Ok, I just got finished watching the Vice-Presidential debate, and I have to say, I am now a serious fan of Gov. Sarah Palin.
Now, let me explain myself. I watched her speech at the Republican Convention, and I really liked what she had to say. But over the last couple of weeks, even I have been using the, “I can see Russia from my house.” line… Its funny, and considering the panning she had been getting in the press, I had lost a lot of my respect for her. She has not looked like the woman that showed up at the convention, and seriously looked like a deer in the headlights. It was my contention that the McCain handlers have been trying to script her every word, and it was ruining the charm that Sarah Barracuda had coming out 5 weeks ago.
But all I can say is that she really did a great job during the debate tonight… was she perfect? No. Did she do herself and the McCain campaign good? Absolutely.
What gets me excited about this is that the talking heads at MSNBC and CNN are all talking about how she failed to differentiate herself and her campaign from President Bush… That she didn’t win the debate… But the thing these guys don’t get, is that she wasn’t talking to them. She was talking directly to the voters.
Among political junkies in the liberal mainstream media, she will never measure up to their golden child, Obama… but among the regular people (who’s opinion REALLY counts) I think she made a definate good impression.
Go, Sarah GO!
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