Posted on 09/04/2008 4:43:38 AM PDT by Schnucki
A WEEK ago nobody had ever heard of her.
Today she is the most talked-about woman in the world. And with good reason.
Sarah Palin's sensational performance at the Republican Party Convention may turn out to be the tipping point of this rollercoaster American election.
Obama fans hoping she would fluff her big night were in for a nasty shock.
This speech has turned the election upside down. It was simply stunning.
Democrats and their Lefty media backers had been sneering that she was a small town nobody, a hick from the Alaskan sticks put into a job way beyond an inexperienced woman.
Believe me, you will not be hearing that again.
Palin turned out to be an electrifying mix of intelligence, passion, energy, optimism and plain speaking.
Full of self-assurance and aggression, she popped Barack's balloon big-time.
From the moment she walked on stage in this cavernous bear pit, bandbox smart in cream jacket, trim black skirt and black heels, she proved that John McCain knew exactly what he was doing when he picked her as running mate.
Hair piled into a slight beehive more Sarah White House than Amy Winehouse she blinked and smiled behind her geeky spectacles as the vast crowd went ballistic.
For an unpopular party divided over Iraq and struggling to compete with Obama's Messianic glamour, the choice of Palin looks absolutely inspired.
Main Street America will have loved her performance.
And it was seen by 30million voters the greatest number ever to watch a candidate for the much-derided VP post.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Take a stroll over to hillaryclintonforum.net. A big bulk of the PUMAs are in love with this lady. They're sad taht Hillary is out, but they are rallying behind Palin like Reagan democrats.
Who wants to bet that starting today, Sarah Palin frames will become a top seller at the optometrists. LOL
She certainly has the naughty librarian look down pat. :)
Now you know why I carry a firearm EVERY time I step out of my house.
I live in a police state.
[formerly known as the “free state”, ironically]
I have to rely on the “sheer insanity factor” and a knife, if attacked.
[which I’m not allowed to carry either]
Luckily, I’ve got the “sheer insanity” part down pretty good...:))
“Obama fans hoping she would fluff her big night were in for a nasty shock.”
To paraphrase what must have been Joe Bidens thoughts, “Oh, crap!”
Where are the stats on how many people watched last night? They forgot to count???
Oops...Just saw the count at the end...Don’t believe it.
I think those Ruby Slippers that Obama has been dancing in for the last few months will fit Sarah Palin just fine.
Ding Dong the O is Dead.
Where did they get this number? Has this been confirmed?
Where did they get this number? Has this been confirmed?
Of course we will.
“And though both Senator Obama and Senator Biden have been going on lately about how they are always, quote, “fighting for you,” let us face the matter squarely.
There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you... in places where winning means survival and defeat means death... and that man is John McCain. In our day, politicians have readily shared much lesser tales of adversity than the nightmare world in which this man, and others equally brave, served and suffered for their country.”
Tears to my eyes, (had to make sure nobody was watching) and a tug at my heartstrings. I know why I served and still serve today.
Don’t know about the ratings numbers but I expect that many millions more will watch it today and in days to come on YouTube etc. With the “buzz” after the fact this speech should go viral in a huge way. Anyone who didn’t watch and who is a sentient being will want to know what they missed.
Sorry, Hillary, your party screwed you over and now you are HISTORY.
As for all the silly libtards who sneered and looked down their noses at Sarah Palin, apologies and grovelling are in order. Governor Palin has schooled you and sent you to detention hall.
And my fistful of dollars, having seen both in action here, would be on Palin.
ping
Two months ago, any regular freeper could recognize her by face and discuss the political, policy and governing merits of a Palin choice. Maybe she wasn’t so well toasted by the hob-knobing DC media dinner party crowd, though.
Concur!
“a hick from the Alaskan sticks
Hicks built this great country and nobody ever better forget it.
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Yep! I wrote this a few minutes before Palin’s speech.
Katie! It’s NOT the United States of D.C.!
What a bunch of arrogant, ignorant jerks! Yes, the media. Im stuck with CBSs Katie Couric to cover the Republican National Convention and Sarah Palin.
She described Palin, after a profile spot on the independence of the people of Alaska, as being part of the extreme fringe. It wasnt an act. Katie really is that stupid. And dangerous. Witness the elitist, power broker mindset and its nothing new. Why dont you just say it Katie, the look of your disgust for anything you cant understand is apparent.
Knuckle draggers, rednecks, White trash....thats what she wanted to say.
Katie thinks shes safe merely insulting the state of Alaska, but what shes too narrow minded to see is that those same kind exist in every state. She insulted us all. The millions upon millions of us that Katie describes as the extreme fringe have watched her kind through out the history of this nation as we settled and built it and fought for it so idiots like her could spout their uninformed opinions. Surprise! I hate to be the one to tell you, Katie, it wasnt illegal aliens from Mexico! It was people just like Alaskans. People who love the land, love their kids and value education and independence above most things except God and Country. They dont need her or her socialist ideas and that offends her.
Shes the kind that cleaned Native Americans from their homes because, after all, they were mere savages. The fringe... All Katie shows is how little she knows of what the United States of America is supposed to be or what its people are like.
Craig Ferguson, unfortunately on CBS, said it best describing what the United States of AMERICA meant to him becoming a new US Citizen. This isnt the exact quote, but its close.......
America is the expression of people who just want to be left alone.
Katie reminds me of an encounter with a New Jersey banker, likely a Biden supporter, a few years ago. His daughter was marrying a relative of mine and they flew out to Oregon for the ceremony. After the libations, he took my hand, explained how they expected to find dirt roads, kerosene lamps, no means of transportation and people who couldnt form a sentence. He said, Were so delighted! Youre just like us!
I took my hand back, smiled and did not say, Oh, my, I hope not!
Katie just doesnt get it.
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