Comments on: Sarah Palin Delivers Smash Hit In St. Paul

CBSNews.com Analysis: Amid Mounting Pressure, GOP VP Candidate Wows Them In St. Paul

[mikeyo321]

Wow, what speech did you see? The one I saw was ugly, sarcastic, disrespectful mean-spirited, devoid of ideas or specifics and partisan and turned my stomach. I guess that''s the corporate media for you.

[designsmith-2009]

an insancinnatus ---

Wow -- you''re voting for McCain now?? Surprise. You weren''t going to before! shock of all shocks. What fools do you think we are. Talk to your friends, your neighbors, your fellow racists and Christian brethren who are only tolerant when a scandal happens in their own backyard.

By virtue of your intelligent rationalization, if all you need is one good speech to vote for someone, you will be switching your vote from now to Kingdom come.

What you are is a short-sighted, racist, bigoted, right-wing nut who wants to take our country back to a time when you felt things were good -- like when racism and bigotry were part of the American fabric -- and white was the only way to be. You''re right -- Palin shares your beliefs. She likes censoring libraries, taking away women''s rights and is about as extremist as an irrational muslim is about his own religious beliefs. If you think that the youth and rational people of this country will allow you another 4 years to screw up America, you have a real ephiphany coming.

[noloyalisti]

I just hope the American people are not going to get suckered again by these Republicans. They had their chance the last 8 years and look what''s happened.

They have no plans to change anything. In fact McCain-Palin may make Bush-Cheney look like a warmup.

[occams_taser]

Governor of a state that''s on welfare (get''s back almost 2 dollars for every dollar paid in taxes to the feds). A third world country if they did get to secede (which she wanted to do!)

[cbs_suk_hard]

Palin knocked it out of the park! She''s a real person with real accomplishments. She did what a VP is supposed to do at the convention. Skewer the opponent. And she did it with a smile.

I know all you dems are scared by the way you have been trashing here so hard all week. Go Sarah Palin and god bless her and her family. Go John McCain. :)

[paris1969]

I read on the Washington Post that the Dems were going to "reprimand" Lieberman ... but his speech was nothing compared to Guiliani or Palin ... Biden is probably crying and Obama is trying to think of some way to call this "racist"!!!

[acincinnatus]

As an independent voters, we''re very impressed with Gov. Palin. McCain-Palin have our vote. We were leaning towards Hillary, but since Obama didn''t pick her as VP, we''re pleased to choose Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin as the best team to lead our nation in real difficult times. It''s important for women, regardless of political background, to support a woman who''s willing to clean up Washington and bring common sense policies to help working class Americans.

Notice how certain critics will use personal attacks, instead of facts. Sexism will not prevail. It''s just as bad as racism. We''re encouraging all our neighbors, family, and friends to vote for McCain and Palin. Nation first, self-interest last. At the end of the day we''re all Americans and should respect each other. Each person should accord each other with civil discourse. The more immature one''s comments are, the less likely their "premise" could persuade voters.

[popstom1]

obama needs two teleprompter''s too tell his lies

[susan131980]

Palin states:

And children with special needs inspire a special love.To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House.

As a mother of a child with Down syndrome and a researcher of early intervention for special-needs children, I am saddened by Palin%u2019s dangerous use of her infant son for her own political gain.
I wonder about Palin''s character when she places her infant, who was born premature and with Down syndrome, in the midst of the convention and parades him around with her campaign. Early care of special needs children is critical to their healthy development. Too much stimulation, lack of schedule and discontinuous care can be very harmful. She is not an advocate for her own infant now; if elected she will be no advocate for special-needs kids.

[steve645]

A very good delivery to fire up the base. I am not "curious" that she claimed to have opposed the bridge to nowhere; she simply lied about it. The speech included other untruths about Obama''s policy proposals, but that''s politics. Can she hack it when she does not have a teleprompter with a prepared speech? We''ll see, if they ever turn her loose. She certainly invited the press to scrutinize her further. I hope no more news is written about her family: not pleasant to read and don''t really care. Her record in Alaska is troubling, mostly because she shows the arrogant stubbornness of George Bush as an executive; and she has also picked up the trick of using executive privilege to avoid accountability.

[paris1969]

She knocked it out of the park! ... and Biden better be ready on Oct. 2nd!
... sorry left-wing-dems .. you were voting for president not "American Idol" ... and now the Clinton Democrats and the Reagan Democrats will hold their noses and vote for McCain-Palin ... knowing that in 4 years Hillary will be on the ticket!!!

[sean5002]

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Too bad the speech CONVEINTLY LEFT OUT WHAT TOOK PLACE FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS UNDER BUSH.

BUSH-MOBLE= sarah and mccain now behind the wheel. Same car with the 4 FLAT TIRES.Ready to drive it for 4 MORE years.

[dashortround]

Republicans in Palin''s home state, Alaska, had mixed reactions to the news. Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican, remarked, "She''s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?".

Larry Persily, a Palin staffer, and Jim Whitaker, the Republican mayor of Fairbanks, indicated their support of Palin as Governor, but questioned whether she was ready to serve as vice president.

Republican Gail Phillips, a former Speaker in the Alaska House of Representatives, questioned whether McCain had done any vetting of Palin, noting "I started calling around and asking, and I have not been able to find one person [in Alaska] that was called. I called 30 to 40 people, political leaders, business leaders, community leaders. Not one of them had heard."

[callurfears]

Wow she can read vile lies off a teleprompter real good. Well, not even very good at all actually. Ick.

Posted by middlecrank at 01:03 AM : Sep 04, 2008
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Yes, I was impressed with her reading skills and her presentation skills (honed as a TV sportscaster and beauty queen). Very atractive.

BUT EMPTY.

[brashertech]

Big on attacks, small on solutions. Sound familiar? Who''s afraid of the big bad GOP?

[samthetvcat]

PS Go Sarah!

[samthetvcat]

---"It was a test for Palin, this introduction to the national stage, one that was set up for her to pass - a well-prepared speech in front of a celebratory crowd guaranteed to respond to all the applause lines."---

That''s a fair assessment, but just imagine what it must have felt like to have been the object of public scorn and ridicule the past week - Sarah Palin white trash, Sarah Palin bad mother, Sarah Palin unqualified beauty queen bimbo - and knowing that the Presidency could possibly hinge on your ability to establish your credibility, justify your presence, win hearts and minds . . . AND THEN add that the she had speech-writers and a teleprompter just like everybody else.

The stakes don''t get any higher than that!

[jb01201a]

Sarah does not to be "Analyzed" by the likes of you or your lib media.