The Occasional Observer

I can honestly say I can't remember a convention with better speeches than this one. Between Thompson, Giuliani, and Palin, that had to be even better than the republican committee could ever have hoped for in their wildest dreams. Each one of those speakers was electrifying, hilarious, and sharp in their attacks, and pulled it off without even ONCE seeming angry or bitter. Something that the other side is completely incapable of doing.

There were just so many hilarious lines from Rudy and Palin's speeches I don't even know where to start. Me and Mrs. SHK were rolling, I especially liked Rudy's advice to Biden about "getting that VP thing in writing." He really warmed up the crowd beautifully for her, and she nailed it out of the park. I could just see Keith Olbermann seething. I'm just so glad both Rudy and Palin took the media to task for their horseshit coverage of this election. Maybe we can shame them into having some sense of decency and impartiality. Nah, probably not.

To Fredo's point about Enquirer story, you've got to love how the mainstream media ignored the Enquirer's reports about Edwards for MONTHS, but as soon as they run something about Palin they're all over it. I can't remember who said it last night, but they were dead on when they said the MSM has given the Republicans a gift they could never have dreamed of: enormous party unity and solidarity heading into this election.

It seems that Newt was right when he said Tue night, "When it's all said and done I suspect that the McCain/Palin ticket will prove to be the strongest possible ticket we could have fielded." She has certainly more than held up her end of the bargain, now it's up to McCain to seal the deal tonight. If he does, I'd be SHOCKED if he's not ahead of Obama by 1-2 points next week.