Last night's speech by the Republican nominee for Vice President, Sarah Palin, was the most anticipated since, well the one by Obama the previous week. His was about what we come to expect, long on rhetoric, promises and imagery and short on anything to back them up. Palin's speech was anxiously anticipated because most of us in the Republican camp wanted her to do well but had that doubt sewed into our minds by the barrage of negativity about her in the past five days. It is easy to buy in to the idea that just because she only got her first passport a year ago that she was out of her league. Because she hasn't served in the Congress she can't possibly be qualified to serve. So, understandably, we were apprehensive about what this governor would do. Well, I am here to report she did just fine!
Her speech was very enthusiastically received by the faithful and she did a great job of revving up the base. Conservatives were in a deep funk over the prospects of the election and she has energized several important factions of the Republican party. She represents a segment of the party that can make the difference in the general election. She acquitted herself well in her debut speech and I think will do just fine against Biden in the debate.
What is curious is the reaction from the Democrats and their willing accomplices in the media since her selection. The level of personal attacks on her almost immediately suggests that they perceive her as being anything but a lightweight. I never thought I would here such sexist comments coming from the mouths of those staunch supporters of women's rights in the Democrat Party. But then I remember the scurilous attacks against Clarence Thomas during his confirmation process that I thought I would never see from the defenders of civil rights in the same party. So I shouldn't have been surprised. They were frightened of him and his conservative credentials just as they are frightened of her.
However, to put it all in perspective, she is the Vice Presidential nominee and in the words of John Nance Garner, the office of VP is about as important as a warm bucket of spit. The focus still needs to be on McCain and Obama. One of these guys will take office in a little more than 4 months and will change the direction of this country. To me it is a choice of who will do the least harm. McCain will not be as conservative as I would like nor would Obama be as liberal as I fear. The VP is only coming into play if a tragedy happens.
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Well, McCain is no spring chicken, so it wouldn't necessarily take a "tragedy" to put Palin in the highest office in the land. Since Obama's lack of experience has been fair game so far, I don't see why Palin shouldn't be held to the same scrutiny.
And just because she has a vagina doesn't mean that makes her a candidate that feminists would support. Feminists apparently don't think she represents their issues well.
Politician's personal lives are in the public eye...that's a fact of life. And if their personal life ends up being a point of hypocrisy, you can bet it will be grabbed on to that more ferociously. Palin is a proponent of abstinence-only education, but has that worked to keep her own daughter from having premarital sex that ended in teen pregnancy? The research on the abysmal failure of abstinence-only sex education is pretty clear, even without such a pertinent example.
I'm not excited about either candidate or their running mates, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Seems like Republicans are still on the fence about Palin, if you are to believe the secret live microphones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4sOM4tpno
We will be so sick of the lies on both sides by November 4th we will be crying uncle well before then.
No, the feminists are not thrilled to have her representing them but are having a hard time criticizing her. She doesn't have inside the beltway experience but is that a bad thing considering the mess these guys have made of things? I will never feel comfortable voting for a senator for president unless he or she has some real world experience outside of government. But we don't have a lot to choose from. The process has given us 3 of the 4 in the finals being from that country club. I am not excited about either of the presidential candidates just for that reason. I think Palin serves a purpose and may draw some women to the republicans. I think what will happen in the voting booth is that she will give some people not comfortable voting for Obama a good excuse not to and will assuage their guilt.
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