perceived as arrogant. It is hard for anyone to be funny. Yet she does all of these things with grace and charm.
(3) The teleprompter malfunctioned halfway through — and she didn’t bat an eye. I never would have known if not for the news reports about it. As a matter of public performance, this is incredible — especially when she’s under such a media microscope. It also reveals that she is quick on her feet — a critical skill for any would-be executive. (That, I think, is Obama’s biggest weakness. He’s genuinely talented as a writer, when he has the luxury of time — but he’s a stammering idiot ex tempore.)
(4) She often makes a scrunchy face when I’d expect her to smile. My guess: her smile is so intoxicating that she’s learned to hide it when she’s trying to keep your attention. Seriously.
(5) I hope that John McCain takes the advice of one wit over at The Corner: his opening line should be, “I am proud to accept your nomination as Sarah Palin’s running mate.”
Wow. What an amazing woman.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:15 amI did catch the Andrea Martin bit with Rudi; man, was she not a happy camperette.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:13 amRegarding children’s naming rights, I said this in an IM conversation last night:
September 4th, 2008 at 6:32 amHere speech is (via C-SPAN): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCDxXJSucF4
September 4th, 2008 at 6:34 amMaybe it’s because I’ve lived on the west coast most of my life but - what accent?
Yes, she was brilliant and I love her even more.
Also, Rachel, I thought of you last night. They panned to Piper a few times during the speech and I wondered if you were becoming a puddle of goo with all that adorableness.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:44 amWith a smile on her face, she smacked Obama right in the mouth, made him a sandwich and sent him packing, all while holding a newborn in one arm and skinning a moose with the other.
I’m in love.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:56 amMy husband has been selling Nobama bumperstickers for a while on zazzle. We’ve sold about 500 or so. We did up some Palin stickers last week and had a huge spike this morning. It’s happening!
All moms can relate to this woman. As the mom of a kid with special needs, I heart Sarah. I can’t wait to see her field-dress Biden.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:12 amI woke up with a smile and a very great wish to see her field dress Obama, again. I have only one quibble with the comments here– Sarah Palin is not another Lady Thatcher. Palin is Palin and will likely set a new American standard for the next generation. I suspect that for some time to come, women in politics will be measured against her.
There were so many great moments in her speech! One that touched me that I haven’t seen mentioned was her reference to Trig and her statement that all families with special needs children would have an advocate in the White House.
But it was all good.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:13 amThe Reuters headline this morning kinda said it for me:
Mocks! Now we’re talkin’.
OH shit. Because the VP candidate traditionally handles the mocking detail, expect to see Biden clumsily attempt to mock Her Royal Palinitude. Oughta be a hoot of a misfire.
HA: We finally got a strong independent woman and they’re worried she won’t have time for her CHIRRUN! Hello? Where are the lefty feminists? It’s totally sexist to even NOTICE Palin’s a woman! It’s akin to noticing that Obama is black — which is RACIST! Like noticing a Canine-American is a . . .
. . . “dog.”
I laughed like hell at the Greek columns dig. It SO reminded me of the toppling 14″-high “Stonehenge” on the stage in Spinal Tap.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:16 amI’m going to make one small cautionary note. Wait a sec, I’m putting on my asbestos clothing first… okay, all done. Anyway, as I mentioned in the last thread, I thought that Gov. Palin’s speech was fantastic. I’ve been a fan for a while and had high expectations, which she exceeded. However, don’t forget that McCain is speaking tonight. There’s no way in the world that he can possibly top Palin’s speech. None. And if he coughs or hiccups, the press will point out again and again that’s standing in a pool of warm salt water holding an electric guitar. The possibility exists that Sarah’s ass kicking last night could prove a detriment to McCain tonight, if for no other reason than her bright star could more clearly illustrate the Maverick’s many flaws.
Look, y’all know that I’m not a McCain fan, so I’m sure that you’re taking my comment with a boulder of salt. But I’m old enough to understand how this game is played and I’m telling you that the potential exists for tonight to be a disaster. I hope not, though. As much as I’m against voting for McCain, I’m itching for a chance to vote for Sarah Palin this year and in 2012. I don’t want him to blow it for her (and me).
I saw lots of people making the Eeyore comment to Allah yesterday before Gov. Palin’s speech and I fully expect to hear similar things here. However, I’m preparing for the worst while hoping for the best. If McCain surprises me and doesn’t go on and on about his love of flooding this country with more illegal aliens, he’ll probably do fine.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:19 amI wish one of those Code Pink ladies would have made onto to the stage, so I could have watched Sarah cold-cock her. Oh, that would have been beautiful.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:31 am“Palin is Margaret Thatcher, Sarah Conner, and Princess Diana, all in one package.”
and much like Sarah Connor told it the terminator,she just told Barack Osama”you’re terminated,motherfucker”
September 4th, 2008 at 7:34 amSpeaking of teleprompters, did anyone notice that in several different shots CNN actually showed the teleprompters? In one case they held the shot so long that I could read the scrolling speech on it! Normally, they are NEVER shown. My husband had to point them out in the wide shots of the Obama speech and NBC didn’t show them once last night (yes, I’m enough of a dork I had TiVo get the speech twice so I could see what the talking monkeys would saw about it on each network). I’m not big into the whole liberal media conspiracy thing but WTF was that about?!?
Other random thoughts -
1 - Talking monkey’s snarkily talking about who wrote her speech and mentioning that she read it off a teleprompter. NEWS FLASH to talking monkeys: They ALL read them off teleprompters. Talking about that fact after her speech to make her seem like a puppet is really extra-double shitty.
2 - Finding various female & sometimes black talking monkeys to tell us all how sarcastic and smug she was. Were they watching the same speech? Also the same people talking about how low the bar was set and how she sure met that low bar at least. GEE THANKS for making my blood pressure rise to dangerously high levels.
3 - The female mommyblogger mood seems to be that they are GRAVELY INSULTED that McCain would pick her just because she’s a woman - apparently the Republicans are just patronizing them. No one mentions that just PERHAPS she was chosen to appeal to the base and rural voters, not suburban mommyblogger Hillary supporters. Also, no one mentions that Obama has about 90% of the black vote wrapped up and they’re not all voting for him ’cause he’s black? If it were that easy to get the woman vote you’d think someone would have figured it out by now and put woman on the ticket every time.
In general, I loved the speech - she was hands-down a better speaker than anyone else that night, except Huckabee (who is genuinely a great speaker in my opinion). And she was as good as Obama. McCain might in fact have a tough time following her, but being the nominee he’ll have energy from the crowd with him.
So, my question for the day - who thinks the bar was set low and who thinks the bar was set high? I think it was set absurdly high and she more than made it.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:54 amI watched on Public Television. I thought she did good. She’s a fighter, something I have longed to see in a Republican for years.
Minor criticism. She needs to move on from the Bridge To Nowhere she’s delivered that line “thanks but no thanks” one too many times now.
Was I the only one freaked by the little retarded baby? It didn’t move! Even with little Piper messing with his hair, even being flea-flickered around from Willow to Cindy to Todd to… For a while there I thought it might be a baby Jesus prop from the Christmas Play.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:59 amThat is what a real American looks like…and it scares the Liberals deep down in their hateful, progressive bones. I am extremely optimistic and looking for an 8 point “bump” in the polls. McCain is a clever bastard.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:16 amI agree with so much that’s been said already.
Charming and beguiling…absolutely.
This is a LADY. The whole package. Not a prissy girl and not a butch bitch. She is the complete package.
I was damn near tears…alright I was in tears…early on in her speech, when after describing her family she said this:
“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.”
Hell I’m at work right now, copying and pasting this and I’m wiping tears out of my eyes. That family is so awe-inspiring. They’re like a really well written television program. All those fuckers over at the Kos, those shit sucking websites and the Obama butthole lickers should be ASHAMED of themselves right now.
I think that’s why the left went right after her family. Because they know how alluring the Palin’s are. Are they perfect? No. Are they at the tippy-top percent of the bell curve? You bet.
If McCain wins this election I hope he sticks to his one term pledge, because I so want a Palin White House.
Eat your heart out Aaron Sorkin, this isn’t some fictional Josiah Bartlett shit, the Palin’s are the real deal.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:24 amMy wife and I made a point of watching the pos-speech coverage on MSNBC. It was HI-larious! Matthews seemed to keep his composure, but the rest of them were clearly flipping their shit.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:42 amSarah Palin is like another great Alaskan, Elizabeth Peratrovich. Alaska celebrated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day instead of Presidents Day each year.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:45 amOh yeah I forgot to mention Susan Butcher too!
September 4th, 2008 at 8:47 amBehold the power of true conservatism.
The political pundits have been telling us for years that a conservative can’t win major elections - that a conservative always has to tack to the center. McCain’s nomination “proved” that theory. “See? McCain’s a liberal Republican and he earned the Presidential nomination.” While I disagree that McCain “earned” the nomination, the pundits ignore the fact that the GOP has shriveled as hundreds of thousands of life-long conservative Republicans abandoned the GOP as a party that no longer represented them. Dispirited and uninspired by the leadership’s masquerade as Democrat-lite, Heartland Republicans had resigned themselves to losing not only the Senate, but the House AND the Presidency.
Until… a true conservative stepped onto the scene. What an explosion of excitement, inspiration, and belief on the Republican side! An what an implosion of fear, hatred, and evil on the Democrat side. I’ve never in my life seen anything like it.
THAT is the power of the conservative message - strength, pride, grit, Heartland values, and American sensibility. She is one of us.
No one can ever tell me again that a conservative can’t win anymore because the country has moved Left. That’s a fallacy, and future political leaders believe it at their peril.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:49 amYou gotta love it when Rudy GuGu and the Sarah Palin go on stage and kick the ever loving dogshit out of Al’Obama and Crusty McOldster Biden.
I’m sure not only the Liberal media, but the Al’Obama campaign just took a collective shit in thier pants….
Truly an Ohh FUCK moment
September 4th, 2008 at 8:57 amI didn’t watch it, but I did just finish reading it. This part made me happy in the pants.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:58 amThe base awakens “I’m gonna be bad…but I feel good”
September 4th, 2008 at 9:19 amShe didn’t quite hit it out of the park.
The ball completely ignored the laws of physics as it continued to accelerate after leaving her bat.
Just before impact, it had a very distinct vapor trail, and I could swear I saw wisps of smoke curling around the stitches.
It collided with the JumboTron at exactly the speed of sound, deafening all present as the scoreboard exploded into a fireworks display worthy of the Northern Lights.
Yeah, I rather liked the speech.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:21 amOnly if the ladies are tougher (in their uniquely feminine way, of course) than the men. (”Come home either with your shield or on it, son; or don’t bother coming home at all.”)
You don’t want to live in a society run by Hillary or Pelosi or any of their “spend it all on schools and make the Air Force hold a bake sale” ilk.
That works fine, until you’ve feminized all the men and you’re overrun by testosterone-soaked barbarians.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:23 amMcCain Likey …
“I think I’m having a stroke!”
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Time for the funny!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:25 amI have to disagree, a little. I love the Iron Lady, but Thatcher was never that smokin’ hot.
Now, if you put Thatcher’s brain in Princess Diana’s body….um, I’ll be in my bunk.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:28 amI am gonna make it short and sweet. I am deeply and madly in love with this woman!LOL No seriously folks.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:31 amMs. Speaker, I hereby nominate Mr. JimK for the Chuck Norris Action Jeans Hidden Gusset Award for Excellence in Commenting.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:32 amRe: Andrea Mitc hell - Maybe she ate a bad burrito. (Let’s not be meanspirited, now! Heh!)
Wonderful speech! Everybody’s using sports mixaphors like: “She batted it out of the park, right through the goalposts, pulling a hat trick!” and I concur.
Loved the one about the styrofoam Greek columns.
Take THAT, you media warthogs!!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:33 amSecond.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:34 amI noticed. You were speechless at 12:01 a.m.!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:36 amAnd zero was officially divided … and conquered : )
My speechlessness was actually a boneheaded attempt to embed an object (YouTube video,) which I knew damned well I couldn’t do, but Miss Sarah had me all flustered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQMwSB_M1w
September 4th, 2008 at 9:40 amPiper was killin’ me with that spit-shine she did on Trig’s hair! Is she straight from 1930s Central Casting, or what? Trying to get her brother and sisters to stand-up at one point, like a little general… I think she’s gonna turn into a new Shirley Temple for the 21st century.
And Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Leave it to a former proscecutor to carefully lay out the so-called qualifications of Barack Obama then filet them to ribbons with a flourish, like he was headlining the grille show at Benihana’s. The mocking, the giggling, the feigned horror at Sarah Palin’s small town in Alaska just not being sophisticated for the urbane Mr. Obama. Hysterical! And then the “How DARE they?” moment. This was classic Rudy, warming up the crowd like a pro. Then he handed Sarah her “WonderBoy” bat, faded into the background, and we all watched her hit that home run outta the ballpark, taking her bases in a rain of sparks and shattered spotlights. Well done!
What more can I say about Sarah Palin and her speech that hasn’t already been said here and better by others? It’s a cliche’ at this point, I know, but we have seen the future of the Republican Party, and her name is Sarah Palin. Keep strong, Sarah! And keep kicking their pansy asses!
Listening to some of the post speech criticism on the different cable networks, it seems the meme they’re going for hardest is that Sarah was sarcastic and sneering throughout. In other words (and notice it’s the women commentators pushing this meme hardest), a BITCH! Oh, they can’t come right out and say the word, can they? But they sure as hell are trying to spin it that way. How very typical. How very foolish.
Before they go much farther with that meme, maybe they should see how many women out in the hinterlands have been called a “bitch” for standing up for themselves or having an opinion, and see how well that went over with them. The media may think they’re being very sophisticated with their use of the adjectives “sarcastic” and “sneering”, but we all know that’s code speak for being a “bitch”, and that, folks, ain’t gonna go down well.
Just for shits and giggles, I took a peek at Andrew Sullivan’s post-speech reactions, and found myself laughing my ass off at his usual shrieking hysterics — taken to eleven on the dial. He was spitting mad that they had the audacity to show those children ON THE AIR, and yet he is not allowed to continue questioning Trig’s maternity. No fair! No fair! Oh, he was virtually turning himself inside out over the fact that various family members AND Cindy McCain were each holding Trig at different times. How dare they?!?
Obviously, when you’re as big a cynic as Andy, you would think of it as merely a photo op, and not bear in mind Cindy’s work with infants and children all over the world. You would dismiss the fact she works tirelessly to help children who have been born with tragic facial birth defects and even brought a dying infant from Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Bangledesh, into her home and heart. If you were a grade A nincompoop like Andy, you would consider the whole scene to be political theater, as opposed to a family sharing the duties of caring for a dozing infant between them. And if you were as in the tank for Obama as Sullivan is, you would obviously curl up into a thumb-sucking ball in the corner over the fact that you would look like an asshole throwing darts at that beautiful American family.
Boo-hoo, Andy… Boo-hoo.
Oh, and for good measure, he had to claim he saw Piper poking Trig in the eye!!! Um, fuckwit, she was trying to brush a bit of fuzz or somesuch from the babie’s brow. I saw her as she was doing it. There was no “poking”, no maliciousness, merely a big sister lovingly fussing over a baby brother.
But you go ahead… Attack the little girl, while you’re at it. I think that is a brilliant plan! Go for it. We’ll see how far it gets you in the reality based world.
And hey, did anyone else notice that Chris Matthews seems to have experienced a Sarah Palin “tingle” running up his leg this morning? Oh, don’t expect it to last, but he was really a twitter this morning…
Then again, perhaps the operative word when talking about Matthews should be “twit”.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:44 amHeard ’round the Corner:
September 4th, 2008 at 9:52 amPhysics Geek - You are apparently not the only one who thinks Palin’s speech set a standard McCain’s going to have a hard time living up to.
I also saw one (I can’t find any longer) saying that Mrs. Palin shouldn’t complain about the media bringing her family into the fray if she’s going to bring them up on stage like she did. I was livid. Obama’s wife goes out and makes speeches for him, and he says she’s off-limits for criticism, but this jerk says the Palin family is fair game because they were brought onstage during her acceptance speech? ARGH!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:54 amI agree 100% She’s shown that she can be aggressive, personable, and can be a strong woman with out emasculating her man. A true Lady of the Thatcher vein and does it all without the pants suit!
Various conservative blogs we’re harping earlier this year and late last on the need for a new Ronald Reagan. She’s here and she’s being groomed as we speak.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:56 amYou sure called that one right, mightysam.
Has the other side never seen a loving, supportive, functional family unit that sticks together through thick and thin and loves unconditionally? Is it so foreign a concept that it’s impossible for them to comprehend, let alone recognize?
Jesus spit-shined Christ.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:02 amShe did very well. Hammered the Democrats without being too nasty about it.
But, as Harrison Ford once said, “Don’t get cocky, kid”.
The Left will now pull out all the stops to destroy her. The media and the Dems know she is a killer, and so they have to destroy her and her family right now.
Look for this to get brutal, and quick. I think she’s up to the task, but I’ll say a little prayer anyway.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:11 amGee, I sure hope so.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:28 amApropos of nothing, my favorite part was when she promised that during their Administration she and McCain would “lay more pipe”. That was hot.
OK, OK, she said pipeline. Don’t ruin it for me!
September 4th, 2008 at 10:29 amLast night was a celebration of the American family and that’s just killing the left. After all these years of trying to destroy the very essence of what makes this country great, they are faced with a juggernaut of the classic American Family that makes everyone feel all giddy inside. Everyone except the left who look at the Palin’s and see a threat.
I actually pity the left right now.
Sarah’s comments about her family last night show that Bristol’s pregnancy is not a scandal for that family. It’s an event that has strengthened the love and bond between them.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:30 amI’ve had this bouncing around in my head for the last couple of days…to the tune of Barracuda, by Heart:
So, tell me my friend –
Saw the debate today
And had to turn my heart away.
He smiles like the Sun
Kisses for everyone
And tales – it never fails!
They’re lying low in the weeds
Gonna try to ambush me
They’d have this country down on its knees…
Except for Sarahcuda!
Barack says we’re all
Trying to free
Our country, its’ purpose
There’s no right, no wrong, just a UN song –
A name whisper game.
But if the real thing don’t do the trick,
They’ll make up something quick.
They’ll burn us down to the wick,
Make em’ stop, Sarahcuda!
“Sell me, sell you,” they say
Dive down deep to find a way
Nothing…I think they got the blues too.
All night and all weekend,
September 4th, 2008 at 10:30 amThey swim without looking back.
Making for the western pools….silly fools.
Zarba said:
Couldn’t agree more. In fact, I hope all conservatives and Republicans will refrain from cockiness. (Remember how arrogant and overweening Newt Gingrich came across when he was Speaker of the House? Even I — a conservative — had a hard time accepting his cheekiness.)
I hope the right will follow Palin’s lead and show confidence and resolve without being snarky. Let the left be the snark-meisters. (That seems to be their specialty anyway.) Part of Palin’s appeal for me was that she is obviously accomplished and justifiably proud of her achievements yet she manages to come off as tough and humble — at the same time.
[Edited to add:] PS—Also, the hockey mom/pitbull quip is an update of one of the Jewish-American Princess jokes that made the rounds in New York during the 80s: What’s the difference between a JAP and a barracuda? Nail polish. Can’t help wondering why they changed from a barracuda to a pitbull. It seems as if the barracuda reference might have suited “Sarahcuda” better.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:33 amI LOVE this woman. Last night was the first time I had ever watched any part of a political convention. This woman had me in tears by the time she was done!
The left is scared shit less of this lady and I can’t get enough. She called the media to task and they are STILL WHINING about it this morning. She called Obama on all his bullshit and let this country see what she’s really all about. I WANT this woman in office!
On a more interesting and tacky note, very shortly after her speech was over we heard multiple ambulance sirens. I would like to think they were responding to calls of liberals whose heads had literally just blown up. It gives me a happy.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:41 amMy VP candidate can beat up your presidential candidate!
Shameless hucksterism:
September 4th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Yes, you were the only ridiculous moron watching the speech. Are you out of your mind? Down Syndrome (I have provided a link targeted toward children; I hope it’s not too advanced for you) children are just as active as any other four month old, who sleeps/rests 13-14 hours per day. They don’t move about on their own much, other than to roll over. Babies often stiffen their backs so they don’t flop about — have you ever been carried in that manner by another human being?
If you are talking about being freaked because you don’t understand the activity and sleep patterns of a typical infant, fine. Educate yourself. If you are talking about that level being attributed exclusively to “retarded” children, you, sir, are an ass-clown.
EDIT: I just watched the end again. The look on Trig’s face is no less inquisitive than any other child at that age. I am going to assume that you’ve never been around infants before, because the alternative explanation to your post makes me want to bitchslap you.
I can’t wait to see photos of him playing on the lawn of his new White House in 2012.
McCain/Palin ‘08
September 4th, 2008 at 10:49 amIt’s not just that the Republicans need Sarah - it’s that America needs Sarah (and others like her) to remain a strong, prosperous, vibrant country.
She is our future. Conservatism is an incredibly strong philosophy that has been dissed by the party establishment in order for them to “earn votes”. No wonder Republicans lost seats in the 2006 elections.
I firmly believe that Sarah Palin proves that voters will respond to genuine conservative candidates.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:49 amRetarded? Wow…That’s the pot calling the kettle black. I so dispise that particular word.
I much prefer the little one called by his name, Trig, which means: “True and brave victory” in Norse.
I have never heard or read the term “flea-flickered” so I will let that one be, but I have to question…what exactly is the problem with a much-loved baby being handed off to people who so obviously adore him? When I saw Cindy McCain holding little Trig as though he were her own, I was actually jealous that I wasn’t next in line.
Also, I heard a few people on the news question why Trig seemed so “listless” in such noise and pandemonium and know from experience the answer. While in utero, babies are constantly inundated with sounds and movements, sounds equal to that of a freight train rushing by. Similar to the approach of taking your baby for a drive or putting them on a running dryer to help them sleep. Most mother’s are well-aware that babies sleep best when there is plenty of noise around.
Lastly, to refer to any living being, especially a human being, as “it” simply is beyond belief. “It” refers to an inanimate object. “He” has a name and it is Trig.
I know, semantics and all, but geez…
September 4th, 2008 at 10:55 amI loved it. I hate it when I clap to the television. Oh well.
A person on local talk radio made a quip that I modified into the following joke: If we can get all democrats to vote like Obama, the next president of the United States will be named Present.
So I am going to start calling Obama “The Presence” since it mocks both his voting habits and the cult of personality
doug
September 4th, 2008 at 11:04 amIn other news, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick agrees to plea agreement and 120 days jail. Democrats, keeping it classy!
September 4th, 2008 at 11:26 amWell SP’s been mocked for being a “beauty queen”. Guess what? Even more than politics, that’s an arena where every single detail of your appearance and demeanor is scrutinized with a magnifying glass. So, in point of fact, she has talked to crowds like this her whole life.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:30 amAdd me to the fan club. I’ve spent the past few days absolutely sickened by the personal attacks on this woman and her family and just wanted her to do well.
She went above and beyond anything I could have hoped for. My admiration for her knows no bounds. She actually has me excited about politics. This is the future of the Republican party and it’s absolutely stunning. If McCain ever gets his head out of his ass regarding illegal immigration I can embrace both halves of this ticket. Either way, Sarah gets my vote.
And Piper is so friggin’ cute it damn near brought tears to my eyes, especially when she was fussing over Trig.
It’s going to be fun watching the left implode over Palin, although I’m not looking forward to how damn ugly it’s going to get.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:34 amI’ll take the beauty queen over “hair Plugs” Biden.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:35 amI noticed one comment on the utube page complaining, “she didn’t talk about what they were going to do (actually, she did, if you were paying attention), she only talked about what she had done. Well, poor lib, that’s one thing you’ll never catch Barry doing. Because there’s nothing he can talk about having done!
Sarah Palin’s presence in the lower 48 means the Arctic ice cap can finally return.
Sarah Palin fired Jack Bauer because he was too soft in dealing with terrorists.
Sarah Palin’s pageant career ended early so other women could have a chance.
Sarah Palin’s son Track is going to Iraq after the Surge, because a Palin during the Surge would have been unfair.
Sarah Palin wears glasses lest her uncontrollable optic blasts slaughter everyone. (X-Men reference)
Sarah Palin actually has Big Foot in her freezer.
Sarah Palin doesn’t need a gun to hunt. She has been known to throw a bullet through an adult bull elk.
Sarah Palin once spilled coffee on Joe Biden & one of his $400 ties from Pink.
Sarah Palin keeps her hair in a beehive to hide her ninja weaponry.
Sarah Palin will personally open a homemade can of whoopa** on Ahmadinejad, Putin, and Chavez as soon as she’s done making mooseburgers for her kids.
A grizzly bear once tried to stare down Sarah Palin. Once.
Sarah Palin will send Joe Biden a pre-debate cheat sheet. The sheet will have tips on defending against Kung [beeep] Death Grip.
Sarah Palin became governor because five children left her with too much spare energy.
Sarah Palin will give birth to the man who will lead humanity’s war against the machines. (Terminator reference)
Three of Sarah Palin’s 5 kids came out sideways and she never flinched.
Global Warming doesn’t kill polar bears. Sarah Palin does. Generally with her bare hands.
Sarah Palin was the original “Deadliest Catch.”
Sarah Palin paid her way through school by hunting for Kodiak pelts with a slingshot.
Alaska is the 49th state solely because they knew even in 1959 that Sarah Palin never finishes last.
Chuck Norris wishes he was Sarah Palin trapped in a man’s body.
Sarah Palin got Tom Brady pregnant, and then left him.
Sarah Palin once won the Iditarod without any dogs. She simply willed the sled to victory.
Sarah Palin wears half the makeup that John Edwards wears and still looks like twice the woman he does.
Sarah Palin once guided Santa’s sleigh through an Alaskan blizzard with the light from her smile.
Sarah Palin fishes salmon by convincing them it’s in their interest to jump into the boat
September 4th, 2008 at 11:46 amI can picture John McCain and Barack Obama both opening a box of Cracker Jacks. McCain pulls out his surprise and exclaims, Hot Damn! I got a Sara Palin! Hot Damn! What did you get Barack? Obama pulls out his surprise. All I got was a stupid Biden.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:48 amWhen I feel cold, you warm me.
And when I feel I can’t go on, you come and hold me.
It’s you and me forever
Sarah smile. Won’t you smile a while for me.
That used to be a song by Hall & Oates. Now I only know it as the soundtrack that plays in my head when she is on tv and I get the warm tinglies.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:52 amYahoo “Fact Check”
I would so love someone who has far more intelligence than I to fact check the shit out of Yahoo’s facts.
Dear 14K, I want to marry you and have your babies and name all my babies after you for taking down that buttmunch assbag. Thank you.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:53 amrachel, you got it right. sarah’s school’s principal said her nickname was “sarahcuda” not “sarah barracuda”
September 4th, 2008 at 11:58 am“THAT is the power of the conservative message - strength, pride, grit, Heartland values, and American sensibility.”
Someone explain this to me, because I grew up in this kind of home, in the middle of the Heartland and my family is liberal. And believe me, my grandparents are strong, proud, hardworking, sensible and have a strong set of values.
How am I so different from you?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:00 pmSarah Palin will pry that Klondike bar from your cold, dead fingers.
(I don’t know what that means; it’s just funny.)
http://www.palinfacts.com/
September 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pmA little story from last night as my unpolitical wife watched Sarah’s speech.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:04 pmShe was praising the speech as we watched. Then she found out that Trig was a Down’s Syndrome baby and she excitedly said, “Shoot, she’s got them surrounded.”
Was there a Yahoo fact check of the Lightworker and the DNC Convention too?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:07 pmMy guess is no.
Brooke - we keep telling you that you’re really not as big a Liberal as you try to convince us you are. Your comments here and your description of your family life paint a picture of the “Classical Liberal,” which is a completely different type of person (and more like the current description of the Conservative-Libertarian type), than what most of us here consider to be a “Liberal”.
True, there are a few instances where your interpretation of things said here are pretty far off-base, and then your comments sound more like the Moonbat Liberal type, but when we get past those, you’re pretty similar to many people here.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:13 pmWatching Sarah and family take their much earned bows last night, I swear I heard a song playing from my ill-spent suburban youth.
The Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying:
Valhalla, I am coming!
Sarah had the crowd eating out of her hand. And, as silly as it may sound, Piper has me wrapped around her little finger.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pmMoonbat liberal type…hahahahahah…
All I’m saying is that I have not drank the Barack Obama kool-aid - nor have I had any of the Sarah Palin version. And when people say, “Oh, she so appeals to Middle America” I wonder who they are talking about. My grandparents don’t. My mother doesn’t. My friends in Middle America are perplexed - how does Sarah Palin appeal to Middle America. Because she hunts? Because she has no experience? Because she has just enough experience? Because she’s hot? She’s a hockey mom?
I wish someone would give me a reason of why they are all into Sarah Palin without it sounding cultlike.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pmOh, please, kellyrae ANYONE but Princess Diana. I STILL want to ask that little twit what part of the phrase “Dynastic Marriage” she didn’t understand.
(After the classic ‘I got a rock’ routine in “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown):
Republican: “And she’s tough and pretty, and a Conservative! We LOVE her!”
Democrat: “I got a Barack.”
Republican: “And she has executive experience, and hunts, and has a great family!”
Democrat: “I got a Barack.”
Republican: “And we can run her for President on four to eight years, when she’s a little seasoned. This is GREAT!”
Democrat: “I got a Barack.”
September 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pmHow about
Sarah, The Arctic Fox?
Love this woman.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pmI was JUST NOW writing that, CSP Scholfield…
Thank you for saving me the time!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pmIt’s an appeal based on her identity as a “regular person,” Brooke. She doesn’t look stupid with a hunting rifle, a la Kerry; she looks like a natural. She doesn’t talk down to working people, because she’s married to a fisherman/oilman/regular joe. She appeals to every family who’s had a young daughter get pregnant, by saying, “Yup, it’s a shock, but we’ll make the best of it.”
She’s no phony politician, in the way that most national figures are. Her audience identifies with her personally, as well as ideologically.
And if all that sounds too cultlike for your tastes, well, let’s just say she’s Obama’s mirror and call it even.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pmI have a new girl crush! There were two very happy women at my house last night! Absolutely awesome!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pmAnd if all that sounds too cultlike for your tastes, well, let’s just say she’s Obama’s mirror and call it even.
In the sense that genuine versus phony is a mirror image….
September 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pmBecause she did fight corruption in her own party. It takes someone with some serious cojones to go after one of the “good old boys” network. That is one non-cultish reason.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pmBrooke - It’s the difference in the way Liberals and Conservatives see The promise of America and the future of the American people.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pmWOW!! I knew nothing about this woman and I was initially dissapointed in his calculated pick for v.p. Then I saw her speech and I now think Mccain is no fool, either that or he has found a rare gem. I am now excited to vote for Palin and I will vote for Mccain if that is what it takes to get her in there.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pmI have been losing my mind seeing so many Obama posters and thinking my fellow countrymen have lost their minds. She gives me the kind of real hope that Reagan inspired. From Alaska, how perfect!! I agree, it will get ugly in a national enquirer fashion. There is a god.
As a father of several special needs children, I almost cried when Gov. Palin said that we’d have an advocate in the White House. She has my vote whenever and w