St Paul, MN – A WEEK ago nobody had ever heard of her.
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Today she is the most talked-about woman in the world. And with good reason.
Sarah Palin’s sensational performance at the Republican Party Convention may turn out to be the tipping point of this rollercoaster American election.
Obama fans hoping she would fluff her big night were in for a nasty shock.
This speech has turned the election upside down. It was simply stunning.
Democrats and their Lefty media backers had been sneering that she was a small town nobody, a hick from the Alaskan sticks put into a job way beyond an inexperienced woman. Believe me, you will not be hearing that again.
Palin turned out to be an electrifying mix of intelligence, passion, energy, optimism and plain speaking.
Full of self-assurance and aggression, she popped Barack’s balloon big-time.
From the moment she walked on stage in this cavernous she proved that John McCain knew exactly what he was doing when he picked her as running mate.
For an unpopular party divided over Iraq and struggling to compete with Obama’s Messianic glamour, the choice of Palin looks absolutely inspired.
Main Street America will have loved her performance.
And it was seen by 30million voters – the greatest number ever to watch a candidate for the much-derided VP post.
She is popular with voters for the very reason America’s snooty political establishment despises her: She isn’t one of the Washington gang.
She’s a moose-hunting mum of five with a sledge-load of problems behind her own front door that workaday Americans can relate to.
A child with special needs. A daughter of 17 pregnant. A constant juggle between family and career.
As she said, her family has had its ups and downs like any other.
Last night her first task was to introduce herself and her family to an American public incredulous that the unknown Alaska governor could within weeks be a heartbeat away from being their commander in chief.
See below entire speech of Sarah Palin
Compared to the journeyman career politicians dominating both parties here she seemed fresh, natural, one of us and not one of them.
She spoke to America as one mum to another. She cracked good jokes.
What’s the difference between a hockey mum and a pit bull?, she asked.
Answer: One wears lipstick.
What will have scared the enemy camp most is the devastating series of prime-time punches she landed on the jutting Obama jaw.
Showing steel beneath her magnolia jacket, she slaughtered his lack of experience, his vanity, his emptiness beneath the windy waffle.
It was the most powerful demolition of the Democrat hero I have heard in two weeks on the US election trail. The St Paul audience adored her.
When she duffed up the Lefty media commentators for their sexist sneers, the vast crowd roared approval and pointed in anger at the titans of the American press aloof in their special enclosure.
And quite right too: who ever asked whether Obama could still be a good dad if he became president?
The irony, as Palin pointed out, is that liberal media sniping has only succeeded in uniting Republicans behind her.
The wagons have been drawn up and the Republicans are ready for battle.
The McCain-Palin ticket now looks in exciting shape.
A war hero and a heroic mum. Experience and optimism. A man and a woman.
And when McCain joined the Palin gang – on stage after her speech there was a sense of cheeky fun absent from last week’s solemn Obama coronation.
How the Democrats must be regretting Hillary isn’t running with Obama. Barack’s sidekick Joe Biden looks a dull old dog compared with the ball of fire that is Palin.
But most fascinating of all, consider this: If Obama loses, Hillary Clinton will run in 2012. Opposing her is sure to be Sarah Palin.
That would guarantee America its first woman president.
She was AWEsome!!!
Joe Biden (first elected to the Senate in 1972) has been a well-connected Washington insider for longer than Barack Obama (b. 1961) has been a grown-up.
she was just amazing! jabs at aboma where so right on, you can obly pop the baloon if the aim right! guiliany too was awsome!
I trust her speech was more literate than Lukshen Kigel’s post.
Go McCain-Palin!!
Wow! She’s such a breath of fresh air. I can breathe so much better knowing the Sarah Palin will be leading our country.
Last night, Sarah Palin proved that she’s the perfect running mate for McCain. She read the speech that someone wrote for her, and didn’t even flinch when the lies came out of her mouth. The audience ate it up; it had all of the patriotic buzzwords that they’ve grown to love.
Sarah Palin electrified the audience with her speech. Did she write that speech? Did she do her own make up? Did she even pick out the clothes she was wearing?
Welcome to the world of US politics. Mr. Obama doesnt move an inch, with out his advisers advising him. Mr. Obama doesnt walk an inch out of his way, (if the press isnt there). Mrs. Palin had an extremly good point in her speech. The man who has authored two major books, has never written one bill for the senate. Could it be that instead of OUR tax money going to Mr, Obama to do his job. He was using it to publish HIS books for HIS personal gain.
Oh WOW! Amazing is a understatment! She’s proved to be a mega pick, she threw off the personal critics nicely, wasn’t shy with her personal issues and was just so inspiring and forthcoming!
She has sure what it takes to be a prez! She’s determined, aggrassive, smart and on the ball with everything!
Good luck John and Sarah! See u in the white house Jan 20 🙂
Oh WOW! Amazing is a understatement! She’s proved to be a mega pick, she threw off the personal critics nicely, wasn’t shy with her personal issues and was just so inspiring and forthcoming!
She has sure what it takes to be a prez! She’s determined, aggressive, smart and on the ball with everything!
Good luck John and Sarah! See u in the white house Jan 20 🙂
She read the speech that someone wrote for her
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P., SHE GAVE THE SPEECH WITH A BROKEN TELEPROMPTER, UNLIKE BARRY HUSAIN OBAMA WHO WENT COMPLETELY BLANK WHEN HIS TELEPROMPTER BROKE
I like her Pro Life & Sanctity of Marriage stance! Mike Huckabee still had the best speech of the night!
We have a New Powerful Woman Sarah Palin…..
A Pit Bull with Lipstick….
Hillary take a back seat….
Lock & Load
Lookinig forward to a first-Lady named Sarah who has a son-in law named Levi!
Anyone else notice the Israeli Flag flagpin? I was very impressed by her speech. Moved when she spoke about her special needs child and how she will be an advocate in the Whitehouse. This is a huge issue that effects our community. Good choice by McCain.
This women is no Hillary. She should just go back to the kitchen and bake some pies!
She is the man!!! A real person!!! A caring mother!! And a tuff leader !! GO PALIN GO
Maybe you hadn’t heard of her a week ago, but lots of people paying attention on the right have been cheering for her since last year! Stubbornfacts.us has a post today about ‘The myth that Sarah Palin “came out of nowhere”‘, documenting how popular she’s been:
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In July 2007, The Weekly Standard ran a cover story depicting Palin asking “is she the one we’ve been waiting for?” Adam Brickley started publishing his “Palin for VP” blog the same month, and has been touting Palin ever since. Instapundit, the most widely-read blog on the right, flagged Brickley’s efforts in September 2007 and expressed interest. By the end of that month, Patrick Ruffini was getting interested in Palin as a “possible GOP vice presidential candidate.”
In early 2008, the American Scene thought Palin “seem[ed] very appealing” as a “non-obvious” veep pick and Stop the ACLU said that Palin “would be a great choice.” The American Spectator ran a column in February urging that McCain pick Palin. The same month, Ace of Spades pronounced Palin “the perfect nominee for vice president” and Rush Limbaugh said that Palin was “high up on the list, now, of potential vice presidents for Senator McCain.” At the end of February, the idea started to seep into the MSM when The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza interviewed Palin and floated the idea of her being the veep.
McCain’s pointman Arthur Culvahouse and his team were in Alaska vetting Palin back in May, and noting this, Wizbang’s Kevin said that “Governor Palin would (in my estimation) make an excellent VP candidate for McCain.” HotAir, one of the most heavily-trafficked blogs on the right, concurred, Allahpundit saying that he was “warming up” to Palin. Allahpundit ran a poll, where Palin garnered 2705 votes – running away with it compared to the runner-up, Romney, who managed only 1588. By the end of May, Conservathink was touting McCain-Palin in a post highlighted by conservative blog mothership RedState. At this point, the buzz had reached a point where even the Associated Press had noticed that Palin “ha[d] been mentioned as a potential running mate for presidential candidate John McCain.”
At the start of June widely-read moderate Ann Althouse expressed interest in “potential VP candidate Sarah Palin” (the NYT can hardly claim to be unacquainted with Althouse, given that it had her write a column for them for two and a half weeks). The day before, Palin had appeared on Glenn Beck’s CNN show; Beck floated her as a veep. By mid June, Cap’n Ed was making positive noises and Outside the Beltway considered it a given than Palin was under consideration. By late June Politico ran a column suggesting that she could be in the mix; noting that column, OTB’s James Joyner was skeptical about picking Palin, but made the important point for our purposes here: “Palin has become a darling of the conservative blogosphere in recent months and has been touted quite a bit. She’s no doubt a rising star.” At this point, Stop the ACLU “jump[ed] on the Sarah Palin bandwagon.”
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And of course Beldar has been heavily pushing her for months. Patterico wrote yesterday about a conversation he had back in July, in which he told someone “McCain he won’t be smart enough to pick her. But she would be the ideal pick.” Lots of us felt that way – we didn’t think he would pick her, but we hoped anyway, and so we were delighted when he did.
Mccain you made an excellent choice – Palin!!
Sarah Palin for president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Rush said the other day, “Here’s the way to look at McCain picking Sarah Palin as his running mate. Hillary Clinton has been replaced by the other woman…again.”
This is the most excited I have seen the Republicans about their candidates since the 1984 election with President Ronaldus Maximus.
I dont care, I am voting for Obama. He thinks like I do and look at how good Marxism was.
karl marx “He thinks like I do” Bisdu a yid?
WOW she will be some VP!!!
Smart!
Tuff!
A leader!
80% approval rating as a governor!!!
I didn’t find anything “electrifying” about the way she mocked the rule of law and belittled Obama for actually getting out into poor neighborhoods and helping people. The bald-faced lies about Obama’s positions also didn’t help.
Hashem yerachem.
Im all for McCain -Palin, but for some reason my husband has fallen for Obama’s captivating acting skills and is all for him. What can I tell him to make him realize Barak is just an actor who should be placed in some soap opera??
She is the anti-Hillary. McCain had to go to Alaska to find her. I like it!
WOW what a shidduch 🙂
She almost toped Obama’s Acceptance Speech that drew 38.4M There did not seem to be much in the speech as to what they are going to do for America. All I heard was knocks against Obama and The Democrats.
I wish they would talk about the issues.
It’s so sad that the frum world has fallen for all this nonsense. Did it not bother ANYONE how the Republican speakers last night viciously made fun of community organizers? On the one hand they say they want the government to stay out of things. And then they make fun of private citizens who go out into communities and help people whom the government isn’t helping? Does the frum world only care about who can be the biggest bully with the military? Whatever happened to gmilus chasodim? I am so sad.
It’s so sad that the frum world has fallen for all this nonsense.
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You don’t get it, this was about experience being president. Being a community organizer is a big Mitsva, but does it mean any community orgenizer can become president?!
Don’t we all want to be safe?
GO McCain – Go Palin
I don’t think the republicans have anything against community organizers; I’m sure a lot of them do great work (as do many others out there, such as hatzolah volunteers, firefighters, etc.). The question is how that experience compares to executive experience as a mayor and governor in terms of preparing one for the presidency.
It doesn’t compare to experience as governor — it compares to experience at the PTA, which is all she did before she was mayor or a tiny town and then governor of a state with 1/4 the population of Brooklyn.
If the repubs don’t have anything against community activists, they sure did a good job hiding it — did you hear Giuliani? He is like a schoolyard bully.
I don’t think 4 more years of Bush-Cheney is going to make us safe. All they got us is a top heavy economy where 60% of Americans are making less than they were in 2001 adjusted for inflation and an army that is so overextended we might not even be able to do anything about Iran.
are making less than they were in 2001 adjusted for inflation and an army that is so overextended we may not even be able to do anything about the Iranian threat!
By the way the state jet she says she sold on Ebay not true. It was listed but never sold and when they did finally sell it took a big loss. Don’t trust me google it.
She was also for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it.
And she is a Gun Owner too…..
Lock & Load……
If Obama was writing his own speeches this is the way it would go.
Good um evening. I am uh glad to to be here uh tonight. Now as you can see I um uh have no idea what I want to uh tell the american people. My telepromter is uh um not uh not working. Now why on he LL do I have to take uh um three three breaths in between uh each each word.
Obama when speaking speaks like a crazed junky!
All the snide libs who think she is a lightweight and who ask “what will she she do when she’s face-to-face with Bad Vlad Putin?” should ask themselves — what will Obama The Messiah do? Set up his trusty teleprompter and deliver one of his patented inspirational speeches about “change” and “hope” and “audacity” and then expect a mesmerized Putin to sway and swoon like all of those boobs who fainted at Obama rallies (including many members of the Mainstream News Media) because they were so overcome with The Messiah’s charisma?
Or, maybe he’ll ask his wise old Washington hand, Joe Biden, what to do (that’s why Biden is on the ticket, right?). Biden will scratch his head (not too strongly, lest his Men’s Hair Club plugs pop out of his scalp) and then they to wonder — what would Neil Kinnock* say in a situation like this?
*Neil Kinnock — 1980s leader of Britain’s Labour Party; Biden’s 1988 presidential campaign crashed and burned in disgrace when it was discovered that Joe The Plagerizer had routinely lifted whole paragraphs in his speeches, including vivid descriptions of his hard-knocks childhood, from material in Kinnock’s speeches, almost word-for-word, without any attribution.