A couple days ago at the Republican National Convention it was well-noted by those covering Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell from home and abroad that he thinks presidential nominee John McCain should “run against Congress.”
Now, John McCain has done just that.
McConnell’s savvy in political tactics and strategy is well-known in Kentucky and in the U.S. Senate chambers.
At the Freedom Hill amphitheatre the crowd broke into chants of “Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!”, drowning out McCain as he spoke about his running mate. Although he revelled in the excitement, he seemed at times to be overwhelmed by the audience’s passion.
Sarah Palin has commanded a ton of positive and exciting attention since being picked by John McCain last week as his running mate. While she undoubtedly has the potential of rising to become a nationally beloved figure far surpassing what most politicians ever accomplish, the notion that her popularity can divide the McCain/Palin ticket due to jealousy and discomfort is clearly no more than wishful thinking on the part of confused, recoiling Democrats.
McCain and Palin are in this cause together. At this point, they need each other and we need them. America needs them to do exactly what they set out to do at the Republican National Convention last week.
Barack Obama said he would choose the same campaign finance system that John McCain has. Then he changed his mind.
Then, Obama said he would return the congratulatory favor that McCain gave him the night of his convention speech. That never happened, unless you call seeking publicity by going on The O’Reilly Factor a congratulatory message.
It’s so clear except for those of us who are determined to believe what we want to believe, rather than the truth.
Democrats and their Lefty media backers had been sneering that Palin is a small-town nobody, a hick from Alaska put into a job way beyond an inexperienced woman.
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Showing steel beneath her magnolia jacket, she slaughtered Obama’s lack of experience, his vanity, his emptiness beneath the windy waffle.
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The McCain-Palin ticket now looks in exciting shape. A war hero and a heroic mum. Experience and optimism.
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How the Democrats must be regretting Hillary isn’t running with Obama. Barack’s sidekick, Joe Biden, looks a dull old dog compared with the ball of fire that is Palin.
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And consider this: If Obama loses, Hillary Clinton will run for the Democrats in 2012. Opposing her is sure to be Sarah Palin. That would guarantee America its first woman President.
And my fistful of dollars, having seen both in action here, would be on Palin.
No kidding. The media would never rape Barack Obama’s family like they have Sarah Palin and her family the last few days. So, Obama doesn’t really have to worry about being “smeared” and “lied about.”
This guy is living in a fantasy world.
We’re not going to be bullied, we’re not going to be smeared, we’re not going to be lied about . . . I don’t believe in coming in second.
I don’t even know why he’s saying this. I think he’s been pretending that people are being racist against him every time people criticize him:
You know, ‘he’s got funny name,’ You know, ‘we’re not sure about him.’
Obama also seems to be confused about what it means to come in second place. See, everyone who competes is a winner, and today we all get trophies. I’d be happy to give Obama an ‘A’ for effort as long as John McCain and Sarah Palin go to the White House to reform DC.
In the meantime, will you please ask yourself “What is so atypical about Barack Obama?”
I know that I’m not your typical presidential candidate.
How so? How are you different, Obama?
The true answer to that question is not one that you want answered, Obama.
There are already plenty of reasons to love Eva Mendes, but now we have another. Mendes commented on the media-invented “babies, lies, and scandal” surrounding the rise of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to national prominence and acclaim this way:
People need to look beyond that and give her [Sarah] the chance to have her fair say.
Former N Sync singer Lance Bass (or was he in Backstreet Boys? WHATEVER) said:
It’s very important for people to listen to the candidates and what they have to offer rather than buying into the drama.
The world would undoubtedly be better off if Bass had never recorded that terrible music, but I do appreciate the touch of class displayed here.
If you’re confused by this, fear no longer. Armageddon has not come. Airhead actress Candice Bergen said:
I heard her speech and it’s scary.
Yes. Scary. Oh well, who cares what that ridiculous Hillary Clintonsupporter has to say anyway? Right Obamatons? The Clinton supporters’ opinions don’t matter, right?
For at least the next few weeks the press will follow Mrs Palin’s present and dig deeper into her past, still hoping for some morsel of stupidity or evidence of cupidity to doom her.
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No one paid much attention to the fact that she had been elected governor of a state. Or that she got to that office not because, unlike some politicians I could mention, her husband had been there before her, or because she bleated continuously about glass ceilings, but by challenging the entrenched interests in her own party and beating them. In almost two years as Governor she has cleaned out the Augean stables of Alaskan Government. You don’t win a statewide election and enjoy approval ratings of more than 80 per cent without real political talent.
Never mind all that. She didn’t have a passport! She was a former beauty queen! It was so axiomatic that she was a disaster that I was told by lots of savvy men - with deliciously unconscious sexism - that the real problem was what the choice said about Mr McCain and his judgment: cynical, irresponsible, clueless. It was as if Mrs Palin wasn’t really a human being at all, but an article of Mr McCain’s clothing that showed his poor taste, like wearing brown shoes with a charcoal suit.
Democrats think that Mr McCain, with the social conservative Mrs Palin, will launch an old-fashioned culture war at them, using her appealing manner to drive a populist assault on the familiar Republican issues of God, guns and gays.
Perhaps this Manichean interpretation will prove true. But I suspect that it misses the real appeal of the Republican team. The opportunity for McCain-Palin is not reaction, but reform - a reform rooted in a distant conservatism that could be due for a comeback
Hailing from Arizona and Alaska, the Republican ticket has a chance to rekindle a western conservatism different from the old Yankee paternalist sort or the Bible Belt version. They like their guns out there (some still kill their own food) and they are pro-life and deeply pro-America, of course. But at a time of grave challenges, the themes of economic freedom and opportunity, the resistance to the idea that government holds all the answers, could resonate with voters.
This is an election, as the Democrats have realised all along, about an America on the cusp of change. With the moose-hunting, establishment-taunting Mrs Palin at his side, Mr McCain might represent a bigger change than the one that his opponents are offering.
I think the Southern Political Report has it mostly right. John McCain or Sarah Palin may potentially swoop down here if they’re campaigning in Indiana, but we need to keep our eyes open for events in closeby states if we want to attend a McCain / Palin rally in the coming months.
The benefit could be most apparent in competitive congressional races in the South . . .
Wait for it . . . wait for it . . .
Here come the points and laughs and snickers from the perpetually cynical.
In the meantime, adults like Trey Grayson have this to say to Politicker:
Grayson added that the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) as McCain’s running mate strengthened the conservative wing of the Republican Party because of her like-minded positions with that sector.
“The selection of conservative running mate certainly helped a great deal,” said Grayson.
Grayson, who has yet to meet Palin, said he was hopeful that the vice presidential candidate would visit Kentucky, arguing her presence may help in competitive races in the state.
“It’d be great to have her come to Louisville to help Anne Northup,” said Grayson, referring to the candidacy of the former U.S. Rep in the 3rd Congressional District.
You know what happens every time Barack Obama doesn’t have a script on a teleprompter to read from. Well, the prompter broke during Sarah Palin’s speech last night and she still delivered.
She is amazing.
FYI, I just read this somewhere so I can’t take credit for it but . . . Joe Biden’s teleprompter is called Neil Kinnock!
Joe Biden was selected to appeal to the voters that Sarah Palin appealed to last night. He also underscores Barack Obama’s weaknesses, such as the big gaping hole in the foreign policy portion of his resume.
Idiot Roger Simon has thrown up both hands and shrugged with a sarcastic apology to Sarah Palin.
Mr. Simon, do you really want to get into this? Do you want to do an honest evaluation of the media treatment of Barack Obama compared to John McCain & Sarah Palin?
Pat Crowley got a quote from Congressman Geoff Davis:
Tonight Sarah Palin proved the elite cynics wrong. She spoke with power, clarity, passion, and character. Kentuckians can identify with her and be proud to have her as the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States of America. She spoke to the heart of America tonight. A real person with a real family who lives in the real world.
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