Wow. Just, Wow.
I expected a good speech. I didn’t expect a great one. I certainly didn’t expect one that would completely neutralize the only issue Barack Obama has going for him among non-socialists and non-identity politicians. Good luck in the VP debates, Joe Biden. You’re going to need it. In fact, since we are talking about two people running for President, and two others running for an office that would put them one heartbeat away from the Presidency, why not cover all the bases and have at least one debate between Palin and Obama, and another between Biden and McCain?
I am a teensy bit worried, though, that the guy running at the top of the ticket may make a speech that may “Palin” comparison, leaving voters wishing they could elect Palin/McCain instead of McCain/Palin. We’ll see.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Wait, a couple of weeks ago, wasn’t a frilly speech that lacks substance a bad thing? I’m confused…
And of course, it doesn’t matter that it was mostly bullshit — it only matters that it was bullshit that Republicans want to hear.
Meanwhile, I highly recommend this Daily Show video. Stewart’s right: what does she know?
September 4th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
P.S. On this:
I actually think that would be kind of fun. And neither party would ever go for it.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Whoever said that delivering frilly speeches was a bad thing? Certainly not I. The problem with Obama isn’t that he delivers frilly speeches, it’s that aside from pushing a totally crappy agenda, that’s all he does.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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September 4th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Gee, I guess I didn’t realize that nuclear nonproliferation and ethics reform were “crappy” agenda items. :)
September 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Gee, I didn’t realize that Obama had personally disarmed North Korea and Iran and stopped nuclear proliferation in its tracks. Loaves and fishes, schmoaves and schmishes, that was a REAL miracle!
September 5th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Har har, but the point remains that if the bipartisan legislation Obama co-sponsored can’t be considered a “significant” reform or “significant” legislation, then pretty much no legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 could be. What “significant” legislation has McCain been responsible for lately? Bring up McCain-Feingold, that would be a great idea to energize the base!
September 5th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I agree, dwelling too much on the issue of significant legislation may not be a wise strategy. McCain’s name appears on several other significant bills, too, none of them good from a Republican perspective (or mine). But Palin’s point wasn’t just that Obama had not authored any major laws or reforms, but that he had authored two memoirs anyway. That’s just a weeeeee bit pretentious, dontcha think?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
No more pretentious than believing one ought to be the leader of the free world, I suppose.