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Sarah Palin's RNC acceptance speech - Video
By April MacIntyre Sep 4, 2008, 17:12 GMT
Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin blows a kiss as she delivers her acceptance speech on the floor of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 03 September, 2008. The Republican National Convention is scheduled to run through 4 September, culminating with the confirmation of John McCain as the Republican Presidential candidate. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Gov. Sarah Palin delivered the speech of her life last night.
It had pundits, news anchors and even her critics acknowledging her spot-on performance and sheer confidence that ignited the Republican base, as she addressed the differences between her party and the Democrats.
She was watched by an estimated 30 million+ viewers – huge ratings.
Palin hammered home her perceived biggest strength, she isn't business as usual; she isn't one of the Washington Eastern-educated elitist gang.
In fact, the ascendancy of the political power and influence of the West was hammered home by Mitt Romney, who had a failed bid for the GOP presidential nomination and was the one most pundits believed would be standing where she was last night.
Palin is easy pickings for many comedians; she is a comely big game hunter who can skin and process her kills, a rabid hockey mom, and mother of five kids with real-time problems she doesn't shy away from dealing with or addressing in public.
She was a girl who was told by her own father that there wasn't anything she could not do, regardless of her gender. The sky was always the limit for the naturally competitive athlete.
Today on CNN with Soledad O'Brien, the talk of the day with numerous high ranking female journalists, pundits and business leaders was over Palin's ability to juggle motherhood and her seemingly direct "eyes in the lens" statement to parents of special needs children that many speculated will draw some from her opponent's camp.
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You guys are ridiculous. She did a great job...her speech was fantastic!
Stupid democrats you must be! ugh! GO MCCAIN/PALIN 2008! :)
'She did a great job...her speech was fantastic!'
Of course it was fantastic!!!
It was designed to be that way, why would you think anything else? All you need is a good looking lady and a pre-written message. She could even lip synch the speech (as long as nobody figured it out).
Who cares.
What I care about is reality. What happens in real life, not what a screenwriter says.
Typical Democrats. Go swallow a knife tree huggers.
I'm an independent voter. Looking at the comments here made towards each person giving their opinion, it's really sad that the speech's intent to further divide the Nation has worked. I would have thought we were all more inteligent than this...guess not. Wow.
'it's really sad that the speech's intent to further divide the Nation has worked. I would have thought we were all more inteligent than this...guess not.'
The nation is polarized because there are only two main motivated groups:
The ones that bring jesus at the tip of a cruise missle; and
The ones that bring jesus with the love of a flower, and flower power can kill too.
The people in between are motivated to stay the hell away from the flames of jesus as the too poles destroy themselves. This last group of people are motivated, but in a different way.
This was not a great speech. To party faithful yeah but to anyone else...she has an annoying nasal tone and delivered without conviction and anything but off-the-cuff.
She talked about Obama parting the sea etc but she is one who believes all life on the planet was created 6000 years ago...lord help us indeed.
..who would you hate if we did not produce them for you? The boy-king got his:
'running for President is not supposed to be a journey of self-discovery'
classic
i think lance should run for president. he seems to have all the answers.
oh wait.... he's sitting at home in his underwear, writing comments on a message board and probably hasn't really given anything really to any of the problems facing humanity. but keep up your cruise missile comments... those are really intelligent.
everyone... obama or mccain aren't going to solve the worlds problems. obama isn't the savior of our nation cause he can deliver perfect speeches... and i think most of us agree mccain won't either. real change happens when we, the people, stand in the face of injustice and cry out together 'we want change.' i saw this happen in the democratic caucus'. everyone, at least in my neighborhood, got up early on a saturday morning, and go together to say hey, we want something different. their 'different' was obama of course... but it was the getting together that i thought was amazing.
that's what's going to change our world. not politicians. obama and mccain are both part of a big machine that every other president has been a part of. i do think we need change and i do think a new president will help... for sure it will.
but giving good speeches isn't a reason to make someone one of the most powerful people in the world.
but that's my two cents.
lance will probably have a better answer....
'but it was the getting together that i thought was amazing.'
Sure, that is what Bush said too. Lets all pray together...
Catholics in their churches
Other christian denominations in theirs.
Jews in synagogues.
Muslims in mosques.
The fact is: Praying together makes you distant.
People can't even figure out the difference between apart and together.
'lance will probably have a better answer....'
The answer is: Yes, I do have a better answer.
Incase you didn't get it from the post above this is what you have to do:
Everyone in your neighborhood needs to getup early and go to a Republican meeting and get along with them.
Or, you can just remain separate and think you are getting together.
Not Lance - it's SP who thinks he has all the answers!
People listening to the 'hope and change' artist need to realize Obama was an organizer for the Communist Party USA. He is careful not to mention his past history. He has no friends or menntors to standup and talk about all his personal accomplishments. Read his books. Drugs alcohol and basketball. He doesn't want his friends on the podium !! Wakeup America. This guy and his America Loving wife are members of thhe Sal Alinsky Rules for Radical bunch. Notice how Obama
Who vetted Obama?
How many states did you visit Obama? Was it 57? She is NOT a lawyer? She doesn't need a teleprompter? She can't be qualified! She didn't go to Harvard, like Michelle and BHO. Obama worked for Obama worked for Acorn and the US terrorist Bill Ayers of the weather underground. Wake up or give up your liberty, freedom and embrace facism!
quack!!
If we were a company hiring a 'president', I think we would want to hire the truthful, experienced, personable, self-motivated, multitasking visionary.
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lanceSep 4th, 2008 - 18:37:58
Her canned acceptance speech is designed to manipulate voters to vote for her, nothing else.
See her speak in real life:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H-btXPfhGs
Armageddon here we come!
Jesus is the tip of a cruise missile.
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