Republican National Convention (Sept. 1-4)

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by Professor S

No, just the opposite. I think she nailed that speech. Even Chris Matthews raved about her performance. The McCain Palin ticket has done a pretty amazing job of re-establishing themselves as the "mavericks" and painting Obama as a presumptuous child. Plus, they managed to turn the media against itself and now even major news sources are on the defensive after their dizzying reporting of the Palin nomination.

Hmm..I admit to it being a good speech, but where was the content? Isn't this what the Republicans lambasted Obama for? Giving good speeches but not backing it up. I watched most of both conventions, and the Democrats stated many clear policies while the Republicans just decided to attack. That's fine, they can do whatever they want with their convention, but they were less clear on their policies recently than Obama has been by far.

And I just love the "Maverick" lines from these people. You CAN'T have a "party of mavericks" as Palin said. That's an oxymoron! It doesn't even make sense especially when McCain is as "good 'ole boy" as you get. Her reformer status is laughable as well. This woman admonishes congressional earmarks but took millions of dollars worth of them during her executive experience and left her town of 9,000 in debt. Oh, but she sold a plane on Ebay. Go hockey mom! She also praises her daughter's choice to keep her baby, and this is a decision she endorses taking away if she became VP. The hypocrisy of the "family values" Christians astounds me. If this was Obama's pregnant daughter, you know all the fundies would be out in arms, but now that it's a Republican baby, it's asinine that Liberal bloggers even mention it.

A good rhetorical speech, but light on content. My favorite statistic from the Palin speech. Since the announcement of the Palin VP pick, the McCain camp raised about $11 million. Just the night after Palin's acceptance speech, the Obama camp raised $8 million. Palin is a better fundraiser for Obama than McCain.