Yeah right Elizabeth! More like Sarah insulted and horrified American's last night. She gave no substance. She didn't not tell what the plans are for our country. She focused on tearing down Obama and took other American's with her. There is so much to speak about and she chose to do nothing but lie! Pathetic!

Sarah is a poor excuse for a VP. She gave a speech written for someone else and then changed a little for her. She is a puppet for the Republican party. She did not focus on one issue that matters to American's.

Is it just me or do things move boring around here?

I am starting to yawn at all this idle self-promoting by the Palin clan.

Suddenly this is the best family in America. That strategy isn't going to work this time around. Humility only will win the day, lest the clan be labeled elitist.

For small town folk, they sure are caught up in a lot of yakking and flak. Time to lay low and offer as little rope as possible, because it will certainly backlash.

Imagine in a month what will come to light based on this last week's worth of tidbits.

Small families in small towns have the biggest skeletons...

Hasselbeck added, "You better get your game face on because America fell in love with your wife last night."

I didn't.

so he can speak off script

why can't she answer a single question?

maybe cause she doesn't know the answers as we have already seen

ugh.

I was suprised and very pleased with Sarah Palin last night. She puts Barack and Obama in a very pale light. She has the smarts, talent and experience to do the job.
McCain/Palin will win. I was a Hillary supporter before but never for the real socialist.

bytheway,

All speeches are written by speechwriters. So nice try.

And at least she's not like Biden who PLAGERIZES his. And for that matter so does Obama.

Lol.

Remember the "Just words?" speech? That was plagerized by Deval Patrick, another black protege by Deval Patrick who ran on change.

He's now the Governor of Massachusetts with a dismal approval rating.

I'll be he dreams of 80% approval like Governor Palin.

:)

Polls are showing that America did indeed fall in love with Sarah Palin last night. If your a fan of Obama the Messiah, of course you're not going to like what she said. Most talk is that she hit a grand slam with her speech however. You go girl!

All of a sudden, in a heartbeat, focus is on the Republicans. Sarah Palin sucked the wind right out of the Democratic sails.

Suddenly, Michelle Obama has been shoved to the back of the stage and this "breath of fresh air" has taken the spotlight.

Democrats - there isn't an image consultant or makeover artist that can put Michelle together and have her outshine this very real, very charming young woman. I would be proud to have her as my daughter. Michelle ? not so much.

Obama and Biden are a stuffy, boring pair and they hoped Michelle would breath some life into their campaign. Game over, they would be wasting their time.

It is amazing how so many people criticize Palin for no reason. I think she is a great speaker and carried herself very well last night. She said a lot more than Obama would ever say much less on his own accord. Get realistic, I like to see some of you people stand up before millions and be as confident as Palin. At least she is real and not fake like Clinton.

Get over yourself

As a Hillary supporter, I think she hit a home run.

Both my husband and I are now McCain-o-crats.

The best part of the speech last night were the funny digs at ole HOPE and CHANGE Obama. What an empty suit that guy is, and finally the right side has someone who isn't afraid to point it out.

I have a suggestion for all you sour grapes dems on here who are whining about Sarah P...this November when it comes time to vote, just vote 'PRESENT'. All your smart elites will understand the nuance of that, won't you?

Hey, why don't you guys start making fun of the little kid with Downs Syndrome, too.

How dare Palin claim her time as mayor was more important than community organizers like Habitat for Humanity.

All of a sudden, in a heartbeat, focus is on the Republicans. Sarah Palin sucked the wind right out of the Democratic sails.

Suddenly, Michelle Obama has been shoved to the back of the stage and this "breath of fresh air" has taken the spotlight.

Democrats - there isn't an image consultant or makeover artist that can put Michelle together and have her outshine this very real, very charming young woman. I would be proud to have her as my daughter. Michelle ? not so much.

Obama and Biden are a stuffy, boring pair and they hoped Michelle would breath some life into their campaign. Game over, they would be wasting their time.

Posted by: Bill Elliott | Sep 4, 2008 4:02:45 PM

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Billy,

Pay attention here. Sarah isn't running against Michelle. Sarah is actually on the Republican ticket - She is running as the Vice President along side McCain. The vice-president is the second in command at the White House.

Michelle is Obama's wife. Obama is on the Democratic ticket, running for President. The president is the first in command at the White House. Michelle is NOT running for political office at this time.

Are you following that now?

Republicans...

Does the phrase "First Dude" make anyone else shudder?

No one is interested in Sarah Palin. Except for those over 37 million viewers who tuned in last night. LOL

Yawn, You missed the point. Obama and Biden are so boring, they are grasping at straws to try to spice up their ticket.

DO YOU GET IT NOW - PAY ATTENTION DUDE

Yawn, You missed the point. Obama and Biden are so boring, they are grasping at straws to try to spice up their ticket.

DO YOU GET IT NOW - PAY ATTENTION DUDE

This line "We met in high school, and two decades and five children later he's still my guy." was incredibly hokey, yet I could see my wife saying it (change some details), so it worked for me. A lot of her speech was like that - it very easily have been cheesy and annoying, but she delivered it just right so it wasn't. Overall, I think she did a great job of introducing herself to the 37 million Americans watching, but going forward she needs to cut back on the folksiness, and adopt a move professional tone - not like a professional politician, but like a competent business person.

So, what does a Community Organizer do? Who PAYS the Community Organizer? Who is the supervisor of the Community Organizer. I'd like to know what the Messiah was REALLY doing for most of the 1990's. It all seems like a big mystery to me. My guess is that he's never really accomplished much, because if he had, his campaign, with the help of their friends in the media, would be publicizing the hell out of it. The fact that they AREN'T saying anything about it says a lot in itself.

Watching Democrats panic is fun!

Yawn, You missed the point. Obama and Biden are so boring, they are grasping at straws to try to spice up their ticket.

DO YOU GET IT NOW - PAY ATTENTION DUDE
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I get it now,

You need some "inspiration" like Sarah to get that monkey of yours into wanking gear...

Got it, LOL

Wow. Guess you guys don't like Sarah? Well, reap the whirlwind you bunch of cry babies!

With mammary glands like Sarah's, it's gonna be tough for old Biden and Obama to get any middle-aged white male votes, Ha Ha Ha!!!

As opposed to the one you have been waiting for tearing apart our sitting President and John McCain?

DNC Convention -angry pessimistic speakers

GOP - upbeat positive speakers

Why are the Democrats/Liberals/Media so afraid of one little woman?
They are all having a serious freak out. The hate, lies, trash talk and venom directed at Sarah Palin just goes to show just how fearful of her they are and with good reason.

Go for it idiots. She can handle it and the American people love her already, she's smart, charming, poised and honest. She is a NORMAL wife, a mother we can relate to and she wears skirts!

She won over many many voters last night.
She has loads of experience Obama can only dream of, can speak off the cuff without all the uh's and ah's, she loves America (unlike Michelle) and tells it like it is.
Get ready to rumble,this lady won't take the usual Media/DNC crap without a good fight.
Go Sarah Barracuda!

Awesome! A real guy in the first wives' club! This is great! Real working guy totally supportive of his awesome wife.

I love the Palins!

I am for the first timem excited about the candidates - gave money when Sarah Palin was announced for veep - giving more today. And I'm a life-long Democrat.

ROCK ON. Excellent.

"so he can speak off script"

So that means Mr. Palin is also more qualifed than Obama.

Yawn, Monkey ??? I assume you are backing Curious George

Yawn, Monkey ??? I assume you are backing Curious George

I was a bit ambivalent about McCain's VP pick before last night's speech. I thought Sarah Palin'd better deliver or I'd have to start questioning McCain's judgment. Guess what? She did deliver. OMG, I was so impressed and amazed. Despite the short time she had to prepare for this speech to be delivered in front of million viewers, she showed great composure and grace. She came across as a tough fighter and sincere human being. I could totally relate to her. She is a middle-class American, just like me. She has to juggle her career and family, just like me. She's loyal to her family. In today's high divorce ratio world, how many of us could claim that we've been with the same guy for 2 decades? I especially like that about her. She has strong family value, and I can see she loves her country, and will do whatever it takes to serve this country in the best interest of the people. It's great that she's not a career politician, but her track record has proven that she gets things done. I'd be proud to have her as my VP.

"Socialistic" Liberial Left Media, eat your hearts out. It's "McCain/Palin" in "08".

So, what does a Community Organizer do?

I think he's the guy who tapes those community yard sale signs on telephone poles.

Great to see that the libs just don't get it. Fantastic work, keep up the vitriolic smears guys, it's like you're showing the whole world your knickers, except, like Brytney, you forgot to put 'em on. Unlike Brytney however, it ain't even remotely a pretty sight.

Teehee, lambs to the slaughter.

I love it.The Dem's asked for it when they belittled her experience.Obama doesn't have a clue what real Americans think or feel.When he is constantly telling me how bad my country is and only he can make it good again?Give me a break the citizens of this great country are the ones who make this country great.You want proof he is all talk?He can't help his own brother double his yearly income(only 24 dollars)what makes you think he will help you. Can you say washed up BLOWHARD?

Michelle winning a beauty contest?
In what universe?
She looks like James Brown in drag and NEVER smiles..she is always looking angry...

Sarahcuda stepped up to the plate last night as the most lied-about, slandered, and vilified person in America.

With 37 million people watching, she calmly smacked pitch after pitch over the wall and out of the park.

The pressure the Democrats, the MSM, and the hatemongers (but I repeat myself) placed on her was incredible. And that pressure produced a diamond.

Sarah Palin's tears cure cancer. Too bad she has never cried. Ever. (hat tip to Frank J.)

I love the "liar!" claims. Obama was a paid community organizer whose main project was a rousing failure. His tenure in the Senate has included attaching his name to 69 bills penned by other Senators, none of which have passed. He's a resume-padder of the first order, and mock-outrage over someone stating that a mayor has actual responsibility compared to a community organizer is ridiculous.

That guy standing in the middle of a protest march with a bullhorn? He'd call himself a community organizer. You think that job compares in responsibility with running a city or town? Astounding.

Palin gave a speech answering her insta-critics, introducing herself to a national audience, pumping up the headline candidate and criticizing the opponent. How is this significantly different than any other VP speech at a convention in history?

Look... I get it. If you're a loyal Democrat, you're going to look for any mistep the Republicans make and jump on it like it's the end of the world. Folks on the Right do the same thing. However, please don't confuse your desperate search for things to hate with an act of reasoned observation.

Wow the nervous bots are out in force! Fear does a funny thing....McCain does't know fear too much, with his life story. I'd much rather have Todd than the angry Michelle anywhere near the WH. Leave the guy alone....he is a supportive spouse and hands on father.
You slime Obot cult are really sickening.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN/PALIN

Sorry,

I was trying to convince the readers here that I was several "informed" women voters and trying to play it off like I/we were actually open minded Democratic leaning voters until Sarah spoke last night.

Sarah just makes me hotter than a June bug in July and I couldn't help myself,

Billy

Speaking of crying....if Gov. Palin ever sheds a tear she will be villified. When Biden cried with tissues in hand 2 days after his announcement in front of press, there was barely any mention of it. SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED. Fine double standard....I think she is great and just what the Maverick ordered.

Dan,

She didn't say that being a mayor was more important than being a community organizer, she said being mayor actually involved some real responsibility.

Besides, Obama was not a "Habitat for Humanity" community organizer. He was more in the line of "Get out the vote for the Chicago political machine, courtesy of the honorable Richard J. Daley."

Yawn

You are such an idiot, Sarah was brilliant. Makes Hillary look like an old made. Obamanation also looks a little bit stupid right now. The One thought he was the only one that could speak. No so fast batman. she can govern too.

ROTFLMFAO

Kafir,
Obama dragged winos out of the gutter on election day and took them to the polls to pose as registered voters.

Actually, Michelle Obama looks like Aunt Esther from Sanford & Son. And sounds like Reverend Wright.

The Community Organizer looks like Urkel and sounds like whatever he's told to sound like.

Yawn, Enviro, Will, By the Way, OMG you're all simpletons!!!! Thanks for the laughs. But DL....you take the prize as the numero uno sycophant. She can only speak off a script??? She can't answer questions unless she knows the answers??? Have you been watching any of Obama's answers when he gets a unexpected unscripted question???? "Uh Uh Uh Uh Uh...." he makes GWB look like Abe Lincoln. He's a complete and empty suit. Do you really believe that BO writes his own speeches? That he's speaking off the cuff because he's so brilliant? Doesn't use a teleprompter?
I hope the weather's nice in the alternate world you live in!!! You bought him, now you own him!!! Enjoy.

Donna, I'm shocked

James Brown in drag! That's just not fair. JB is cool. I demand you retract the insult.

The libs will never understand what hit them, even after this woman keeps them out of the White House for the next twelve years they'll still be blaming the STUPID electorate. How did they ever get named the Democrats when they obviously despise democracy and the people who serially refuse to vote for them.

It's all just too too funny, in a kind of styrofoam pillared Greek tragedy way.

"The Next Big Scadal She will have to overcome will be her daughers, boyfriend"

The Peter who said that, you are a despicable human being.

nervous Obamabots! I love it!

Bucky is toast! not white, wheat or rye.

BURNT TOAST!

bwahhhhaaaaaaaa!

Guess I am qualified for the President of the United States. I actually helped sign up new voters, get them to the polls and even helped in fund raisers for families in need. I also helped in schools, was a den mother, a library volunteer and with a hundred and one various school and community projects. BEING A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IS NOT A TRAINING GROUND FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. GEEEEZZZZZZZ

I find it amusing that the Dems posting here generally attack the Republican ticket for their content/message, not the Republican posters here.

The Republicans posting here on the board attack the Dems posting here for their opinions about the Republican ticket.

I also noticed the Republicans seem to be throwing out names, racial inuendo and insinuation and general name calling towards the Dems here and the presidential ticket.

That certainly speaks volumes about Republicans here and how they really feel about their candidates.

Typical Republican hatred played down here in the microcosm. How sad and shameful. No moral fiber or content.

It's just takes time for people to see the real Obammy. They have and thus his ratings have dropped. McCain is the real deal. You get what you see. He doesn't come with smoke and mirrors like Obammy. People won't like what's behind the curtain if Obammy is elected.

So funny to hear all the bile spewn at Palin. Obama and Biden are far from the smartest guys in the room, but let's grant that they are for a moment.

Being a PhD from Princeton doesn't qualify you to lead men into battle, be CEO of a Fortune 500 company or be successful. Some of our most effective leaders have not been members of MENSA or had graduate degrees from Ivy League schoools.

Joe Biden was brought in to be the grown up on the ticket and still can't seem to figure out the difference between a battalion and a brigade and has been wrong on most of the major issues facing this nation over the nearly 4 decades he's spent in Washington. Obama refused McCain's offer to speak in a dozen town hall meetings. One surmises that Mr Obama is not as comfortable speaking extemporaneously.

I've noticed a great deal of animous and disdain for Palin which has struck me and others as masking for a broader disdain for rural, working class Americans.

Biden and Obama like to tout their "humble roots" as a way of connecting with the every-day-man, but the noble savages are only noble when they support their team.

My family largely comprises the demographic of who these political types are attempting to reach.

It is refreshing to hear someone who looks and sounds like us versus the typical politician.

I can't over state the degree to which many of our acquaintances and friends are reacting to the effort to denegrate a woman from a small town, working class family.

It is hard to take shots about her and her so-called simpleton life without fragging the rest of us who comprise this demographic.

Hate to break it to the sophisticates in the audience but there is nothing intrinsically superior to being from either coast or a large city.

Most of the people I grew up were from hardscrabble families who have a strong work ethic, pay their bills and have a pretty strong sense of right and wrong. In short, these folks are the backbone of the country and are not so unsophisticated to know when they are being lampooned by the media or others.

I'm an Army vet and a member of the local VFW and vote and I won't be voting alone. Keep denegrating working class rural types at your political peril.

Obama was found sitting in the greek temple uncontrolably stuttering after Palins speech.

One last point. It DOES matter that Obama decided to be friends with a leader of an organization that plotted the mass murder service men at a Ft Dix NCO dance.

Had the terrorist bombers not prematurely detonated the nail bomb, one can only imagine how many people they would have murdered.

When Bill Ayers says he "wishes he had done more", the "more" to which he refers can reasonably be surmised to mean more bombing and more murders.

His terrorist activities would disqualify from being a friend of anyone I served and probably anyone I know. Claiming it happened long ago doesn't give Obama a pass because Ayers has never apologized or disassociated himself from his past, in fact he has embraced it.

It is almost like befriending a serial killer who murdered years ago but has a charming disposition. Sorry, the dirt doesn't fall far from the bag.

I heard the oracle slit open a few dove livers to devine the outcome of the fall election.
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Obama was found sitting in the greek temple uncontrolably stuttering after Palins speech.

Palin is new to the national spotlight because the stupid media ignores republican governors. Why do we hear about New Mexico's governor? Why do we know about Virginia's governor? Why do we know about Montana's governor? Because they are liberals and the media CHOOSES to cover them. It the media is so inept it doesn't cover the largest state in the union, then it says how cocooned and in the tank they really are.

Obama's "community" experience was working with ACORN, one of the most corrupt establishments around. It's more a political organization than a community service type group. ACORN is nothing like Habitat for Humanity.

What has he done to clean up the corruption in that organization during his tenure?

QUOTE FROM SOMEONE TRYING TO POST AS ME:
"Sorry,

I was trying to convince the readers here that I was several "informed" women voters and trying to play it off like I/we were actually open minded Democratic leaning voters until Sarah spoke last night.

Sarah just makes me hotter than a June bug in July and I couldn't help myself,

Billy"

Billy, I don't know who you are, but I beg your pardon with your ridicule of me personally. I spoke as a voter. I don't know Donna, or whoever else you presumed to think was someone trying to post as someone else. YOU apparently have no life and are super paranoid.

I was merely posting my reaction as a voter after I saw the speech last night. I am a Thai woman who came to the US twenty years ago, and became a US citizen 8 years ago. I had no idea what republican or democrat was when I first got here. But after learning about the two parties, I chose to be a republican. I don't believe in handouts. I believe in working hard to earn a living. I am a middle class American and despite the fact I was not born in the US, I am proud of this country I have chosen to call home. Those of you who aren't proud and take this country for granted should be ashamed of yourself. I have never been a democrat, so you can count me out, but I cheer for those who used to support Hilary and are now voting McCain/Palin. You go guys and girls!

Oh and just one more thing Billy or whoever you are, you can follow your cult leader to wherever that may be. You are an annoying insect to me. Gross.

Bill,

Spare us your hillbilly-isms and "we put in a hard day's work" and "backbone of America" nonsense as if that makes you more American than everyone else. It makes you moron American than the rest of us.

Obama is black! Trump that!

It's redneck racism and separatist elitist notions of you phony balony heartlanders that created Obama.

You hate him because he DID slip between the cracks, upwards!

Mooooo

dl said," ...why can't she answer a single question?
maybe cause she doesn't know the answers as we have already seen
ugh."

Oh, let's see... She has been a nominee for less that a week and has been focused on her presentation to the party. There is ample time now for questions and answers, and they will be coming. Seriously, have you ever watched a convention before?

Palin is more qualified than Blobama.

the Obamabots are quivering!

BWAAHHHHAAAAAA

So, Enviro, its ok for Biden to be an attack dog, but not little Sarah? All Biden and the left have done for 8 years is tear into Bush. You guys don't like it coming back at you. You people on the left continue to show your bias, hate, ignorance, and stupidity.

so funny to see the Obamabots choking on their vile hatred!

hahahaha!

Mad Puppy, it's no surprise to me at all since the democrats are hypocrites and have double standards. They can do it but if republicans do the same, they cry foul. They really don't have any stand for anything and go where the wind blows. Very sad.

Obama is a fraud, and his wife needs therapy, she has an inferiority complex. They both are racists. What more do we need to know? We don't have time to find out right now. NOBAMA 08

by the way, I usually don't post on blogs but Palin's speech excited me so much I had to read if others are sharing my excitement. I'm glad to see that I'm not alone. Woohoo! I think McCain is an honorable guy, no doubt about it, but it was a little tough to get excited about him even though I know he's the right choice. I'm glad he picked Palin. I've never been this excited about candidates before.

OK, so I am actually drawn to Sarah much like most white middle aged men are. That's not why I want her to win. I think she needs to lose about 15 pounds for me to want to "know" her better

Goodness, I am actually getting wet just thinking about her, about us, OH MY!

Oh My, I must travel to Minnesota now to explain to her how I feel. I am sure she will embrace me as I long to embrace her. She will understand me.

You can tell how good of a choice Sarah is by the impact on the libs and their media wing.
They are going CRAZY.
The hate, downright lies along with their hypocracy is fantastic and I believe most clear thinking Americans will shun this abhorant behavior.
Kudos to John McCain for his choice.

These people are becoming unglued. I can't wipe this grin off my face. McCain-Palin 08.

Same here KG...I'm laughing all the way to the voting booth! :-) God they are just gonna implode after November.
I can't wait.

I am a life long republican and a neuro-surgeon who also runs an investment bank in the far east when I am not engaged in
quantum nano-structure genetic experimentation . I cannot possibly support a completely inexperienced untested woman,
especially one too dumb to realize that raising children is a full time job. Her speech was pathetic .
Where were the ums and ahs that a gifted speaker like Obama is able to use freely ?
Moreover she is not a lawyer, hasnt graduated'from harvard and her husband works with his hands !!
People like this are not supposed to hold elected office in this great democracy .
She wouldnt know a great chablis is it was poured in her lap. I am DISGUSTED !!!

OBAMABOTS!....that's a good one! LOL

I agree! I have NEVER been this excited about politics before!

FINALLY! TWO patriots that have common sense, business sense, family values, guts and grit!

McCAIN/PALIN 2008
USA!
USA!
USA!
Has anyone EVER heard the Obama's chant USA?
Didn't think so.

sheer leftist terror, while their messiah is left stuttering like porky pig on cocaine in the remnants of his fake greek temple!

I LOVE IT!

Cheri, please exit this message board. You are sick and disgusting and making a fool of yourself.

OBAMABOTSNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE, PALIN NIPPING AT THEIR TOES!

bwaaahaaaaaaa

it's great to see Obamabots and CNN talking heads in such a frenzy and twisting in the wind after Palin's speech.

A star was born, Obama is yesterday's news!

Hey, maybe Bucky can take Obama girl back to the hood in Chicago!

Obamabots? Obammy? Obamanuts? Blobama?

Any more derogatory, racially slurred names you republicans can come up with?

Let's face it; Calling names is NOT going to help here. The writing is clearly on the wall for all to see.

These emotional, immature outbursts by republicans willing to disrespect the opposition is by far the best indicator that republicans know they've lost already.

The real pain must be that they did not lose to a formidable foe like Hillary, but to that skinny little black guy.

Poor babies. We feel sorry for all of you. More importantly, we are sorry you have to be our neighbor. We are grateful knowing that Obama will change America

Cheers,

The World

Sarah Palin could have used her spotlight to do so much more. She could have shown everyone why she was the best candidate for the job; instead she tore down the job that community organizers do, and I might add she use to be on a community organization -the PTA. She could have explained what she really brings to the table instead she took a swipe at Michelle Obama. Over and over again we have heard the "Good ole boys", mantra so nothing new there. At one point I thought she was going to start in with McCain, McCain he's our man.....Yeah, Sarah but can you?

Community organizers go door to door asking for us to vote for their candidate, they stay way past the time they are expected to leave to make sure their candidate is heard. Community organizers sit on the PTA and LSC to make sure that their children are getting the best possible education.They fight for the those who have not been provided for, they are the red cross, united way, save the children, Martin Luther King Jr. Ben Franklin...Just thought I let you know