Night Three Report Card: Palin's Big Night

This is an excerpt from her speech.

"Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines ... build more new-clear plants ... create jobs with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal and other alternative sources."

Notice how they had to spell the word NUCLEAR in a way that she would read it correctly. Does that remind you of any one? GW maybe. Plain ol McSame. If America allows another unqualified person to occupy the White House for another 4 years, we will truly be the laughing stock of history.

How come McPlain's economic plan was not touted. Oh, yeah as his campaign manager stated, it is not about the issues.

For a comparison of what Sarah Palin said to the actual facts, go to http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/03/attacks-praise-stretch-truth-1/

Did she fill in the "blacks"????? uuhhh, you might wanna change that.

Can someone correct the second question. I dont believe the Republican party has every "fill in the BLACKS", I believe you mean "fill in the BLANKS" on her political record and family. May blacks as well as all Americans would like to be filled in!!

A, C-, B+, F = Avg. C-

They've effectively killed their appeal to independents and moderates.

Gov. Palin's speech injects a new dose of energy into this race with her speech. The energy flows in bipartisan directions, and probably will have the least effect on the undecided voters. The mocking and belittling of Sens. Obama and Biden is a transparent attempt to tarnish them. Even when she was right, the tone was arrogant and patronizing. Anyone who has worked as a community organizer knows that the tasks are as huge as being an elected official -- but the outcomes are intangible, invisible, and sometimes just not there, despite the best of intentions. A failing grade for Gov. Palin, but like Barack Obama she sure can give a stirring speech! The difference is that she stirs up mud from the bottom and he stirs up hope from the top.

The second comment I have is that all of her allegations about the Democratic ticket were true, but failed to include the specifics that change the entire meaning of the charge! This is classic pulling the wool over the eyes of the voters, but I know that Obama and Biden will help us pull that wool out and put it to better use. Some examples of this deception -- they will raise taxes (without specifying that this will affect the richest few as a liability but the vast majority of the country as an asset). Another example, McCain is the only man who has fought for this country!?! Well, yes, he literally has done so, and no one has or can rightfully question his bravery, courage, and determination. But I think that any citizen who does things such as pay their rightful taxes and obey the laws, for example, is also fighting for this country.

The BIG ELEPHANT at the convention that no one is talking about is that this country has lost lives (irreplacable) and other resources such as dollars (replaceable) to wage a war that we were told was started for one reason -- Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that he presumably was going to use against the USA. This was false, of course, but no one (McCain included) is taking responsibility for this. Waging a war based on lies, and then gaining from it personally, goes against everything the Constitution stands for.

If it is true that Obama voted "present" instead of yes or no 130 times, I'm guessing that at least some of these times he did it for pure political protection. But I am certain that more than once he used his "Ivy League" education to actually think about a complex issue and recognize that neither option was the correct one. As a bumper sticker once said -- "Join the Republican Party, don't think twice. We've already done all of the thinking for you!"

she came across as angry, sarcastic, and condescending.

Is anyone else as confused as I am that the "biased, sexist" media is praising her speech as much as they are?
What exactly did she do that was so noteworthy? Read well from a TelePrompTer? Display the well-worn Republican character attacks on opponents? Convey absolutely no ideas or expertise on anything? Demean and belittle her rivals for sake of her own ego gratification?
If this is truly what it takes to win at all costs, then McCain/Palin will do quite well.
If people can see through the absolute lack of substance and smears they both seem to excel at, then this country has a chance to recover from eight long years of complete presidential failure.

What I am enjoying the most is reading the fawning reviews from right-wingers. One teleprompter speech and suddenly she's "The One." Who knows? Maybe if she gives a few more speeches in front of adoring crowds Democrats can start calling her a celebrity.
Pathetic.

The Pro Obama New Republic did a focus group and found out Palin was "alarmingly strong." And now they are extremely worried.

This election is basically over. Obama may as well get use to just going back to the senate cuz that's where he'll be.

Very divisive, sarcastic speech focused on belittling the opposition rather than tackling the problems America faces. No new ideas. I found her mocking of Obama's community service work to be childish and her attack of his executive experience to be ignorant given Obama's orchestration of a pretty well organized, 2 year, 2100 employee, $400 million campaign that defeated the Clinton dynasty.

I hope all of you out there didn't waste too much money sending it to Obama. Oh well.

It's going to be wonderful having the first woman VP be a republican.

I guess you dems won't be able to say we GOP don't like "strong women" anymore. In fact there are a lot of stereotypes you'll have to drop.

Whoooo hooo! What a great, great night.

As a voter that felt he had no good choice in this election Palin won my vote. She is the only one out of the whole group that feels real to me. If you thought Obama's speech was good it is only because your mind was made up before you heard the speech. Obama hit all the talking points and that seems to hit home with the media and people that like to talk about change. The fact still remains that he has done nothing that I have heard of yet to support why I should beleive him and that he is not just a lot talk.

I can't believe that after all the hype on the dem side, we republicans are going to end up winning, yet again.

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Lots of enthusiastic blacks in the RNC crowd tonight. Who knew?! Brave, brave people. They probably get harrassed.

A on my report card! It was a great night for Gov. Palin; very impressing. I sure wish the mainstream "media" would spend half as much time investigating Obama's background and associations in his past as they have spent trying to destroy this woman before she was able to deliver her first speech. McCain Palin has my vote!

This independent is voting McCain/Palin.

Mere, trust me, two months from now you'll wish the election was tonight - Palin's nasally recitation will be a distant memory a week from yesterday and she'll be right back trying to explain how humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth 6000 years ago - if McCain lets her near any reporters.

"Change is not a destination and Hope is not a strategy"
Rudy Guiliani

Amen!

I'll translate for Watson:

"I'm scared to death."

Lol. You guys fool no one.