No she wasn't - her speech was red meat for the Republicans but will probably come off as too fire-breathing for independents. And she didn't show any evidence of a keen mind or sizable intellect that she'd need to be qualified to be vice president [Biden comes to mind, here] with so few other qualifications. And her ad hominem attacks on Obama are just license for reprisals on her.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Just someone parroting what their idols at NPR said after the speech.
Nobody is attacking Barry ad hominem.
The truth, as always, hurts. That's all.
Excuse me? Reprisals? The left has been on the offensive to Palin since Day 1. She's just giving them a taste of their own medicine.
An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. The process of proving or disproving the claim is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.
That is TOO FUNNY. The Obamatons have attacked her in the most shameless manner I have ever seen. And now they say that reprisals are justified because she punched back? We have an opportunity here. The Dems thought she would whine. She smashed them right back in the mouth. And now they are the whiners in response. We need to portray that loud and clear to the swing voters.