Gov. Sarah Palin Rocks The Republican Convention

It is hard to put into words what it was like to be on the floor of the Republican National Convention last night.  I have been involved in politics for over 15 years and never experienced anything like Wednesday night on the floor as the Republican Party nominated Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain's Vice President.  Years from today we will look upon Sarah Palin's acceptance speech as the event that forever changed the Republican Party and the American political landscape. 

Watching Gov. Palin last night I was especially taken with her ability to use her charming and disarming personality  to make points throughout her speech that was in some ways very Reaganess.  The 2008 Presidential election was turned upside down with the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin.   All the political pundits are asking what all this means.   After last night we have an energized Republican Party that is as excited about this ticket as any ticket since Reagan/Bush in 1980.   John McCain's decision to make Gov. Sarah Palin his running mate was pure genius.  Over 37 million people watched her accept the Vice Presidential Nomination last night.  Numbers that rival Senator Obama's acceptance of the Democratic Presidential Nomination.   

The 2008 Presidential Campaign is  truly an historic campaign.   America's best days are ahead and it all begins tonight when John S. McCain accepts the Republic Party Nomination.  I will post my reflections of tonight's speech in the morning.

Drew Johnson

Comments

[D R MINTZ]

YA THINK YOU COULD HAVE PUT HER PICTURE ON YOUR COMMENTS INSTEAD OF MRS. MCCAINS?

[wtf]

against GOP rules.

Palin didn't wear an American Flag pin during her speech so now they have to shun her.

[Randy]

I really think we need an additional four years of the Bush agenda. He has shown the unique ability to make sure there is a religious test for government jobs, return science to the 16th century and make sure that the wealthy have enough to eat. Now the party has handed us a tired but heroic old man and a person who meets the very religious test so much admired by the party. What a wonderful country.

[CH Mueller]

We have Jeb Bush to look forward to in 2012 assuming the world is still intact. That way the Bush legacy will have another 4 years added to the catastrophic 12 already handed to us by the Bush family. As far as Palin, I liked her until I read an article about it was god's will to attack Iraq and for ministry students to pray for the construction of a 30 billion dollar natural gas line in Alaska...

[RWA]

Yeah I'm posting this twice...

Let's get real about Palin. Palin's pick for VP is a nod to social conservatives who want to legislate morality. These people go straight from the church to committees, pulpits to podiums and discretely carry out policy, which, they believe, is in God's name. Whatever happened to the separation of church and state?

This is a woman who wanted to fire a librarian for refusing to ban a list of books that Palin's radical peers consider racy and contentious with their religious beliefs.

Furthermore, Palin's pro-gun stance will solidify the support of the NRA. The NRA has traditionally been a little skeptical of John McCain, but now they have their poster girl on the ticket.

So when you add up all the pro-lifers, evangelists, NRA and the like, what you have is a lot of votes and a lot of campaign cash to get you through November. (And let me quickly qualify - I believe hunters should be allowed to hunt, and people should be allowed to keep guns to defend themselves from threats, including the government...) So, that's why McCain's people vetted her.

And who exactly are those people? Individuals like Erik Prince, CEO of Blackwater Security and a guy, I forgot his name, who is one of the most radical evangelicals in the nation. These are the type of people who said yes, Sarah Palin, good pick.

Sarah Palin would give radical conservative groups - and in many people's views, God - a champion in the White House.