Have you heard enough about her already? Are you *done* with the blahbitty blah blah banter concerning her chances for Vice President? Well … get over it because I am about to add another chorus to the wall of sound. ::: laugh ::: But, first, here is a video of the highlights of her speech last night. My thoughts are after the jump.
I don’t know that I have a whole lot to add to the discussion that a million other people aren’t already saying. But I am going to anyway because Palin’s speech last night was one of the best I have ever heard.
I posted the included picture to my facebook account. It glaringly shows the bias many already know the media has in this campaign. and a female friend wrote what many Palin critics are saying across the Internet. They say that the only reason why the Republicans picked her was because she is a woman. They go on to say that they are surprised an intelligent woman would be an opportunist and allow others to use her like this.
wow
Any good leader is always looking for opportunity that would benefit the people they are leading. But to say that she is just an opportunist willing to allow others to manipulate her sounds very condescending to me. I might be wrong but … that’s the way I hear it.
She has experience as a mother of five, small business owner, grass roots level activities (PTA), local government (City Council), Mayor of her home town and Governor of Alaska. She is a strong Christian and socially conservative on Abortion and Marriage. She is *directly* involved in the energy battle. She is a card carrying NRA member. She has had to oversee finances for an entire state and given money back to the people of Alaska. She is very concerned about the environment AND energy. She fought corruption … and won. Has an 80% approval rating. McCain needed to energize the religious conservatives and Palin brought it. … and on and on.
So … they only picked her because she is an opportunistic woman? ::: roll eyes :::
My biggest concern with Palin is that we have only seen her on the national stage for a week. She has a great resume and I love her personal story and convictions. But we have yet to see how she would implement that knowledge on a National scale. Granted… we haven’t seen that of Obama either. It’s one thing to have knowledge and it is another to have gained wisdom from the application of that knowledge. That’s what I am continuing to be concerned about and looking for in Palin.
I am also still not happy with the RNC in general. It’s my hope that McCain and Palin will bring reforms well beyond Alaska.
Again, I don’t know how much “new” I have added but wanted to blog about it anyway. What do you all think about all of this :)?
Hat Tip: Political Feeds for the video.
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