2008 Republican National Convention

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Denny Crane said:
Let's put it this way, she did not flub it in any way.
She did the attack dog bit well at the end, too
She's certainly no Dan Quayle, or even W, when it comes to speaking.
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but really, who is?
 
Denny Crane said:
Let's put it this way, she did not flub it in any way.
She did the attack dog bit well at the end, too
She's certainly no Dan Quayle, or even W, when it comes to speaking.
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I said before, and I will say it again. If she were the President, she would be an instant upgrade over W. Someone tell me that I am wrong, I dare you.
 
OMG

MSNBC is raving about her speech, even D'olbermann
 
Sarah kicked ass

In addition to the speech, I thought it was pretty cool when the cameras (at least on NBC) caught her little daughter licking her hand and then using it to smooth down her baby brother's hair.

Note to media members from all outlets: How about you and your colleague, "Asian Reporter Tricia Takinawa", simply refer to the baby as a baby and not consistently call him "Downs Syndrome Baby". Sheesh.
 
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That wasn't supposed to be a policy speech. All week she's had her ass kicked by newspapers, tabloid magazines, the liberal media, DailyKOS, stupid media pundits, a disgraced network, and left-wing surrogates.

That was a big fuck you to her critics. Sarah Palin has arrived.
 
It was a policy speech, in part.

Strategically, she had to accomplish 5 things:
1) Introduce herself, she's not widely known.
2) Speak to her experience and accomplishments as governor.
3) Speak to issues of relevance to the national campaign. Her credentials on a HUGE issue like energy showed.
4) Prove she can be an attack dog, which is the role of a VP candidate during the campaign.
5) Not fuck up.

"A" for all 5.

She's not done yet. Making a prepared speech with days of rehearsal and handlers screening every word and phrase is one thing. Now she has to prove her mettle on her feet when asked questions out of the blue at one of McCain's town hall meetings or at something like a press conference. After that, it's the debates.
 
BREAKING NEWS!!!

McCain is nominated.

LOL
 
All of these convention speeches are scripted and given to the press before the night begins. They don't read word-for-word, but 95% sticks to the script.

Also, I have a lot of confidence in Palin's speaking skills and ability to think on her feet. So far, I haven't seen her stumble once. She is very intelligent and polished and engaged in what she is saying.
 
MikeDC said:
In addition to the speech, I thought it was pretty cool when the cameras (at least on NBC) caught her little daughter licking her hand and then using it to smooth down her baby brother's hair.
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I saw that, reminded me of my little sister when she was that age. fun stuff!
 
That was actually a graphic on MSNBC. Morons.

I couldn't watch MSNBC yesterday. While all the other networks were showing Fred Thompson's speech, which was extremely good, MSNBC had Keith Doberman on instead spewing a bunch of hateful crap.
 
Giuliani talked for 5 minutes about how Obama has no executive experience, apparently forgetting that McCain has none either. Somebody should tell him that he completely fucked up the primary, and he's not the nominee.
 
Don't think she nailed it as much as some of you guys said. Nailed the part about making people like her as a person/mother as well as being an attack dog. Didn't see much in the way of policy, especially not the economy. I guess she did nail the part about letting us know about her political past but it just flat out isn't very impressive.

Shes a good speaker, comfortable up there, energetic, and overall genuine. Dunno if she has any ammo regarding policy issues. Biden-Palin debate should be interesting.

Anyone else irked by the fact that everyones freaking out about not talking about Palin's family yet no one gave a shit when Michelle Obama was being labeled an America-hating-commie?

Also I fucking HATE the word "blogosphere". Next thread should be "Buzz words that make you want to shoot yourself in the face with a 12 gauge shotgun when you hear them".
 
Michele Obama inserted herself into the race by campaigning and delivering speeches....she is fair game....they should lay off the kids....they are being dragged into it....
 
I saw Giuliani making the rounds on Tuesday, so I wasn't surprised with his funny speech.

I am also quite excited about the Biden-Palin debate, more than the Barry/Mac one now.
 
any former news anchor lady turned politician can do a good speech. she knows how to read, and now she has good people writing for her.
 
The Return of the Raider said:
I saw that, reminded me of my little sister when she was that age. fun stuff!
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Through the magic of The Internets!

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McCain's speech tonight.

Strategically, he could take a page from the Reagan playbook and tell the people "they talk about change, I am the real change." History repeats itself, both in how "change" is one party's appeal, and that move by Reagan destroyed Jimmy Carter's chances of re-election.

This time around, McCain can outright steal Obama's only message using the same tactic. Palin's performance last night makes it a believable argument at this point. She is "none of the above" that would win a lot of polls if that option were given. She is change, both for the party and for Washington since she's an outsider. It would also undercut the "McBush" PR stunt the Democrats are trying to pull against him.

The technically correct approach for his speech tonight is to go through a laundry list of issues and solutions he proposes, much as Obama did. The problem with that is, you get the "fact checkers" in the media telling everyone how massive Obama's spending programs are or how big a debt McCain would run up. And the candidates as presidents rarely have the actual power to get much of their agendas passed.

If he made a "bet" on Palin, now is the time to double down on that bet. The strategy should be to maximize the expected bounce every candidate gets coming out of their conventions.

What you won't see is him attacking Obama too much - that was left to the rest of the speakers at the convention. His need is to seal the deal with as many people as he can while he's got the biggest megaphone in the world.

On a side note, Larry King Live was dedicated to Republican response to the Democrats' convention last week, this week it's the reverse. It was interesting to see what the war room's rapid response was to Palin's speech. They clearly are having trouble figuring out what to do. Half of them took the approach of deflecting from her performance - "the election is still about the men at the top!" while the other half continued the talking points from before the speech.

Finally, her speech was seen by 30M people. Obama's speech at the football stadium was seen by 39M.
 
Anyone else irked by the fact that everyones freaking out about not talking about Palin's family yet no one gave a shit when Michelle Obama was being labeled an America-hating-commie?
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Michelle Obama made some pretty retarded comments and invited everyone to attack her. Sarah Palins kids are a very different situation.

I loved the speech, I was slightly skeptical about weather or not she was a good pick for VP but that speech took care of most of the concerns I had. I love how she went after Obama and did it in a funny way. Finally Republicans have someone who can actually speak.
 
Quote of the week ''Sarah Palin got more votes at gettin' elected mayor than joe biden runnin' for prez'' Joe biden lost.
 
She's officially a rock star, too.

<tt><tt> 37,244,000 WATCHED PALIN SPEECH ... [38,379,000 WATCHED OBAMA]... MORE... </tt></tt>
 
Man how did Howard Dean get into the RNC. He's being interviewed on MSNBC by Brokaw right now.

He doesn't know what to say anymore. He keeps rambling bullshit. (Then again what else is new?)
 
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You guys watching the McCain speech?


There's a f***ing idiot (traitor) on top of the stands, saying crap and show some sign which I couldn't see the whole thing but it said something about McCain and the war. He should get couple of years in jail IMO for doing such a low thing.
 
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