Thoughts on Gov. Palins Outstanding Speech, Obama Feeling the Heat

Two nights ago was the national coming out party for Alaska Governor and GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin. The expectations were high; this upstart governor from Alaska had been a surprise choice by Senator John McCain just days before, and not many people knew much about her. That didn’t stop the attacks by the leftist-liberal media, though. They checked her out from top to bottom, as we expect and appreciate, but when they found nothing at all fishy with her record, they took their biased attacks personal.

First, they attacked her for being, what they called, a “bad mother” for choosing to have a life separate from her kids. They say she won’t have time to take care of them and be Vice President. I don’t know about you, but if I ever said that about any  woman, I’d be crucified, right on the spot. Most women I know are just as capable as men, but there’s my point. We’ve got to stop looking at gender as the deciding factor on a person’s abilities. Individual women are better at certain things, just as individual men are better at certain things. We all have a specific niche that we fill, but not as a gender group; we fit because of who we are.

So in other words, bunk, bunk, bunk on Sarah Palin not being able to have a family and be second-in-command. Previous Vice Presidents have done it! Why should a woman be any different? It’s true men and women handle things differently, but unless I’ve just been living under a rock all of my life, fathers helped create their children, and they should have a major part in raising them.

With all of that (and more) coming at Gov. Palin before her national debut, one can imagine the stress she felt and the anticipation the rest of the world felt. Republicans and other conservatives waited with huge excitement and anxiousness that she would pull it off without a hitch. Left wingers watched and licked their chops, waiting to jump in a tear her to pieces should she even stutter. She didn’t, which is more than can be said for Senator Obama, who is tied to his teleprompter. From what I’ve heard, Gov. Palin’s teleprompter didn’t work right throughout the entire speech. She couldn’t read any of the first two lines on the screen, and so did most of it extemporaneously, or at least from memory. She did have a slightly-rumpled copy of it on the podium, but one didn’t see her use it that much. Oh, and the pitbull joke? It was probably the line that will be most remembered from the entire speech. That, my friends (to quote the next President of the USA, John McCain), was an ad lib!

So, Sarah Palin took the stage with all of that pressure upon her, and she shone beautifully. She was incredible and beyond impressive. She took to the stage with an aura of power and confidence surrounding her. As Brit Hume said, she is one of the few “who make it look easy.” And she did, without a doubt. She came, and she delivered the Republican Party to John McCain. Even on her premiere night, she took swings at Barry, saying, “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.” The crowd leapt to its feet in support and applause. 

Barack Obama responded the next day after leaving an interview with Bill O’Reilly, saying that organizing communities really is the same thing as being a mayor. In fact, he points out that his duties as a person “who brought people together” equaled those of Gov. Palin, who ran the city of Wasilla, AK and then, while he was a do-nothing Senator in a do-nothing Congress, became Governor of her entire state! Another bunk goes to Obama. He is truly feeling the burn. He even went as far to say (in the midst of incessant stuttering) that the GOP has no agenda but to attack him. What? That sounds a little self-centered and self-conscious to me. The GOP has a plenty big enough agenda, starting with an actual plan for energy independence, tax breaks, education, and true reform in Washington. In the meantime, calls from the leftist media for McCain to replace Palin were replaced with calls from the same leftist media for Obama to replace Biden! I agree with Rush Limbaugh what said last night on FNC. Just the fact that this media is even discussing this idea means the Obama camp is, too. And why not? Gov. Palin’s historic and magnificent speech garnered 37 million viewers, just a paltry 1 million less than Obama’s speech at the Invesco Center.

Palin, in her speech, unabashedly proclaimed her support for the Pro-Life movement and told parents of children with special needs, “You will have an an advocate in Washington.” Palin, 44, is the mother of Trig Palin, an infant she chose to carry full term and deliver earlier this year, even though he had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome in utero. She also pushed forward with the reform mantra, telling the media that it didn’t bother her that she wasn’t a member in good standing of the “Washington Elite.” Gov. Palin told the crowds she wasn’t going to Washington to be part of the in-crowd. She was going to help fix Washington; according to Palin, her boss is the American people.

With a clear voice and an unforgettable message, Palin did in one night what it has taken Barack Obama nineteen months: she won over the hearts of the American people. Yes, the Obama-Biden ticket is popular, and will be hard to defeat, but the truth is, they’re scared of the Barracuda. And let me tell you, they’ve got a reason to be.

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