As a woman and as a Christian- I came away deeply disappointed by the speech Sarah Palin gave tonight in front of the RNC Convention.
At a time in our country's history when we have a chance to address the most important moral issues of our time, reviving our economy, fighting global poverty and disease, ending the war in Iraq and addressing climate change, Sarah Palin delivered one of the most cynical and sarcastic speeches we have heard yet from a national political figure this year.
Her speech was full of cultural references, and bell-ringers, but devoid of content and specific solutions for the problems our country and our world face. With quip and joke, and one sarcastic comment after the next, I was
stunned to think that this woman could be in a position to become our
next President.
The purpose of the speech seemed solely focused on reigniting the old culture wars and dividing the country-- yet again-- for political gain.
Many will praise her speech tonight because of the wild response it evoked from within the hall of the RNC Convention. But as I listened, I could not find one moment in the speech that would convince me that Sarah Palin is ready to be one heart beat away from the Presidency.
Disappointed in Palin's Speech
Wednesday September 3, 2008
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Diana Butler Bass and Paul Raushenbush both stand firmly within the Mainline Protestant tradition and, along with guest bloggers of all religious backgrounds are dedicated to the revival of religious progressivism and its influence in American politics.
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The whole night was a colossal exercise in bullcrap. This line from Huckabee says it all:
"I am so tired about hearing about Gov. Palin's lack of experience," Huckabee said. "She got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for President of the United States.
Uh, since when does the number of votes one receives when running for office count as "experience"? That's the kind of brilliant logic we heard all night long from these rubes. It makes about as much sense as those "prosperity" signs everyone was waving around last night. Prosperity? Please. If they were honest, they'd wave signs with "recession" printed on them.
Like I've said before, this is just preaching to the choir - just like Obama's speech was preaching to the choir. The real test will be to see what the platforms are, and to see how well they can both defend their positions in a live debate with a real moderator and a neutral crowd.
She made a great speech and she seems very confident and that's a big part of what being a politician is about. But what about what she said:
Obama's tax plan is going to cost the average taxpayer more? How does she figure that? Find any independent economic expert that comes to that conclusion.
She said no to the bridge to nowhere? Well, kind of. She original supported it big-time when it helped her politically, then she turned an about face when it hurt her politically. And McCain's claim she saved the taxpayers 40 million by stopping that bridge. Truth is, she kept the 40 million dollars in Alaska and used it towards other projects.
She's a good speaker and will probably make a great politician, but I don't like being lied to.
Question: "Uh, since when does the number of votes one receives when running for office count as "experience"?"
Answer: "When the number of votes is sufficient to win."
All I saw were really old white people with guns and pregnant daughters shouting "drill baby drill"...
Perfect for our country, exactly what we need more of.
"Question: "Uh, since when does the number of votes one receives when running for office count as "experience"?"
Answer: "When the number of votes is sufficient to win."
Posted by: David | September 4, 2008 5:33 PM"
What?
No!
More bad logic!
The comparison was between Palin as mayor and Biden as President. So this is a non-sequitor all the way.
And anyway, Huckabee was wrong - look at the AP fact check from this morning. Biden received tens of thousands of more votes as presidential candidate than Palin did as mayoral candidate. Just like the Republicans - bad logic and factual errors.
4 years of McCain is just 4 more years of Bush. You better remember that, people.
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