Palin’s Speech A Home Run For Most

Drum Roll, please….. Governor Sarah hit a homerun! She never yielded the floor for one minute. At times she was snarky, took a few hits at Obama and just kept the crowd at the Republican National Convention on their feet. As for me, I was doing a happy dance bruised ribs and all! Here is what the blogs and news sites are saying about the the bulldog herself! And she is a bulldog, tough strong and like you or me.

Hockey Mom delivers….from MACLEANSCA.blog. More from them.

She was combative and she was funny — sometimes snarky — and the crowd here clung to every single word. I can’t help but think she’s a plus on the ticket. And I can’t get over how much she looks like Tina Fey.

“I love those hockey Moms. You know, they say, the difference between a hockey Mom and a pitbull?… Lipstick!”

She delivered her big line perfectly:

“Since our opponents look down on that experience let me explain to them what the job (mayor of her hometown) involves. It’s kind of like being a community organizer… except with actual responsibility.”

The opinion on this blog located in Canada is just this:

Maybe I’m the only reporter in Canada to think this, and maybe it’s because I’m here in the Republican bubble, but I think this pick brings a lot of pluses to the ticket — mobilizing the pro-life and Christian base at a time when Obama was enjoying an “enthusiasm” edge in on-the-ground organizing; rejeuvenating the ticket that looked like an old white guy; and piquing the interest of women… I’ll be surprised if they get a lot of the hard-core Hillary voters — they’re too far apart on the issues, but after watching this confident and combative speech, and seeing the hearty endorsement from the security uber-hawks like Giuliani, I think a lot of independent women are going to tune in to hear more from Palin.

“>Bolson on… Observations and opinion on “We the People…” gives us highlights of the convention throughout the evening, It is his headline about Governor Sarah Palin, that takes your breath away.

Sarah takes aim and comes out guns blazing!

He continues to express his true and unadulterated feelings about The Speech,

In what was clearly the most anticipated political speech this year–and perhaps in decades–Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin took center stage, stepped up to the plate, and knocked one of out the ballpark. We’re talking out of the park and across the street and into the woods. Joe Biden must have had dry mouth and pangs of personal and professional jealousy while watching Palin’s performance.

She was poised, powerful, on point, at times a pitbull with lipstick, and definitely ready for prime time. She was, the Democrats worst fear come true. Authoritative but seemingly approachable. Fiery but obviously friendly. Tough but too classy to swim and swirl around in the muck, mud, and the mire that the mainstream media loves to wallow and whine in.

Bolson felt the following quotes from Governor Palin’s speech were perhaps the best and most memorable,

About her experience: “I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”

About her reason for running for vice president: “I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”

About her running mate, Sen. McCain: “Here’s how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.”

The Moderate Voice had this to say about McCain first,

John McCain just found his new attack dog, and I think we’ll all want to get bitten.

The Voice gives us an interesting perspective on Governor Palin:

Yet when Palin savages Obama as an unaccomplished community organizer, it’s like watching Reese Witherspoon in “Legally Blonde” take down her smug, self-satisfied ex-boyfriend in law school. How can you be mad at a woman who says the only difference between hockey moms like herself and pit bulls is “lipstick”?

Michael Crowley at The Stump wasn’t very generous towards Governor Palin and had this to say. He actually found some of her criticisms toward Obama over the top. (I thought they were appropriate and hitting at Obama’s soft spot.) Here is what Michael said,

I completely misjudged how negative she would be. Her lines about Obama were brutally cutting and possibly over the top in places. But she’s a far better messenger than an angry white man. (Note, by the way, how both Rudy and Huckabee employed a tone that was more bemused than angry. That’s the modern GOP’s favorite trick–comedic ridicule in place of outright nastiness.)

I disagree of course I think she was truly positive in most parts but hard hitting on Obama, he deserved it though after the bashing he and his surrogates gave Governor Palin all week.

The Trail has reactions from women around the country.

From Michigan,

Linda Beebe, 59, a voter in Michigan, had been leaning toward Sen. Barack Obama before Palin’s speech on Wednesday night. Before the Alaska governor had even finished speaking, though, Beebe had changed her mind.

“Could we drop off McCain and just have her?” Beebe said in a telephone interview. “She’s talking about the things that concern myself and people I know. I know there’s a big world out there, but if we’re not healthy at home, how can we help outside home? She sounds pretty good.”

There is this from Connecticut. I have to disagree with the assessment, I didn’t find her smug, I find her very genuine. She appears to be the type of woman who will not genuflect to the aristocracy. She is independent, moves to the beat of her own drummer!

Laura Bates, 45, of Madison, Conn., the reaction was more muted. “She gives a good speech, and she’s talking to the people in her audience — but she seems antagonistic, and I’m not impressed,” said Bates, who supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries. “I’d say it’s about 100 percent I’d vote for Obama at this point. She hasn’t really said anything constructive … and she’s been a little negative and smug.”

And from my home state of Massachusetts….this woman knew she was voting for the McCain ticket beforehand.

After supporting Clinton in the primary, Lang said, she had been undecided until last week.
“Today I’m voting for McCain,” Lang said. “I think it’s a smart move for him to pick a woman, because all of us who have voted for Hillary Clinton have no one to vote for.”

In Virginia, Bridget Brophy played hostess to four members of the Network of Enlightened Women, a conservative women’s book club at the college. All were eager to hear from Palin after nearly a week of news reports that had shaped their first impressions. Three of the women were outspoken and described what they liked.

Lauren Brown, a third-year law student, said: “The ethics reform bill was one of her first goals. That impressed me.”

“I kind of liked her better because she was supportive of her daughter,” said junior Melissa Barron, as she chomped on double-chocolate chip cookies. “She has a really strong family.”

“I feel like she’s just made of something really strong,” Brophy said.

Then there is this from inside Xcel Energy Center,

When Palin finally did make her introduction, Nagel approved of what she saw — and heard. Nagel once coached a high school speech and debate team, and she liked how Palin defended her family without sounding defensive. She stood up on her red folding chair at the end of Palin’s speech and leaned in to take a picture. “She started with the family and then moved on, just like everybody should do,” Nagel shouted above the roar of the crowd. “She’s a woman, and she showed she’s tough. She attacked Obama. She touched on all the issues. We love her.”

Said Cassis, a state senator from suburban Detroit: “This is history. The Democrats had a chance to put a woman on the ticket, and they punted. Not us. [Palin] is elevating women just by her presence. I will always remember this.”

And finally from Indiana we had several residents weigh-in. Here is more on that:

But Sue Struss, 48, expressed appreciation of Palin’s family values. “She has a family, her husband has two jobs — they’re clearly American people, not some rich people,” said Struss, a lifelong Whiting resident and the manager of the bar, which is adorned by an American flag in twinkling lights, wood paneling, and Bud and Miller pendants.

But Sue Struss, 48, expressed appreciation of Palin’s family values.

“She has a family, her husband has two jobs — they’re clearly American people, not some rich people,” said Struss, a lifelong Whiting resident and the manager of the bar, which is adorned by an American flag in twinkling lights, wood paneling, and Bud and Miller pendants.

John Lawson, 44, a chemical engineer at BP, said working-class Whiting residents are torn between the traditional Democratic support of labor and the traditional values represented by Palin. “She’s facing the same challenges as a lot of Americans — a pregnant daughter, a disabled son, balancing work and family,” he said.

Many residents of the little town were more enthralled with the Cubs game, only one bar was watching the convention. One military veteran weighed-in on the speech.

Charles White, 48, an out-of-work house painter who is a military veteran, said he thought the speech was uninspiring and showed hopelessness among Republicans. “I go by body language, and if you feel you have a good running mate, you’re going to be pumped up,” he said of McCain. “McCain just chose her because she’s a pretty face, and none of the men would go with him because they know he’s going to lose.”

This is a sentiment I have seen served up by veterans over the years. They haven’t accepted that women serve our country too in combat and on Naval ships. I disagree with him all together. Governor Palin hit a home run last night, there is no doubt. I can’t wait to see her sweep Biden off the stage in debates!

It is really an upside year. I have always viewed the Republican Party as being the totally sexist party. That just isn’t so this year. Democrats are miring in their sexist muck!