Even though I will not vote the McCain/Palin ticket, I think, she gave an outstanding speech with humor.

Her resume may be thin by some standards, but Barack Obama has never been truly vetted on his years in the Illinois State Senate where he voted present 100 times. Let us see his voting record.

We all know you can't hit a woman back... literally or figurativley. She came out swingin'!

Why was she wearing a body armor under that jacket??

What do you call it when Republican policies redistribute wealth upward? Over recent years, studies show that an increasing percentage of wealth and income rests with a smaller and smaller number of people. Meanwhile, income produced by wealth is taxed at a lower rate than income produced by sweat.

That is not a stable situation unless you equip the wealthy few with heavy firepower and the ability to conduct surveillance at will against the many.

Henry Ford said that he wanted to pay the workers in his auto plant enough so that they could afford to buy the cars they were building. That made sense 85 years ago and it still does.

stupid hillbilly tries to give birth in an airplane

get ugly with her. she's filth. she could be off the ticket it 2 days if people looked in the right places.

With her sneering attack on Barack Obama's work as a community organizer, Sarah Palin disgraced herself and John McCain's candidacy. My sister has cerebral palsy and has benefited greatly from the work that community organizers in her city do to help her and others like her in areas such as transportation and jobs.

Palin's shameful pandering to the bloodthirsty Republican Party base may have played well in the hall, but I believe that there are many voters like myself who were repulsed by the nasty, dismissive tone and substance of her acceptance speech.

KStone writes: "People better start getting serious. Palin is a player and Dems better get smart about how to deal with her. Whinning about 'mean girls' and engaging in grade school snark is not going to cut it."

Right on, Boss. And your top ten recommendations for what we should do first, in order of importance, would be? Please list these real soon, 'cause we're ready to write 'em down. RB

Hey,

Let's just make sure we all vote. This country is getting buried by extremists and bureaucracy. Freedom is getting dazed and confused. It's up to us to stop the madness! It's been great reading all your posts. God bless.

Vote!

If anyone here is still underestimating the power of Palin VP pick, I highly recommend all to listen to Your Call Radio Show #090408. Commentator is Rose Aguilar, who interviews writer Dagmar Herzog and another interviewee (who's name I can't remember), and is the head of Republican Majority for Choice.

for a connection to the podcast, the URL is:

http://yourcallradio.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-call-090408-sex-and-politics.html

RE: Palin's shameful pandering to the bloodthirsty Republican Party base may have played well in the hall, but I believe that there are many voters like myself who were repulsed by the nasty, dismissive tone and substance of her acceptance speech.

I am one... and just as repulsed by her claiming to be a devoted mom with strong family values.

Her speech reminded me of a catty teenager. It was light on policy and long on vicious attacks. Because so many made a big issue of Hillary and sexism, which was over blown, the republicans are going to try and say any attack on her is sexism.

Listen I'm a woman, I'm a feminist. As long at you hit her on issues, I see no reason why not to hit her hard. If you want to be treated equally then you should take it equally. I say cut her off at the knees. Paline is an extremist on many issues.

Republicans to cry sexism. What a crock. Denying women's right to reproductive choices is sexist.

The biggest stupidity of the evening. Saying Hillary got 18 million vote and Obama only got 18 million (which is a bold faced LIE). There still trying to promote divisions among Democrats that does not exist. The majority of those 17,000 that voted for Hillary will be voting for Obama, plus a lot of pro-choice republican & independent women.

This republican team will turn us into a third rate country.

...I have a yard sign and a bumper sticker and everything. But Sarah Palin's speech last night was, objectively speaking, a good speech. She has charisma for sure, and a compelling style. She seems like a straightforward person, someone who is not afraid of anything.

Those of you who think otherwise should consider talking to people other than those who already agree with you. My non-scientific sample of friends and family who are Republicans, conservative and/or religious are very intrigued by Sarah Palin. They were uncertain before the speech but now see her as a confident fighter who won't back down.

As for the VP debate, that's Biden's to lose. All Sarah Palin has to do is not be an idiot and she's golden. And I think that Sarah Palin is no idiot.

Could we talk about something substantive? We don't need any more polemics.

Republicans avoid issues like the plague because they know most Americans are against Republican positions on the issues.

Except for Palin. Right now the pub spin doctors are hoping nobody notices that Palin is admittedly clueless on national issues, except "Democrats bad, Republicans good", which may not be enough to win.

Uncle, you are correct vis-à-vis the Nixon place mark. The days of Bob Dole, Sam Ervine, Everret Dirkson, et al are kaput. The reason?........communication. THEY had time to think, today’s are analogous to fast food. Consultants, analysts, strategists, media pros, computers, cell phone, yadda, yadda rule the roost. Also the money is exponentially greater.

But there’s something else different. It’s not just an evolutionary growth of things today being bigger and faster than yesterday. It’s like screwing around with DNA, or molecular structure; there been a sea change, or mutation from who we once were. Now you can subscribe to the conspiracy angle…..or not. We’re simply stupider (really) than we were. The conspiracy angle is, was it done on purpose?

I’m kind of 50/50 on this subject. You could say it started with R. Reagan, who presided over a precipitous drop in our educational achievements…..remember “dumming down?” The benefits of a dumb populace for the extreme Conservative Right is self evident. But my guess is that he, and “the movement” just took advantage of the inertia that really began around 1964.

Up until 1964, the education system output (output meaning high numbers of scholastic achievers vis-à-vis their international equals) went in a straight, unbroken line--------upwards. In 1964, it broke….Snap!, just like that; did a 180 and has never looked back. Not to toss out little tidbits, but you do know that American high school AND college seniors score below Bangladesh on standardized Math and Science tests. ( Please tell me I’m crazy and challenge me to a bet. I’ve almost paid off my house with that one. But other results are even scarier. (that’s for another time.)

So what happened in 1964, you might ask?.........Drumroll please….ding, dong….ding, dong we’ll be right back after a few words from our sponsors.

ANSWER…………………..1964, the year the national teachers union was formed.

Gotta run, my son’s pulling in. Need him to do some weed wacking.

Maybe we’ll pick it up at a later date.

Education is the sleeper issue, in my opinion the most important issue, and it gets no play from either side. (compulsory lip service doesn’t count. Lip service around election doesn’t count twice!)