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Oh please, who gives a shit? Though it’s interesting to watch the D’s and R’s get all squirrelly about their positions on tolerance, really the only interesting thing about this story is the fact that some doofy dude in Alaska dropped a batch into one lucky oven. They’ve already been talking about the upcoming marriage, so if McCain wins in November a kid named Levi just porked his way into a power family. Oh, and of course there’s the sensational and misleading headline I got to use on this post.
The interesting thing here is Palin herself who of course I had never heard of (and neither had you, you liar.) So I’m watching the convention right now to find out just who the number two could be come February and she seems more like someone you’d chat with at a dinner party than a politician. I’m so accustomed to watching politicians be politicians that it’s weird to see her up there being all aw-shucks-ey….oh my god did she just wink? hang on, lemme roll back the DVR….yup. She winked at someone. Big slow wink, too. SEXY time.
Sarah Palin is hotter than Geraldine Ferraro AND Joe Biden
Here’s the thing: I’ve heard a lot of people talk about what a stupid choice she was, make a lot of jokes about how she was selected, shout about how she has no experience (though she has the same experience as one of Obama’s finalists), but mark my words: the dems underestimate this broad at their peril. She’s extremely likable, she speaks well, she’s cut the budget in Alaska and eliminated a lot of the taxpayer supported Governor’s perks, and she has a five kids. She even delivers rhetoric in a way that doesn’t make me want to cringe (unlike, say Rudy Giuliani or Joe Biden.) Based on what I had heard pundits say, I tuned in tonight half-expecting a car wreck. Nope. No car wreck. Just the opposite in fact – ooh, good line just now referring to the Obama speech, talking about shipping the fake Greek columns back to a Hollywood studio lot.
Still though, she spoke early about how we’re about to “win” in Iraq, so she’s either a full of crap, mildly stupid or has been convinced to throw red meat to the delegates (Soledad O’Brien said on CNN today that she hates that term because “it’s so icky.” For that, I love Soledad O’Brien). Oh, and now she’s onto some snarky shit about those silly “rights” that we shouldn’t extend to those detainees. And of course she’s got to take Obama to task for being willing to “talk to terrorists.” Same old sarcastic, nasty bullshit. Frankly though I think that all that crap was the stuff that McCain’s people wrote for her, and it didn’t work. At all.
But we’re getting close to the end now, and she’s back to the folksy human stuff that actually works. She’s taking a lot of the negative comments that have been made about her and actually making the people that made them look petty and silly (which they may be, but that’s irrelevant.) She’s singing McCain’s praises now, but not in a sickening way. You know what? They made a great choice: she’s going to bring something to the McCain ticket, and I don’t mean just a minivan with a “My Kid’s Good With A Puck” bumper sticker, either.
Possibly our next veep. Rides a motorcycle. Has the calves of an Alaskan.
Most of you know that I wish both sides could lose: I don’t like either major party, I don’t like either candidate, I don’t like politicians in general. But she crushed that speech, I tell you what. She was funny without sounding like an asshole (unlike say, Rudy Giuliani or Joe Biden,) she’s smart, and she’s very accessible. She appeals to women and men. She rides a motorcycle. If the speechwriters let her be her rather than using those canned lines about the dems, she’s going to build up a HUGE fan base. And personally I can’t wait to see her go up against Biden in the VP debate. Politics aside, she’s by FAR the most likable person in this race, and that counts for one hell of a lot in this country. Yeah yeah, I know she’s got some positions and beliefs that makes me want to power-puke, but tonight, publicly, she rocked. And that’s the stuff that sticks.
This is getting fun.
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I couldn’t agree more! And your right until last week I didn’t even know she existed. After the shock that McCain picked a woman as his running mate, it settled in to me as the most brilliant move the republicans could have made. Obama has hung his thing on change. Well isn’t that conveinient (and well thought out). One word we all can agree on. The last eight years with monkey-boy have hit the middle class in a way that would turn the most conservative republicans ear. I think she rocks! She brings some youth to the table, not to mention she is a MILF. I like the underage pregnant daughter thing it makes her human like the rest of us poor bastards. I think they have a big job ahead of getting her exposed to the nation, but if they just let her shoot from the hip, as she did in a good part of her speech………she is certainly electable.
Seriously, I cried when she introduced her family and also liked her folksiness but I must not succumb to the rockstar idolation that I hate about the mindless Obamacans. She is cut from the same cloth as McCain, that is why he chose her. She took on Stevens and Murkowski the same way McCain took on Bush and Cheney. And she delivered the POW peephole story in a way that wasn’t hokey (think Fred Thompson) but had me tearing up. Yes, that is the kind of person we need as President. Her too. She doesn’t give a fuck what we think of her and neither does John McCain. He would rather lose an election than lose a war. And yes, we can win in Iraq. Still, it was a nice post Brad. It’s nice when we agree on something. I also loved the poke at Michelle Obama.
While her Harley may be nice, keep in mind that Joe Biden drives a 67 Corvette along with the Amtrak. Aside from that, I completely agree with you she definitely has been a great speaker. Although I do find it kind of odd that McCain is 23 years older than the state she governs.
Thank you, Brad! You are a genius writer and I can’t tell you how psyched I am about Sarah P. I love that she’s a woman my age living a real life openly. (as opposed to a life that turns out to be fake later ~that list is long!)
Sadly, here in Vermont I have to keep my affection for her a deep, dark secret. All of our friends love the other candidate and I’d rather drink and laugh with them, then go at it about Washington bullsh*t.
You’re awesome!
Hey~ How cool is that that her hubby’s a fisherman? Palin sure makes people step up and notice the world around them a little bit more…
Wow. Just..wow. I think hindsight has been 20/20 and I can admit I was wrong. She was a disappointment through and through. She has become a disgrace to the GOP with every misinformed speech and PR gaffe. She is nothing without speech writers and “yes” people around her. It was a sham. McCain tarnished his reputation by letting his handlers take over every major decision of his campaign, and they totally let him down picking a minor league moron as his running mate. This is a farce that, if continued, will leave the Republican party in ruins. I’m just disgusted and I feel duped.