“Children with special needs inspire a special love”

My favorite line from Sarah Palin’s speech tonight: “Children with special needs inspire a special love.” Isn’t it true.
I give the speech a B+ (whereas I would have given her introductory speech on Friday an A). It was a good introduction to who she is and she really ripped into Obama, which is what the Vice-Presidential candidate is for on the campaign. “Styrofoam Greek columns,” ha, I love it! “What does he actually seek to accomplish after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?” What indeed. I also liked how she gave the metaphorical finger to the liberal media that’s working overtime to smear her.
“There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you.” Brilliant. McCain may be a dick, but at least he’s put his balls where his mouth is. Well… you know what I mean.
Her performance was solid. She never stammered, she appeared confident, cool and collected the entire time. This is a woman who can take heat.
I have to dock points for rehashing her bit about the bridge to nowhere. Leftists will go after her on that. Also would have been nice if she could have talked about some of the foreign policy issues for which we’ve never heard her position. I know those things will come out eventually, but everyone’s waiting to hear them. Working more of them into the speech would have been good.
On the superficial list (these things have nothing to do with the grade I give the speech), I did not care for her hair or blouse. I’m a woman, I’m allowed to notice these things. Her family in the audience was adorable. I enjoyed watching everyone, including Cindy McCain, take turns holding Trig. I’m glad Bristol and her fiance were included. Getting the teen pregnancy news out of the way early really was the best thing, both for the Palin family and the ticket.
And when McCain got out there on stage next to them… wow, he really does look old. But I’m still voting for him. I think I finally feel confident in saying he has earned my vote.
UPDATE: While I’m generally not the profanity type, No Looking Backwards has a great picture to illustrate what just happened tonight. He now has SFW and NSFW versions.
UPDATE II: The media is reeling from being face-palmed by Palin and asking, “Gawsh, wud we do??” Ace of Spades lays it out for them. Rasmussen poll: 51% say reporters are trying to hurt Palin, hat tip: Hot Air.
UPDATE III: There’s a lot of sneering from the left about Palin being able to read a pre-written speech from a teleprompter. Actually, her teleprompter got out of sync with her due to not being programmed to pause for applause and she delivered most of the speech from memory. Do you need a reminder of how Obama does when his teleprompter breaks? Answer: not good. Hat tip: Wizbang. PUSHBACK: Politico says no, the teleprompter did not break, while RedState sticks to their story. That’s okay though, it’s still funny to watch Obama fail without a teleprompter.

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“Children with special needs inspire a special love” — 11 Comments

  1. Where did I say that I just now decided to vote McCain-Palin tonight because of a speech? In fact I’ve been saying for months that I would only vote for McCain if Palin was his VP; for example I said it here on August 10, when a Palin nomination was still a long shot.
  2. If you are voting for Palin because she managed to deliver a decent speech, I suggest you check her and McCain’s record on the issues.
  3. she didnt write a majority of the speech, the mccain campaign admitted yesterday-http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/09/putting_words_in_palins_mouth.html
    I found out when Tim Pawlenty said to David Gregory on MSNBC in response to a question about Palin’s speech tonight :
    ” I think they’ve written a great speech for her “
    the liberal media is working to smear her? does that include the 2 major conservative newspapers of alaska who have called her unprepared and called her out on the mistruths shes spoken about her time as mayor/gov. ? im sorry if you think facts are bias. what theyve covered on tv so far has not even begun to touch the negative information thats out there, documented.
    mccain has fought for me? last i check he voted against equal pay for woman (ledbetter fair pay act) She supports him on this. he supported the supreme courts outrageous decision in ledbetter vs.goodyear.
    she can take heat? is that why theyre keeping her in a bubble? no political interviews until she has been walked through every talking point and position.
    they came out with the teen pregnancy news because the national enquirer was about to break the story and gave them a warning that they were about to publish it.
    look at what republican strategist Mike Murphy who once advised mccain, and a republican former speech writer and commentator Peggy Noonan said off the air- dispite the fact that on the air they give her glowing praise:
    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/212920.php
  4. Leah (I love your name btw):
    Thank you for dropping by with the Obama camp talking point that she had a speech written for her. If you think that in any way discredits Palin, you must think employing speechwriters is an unusual occurrence in the political world, which means you are woefully uninformed. (Hint: Obama has a speechwriter, too!)
    I think “facts” are bias? Which “facts” are you talking about, the one where Trig Palin is actually her grandson? Or the Alan Colmes story about her not seeking proper prenatal care? Or the one where the New York Times reported on the front page that she was a member of the AIP? Those facts? Yes, the media is working to smear her. If you can not admit this you are, again, very out of touch with reality.
    McCain is the only candidate who has actually fought in a war for you. That is a fact. It does not mean you have to vote for him; as we saw in the 2004 election, wartime experience alone does not merit a vote. However, Palin played the point brilliantly in her speech.
    “they came out with the teen pregnancy news because the national enquirer was about to break the story and gave them a warning that they were about to publish it.”
    And your point is…? BTW, how does that compare to how John Edwards behaved when the media started to catch onto his sex scandal?
    Peggy Noonan is a douche, a Washington insider, the kind of Republican Sarah Palin is going to shake up. Of course she hates Palin, and guess what? Nobody cares.
    Again, thanks for dropping by with all the liberal blogger talking points. Maybe you should try not letting other people do your thinking for you, there’s a chance you’ll sound less ignorant. I did a draft on my computer of all of these thoughts before I tuned in to what other bloggers and political commentators were saying about the speech. I’m not saying they’re brilliant, but they’re sure as hell my own.
  5. [BJM]–
    Obama may have a speechwriter, but he didn’t use one for his acceptance speech. Palin was handled extensively for both her speech (Matt Scully) and her delivery.
    The last President to have fought in a war for you is Jimmy Carter. Does that put you more in favor of him than others who have succeeded him?
    You pronounce it a “fact” that Trig is Sarah’s grandson, but what proof do you have to show that it is? Can you provide photographic evidence of Sarah’s having been pregnant recently? Why did Bristol look more pregnant than Sarah did last year? How plausible is the story to you about Sarah’s water breaking in Texas and her then taking an 8 hour flight to Anchorage despite having a known risky pregnancy, with nobody noticing or being told anything on the trip? Where are the hospital records? Don’t you think you should at least wait to see whether Bristol carries her baby to term before accepting the story that she couldn’t possibly be Trig’s mother?
    I’m not saying that Sarah isn’t the mother of Trig. But when there is conflicting or suspicious evidence like this, how can you pronounce things as being true or false before all the facts are in?
    And, though I shouldn’t need to say it, you know good and well the subject is Sarah’s honesty, and not anyone else.
  6. [BJM]–
    How in the world did I overlook George H. W. Bush in my last post. One of my favorites, even if nice guys are easily overlooked. Forget that second paragraph, and forgive me, George!
  7. boogiestik, don’t worry about the mistake, you sound like a nice person.
    1. Remember, Obama has known he was going to be the Democratic presidential nominee for months and months. He’s had plenty of time to do his own speech.
    2. I’ve already explained that it’s not whether or not a candidate fought a war, but how Palin delivered the point. If it were all about a candidate fighting a war, I would have voted for Kerry in 2004, and I didn’t. I definitely don’t think that wartime experience is always a plus; I just think Palin put it very well in this case.
    3. I can’t believe anyone is even entertaining the invasive notion that Trig Palin is Sarah’s grandson instead of her son. Let’s start by looking at the math: the chances of a 16 year-old girl conceiving a Down Syndrome child are about 1 in 2000. The chances of a 43 year-old woman conceiving a Down Syndrome child are about 1 in 20. Just based on those odds, which one do you think is the mother?
    Where are the hospital records? Let me get this straight, you think Sarah and Bristol Palin should have to turn over their PRIVATE prenatal medical records because liberal bloggers think (against ridiculous mathematical odds) that Sarah is lying about her pregnancy? Have you ever been pregnant? When I was pregnant, they wouldn’t even let me stand in line near the counter at the prenatal clinic if another woman was already there discussing something with a receptionist. Pregnancy privacy laws are every bit as serious as abortion pregnancy laws. They’re very strict.
    There are many pictures of Sarah Palin looking pregnant in her third trimester, and that people did not pick up on the pregnancy earlier is no surprise if you’ve lived in Alaska. I lived in Anchorage for 10 years; people wear bulky winter clothes from October to March (the time Sarah Palin was pregnant and no one knew). A pregnancy would be very, very easy to conceal.
    It’s not guilty until proven innocent, it’s innocent until proven guilty. Until we see better evidence than people squinting at the navals of the Palin women in 2006 pics, the burden of proof is on the people who think Sarah lied, and so far that evidence has come down to wild fatsuit theories and teenage baby fat. Not very compelling.
  8. Wow.
    “I’m not saying that Sarah isn’t the mother of Trig. But when there is conflicting or suspicious evidence like this, how can you pronounce things as being true or false before all the facts are in?”
    You’ve got to listen to the doctor, and stop breaking your pills in half.
  9. Also…
    “If you are voting for Palin because she managed to deliver a decent speech…”
    Why do you think Obama has the support that he does?
    ALL HE HAS is the ability to deliver a good, pre-written speech off a teleprompter.
    Well, that, and a whole slew of Marxist wealth redistribution policy proposals. Those will play well with the Code Pink nutcakes, but in Real America, not so much.
    The O-Bomb is a dud.
    Congratulations, Mrs. Vice President. I can’t wait to cast my vote for you and Senator McCain.
  11. Wow, I’m shocked that Gloria Steinam and the LA Times would be against Gov. Palin (dripping sarcasm). What “scares the hell out of” some, encourages and uplifts others. I’m a full-time doctor, wife and mother of four and I appreciate that a woman can be strong, successful AND conservative. So glad I found this blog.
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