A Star is Born

[woodchip]

After listening to Sarah Palin give her speech tonight, I haven't quite felt this way about a politician since JFK (I'm old enough to remember JFK).
Palin is a powerful speech giver, on par or even better than, Tony Blair. At the end I especially liked her whole family came on stage with a in your face aura to the news hacks who were lambasting her family affairs. If you didn't have a chance to see the speech do try and locate it on the web. She is a once in a lifetime politician and I look for her to be our president in 2012.

[Cuda68]

After listening to Sarah Palin give her speech tonight, I haven't quite felt this way about a politician since JFK (I'm old enough to remember JFK).
Palin is a powerful speech giver, on par or even better than, Tony Blair. At the end I especially liked her whole family came on stage with a in your face aura to the news hacks who were lambasting her family affairs. If you didn't have a chance to see the speech do try and locate it on the web. She is a once in a lifetime politician and I look for her to be our president in 2012.

X2

[Kiran]

Same here... save for President part. For now, if McCain wins, I look forward to how she fares. I also even look forward to her keeping McCain on track to staying the leader of our country and not benefiting himself like Bush did.

If she does a great job, she's already got my vote.

She is definitely a great speaker

[dissent]

It's early in the campaign. Let's see how things go with the veep debates. I was impressed with Sarah Palin nevertheless. She worked well toward the camera at effective moments, and got in some real zingers with effective delivery.

I don't think I'd want to debate her. Give 'em hell, Sarah!

[Lothar]

Full transcript

[Sergeant Thorne]

I really liked her, and she sure didn't pull any punches.

I look forward to seeing the whole thing later on.

Interesting Appraisal by Ben Stein (Contains a Video Interview)

Edit: Thanks, Lothar, I found my new favorite quote...

'My fellow citizens, the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of \"personal discovery.\" This world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn't just need an organizer.' - Sarah Palin

It's even better to hear her say it. Hahaha!!

[Gooberman]

She definitely gets points for delivery. Not in the ballpark of an Obama speech, but she did what she had too and was much more effective then Biden. (The Dems really have to take notes on this whole \"attack\" game.) I couldn't disagree more with the Tony Blair comment. Tony Blair can do what she just did unscripted....*thats* why he owns.

The speech itself was alot more Bush like then I thought the republicans would be willing to go. Alot of Vote for McCain or die rhetoric, Obama sucks, McCain was a POW....repeat.

I liked the Airplane/Ebay line. Thats the style they need to portray her as having. Sort of a, for lack of a better word....Barracuda.

[Testiculese]

World of threats and dangers? Apparently she's not clued in that we are creating them...

[Will Robinson]

World of threats and dangers? Apparently she's not clued in that we are creating them...

We've poked at a few hornets nests but we didn't invent the hornet, just ask bin Laddin, Allah invented the hornet....

[Kiran]

World of threats and dangers? Apparently she's not clued in that we are creating them...

What did you think she may have meant by "world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn't just need an organizer"?

Have you taken the time to read the paragraph of the transcript that Lothar was kind to post to see what she was referring to, or are you content with taking words out of context?

[Will Robinson]

...(The Dems really have to take notes on this whole "attack" game.)

It's kind of easy to attack so well when your opponent tosses you the low slow pitch! Apparently McCain isn't the one who didn't vet Palin, it was team Obama that forgot to find out who they were attacking! In this case it wasn't a repub attack you saw it was a counter puncher and McCain set up the rope-a-dope for Obama to walk into!

I couldn't disagree more with the Tony Blair comment. Tony Blair can do what she just did unscripted....*thats* why he owns.

Yea I'm feeling you there. She's good but Blair is the man. Off the cuff with no advanced notice I'd put him up against any speaker.

[Gooberman]

We've poked at a few hornets nests but we didn't invent the hornet, just ask bin Laddin, Allah invented the hornet....

I'm going to find your quote of the day calender, and expose you. Your witty comment days are numbered

[Sergeant Thorne]

hahaha!

[grizz]

[quote="Will Robinson"[We've poked at a few hornets nests but we didn't invent the hornet, just ask bin Laddin, Allah invented the hornet....[/quote]



I thought Al Gore invented it.

[Gooberman]

I liked the Airplane/Ebay line. Thats the style they need to portray her as having.

Oops, looked like I got Pwned!

But it turns out the twin-engine Westwind II was a tough sell on the Web — and the state eventually pulled it offline and sold it through an ordinary brick-and-mortar brokerage, for a loss, a spokeswoman said Friday.
-CNN

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... y-on-ebay/

"I put it on Ebay, but that didn't work so we had to take it off ebay and sell it through an ordinary brick-and-mortar brokerage for a loss."

The full truth just doesn't have that same ring

[woodchip]

Goob...it's the thought that counts

[Will Robinson]

Goob...it's the thought that counts

Not just the thought, the deed itself was not a loss. The former Governor created an ongoing loss, Palin cashed it in, salvaged what was left of the peoples tax money and stopped the bleeding. Good job, it shows us a bit of her character and her idea of leadership.

Contrast it with other Vice Presidents....somehow I get the impression she wouldn't fly around in a private jet to lecture people on their environmental responsibilities...