Maybe Gwen Ifill should retitle her book. Could Sarah Palin have just short circuited the “Age of Obama”? Time will tell, but I think Governor Palin connected with the American people in a way that Joe Biden, Barack Obama or even John McCain cannot.
Sarah Palin knows what its like to lose her family’s health care when her husband lost his job. She knows what its like to run a family business. She knows what its like to deal with the local issues in a PTA, Town Council or Mayor’s office as well as broader issues on a state wide level. She knows how to deal with the CEO’s of the multi-billion dollar oil companies and bring down the party establishment and corrupt politicians. She knows what its like to cut a budget, veto spending measures and bring real reform. She knows what its like to have a special needs child and deal with the issues that every other family in America deals with on a daily basis.
Sarah Palin did more than hold her own tonight. She reminded Americans that the government is of the people and not of the elite. The elites in Washington have stolen the government from us, and with John McCain and Sarah Palin we have a chance to take it back.
Sarah Palin is the link from Main Street to Wall Street that the American people have been missing for years. If you want to change Washington you have to bring in people who are not hyper-partisans, and no ticket exemplifies that better than John McCain and Sarah Palin.
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This has to be the best blog entry title I have ever seen.
I think she blew the majority of her detractors out of the water tonight. Even Biden seemed to be taken with her to some degree (off the podium, anyway).
I disagree with her on a number of things, but she really is a remarkable woman. She’s made my leaning toward the McCain ticket all the more appealing.
Sarah did a great job. She knocked it out of the park, and held her own with 35 year Washington insider. She connected with the American people. She charmed even Joe Biden. She was tough when she needed to be, and you knew where she stood on issues. She didn’t promise false hope. In fact, she stood right up there and said she and John McCain weren’t going to make any promises they couldn’t keep. She’s a straight talker, just like McCain, and I think she did a wonderful job last night. It definitely is “The Age of Sarah.”
“She reminded Americans that the government is of the people and not of the elite. The elites in Washington have stolen the government from us, and with John McCain and Sarah Palin we have a chance to take it back.”
That is one of the very best lines I have read, you hit the nail square on the head. The liberals just can’t understand that America is largely peopled by middle class folks who are dying for one of us to be in power, someone who has recently bought a gallon of milk or a gallon of gas for themselves, with their own money.
The McCain campaign really need to take advantage of the connection she is able to make with average working people, that’s the folks who are going to decide this election.
Great post, could not have said it better.
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