 Hey guys, look over here! ...on the left! It's me ... McCain???
I have to admit, the speech bored me at long intervals, but Palin did a decent job, given what she had to work with. Much of the speech was boilerplate rhetoric, and she threw some red meat (especially in her attacks on the media,) and sounded like a doting wife when talking about John McCain. No direct abortion appeal (used the downs baby to make the point to the faithful instead ...) A couple of downsides:
1. Too sarcastic. That may play in that room, but the incessant attacks on Barack Obama and the media coupled with that horrible, nasaly voice? She kind of reminded me of my least favorite female supervisor...
2. The foreign policy parts were clearly written by campaign staff. She just didn't sound credible.
3. No mention of the son-in-law? Wasn't the big unveil supposed to be the plan? I mean, damn, is he that embarrassing? ... Oh, right...
4. Repeated the "bridge to nowhere" canard. That'll make the media folks dissect what other claims she made that might be false...
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