Sorry folks, I did not find it particularly entertaining, but you would expect that from me. I also don't really see it as that damning for Governor Palin.

The press was caught off guard, they resent that and have little knowledge of the candidate so what do you say?

I am wondering how really "off mike" they thought they were. You would expect conversation about "thanks for being here", "we look forward to having you again" but instead all I could understand was critical of Republicans and Governor Palin.

Why not just say it on live TV, (except the expletives maybe)? The commentators have said much worse. Would it show their political leaning and dilute comments later or what?

After last night's "slam-dunk" by Palin, I expect to hear a lot more of this talk. It has to bother the opposite side immensely that John McCain has found such a fresh, vibrant and honest running mate. In fact, I would not be surprised to see the seething comments here as well.

And by-the-way Steve... the point of this is not to make Sarah Palin look bad, it is to highlight spin in the media.

Since the whole clip was not shown, it was difficult to know what the original topic was. I have seen one person introduced before as a Republican spokesperson but I do not know who the lady was speaking, not do I know whose voices we heard. It may be exactly as you hope it is, but the clip did not clarify anything for me.

I went back and listened again and still could not determine whose voices we heard. Have they come out and acknowledged their comments. That might help. Otherwise, I can't see it as clear fact.

For political spokespersons to spout the party line is no great revelation and one of the reasons I often do not listen to it. It is not unusual to either party.

I think it was a slam dunk because I think she was powerful, personable, showed no fear of where she was or who she was talking to and seemed ready to take

I never compared Mr. Obama's speech to anything, so I am pleased that you are not considering my opinion on that. I did not give it.

Has anyone read "Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams of My Father" by Mr. Obama. If so I would like to ask you a few questions in private e-mails to determine in what context certain quotes might have been said.

The one of most interest is "Audacity of Hope". But it is of such a nature that I will not post it before I know how it was said, who actually said it and try to determine what was trying to be conveyed.

Nathan, Darrick, would either of you happened to have read it? This is not a trick question. I can not research it without the book and as you might guess, I do not care to buy it.

she gave a typical Obama speech. pretty words that gets the party excited without a whole lot of substance. it was a good speech though.

and to be honest, I found a few more answers in her speech than I did in the "I have a dream" speech from Obama. Like most Americans, I live in reality and not the fantasized world of Obama.

-- Posted by jaxspike on Thu, Sep 4, 2008, at 1:14 PM

Obama specifically laid out plans and dollar amounts in his speech, you obviously missed that... In the meantime, I saw Sarah's speech and while I give her credit for a good speech, she offered not ONE single answer about ONE single issue.

It's easy to beat up on your opponent when you have no record to run on, or no plans for the future, because you have failed in three days of the Convention to mention it once.

This is awesome! I saw neither one of the conventions and feel like I haven't missed a thing. In my opinion the conventions are nothing more than a week-long (or shorter in this case) commercial for the candidate that has already been chosen. I don't see the point in having them if they're not going to actually do anything worthwhile.

Well, Darrick, the majority of the left/liberal/Democrat (pick whichever label you prefer) comments on these blogs have been solely focused on the past, rather than coming up with ideas for the future. I can't say that I agree or disagree with you regarding the conventions (since I refused to watch either) but I'm just assuming from your comment that, in your opinion, the Democrats were focusing on the future and the Republicans on the past. Maybe some of the people on here should take a queue from their preferred party and focus on the future, rather than the past. Regardless of which candidate wins this election, several things are guaranteed:

1) There will be change

2) This "change" will be painful for all but the most wealthy of Americans

3) The next President will have a huge task cleaning up certain messes that this administration will pass down

Darrick the Audacity of Hope is the one that has a comment most interesting to me. I would state it here but I would rather know more about its' context or if it really exists.

Could you contact me at spm3@bellsouth.net and I will discuss it with you? Maybe not tonight, but by tomorrow?

As far as the Palin speech, I believe it was meant to do exactly what it did, fire up the convention and gives us a little but of her feisty style. I was a bit surprised when she made digging comments at Obama, but I guess she wanted to make it clear she was ready for the debates.

I agree that those will tell more. In my opinion, neither candidate has impressed me with their plans for the future, but I feel more comfortable on the Republican side. I wish we had better candidates on both sides, but we have what we have.

As you know, Palin is the bright spot for me. If not for her, I probably would not be involved in these discussions at all. I rarely do, so if I am wrong, I will quietly go back into my corner again, and cry in my beer. Well, maybe not beer any more, but...

Awesome propiganda tonight already. Look carefully at the beatniks everyone is chanting at. Is that what all you liberals look like?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/04/r...

There was tens of thousands of protesters AND a Ron Paul Rally just one city away, which attracted another 15,000 people... Why oh why doesn't our "liberal media" show us this on the headline news?

Oh wait, wrong part of the country.. Sorry.