>This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word “victory” except when he’s talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed... when the roar of the crowd fades away... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent’s plan?<
>I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organiser,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.<
Money.
The styrofoam columns slew me.
So when my son runs for president in 2036 (first eligibility - born 2000), can we borrow those columns?
Sarah Palin is as Jason Bourne to Maggy Thatcher's James Bond.
In a head to head brawl, Bourne could beat the snot out of Bond.
Sarah Barracuda for Prez. Start cranking out the bumper stickers.
The full measure of the effectiveness of this speech will be realized when we here Obama change his tunes. I am certain we will be able to pick up on shifts in rhetoric, after they recover from the kick the good governor delivered right to their soft and tenders.
On this particular point, I am willing to bet we will hear something like: "Our troops would have been victorious if not for the incompetency of Bush." A liberal will never express optimism, they will only look to "fix the blame."