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.

[Professor S]

Germ, you make good points, but I think Palin's hand was forced by the media that went into overdrive digging up dirt on her. Quite honestly, Obama and Co. don't need to sling mud, CNN and MSNBC will do it for them. They dug up more on Palin and her FAMILY who are not pulic figures in 3 days then they did on Obama in a year. I never want to hear that media bias is a myth ever again. It looks like the media's coverage is backfiring on Obama, though, lookig at the latest polls. They're dead even again according to Rasmussen.

For content, I really liked Fred Thompson's speech when he discussed the economy in simple terms and I think McCain's was spot on.

EDIT: Sorry, those weren't good points. Palin has a tax surplus as Governor of Alaska and has been a great reformer of that state. And you make a big deal of $9,000 of debt? Seriously? Shit, I'll lend it to them. That affects your opinion of her ability to lead a city?

As for earmarks, Mayor and Governor are very different. When your a mayor, you're silly not to take them when they are offered, and she did come around on the bridge to nowhere well before her national career goals came about.

As for John McCain, you can say what you like about him being a "ggod ol' boy", but fortunately for him he has a record that states otherwise. He has rebutted his fellow republicans MANY times, but her does agree more often then not because philosophically he is a conservative when it comes to finances and many social issues. Just because he voted like e republican more times than not doesn't disqualify him as a independent thinker.