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i thought she looked great. smooth, polished, and confident. even if you don't agree with what she said, i think she carries herself well and was well-spoken.

I disagree with her on virtually everything, but I think she did a great job.  (Bummer!)

I thought she was sarcastic and condescending.... All over the arena was John McCain's mantra: Country First. She made supportive comments about that also.

I think it shows that in her reality, country is first and family is second! The Republicans want privacy for the Palin family when it comes to their teenage pregnant daughter, yet they brought Levi out on stage with them, in all his awkwardness, for everyone to see! WTF?!

Palin, Guliani... they did what Republicans do best!

The whole night was about ignoring the issues and alternating between smart ass remarks and absolute hypocrisy.  The American voters eat that up like sharks on fresh chum.  

It was a good speech and she did a great job delivering it (except for her smugness which was notable and very off-putting). I  can't believe that she actually went there with her 'bridge to nowhere' comment, though. And I expect she'll be continually taken apart for it until election day.

While Palin spoke, I was torn. It has taken so long to get a woman up there on the national stage, and I was pleased to see that the GOP's first woman V.P. nominee is both tough and graceful. But I am confused by how far McCain has moved to the right with this choice. The only way Palin represents change is that she's a lipstick wearing pit bull. Otherwise, she's just like the rest of the hawks who have run America into the ground over the last 8 years. And she's hardly a Washington outsider since Alaska lives and breathes on the US government subsidies Palin relentlessly went after.

I just don't understand how this choice will help McCain get the votes he needs, Palin is preaching to the choir and will only attract a small percentage of Hillary voters. Drill. Drill. Drill...?

@*************** - "The only way Palin represents change is that she's a lipstick wearing pit bull." - I'm kind of with you on that one. And if that's what they're going for, couldn't they have just stuck some lipstick on McCain and picked someone else?

The sexism was horrifying.  People wearing "hottest VP" buttons, chanting "drill baby drill", the way she compared herself to a dog.  And dont even get me started on her policies.

In case you haven't seen this yet, it's great. What would we do without Jon Stewart?

www.comedycentral.com/.../index.jhtml

She presented herself well.. for a canned speech. I will be interested to see how she does in debates.

And, yeah, if it weren't for the fact that she and her fellow republicans lied about a whole slew of stuff...

I'm interested in the fact that she didn't talk about her religious fundamentalist views at all - which were the reason she was chosen, no? I guess they wanted to avoid controversy. (And of course she introduced her kids but didn't talk about the various scandals around them, which is to be expected.)

I don't trust her any farther than I could throw her.

When my sisters and I did pagents in the 80's and 90's we all did the blow kisses, hold our hands to our heart while whsipering through tears, "Thnk you sooo much!".  I thought I was in a time warp. The teased out hair, the MAC cosmetics layered on, the support hose, the pagent hands.  Gag!  Cant wait to see Biden rip her a new one.  Bet she cries.

Delivery was very good.  I found it lacking in substance.  I admit that I am biased, as I lean towards the other side, so perhaps I wasn't hearing the same things as folks who support the republicans.  I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried.  A majority in this country voted Bush into a second term and I was absolutely shocked.  If people vote someone into office simply because of the way they deliver a speech, we are in trouble.

There were other good orators in history and they turned out to be very bad people.

Palin claimed that she joined the PTA and later ran for mayor because she wanted to improve her children's public education. She did not mention that the high school she sends her kids to has a 60% drop out rate. She also did not mention that her oldest two children, Track and Bristol, both dropped out of high school, as did her daughter's fiance. This is not the kind of person that parents should want in office.

"Canned" first of all - what speech isn't? But she did at least half of it without the help of her teleprompter! I remember one Obama standing around muttering when his teleprompter went out!

I love the John Stewart clip.

Don't forget her efforts to ban books at libraries...

Erin - if you had read my post, I was merely pointing out that this was a canned speech, not saying anything negative about it.

I just am curious to see how she did in a more free-form environment, like a debate or an interview. You cannot argue that she is a bit of an unknown in that respect.