Thursday, September 04, 2008
IPLawGuy's 6th Report from the RNC
10:20 pm
Wow. Sarah Palin brought the house down tonight. She was great here inside the hall. She had composure, poise and a great speech she delivered flawlessly. Spoke up for her record, took shots at Obama and pumped up McCain.
Of course, a speech live is very different than one viewed on TV. So its hard to know what the reaction is "out there."
Here's an email I got from a fellow who graduated from BLS a few decades back:
We started out skeptical about Palin - but she hit a grand slam and took down the fence and scoreboard. Incredible speech -- reminiscent of Reagan.
Rudy Giuliani had the crowd going too.
McCain walked out on the stage at the end of the palin speech as did Obama. The place was already going wild and that brought everyone over the top
That was followed by John Rich, Cowboy Troy and redneck woman Gretchen Wilson doing a neat combo of the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. Rich then did his song "Raising McCain". Even the old white guys were getting down.
Somehow I doubt this was on TV
We're in the roll call now. This used to be the highlight of a convention. Now its just a formality.
Wow. Sarah Palin brought the house down tonight. She was great here inside the hall. She had composure, poise and a great speech she delivered flawlessly. Spoke up for her record, took shots at Obama and pumped up McCain.
Of course, a speech live is very different than one viewed on TV. So its hard to know what the reaction is "out there."
Here's an email I got from a fellow who graduated from BLS a few decades back:
We started out skeptical about Palin - but she hit a grand slam and took down the fence and scoreboard. Incredible speech -- reminiscent of Reagan.
Rudy Giuliani had the crowd going too.
McCain walked out on the stage at the end of the palin speech as did Obama. The place was already going wild and that brought everyone over the top
That was followed by John Rich, Cowboy Troy and redneck woman Gretchen Wilson doing a neat combo of the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. Rich then did his song "Raising McCain". Even the old white guys were getting down.
Somehow I doubt this was on TV
We're in the roll call now. This used to be the highlight of a convention. Now its just a formality.
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I didn't think the speech was that impressive. It was 10% family history, 15% praising McCain and 75% attacks on Obama. Some of the things she said were misleading (like her analysis of Obama's tax policy- when is anyone from the McCain campaign going to actually read it?), and some of it was downright deceitful (like saying she opposed the bridge to nowhere even though she lobbied for it and supported it).
Policy provisions aside, from the tv viewing audience, it seemed ill-rehearsed, unnatural, and her delivery was awkward-- like she was speaking to a high school graduation crowd rather than her party leadership. She definitely doesn't display the easy charm of a veteran speaker, which is ok, but it makes it that much harder to watch.
Also, with that Midwestern accent, she sounds like Serr.
Policy provisions aside, from the tv viewing audience, it seemed ill-rehearsed, unnatural, and her delivery was awkward-- like she was speaking to a high school graduation crowd rather than her party leadership. She definitely doesn't display the easy charm of a veteran speaker, which is ok, but it makes it that much harder to watch.
Also, with that Midwestern accent, she sounds like Serr.
# posted by 
: 1:24 AM
: 1:24 AM
I suspect this speech played much better in the room than outside, and much better to the party faithful than to the independents who will decide this election.
As I suspected, Palin's speech has been confirmed as replete with factual errors.
# posted by : 1:45 PM
: 1:45 PM
The Prof left out my midnight report with the line of the night.
I was at a post session party in St. Paul and overheard a fellow covered with buttons and wearing a goofy hat talking to a younger woman. He said, "The Republican Party doesn't have superdelegates, but I'm as close as it comes."
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I was at a post session party in St. Paul and overheard a fellow covered with buttons and wearing a goofy hat talking to a younger woman. He said, "The Republican Party doesn't have superdelegates, but I'm as close as it comes."
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