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North Carolina Tentmaker · Sep 4, 2008

Someone else compared Sarah Palin and Mary Poppins. Made me start thinking of the song, "My favorite things" (yes I know that's from Sound of Music not Mary Poppins, same Julie Andrews)

Of course I did not try to copy the entire speech. These quotes are from the ABC transcript which was taken from the notes given them BEFORE the speech was given. I would love to see an actual transcript to see where or if she strayed from the prepared text.

So for those of you who missed it or were unable to read it here are my favorite parts of Sarah the "Baracuda" Palin's awesome speech last night

General Comments:

there is a time for politics and a time for leadership ... a time to campaign and a time to put our country first.

we are expected to govern with integrity, good will, clear convictions, and ... a servant's heart.

I pledge to all Americans that I will carry myself in this spirit as vice president of the United States.
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Several commentators mentioned this but she has a great ability to smile and sound sweet while at the same time sticking a knife in the Democrats and twisting it.

On Obama:

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities.

And there is much to like and admire about our opponent.
But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate.

This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent's plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ... take more of your money ... give you more orders from Washington ... and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world. America needs more energy ... our opponent is against producing it.
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I loved her shot at Harry Reid:

He said, quote, "I can't stand John McCain." Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps no accolade we hear this week is better proof that we've chosen the right man. Clearly what the Majority Leader was driving at is that he can't stand up to John McCain.
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On the Media:

But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country.
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Of course one of her great strengths is on energy

I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history. And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence. That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart.

But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.
Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines ... build more new-clear [sic - I assume ABC ment nuclear here, but this is what they posted] plants ... create jobs with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources.
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As VP of course she has to support her president and she left no doubt that she supports McCain. Shoot, she made me like him again.

In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers.
And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.

Among politicians, there is the idealism of high-flown speechmaking, in which crowds are stirringly summoned to support great things. And then there is the idealism of those leaders, like John McCain, who actually do great things.

And though both Senator Obama and Senator Biden have been going on lately about how they are always, quote, "fighting for you," let us face the matter squarely. There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you ... in places where winning means survival and defeat means death ... and that man is John McCain.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words.
For a lifetime, John McCain has inspired with his deeds.
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Revmitchell · Sep 4, 2008

"This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign"

"Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay... he wants to meet them without preconditions. "

"Al-Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?"

"In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change. They're the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals. "

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