Speech, speech
Posted By Russ Emerson on September 4, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Short reaction after last night’s speech by VP candidate Sarah Palin: I want to have her babies. OK, sure, I need to crack open a biology textbook. Still, the point applies.
I watched the speeches last night beginning with Mitt Romney, followed by Rudy Giuliani, and finishing with Sarah Palin.
Mitt wielded a rhetorical meat cleaver. He cut apart Obama and spread the red meat around the room.
Giuliani attacked with a verbal bowie knife. He stuck the knife in the democrats’ guts and twisted, again and again.
Palin’s speech was like a lunge with a rapier, hitting specific targets with finesse and accuracy, and driving deep to puncture the opponent.
She was en fuego. The media set a very low bar for her, with their attacks since the announcement of her candidacy, but even if they had set the bar high, she easily cleared it.
There is, of course, plenty of other reaction today to Palin’s speech:
- Hot Air here and here
- Michelle Malkin
- Instapundit had a roundup last night
- Victor Davis Hanson is, as usual, dead on
- Beth at Yeah, Right, Whatever posts a roundup
- Ace of Spades (language alert)
- Rachel Lucas (again, language…)
- Gateway Pundit posts his reactions and a roundup
- Ith of Absinthe & Cookies has a personal take on the matter
There’s so much reaction out there, trying to get it all would be an exercise in futility.
Exit question: will anyone try to determine who gave the Code Pink fools press passes to get on the convention floor?
The answer to that question would be most interesting; I’d bet the passes came from someone at MSNBC.
Update, 5Sep08: Hmmmmmmmm….