We kid, of course but Sarah Palin knocked the bottom out of her speech tonight. She provided an outstanding narrative of her life as a mother of five, a small-town mayor, a governor and now, on the biggest stage on planet, as part of the ticket for Executive leadership of the most powerful nation on Earth.
Amongst this narrative were some well-played shots at Obama: “I guess being a community organizer is sorta like being a mayor except that a mayor has actual responsibilities” This will not go unchallenged. Trust us, Suit does not like to be trifled with.
Even Poor ol’ Harry Reid takes one in the shorts: “Harry Reid said, “I can’t stand John McCain.” Perhaps no greater accolade can be paid to John McCain than that statement from that man”. “What he meant to say was that “I can’t stand up to John McCain”.
Props for going strong on "energy independence" and some foreign policy name and place-dropping.
Yes, it was a scripted speech (aren’t they all) but she delivered it in a calm, resolute and forceful manner without every sounding shrill or off-balance. This was precisely the speech she needed to give in the manner she gave it to calm frayed nerves and bring some more folks into camp.
As M.T. Suit suffered the misfortune of giving his acceptance speech on the same night college football opened, John McCain will suffer double that fate as he goes up against the opener of the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful NFL tomorrow night. No matter. His work is done. His running-mate performed brilliantly and it was obvious as he came to the podium after Palin’s speech that he was visibly relieved and had received via the crowd’s reaction to Palin, some much-needed affirmation as to this most amazing and perhaps, mercurial of choices for Vice President.
P.S. B-Daddy assesses the speech and an obvious Andrea Mitchell make-up malfunction, here.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Republicans nominated the wrong person
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Hey, my hat's off to the gal.
She's shown incredible growth in public speaking even from her days of Miss Alaska competition. I mean, think about how well she read that speech tonight prepared for her, and watch this from her most recent beauty pageant...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
- Mongo Staying Up for the Swimsuit Competition Past His Bedtime
Thought: How do I ridicule a woman's speech that I was pre-disposed to having a dismissive attitude towards?
Answer: I got it. I'll pull that You Tube video of the South Carolina beauty pageant winner who makes an ass of herself. Damn, if only Sarah Palin was blonde... that'd make it so much more realistic.
Highly original, Mongo.
Exit question: By your reckoning, with that scripted and highly orchestrated speech, does she now elevate herself to Barack's level in the ultimate of style over substance?
Is THAT what I posted??
Oh, man. I am sorry.
I thought it was her recitation of the "Yukon Cornelius Society for A Free & Independent Alaska" keynote speech before the critical secession vote that she gave.
Dang cut & paste. My bad.
- Mongo Wondering How the Flag Will Look With Only 49 Stars
Ladies and Gentlemen, the hits... they just keep coming.
Mongo is an encyclopedia of misinformation.....again. His reference to the 49 stars is not valid.
""Governor Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982," Rogers says, providing voter registration documentation showing her to be a Republican. "As you know, if she changed her registration, there would have been some record of it. There isn’t."
Rogers says that Palin didn’t attend the AIP convention in 1994, "but she visited them when they had their convention in Wasilla in 2000 as a courtesy since she was mayor."
When asked if Palin ever identified herself as a member of the AIP, Rogers said, "No, she's a lifelong Republican."
End quote
Somebody needs to vet their facts before they make an ass of themselves...Mongo. OOPS, too late
'Dawg
50-1 doesn't equal 49??
Dang, you guys just might be right about those public schools.
But since we're pulling out quotes to fortify our various positions, this from today's L.A. Times...
Palin's Secession Flirtation
For years she has courted the Alaska Independence Party, which wants to split the state from the U.S.
Rosa Brooks
September 4, 2008
That John McCain -- he's such a maverick!
Just when you thought you had him figured out, McCain threw another curveball -- picking rookie Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whom he barely knows, as his running mate.
As ex-Democrat Joe Lieberman told the Republican convention Tuesday night, everyone recognizes McCain's "record of independence. ... God only made one John McCain, and he's his own man."
Uh-huh. Some might call it reckless for a 72-year-old to offer the vice presidency of the United States to someone with as little national experience as Palin. The McCain campaign calls it showing independence.
Still, don't be too hard on Palin. Like McCain, she's independence-minded -- very, very independence-minded. And, it turns out, there's much more to her than you might at first have thought.
Granted, a week ago Palin -- ex-mayor of Wasilla and a runner-up for Miss Alaska -- probably couldn't have explained the difference between a G-string and the G-8, or between a demolition derby and a diplomatic demarche. But who among us can? Policy, my friends, is boring.
The Democrats will tell you to pay attention to party platforms and their endless fiscal policy and intelligence reform plans. Don't you believe those hectoring elitists! You just stick to thinking how sweet it is that Sarah totally stands behind daughter Bristol's "decision" to get pregnant, marry and have a baby at 17. Don't trouble yourself with attending to tedious details, such as Sarah's record of slashing funds for programs to support teen mothers -- or her opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.
It's untrue that Palin has no foreign policy experience, anyway. In fact, she appears to have seriously flirted with the idea of trying to turn Alaska into a foreign country. How many vice presidential candidates can put that on their resumes?
Over the years, Palin has actively courted the Alaska Independence Party, or AIP, an organization that supports Alaskan secession from the U.S. To be clear, we're not necessarily talking about friendly secession either: As the AIP's founder, Joe Vogler, told an interviewer in 1991: "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. ... And I won't be buried under their damn flag."
The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. could learn from this man.
Share Vogler's sentiment? You can purchase a "Joe was right!" T-shirt on the AIP's website for $25. The AIP's website also provides helpful links to other secessionist groups, including the Southern Independence Party of Tennessee (which boasts of going after "these Politically Correct Liberal Communist[s]"), Ulster nationalists and Chechen separatists.
The McCain campaign denies that Palin ever joined the AIP. But while it is in dispute whether she attended its 1994 convention, she did visit the 2000 one and addressed AIP conventions in 2006 and 2008. Her husband, Todd, was a registered AIP member from 1995 to 2002, and the AIP leadership certainly considers her one of their own.
Video footage shows AIP Vice Chairman Dexter Clark describing Palin at the 2007 North American Secessionist Convention as an "AIP member before she got the job as a mayor of a small town -- that was a nonpartisan job. But you get along to go along. She eventually joined the Republican Party, where she had all kinds of problems with their ethics, and well, I won't go into that." (No need to. The Alaska Legislature's ethics investigators are on the case.) Apparently with Palin in mind, Clark then went on to urge AIP members to "infiltrate" the major parties.
So what does Palin currently think of the AIP? Hard to know -- she's been keeping mum -- but this year she told AIP members: "I'm delighted to welcome you to the 2008 Alaska Independence Party Convention. ... Keep up the good work!"
Does it make you uneasy to have a possible secessionist sympathizer aiming for the White House? Do you worry that Palin shares AIP founder Vogler's burning "hatred for the American government"?
Relax! If so, it will enable her, as vice president, to more effectively bond with foreign leaders she'll meet, many of whom also nurture a hatred for the American government. In diplomatic demarches, finding common ground is always helpful.
McCain has always promised that his ticket would show "independence." We just didn't realize it was going to be this kind.
- Mongo utilizing cut & paste to leave the longest comment in BwD history
Rosa Brooks,
nice reference, an op ed columnist for the LA times and msnbc contributor. Mixing sarcasm with half truths. Mongo, I rest my case.
'Dawg
You rest your case?
Oh, Happy Day!! Let it be so!!
I hope your client got you pro bono...
- Mongo Seeing in 'Dawg the Next GOP Selection for Supreme Court Justice
Always with the vitriol, mean spiritedness, half truths, and quoting from the faaarrrr left and always lacking logic.
Don't you think if the secession story had legs, it would be used by the main stream rather than "if she was a good mom or her husband had a DUI in his early twenties?"
Do you realize the security clearance required for the Commander of the Alaska National Guard? Much more than most states. Look it up.
Now I'm sure you will somehow pull a little bit out of my comment and make some sarcastic remark or criticism, but I liken you to the 9-11 conspirosy theorists that grab on to feeble facts to support their hatred of Bush.
We can always tell when we are making gains on the issues by the way it irritates you and by the hateful tone of your comments. Every time you comment with your feeble attempts at sarcastic humor rather than hitting the issues head on, your character is on display.
I look at your comments on various blogs, even when non political, and find you to be a mean and hurtful person. Look at the comments on the NFL, a subject which you are obviously not interested, you still have to make mean and sarcastic comments. Why? Others might find enjoyment, is it your life's pleasure to be annoying? Sure seems to be.
Wishing somebody loved you more 'Dawg
Good gawd, 'Dawg. If I'm getting to you, I'd hate to see what happens when somebody with some actual writing and commentary talent crosses your computer screen.
~~ Mongo counting how many times curse words and personal name-calling have been used by 'Dawg on fellow commentors on this blog while he rails against being "mean and hurtful". How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
You have writing skills, you just leave logic at the door and make a lot of cheap shots. BwD has never jumped on the Obama/ Muslim terrorist bandwagon with the right wing conspirosy nut jobs. And I can't ever remember using vulgarity.
What, "Mr Lloyd" is vulgarity and curse words?
You ARE annoying. You DO "get" to me. I admit it. But you are a fly in the ointment. When finally beat down with logic, you come up empty.
I have my disagreements with Palin, but they are based on issues and idealolgy, not crackpot history or personal attacks. Her pro-life stance is too hard core and a creationism, well, that's a long story, but I don't think it has a place in the science classroom.
Hey, you never answered my question, "What would you do?" Or the drilling question. These were legit questions for debate, yet, no answer.
Yes, you annoy me, 'Dawg
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