As noted in the last post, for the choice of Gov. Sarah Palin to be proven wise, Palin is going to have to show that she can perform on the national stage. She will have to do more than survive -- she will have to thrive.
If tonight's spectacular performance is any indication, Palin's critics may not have the easy sledding that the unopposed mauling of the last week has perhaps led them to expect. The McCain camp was wise to let the media swirl all week, and let the soft bigotry of low expectations work its wonders.
Numerous hardened commentators deemed it on the spot to be one of the most effective political speeches they had ever heard -- and with good reason. We hope to have the chance to hear Gov. Palin in Montana sooner rather than later.
There's probably nothing quite like watching a speech like this live, first wondering if she will do OK -- and then slowly having the realization dawn that she was going to do a whole lot better than just OK, and finally that she was on her way to delivering the best speech of either convention (yes, including that very effective Greek temple speech by The One.) Still, if you didn't get a chance to watch it live, enjoy.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Yeehaw AND DITTO! As a female (53) person who has worked in mostly male dominated professions and for the past 23 years been self-employed I have still found it difficult to look to a woman as a leader. Governor Palin changed my mind in the first 5 minutes after I saw her first sound bites - no good explanation that I can give save an integrity "vibe". The poise that she and her entire family showed this last week was wonderful.
Kudos to McCain for an excellent choice. This will be a fun couple of months!
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