The speech was alright. I give it a 6 or a 7 out of 10. It lacked real substance, and the only thing addressed that well was energy and to some degree the Iraq War.
Its pretty ridiculous to me that Palin acts like she is in a position to criticize someone else for lack of experience. I really dislike the Republicans' tendency to resort to fear politics. It takes the focus off the issues and just deteriorates into negative politics. She did have some good jabs at Obama about his record in the Senate.
The speech made it clear to me why I have never felt any connection whatsoever to the Republican party. I just don't believe in anything they represent except some of their energy policies. They gave up their advantage on economic issues quite a few years ago, so that is no longer an issue. McCain might get the party back on track in that respect.
The Republicans always get onto Obama for giving good speeches, but they could definitely learn a thing or two from him. I am more convinced than ever he is what the country needs right now rather than the what the Republicans have to offer after hearing Palin's speech.
But at least I won't slip into major depression if McCain gets elected vs. Bush getting another term. McCain at least won't dig the country into a deeper hole we are already in.
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke
It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...." Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson
