"Lipstick," said Sarah Palin, Republican nominee for Vice President, as she proved to the world why she's the right woman for the job!
The Democrats and the media have been pounding the tables against a vice presidential candidate they didn't expect, but Gov. Sarah Palin showed them last night, why Sen. John McCain made the right choice. As Sarah Palin stated, "... this is America, and every woman can walk through every door of opportunity."
You can watch highlights, or the whole speech here.
The media seems as a deer caught in headlights, after her brilliant speech last night. Looking through the papers today, we find a different attitude towards her. Some highlights below.
'Pit bull Palin' sinks her teeth into Obama
Palin did not flinch as she sliced, diced and mocked Barack Obama in her debut speech on a major stage. "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities," she said to a roar.
The hockey mom needled Obama for writing two memoirs and not passing much major legislation. The presidency, she dryly noted later, getting back to an important chapter in the Obama story, "is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery. This world of threats and dangers, it's not just a community, and it doesn't just need an organizer."
Said Giuliani, "I'm sorry that Barack Obama feels that her hometown isn't cosmopolitan enough. I'm sorry, Barack, that it's not flashy enough. Maybe they cling to religion there."
Today she is the most talked-about woman in the world. And with good reason.
Sarah Palin's sensational performance at the Republican Party Convention may turn out to be the tipping point of this rollercoaster American election.
Obama fans hoping she would fluff her big night were in for a nasty shock.
This speech has turned the election upside down. It was simply stunning.
Democrats and their Lefty media backers had been sneering that she was a small town nobody, a hick from the Alaskan sticks put into a job way beyond an inexperienced woman.
Believe me, you will not be hearing that again.
Palin turned out to be an electrifying mix of intelligence, passion, energy, optimism and plain speaking.
Full of self-assurance and aggression, she popped Barack's balloon big-time.
'She's like a moose going after a cabbage'
Half way through it, after Palin had witheringly referred to Barack Obama's authorship of two memoirs, Mr Parcha grinned and said, "Not bad, eh? [John] McCain needed her real bad. I wasn't even gonna vote for McCain until he picked Palin. Before that, conservatives didn't have a voice."
Others were similarly impressed.
Overheard comments included: "I was on the fence and now I'm blazing the McCain trail" (a middle-aged woman) and "I wasn't excited until this, now I'm all fired up" (a grey-haired man). Meanwhile, at a table directly underneath one of the TVs, Lu Sackett, 70, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the image of a grizzly bear and a floppy hat decorated with flag pins waved his burger in appreciation when Palin laid into the Democrats' tax plans.
"She's like a moose going after a cabbage," he marveled.
Sarah brings the potential for REAL CHANGE in Washington ... as she said last night:
Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.
But -- now here's a little news flash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this great country.
Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people. Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.
The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good and to leave this nation better than we found it.
Am I biased? You bet!
I heart Sarah!
