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Sarah Palin wrote this speech over two days, with a speech writer's editorial help. The guy didn't write the speech. She did!

love how the gop keeps taking what obama said about guns and religion out of context

teh question was why wont people in small towns vote for obama

and obama said

well after this administration has basically forgotten about them You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them...And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.

And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

see.... i mean what the gop says and what clinton said was taking the few basic words to paint this comment as something terrible... but within the whole text its truthful and not as terrible as people are saying it is

John McSame has destroyed himself by abandoning every principle that bought him the chance to be President. I was one of those Democrats, who was suckered by McSame into believing that he might be what he said he was - a Maverick willing to break with the G.O.P. whenever it was wrong, which was on about every issue. I even wrote to McSame, begging him to run, when given Kerry/Edwards as an alternative to Bush/Cheney. NO MORE. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I won't be fooled again. McSame's choice of Palin to be a heartbeat away from the toughest, most critical job in the world is the final nail in a coffin I could see being constructed long ago. In light of McSame's impulsive, reckless, and dangerous decision to pick Palin as his running mate, I'm now convinced beyond any doubt that Sen. Barack Obama must be the choice to lead my country. I simply can't stand by and watch the country I love being destroyed by Bush/Cheney and now McSame/Palin. I think a majority of my fellow citizens will agree with me as will be shown on Nov. 4, 2008. Obama/Biden 2008!!!

Conventions are going to have a lot of political hoopla. Palin presented her speech well, but her attempt to shoot down Obama's Community Organizer experience instead shot down an entire, hard working community. At the opening of the Republican convention, it was all about helping those through the Hurricane and taking off the "Republican" hat and putting on the "American" hat. Community Organizers always have their American hat on. We had more people seeking refuge from the hurricane in our convention center than lived in the town Palin was mayor - we had more evacuees in our state from the Gulf Coast than the population of Alaska. Without the experience, hard work, dedication of our CO's these people taking refuge could not have had shelter, food or medical assistance. That is A LOT of responsibility and should not be belittled or demeaned in the slightest.

The speech itself was strong but overly negative. It was how Palin delivered it that particularly bothered me. She looked insincere and almost mischievous. When she said, "I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country.", the way she delivered those lines conveyed quite the opposite --- she looked exactly like she was trying to court the good opinion of the audience and hopefully the media. The second line of the quote above was supposed to communicate a serious commitment to serve, yet when she said it, it felt like, "see, I've said it. What a nice line I have delivered. Did I sound smart or what?"

She also smiled too much, which took away the seriousness of whatever message she wanted to communicate. T

Made me feel that the whole thing was like a a high school student board election.

she didn't mention the McCain/Palin stands on the issues of importance. Why? Because they are the same as the Bush/Cheney stands. They are just more of the same - and that's what will mean more to the voters - where the candidates stand on the issues. We won't be fooled again by the Rove-tactics of the Republican party.

Sarah Palin did not write a single word of this speech. Not a single word. We have heard this speech before. This speech is not different from what Geoprge Bush said in 2004. Go back and read Bush's 2004 speech at the convention. It was exactly the same thing, except that the speechwriters managed to pepper insults directed at Obama. Yes she delivered a strong performance. But the substance is nothing new.

Empty speech, no Substance.

Now can we get back to the issues?
Alaska Independence Party. Troppergate, Bridge to Nowhere, Far right Religious views, lack of Foreign Policy awareness, Investigating self claiming jurisdiction, Raising of sales tax and running a deficit at the same time, Critized by McCain for earmarks for her village, Bashing of Community Organizers, and who is she?

Keep trying to sell her to the american public, it won't work.

She is corrupt, unqualified and unfit to be anywhere near the white house.

all the YUP YUP's and YEE HAWS just ain't doing it.

Her resume spews unethical doings and overspending and every person knows that alaska is the easiest state to run.

Why not run the story on how she recently cut the special needs funding for alaska by 62 percent?

Please.... all this rhetoric about Palin is so not working

Country first my a**
What about the issues: A family of five + and no talk of education? A disadvantage child and no healthcare? Teen pregnancy? underaged drinking? THE ECONOMY? Housing market? the trillion dollar deficit? Jobs? Anything less than this is NOT COUNTRY FIRST, but REPUBLICAN THIRST.

While I thought Palin did perform a good speech last night, and energized her base, not one person has been able to tell me how John McCain is different now than he was in 2000 that makes him more qualified. I'm not a Republican, so I will gladly give them the credit for nominating George Bush over John McCain in 2000. So, what's changed now? Only that Republicans will do whatever it takes to win, at whatever the cost. It isn't John McCain that you want to win, it is your party. I have had to live for the last 10 years with a Republican controlled congress and a Republican president, a president that Republicans preferred to John McCain.

Yes, I support Obama. Yes, I'm voting for someone with little experience... I'm willing to have his mistakes this year, and feel hopeful about our future, than to have the same from a Republican party that does nothing to inspire me, except to tell me to shop and stimulate the economy.

As far as the ATTACKS on Community Organizers, I would argue that some of the best this country has to offer has come from community organizers:

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(just to name a few)

I am for a new vision -- a COMPLETELY new vision. Not for a party or affiliation that wants to only slightly change, not for a party that is once again telling me to trust them, when this man wasn't good enough for them the first time he ran.

no she didnt

she didnt write that speech

The mccain camp even said who was the speech writer

REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS:

McCain LEAD HERE LEAD NOW.

DRILL HERE DRILL NOW.

ATTACK HERE ATTACK NOW.

DRILL HERE DRILL NOW.

Barack NOT HERE NOT NOW.

Who would vote for a man or woman that pressured her local library to ban certain books because she didn't agree with them? This woman is trying to set women rights back 50 years. My God, any thinking person that would even consider voting for her isn't even worthy of being called an American.

The DNC talking points are out in force this morning. Of course, there was a speech writer. Do you think Obama writes his speeches ? Did you hear that the teleprompter operator screwed up last night and scrolled right through the prolonged applause ? Did you notice ? No, you didn't because she coolly went on with her speech and ad-libbed a few parts. We will see both Sarah and Barack without teleprompters in the debates. I can hardly wait.

Obama could have had those people. Unfortunately, he IS out of touch. The Clintons had them, but no...The envious New Dems wouldn't have it. Palin and this article are MAGNIFICENT. I WAS a DEM but I DON'T like Obama and I DO LIKE PALIN! I know the issues, but I also KNOW how I FEEL!

Speech writers, blah blah. Palin delivered with a fantastic PUNCH! Obama is down! One, two, three.....

Same talk new suit. Sarah insulted all Americans with this so called speech. I expected more from her. Thought she was going to help represent McCain's vision of change. If this is it then no thanks!

S.B., can you read? The campaign manager said it was written by Bush's speechwriters, no surprise there.

All I know is that I had at least ten people call me, family members and co-workers, that were really liking Palin. But guess what.....

THEY ARE ALL COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS !!!!!

These folks were pissed. Palin needs to learn how to attack without insulting an ENTIRE group.

The republicans really blew it with a lot of family members and friends.