The American Mind

The Female Reagan?! Jesus Sean… it was one speech.

Christ.

I told my wife last night during the speech and then Twittered “My gosh, Ronald Reagan has returned to us in the form of a beautiful woman in heels from Alaska!”

If she’s the future of the Republican party, the Democrats have little to fear.

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As my son and I discussed Sarah Palin this morning… I told him I had not seen such excitement form Republicans since Ronald Reagan!!! Watching her speak last night brought tears to both of our eyes.For the first time in my life I will have the opportunity to vote for a WOMAN on the national ticket who has my core values! This is even more astounding as a conservative Republican

I watched for two reasons: I’m interested to see what the fuss is about, and I’m always trolling for examples for my students.

I thought Michelle Obama was quite a polished speaker, but the contrast couldn’t be greater. Obama’s a lawyer. Palin’s got her creds with a Comm-J degree, but Obama is more “baracuda” speaker.

Palin was comfortable, focused, fluid (M Obama has a physical mannerism to her pauses that probably most overlook, but I find them distracting), and brought points with examples to the table.

Biden will have to amp it up from a simple Obama cheerleader to a co-candidate with substance, because Palin’s shown that she’s not supporting the ticket, she’s half of it with the issues and achievements she brings.

She is the conservative cred that McCain needs, as well as being what the party’s failed time and again to produce: a modern candidate with core values – a woman rather than a man, who is committed to small government, defense and reducing the taxpayer burden, and has demonstrated that these can be achieved.

I already quoted Glenn Reynolds’ quoting of Camille Paglia last week saying she believes she’s seen the first woman president in Sarah Palin.

PS Nick, you clearly weren’t paying attention to the speech, and if I’m not jumping on the “new Reagan” train. Cursing twice in such a short post? Why so upset, Nick?

The comparison is apt if you consider it. She has a personal charm, core conservative creds both fiscally and socially, she’s something no one expected, her family is a prominent part of her life though not perfect, and she’s calmly, happily, feet-on-the-ground idealistically reasserting conservative values and benefitting her constituents with her work rather than flowery rhetoric.

Sounds a lot like Reagan to me.

I agree she is the future….add Bobby Jindal, and you’ve got the future of the GOP for the next 20 years.

Let’s see, Creationist, Dominionist, Deficit Spender, Earmark Specialist, willing to stoop to the lowest trashing of her opponent in her first appearance, probably Petty Tyrant. What have I forgotten?

Yeah, she probably is the future of the Republican Party. It’s really too bad for them.

willing to stoop to the lowest trashing of her opponent in her first appearance

Only an Obamarrhoid can argue that telling the truth is “low.”

OK. Now we know who is the she real Repub in this race.

Do any of you other Repubs think, as I do, that McCain stuck a big shiny knife deep in your back with that horrible speech of his?

As he was blubblering all over Obamamama, yelping about how he’s going to willingly bring Dems and Fence Riders into his administration, and his plans to happily play kissy face with the likes of Pelosi and Reid, you could actually see the delegates frowning in dismay, seemingly wanting to shout “SHUT UP, YOU *&W$!^# MORON!!!”

Or maybe that was just me.

This is why I identify with the conservative movement; “Republican” means nothing.

MJM, you’re not telling us anything about McCain we didn’t already know. This is his last hurrah.

Besides, it’ll get him out of Congress.

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me: “Now we know who is the she real Repub in this race.”

Man, is that one f’d-up sentence er what?
Eh, ya got the drift.

Yeah, McGehee, but did you actually see that huge happy GOP Palin-driven balloon deflate and fall to the convention floor, wheezing all the way down?

And not one – NOT ONE – supposedly “conservative” blabberer had the guts to say it: McCain utterly blew it.

He had it all… RIGHT THERE… and could have put it in the bag. Done Deal.

Instead, his pathetic “why can’t we all get along” monologue put new fuel on what was a waning fire of doubt.

Yet, unless there is a statue-of-liberty-sized skeleton in Palin’s closet, McCain is going to win. The more the media pounds on Palin more the public will come to her defense

Even Oprahphites are jumping ship!

As for his congressional seat, I believe Arizona’s Gov is a Dem who will get to appoint an interim replacement when he does.