i just finished watching the RNC and the highly anticipated Palin acceptance speech for VP and i am energized!!! she rocked it!
after the close of the DNC and listening to all of their speeches i was on the edge of my seat wondering who mccain would pick for his partner. we were packing for labor day weekend when the announcement was made last friday morning, and like the rest of the country we were like "uh oh, who is sarah palin?"
she entered this race to somewhat low expectations and the obama campaign has been riding her citing a lack of experience and small town alaska mentality. strangely, she's lead a city and a state which requires more leadership than being a "community organizer" or a senator with a fancy ivy league education. as palin said in her speech, obama has authored two memoirs but not a single law or reform while in congress OR senate. furthermore, while in congress he couldn't even vote yes or no on 130 bills... he just voted that he was "present." unimpressive.
she's stood up to big government (she sold the state plane on ebay and cancelled the bridge to nowhere pork project) and is wildly popular in her home state. the barrage of crap in the media the past two days because one of her five children made a mistake just makes me sad to see her family dragged through the mud -let the candidates slug it out, leave kids out of it.
and that media, never the friend of conservatives, all you have to do is look at the recent covers of the popular Us Weekly to see who they blindly promote. are you kidding me? the publisher of the mag, Jann Wenner, has donated $130,000 to obama's campaign and guess what, it shows. this is offensive and is what gets me so riled up about the drive-by media and its biased reporting. i won't ever buy another US Weekly, i'll just sneak free peeks inside as i wait in the supermarket line.
democrats have another reason to be concerned in november, she kicked butt! she is the perfect complement to mccain and rounds out the ticket. she's a small town girl with BIG appeal b/c she has the drive, ability and heart. she was fun to watch tonight as she could really stick it to obama with grace and a smile. one thing's for sure, there will be many exciting debates to come.
yesterday i was worried b/c the RNC looked a little sleepy but tonight the crowd would not sit down from their standing ovation for her when she came out on stage. reporters down on the floor noted the enthusiasm and electricity matched the DNC as soon as palin emerged. and at the conclusion of her speech, her family joined her as did mccain... you could tell he was very confident and proud of his choice.
so you know who we're for... i'm disabling comments on this post only because when i discussed the election a few months back it attracted a vitriolic anonymous poster. i have this blog for fun and for friends (and friends of friends... ) and family so email me if you have a comment!
