Well, the first bit was a very silly suggestion that all the male Republican delegates at the convention are gay--set in the airport bathroom. I don't know that I'd watch that part. The part that made my heart happy was the next bit where he showed clips of Republican pundits denouncing Democrats for exactly the same things they were now praising Sarah Palin for. It was remarkably effective. And then in the interview segment with Newt Gingrich, Jon out and out said as a father of a daughter, he didn't agree that the news media was required to respect Bristol Palin's private choices when her mother's intention was to take those choices away from all other women. I may have actually cheered at that point.
I’ll click on that link later. But yeah, Sarah Palin, ugh. I watched it on KQED and all the commentary were, “lacking specifics on policy” and “appeals to the base” which is code for “might turn of lots of people.”
Surfing around there’s debate on how much of the speech she did actually write however, she delivered it very well which makes me think she believed every word of that.
I’m actually more masochistic than you. I also saw Romney and Guiliani speak. There were lots of moments when I wanted to spork the TV: Romney with, “Government, Congress and the Supreme Court, too liberal, that’s what’s wrong with it so let’s get them out!” and Guiliani warming up the anti-Obama — yo, former mayor of NYC, you can’t exactly personally fault someone else for being “too cosmopolitan” — for Palin.
As for all the knocking on Obama being a community organizer 20 years ago, anyone who has spent any time in a big city’s low income areas will know what b.s. it is to say that job involves nothing. And that’s the only thing she can rag on him about because while he’s obviously moved on to bigger things, she obviously hasn’t.
I couldn't watch Giuliani and Romney--I know I'll get the highlights on the Daily Show/Colbert Report tonight, and that's enough for me. I make myself keep up on what the Republicans are saying so I know enough to be informed, but I'm not that much of a masochist!
I think the speech was entirely written by Bush's speechwriter--but to me that doesn't matter; she delivered it so she's responsible for what it said. And the ad hominem against Obama was so ironic coming from such an unexperienced person herself--I totally agree with you about the diss against community organizers. Hello, as one good commentary on the speech pointed out, people become community organizers because the political establishment is failing them! This idea that McCain/Palin is a ticket for change is SO completely laughable.
And I would have a hell of a lot more respect for the privacy of Bristol Palin if her mom didn't keep using her family as a political talking point. You really can't have it both ways; either you keep your family out of the political spotlight or you don't. And that's not the only hypocritical part of her speech. Like I believe she mentioned that as a parent of a special-needs child she'd be on the side of families like her--when she's on record as vetoing funding for schools for special needs children!!!
I wouldn’t have minded one diss at Obama being a community organizer but when they reference it constantly, over and over and over and, talk about it as if that job he held twenty years ago is the ultimate of his career? It kinda shows me there’s no substance to the speech.
As for school funding, don’t you know? Public schools are bad therefore, people would get a better education at a private school and the way to force people into private schools is to totally gut the public school system. Except you know, that just forces people into homeschooling which parents can’t do because 1) they’re under-qualified and 2) they already have jobs.
Dude, she so should not have paraded around Bristol’s boyfriend. He obviously looked bored with the whole thing. Note to Sarah: A self-described “proud redneck” who looks bored during your speech is not a good endorsement for you.
Speaking of hypocrisy: Was listening to KQED earlier and listeners were calling in with what they were going to look for in McCain’s speech tonight. One caller commented that he’ll be looking at references to benefits for veterans because he was disappointed that McCain voted against increasing benefits. The host pointed out that McCain’s defense was that he didn’t think the bill did enough to encourage people to sign up for longer contracts and the caller snipped back that bullets work the same no matter how long the serviceperson‘s contract is.
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/33255/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-wed-sep-3-2008
Honestly? Other than George Bush, I don't think I have ever hated a politician as much as I hated Sarah Palin after that hateful speech.
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Surfing around there’s debate on how much of the speech she did actually write however, she delivered it very well which makes me think she believed every word of that.
I’m actually more masochistic than you. I also saw Romney and Guiliani speak. There were lots of moments when I wanted to spork the TV: Romney with, “Government, Congress and the Supreme Court, too liberal, that’s what’s wrong with it so let’s get them out!” and Guiliani warming up the anti-Obama — yo, former mayor of NYC, you can’t exactly personally fault someone else for being “too cosmopolitan” — for Palin.
As for all the knocking on Obama being a community organizer 20 years ago, anyone who has spent any time in a big city’s low income areas will know what b.s. it is to say that job involves nothing. And that’s the only thing she can rag on him about because while he’s obviously moved on to bigger things, she obviously hasn’t.
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I think the speech was entirely written by Bush's speechwriter--but to me that doesn't matter; she delivered it so she's responsible for what it said. And the ad hominem against Obama was so ironic coming from such an unexperienced person herself--I totally agree with you about the diss against community organizers. Hello, as one good commentary on the speech pointed out, people become community organizers because the political establishment is failing them! This idea that McCain/Palin is a ticket for change is SO completely laughable.
And I would have a hell of a lot more respect for the privacy of Bristol Palin if her mom didn't keep using her family as a political talking point. You really can't have it both ways; either you keep your family out of the political spotlight or you don't. And that's not the only hypocritical part of her speech. Like I believe she mentioned that as a parent of a special-needs child she'd be on the side of families like her--when she's on record as vetoing funding for schools for special needs children!!!
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As for school funding, don’t you know? Public schools are bad therefore, people would get a better education at a private school and the way to force people into private schools is to totally gut the public school system. Except you know, that just forces people into homeschooling which parents can’t do because 1) they’re under-qualified and 2) they already have jobs.
Dude, she so should not have paraded around Bristol’s boyfriend. He obviously looked bored with the whole thing. Note to Sarah: A self-described “proud redneck” who looks bored during your speech is not a good endorsement for you.
Speaking of hypocrisy: Was listening to KQED earlier and listeners were calling in with what they were going to look for in McCain’s speech tonight. One caller commented that he’ll be looking at references to benefits for veterans because he was disappointed that McCain voted against increasing benefits. The host pointed out that McCain’s defense was that he didn’t think the bill did enough to encourage people to sign up for longer contracts and the caller snipped back that bullets work the same no matter how long the serviceperson‘s contract is.