Give me red meat.
Alaska, motherfucker?
Sarah Palin and another star-studded lineup took to the podium last night in St. Paul. The gloves were off. Last night's speeches made Tuesday's digs seem tame as Romneybot 3000, Rudy, Huckabee, and a couple of CEOs offered red meat speeches laced with venom.
In a speech laced with more sensitively worded Obama digs, Palin impressed the Beltway with her small town, hockey mom charm. She addressed her critics (the media) and defended her 'executive experience.' Despite little experience in the national limelight, Palin appeared poised, prepped and confident. One prominent poll indicates it may have worked.
Most of the chattering classes were impressed. Cons were fawning over her tough rhetoric. And critics were intimidated by how poised she seemed at center stage and capable she is of collecting middle class votes.
Obama responds:
But was she honest?
Rudy offered some of the evening's harshest criticism with barbs like "Hope is not a 'strategy.'
Notice the quiet response to Rudy's Iraq claim: "JMac got it right. Obama got it wrong." The issue divides the base, so the convention has really played it down.
Mike Huckabee fired up the crowd. Will Huck be the nominee if JMac loses in November?
Mitt Romney kicked it off. As a rich East coast guy, he bashed 'Eastern elites.'
The crowd erupted in applause, as it did again when Romney vowed to "stop the spread of government dependency to fight it like the poison it is. It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother." Say what?
Unlike Denver, personal digs were rampant. Like Denver, there was little substance.
If you'd like to pick and choose your speeches, CNN offers a RNC speech database.
Think the left has ownership over the Hollywood vote? I guess you don't know much about the GOP's secret Tinseltown weapon, Jon Voight.
In a stinging editorial, Joe Conason tells why the Plain pregnancy matters in this election.
Levi Johnston in "There Will Be Gum."
Diddy knows damage control. The former Puffy offers an apology to the great state of Alaska.
John Rich makes it too easy, so I'll just let the music speak for itself.
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