Response to Palin Speech

By Mark:

So I said I wouldn’t pick on Sarah Palin anymore and I meant it, until her speech last night. I was very impressed by her public speaking talents, but a couple things stuck out to me that need addressing.

She spoke about how people have picked on her for her ‘executive experience’. Well Governor Palin, you’re getting picked on because that ‘executive experience’ is being the mayor of a small town of 5,000 people and then two years as Governor of Alaska.

My second problem with her speech was how she attacked the media for their criticism of her. Way to call out and anger those who will influence more votes than all the candidates will combined. You may not like the media right now Sarah Palin, but you need them on your side and calling them out may not have been the way to go about it.

Also, Palin said Obama has never authored a bill. Way to do your research, he has authored bills, look it up!

Another thing that needs to be addressed is that the criticism of Palin has nothing to do with sexism! It’s a qualifications issue. So one CNN reporter questioned if she could handle the duties with her family responsibilities. Ok, that wasn’t Barack Obama or anyone associated with his campaign that said that, it was one reporter on one station.

People saying that reporters or critics are sexist because they aren’t Sarah Palin fans makes about as much sense as saying Sarah Palin is racist based on her attacks on Barack Obama in her convention speech. Come on…get real!

This is a unique and historic election. We have an African American and a woman on tickets. This is uncharted territory and politics are politics and there are claims and attacks made by politicians and critics. Let’s leave the sexist and race cards out of the election and let politics be politics.

By the way, I like how John McCain copied Obama’s appearance on the stage following the Veep acceptance speech. The guy looked brutally uncomfortable up there and did about a quarter as good of a job getting the arena fired up as Obama did last week. Nice try McCain.

Et tu McCain?

By Matt:

Throughout the DNC this week, commentators have been speculating on whom McCain’s V.P. will be and when will he announce it. Kudos to McCain for not disrupting Obama’s acceptance spectacle last night-instead he let the pyrotechnics, and the sobbing fans at the Parthenon show a key contrast to a demographic that Obama has struggled to get to bow down to him. And with today’s V.P. announcement by McCain, I’m fairly certain this demographic never will.

This demographic of which I speak is not women, although McCain’s choice certainly can’t hurt in that department. This demographic is the blue collar outdoorsmen. You know, the same demographic that Obama so effectively isolated and insulted last spring in San Francisco when he was secretly recorded saying: “these people just cling to their guns.” Governor Palin could not be more perfect to appeal to this group. She and her husband are not millionaires like Obama, Biden or even McCain. They are an upper-middle class family that enjoys hunting, fishing, and snowmobiling. Now, these hobbies alone certainly do not qualify her to be the Vice President but they sure put Obama and his continued elitist demeanor in the crosshairs of this demographic.