Video: The obligatory “Rockwell moment from Palin’s speech” clip
posted at 10:40 am on September 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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By popular request. The questions emerging at this hour: Given that she’s appearing at a political event, isn’t it only fair to let the media tear Piper Palin to pieces? And more importantly, could Piper be the secret mother of baby Trig? Stay tuned to the Daily Dish for more on these developing issues.
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And those stats were before the speech.
right2bright on September 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM
No kidding? Before Palin’s speech? Whoa…I would give my left arm to hear the tirade from Baracky HQ right about now.
Bishop on September 4, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Well, ain’t this a geographical oddity? Two weeks from everywhere!
MadisonConservative on September 4, 2008 at 11:16 AM
She was coached. They had to go over it several times until Piper had the timing down.
/
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Remember at the 2000 DNC convention when the donks booed the Boy Scouts?
TexasJew on September 4, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Two-week wait on Dapper Dan. Sorry.
fossten on September 4, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Well ain’t this place just the geographical anomaly, two weeks from everywhere!
Bishop on September 4, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Consarnit it, I got beat to it.
Bishop on September 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I thought the family came off very well. You can’t “coach” love, especially in a young kid.
VikingGoneWild on September 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Karl Rove must have scripted that moment!
Hot damn.
txdoc on September 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM
why is that girls mother not with her to give her a brush and some hair gel.
custer on September 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Well, it didn’t look like a two-horse town, but try finding a decent hair jelly.
fossten on September 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM
That was great, bought a tear to this old mans eye, that little girl has a future. The Palin family, are my kind of people. It was good night by all. Go Piper 2040.
boom007 on September 4, 2008 at 11:21 AM
The wife and I were rolling last night when we saw Piper doing the spit do. As parents of five ourselves, it was touching.
I think Gov. Palin has gotten the wife fired up.
Marine_Bio on September 4, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Btw, was it not the cutest moment ever when Sarah giddily laughed at the women with the Hockey Mom’s signs? I LOVED that.
nickj116 on September 4, 2008 at 11:21 AM
To all of palin’s critics:
It is easier to have 5 children then it is to have one or two. The older ones take care of the younger ones, and so there is never a lack of care in the house, and the older ones become more responsible.
Palin should have two or three more kids (not that it’s any of my business…).
Johnny 100 Pesos on September 4, 2008 at 11:22 AM
See? Even at the convention Palin is ignoring her children and forcing them to look after each other.
Bishop on September 4, 2008 at 11:22 AM
My usually apolitical lady is on fire for the Palin family.
Matticus Finch on September 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM
My spousal unit said, “Awwwwwwww”…and then gave me that look which says “lets have another baby”.
Tread carefully with this clip, gentlemen, tread carefully.
Bishop on September 4, 2008 at 11:24 AM
I was watching Olby late last night, and he was ragging on Palin about the fact that she mentioned the date and location of Track’s deployment. He said that revealing that information was against some military regulation.
Some HA commenter, however, noted that the local Ft. Bragg paper announces that stuff all the time. Oops, Olby.
Then, because Palin said that Track was deploying on 9/11 when, apparently, that’s the date of the deployment ceremony (rather than the date they leave the country), that that would be a “subject of Democratic scrutiny.”
It was hilarious. The guy had excrement coming out in three places: vomiting, urinating, and crapping.
So, look for a scandal today called, say, Announcement-gate.
BuckeyeSam on September 4, 2008 at 11:25 AM
This video of Piper caring for the baby just fried the brains of the libs. “Not fair! Not fair! It looks too caring and good! These people are supposed to be white trailer trash!”
And then when the family came on stage and Governor Palin instinctively went right to the baby and held it in her arms…that went right to heart of every woman with children. Authentic. Real.
Please, Democrats, please keep underestimating Gov. Palin and McCain.
———-
And McCain, do put Hucakabee and Guiliani on the road criss-crossing America giving the humorous jabs at deflating Obama. It was great humor and just blew away the image of Obama.
There needs to be more poking fun of Biden and Obama – it works at chopping them down to size and showing what fakes they are.
(You can tell Romney to stay home – the guy gave a lousy, stereotypipical out-of-touch politician, speech.)
albill on September 4, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Too few appreciate Karl’s patience and effectiveness with children. It’s really one of his greatest strengths.
Loxodonta on September 4, 2008 at 11:25 AM
No she will be eligible to follow in her mothers footsteps at age 18. City Councilwomen in 2020.
meci on September 4, 2008 at 11:27 AM
At one point, Cindy McCain was holding the baby, and I was sure she was the secret mother of Trig Palin.
That’s how it works, right? Whomever holds the baby is the secret mother?
Mattpat11 on September 4, 2008 at 11:27 AM
What perfect timing on the part of the director and the cameraman!
Johnny 100 Pesos on September 4, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Forgot about it. I guess my mind has been distracted by the attacks on the cubscout/boyscout bus in 2008.
shick on September 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM
The vid is reason #1 as to why I will vote for McCain/Palin.
Reason #2? – Knowing that instead of hiding Bristol back in Alaska, they brought Bristol’s fiance’ to Minn and put the guy on stage as a member of the family! What liberal would do that???
If Chelsea had been pregnant in the 96 reelection, do any of us believe that Bill and Hill would have let her within 100 miles of a camera? They would have been ashamed and forced her to have an abortion. Not the Palins! They are celebrating their new arrival.
Palin for Pres – 2012/16
Gartrip on September 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM
MOONBAT CONSPIRACY POST OF THE DAY
(courtesy HuffPo)
Since Trig wasn’t your typical fussy crying baby either in the audience or on-stage, he was drugged.
LOL! Read it in their comment section under this exact YouTube. Arianna Huffington must be out of her mind to put cute Republican kids on her site.
Marcus on September 4, 2008 at 11:31 AM
While Cindy McCain was holding Trig, I saw her lean down and kiss him. Being a mom, myself, I loved that spontaneous gesture. I’ve done it a million times when my kids were babies.
With Cindy bringing home Bridget from Mother Teresa’s ministry and the Palin family, we’ve two families that love kids.
Somewhere Mark Steyn must be happy today.
INC on September 4, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Likely made by someone without kids. Any good parent know that when a kid is exhausted they can sleep through anything.
shick on September 4, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Check out the HA headlines!
BuckeyeSam on September 4, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Dad’s are just as vulnerable to the spontaneous gesture. :)
shick on September 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Why are both of you on here blogging instead of looking after your children?
If you don’t have children, maybe you should before making a mother the object of your biased scrutiny.
If you do have children, and they’re in school, maybe you should busy yourself with understanding what your children are being taught so they don’t grow up to form another society of liberal freakshows.
Perhaps that child didn’t have hair gel and brush because simple items have been prohibited at the RNC due to all of the whackjob communists that are destroying the city of St. Paul in protest of the RNC’s right to peacably assemble. The party of tolerance strikes again……
leetpriest on September 4, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Oh, great! The reason I couldn’t view the video was because someone hacked into my youtube account and posted porn videos. Youtube stinks! I’m the victim and they treat me as the criminal.
Blake on September 4, 2008 at 11:37 AM
“Since Trig wasn’t your typical fussy crying baby either in the audience or on-stage, he was drugged.”
Babies who are well-cared for are rarely fussy, for very long anyway.
And when they get fussy it’s three things – hungry, sleepy or poopy.
Tend to those needs in a timely manner and the baby is not fussy, it’s happy – like Trig.
But what am I thinking, it’s a lib making that comment. What do libs know about babies? Besides what they see on TV?
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 11:38 AM
My favorite part was when Piper was waving at the end. I could just picture her practicing all week. She looked like a little Queen Elizabeth. Too bad she wasn’t wearing the crown she had on last Friday.
bopbottle on September 4, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Four years ago at the DNC, I distinctly remember the youngest girl being held and falling asleep through all the noise. Guess she was drugged up, too.
Blake on September 4, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Whoever came up with that one is the reason they make aluminum baseball bats.
MadisonConservative on September 4, 2008 at 11:43 AM
DNC Thought Bubble:
“Where in the hell can we hire a family like that?”
FiveWays on September 4, 2008 at 11:43 AM
You could hear the crowd react to the Jumbotron.
Valiant on September 4, 2008 at 11:45 AM
See? NO ONE likes a Faux-Hawk!!
Mazztek on September 4, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I saw a clip of this on Commie News Net this morning and almost punched the set. After they showed this darling girl and her baby brother, they cut to a clip from “Farenheit 911″ (I think?) showing Wolfowitz licking his comb, and running it through is hair, grinning like one of the extras in “Freaks.”
G-d how I HATE the MSM (Ministry of Socialist Malcontents)
J.J. Sefton on September 4, 2008 at 11:47 AM
AP reports DNC talking points: Trig’s hiarstyle is out-of-date.
DamnCat on September 4, 2008 at 11:49 AM
McCain/Piper’s Mom ‘08
Elizabetty on September 4, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Ha! I knew he was the spittin’image if his father.
GreenBlade on September 4, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Thank the good Lord Piper’s hair wasn’t pinned up! From the Boston Herald:
Palin Derangement Syndrome.
Mr_Magoo on September 4, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Careful there. 99.9999% certain that was sarcasm.
Esthier on September 4, 2008 at 11:57 AM
If her neglectful mother weren’t on stage that child wouldn’t have had to hold that baby!!!!!!!!!!!
Chuck Schick on September 4, 2008 at 11:58 AM
They replaced Trig with Carl Rove when no one was looking.
Mr_Magoo on September 4, 2008 at 11:58 AM
That’s how an Alaskan puts MOOSE in hair!
TheSitRep on September 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM
AP, I think we’re getting close to a top ten “Trig conspiracy theories” or “DNC thought bubbles.”
Mr_Magoo on September 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
John Edwards just called to offer Piper $700 dollars for a styling session.
GreenBlade on September 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Heres HufPo’s take on it:
Just scroll down a bit and see the slimy comments made.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
LMAO. Boris and Natasha put moose in hair.
Mr_Magoo on September 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.
Heh.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
And of course he had no comment for Biden’t hair.
shick on September 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Look for Allahpundit to push this “news” for all its worth in a post coming very soon.
Maxx on September 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Favorite HuffPo Comment:
Well we can’t have that!
Mr_Magoo on September 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
They know they hideout in the womb, making them easy targets.
fogw on September 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM
McCain pointed out “what a beautiful family” the Palin family are when he was on stage.
If that makes them all fair game, I don’t think it matters to them. They will stick together no matter what happens.
Everything is tougher in Alaska.
Right_of_Attila on September 4, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Expect DNC to release counter-clip of Michell Obama spit-slicking Joe Biden’s hair plugs.
FiveWays on September 4, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Yeah, and if you watch in slow motion you can see her try to give a Nazi salute but she is just so drugged that she can’t. All she can do is the grooming motion she was trained to do. There are also allegations from extended family members in Alaska that she has a secret criminal past where she has stolen candy from, damaged property of, and assaulted multiple sisters to the point where they said “ouch.”
Kos and HuffPo are investigating now and if you people think Bristol had it bad, just wait. They will not let this Piper chick ruin The One.
econavenger on September 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Though it is disheartening to know that there are so many hatefull America/Family loathing people on Earth, It is wonderful to know what a huge contrast there is between us and those donks.
Surly most Americans will see that.
TheSitRep on September 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
No worries. According to Obama’s standards, now that she is running for Vice President she doesn’t need any other experience.
She’s got experience licked. ;)
Damiano on September 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM
I fell in love with the baby in Sarah’s arms on stage. What a precious bundle of wonder and joy.
Trig Palin is the poster child of what Barack Obama insists can be left in the dirty laundry to die.
Night and day between these two families.
I hope and pray that America is able to see that love is beautiful and that every baby is worth loving.
justincase on September 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Rockwell moment?
/I’m horrible
doubleplusundead on September 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Last time I checked 2 still beat 1.
They’ve got The One, we’ve got The Two.
fogw on September 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Did y’all miss that Piper was the one orchestrating the kids’ response when they were introduced? She got them all to stand and acknowledge the intro.
Buford Gooch on September 4, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Requisite: D’aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww!!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Someone please find this clip. I can’t believe CNN went there.
econavenger on September 4, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Whiskey
Tango
Foxtrot
!?!?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Yeah, and I’m thinking Sarah couldn’t see the image from her vantage point at the podium. A big wave of warm laughter didn’t fit with what she was saying, but she never lost her stride.
RushBaby on September 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Wow. Here’s the heart of Obama supporters at DU.
Here’s the one nice comment.
So Greek columns are natural for a convention?
Stay classy, nutroots (Anti-Family, Death Culture Party)
Oh, here’s the token comment.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 4, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Right, and if your mother hadn’t given birth to you, you wouldn’t be here writing stupid comments like that.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 4, 2008 at 12:23 PM
I think Chuck was joking….
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 12:24 PM
I repeat…
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I’m sure it pains liberals greatly to see unconditional sibling love bestowed upon a “special needs” child…
Wyznowski on September 4, 2008 at 12:25 PM
You’ve obviously not seen libs discuss large families. Don’t you know that having older children look after younger children is akin to child abuse?
Candy Slice on September 4, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Right…sorry Chuck, I think Grue is right.
I’m just a little jumpy this morning, just back from the KOS and HufPo sites and I feel so dirty you know.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 4, 2008 at 12:29 PM
OH……..oh……
I am going to cry all over again.
In fact, I may cry my eyelashes off.
That really is the SWEEEEEETEST thing I have seen on SOOOOOOO long.
***oh**** hear come the tears*******
seejanemom on September 4, 2008 at 12:30 PM
When I saw little Piper and Trig during the speech I thought it was simply awesome.
It was so authentic, so real, and you could see the deep love Piper has for her little brother.
Even that little expression on her face at the end, as if she tasted something strange from Trig’s hair…
And the way his father kept glancing over and checking on him from time to time also was authentic – you can’t fake that.
CrazyFool on September 4, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Oh OUCH. No wonder you’re itchy on the trigger.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Yeah, they’re a bunch of hillbillys….this just might work though.
SaintOlaf on September 4, 2008 at 12:46 PM
We are all hillbillies now.
:)
RushBaby on September 4, 2008 at 12:49 PM
I take it from the audible response from the audience, this little episode was shown on a large screen and most people in the hall saw it.
Blake on September 4, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Quick! Call the hazmat team. Strip him and hose him down!
Blake on September 4, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I’ve lived in DC…worked inside the Beltway, came to know a lot of typical Washington liberals along the way…and ya know what?
Most of their kids were basket cases. Had Nanny’s. Had scheduled “play groups.” Could not be taken out in public lest they a) catch something b) get their clothes dirty, c) scrape a knee, if they played sports they had to belong to the right team, not some sort of pleb sand-lot league, and spent hours with professional therapists so they could “handle” problems…all of that and more.
Those kids from normal homes…the homes without a nanny, who took their kids to church on Sunday, let their kids go out back and get dirty because it was, well, fun, didn’t mind if a passle of neighbor kids used the driveway as a basketball court, or used a vacant lot for a pick-up game of ball…those kids behaved quite well in public, called their elders sir or ma’am, acted like…like Palin’s kids.
(Another reason why I got out of DC and headed to the Midwest with my kids.)
This Rockwell moment was as authentic as it gets, folks.
Kids who know they are loved, pass that love along to their siblings. Kids who are treated like ornamentation, a box to check off on the scorecard of life, well, they tend to act like self-serving brats…after all, that is what they see their parents doing.
Guess all the libs saying all this trash about last night’s Piper/Trig moment really need to re-assess what sort of parents they have been over the years.
coldwarrior on September 4, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I think it means the same as WTF. “What the F___”
Bobbertsan on September 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Obligatory Thread comment:
ROVE, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!!!!
Jim M. on September 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM
It is WTF, just in military lingo. The WTF was directed at the quoted comments.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Actually, I believe the script was written by Scully this time.
Still… :D
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 1:01 PM
“Don’t you know that having older children look after younger children is akin to child abuse?”
Yes and it takes jobs away from unionized government employee bureaucrats who know more than parents do and who contribute campaign funds to Democrats, dammit.
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 1:10 PM
I suspect it also makes them uncomfortable, knowing how they would handled a similar pregnancy. The symbolism of love for a child which would never have survived in their world has to make them squirm. I daresay more than a few of them may not have slept well last night because of past actions placed in the context of Piper and Trig.
a capella on September 4, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Hold on! Call Child Protective services!
Looks like Piper is being “punished” to me!
fred5678 on September 4, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Take it easy leetpriest. That’s just some funny snark from them. Before you say anything else in anger, consider that Bishop and Custer are definitely ‘one of us’.
BillH on September 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM
I’m pretty sure that those folks you lit into were joking.
baldilocks on September 4, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Just doing the job that Americans won’t do.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 4, 2008 at 1:28 PM
We saw this last night on Cspan and laughed out loud. It wasn’t the only moment that showed what a loving family the Palins are. You can see it in all the faces of the children when Sarah walks out on stage for the first time. Their faces light up with love. Before she enters you can see slight nervousness on the faces of Bristol and Levi.
Aggie85 on September 4, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Sorry. I’m an idiot. BTW love your tagline.
Bobbertsan on September 4, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Don’t you mean that it takes jobs away from undocumented workers doing the jobs Americans won’t do?
Mrs. Happy Housewife on September 4, 2008 at 1:34 PM
In the grand vision of Democrats, child care will be provided by unionized government employees, make no mistake.
And they won’t be undocumented illegals, they’ll be former undocumented illegals who will instantly become lifelong Democrats/union members.
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 1:35 PM
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