The Alaska governor took the stage last night at the RNC and knocked one out of the proverbial park. And it didn’t even take 5 minutes for the establishment to pat her on the head and say, “Aww, isn’t she cute? I bet someone wrote that for you, didn…

http://my.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/public/g97Z8

Mea culpa! My faith in the REAL Michael Steel GOPAC is reinstated!

Michael Steele is speaking right now!

techno_barbarian on September 3, 2008 at 8:56 PM

Love that guy!! Ya gotta just love that guy!!

Palin/Steele in 2012! would be a good great ticket.

coldwarrior on September 3, 2008 at 9:04 PM

I thought Michael Steele is supporting Obambi – I’m surprised he is speaking at all at a Republican convention.

I did love that guy until I heard that news. Will try to look for a link.

That said, he also earned the tag Senator Gone for his lackluster attendence.

Vote SomeGuy/Palin!

1. Throw a whole series of stereotypes the left has regarding Republicans in the gutter.
2. Deny them the honor of breaking the glass ceiling, and subsequently
3. Make their championship of “women’s rights” nothing more than idle banter.

Fred stated the media can’t stand Palin because she isn’t on the “Washington cocktail circuit” or whatever it was. I go one further and add her not being a militant feminist to the list.

TOPV on September 4, 2008 at 1:18 AM

Foolish. But please, keep digging. The hole is getting deeper.

Pray for them, they have been thrown under the bus by momma.

The Republicans underestimate the fact the country is no longer “51%” pro-family (at least what used to be the Conservative, Evangelical idea of pro-family), and since with McCain and Palin, they showed they aren’t either…why bother with either of them. Now they are both nothing but Bush three for real. Nothng new to offer anyone, just Jerry Springer for the reast of the owrld, and rhetoric from a mom who cares nothing for her kids, for the conservative base…

Lovely.

gary fouse
fousesquawk

gary fouse on September 4, 2008 at 12:09 AM

ditto, except that Palin’s speech was much more than “fine”

Tonight’s crew of pundits was led by Keith Olbermann in New York, who, as a partisan commentator, needs no introduction. He was joined in St Paul by Chris Matthews (who melts at the sight of Barack Obama), Eugene Robinson, the Washington Post leftie, who is on Olbermann’s show almost every night, Rachel Maddow of Air America, Nora O’Donnell, who has made it crystal clear that she thinks Sarah Palin’s selection was a mistake, David Gregory, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and, oh yes, Pat Buchanan, the token conservative (sometimes).

With the exception of Buchanan, the slant on the reporting of this convention is pretty unanimous: The Republicans suck. McCain sucks, and Sarah Palin has a pregnant 17-year-old daughter.

Some analysis!

Tonight, Chuck Todd pointed out that Palin had sold a private jet on E-bay, the implication being that this woman is out of touch with ordinary Americans, who can’t afford a private jet. Just one catch: The jet belonged to the state of Alaska and was sold to cut down on state expenses.

In addition, Olbermann immediately followed up on Mike Huckabee’s speech by jumping on two factual errors Huckabee made dealing with American history. Good job, Keith!

Matthews, for his part, struck out against those critics of the MSM coverage, pointing out that they (the media) were “doing their job” in pointing out the stories about Palin. (”We have a job to do.”) Yes, Chris, it was the media’s job to jump on the Daily Kos rumor about the Governor not being the real mother of the baby born in April. It was the media’s job to make a big deal out of the news that her daughter was going to have a baby out of wedlock.

Then Matthews informed us that Palin’s speech tonight (which supposedly attacks the “boys club” in politics) was being written by some guy he described as a member of the “boys club”. Chris, you are supposed to be an anchor. You could have let Robinson or Maddow mention that.

Robinson, who usually likes to write about racial victim hood issues, pointed out that the Republicans are “playing against the media”. Why shouldn’t they? Media bias is a fact, and it is nowhere better illustrated than at MSNBC.

Most importantly, the reaction to Palin’s speech:

Olbermann immediately commented that it was a great speech, but as to content….then went on to quote some Lincoln-era quote-implication: Her speech was devoid of content. He later went on to bemoan the “condescension” shown to Obama, Biden and the Democrats. This from the lead anchor of the convention coverage.

Matthews, the co-anchor, made a curious reference to Palin being a torpedo aimed at Barack and Michelle Obama on “cultural terms”. Curious indeed, but Matthews has been making curious comments with increasing regularity lately.

Eugene Robinson described it as “two speeches”. He liked the personal part but dismissed the other half as “canned-written by a McCain speechwriter”.

Rachel Maddow described Palin’s speech as “Sarcasm, mockery, insults, nasty sniping, and belittling” (toward Barack Obama). She should know.

White House press gadfly David Gregory described it a strong presentation that was well received (faint praise).

Buchanan: “Sensational”. That was about the only word he got out before they cut away to someone else, and Pat disappeared.

Then NBC News Anchor, Brian Williams came on and read a blog entry from “anonymous” author, Joe Klein, who blistered Palin for her policies in Alaska. (Klein is the stand-up guy who wrote the book, Primary Colors, by “anonymous”, denied being the author then admitted it. So much for his credibility.)

So MSNBC has a two-fold mission, as they see it: First, to defend themselves against criticism being directed toward the media for being biased and trying to tear down Sarah Palin; second, to tear down Sarah Palin.

None of the above is to deny news commentators the right to offer criticism of the convention, the Republicans, McCain or Palin. However, it would be nice to see some measure of balance among the commentators. In addition, how can MSNBC justify having two blatant partisans (Olbermann and Matthews) acting as anchors? Olbermann, for his part, detests Republicans, yet, here he is leading the coverage of the RNC Convention.

In my own view, Palin gave a fine speech. She has poise and charisma, and the convention has received her enthusiastically-contrary to what the press would have us believe. She has a tough road ahead, and, unfortunately, the attacks on her are just starting. Just wait till Keith and his pack of hyenas get back to “Countdown.”

gary fouse
fousesquawk

The race to define Sarah Palin

Peggy Noonan on Palin: “A real and present danger to the American left”

New Palin smear: She “slashed” funding for pregnant teens by, um, expanding it

Video: Meet the Palins; Update:……

On the other hand, Bush & the NeoCons inflicted real damage to America both fiscally and politically. He will easily go down in history as the worst leader of our country.

Dan Kenton: You had better check out today’s WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122039890722392873.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Politically? I’d say that our many allies are in our corner because we mutually benefit. Our enemies are indeed our enemies, just as they undermine the stability, economic freedom, and security of our allies. (Find a new talking point.)

Heh.

You. Are. Scared. To. Death.

And you should be.

techno_barbarian on September 3, 2008 at 8:51 PM

Whats so bad about being a paleo? I agree with many things that would be considered Paleo: immigration, small government, welfare state etc.

Palin/Steele in 2012! would be a good great ticket.

coldwarrior on September 3, 2008 at 9:04 PM

Now you’re talkin!

Their narrative for McCain, taking the cue from the Dems, is that the once-celebrated Maverick, who stuck it in the eye of President Bush, is now old, too rich for his own good, and a hot-headed warmonger, a third-term Bush.

Obama offered change and a chance to prove that we are not a racist nation. (The talking heads who swoon over Obama insist that any criticism of THE ONE is indicative of racism.)

The entrenched media clings to its former role as gatekeeper of information. In its own hubris, it failed to fully vet Obama and never followed through in investigating the holes and questionable history in Obama’s biography.

After Michelle Obama’s inflammatory rhetoric as a surrogate, she was bundled off for a while. Then a new, improved family narrative emerged: she, the fashionable reincarnation of Jacquelin Kennedy and the rest of the Obama crew as just middle class folks in a happy family unit getting by.

The emergence of Sarah Palin changed the lazy media’s boilerplate narrative cast about the Republican team. Governor Palin’s authenticity and rise on the basis of achievement, not rhetoric and PR, meant that the “journalists” were going to have to do some research. Instead, they are uncritically reporting sludge spewed by leftist blogs. Had they been digging around some conservative sites well before now, they would have realized the enthusiasm for Palin well before the McCain announcement.

An aside: Check out Scott Ott’s somewhat teasing interview with a delegate at the RNC convention at http://www.scrappleface.com. The woman had lived for four years in Alaska before moving to the state of Washington. She adds even more evidence of how effective Governor Palin is.

I’m a Republican Paleocon, just like Patrick J. Buchanan, TG.

alphie on September 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM

Oh I see, borderline lunatic.

Texas Gal,

I’m sorry I misunderstood you twice, but I made the assumption, from looking at his blog, that Alphie, is probably a Republican, or libertarian.

DFCtomm on September 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM

No my apology DFC. Seems to me though that alphie has adopted a political position that isn’t reflected the wake of her trolling.

techno_barbarian on September 3, 2008 at 8:56 PM

Love that guy!! Ya gotta just love that guy!!

Palin/Steele in 2012! would be a good great ticket.

I’m a Republican Paleocon, just like Patrick J. Buchanan, TG.

alphie on September 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM

Heh.

You. Are. Scared. To. Death.

And you should be.

I don’t think a woman who wants to flood America with unwanted children by force will be as popular as those inside the bible thumping bubble think…

alphie on September 3, 2008 at 5:28 PM

Because naturally, a child one person doesn’t want will be a child no one wants. I guess we should just kill them, since obviously that would be better. Hell, why stop at a trimester? Let’s just burn down orphanages so those poor kids don’t have to live with the pain of being unwanted.

I mean, all they’ll do is use up more of Earth’s precious resources if we let them live, right? And they’ll probably commit all sorts of horrible crimes.

If a “fetus” could vote Democrat in-vitro, imagine how many lives would be saved. Disgusting.

That said, I do have 2 x chromosomes and am not excited about her because she does too. I’m excited about her because she is not afraid to stand up to opposition for whats right. I’m excited that she is 100% pro-life. I’m excited that she wants to help America see a way out of our gas prices without promoting big government. I’m excited that she can wear a great suit and a pair of fantastic stiletto peep-toed shoes and be that great strong woman without the feminist agenda and a chip on her shoulder.

On a different note, after a long time away its good to be back and commenting with all of you at HotAir. I’m hoping to get a vlog or at least a blog up and running again soon!